Chapter Two .

THE KINGDOM OF GOD VERSUS
THE GOVERNMENTS OF MAN

Ninety percent of all the national and international problems facing our world today are the result eitherof government or religion. This includes global hunger,health epidemics, wars, terrorism, racial and ethnic conflicts, segre-gation, nuclear tension, and economic uncertainty.

Through out history, man’s greatest challenge has been to learn how to live in peace with himself and his neighbors. Whether it isthe continent of Africa, Old Europe, Norsemen of England, the Mongols of Asia, Indians of North and South America, or the Eskimos of Iceland, tribal warfare, racial and ethnic conflicts, and full-scale war have been the human story. 

In all of these social and cultural expressions of humanity, the one thing that has always evolved was some kind of authority structure, a form of leadership or government mechanism to establish and maintain social order.

From the painted walls of native caves and the hieroglyphics ofthe tombs of ancient Egypt, to the historic pyramid structures of the Aztec worshipers, evidence abounds of man’s desire and need for and no plant of the field had yet sprung up, for the Lord God had not sent rain on the earth and there was no manto work [manage or administrate the ground, but streams came up from the earth and watered the whole surface of the ground (Genesis 2:4b-6).From these verses we see that the Creator allowed no productivegrowth to take place on the earth because “there was no man towork the ground.” The word “work” here implies management, administration, orderly development, and making fruitful. Thus,one of the principal motives for the creation of man was to providea manager, administrator, and ruler of the planet earth. 

This is why the Creator expressed it in these words:Then God said, “Let Us make man in Our image, in Our likeness, and let them rule [or have dominion] over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the live stock,over all the earth, and over all the creatures that movealong the ground” (Genesis 1:26).The mandate of the Creator for mankind was rulership anddominion. As we saw earlier, the word “dominion” here translatesthe Hebrew word, mamlakah, meaning “kingdom” or “sovereignrule” or government. 

Therefore, the first command given to manby his Creator was to establish a “government” on the earth todestroy chaos and to maintain order. Government is God’s solu-tion to disorder.The logical conclusion one can derive from this scenario is, firstof all, that government is God’s idea; second, that the absence or lackof correct government will always lead to chaos and disorder; andthird, that wherever there is chaos, disorder, or lack of productivity, the answer is correct government.

The fall of mankind as recorded in the third chapter of Genesis was the result of man declaring independence from the government of heaven, resulting in anarchy and social and spiritual chaos. Ever since that fatal fall from governing grace, man has been attemptingto establish a form of self-government that would alleviate the inter-nal and external chaos he continues to experience. Of course, thatchaos is also manifested in the natural physical creation he was mandated to govern—the earth. 

This is the reality behind the state-ment of the first-century biblical writer, Paul, when he wrote:The creation waits in eager expectation for the sons ofGod to be revealed. For the creation was subjected to frustration, not by its own choice, but by the will of theone who subjected it, in hope that the creation itself willbe liberated from its bondage to decay and brought intothe glorious freedom of the children of God (Romans8:19-21).Paul’s statement reveals the fact that government affects notonly the people of the land but also the land and physical environ-ment itself. 

Governing is serious business. When man rejected heav-en’s government, he became the source of his own governing program. The results ever since have proven that we need help. The Creator’s intent was to administrate earth government from Heaven through His image (nature) in man and thus manifest His nature and character on earth. God’s government is a unique structure that isyet misunderstood. I would at this point describe it as a corporate kingdom government. Government by corporate leadership! 

The theocratic order of a King over kings as partners in governing! Thisis what we would call the “Kingdom of Heaven.” The kingdom gov-ernment concept is God’s idea.However, when man rejected heaven’s government, he had no choice but to accept as an alternative the disappointing plethora of human attempts at government. When the children of Israel left the land of Egypt, as recorded in the Exodus story, God instructed Moses to advise them that they would be governed by the laws of heaven and led by God Himself as their heavenly King on earth. 

This was the first step in God’s plan to reinstate the Kingdom of Heaven on earth once again, using a small nation of slaves as His prototype.He expressed His divine desire through Moses, stating:“Now if you obey Me fully and keep My covenant, then outof all nations you will be My treasured possession.Although the whole earth is Mine, you will be for Me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation.” These are the words you are to speak to the Israelites (Exodus 19:5-6).

