Acknowledge and take to heart this day that the LORD is God in heaven above and on the earth below. There is no other. Keep his decrees and commands, which I am giving you today, so that it may go well with you and your children after you and that you may live long in the land the LORD your God gives you for all time.
Deuteronomy 4: 39-40
Deuteronomy 4: 39-40
It was on the shores of Cape Henry on April 29, 1607 that Pastor Robert Hunt read from Deuteronomy and dedicated Virginia-America to God.
We do hereby dedicate this Land, and ourselves, to reach the People within these shores with the Gospel of Jesus Christ, and to raise up Godly generations after us, and with these generations take the Kingdom of God to all the earth. May this Covenant of Dedication remain to all generations, as long as this earth remains, and may this Land, along with England, be Evangelist to the World. May all who see this Cross, remember what we have done here, and may those who come here to inhabit join us in this Covenant and in this most noble work that the Holy Scriptures may be fulfilled.
Given by Parson and Minister of the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ Robert Hunt,
April 29, 1607 at Cape Henry,Virginia-America (now Virginia Beach, Virginia) Paraphrase from Old English to modern language provided by Jan Bauder
April 29, 1607 at Cape Henry,Virginia-America (now Virginia Beach, Virginia) Paraphrase from Old English to modern language provided by Jan Bauder
Grace and Peace,
Ed
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