![]() ![]() (Think of Cyrus sending the Jews back from exile.) That means Christians should care about good government both for their neighbor’s sake and for the church’s sake. So, what makes a good government good? A good government provides a basic protective justice for all its citizens, including God’s people, whether it recognizes them as God’s people or not. Yet they’re also imposters, says another, because they rage and take their stands against God and his messiah (Ps. Governments are God’s servants, one passage tells us (Rom. The Pharaoh of Joseph’s day was better the Pharaoh of Moses’s day was worse. Some governments are better, and some are worse. ![]() ![]() The government’s job description: To administer the justice requisite for protecting human life, secure the conditions necessary for fulfilling the dominion mandate, and provide a platform for God’s people to declare God’s perfect judgment and salvation. Editor’s Note: This article is an excerpt from Jonathan Leeman’s forthcoming book ‘ Authority: How Godly Rule Protects the Vulnerable, Strengthens Communities, and Promotes Human Flourishing‘, published with permission from Crossway. ![]()
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