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The “Kingdom of Heaven” is referred to in various ways more than 80 times in the books of the New Testament, whereas the word “church” referring specifically and undeniably to a building of man’s construction appears not once. Look again. [Fr.= église; Sp.= iglesia; Ger.= Kirche]; Acts 14:27; Acts 16:16; Acts 20:28; Romans 14:16; Romans 14:17; Romans 16:5; 1Corinthians 14:23; Ephesians 1:22; Ephesians 1:23; Ephesians 5:23; Colossians 1:24; Hebrews 3:6; Revelation 1:9.
Jesus commanded us to return to Caesar what belongs to him (Caesar = governments hostile to Jesus’ Lordship), for example: all commercial contracts, retirement benefits, bank accounts, passports that require a contract or the mark of the beast, or that contain a totalitarian micro-chip, papers of ecclesiastical incorporation, etc.; Revelation 16:2; Matthew 23:10; Mark 12:17*; Luke 20:25* [*translated incorrectly in many languages].
Supreme authority in Heaven and Earth has been given to Jesus; Mt. 28:18; John 5:27; John 3:35; Acts 2:36; Acts 5:31; Deuteronomy 10:17.
Vested in supreme authority, Jesus drove out of the Temple with a whip those religious leaders who loved money, the praise of men, bank accounts, buildings and retirement benefits more than God; Mark 1:22; Luke 19:45; John 4:21; John 4:23; John 12:43; Phlp. 3:19.
We are vested in God’s authority with Jesus; Ephesians 2:6; Matthew 18:18; Matthew 6:29; Matthew 6:30; Matthew 22:12; Matthew 22:13; Luke 12:27; Luke 12:28; Luke 24:49; Romans 13:14; Galatians 3:27.
God’s people do not fear the wrath of the Emperor, President, IRS or Supreme Court more than God; Hebrews 11:23; Hebrews 11:27; Hebrews 13:6; 2Corinthians 11:32; 2Corinthians 11:33.
The Wise Men disobeyed King Herod out of holy deference to King Jesus. To have done otherwise would have been sin; Matthew 2:12; Matthew 2:16; Acts 17:6; Acts 17:7.
Joseph removed baby Jesus from the “lawful” jurisdiction of King Herod’s child police Gestapo because an angel of God directed him to do so in a dream; Moses’ mother made a similar “unlawful” decision and Daniel also. Again, to have done otherwise would have been sin. God’s people give unlimited obedience and loyalty to God alone and this offends the power-mongers of this world; Matthew 2:13; John 11:48; Exodus 2:2; Daniel 6:10; Daniel 6:11; Daniel 6:12; Daniel 6:13; Daniel 6:14.
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