I have seen it debated on this website which form of government is best. And everyone, including those who call themselves Christians, with the
exception of one faith, all debate about man-made governments.
What if you were told that there will be a day when no governments will exist at all! To understand how this is a reality we need to understand why
they exist in the first place.
When God placed the first couple in the garden of Eden there existed no government. No human government, and no one except God ruled. But Adam and Eve
rejected God's sovereignty, they rebelled and were kicked out of God's family, and out of the garden of Eden. But they were not alone in their
rebellion, the ringleader of this conspiracy was a spirit angel known simply as Satan the Devil, meaning Slanderer, and Resister.
Satan thus made himself god over the world and all humankind and angels that rebelled fell under his governance. Why did God allow this? He could have
just zapped them out of existence. Of course that would only prove his power, and he obviously has no need to prove his great power. God allowed
rebellion in the spirit realm and by humankind to allow all to see for themselves whose governance is better, among other things. He also was allowing
Satan to prove whether other sentient beings created as himself -angels and humans- would use their freewill to serve God of their own violation, in
the face of trials.
Now God did make a covenant with Abraham for an offspring that would bless all humankind. And he affirmed that covenant with Isaac, and Jacob. And he
formed the nation of Israel and gave them his law to keep them separate from the world. Jehovah said that his law would prove to be superior to human
law, and everyone would have to marvel at the wisdom of the God of the Hebrews:
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You must carefully follow them, because this will show wisdom and understanding on your part before the peoples who will hear about all these
regulations, and they will say, ‘This great nation is undoubtedly a wise and understanding people.’ For what great nation has gods as near to it
as Jehovah our God is to us whenever we call on him? And what great nation has righteous regulations and judicial decisions like this entire Law that
I am putting before you today?"-Deuteronomy 4:6-8.
Jehovah does not condone or approve of human rule. When kings did sit on the throne in Israel, their throne represented Jehovah's throne. When they
disobeyed God, Jehovah rejected them as a nation and destroyed their temple, and removed the king from his throne. This happened in 607 B. C. E. when
Jehovah sent the Babylonian king Nebuchadnezzar to destroy Jerusalem, its temple, and remove its king, as a punishment for their wickedness.
NO HUMAN RULE has represented Jehovah God on earth since the last Judean king Zedekiah was removed from his throne in 607 B. C. E.
God has permitted human rule, although it is in rebellion to his rule, in order to allow a semblance of stability among humankind. Romans says:
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Whoever opposes the authority has taken a stand against the arrangement of God; those who have taken a stand against it will bring judgment
against themselves. For those rulers are an object of fear, not to the good deed, but to the bad."-Romans 13:2-3.
This is referring to human governments. Jesus said to "pay back Caesar's things to Cesar, but God's things to God." And when the Roman governor
Pontius Pilate was questioning Jesus and told Jesus that Pilate as the governor of Jerusalem had the power to set Jesus free, Jesus told Pilate that
Pilate only had authority because Jehovah allowed him to have it:
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So Pilate said to him: “Are you refusing to speak to me? Do you not know that I have authority to release you and I have authority to execute
you?” Jesus answered him: “You would have no authority over me at all unless it had been granted to you from above.”-John
19:10-11.
All human rulership is in opposition to Jehovah God. And he promises to do away with human rulership. In Daniel 2 Jehovah showed a vision in a dream
to Nebuchadnezzar of a great statue. It represents human rulerhsip. A power, not human, would carve out a stone from the mountain and would strike the
image in its feet and pulverize it, utterly destroying it. And God would establish a government in heaven that will rule forever.
Jesus Christ is the ruler that is not human. He is in heaven as a mighty spirit. And he rules with God's approval. God has kindly given Jesus the name
that is above all names, that every knee should bow to him, both in heaven and on earth.
The Bible book of Revelation talks of the 1,000 year reign of Christ. And Jesus Christ will undo all of humankind's gross problems they are incapable
of fixing. Jesus has the power over the elements. No human ruler can claim that. Jesus can cure the sick, the lame, the blind. No human ruler can
claim that. Jesus can read the heart, he will judge always with righteousness and in fairness. No human ruler can claim that. Jesus has authority and
power over the wicked angels, including Satan the Devil. No human ruler can claim that. Jesus has authority and power over death. He can resurrect the
dead as if he was waking them up from sleep. No human ruler can claim that power.
Jesus' power and rule is of such a higher class than that of humankind. Why do "Christians" argue about Satan's forms of political governments, and
ignore Jesus' kingdom that is about to destroy this wicked system with all of its governments.
Now at the end of Jesus' 1,000 year rule over the earth the entire earth will have been transformed into a paradise, the original purpose of God. No
wicked human will be left alive. Only good people who use their freewill to freely love God with all their hearts, and their neighbor as themselves.
And as the last enemy death will be brought to nothing.
Then at the end of the 1,000 year rule Jesus himself will relinquish authority over the earth and hand the kingdom back to his God and Father, so that
Jehovah may be all things to all people. Jesus and his kingdom rule in heaven will crush and put an end to all human rule. It will bring mankind back
to perfection, resurrect all the untold dead back to life, and fix all of the problems in the environment. All humankind that use their freewill out
of love and because of love will live forever in peace.
Here is the crux of the matter. Against love there is no law. And law only exists for the lawless and ungodly. When everyone uses their freewill to
show love to God and to neighbor there will no longer be a need for governments to exist. Listen to this prophecy and the sacred secret contained
therein:
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Next, the end, when he hands over the Kingdom to his God and Father, when he has brought to nothing all government and all authority and
power. For he must rule as king until God has put all enemies under his feet. And the last enemy, death, is to be brought to nothing. For God
“subjected all things under his feet.” But when he says that ‘all things have been subjected,’ it is evident that this does not include the
One who subjected all things to him. But when all things will have been subjected to him, then the Son himself will also subject himself to the One
who subjected all things to him, that God may be all things to everyone."-1 Corinthians 15:24-29.
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