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Government from Top Down
(From Forerunner Commentary)

1 Corinthians 12:28  (Go to this verse :: Verse pop-up) Just as ancient Israel's government, as established by God, was the "church" or congregation of the Old Testament era, was also a nation in the world, hierarchical, the church of God today is organized under theocratic government, hierarchical in form. Government is from the top down—the very opposite of democracy. The members do not set officials in the church—God does, even as He sets the lay members in the church (I Corinthians 12:18; John 6:44; Acts 2:47). The government presently in God's church is the same form of government by which Christ shall rule all nations during the Millennium and the Great White Throne Judgment period. Those in God's church today have voluntarily placed themselves under the authority of His government. Thus they are learning to rule in the Kingdom of God. How? By first being ruled by the government of God during their mortal lives. God's Spirit-begotten children learn to rule in preparation for the World Tomorrow by submitting to and administering God's government within His church today! What and Why the Church?

 

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