Our American Constitution has been called a Heavenly banner. What does that mean? Well, the Star Spangled Banner is the symbol of our country; our republic. It represents America.
The Constitution, then, is a symbol of Heaven. It represents Heaven. I would go as far as to say that the Constitution is the closest thing to an establishment of heaven on earth.
Agency is enshrined in God's plan. It is protected by the constitution. Protected from what? From whom? The government. Which is to say, from force; or as Ayn Rand put it, from the "initiation of force" (see "Capitalism, The Unknown Ideal") The government can only act by force. Its only legitimate role is to step in when someone's individual inalienable rights are being violated (such as being mugged or being attacked by a foreign power) and force the violator to stop, via the police or the military. In that case, the violator initiated force and the government stepped in to protect the freedom of him whose rights were violated.
Unfortunately, in our times and really for the past 100 years or so, the government has stepped into the role of initiating force. That is, they force you to give up your money or to conduct your business in a certain way; their way. And that isn't heavenly at all. When's the last time God forced you to do things His way?
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