Publisher's Synopsis
When God completed the creation of the universe, as the Bible states, "God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good." ( Genesis 1: 31.)Part of the creation God assessed as very good is the good government, government as God established it. Some times later evil emerged. The Master, Jesus Christ, gave a parable to show how this took place, saying, "The Kingdom of heaven is like this. A man sowed good seed in his field.One night, when everyone was asleep, an enemy came and sowed weeds among the wheat and went away.When the plants grew and the heads of grain began to form, then the weeds showed up.The man's servants came to him and said, 'Sir, it was good seed you sowed in your field; where did the weeds come from?''It was some enemy who did this, ' he answered. 'Do you want us to go and pull up the weeds?' they asked him.'No, ' he answered, 'because as you gather the weeds you might pull up some of the wheat along with them.Let the wheat and the weeds both grow together until harvest. Then I will tell the harvest workers to pull up the weeds first, tie them in bundles and burn them, and then to gather in the wheat and put it in my barn.'" ( Matthew 13: 24-30.)At Matthew 13: 37,38-43 he explained the parable, saying,"The man who sowed the good seed is the Son of Man; the field is the world; the good seed is the people who belong to the Kingdom; the weeds are the people who belong to the Evil One;and the enemy who sowed the weeds is the Devil. The harvest is the end of the age, and the harvest workers are angels.Just as the weeds are gathered up and burned in the fire, so the same thing will happen at the end of the age: the Son of Man will send out his angels to gather up out of his Kingdom all those who cause people to sin and all others who do evil things, and they will throw them into the fiery furnace, where they will cry and gnash their teeth.Then God's people will shine like the sun in their Father's Kingdom. Listen, then, if you have ears!"One of the outcomes of the evil seed is the evil government, a government headed by the Devil and operated through people who are his loyalists.God warns in the Bible that the influence of the evil government will do a lot of harm to nations that accommodate it. King Solomon, for example, calls attention to this saying, "Lawlessness will be the ruin of the whole world. Evil actions will cause governments to fall." ( Wisdom of Solomon 5: 23.)In the same vein God's angel spoke to God's prophet Ezra about it, saying, "Consider all these things very carefully. ...There will be earthquakes, national rebellions, international intrigues, unstable leaders, and confused rulers. When you see these things happening, you will know that they are what God most high has spoken about since the beginning of creation." ( 2 Esdras 9: 1,3-4.)Now we see these things happening all around us. And many of us all over the world are deeply concerned. The good news is that God has shown us the way out in the Bible. Creating awareness of this liberation knowledge so we can enjoy government the way God wants it is the purpose of this book. Let's really get to work.God loves you. Choose good; reject evil. His peace and blessing be with you through Jesus Christ our Lord.