Here we see God’s intent for the nation to be governed by heav-en from heaven and to be an expression of His Kingdom on earth.Israel rejected theocracy, the rule of a gracious and loving King who would protect and provide for them. Instead, they substituted a king for the King. Their decision led to calamitous consequences.

The Fall of man was not the loss of heaven but rather the loss ofthe Kingdom government of heaven on earth. Any honest human taking a serious look at the conditions of our planet would have to conclude that earth is in need of a new, or in this case, an alternative form of government. The spiritual, social, economic, physical, envi-ronmental, and cultural conditions of our earth demand a govern-ment that is superior to any we have yet invented. 

Perhaps the answer to man’s need for an effective and just government is found in the first official words of Jesus Christ two thousand years ago asHe announced His primary mission and commented on the human condition:From that time on Jesus began to preach, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is near” (Matthew 4:17).Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom ofheaven (Matthew 5:3).Here we note that Jesus’ assessment of man’s spiritual and social hunger and poverty of soul can be satisfied only by receiving the Kingdom of Heaven. 

The Kingdom is the only source of true joy forThe the heart of man. Jesus’ announcement identified His stated solution to man’s earthly condition: “The kingdom of heaven is near[or ‘hasarrived’].” The kingdom concept originated in the mind of God and was the original governing system designed for earth. The ideal kingdom concept is unique, distinctive, and provides for the greatest benefits to its citizens. The ideal kingdom is such a beautiful idea that only God could have thought of it. And it is the only system of governingthat can bring the peace, equality, and fulfillment that mankind longs for. 

I use the term “ideal kingdom” concept because historical-ly man has attempted to imitate and duplicate the heavenly design of the Kingdom with disappointing results. Man’s efforts to establish kingdom government has produced defective, oppressive, anddestructive models that have not only fallen short of the noble aspi-rations of man but has also inflicted negative repercussions on hisfellowman. In essence, mankind’s rejection of Heaven’s Kingdom model has led to the abolition of peace and the installation of inferi-or forms of government. Some governments are better than others,but allare inferior to God’s government the Kingdom of Heaven.

THE GOVERNMENT OF MAN VERSUS

THE GOVERNMENT OF GOD

The Bible is the most misunderstood book on planet earth, notonly by those who do not prescribe to it, but also by many of those who claim to know and embrace its message. Simply stated, theBible is about a King, a Kingdom, and a royal family of children. The Bible is not about religion and was never intended to be a religious book. Rather, its story and message are about the desire of a King to extend His Kingdom to new territories through His royal family.

The Bible, therefore, is about government and governing. What is government? Government is about order, influence, administration, distribution, protection, maintenance, accountability, responsibility. and productivity. Technically speaking, government is the person, group, or organization that executes the functions of gov-erning. This is manifested in the exercise of authority and jurisdiction over territory and a citizenry. 

Government was first established by the command and mandate of God to Adam and incorporates the need toorder, work, oversee, guard, and protect.The roots of government in the western world reach back to theworld of the Greeks. In Greek, government (kubernites) literally means to steer, to pilot, or to act as a rudder. With out law and gov-ernment we have chaos. So, government is the power given or derived for the purpose of making and enforcing laws for a certain territory.

Governing in corporates the concepts of both power and author-ity. These two are distinct from each other and must be fully under-stood in order to appreciate the proper context of government. Both authority and power must be in balance for government to be suc-cessful. Authority has to do with responsibility while power has todo with ability. Authority has to do with empowerment; powerfocuses on exercising authority. Authority gives power its legality.Power without legitimate authority is dictatorship and in evitably results in abuse, oppression, and destruction. 

Authority gives powerits rights.Authority is the key to successful government. If the ruling power does not have authority, it cannot govern. The authority togovern either is given by way of a popular vote or derived by way of inherent authority. Earthly governments derive their authority from the people either through a process of choice or by usurping author-ity through force. For instance, a president or premier or prime min-ister is imbued with authority by the people who voted him or her into power.In kingdoms, however, authority is inherent and a product of the rights of ownership. This concept is crucial in understanding thenature of kingdoms. 

God’s authority as King is inherent. No one gives Him authority. He has authority because of who He is and because He created the earth and everything that lives on the earth.That is why Jesus could say that all authority had been given to Him.His Father had all authority and therefore had the right to give it to His Son. The Father had creative rights to the whole universe.The governments of this earth get their authority by way of vote or violence. 

