Reference:

• Scripture Does NOT Tell Believers To Obey Evil Laws – 20 January 2021
• “I keep politics out of the pulpit” – 5 Devastating Things That Excuse Will Likely Do To Your Ministry – 12 October 2021

I published Rev Maurice Murillo’s above forthright articles on scripture and politics and now, in revisiting Romans 13 for your weighing, I recount what I believe the Lord has opened to me regarding this rather contentious scripture on God and governments.

Many cite it for letting politicians have free-rein in governing any society, for we’re expected to pray for those in authority over us. In my humble opinion it can be a ‘cop-opt clause’ for not taking issue over any deliberately ungodly – even demonic – policies and laws! The New King James Version, courtesy of BibleGateway, reads as follows::

Submit to Government

13 Let every soul be subject to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except from God, and the authorities that exist are appointed by God. ² Therefore whoever resists the authority resists the ordinance of God, and those who resist will ^[a]bring judgment on themselves. ³ For rulers are not a terror to good works, but to evil. Do you want to be unafraid of the authority? Do what is good, and you will have praise from the same. ⁴ For he is God’s minister to you for good. But if you do evil, be afraid; for he does not bear the sword in vain; for he is God’s minister, an avenger to execute wrath on him who practices evil. ⁵ Therefore you must be subject, not only because of wrath but also for conscience’ sake. ⁶ For because of this you also pay taxes, for they are God’s ministers attending continually to this very thing. ⁷ Render therefore to all their due: taxes to whom taxes are due, customs to whom customs, fear to whom fear, honor to whom honor.

Do you notice the distinct caveat of what Godly government is supposed to enact? When rulers permit evil then they are acting against the Almighty’s purposes, thereby enabling the spiritual usurper to take charge, are they not? History demonstrates that part of satanic strategy of global domination is to thwart those purposes as well as to show that holy writ doesn’t always hold. 

The letter was written circa 56 AD by Apostle Paul from Corinth in Greece to believers in Jesus living in Rome and is recognised as the definitive statement of Christian doctrine taught by His fellow apostolic leaders. Much as I’d like to expand upon that background, I need to be quite brief in view of today’s maintenance schedule.

DANIEL 4

Mulling over the events upon which I’d blogged and chatted with our men’s Bible group last week, before heading for the Sunday service I checked my study Bible’s helpful notes on Romans 13:1-7. In particular I noticed and looked up ‘See Dan 4:32’ on ‘The authorities that exist are appointed by God’ and which reads (emphasis added):

‘And they shall drive you from men, and your dwelling shall be with the beasts of the field. They shall make you eat grass like oxen; and seven ^[j]times shall pass over you, until you know that the Most High rules in the kingdom of men, and gives it to whomever He chooses.”

It was appropriate to understand that in context, so I read the whole chapter about king Nebuchadnezzar’s written declaration to his people about a dream and his need for an authoritative interpretation. He accepted prophet Daniel’s interpretation, which closes with the dream’s purpose and his own strong recommendation at vv 26-27 (emphases added):

“And inasmuch as they gave the command to leave the stump and roots of the tree, your kingdom shall be assured to you, after you come to know that Heaven rules.   ²⁷ Therefore, O king, let my advice be acceptable to you; break off your sins by being righteous, and your iniquities by showing mercy to the poor. Perhaps there may be a lengthening of your prosperity.”

Twelve months later the king was proudly admiring the results of his building the great city and palace of Babylon, BUT:

³¹While the word was still in the king’s mouth, a voice fell from heaven: “King Nebuchadnezzar, to you it is spoken: the kingdom has departed from you! …”

This account of the judgement that fell upon that ancient Babylonian king reminds me of what happened to Joe Biden during his insisting on running for a second term: 

But as well known, the Democrats led by former Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi perpetrated a ‘soft coup’ for last week’s national conference and its nomination of Vice President instead of Joe Biden as candidate for this November’s election!  

INSIGHT ON ‘WATCHERS’

Now, notice how it reiterates the words in the preceding verse 13; ie 31 transposed!

¹³ “I saw in the visions of my head while on my bed, and there was a watcher, a holy one, coming down from heaven. ¹⁴ He cried ^[a]aloud and said thus:…

‘Watchers’ are referred to in The Book of Enoch, one of the non-canonical books of the Old Testament Pseudepigrapha (or Apocrypha) that underpin New Testament writings. In fact, 1 Enoch comprises 107 ‘collections’ the first 36 of which is entitled ‘The Book of the Watchers’ !!

CONFIRMATION

Therefore, during most of that morning’s service I just could not but reflect upon what I’d found. So it wasn’t easy to focus on the teaching about Mark 8:22-30 – even though it was entitled ‘Blind vs Seeing’!  WOW, how apposite and yet there’s an even higher level – that of of ‘seeing’ in and from heavenly realms.

Then the very next day upon launching Facebook, up popped an exceptionally specific prophetic confirmation about ‘judgement’, as in the next post (scheduled for the midnight hour!)…