could someone point me to the Biblical mandate for believers to seek political power to rule over non-believers?
i pray for peace, not tyranny, religious, under false pretense of religion, or otherwise.
the Law was given to Israel as the separated people of God, not to America, and our primary citizenship is not of this world.
He that is unjust, let him be unjust still: and he which is filthy, let him be filthy still: and he that is righteous, let him be righteous still: and he that is holy, let him be holy still.
And, behold, I come quickly; and my reward is with me, to give every man according as his work shall be. I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, the first and the last.
(Revelation 22:11-13)
And, behold, I come quickly; and my reward is with me, to give every man according as his work shall be. I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, the first and the last.
(Revelation 22:11-13)
i pray for peace, not tyranny, religious, under false pretense of religion, or otherwise.
the Law was given to Israel as the separated people of God, not to America, and our primary citizenship is not of this world.
"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. — That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, — That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness."
- Declaration of Independence, July 4th, 1776
"We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America."
- U. S. Constitution (preamble), September 17, 1787