{"id":180,"date":"2021-02-19T19:20:54","date_gmt":"2021-02-19T19:20:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jesushn.life\/?p=180"},"modified":"2026-04-16T15:36:41","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T15:36:41","slug":"jesus-is-theocracy-he-came-as-god-in-the-flesh-to-restore-mankind-to-right-relationship-with-abba-father-god","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jesushn.life\/index.php\/2021\/02\/19\/jesus-is-theocracy-he-came-as-god-in-the-flesh-to-restore-mankind-to-right-relationship-with-abba-father-god\/","title":{"rendered":"Jesus is theocracy."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"81\" height=\"105\" src=\"https:\/\/jesushn.life\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/christ-image.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-182\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong>Abba Father, King of Kings and Lord of lords<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jesushn.life\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/IMG_20221002_065707-rotated.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/jesushn.life\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/IMG_20221002_065707-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8795\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jesushn.life\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/IMG_20221002_065707-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/jesushn.life\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/IMG_20221002_065707-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/jesushn.life\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/IMG_20221002_065707-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/jesushn.life\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/IMG_20221002_065707-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/jesushn.life\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/IMG_20221002_065707-2048x1152.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong>Christ Jesus&#8217; Kingdom is a Theocracy. &#8220;The same yesterday today and forever.&#8221;<\/strong> <em>-Hebrews 13:8<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-pale-ocean-gradient-background has-background has-small-font-size\"><strong>&#8220;God is the ultimate authority, and the nation\u2019s leaders recognize God as that authority. Everything that is done falls in alignment with God\u2019s word and God\u2019s ways. If there is a dispute, God\u2019s word becomes the ultimate arbiter in deciding it. Theocracies will have rulers and leaders, but they willingly submit themselves to the rule of God.&#8221;<\/strong> &#8211;<strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblestudytools.com\/bible-study\/topical-studies\/what-bible-theocracy-teach-us.html\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.biblestudytools.com\/bible-study\/topical-studies\/what-bible-theocracy-teach-us.html\"><strong><\/strong><\/a><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblestudytools.com\/author\/clarence-l-haynes-jr\/\">Clarence L. Haynes Jr.<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/jeraldfinney.com\/2011\/08\/12\/israel-the-only-theocracy-ordained-by-god\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/jeraldfinney.com\/2011\/08\/12\/israel-the-only-theocracy-ordained-by-god\/\">Israel\u2014the Only Theocracy Ordained by God<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<p><strong>theocracy means<\/strong>: <strong>theo= God, cracy= rule<\/strong> <strong>or government<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-background\" style=\"color:#74691e;background-color:#fff989\"><strong>The Supremacy of Christ Jesus:<\/strong><em><strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblehub.com\/colossians\/1-15.htm#:~:text=Colossians%201%3A15%20The%20Son%20is%20the%20image%20of,was%20created%20and%20is%20supreme%20over%20all%20creation%2C\">Colossians 1:15<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-background\" style=\"color:#74691e;background-color:#fff989\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#74691e\" class=\"has-inline-color\"><strong>\u201cFor no one can lay any foundation other than the one already laid, which is Jesus Christ.\u201d<\/strong><\/mark><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#74691e\" class=\"has-inline-color\"> \u2013<\/mark><\/strong><em><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#74691e\" class=\"has-inline-color\">1 Corinthians 3:11<\/mark>&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#74691e\" class=\"has-inline-color\"><strong>Jesus says, \u201cI am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me\u201d<\/strong>&nbsp;<em>-John 14:6<\/em> <\/mark><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color\" style=\"color:#74691e\"><strong>&#8220;Let God be true and every man a liar.&#8221;<\/strong> <em>-Romans 3:4<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#74691e\" class=\"has-inline-color\"><strong>&#8220;For in the gospel the righteousness of God is revealed\u2014a righteousness that is by faith&nbsp;from first to last,&nbsp;just as it is written:<\/strong> <strong>&#8216;The righteous will live by faith.<\/strong>&#8216;\u201d <em>-Romans 1:17<\/em><\/mark><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#74691e\" class=\"has-inline-color\"> <strong>&#8220;Yet a time is coming and has now come when<\/strong> <strong>the true worshipers will worship the Father in the Spirit and in truth, for they are the kind of worshipers the Father seeks.<\/strong> <em>-John 4:23<\/em><\/mark><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#74691e\" class=\"has-inline-color\"><em> <\/em><strong>&#8220;Pray without ceasing&#8221;<\/strong> <em>-1 Thessalonians 5:17<\/em><\/mark><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color\" style=\"color:#74691e\"><strong>Simplicity in Christ.