“False Separation”

Haggai 2: 2: “Speak now to Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua the son of Jehozadak, the high priest, and to the remnant of the people, saying …” Should the civil government stay away from anything ‘religious’? Here the prophet Haggai is commanded to speak not only to the high priest, but also to the provincial governor (whose name, by the way, means ‘son of Babel.’ How secular can you get?) For centuries the church has been given a false line on the issue of Church and state; they should keep their nose out of our business, but the Church always has a right, and a mission, to let the state know what God is saying.