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The Gnostic Obama

We’re going to keep on praising together. I am confident that we can create a Kingdom right here on Earth. ~Barack Obama  Establishing the kingdom of heaven on earth always means rendering more to Caesar than what was originally due. ~Nick Gillespie  It is also, from the perspective of Christian orthodoxy, impossible to do and it is impious […]

We’re going to keep on praising together. I am confident that we can create a Kingdom right here on Earth. ~Barack Obama 

Establishing the kingdom of heaven on earth always means rendering more to Caesar than what was originally due. ~Nick Gillespie

 It is also, from the perspective of Christian orthodoxy, impossible to do and it is impious to believe that men can build the Kingdom.  Also, chiliasm has long been regarded as a dangerous heresy.  Christians are citizens of the civitas Dei, and we should live accordingly, but we cannot replace the earthly city.  Christians are called to be the leaven in the world.  They are not called to be utopians.

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