That's true, we're dual citizens.
The secular (temporal) State operates on the principle of Justice / Natural Law and the eternal Church operates on the principle of grace. The two institutions have different means and different ends. Our humanity informs the former, and our Christianity informs the latter. Justice is not a particularly Christian goal or procedure.
Yes and justice flows from God's moral order and law. As I have mentioned elsewhere in this larger conversation, all magisterial law and action follows some kind of moral standard. It can't help but do this. So then we have to ask, which ought it to be? It cannot be neutral. And a Christian moral standard of justice and civil order is the most ideal because it is the only one that is most in accord with reality and most honoring of Christ.
I know that various people within CN have different visions for what a Christian nation is, but what I mean to argue here is a pretty plainly Scriptural and standard historical view in which the civil magistrate weilds the sword of justice, protects private property, and, most importantly, acts as a protector and promoter of the True Religion. From what I have gathered of nostr:nprofile1qqsr26r4lltjnvrwadxp67ns58m4qpzaqemhf5sup7hlujhjh7t296qppamhxue69uhkumewwd68ytnrwgqsuamnwvaz7tmwdaejumr0dshspq5nhe 's posts, I think this is where he is at too, but I won't speak for him.
I'm in the same place.
I think the State needs to be brought down in size about 1000x and repurposes to uphold a basic Christian order.
