Bruce Telfer - Unraveling Revelation - 11 - The power behind the Beast

Some Basic Principles — Differences between God’s Government And Earthly Governments
1. God The Supreme Ruler—Man A Free Moral Agent
2. God Does Not Coerce The Will
3. God’s Government is ruled by everlasting principles
4. God Never Forces Man’s Conscience
5. Man is Not Compelled To Comply
6. God Rules By Love, Not Compulsion
7. Laws Of Earthly Governments Should Be In Harmony With Law Of Jehovah
8. Freedom Of Choice A God-Given Right
9. Christs Kingdom is Not Establisbed By Force Of Arms But By Implanting A New Principle In The Heart
God’s Government In Contrast With Earthly Governments
1. The Kingdom Of Christ Not An Earthly Dominion
2. Christ’s Kingdom A Spiritual Kingdom
3. Subjects Of Christ’s Kingdom are Not Recognized By Worldly Kingdoms
4. Christ Does Not Compel—He Desires Only Voluntary Service
5. Freedom Through An Informed Knowledge Of Truth
6. A Godly Government is A Government That Savors Not Of Oppression
7. It is the Duty Of State To Protect Liberty Of Conscience
8. Rights Of All To Be Acknowledged
9. All Earthly Power Under God’s Control
10. All Rulers Are Under God’s Rule
11. Kings And Nations Under God’s Rule
12. God Over All
13. Rulers Need To Realize Their Amenability To God’s Law
14. Rulers Of Nations Responsible To Be Representatives Of God
15. Rulers Are God’s Servants
16. No Place For Man’s Theories
17. Correcting “Heretics” Through Civil Power Is Satan’s Method