orpheus_j{at}yahoo.com wrote:
>
> OK.  Even if you are right, so what?  I can't think of many Biblical
> descriptions of a (pre-2nd Coming) Christian "society"(/government/
> country/nation) either.  Perhaps in the beginning of Acts?
>
> But Jesus said (John 18:36) "My kingdom is not of this world."
>
> > It appears that each 'Christian' has their own
> > ideas about these questions and I wonder how any 'Chrisitan' country
> > could be formed.
>
> Why should it?  I remember a friend of mine saying that he thought that
> the best government was a theocracy, like in OT Israel.  I agree, with
> the caveat that OT Isreal had a lot of problems, and that such a
> government needs to be established by God and not man.

It was all downhill for Israel when the people demanded a more secular
government, starting with King Saul. God warned them about this, but
they went ahead and did it anyway.
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