GOVERNMENT AND RELIGION

America was founded on Christian principles.

I don't believe God should be excluded from any government actions or decisions.
I do however believe that allowing "religions" to be meshed with governments as a single unit is the king of mistakes.

With the present condition of the United States where Liberalism is popular and where all religions and creeds are allowed to flourish, I can see how that the church-state separation needs to be in place. Interfaith political correctness would make it too easy for the Antichrist to control both state and churches if there was not a form of separation. Until Christ returns, there must be a traditional form of separation. This is no-way means that I desire the ACLU's form of church-state separation.


With the examination of quotes and actions of the founders of United States of America, I am not convinced that they desired a present-day view of Church-State Separation that is campaigned today by the ACLU. Go
here for details.

At present, America's Democratic Republic is the best form of government on the planet.


Preferred Government: Messianic Kingdom

This Kingdom will be established after the Great Tribulation is completed. The Great Tribulation is a time when a man possessed by Satan will gain power and influence over all governments and religions on the planet. He is prophesied about in the Bible. He is known as the Antichrist. Go
here to find out more.

In a Judeo-Christian Kingdom, God is over church and state.
Church and State are separate but God is over both.

In Moses, Joshua, and David's day, there was a wall of separation between priests and kings with God as the head. Decisions that were made were based upon God's Law which was given to Moses. This was a Theocratic Society. A failed Theocratic Society, for example, was established in America's past. This failed Theocratic Society conducted the Salem Witchcraft Trials. The leaders of this society were Calvinistic. They meshed together both church and state.

In my opinion, the mistake the leaders of the Salem Witchcraft Trial made was that they failed to realize that Christ had taken the death penalty upon Himself for violations of the Law of Moses until the end of the individual's days. This grace period gives people space and time to change and opportunity to receive Christ before death. See
Death penalty.

Christ spoke concerning a form of church-state separation but not a separation of God from government:
Tell us therefore, What thinkest thou? Is it lawful to give tribute unto Caesar, or not? But Jesus perceived their wickedness, and said, Why tempt ye me, ye hypocrites? Shew me the tribute money. And they brought unto him a penny. And he saith unto them, Whose is this image and superscription? They say unto him, Caesar's. Then saith he unto them, Render therefore unto Caesar the things which are Caesar's; and unto God the things that are God's. Matthew 22:17-21; Mark 12:14-17; Luke 20:19-26


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Old Testament Government

GOD
Prophets
Temple                                                    Nation
Priests                                                     Kings
God's People                                            All Citizens
    Sinners and Satan                                 Criminals and Enemies

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New Testament Government

GOD
Christ
Church                                                     Nation
Holy Bible                                                  Laws  
Pastor, Teacher Evangelist, Apostle, Prophet             Congress, Senate, House      
Council, Elders, Deacons                           Government Official
s
Christians                                              All Citizens
    Sinners and Satan                                     Criminals, Terrorist
s



In the Millenial Kingdom, there will be no separation.

I believe in traditional form of church-state separation but I do not believe in a separation of God from government.

I wish to publically thank the following persons for their influence in my decisioln to re-evaluate my stances on Church State separation:
Mom, M. Harrington, S. Adams, Dr. James Kennedy, C. Phillips, L. Crabtree, Judge Roy Moore, Pat Robertson, and Jay Sekulow.

Jeremy Brown 2003
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