| A form of government by God or a god either
directly or through a priestly order A system of government or a State governed by a
sacerdotal order, claiming a divine commission.
Theocrat: A person who rules in a theocracy as the representative of God
or a god; a divine or deified ruler.
"The Ayatollah gathered at his bedside..the 15 most powerful theocrats within the
regime." Observer.
Interview with Jimmy Carter - Stanford Medicine Magazine, Summer 2006 America veering
toward theocracy. You have said that America is moving toward theocracy. Carter:
Yes, I dont think there is any doubt about it.
A theocracy, as its name suggests, has to do with the rule of God over a
people. But there is more to a theocracy than the bare fact that God is exercising control
over his children.
A true theocracy exists when Gods dominion is coupled with a domain, when his
rule is connected to a realm, an actual piece of real estate within the borders of which
God rules his people in a special and unique way. Israels situation in the Promised
Land is perhaps the most obvious example of a theocracy in the Bible. |