Jesus clearly hadn’t come to give people the “right” answer to their many questions surrounding secular politics. His mission didn’t include providing people with a new-and-improved version of the kingdoms of this world, even though he certainly had the opportunity to do so! People wanted to enthrone him as their worldly king, but Jesus ran away from them when they tried (John 6:15). And although the devil offered him all the “authority” and “splendor” of “all the kingdoms of the world,” Jesus wisely declined the offer (Luke 4:5-7).
