1st and 2nd Europeans

The history of the church bears witnesses to a recurring temptation: the desire to anchor the Kingdom of God to the power, prestige, and politics of earthly nations. From empires to modern democracies, believers have often been drawn into the illusion that Christ's reign advances through legislation, ideology, or partisan victory. Yet Scripture consistently testifies to a different reality—one in which the people of God are strangers and sojourners, whose allegiance belongs first and finall...