It is not inherent authority. The only government on theearth that represents inherent authority is a monarchy. A king hasthe power and can give it to whom ever he chooses. All other governments are formed by casting a vote or by launching a revolution.In the final analysis, all human governments are substitutions for theideal, no matter how good these governments might be. Let us takea brief look at some of man’s attempts at government and structures of rulership. The most important one we will discuss will be the form of governing we call feudalism.

FEUDALISM

Feudalism describes a governing or ruling system that was established by virtue of the power of ownership. As a matter of fact,the authority in this system was called a “feudal lord,” meaning aland owner. During the early Middle Ages, the economic and social power of societies were related to agriculture; therefore, land was the key source of power. He who owned the land owned the power.When land is power, then who ever owns the most land controls everyone and everything. 

This is where the idea of “real estate” orig-inated. Land owners were the ones who were considered to possess real estate. The land owner was the “lord” of the land. Thus we find the word landlord used to describe those who owned land. Therefore, the primary pursuit of all who desired power wasland. Landowners were known as lords and eventually became“rulers” of their land. The more land they owned the greater their lordship, or rulership. Individuals who owned significant parcels ofland became known as “kings.” In other words, the prerequisite for becoming a king was the ownership of land. 

This is also where the idea of earthly kingdoms gets its birth. “Kingdom” was the wordused to describe the territory over which a local king, or land owner,ruled or exercised ownership right and authority. It is also important to note that because all the land was person-ally owned by the landlord, then private property was not possible;thus, all the people who lived on and worked the land did so at the pleasure and mercy of the king or landlord. 

Everything in the land,including animals, natural resources, and all other materials, were considered the personal property of the king or lord. In many cases, where the lord or king was kind and benevolent,the people who lived, worked, and served on his land enjoyed the benefits of his kindness. And because they made his land productive and added prosperity to him, he provided, protected, and cared for them. 

This is why a good king tended to attract many to his king-dom. Feudalism as a concept of governing was a derivative of the original government established in the Garden of Eden under the first man, Adam, who himself was made the land lord of the earth.God’s original plan was a feudal system where all men served as kings and lords of the earth, ruling not humans but the animal,plant, bird, and water kingdoms.

However, in cases where the landlord or king was not kind and merciful, the result was abuse and oppression of the people by virtue of noble status. Who ever owned the land controlled those who lived on the land. Feudalism is an illustration of the danger of putting the authority that belongs to the King of heaven into the hands ofungodly and unrighteous human kings and lords. When the culturemigrated away from agriculture to industry, the noble lords eventu-ally lost their power.

DICTATORSHIP

Dictatorship is the form of government derived from the con-cept of “divine authority,” which is built on the belief that certain individuals are chosen by the gods or by providence to rule the masses and exercise authority over the less fortunate or so-called“inferior” peoples. 

This is the form of governing we find in the bib-lical records and other sources such as the Egyptian pharaohs, who believed they were products of the gods and were destined to rule people by virtue of birthright. Dictatorships have emerged in every generation and continue todo so to this day. They come in many forms and titles, but the prin-ciple and results are the same. A dictatorship is government that concentrates its power and authority in the hands of one individual who wields absolute authority unrestricted by laws, constitution, orany other social/political factor.

Dictators are considered despots and usually are driven by per-sonal ambition or private interests. They focus in on themselves and their goals. Self-worship is also common in this form of governing.Historically, dictatorships have never succeeded for long, usually ending in tragedy and chaos. No dictatorship will survive forever. At some point, the people will revolt.The dictatorship is also a twisted attempt by man to reestablishthe original form of government established by the Creator in the Garden of Eden when He delegated total rulership and dominion control to the man. 

Adam was given absolute power, but the distinction was that his power and dominion were never intended to ruleover other human beings but over the animal, bird, plant, and water kingdoms. Whenever the attempt is made to dominate humankind through any form of dictatorship, the natural result is rebellion andresistance. This is natural and always will be. Dictatorship over humanity is not God’s original form of government. COMMUNISM As a form of government, communism is a combination ofthe first two types of governing. Communism is man’s attempt to control land and people by the exercise of dictatorship. 

