Anyone who thinks that Paul taught that we should submit to two different kings (Jesus and a worldly king/emperor/president) does not understand how well Paul understood Jesus, or how much the Holy Spirit trusted him.
I find that the people who are the most staunch about submission to political power, are pastor-leaders who want their church to submit to their power. The problem is that if they let submission to rulers go, they are in danger of losing submission to their authority.
A king who says to his people, I want you to serve this other king who hates me has lost the plot, and will eventually lose his kingdom.
Jesus has not lost the plot.
Jesus said, “You cannot serve two masters (kurios - lord)”. “You will love (agape) one and despise (kataphroneo “think against”) the other”. Christians who choose to love their political rulers will eventually begin “thinking against” Jesus and his kingdom.
I do not understand why Christians who have Jesus as their king/ruler, are so keen to serve another king/ruler/president/prime minsiter, especially one who hates Jesus or who is controlled by a powerful government-spirit.
I do not understand why people who (should) have security in the body of Jesus, are so keen to look to a rulers who hate Jesus for their safety/security.
It does not compute.