<\/strong> <mark>It is written: \u201cI [Jesus] tell you the truth, <strong>anyone who will not receive the kingdom of God like a little child will never enter it.<\/strong>\u201d <em>-Mark 10:15<\/em><\/mark><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/rcg.org\/books\/scv.html\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/rcg.org\/books\/scv.html\">Should Christians Vote?<\/a><\/strong> <strong>Answer first- do you know what a <a href=\"https:\/\/jesushn.life\/index.php\/politics\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/jesushn.life\/index.php\/politics\/\">politician <\/a>is?<\/strong> <strong>Sinful, blind, deceived men think they can bring about the Kingdom of God through human effort. Christ did not come to fix or make\u00a0<em>this<\/em>\u00a0world better. He announced the\u00a0COMING\u00a0of a better world, made possible because of His government!<\/strong> &#8220;<strong>Manmade forms of government are doomed and very soon to be destroyed and replaced by the <em>Theocratic<\/em> (emphasis added) government of the Kingdom of God!&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;<strong>When Jesus returns and takes his rightful place as King of Kings and Lord of Lords this will be a theocracy unlike any before, and it will differ from what Old Testament Israel experienced: Jesus himself will reign and rule.<\/strong>&#8221; <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblestudytools.com\/bible-study\/topical-studies\/what-bible-theocracy-teach-us.html\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.biblestudytools.com\/bible-study\/topical-studies\/what-bible-theocracy-teach-us.html\">-Bible Study Tools<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li> <mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#74691e\" class=\"has-inline-color\"><strong>\u201cGod&nbsp;<em>is<\/em>&nbsp;not a man, that He should lie<\/strong>, Nor a son of man, that He should repent. Has He said, and will He not do? Or has He spoken, and will He not make it good?&#8221;<em> -Numbers 23:19<\/em> NKJ<\/mark><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Theocracy<\/strong>\u2013 Government of a state by the immediate direction of God; or the state thus governed.&nbsp;Of this species the Israelites&nbsp;furnished an illustrious [distinguished; renowned] example. The theocracy lasted till the time of Saul.&nbsp;&nbsp;<em><u>-American Dictionary of the&nbsp;English Language<\/u>; Noah Webster&nbsp;<strong>1828<\/strong><\/em> <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>(<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bible.com\/bible\/111\/1SA.8.NIV\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.bible.com\/bible\/111\/1SA.8.NIV\">1 Samuel 8 Biblical loss of distinction<\/a>)<\/strong> <mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#74691e\" class=\"has-inline-color\">&#8220;But the people refused&nbsp;to listen to Samuel. &#8216;No!&#8217; they said. &#8216;We want&nbsp;a king&nbsp;over us.&nbsp;Then <strong>we will be like all the other nations,&nbsp;with a king<\/strong> to lead us and to go out before us and fight our battles.&#8217;\u201d <em>-1 Samuel 8:19-20<\/em><\/mark>  <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Theocracy-&nbsp;<\/strong>Government of a state by the immediate direction of God (or by the assumed direction of a supposititious divinity), or the state thus governed.&nbsp;&#8211;<em>Black\u2019s Law Dictionary 6th Ed.; \u00a9 1990<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The origin of Jesus&#8217; Holy Nation is the Living God which is theocracy. Note: There is greater individual freedom with theocracy than democracy, but also with greater individual responsibility. <strong>The origin of democracy is <em>created<\/em> <em>man<\/em> who neither acknowledges Jesus, nor acknowledges <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tommillington.net\/sin\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.tommillington.net\/sin\/\">sin<\/a>; as a result, democracy has a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bing.com\/search?q=deceitful%20definition&amp;qs=n&amp;form=QBRE&amp;sp=-1&amp;pq=deceitful%20definition&amp;sc=7-20&amp;sk=&amp;cvid=53E06B1BB2FE4F5AA44F0ED209FB0397\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.bing.com\/search?q=deceitful%20definition&amp;qs=n&amp;form=QBRE&amp;sp=-1&amp;pq=deceitful%20definition&amp;sc=7-20&amp;sk=&amp;cvid=53E06B1BB2FE4F5AA44F0ED209FB0397\">deceitful<\/a> government giving way to the rise of power mad dictators.<\/strong> E.g. Adolf Hitler came to power through democracy. <em>Historical example of old:&nbsp;<\/em>\u201cThe city [of Rome] was constantly at war with its neighbors,&nbsp;<strong>and internally there was strife between aristocrats and the people,<\/strong>&nbsp;often embodied in disputes between their elected representatives- the consuls and the tribunes.<em>\u201d&nbsp;-Chronicle of the Roman Republic, Philip Matyszak.<\/em> The Roman conviction is that \u201cCaesar is lord,\u201d whereas Christians proclaim that \u201cJesus is Lord.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tommillington.net\/contact\/ambassador-award\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"723\" height=\"991\" src=\"https:\/\/jesushn.life\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Tom-Israel-America.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-650\" style=\"width:165px;height:226px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jesushn.life\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Tom-Israel-America.jpg 723w, https:\/\/jesushn.life\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Tom-Israel-America-219x300.jpg 219w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">&#8220;Believing&#8221; Thomas, Ambassador to Jerusalem<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe Gospel had leaped over national bounds to a people who in the judgment of the Jews were not the recipients of God\u2019s blessings. The following questions may have arisen: Should not the new faith in Jesus Christ be kept within national bounds? On what grounds could non-Jews be sharer in the Jerusalem-centered Pentecost? The Jewish Christians [Messianic Jews] had no blueprint for church extension beyond Jewry. Their viewpoint had not risen above the common Jewish idea of proselyting.