I believe it likely that we may be in closer agreement than is apparent. We are pilgrims and exiles certainly in that the satanic world system is utterly foreign and repugnant to us. However, at the same time, we *are* the embassy of Heaven. We are ambassadors of the King (Greek 'Cristos'), the "Blessed and *only* Sovereign" who as our Creator is the only human with a legitimate right to rule us.

All authority in heaven and on earth belongs to Jesus. The government is upon his shoulders, and his kingdom expands endlessly as the nations (Greek 'ethnos' often translated 'Gentiles') hear this good news and exit (exodus) out of worldly kingdoms, flowing into the Kingdom of God (the ecclesia).

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My only disagreement is that the kingdom of God is primarily in our hearts, and in that voluntary association called the church--it is not to take up nor decide civil matters. Its powers are spiritual and declarative, not civil. There will come a day, after Christ's bodily return, when the kingdoms of the world will become the kingdom of Christ -- in a very real, geopolitical sense -- that until he returns, that is not a goal of the church. But as I've said...we've already been on about this one before. No harm, no foul, we're still bros either way. Probably just another post-mil / a-mil thing.