Christianity is about the spiritual, eternal kingdom of God, and the coming kingdom of heaven, when the Lord rules. Christ didn't monkey in politics or teach this. I don't know that there aren't those the Lord tasks with working in the political system, but the Bible presages corruption that will be as in the days of Noah, before He returns. No empire of man has not fallen, under the weight of its own corruption. Once the genie is out of the bottle, it doesn't get put back in. Andy of Mayberry is probably not coming back to prime time. The Bible is clear it's all going to hit the fan, before it gets better for the world, and the warring nations are put down, the goats removed.
There are those of a different viewpoint. I know I feel the Lord cannot come back quickly enough, that ISIS lop off the last head, that the weight of the evil curses and mass sufferings of this world be lifted and righteousness rule. Of course, the Lord works in His time, may have more to save that grace continue, but the Lord will pull the plug, regardless what man does, again, in His time. If the Antichrist is coming, let's get it over with, as I want to see the Lord Jesus ruling, not the failed systems of man, in the first place. The more people wring their hands over this mess, the more I'm thinking, "Hallelujah! One offense closer to the Lord doing something about it, then!" Because, the Bible states this falling away will come. Also, I don't have faith in men. It's not glass half empty: it's the reality.
History classes taught me one thing in neon, that, given enough time, we can royally muck up anything. The Founding Fathers have already rolled over in their graves, are probably spinning like an Iranian centrifuge in them, these days.
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