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In Dispensational Christian theology, the Dispensation of Human Government begins immediately after the flood of [[Noah]]. All the children of [[Cain]] perished in the flood due to the unavenged death of righteous [[Abel]]. At this time, according to dispensational teaching, the sins of the father were visited upon the children, (e.g. ''A bad tree cannot bring forth good fruit'', ''the seed of the wicked shall be rooted out,'' ''the only thoughts and intents of their heart was do evil continuously'').  Immediately after the flood, and long before the [[Law of Moses]] was given, God commanded, ''Whosoever sheds man's blood by man shall his blood be shed.'' This was a requirement by God for man to hold murderers accountable, and thus is the beginning of the notion of sovereignty, a sovereign people, and human government versus [[lawless]]ness. This sovereign authority was given by God to man.

In Dispensational Christian theology, the Dispensation of Human Government begins immediately after the flood of [[Noah]]. All the children of [[Cain]] perished in the flood due to the unavenged death of righteous [[Abel]]. At this time, according to dispensational teaching, the sins of the father were visited upon the children, (e.g. ''A bad tree cannot bring forth good fruit'', ''the seed of the wicked shall be rooted out,'' ''the only thoughts and intents of their heart was do evil continuously'').  Immediately after the flood, and long before the [[Law of Moses]] was given, God commanded, ''Whosoever sheds man's blood by man shall his blood be shed.'' This was a requirement by God for man to hold murderers accountable, and thus is the beginning of the notion of sovereignty, a sovereign people, and human government versus [[lawless]]ness. This sovereign authority was given by God to man.

   

   

A simple example of a sovereign entity is basically defined by its willingness to hold [[murder]]ers accountable. For example, if a tourist is murdered by a citizen of the country they visit, the murderer must be punished with the full weight of the law of that country, and not just released after the passes and is forgotten.<ref>Such incidents have occurred, for example a cruise ship docked in Norway and an American tourist walked down the plank to visit a souvenir shop and was murdered by an allegedly mentally ill person. The murderer must be treated as all murderers in Norway are treated, even after the cruise ship leaves, the international negative publicity is forgotten, and no members of the victim's family live in Norway to pressure local law enforcement, courts, and parole boards.</ref>  In may parts of the world, unless a murder victim's family demands justice, or even has the resources to pursue it, murderers often walk free. A sovereign state cannot claim to be protecting one of its own citizens accused of murder while blaming the non-citizen victim for travelling there and getting themselves killed.

A simple example of a sovereign entity is basically defined by its willingness to hold [[murder]]ers accountable. For example, if a tourist is murdered by a citizen of the country they visit, the murderer must be punished with the full weight of the law of that country, and not just released after the incident passes and is forgotten.<ref>Such incidents have occurred, for example a cruise ship docked in Norway and an American tourist walked down the plank to visit a souvenir shop and was murdered by an allegedly mentally ill person. The murderer must be treated as all murderers in Norway are treated, even after the cruise ship leaves, the international negative publicity is forgotten, and no members of the victim's family live in Norway to pressure local law enforcement, courts, and parole boards.</ref>  In may parts of the world, unless a murder victim's family demands justice, or even has the resources to pursue it, murderers often walk free. A sovereign state cannot claim to be protecting one of its own citizens accused of murder while blaming the non-citizen victim for travelling there and getting themselves killed.

In the case of [[Palestine]], murderers of their neighboring Israelis are often lionized and elevated as heroes and honored with public streets named after them. A sovereign entity must not only have the willingness to uphold [[justice]] and the [[rule of law]] for all persons - citizens and non-citizens alike - within the area under its control, but the ability to enforce law.<ref>In the case of various [[regime change]] theories in [[Iraq]], [[Afghanistan]], [[Libya]], [[Syria]] and the [[Ukraine]], it was held by outside powers that local governments were incapable or unwilling to control various terrorist entities occupying territory supposedly under the local regime's sovereign control. The fact that a government does not control the territory it claims sovereignty over forfeits that regime's pretended sovereignty.</ref>

In the case of [[Palestine]], murderers of their neighboring Israelis are often lionized and elevated as heroes and honored with public streets named after them. A sovereign entity must not only have the willingness to uphold [[justice]] and the [[rule of law]] for all persons - citizens and non-citizens alike - within the area under its control, but the ability to enforce law.<ref>In the case of various [[regime change]] theories in [[Iraq]], [[Afghanistan]], [[Libya]], [[Syria]] and the [[Ukraine]], it was held by outside powers that local governments were incapable or unwilling to control various terrorist entities occupying territory supposedly under the local regime's sovereign control. The fact that a government does not control the territory it claims sovereignty over forfeits that regime's pretended sovereignty.</ref>