This post feels rather sooncoming after my previous, long post, but I'd actually been working on that post for a few days. Looking it over and comparing it with my other posts, I think maybe it isn't so long, it just feels long to me because of all the times I wrote and rewrote different parts of it. Rereading it, I realized that some parts of it probably require some more explanation. Maybe I'll make some more posts and call it a series..

On careful consideration of my political views, I have concluded that it isn't beneficial for me to post political commentary except inasmuch as my commentary advocates the Gospel of God's Righteous Love and Justice directly. But doing that will be really stressful because of the unfortunate corruption and frankly ungodly behavior in (as far as I can tell) every national government in the world. Politics is sinking sand, and I don't want my blog to become all about polemics (although I do some of that from time to time). So, with reference to my past blogs where I mentioned that I might start commenting on the news regularly, I have reached a tentative decision on the matter, and you can bet that I probably won't be doing very much direct news commentary.

However, I do intend to take a stronger focus on Christian Nationalism. How can we describe Christ as our King unless we ourselves are subjects in an actual monarchy?

Please don't make the mistake of thinking that I will call America the Christian nation, and treat Christian Nationalism as if it were identical to American Nationalism. I think that it is unproductive for us to say "America is a Christian Nation and so let's advocate for America", because I see the statement as merging "American" into our Christian identity, and ultimately isolating us from the rest of the Christian world. I think it's better for us to say "I am a part of the Christian Nation", where the Christian nation isn't even similar to America and occupies no land other than the land owned by its citizens.

Having said that, I don't think that Citizens of the Kingdom of God in America own any land at all. What happens if you don't pay your property tax? The Government takes it from you. They own your land, not you, and the system is unBiblical directly (see 1 Kings 21 - Naboth's Vineyard was allotted to his fathers by God through Moses, and the King could not acquire it legally). So Christianity is by no means connected to American soil, though we enjoy and protect the judicial system which was here conceived by Christians for God's glory. Just as Paul did when he was treated unjustly by Romans, we can use and cooperate with our physical nationality to protect ourselves from the world, but I think that true progress towards changing the world will require Christians to identify themselves as Christians in the most real sense. I mean, like, if you're the kind of person who trails an American flag behind his car, and you're a Christian, then why not trail a Christian flag?

Why is it that I feel difficulty talking about God in public? Why do I feel ashamed to sing a hymn while I walk in Walmart? Why can't I tell my coworkers, "Jesus died to receive the penalty due to you for your sins"? Aren't they Americans? Isn't America a Christian country? (The point I'm making is that it isn't).

My coworkers and friends in America are mostly Americans. America just isn't the Kingdom of God. Christians are the Kingdom of God, and we Christians are citizens of the Monarchy first and above citizenship to America. We aren't "dual citizens" with America. We're Christian citizens in the absolute highest order, and American Christians call themselves American citizens only because it's temporally convenient.

And while I'm on the topic of political angst, here's a song I like:

"Your heroes are worthless...but only God gives purpose"