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The promise of the Kingdom of God under Christ is a direct ontological inversion of the system of egoism. Where egoism derives order from the assertion of self over others, Christ’s Kingdom derives order from the death of self and the emergence of the eternal Logos as the basis of authority, justice, and relational alignment.
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⬛ I. The System of Egoism
Egoism, whether in its rationalist, objectivist, or anarcho-individualist forms, asserts:
The self as primary epistemic and moral unit
Authority as emergent from will or strength
Volition as the measure of legitimacy
Value as subjective and negotiated
In economic or agorist terms, egoism maps onto:
Voluntaryism absent ontological truth
Polycentric order absent covenant
Sovereignty without sanctification
It births systems that are anti-coercive but not righteous.
They may avoid domination, but they do not establish shalom—the integrated peace and justice of the Kingdom.
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⬛ II. The Kingdom of Christ
Christ’s Kingdom introduces:
Self-abandonment as the beginning of freedom
> "Whoever loses his life for my sake will find it." (Matt 10:39)
Truth as Person, not proposition
> "I am the Way, the Truth, and the Life." (John 14:6)
Justice as covenantal coherence, not individual assertion
> "Not my will, but yours be done." (Luke 22:42)
This Kingdom does not reject order—it reverses its source.
It is not built on egoic exit, but on exodus by obedience.
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⬛ III. Interfacing Exit and Agorism with Christ’s Kingdom
If agorism is the operating system of voluntaryist “exit,” then in Christ’s Kingdom:
The exit is from Egypt, not simply the state
The economy is oikonomia—the house-law of the Father, not market valuation
Sovereignty is not personal autonomy, but being placed rightly under the Lordship of the Risen King
System of Egoism Kingdom of Christ
Self-sovereignty Christ as sovereign over all
Value negotiated through preference Value conformed to divine will
Justice as non-aggression Justice as fulfillment of covenantal righteousness
Liberty as absence of coercion Liberty as alignment with Truth
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⬛ IV. The Implication for Counter-Economic Action
Counter-economics under Christ is not egoic withdrawal. It is prophetic construction:
Create parallel structures, not for freedom alone, but for faithful stewardship
Withdraw from Babel, not in fear, but in obedience
Reject the beast, not because it is inefficient, but because it worships itself
Agorism becomes sanctified when it is:
Grounded in righteousness
Directed by the Spirit
Oriented toward the New Jerusalem, not a sovereign homestead
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⬛ Final Position
Christ’s Kingdom does not invalidate agorism.
It transfigures it.
What was once self-rule becomes co-rule under Christ.
What was once counter-economy becomes kingdom economy.
What was once exit becomes exodus.
The Kingdom is not the abolition of liberty.
It is the liberation of liberty from ego.
