Why doesn’t God just come down and take over?
From the writings of the Rev. Billy Graham
Q: Why doesn’t God just come down and take over? People have already proven we are not equipped to handle the problems of being human. I’m ready for a new world order but not anything man can come up with! We’ve lost our sense of true democracy and liberty. – I.D.
A: The government in God’s kingdom is unique. It is not a democracy where the people govern, but a “Christocracy” where Christ is the supreme Authority. In a government of unredeemed men, democracy is the only fair and equitable system. But no democracy can ever be better than the people who make it up. When people are selfishly motivated, the government will be inequitable. When people are dishonest, the government will be the same. When everyone wants his own way, someone is going to get hurt.
But in God’s kingdom, Christ is King. He is compassionate, fair, merciful, and just. When He is sovereign in people’s hearts, anguish turns to peace, hatred is transformed into love, and misunderstanding into understanding. Not only this, but God’s kingdom is lasting.
The history of mankind has been a continuous series of half-successes and total failures. Prosperity exists for a time, only to be followed by war and depression. Twenty-six major civilizations have come and gone, and man still battles with the same problems, over and over again. But the kingdom of God will abide forever. The fluctuations of time, the swinging of the pendulum from war to peace, from starvation to plenty, from chaos to order, will end forever. The Bible says, “And of His kingdom there will be no end” (Luke 1:33, NKJV).
Those who will know this grand kingdom will be the redeemed – those who have repented of sin and received Christ as Savior and Lord. In the meantime, we must live in this earthly domain as children of the King and proclaim His truths to all in our pathway.
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(This column is based on the words and writings of the late Rev. Billy Graham.)
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