The author of this book (Tim Ballard) has recently been featured in the blockbuster new movie SOUND OF FREEDOM. If you want to understand the source of TIm's inspiration and energy, this book will deliver. If you wish to join the many who are working to advance Tim's mission of mercy, know that proceeds from the sale of this book go toward the causes he set up (Operation Underground Railroad - O.U.R. and the Nazarene Fund). If you believe as he does, that we are indeed One Nation under God, and that our national freedom and prosperity require fidelity to Him, then this book is for you! "The concept of what a covenant truly is and means is unfamiliar to most today, for it far surpasses any legal understandings or obligations with which our current culture is acquainted. God established a covenant with Abraham and his posterity, and the Bible recounts not only the duties but also the remarkable benefits produced by that mutual accord. Tim Ballard documents the 'extension' of that covenant re-invoked during the establishment of this nation... a covenant made between God and America's early colonists and Founders. 'The Covenant' not only shows the unprecedented blessings America has received as a result of obedience to God but also what every citizen today can do to honor our national covenant with God and thus ensure His continued blessings." David Barton, Distinguished Scholar of American History and bestselling author. Why did Christopher Columbus insist that an "angel" guided him at his moments of greatest distress? What prompted the original colonists to embrace the idea that the land of America was "New Israel" to them? What power urged Washington and his rag-tag army to successfully conquer the greatest military power on earth? What brought about the terrible national crisis that left our nation grieving, humbled, and repentant after the desolation of the Civil War? What is the secret behind this nation's unsurpassed record of prosperity, protection, and liberty? And what are the responsibilities and consequences incumbent upon a people so blessed? The answers to these, and many other questions relating to America's real national treasure are found in the pages of THE COVENANT. In his new book, author Timothy Ballard answers both HOW and WHY America's very existence stands in fulfillment of ancient biblical prophecy. Ballard's research takes his reader on a journey through American history that has rarely, if ever, been traveled before. "THE COVENANT: A