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As in so many elections, the 2008 U.S. presidential candidates Barack Obama and John McCain campaigned under the mantra "Change is coming!" They said, like candidates the world over, "The people want change!"
That is usually true. But after making claims that only God could keep, politicians everywhere usually find it difficult to keep their promises when elected. Few succeed in turning those promises into changes that endure the test of time.
Most people don't realize that Jesus Christ was-and remains-the greatest advocate for change. His plan includes changing all human governments, from the richest and most advanced countries to the world's poorest. He proclaimed that total change is coming to human civilization- through a perfect government that He will establish at His second coming.
Did you know that Jesus' message was about government? He called His teaching the gospel, or good news, of the Kingdom of God.
People today often think that the kingdom Jesus proclaimed is one set up in men's hearts-confined to human thoughts and emotions. But that's not what He taught. Rather, He spoke of an actual government to be set up over all nations.
The contrast between Jesus Christ's promises for good government and what human politicians fail to deliver couldn't be greater.
All humanly created political systems fail to meet the truly high standards of Jesus' teachings on government. This includes American democracy, which has remained enmeshed in cross-purposes, political and economic corruption, short-sighted policies that don't work and wars that Americans love to hate.
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