(October 10, 2013 at 2:28 pm)Sword of Christ Wrote: I don't think Jesus anything like that but if you mean crush the idolatrous corrupt man made kingdoms of this world and replace them with the heavenly kingdom of God which isn't of this this world emancipating humanity I suppose that's fine. You can see what happened to the Soviet Union, utterly crushed by the power of the people, willed by God of course.You mentioned that Christianity was not intended to be a theocracy, but it seems to me that a theocracy is the end goal of Christianity. God will, eventually, topple the human governments that are 'ruining the earth' and replace them with his own government where he is king and sovereign.
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