Here's a pertinent rhetorical question for our land: Ps. 94:20. Never confuse one party or other with the kingdom of God. But never think, either, that the kingdom of God has nothing to do with politics. Jesus is Lord of all, and every knee will bow (Phil. 2:9-11). God has raised him from the dead and seated him at his right hand in the heavenlies, far above all rule and authority, power and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this age, but also in the one to come (Eph. 1:20-21).
Would that the preachers in our land would lay hold of their pulpits and preach Ps. 2:10-12 like they believed it, effectively banishing our silly sacred/secular mindset, our privatized and truncated religious thinking and living. Either Jesus is Lord of all, or he's not. And professing Christians in North America often want him to be Lord just of their little churches (usually just Sunday morning, perhaps, if Jesus is lucky) and their little hearts (during devotional time, if we even touch our Bibles). But, Jesus is Lord of all. We don't make him Lord of anything. The Lord God has appointed his Christ to rule the nations. So King Jesus reigns. And every national knee will bow: "All the nations you have made shall come and worship before you, O Lord, and shall glorify your name" (Ps. 86:9).
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