For to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government will be on his shoulders. And he will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace (Isaiah 9:6).
I am now just recovering from an intense cold--I haven't been able to put together a coherent thought in close to a week. I hope these thoughts make sense.
Our current president would like to be king because working with congress is such a messy and cumbersome business. Congress has made it almost impossible to get the president's agenda passed into law. That means, of course, that the government is working exactly as the framers of the Constitution intended. We have lived in a democracy so long that we do not appreciate what it was actually like to live under a king who had executive, legislative and judicial powers to use at his whim. Life and death could be executed at his word. That kind of power makes government very efficient and can be very good if a good king is the ruler. But, our fore fathers were Christians and they understood the Biblical truth that power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Men of earth, sons of Adam, cannot handle that kind of power.
There is one who wields that kind of power and authority already: But about the Son he says, "Your throne, O God, will last forever and ever, and righteousness will be the scepter of your kingdom" (Hebrews 1:8).
There is no higher authority than the authority of Jesus Christ. His rule is incorruptible! Even with all the checks and balances in our constitutional government we still have to deal with plenty of corruption. We look forward to the day when government will be perfect: They will make war against the Lamb, but the Lamb will overcome them because he is Lord of Lords and King of Kings--and with him will be his called, chosen and faithful followers (Revelation 17:14).
In Hope,
Tom
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