This is why a communist state repossesses all private property andattempts to enforce productivity through oppression and coer-cion. It seeks to accomplish this by attempting to legislate loveand sharing, an approach that never succeeds because humannature cannot be forced to love or to care. These behaviors result from natural motivation and internal convictions. No law can accomplish that.It is my view that communism is man’s attempt to reestablish the Kingdom of heaven on earth as given to the first man Adam, but without the involvement of the source of creation Himself. Inessence, communism is an attempt to establish a kingdom without righteousness. 

One can find in the writings of Marx and Engels acertain sincerity as they sought to find a way to bring power to the people (proletariat) by wresting that power from the hands of the nobility (bourgeois). It was an attempt to take ownership of land away from the nobles and put it in the hands of the people. They believed in a dictatorship of the people. Great idea? Maybe. The only problem is that government is in the hands of people. Whe never man is involved, government will fail. Communism simply exchanged power by wresting it from the hands of the czars and placing it in the hands of a new set of dictators. 

SOCIALISM 

Socialism, a step child of communism, is another en deavor tobring the state closer to the needs of the people.It substitutes the state for the king and attempts to control society for the benefit of society. Like all the others, socialism is another failed attempt by man to govern himself. Absolute power corrupts absolutely, and the state loses its concern for the individual as it becomes more obsessed with its own power.This leads us to our final look at man’s attempt to govern himself. 

DEMOCRACY

Democracy has its roots in the writings of the Greeks and is viewed by many people (even those in the Western religions) as the perfect government. Plato called it the fairest of constitutions but did so only reluctantly because he saw weaknesses within democra-cy that would lead to its down fall. The rule of the people, by the peo-ple, and for the people is a fine idea. It is man’s attempt to get further away from despotism and tyrannical rule. 

Democracy as a principleis man’s reaction to all the other forms of government such as feu-dalism, dictatorship, communism, and socialism. A close study of the roots of western democracy will reveal thatit was a reaction and rebellion against a divine choice or feudal sys-tem of governing called a kingdom. In reality, America was built on rebellion against a kingdom. The founders and framers of the American concept of governing championed the cause of democra-cy and adopted the Greek ideas and refined them to accommodate their aspirations. America rejected a kingdom. 

America’s dream andguiding principles were independence, self-determination, and indi-viduality; but while these principles serve as the bedrock of Western democracy, they remain contrary to the Kingdom principles. Americans have never understood the potential power of a king and his kingdom because they were exposed to corrupt kings. Outof that fear they created a system of rule that would limit the power of a single man. The system of checks and balances was installed to guard against power and authority being consolidated into the handof one individual.This fear of totalitarianism and dictatorship is the engine that drives the motor of Western democracy, and unstably so. 

In the absence of the original perfect and ideal kingdom government con-cept, the concept of democracy is the best form of government invented by mankind and serves to protect him from his own defec-tive nature and character. However, despite the fact that democracy is the best civil form of governing in our stressful world of demigods, emocracy itself is plagued with defects that leave it wanting. The fundamental problem of democracy is its very foundation, power,and authority by majority vote.Democracy is the best form of civil government as we know it because of its basic tenets and because of the checks and balances of the system. 

It is also built on the premise and principle of the“majority rule” and the protection of individual rights. Democracy has served our nations well in that it has given voice to the people and provides opportunity for broad-based participation in the polit-ical process by the people of a nation. Its checks and balances sys-tem further protects the masses from monopolization of power byone or by the few. Despite its advantages and benefits, however, democracy does come with a few crucial defects. One such defect is its fundamental and major principle of “majority rule.” 

This defect is critical because even though it gives power to the majority of the people, at the sametime it places morality, values, and the standards for law at themercy of the majority vote, thus legitimizing the majority’s values,desires, beliefs, aspirations, and preferences. If the power of democracy is in the people, then “we the people”become the sovereign of our lives and corporate destiny, and thus become our own providential ruler and god. This is the reemergence and manifestation of the age-old philosophy of humanism.

Humanism is simply man becoming his own measure for morality,judgment, and justice that places man at the mercy of himself. So nomatter how educated man may become, he can lead himself only asfar as he goes himself. The record of history and the present state ofthe world gives evidence that man left to himself makes a poor god.Therefore, democracy without accountability to one greater than the people is an exercise in moral roulette. Simply put, democracy with out God is man’s worship and elevation of himself and his own intelligence. 

