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>Thanks for your responses. Forgive me
>for pushing a literal reading
>again, but I still can't
>get my head around the
>potential for whopping contradictions here.
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>I can accept the proposition that
>God wields the power to
>institute governments or regimes in
>any way shape or form
>that He so pleases. I
>also have no problem with
>the idea that no matter
>what, Christians are obliged to
>follow the rules set down
>in the N.T. Rom. 13:1
>says, pretty explicitly, that Christians
>are supposed to follow the
>rules of the authorities (there
>is also, of course, the
>famous saying of Christ's, "give
>unto Caesar what is Caesar's,
>etc. etc."), right? So what
>if the authorities are completely
>ad odds with the NT?

Responce: Sorry I did'nt see this. A good answer to your question lies in the book of Daniel 1. Remember during the exile, Daniel refused to eat the food of Nebuchanezzar because Jews though it to be contaminated because it was used to worship false idols. also in Dan 3 when Nebuchanezzar wanted everyone to bow down and Shadrach and Meshach would'nt. The point is when the goverment goes against the word of GOd then God's word should be put first, and you must trust in God to support you no matter what the outcome maybe. This not a contridiction it just shows that as Christians God's law is first then man's law is second.
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