Re: Does God favor world government?
NT Wright is seriously wrong By: paulhartigan (52 replies) 30 October, 2006 - 06:57
- Re: NT Wright is seriously wrong By: BradGW (22/11/2006 - 13:15)
- Re: NT Wright is seriously wrong By: redsand (13/11/2006 - 20:58)
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- Tidying up the loose ends By: paulhartigan (10/11/2006 - 02:21)
- Just a couple of things By: peter wilkinson (10/11/2006 - 10:52)
- Wright on terror and Iraq By: john doyle (13/11/2006 - 10:45)
- Re: Does God favor world government? By: Chris (15/11/2006 - 03:28)
- World government - any government? By: peter wilkinson (15/11/2006 - 11:40)
- God can use what he does not favor By: Chris (16/11/2006 - 06:02)
- 2-2=1 By: samlcarr (15/11/2006 - 18:11)
- World government - any government? By: peter wilkinson (15/11/2006 - 11:40)
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- Re: Does God favor world government? By: Chris (15/11/2006 - 03:28)
- Wright on terror and Iraq By: john doyle (13/11/2006 - 10:45)
- NT-Ot exegesis By: samlcarr (10/11/2006 - 07:17)
- Brief comment on Jesus's radical critique of the OT By: paulhartigan (10/11/2006 - 08:34)
- How radical is the NT? By: samlcarr (10/11/2006 - 13:38)
- Brief comment on Jesus's radical critique of the OT By: paulhartigan (10/11/2006 - 08:34)
- Just a couple of things By: peter wilkinson (10/11/2006 - 10:52)
- I would like to point out By: QuirkyGrace (09/11/2006 - 16:40)
- Tidying up the loose ends By: paulhartigan (10/11/2006 - 02:21)
- Anachronism, contexts and joined-up thinking. By: peter wilkinson (09/11/2006 - 12:06)
- Jesus & the OT By: QuirkyGrace (08/11/2006 - 17:22)
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- Jesus and God By: samlcarr (05/11/2006 - 07:08)
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- God: violent or benevolent? By: peter wilkinson (07/11/2006 - 16:42)
- OT, NT By: Daniel D. Farmer (07/11/2006 - 02:36)
- violence: divergence, convergence, emergence By: john doyle (06/11/2006 - 20:57)
- More tales from the outback By: paulhartigan (05/11/2006 - 06:24)
- Taking it personally By: paulhartigan (02/11/2006 - 19:53)
- A hot day in the outback By: peter wilkinson (03/11/2006 - 23:32)
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- alternative reconciliations By: john doyle (02/11/2006 - 11:26)
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- fair enough By: john doyle (02/11/2006 - 23:44)
- The long silence By: peter wilkinson (02/11/2006 - 17:50)
- Alternative Reconciliations By: QuirkyGrace (02/11/2006 - 15:45)
- Persistent and antipodean By: paulhartigan (02/11/2006 - 20:14)
- Two covenants rather than two gods By: Chris (02/11/2006 - 02:40)
- A violent and unforgiving God! By: paulhartigan (01/11/2006 - 20:31)
- Not a violent and unforgiving God By: peter wilkinson (02/11/2006 - 00:52)
- Defending the indefensible? By: paulhartigan (02/11/2006 - 02:44)
- Inconsistencies By: peter wilkinson (02/11/2006 - 10:07)
- Defending the indefensible? By: paulhartigan (02/11/2006 - 02:44)
- Not a violent and unforgiving God By: peter wilkinson (02/11/2006 - 00:52)
- Wright is right By: Virgil (01/11/2006 - 03:13)
- two gods? By: john doyle (31/10/2006 - 15:59)
- The fall? By: QuirkyGrace (31/10/2006 - 05:50)
- It all depends By: peter wilkinson (31/10/2006 - 09:41)
- But on what does it all depend? By: paulhartigan (31/10/2006 - 11:21)
- Perpend By: peter wilkinson (31/10/2006 - 13:10)
- Suspend By: paulhartigan (01/11/2006 - 01:52)
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- YHWH in the OT By: Daniel D. Farmer (01/11/2006 - 05:06)
- A violent and unforgiving God? By: paulhartigan (01/11/2006 - 02:20)
- Suspend By: paulhartigan (01/11/2006 - 01:52)
- Perpend By: peter wilkinson (31/10/2006 - 13:10)
- But on what does it all depend? By: paulhartigan (31/10/2006 - 11:21)
- "The fall" By: paulhartigan (31/10/2006 - 08:11)
- It all depends By: peter wilkinson (31/10/2006 - 09:41)
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Re: Does God favor world government?
I am inclined to contest this. At several key points God seems to express reservations about order. (Consistent perhaps with “power corrupts”?) God’s response to united human endeavor at Babel was to create chaos, and the biblical narrative seems to show that God embraces the continued chaos of distinct tribes and language groups. Further, when Israel in 1 Sam. 8:4-20 sought to constitute a kingdom (in contrast to the period of the judges), God took it as rejection and enumerated ways in which the new order would be oppressive.