God's earthly government structure is set up to PREVENT the NEED for God to take wrath upon the People....
Man's earthly government structure is set up to BUFFER the people AGAINST the Deserved Wrath of God!
I was reading Josephus - and he made a really interesting point about Nimrod and the tower of Babel and it REALLY got me thinking about the Purpose of Government....
Nimrod: Genesis 10
Tower of Babel: Genesis 11
Josephus Antiquities, book 1, Chapter 4, section 2
"He (Nimrod) also gradually changed the government into tyranny, seeing no other way of turning men from the fear of God, but to bring them into a constant dependence on his power. He also said he would be revenged on God, if he should have a mind to drown the world again; for that he would build a tower too high for the waters to be able to reach! and that he would avenge himself on God for destroying their forefathers"
Now... Think of our Own Government's actions ... How so many of the purposes of Government are structured to "Buffer" the People from Experiencing the deserved Wrath of God.... Just like Nimrod built a Tower to protect the people against ANOTHER flood.....
Here are a couple examples....
Agricultural subsidy to buffer people against the CONSEQUENCES of crop failures
Banking "Reforms" to buffer people against the CONSEQUENCES of financial failures
Disaster Relief "Reforms" to buffer people against the CONSEQUENCES of disasters
Gigantic Military to Buffer people against Consequences of powerful adversaries sent by God...
But... It NEVER works because God is God and doesn't take orders from US....
Instead....
Why not try to push our Government back in the direction of PREVENTING the Wrath of God from Occurring.... That was the direction of the Government in the Torah.... To PREVENT the Need for God to take wrath upon the people.....
*Sigh*
Man's earthly government structure is set up to BUFFER the people AGAINST the Deserved Wrath of God!
I was reading Josephus - and he made a really interesting point about Nimrod and the tower of Babel and it REALLY got me thinking about the Purpose of Government....
Nimrod: Genesis 10
Tower of Babel: Genesis 11
Josephus Antiquities, book 1, Chapter 4, section 2
"He (Nimrod) also gradually changed the government into tyranny, seeing no other way of turning men from the fear of God, but to bring them into a constant dependence on his power. He also said he would be revenged on God, if he should have a mind to drown the world again; for that he would build a tower too high for the waters to be able to reach! and that he would avenge himself on God for destroying their forefathers"
Now... Think of our Own Government's actions ... How so many of the purposes of Government are structured to "Buffer" the People from Experiencing the deserved Wrath of God.... Just like Nimrod built a Tower to protect the people against ANOTHER flood.....
Here are a couple examples....
Agricultural subsidy to buffer people against the CONSEQUENCES of crop failures
Banking "Reforms" to buffer people against the CONSEQUENCES of financial failures
Disaster Relief "Reforms" to buffer people against the CONSEQUENCES of disasters
Gigantic Military to Buffer people against Consequences of powerful adversaries sent by God...
But... It NEVER works because God is God and doesn't take orders from US....
Instead....
Why not try to push our Government back in the direction of PREVENTING the Wrath of God from Occurring.... That was the direction of the Government in the Torah.... To PREVENT the Need for God to take wrath upon the people.....
*Sigh*
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