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So? Those things are not in line with Scripture. No, not at all.
The Body of Christ
Christians are a Body of Christ. When they take communion they eat of the body and drink of the blood. In the Body, some are the hands, some the feet, some the mouth, some the eyes. Some are Apostles, some are Prophets, some are Pastors, some are Evangelists. We all have a function in the Body. A society of believers. We are a Body of Christ, an Organic Society. (Ephesians 4:11-16)
Where this is profound for teachers and understanding:
Atomism - A belief that society is made up of a collection of self-interested and largely self-sufficient individuals or atoms, rather than social groups. (Liberal Belief on Society)
Organicism - A belief that society operates like an organism or living entity, the whole being more than a collection of its individual parts. (Conservative View on Society.)
(“Political Ideologies An Introduction” Third Edition by Andrew Heywood.)
That may have been unlawful.
God gave Adam authority. Adam lost authority with original sin. When Jesus was being tempted by Satan, Satan offered to give Jesus rulership.
How did Satan have authority? Working in reasonable ways, there is an understanding that there were Occult Pagan Mystery Schools all over.
Satan had authority because God gave it to him.
He was cast out of heaven to the earth. It says so.
Jesus Himself said - John 14:30
" Hereafter I will not talk much with you: for the prince of this world cometh, and hath nothing in me."
Satan is God tool..always has been . Seen clearly in the book of Job. The angels were gathered before God , and it says 'Satan was also there in the midst'..God speaks to him, asks what he thinks of Job, God sets up Job to be tested by Satan. He had authority , but his authority was limited, God says -"he's yours, but do not touch his life" Satan is God's Tester.
God is , and always has been , in full control.
God obviously gave him the authority
sure I understand what you're speaking of but keep Roman 13:1 in mind, ok.I am talking more about delegated authority. Pharaoh in Egypt had authority as a King. He delegated authority to Joseph. The Queen of Britain has had authority. She is Head of State and Church. She has delegated authority. The Prime Minister has served The Queen. It is The Queen's Justice. The Queen is Governor of The Anglican Communion. Authority has flowed through The Queen. In an understanding of The Principalities, in a way, may the Queen or someone connected to her been shaping the principalities some how? This is complicated and it gets into some conspiracy. The Queen as head of the Anglican Communion has said some off things about Jesus, and she was married to a Freemason. Under the Queen's Reign, many have turned away from God towards atheism. She has had bad fruit?
The Queen of Britain, when she was coronated, was coronated in a ceremony similar to King Saul and Prophet Samuel. Does that make her Anointed of God to rule? Does she have a divine right to rule? Given she has been a Bad Queen, she still may have been anointed similar to how there were Good and Bad Kings of Israel?
An understanding of these things may lead to a greater understanding of what has been happening in the principalities.
You are right that there is no authority but God. God delegated authority and Nations have ruled at God's pleasure.
The term principalities is used in the Bible in connection with the hierarchies of angels (both good and evil). Satan is the "prince of the power of the air" and under him are the following hierarchies:What is in The Principalities
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