On Government

"For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon His shoulders...Of the increase of His government and peace there shall be no end...and upon His kingdom, to order it, and to establish it with judgment and with justice from henceforth even forever..." Isaiah 9:6, 7

Governments of man are meant to order and stabilize societies, to reward good and punish evil (Romans 13:1-7). Nowhere in scripture does it say that governments of men will be the final solution to earth's ills. They never can be, for as long as they are founded and headed by fallen humanity, they will fail eventually.

"That is the key to history," said Lewis, and he was right: great institutions, governments, organizations, movements, ideologies, sciences, and religions come forth claiming to be the cure-all for what ills you. Then corruption sets in, the evil people get to the top, morality erodes, and the whole thing slides back into the ruin that the movement, etc., was supposed to cure. "Cursed be the man that trusteth in man..." (Jeremiah 17:5a) How can man solve his problems when man is the problem? Their good intentions are more bricks for Hell's highway.

There is only one government that can save us, only one Governor that can bring peace and save humanity from itself; and His kingdom is not of this world (John 18:36). Thank goodness it isn't.