THESIS 44: THE STATE AS SANCTIFIED "SERVANT"/"DEACON"/"MINISTER"

The lawless raiders of the State, be they agents of War or agents of Revenue, are so firmly in the hand of the LORD[163] and so completely dedicated (useful) to His purposes that they may be said to be His "sanctified ones."[164] They so serve His purposes of anger,[165] indignation,[166] wrath,[167] and vengeance,[168] that they may be called His "ministers" (from deaconeo, "to serve"), and a pagan king can even be called His "christ"[169] although he does not know the Lord or honor Jesus as the Christ of christs and King of kings.[170]

Exposition

God "Ordains" Evil

 

Implications

What this Thesis means; how it should affect your life; how our lives should affect the world.

Clarifications

What this Thesis does NOT mean; how it should NOT affect your life; how the Old World distorted the truth.

Confirmations

How "mainstream" evangelical or orthodox commentators have confirmed this Thesis (without accepting the overall paradigm)

Deliberations

Readers' questions, complaints, allegations, flames, threats

         -- answered, adjusted, denied, blessed, filed.

Prooftexts

163. Proverbs 21:1

164. Isaiah 13:3

165. Isaiah 13:3

166. Isaiah 10:5

167. Isaiah 10:6

168. Romans 13:4

169. Isaiah 45:1 -- "anointed king"

170. Isaiah 45:5

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