Building Christian Nation-States
A long long time ago I had a history professor lecture on the difference between a nation and a state. And it was utterly lost on me. I never got it, until I understood the Word of God (Theo-logy) better.
Nation is from the same root word as Natal. As in pre-natal and post-natal. It is founded upon the idea of birth, or a blood line form a common ancestor. Thus, the nation/bloodline of Israel is, literally, those birthed from the loins of Jacob, renamed Israel.
A state, on the the other hand, is a governing mechanism which a bloodline (nation) may use to protect itself and organize it’s affairs. It’s laws and organization.
A Nation-State is bounded by borders and time: Acts 17:26, and the boundaries laid out in the Hebrew Scriptures. …