No. Nationalism is derived from biblical political theology. It is based on the Scriptural belief that humans beings and their institutions are diverse and see the world from divergent perspectives.
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For this reason, every community and nation must be responsible for its own path to God.
There is no such thing as a human institution that is competent to dictate political doctrine to all mankind—or one that can do so without becoming a tyranny.
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There is no such thing as a human institution that is competent to dictate political doctrine to all mankind—or one that can do so without becoming a tyranny.
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The “ideal” in Scripture is not world government. It is localism.
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True, the Bible does not present the independent national state as “ideal”.
It presents the national state as a compromise on God’s part.
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It presents the national state as a compromise on God’s part.
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But God’s compromise is the state instead of a world of free tribes and clans.
World empire is, in Scripture, the nightmare that political theory and theology seeks to prevent.
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World empire is, in Scripture, the nightmare that political theory and theology seeks to prevent.
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Those who say that a world government is the “ideal” sometimes speak in the name of Christianity. But they inexplicably ignore Scripture, which teaches that government is never an ideal.
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The biblical “ideal” is localism—really no state at all.
But the Bible is realistic. Human nature is to violent and chaotic to make localism work without the state. The best kind of state is the “local” nation state—certainly not world empire.
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But the Bible is realistic. Human nature is to violent and chaotic to make localism work without the state. The best kind of state is the “local” nation state—certainly not world empire.
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