Kingdom of God and Politics

This semester I have been attending a government internship class, which actually is pretty cool. Different speakers come and talk to us about their positions and how they feel about certain issues. Last week, however, was definitely one of the best. We had the new mayor of Lansing come in, Virg Bernero, and his speech was definitely interesting. All I can say is I hope none of my friends who live in Lansing voted for him. Now I know politics is full of people who lie and it can be very deceitful, but this guy flat out told us he lied all the time. He said its important to say you have "a plan" even if you don't have one because it makes you look good. He also completely bashed Bush, for no good reason. He said he didn't like his face or the way he talked. Oh he also said he is waiting for Bush's plan about the war in Iraq. Not only that but he even critized all republicans in general. At the beginning he said he was bi-partisan, but it was quite obvious later on that it was a lie. He asked us how we could even call ourselves Republicans because we make absolutely no sense. Now I admit not everything the Republicans do makes sense or is right, however, the democrats make even less sense on more issues. At the end he told one of his assistants that we deserved the "truth" and thats why he told us all of that. I was so mad when I left. Anyway, I think I needed to vent...I might as well add though that the democrats in my class didn't like him either, one of them called him a weasal, and that he dodges questions. One person in my class asked what he is going to do to help lower college tution and all, and his reply was that young people don't care about politics and don't vote, so why should they be helped. Whats up with that?? Anyway, I digress.....

About the Kingdom of God and how it relates to politics is quite interesting. Do you ever get sick of hearing the same messages only in different words, and when you finally do hear something new its refreshing and so amazing? Well I heard a message like that yesterday. Miles Munroe is a preacher from the Bahamas and he was on Benny Hinns program and what he shared was amazing, it makes complete sense yet I've never heard it preached before. It was about how the Kingdom of God is not a democracy or a republic. It is ruled by a King (Jesus).
So in a democracy you vote, when there is a king, you don't. The king's word becomes law, you don't question it, you just obey. In the church we sometimes vote on what we want, it becomes religious, we treat the kingdom of God like a democracy. Oh my gosh there is so much that I can't even remember and write it all, but it was amazing and I don't know if I'm even making sense here. He also talked about ambassadors, and how that is a political term and not a religious term. God called us to be his ambassadors. When you are an ambassador you represent an entire country, hence the reason we are ambassadors, we represent the Kingdom of God. When you become an ambassador the government takes care of everything for you, your food, childs tuition, bills, cars, ect. They don't want you to be worried about anything else, they just want you to well represent your country. That why Jesus said don't worry about what you shall eat, drink, or wear....God provides all of it for us, so that we can focus on representing him on the earth. Anway, there was so much more, and I hope I made sense, I couldn't possibly describe it how he did, but he will be on all week if any of you have time to watch it. I highly recommend it, I think I might read his book....Oh my reading list is getting way to long, so many good books so little time...