\u201d<em>&nbsp;\u2013The Holy Spirit and the Holy Life, Chester k. Lehman; \u00a9 1959; page 71<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jesushn.life\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/HN-info-card.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"707\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/jesushn.life\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/HN-info-card.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-766\" style=\"width:227px;height:128px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jesushn.life\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/HN-info-card.jpg 707w, https:\/\/jesushn.life\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/HN-info-card-300x170.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 707px) 100vw, 707px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Holy Nation is God&#8217;s story<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap\">What makes Holy Nation different from&nbsp;<em>all&nbsp;<\/em>other nations who have &#8220;kings&#8221;? In Exodus 33:14 <strong>\u201cThe Lord replied [to Moses], \u2018My Presence will go with you, and I will give you rest.\u2019\u201d<\/strong> The Judeo-Christian Holy Nation is entered voluntarily through belief and faith in Christ Jesus\/Yeshua.&nbsp;<strong>It absolutely is NOT a political nation, but, rather, a spiritual nation that stands alone on the Holy Word of God.<\/strong>&nbsp;Its foundation and function is love.&nbsp;The very measure of greatness of a persons life in Christ is love.&nbsp;Neither money, wealth of possessions, title, rank, nor the external fashion of clothes empowers a person to live and give God\u2019s love to other people.&nbsp;Love comes out of a pure heart and clear conscience towards God by Serving others beyond own self interests.&nbsp;<strong>Man can add nothing to the Kingdom of Heaven; rather, he must align himself with what is already established and true!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> \u201cEver since its [Israel\u2019s 1948] creation, there have been debates and disagreements about the nature of the state of&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.learnreligions.com\/atheism-and-agnosticism-4684819\">Israel<\/a>. Formally, it\u2019s a secular democracy where Judaism is privileged; in reality, many&nbsp;<strong>orthodox Jews believe that Israel should be a theocratic state where Judaism is the supreme law of the land.<\/strong>&nbsp;Secular and orthodox Jews are at odds over the future of Israel and it\u2019s uncertain what will happen.\u201d<a href=\"https:\/\/www.learnreligions.com\/israel-a-religious-or-a-secular-state-3975207\"><em>&nbsp;-Learn Religion<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jewish heritage and religion passed through generations starting with the founding father Abraham (ca. 1800 BCE). Thus, Jews have had a continuous presence in the land of Israel for the past&nbsp;<strong>3<\/strong>,<strong>300 years<\/strong>. <em><strong>\u201cThe Jewish people gave to the world the eternal Book of Books. [Holy Scriptures;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tommillington.net\/contact\/ambassador-award\/\"> emphasis mine<\/a>] \u2026 This recognition by the United Nations of the right of the Jewish people to establish their state is irrevocable.\u201d<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt may be hard to imagine, but at the time of [Biblical] Moses every nation on earth depended on slave labor. Regardless of the politics or economics pursued by governments,&nbsp;<strong>the Lord created the first FREE nation when he stripped Egypt of its slavery<\/strong>. He is the ultimate Deliverer.\u201d&nbsp;<em>\u2013Reinhard Bonnke,&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/cfan.org\/\">Christ for All Nations<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-background\" style=\"background-color:#fff989\">It is written: &#8220;Beloved,&nbsp;do not believe every spirit, but&nbsp;test the spirits to see whether they are from God, for&nbsp;many&nbsp;false prophets&nbsp;have gone out into the world.&nbsp;<sup>2&nbsp;<\/sup>By this you know the Spirit of God:&nbsp;<strong>every spirit that confesses that&nbsp;Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God<\/strong>,&nbsp;<sup>3&nbsp;<\/sup>and every spirit&nbsp;that does not confess Jesus is not from God. This is the spirit of the antichrist, which you heard was coming and&nbsp;now is in the world already.&nbsp;<sup>4&nbsp;<\/sup>Little children, you are from God and have overcome them, for&nbsp;he who is in you is greater than&nbsp;he who is in the world.&nbsp;<sup>5&nbsp;<\/sup>They are from the world; therefore they speak from the world, and&nbsp;the world listens to them.&nbsp;<sup>6&nbsp;<\/sup>We are from God.&nbsp;Whoever knows God listens to us; whoever is not from God does not listen to us. <strong>By this we know&nbsp;the Spirit of truth and&nbsp;the spirit of error.