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Day Of The Lord Part Six: Revelation and Jesus in Modern Politics

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The Fear of a Nation State

I think that's what I'm trying to say is there isn't any nation state that says Yahweh is our God, we will. That nation state does not exist. Not even... Yeah, modern Israel is not that nation state. It's an extremely secular nation state. America uses its religious heritage as a framework for its language but the actual people in the value systems that work are modern. And I guess if you truly are following Jesus, then you would be this weird nation state that constantly is forgiving and surrendering at weird moments or creating peace and justice in radical ways. Like maybe it's not even possible. You probably just get beat up.

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