Robert D. Decker

Editor's Notes In his lengthy article, "The Messianic Kingdom and Civil Government," David J. Engelsma contends (and rightly so, in my opinion) that the Scriptures teach that the only duty of the state and civil magistrates is "... the maintenance of outward order and external peace in the nation." The Messianic kingdom is manifest in the church (typically in the Old Testament kingdom of Israel) and in reality in the New Testament under her only King, merciful High Priest, and chief Prophet,...