“And God simply isn’t afraid of Rome or causing trouble or anything like that. You’re thinking “human terms” — as you keep referring to Paul and how he would think as a human being, transposing your human thinking onto him.”
Like I said, Paul was instructing Roman Christians to avoid unnecessary conflict with the authorities.
I’ll leave you with the link to a very good book above.
The Bible is clear to me. I do not follow what YOU say it means.
With that, I truly am done casting pearls before swine.
Like I said, Paul was instructing Roman Christians to avoid unnecessary conflict with the authorities.
I already know that you're anthropomorphizing God's words into your own image, but that doesn't make it authoritative, once it's gone through the anthropomorphizing process... LOL...
I’ll leave you with the link to a very good book above.
I see you've decided to resort to using other human opinions now... after decrying anyone else using human opinions... LOL...
I might mention that what is described in the "relations" between government and religion -- is more aptly described in Revelation (in God's words) as the "Whore of Babylon".... that's what you get in the "relations" between religion and government -- as God sees it, from mankind handling it in his sinful nature.
The very first sentence says, "The true alliance between Politics and Religion..." -- and God says, "the Whore of Babylon"... in how that's worked out over the entire course of human history.
Now..., here's some good "human opinion" -- since you now wish to resort to that...
At the Pre-Trib Research Center, you'll find some top scholars (and they are still alive... :-) ...), who will address these very issues spoken about here. There are plenty of "papers" submitted, discussing these very things and they are done in much greater detail than can be mustered here.