Great post! Darkcrusade.
If one can read in between the lines here the Republic has always been there for us to choose and much like these club of men had signed on to a compact with each other for the glory of God we can do the same by our actions, NOT by legal construct, but by merely expressing intent, by building the equity up in the Treasury for the Glory of God, we give all just as in the story of bible where the old woman gave all she had and much like her being indemnified and taken care of for basic life, liberty and happiness we can do the same if we stop having love for the money. It seems that this is what Lincoln was protecting more then anything else, protecting the Republic from the bankers and that leads on to the rumors of who shot lincoln.
In summary we are not doing it because we have trust in mammon, but expressing trust for the Glory of God.

Darkcrusade, checkout the attachment and see if that treatise expands upon the thoughts of your post some as I attempted to do here.

deconstructing_the_declaration.doc

Peace be upon you.