Bill Collier- What does it mean to be an American? What does it mean to be part of a Christian nation? What do you do when the very meaning of being an American has been watered down to nothing and your nation and country are positively hostile to the Christian way of life and also to liberty as defined by the original spirit and intent of the US Bill of Rights?
The need to be part of a nation whose God is the Lord is not necessarily a felt need, it’s not something many consciously think about, although subconsciously the instinct can almost become a bit jingoistic and intolerant of people who one might not consider to be “Americans” based on some perceived sociocultural or religious definition. But love of freedom and love of God are strictly voluntary and, as a matter of fact, American citizenship or residency here are not conditioned on those beliefs.
For many who wish to define being an American in such terms as at least a Judeo-Christian worldview and love of liberty, as defined by the Bill of Rights in their more classic and generous definitions, the deeper instinct is a desire to be part of a freedom-loving nation whose God is the Lord. The desire to be connected to an entire, larger-scale body of people whose affections and convictions mirror your own, is perfectly natural and noble.
But the horse is out of the barn, as it were, and the definition of an American as a shared national identity has in fact been watered down to the point where general consensus as to any definition is impossible. Efforts to redefine our national identity in a more freedom-loving and Judeo-Christian manner are bound to exclude fellow citizens and would potentially violate the rights of others or lead to further catastrophic division among the populace.
While our proposal to develop a new form of spiritual nationhood is not limited to the United States of America, the development of an intentional nationality that is in fact explicitly Christian and freedom-loving while being strictly voluntary and open to men and women of any race or ancestry, answers the instinctive desire to be part of a nation whose God is the Lord and whose very spirit is a freedom-loving spirit. The proliferation and adoption of this identity in the US and around the world is a deeply spiritual and then sociocultural and socioeconomic response to the overt top-down, hierarchical systems of control perpetuated by a corrupt ruling class through coercion and manipulation.
Essentially, this new intentional nationality compliments your present citizenship as an American and your own ancestry, without replacing these identities, and nurtures your core spiritual identity as a follower of Yeshua who is the Christ. It is a way to connect to a national people whose God is the Lord and it is a unique and positive response to the top-down systems of control that uses purely voluntary and cultural means to carve out gaps for freedom through peaceful means.
We call this new and intentional nationality “Upadarian”, that is, being a peer of a spiritual nation whose God is the Lord, a spiritual nation distributed all over the world and peopled by individuals who simply adopt this nationality through a common Pledge before God, and God alone, to live a certain way of life and share certain goals and purposes.
Your ancestral nationality, or nationalities, is something you are born with and in many cases, your citizenship is also inherited or, in other cases, adopted. These are forms of nationhood in their own way, but spiritual nationhood, as we propose it, is not inherited. In the same way being a follower of Yeshua cannot be inherited but must be chosen, this kind of nationhood must be chosen.
For those who love freedom and love God, a form of nationhood that reflect these values provides a nurturing connection at scale with everyone else who adopts the same nationality. Everyone who does this knows that everyone else who does the same has the same values. When they encounter each other they can be reasonably certain of behavioral standards and norms and have expectations of ethical principles that will be followed in any transaction.
This form of nationhood doesn’t replace any other identity, such as your ancestry or citizenship. As an American you can love your country and pursue its good while adopting a nested national identity that truly reflects your beliefs, values, and convictions and allows you to easily and quickly connect with anyone else who goes by the same shared national identity.
What does the Upadarian identity entail and can other identies be used to the same effect? The latter question has a simple answer: in God’s schema for human civilization a multiplicity of nations of people, defined in spiritual as opposed to political terms, through freewill participation and not merely inheritance, is perfectly normal and desirable. As to what being a Upadarian entails, it is basically an intentional and purely voluntary adoption of 17 Protocols which define a shared way of life.
This isn’t a system of rules and regulations enforced by a human authority or a top-down controlling hierarchy, it is strictly something each participant commits to before God and only God. It may be confirmed and recognized by others in a formal way, but this is neither essential nor required. Anyone who is drawn to our 17 Protocols and who seeks before God to utilize them to fulfill His scrolls of purpose and destiny and God’s best for their lives as well as our shared purposes and destiny is a peer of our spiritual nation. This is a commitment made by each person before God alone and no human agency as well as no permission is required for one to do this.
We are not redefining nationhood so much as we are resorting that form of nationhood we find within the Kingdom of God, a Kingdom of many diverse nations of people all whose God is the Lord. While for some nations of people, things like ancestry and where one lives may be part of their identity, the spiritual and sociocultural basis of that form of nationhood are always strictly based on voluntary freewill participation.
But the vision and purpose of Upadaria as a spiritual nation is unique in that the homeland of our nation is envisioned as being distributed all over the world, here and there, and ancestry plays no role in determining who can become a peer of our nation. Our goals as a people include raising the banner of freedom for all human beings, ushering in and nurturing the Kingdom Age and universal nationhood in Christ among the Elect, and being the vanguard people of a new civilization through the creation of our own genesis structures.
For American Christians in particular, especially those who remain faithful to the doctrinal and moral orthodoxy of historic Christianity, becoming a Upadarian by adopting our 17 Protocols as a guide to their own way of life and a means of connecting and collaborating with others, is a viable and useful means of reconnecting to America’s Judeo-Christian foundations and manifest destiny without alienating others who may neither be Christians nor as committed to freedom.
Basically, we propose, the Upadarian nationality is in fact the succesor peoplehood to America’s founders, especially people like the Pilgrims and the Puritans and people like William Bradford and William Penn. But this isn’t merely a throwback to the past, it is an advancement built upon the previous successes that also learns from previous mistakes and failures.
The Upadarian nationality is a new spiritual form of nationhood one adopts as a nested idenity that is complimentary of your ancestral nationality and your present citizenship. It certainly doesn’t stop you from loving your country and it positively affirms and nurtures your core identity as a spiritual citizen of the Kingdom of God.
There is power in nationhood when that form of nationhood has Jesus Christ as its head. This cannot be imposed. People either adopt it or they don’t, they need no human permission to do so and no human authority may compel them to do so! But everyone who sincerely adopts such an identity is part of nation whose God is the Lord and everyone who is part of such a nation is eligible to share in the supernatural blessings and provisions which God reserves for such nations of people.
Through the intentional adoption of a form of nationhood whose head is Christ and whose frameworks and blueprints reflect the core spiritual DNA of the very Kingdom of God, we remove the battle for freedom from the realm of human and earthly power into the realm of spiritual sovereignty powered by the supernatural provision of God. As and when millions of Americans and millions of other people around the world adopt this shared form of intentional spiritual nationhood, by adopting the 17 Protocols as their chosen way of life and the very core of their mutual support, we can literally expect the same God who blessed ancient Israel to protect and defend this nation.
There are many practical and useful ideas and principles which one can glean from the Upadarian nationality and make part of mutual support groups and networks of similar people. But the supernatural protection and provision of God for all such nations of people is essential to understanding how becoming a Upadarian will tend to make you more free.
