Do I have any choice whether I live in a theocratic government? Or is dissent not an option?
Ha - you mean when Jesus returns to set up His Kingdom - when He comes to bring an end to the conflict and the time of God’s Wrath?
Will you have a “vote” in that Kingdom?
Um. No. It will not be a “Republic” apparently it will be a “Kingdom”.
However, there will be real freedom because at the end of the 1000 years, there will arise some “rebels” who decide they don’t like the reign of the King and His “administrators”.....
So when Satan is let loose from the abyss for a short while at that time, he will lead these rebels to the final final battle against the King and His ruling forces only to be wiped out in an instant, and then that old serpent is finally cast permanently into the Lake of Fire....never ever to arise again.
How does that sound to you?
If you come to Jesus NOW you will be one of those who will be ruling and reigning with Jesus and will have a lot of ‘sayso’ in how things are governed during that 1000 year reign of King Jesus! ...how does that sound?