Mark Vestal Supporter Proud of nothing of myself. Freed by Christ who did it all!

In actuality, there is no such thing as a "Christian nation". Christianity is on an individual basis today. Any single person living today can become a true Christian by having faith alone in Jesus Christ. If any nation were to "strong arm" another nation, and force them into following "Christian values", they themselves are not recognizing the true foundation of what Christianity actually is.

There is a message that is to be shared by true believers with unbelievers, which is the message of God's reconciliation with man (2 Cor 5:18-19). There is no scriptural reference, in God's current age of grace (Eph 3:2), that supports a nation forcing another nation into belief (which isn't possible anyway), so no, that scenario would not be "right", as far as true Christianity is concerned.

Unlike God's gift of salvation today being by God's grace through faith alone in Christ (Eph 2:8-9), there will come the day when the fulness of the current body of believers (the church) will have been filled and removed from the planet (Rom 11:25, 1 Thes 4:13-18). Israel, as a nation, will then once again be in a risen standing with God, and those outside of Israel, who desire to be with God, must go through Israel's "nation of priests" for salvation. Even then, God will not be 'forced' onto any other nation, but Israel will be known as the nation in whom 'God is with' at that time.

Peter speaking to who would have been, but will someday be those priests:

1 Peter 2:9-10
"But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light;
10 Which in time past were not a people, but are now the people of God: which had not obtained mercy, but now have obtained mercy."

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