Hey Brother @ironshield ,

My apologies for having somehow overlooked answering this message of yours for over a week now... All too many distractions!

I really appreciate that you've read more of my Kingdom collection, and thank you for specifically mentioning my "lunch with a friend" episode. 😆

"In Daniel's day, God set up kings, but now with Yeshua at the right hand of the Father, currently wielding ALL authority on earth and in Heaven ... He would have to delegate power to kings for them to hold legitimate power."

Exactly!

I see in Scripture no delegation of that power to the nation-states of the world. However, just as it was in Daniel's day, I do believe God still sets up and takes down kings. Here's the thing:

Then, as now, God's expression of His sovereignty in doing so does not equate to his approval of the behavior of those governments. And, sadly, my observation is that not one ersatz "ruler" in any of the nation states is ruling in the name of and according to the law of Christ.

*"Good and faithful servants will have authority (exousia) over cities."

Here, our eschatology differs. Ephesians chapter one teaches me that God has already delegated that authority to his ecclesia. It's only a poorly developed systematic theology that has driven bad translations of Scripture that have hidden this truth from our eyes.

Thanks again for your engagement!🙏😀