![]() (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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