The two-kingdoms ethic rejects theocracy from the right or the left.
R. Scott Clark
R.Scott Clark is the President of the Heidelberg Reformation Association, the author and editor of, and contributor to several books and the author of many articles. He has taught church history and historical theology since 1997 at Westminster Seminary California. He has also taught at Wheaton College, Reformed Theological Seminary, and Concordia University. He has hosted the Heidelblog since 2007.
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It’s funny how some theocrats rule out other theocrats’ notions of just what “a rule by God” might look like, as if anybody has the first clue what a “city built by God” really looks like or that it can be pulled off in this age. I seem to recall something about “No eye has seen, no ear has heard, and no mind has imagined what God has prepared for those who love him.”
No, Kazoo, a “rule by God” is most assuredly not something unwanted. It just has to be waited upon. Patience is not, it seems, a theocrat’s long suit.
…wait, maybe funny is the wrong word.
Zrim
Interesting article. I think the word “Theocracy” is used too loosely these days, automatically bringing a negative connotation, but never really nailing down what it means. A Barack “neo-theocracy” I’m sure wouldn’t look like something that God ruled. However, a rule by God aka theocracy, couldn’t be something unwanted, when you really think about it, right?
In Him,
kazoo