<\/strong>&#8221; -1 John 1-6<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-background\" style=\"background-color:#fff989\">&#8220;<strong>Do not be yoked together with unbelievers<\/strong>. For what do righteousness and wickedness have in common? Or what fellowship can light have with darkness? What harmony is there between Christ and Belial&#8221; -2 Corinthians 6:14 <strong>&#8220;But our citizenship is in heaven&#8230;&#8221;<\/strong> -Philippians 3:20 <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:100%\">\n<p><strong><span style=\"color:#74691e\" class=\"has-inline-color\">It is written: In past generations it was not made known to mankind as the Spirit (Ruach HaKodesh) is now revealing it to his emissaries and prophets, that in union with the Messiah and through the Good News the Gentiles were to be joint heirs, a joint body and joint sharers with the Jews in what God has promised.&#8221;<\/span><\/strong><em><span style=\"color:#74691e\" class=\"has-inline-color\">&nbsp;-Ephesians 3:5, 6&nbsp;Jewish New Testament<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Revelation 21:3 says, \u201cAnd I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, \u2018Behold, the dwelling place of God is with man. He will dwell with them, and they will be his people, and God himself will be with them as their God.\u2019\u201d <strong>This will be a perfect theocracy,<\/strong> our Promised Land, ruled by the King of Glory. It is another mention in the Bible of the promise that God will be our God, and we will be His people. It will come in God\u2019s timing, not ours. <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.christianity.com\/wiki\/christian-terms\/why-christians-know-theocracy.html\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.christianity.com\/wiki\/christian-terms\/why-christians-know-theocracy.html\">-Christianity Today<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jesushn.life\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/nation7.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"735\" src=\"https:\/\/jesushn.life\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/nation7-1024x735.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-367 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jesushn.life\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/nation7-1024x735.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/jesushn.life\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/nation7-300x215.jpg 300w, https:\/\/jesushn.life\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/nation7-768x551.jpg 768w, https:\/\/jesushn.life\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/nation7-1536x1103.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/jesushn.life\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/nation7.jpg 1606w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p style=\"font-size:17px\">Israel\u2019s current government is set up as a de facto government- not the exact representation of Jesus\u2019 Theocracy to come; nevertheless, the LORD orchestrates all things <strong>according to His perfect will. Israel was not born in 1948. Israel was born in the heart of God<\/strong> at the beginning of time. It is written:  &#8220;Then the&nbsp;Lord&nbsp;God formed&nbsp;a man&nbsp;from the dust&nbsp;of the ground&nbsp;and breathed into his nostrils the breath&nbsp;of life,&nbsp;and the man became a living being..&#8221; -Genesis 3:7<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Truth be told, my wife and I do belong to a pro-theocracy organization. Indeed, we attend its meetings every week. In those gatherings, we learn about what it means to support a theocracy, and we sing songs that are meant to strengthen our theocratic commitments. The organization I am referring to, of course, is our local church.&#8221; <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/2024\/07\/mouw-theocracy-is-not-enemy-of-pluralism\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/2024\/07\/mouw-theocracy-is-not-enemy-of-pluralism\/\">-Theocracy is Not the Enemy of Pluralism<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"563\" height=\"524\" src=\"https:\/\/jesushn.life\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/DECAL.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1309\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jesushn.life\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/DECAL.jpg 563w, https:\/\/jesushn.life\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/DECAL-300x279.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 563px) 100vw, 563px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"707\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/jesushn.life\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/HN-info-card.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-766\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jesushn.life\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/HN-info-card.jpg 707w, https:\/\/jesushn.life\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/HN-info-card-300x170.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 707px) 100vw, 707px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Holy Nation is God&#8217;s story<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/13066031-forever-yours\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"606\" height=\"583\" src=\"https:\/\/jesushn.life\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/LaurieIsraelFlag.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3597\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jesushn.life\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/LaurieIsraelFlag.jpg 606w, https:\/\/jesushn.life\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/LaurieIsraelFlag-300x289.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 606px) 100vw, 606px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong>Forever Yours<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Life is sacred, beautiful, irreplaceable, and awesome. Life must be respected with glory to the Living God! Life requires personal responsibility.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;God is the ultimate authority, and the nation\u2019s leaders recognize God as that authority. 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