What a tragedy! Democracy cannot succeed with out God any more than com-munism can succeed without God. God is not subject to our poli-tics, nor can He be, but He has created His own political system and governmental structure which, as this book will demonstrate, is far superior to all forms of earthly government. From the Creator’s per-spective, life ispolitics, and He is the essence of life. In Him there is no distinction between government and spirituality. They are one and the same. The assignment given to the first man in the Garden of Eden was a political assignment given to a spirit being living in aflesh body. 

Therefore, in the context of the original biblical mandate,the concept of the separation of church and state or religion and government is a lofty idea that has no root in biblical logic or fact.The original biblical mandate provides no foundation for it. Everyone is religious in the sense that they bring to life theirmoral convictions no matter what their religious claim. We all are political and religious. There can be no separation. You cannot leg-islate a dichotomy between a man and his belief system. 

Legislation itself is the result and manifestation of a belief system and moral judgment. Therefore, democracy can succeed only where there is aclear accountability to a moral code accepted by the majority as being good, civil, and right, and which serves as the anchor andfoundation for national governance.In my country, the Bahamas, that moral code is recognized con-stitutionally and nationally as the biblical principles of the historicJudaic-Christian faith and the God of those Scriptures. 

This is stat-ed within the constitutional document and provides an authoritative reference for governing within our nation. Consequently, when the majority votes and the results are in keeping with the natural lawsand standards established in the biblical text, then the vote is con-sidered legitimate. On the other hand, when the majority votes inviolation of natural law and of the principles established by the bib-lical text, that vote or legislation becomes illegitimate.In essence, the problem with democracy rule of the people is that the vote of many can be the wrong vote. Another weakness of democracy is that it is not absolute. Its concepts and laws can blowlike the wind. 

It can be easily influenced by the changing culture.Because the citizens can be so easily manipulated by a shift in theculture and by the will of people at the top, they can be induced to abandon their rights and transfer them to those who rule over them.Plato knew that eventually the rule of the people would deterio-rate into the rule of the state. I predict with great sadness that even democracy, with all of its promises and aspirations for a good, civil,and just society, will not survive as a human government. When your best is not good enough, the only alternative is to look else-where for something better. There is a better alternative...and that isthe heart of this book. 

THE RETURN OF THE KING AND HIS KINGDOM 

What is this alternative? It is to return to the original governing concept of God the Creator, which is the kingdom concept. Of course, people who have lived in the context of a democracy or are public all their lives usually find it not only difficult but almost impossible to understand or accept easily this concept of a kingdom.Compounding the problem is the historical educational process that paints the concept of kingdoms in a negative light due to experi-ences with corrupt kings and kingdoms in the past.

As a matter of fact, to many people, in their limited understand-ing, a kingdom is simply a dictatorship in the hands of a family. If this is true, then the message of Jesus Christ 2,000 years ago was the promotion and establishment of a dictatorship with Himself as the dictator. He called Himself a “King” and said He came to bring back to earth a “Kingdom.” According to this message, which was the only one He preached, the ultimate key to successful human earthly gov-ernment is the restoration of a King and a Kingdom on earth, albeita righteous, benevolent and good King. There is only One who canfit that role. It is the One who created us and designed each one of us with a unique purpose. 

We must bring back the King. This King cares for His citizens. His rule is a righteous rule.It is this ideal, original kingdom that the heart of all humanity seeks. All of mankind throughout history, and still today, is search-ing desperately to find that perfect kingdom. Man has tried every imaginable way to create a flawless government. What he has failedto understand is that the original Kingdom, established by the King,is what he has been searching for all along. 

The kingdoms of this world must accept the Kingdom of the Lord and of His Christ. Theoriginal and ideal King and Kingdom are superior to all other formsof government. This book will prove that point as we continue our journey to understand this majestic concept.Even within the Church we argue over government, not know-ing that there is only one government. We must come to understand the superiority of a kingdom over all other forms of government.The world needs a benevolent King. 

We have that King; we just don’t recognize Him. I said earlier that one qualification of a legiti-mate king is ownership of land, which automatically makes him alord. God, who has revealed Himself in Jesus Christ, is the ultimate Lord and owner of all things. Who makes God to be King and Lord?Nobody! He is King and Lord by right of creation. Creative rights giveHim inconte stable ownership rights to earth and the universe. Hecreated all things and that automatically makes Him Lord of all. Wedon’t give God the earth. 

