Amen. Amen. And praise God for that hope. Thank you for this reminder. All you say here is true, and we forget it to our peril.
But it doesn’t follow that because Jesus warned us about the abuse of earthly power, therefore we’re not to make use of earthly power, or somehow ignore earthly power. We were warned about mammon, and immorality, and love of mothers/fathers/sons/daughters as well.
My question still stands.