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Originally Posted by ZNPaaneah
Do you agree with the teaching that Christians are going to rule over cities in the next age?
If you do agree then do you agree that Christians are being trained to rule in this age?
One other question, what part of "of the people, by the people and for the people" exonerates you from being responsible?
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I agree that there is an aspect of ruling in the next age. Or at least something that is best described as such.
But there is nothing in what I can read in scripture that indicates that our "efforts" here on earth are designed to train us for the age to come in that manner. I do not agree that we are simply being trained to "rule," especially in this age. In fact, I find plenty to tell me that we are not here for this world, to rule it or otherwise, other than to be salt and light, not movers and shakers.
As for the general statement that the government of the US is "of the people, by the people, and for the people" I do not find that I am responsible, but rather invited to participate. And even to the extent that I might take on responsibility with respect to some part of it, that does not make the "spiritual" aspect of that part my "responsibility" outside of my own personal exercise of spirituality.
Phrasing your argument as you did might work on the simpleminded. But it presupposes that Christians in America are being groomed to rule over cities. I guess all the rest of the poor Christian schmucks in the world are being groomed to rule over hovels and cattle stalls. They surely will never get the opportunity to be part of "of, by, and for the people," therefore lacking in training for ruling a city.
Or is it the character of those who will eventually rule rather than training in ruling that matters?