He doesn’t need us to make Him King. We can only acknowledge Him as King. His original purpose and planwas to extend His invisible Kingdom of Heaven to earth through His offspring in His image mankind and to rule through man as a heavenly agency. In essence, with God’s Kingdom on earth, His terri-tory, through all mankind, we would be rulers under the Ruler. 

Once we are under the rule of this gracious, merciful, benevo-lent, loving, caring King, He takes personal responsibility for us, notas servants or serfs, but as family and royal children. This care of thecitizens by the king is a concept called “kingdom welfare” and describes the king’s personal commitment to look after the needsand wants of his citizens within his land. Therefore, the word wel-fareis a concept that can only be understood fully in the context of akingdom. 

Whenever we submit to a king and his kingdom, wecome under His welfare. Welfare is not a word that can be used in ademocracy.For many, the very word welfare paints negative pictures in their minds, and they believe it to be a societal curse. In the context of akingdom, however, welfareis a beautiful word and describes some-thing to be highly desired. It is a word that is used to express a king’s commitment to his citizenry. This is why in all true kingdoms the concept of prosperity and national social services is called “commonwealth.” Again, this concept can only be understood within the con-cept of a kingdom. 

In any of the other forms of government, no regime or person has ever been successful in effectively caring for“all” of the citizens.As a matter of fact, even under the best form of human govern-ment, democracy, there is the plight of the rich versus the poor, thehave’s compared to the have not’s, the extreme and unequal distri-bution of wealth, discrimination, racism, divisions, social classifica-tions, and ethnic segregation. History continually fails to show us agovernment that manifests the equality, harmony, stability, andcommunity that man has desired and sought after from the day ofthe fall of Adam. 

Even our best is defective. No government has beenable to take care of its people equally. In a true ideal kingdom, how-ever, all the citizens’ welfare is the personal responsibility of the king. This is why the original kingdom concept, as in the Kingdomof God taught by Jesus Christ, is superior to all other governments.Therefore, in a kingdom, the concept of “commonwealth” is alsovery important, and the word correctly describes the nature of the relationship the king has with his citizens and subjects. 

The wealth in a kingdom is common. Therefore, in a true ideal kingdom there isno discrimination or distinction between the rich and the poor, forin such a kingdom all citizens have equal access to kingdom wealth and resources provided by the benevolent king. In essence, the King’s interest is the welfare of the Kingdom and everything in it.If none of the human systems of government are adequate, howthen do we adopt God’s original kingdom concept into our world? Itbegins by understanding the kingdom concept of colonization 

PRINCIPLES 

1. Ninety percent of all the national and international prob-lems 

    facing our world today are the result either of gov-ernment or religion. 

2. The need for government and order is inherent in thehuman spirit 

   and is a manifestation of a divine mandategiven to mankind by 

    the Creator. 

3. Man’s need for some formal government structure is an outgrowth 

    of his need for social order and relationshipmanagement.

4. The mandate of the Creator for mankind was rulershipand 

    dominion.

5. Some governments are better than others, but allare inferior 

    to God’s governmentthe Kingdom of Heaven.

6. Feudalism as a concept of governing was a derivative ofthe 

    original government established in the Garden of Eden 

   under the first man, Adam, who himself was madethe 

   landlord of the earth.

7. Feudalism is an illustration of the danger of putting 

  theauthority that belongs to the King of Heaven into thehands of 

   ungodly and unrighteous human kings andlords.

8. A dictatorship is a government that concentrates itspower and 

authority in the hands of one individual whowields 

absolute authority unrestricted by laws, constitu-tion, 

or any other social/political factor.9. Communism is man’s attempt 

to control land and peopleby the exercise of dictatorship 

10. Communism is an attempt to establish a kingdom 

    with-out righteousness.

11. Socialism substitutes the state for the king and attempts to 

control society for the benefit of society.

12. Democracy is the best form of civil government as weknow it 

because of its basic tenets and because of thechecks and 

balances of the system.

13. One major defect of democracy is its fundamental prin-ciple 

of “majority rule,” which even though it gives powerto 

the majority of the people, places morality, values, andthe 

standards for law at the mercy of the majority, thus legitimizing

 the majority’s values, desires, 

beliefs, aspira-tions, and preferences.

14. Our best alternative is to return to the original govern-ing

 concept of God the Creator, which is the kingdomconcept.