It is a big deal to the Cruzbots who don’t understand that God set up the government to be a separate entity from the church - whose mission it is to preach the gospel. He never gave that commission to the government. If these so-called purists knew their Bible - they would know this -but, they don’t. They think we are electing a Pope or a pastor to run the country. Render unto Caesar te ghings that are Caesars, and unto God the things that are Gods. I suspect, in addition to being politically naive, they are also Biblically naive.
That's right, but it ain't - the government metes out justice according to the Law of YHWH. How do they do that if they do not know it?
And yet, you show a naive or short sighted side your self. Arguably God did in fact want the church and the government to be one and the same. He set it up so that the priests did basically run the government. He always wanted to be the king over Israel but the people decided they needed a man thing that they could see. He stipulated that His people choose kings and leaders who knew the law. Which is to say the Bible. One of the chief duties of the king was to defend the faith. It has always been man, in my opinion, that wanted to separate God from government. And while I am not advocating for a theocracy, as we have it separated God even more from our government, how is that working out for us today?