In the Bible "the world" refers to an “orderly arrangement” and “the system of human existence in its many forms.
America is a nation within the world.
In its most basic form “the world” is a system that brings about the actions, motives, and thoughts behind our human societies.
“On the one hand, the world is God’s world, created by God and loved by God, currently alienated from God, it is true, but destined to be redeemed and reconciled to God. On the other hand, the world is dominated by a spirit totally opposed to God, organized in such a way as to exclude God, drawn towards unworthy goals of material status and self-interest, quite different from the goals toward which the Christian way leads.” F.F.Bruce
Right now there is Jesus with his nation (the Kingdom of God) and Satan with his nations, the kingdoms of the world.
4 The god of this age has blinded the minds of unbelievers, so that they cannot see the light of the gospel that displays the glory of Christ, who is the image of God. 2 Corinthians 4:4
As Christians we are not part of this world we have the Spirit of God, who is opposed to the spirit of the world.
The nations of this world is the ordered system that Paul warns us not to conform to: “Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind.” (Romans 12:2)
The world promotes anything that is attained by means of violence, but Jesus and his Kingdom do not participate in those Satanic ways. Aorund the world today we see wars, violence, depravity and great evil. The world is no less evil than it was immediately after the Fall. Humanity will always be depraved and sinful and no amount of insight or science will save us from ourselves.
America and the world is even now spiraling toward destruction.
There are then within our system of governement (that is rejecting God) the system of Satan.
What then do we as Christians do?
The video below discusses this topic.
Video from Ring Them Bells
The Bible and The Evil Powers That Rule America (Part 1 of 3)
"I am so excited to launch this series with you. Who Rules America? How do we operate faithfully as a Christian here in America and across the globe? The Bible is our Guide to answer these questions. We need the whole narrative and the plot, story and characters are our guide. We begin in Genesis with Tim Mackie of the @bibleproject teaching from a lecture entitled "The Early Church and Politics" _ Full talk here • Lecture on the Early Church & Politic... Also we have @DRMSH Mike Heiser bringing solid biblical context to the story of WHO RULES THE NATIONS???? Check the full Unseen Documentary out right here- • The Unseen Realm This is Just the Beginning of a 3 part series. Our Goal is to set the stage and story for the background of the problem or rebellions that Jesus came to save us ALL from. Enjoy and may the Lord bless you." from video introduction
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