Civil Government (23) - Collapse of the Beast

The book of Revelation tells the story of the rise and fall of the democratic state. Although it achieves power, it will eventually collapse under its own weight. When man ignores God, things go wrong on earth. The curses and plagues described in the book of Revelation are the devastating consequences of rampant state power.

The democratic state will demand more and more power to deal with these problems and plagues, but they will fail. As they demand more power, the problems will just get worse. Eventually everything will collapse under the strain.This will present a tremendous opportunity to Christians, if they are ready. Thing will get so bad that the kings and politicians will want to hide.

Then the kings of the earth, the princes, the generals,the rich, the mighty, and every slave and every free man hid in caves and amongthe rocks of the mountains (Rev 6:15).

The powerful people will be so shaken that they will want to hide.The people of the world will be looking for a better form of government. They will have had enough of human government and be open to an alternative. If Christians are ready to present a alternative, it will be well received. People will be crying out for the government of God.

The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of ourLord and of his Christ, and he will reign for ever and ever (Rev11:15).

The collapse of human government will great a great vacuum that only the government of God can fill.Christians must not use force against human government. They must wait for God to judge it. They should wait for it to collapse under its own internal weakness.

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