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GOVERNMENT

(See AUTHORITY; KINGDOM)

divine government:

of the universe

• 1 Chronicles 29:12; Psalms 29:10 (cf. 1 Timothy 6:15)

of the earth

♦ delegated to Adam and Eve

• Genesis 1:26-28; Psalms 8:4-8

♦ disrupted through the fall of man

• Genesis 3; Romans 8:19-23

♦ redeemed and restored through Christ

• Isaiah 11:6-9; 35:1-10; Matthew 19:28; Romans 8:20-23; 1 Corinthians 15:24-28; Hebrews 2:6-10; Revelation 11:15; 19:11-20:6

♦ under Messiah's rulership

• Isaiah 9:6-7; Luke 1:31-33; 1 Corinthians 15:24-28; Revelation 5:10; 20:4-6

of Israel (see also below human government, examples of human rulers)

♦ ultimately by God Himself

• Deuteronomy 33:5; Isaiah 33:22 (cf. Exodus 19:5-6); Judges 8:23

♦ initially through the patriarchs, Abraham, Isaac and Jacob (i.e., as governors of their family and servants)

• Genesis 14:13-16; 26:18-32; 34:5, 30-31; 46:5-27

♦ through Moses

• Exodus 3:7-12; 18:13-26

♦ through Joshua

• Deuteronomy 31:1-8; Joshua 1:1-11

♦ through judges

• Judges; Ruth 1:1

♦ through kings and their subordinate officials

• 1 Samuel 8:5-2 Kings 25:7 (cf. 2 Samuel 8:18; 1 Kings 4:1-7)

♦ specifically through David's royal line

• 1 Samuel 7:8-16; 1 Chronicles 29:23; Luke 1:31-33

♦ under the Babylonians

• 2 Chronicles 36:17-21; Daniel 1:1-6

♦ under the Persians

• 2 Chronicles 36:22-23; Nehemiah 2:1-9; Esther 8:1-2; Isaiah 44:28-45:5

♦ under the Herods

• e.g., Matthew 2:1-23; Luke 3:1

♦ under the Romans

• Matthew 27:2; Luke 3:1

♦ of the temple in Israel

• Zechariah 3:7

human government:

God's control of

• Proverbs 21:1; Jeremiah 25:12-26; Ezekiel 29:19-20; Daniel 4:17; Haggai 2:22; John 19:11; Romans 13:1, 4 (cf. Ephesians 1:11)

examples of human rulers

♦ Joseph as governor over Egypt

• Genesis 41:40-44; Acts 7:10

♦ Daniel in Babylon

• Daniel 6:4

♦ Nehemiah as governor of the Palestinian Jews

• Nehemiah 5:14

♦ Quirinius as governor of Syria

• Luke 2:2

♦ Pilate as Roman governor of Judea

• Luke 3:1

♦ Tiberius Caesar as emperor of Rome

• Luke 3:1

♦ Felix and Festus as Roman governors

• Acts 23:26; 26:30

responsibility to human government

♦ submit to it

• Romans 13:1-7; Titus 3:1-2; 1 Peter 2:13-17

♦ pay taxes to it

• Matthew 22:15-21; Romans 13:6-7

♦ pray for it

• 1 Timothy 2:1-2

♦ give God priority over it

• Acts 5:29 (cf. Daniel 3:1-29; 6:1-27)

corruption in human government

♦ examples of

• 1 Kings 21:1-16; Micah 3:1-4, 9-12; Matthew 27:24-26; Acts 24:26

♦ avoidance of

• Exodus 18:21; Proverbs 25:5

This topic is from the Lockman Foundation.

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