How one views civil authorities is sometimes mistakingly how one views God Himself. There is no darkness in God. God is not doing evil that good may come about. God is not a promoting a deterministic world view that through His Sovereign decrees He himself can violate the laws He commands us to obey.
When governments become tyrannical and force people to give up providing for their families or take experimental shots that can have dangerous side effects then one has to decide whether this is worth the cost of having peace with wicked magistrates and should not be coerced into taking shots thinking they are obeying God. This has nothing to do with conspiracy theories and everything to do with gaslighting and allegiance. Who will you follow God or men?
The mark of the beast in Revelations is going to be the ultimate obedience to civil authorities decision. If a Christian takes this mark in obedience to authorities he is condemned by God forever. God does not ordain wicked governments.
Christ knows what is in men and therefore never entrusted himself to men. Only Christ is our safe refuge. All men are wrong in something or another. Maybe some Pastors went a bridge too far on covid and should step back and see that others had serious legitimate concerns.
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