Romans 13

Respect for Authority
1 Everyone must submit to governing authorities. For all authority comes from God, and those in positions of authority have been placed there by God.2 So anyone who rebels against authority is rebelling against what God has instituted, and they will be punished.3 For the authorities do not strike fear in people who are doing right, but in those who are doing wrong. Would you like to live without fear of the authorities? Do what is right, and they will honor you.4 The authorities are God’s servants, sent for your good. But if you are doing wrong, of course you should be afraid, for they have the power to punish you. They are God’s servants, sent for the very purpose of punishing those who do what is wrong.5 So you must submit to them, not only to avoid punishment, but also to keep a clear conscience. 6 Pay your taxes, too, for these same reasons. For government workers need to be paid. They are serving God in what they do.7 Give to everyone what you owe them: Pay your taxes and government fees to those who collect them, and give respect and honor to those who are in authority.

As you can see, it seems that everyone (believer and non-believer) is told here to submit to the government(s) above them. From the Book, we see that God supposedly institutes government, so we must not rebel against the authority of government, or we will be punished (by God?) The anarcho-pantelist believes that the mainstream Christian notion of submitting to government is not just in error, but in grave error.

For the anarcho-pantelist, these verses were focused on the believer within the Roman Empire. The Roman Empire lorded over Jerusalem — both the Jews and the Christians, as well as a non-believers of either faith. In what the anarcho-pantelist calls the Parousia (or the Second Coming of Christ), we believe that Christ did return 2000 years ago to conquer sin and finally judge God’s Chosen People — the Jews of the day that did not believe in Christ the Savior.

The way that God the Father and Christ the Savior finally vanquished sin and fulfilled the requirements of all men was by using the Roman Army to battle the Jews and destroy the Jewish Temple once and for all. This actually did occur in 70 A.D. With the fall of the Jewish Temple, animal sacrifice was ended forever by the Jews, and the Jewish leaders lost control of their flock. 1/3rd of the Jews in the area were killed by the army, 1/3rd of the Jews died through pestilence and plague, and 1/3rd were scattered. Even to this day, the majority of the Jews are scattered throughout the world — a view that God had finalized his Covenant with the Jews, bringing the New Covenant forth to the world as a whole.

It is important to see that the Early Church was given the words in Romans 13 to understand that they had to stay under the power of the Roman Army. God was quickly going to judge the Jews who ignored the Savior, and He was going to use the Roman Army to do so. This meant that Christians of the time had to keep with the Roman rule in order for God’s Prophecies of the End Times (basically, the End of the Old Age) to come to pass. And it did.

With the ending of the Old Covenant, the “regulations” of the entire Book of Romans also came to pass. With the sealing of the Old Laws, the New Covenant was created — giving all men stewardship over what they earned with their hard work and honesty, so that they could share their excess with those who were less fortunate. It is the Christian powermongers today who love the power of government, because they say that it is blessed by God and anointed for His Purposes. To the anarcho-capitalist, God has no more purpose on Earth to fulfill prophecy — God and Jesus are reigning over those in the afterlife, leaving the mortal world to the mortals to steward over.

In the Old Testament, God warned man against government and kings (see the entire Book of Kings). God shows that governments would enslave the populace, use them in wars, tax them and jail them. This always happens with all governments, including the U.S., which has enslaved more of its population than any other country in the world. We have the biggest army, and have committed more murders in wars than almost any other leading country. Is this what God wants?

If God anoints governments, and we are to submit to our authority, where does the Bible show the citizens under Hitler that they can rise against him? What about Saddam Hussein, who was democratically elected and had citizens to govern. What gives one country the right to overthrow a ruler, if that ruler is anointed by God? The mainstream Christian viewpoint on Romans is troubling because it tries to play two different sets of rules: one set f rules for the “us” and one set of rules for the “them.” We can look at all the great wars since the time of Christ and we see religion as the cause for them — including the various Crusades where Christians believed they were called by God to destroy heathens of other faiths.

The anarcho-pantelist disagrees with all forms of government. We believe we have One King and that everyone has free will to go against Christ’s teachings, or to accept them. Our very own congregations (”churches”) in the West have actually utilized the law to place themselves above the individual — congregations are allowed to bypass tax laws and restrictions that the average individual can not. It is wrong to think of the Church as needing the State to do what God wants it do to.

As we see in the story of Christ, even Christ’s own parents were told by God to ignore the government’s rule and flee. If God anoints all governments and we are to submit to all rule, at what point do we look for God when governments over us try to do evil things? When did Christ tell His Followers to get together and vote to help others? Christ didn’t — He told us that we as individuals must go and help others, not as a union of followers but as single followers of His Way to love and care for others more than ourselves. It is callous to think that congregations throughout the world continue to support dominion over the individuals. Christ did not tell us to make new laws over others, He told us to support them regardless of what society was already attempting to provide.

There is no anointing of the State by God anymore. If anything, the State goes against Christ’s teaching because the State uses force (men with guns, the thread of jail or fines, and even the enslavement of the military draft) to do what it thinks is right. The only thing that is right for an individual is what the Spirit guides them to do. If individuals fail to hear the Spirit or believe in God the Creator, that is between them and God, not between you and them. Christ told us not to judge anyone except ourselves as individuals, and the use of the State (government) is one big step of judgment against others.

This post will be added to on occasion

Borrowing
So what is an anarcho-pantelist to do when they need to purchase something that they can’t afford, such as a house or a car? The obvious answer is to change your mindset about what you need today. Why would you give up a good portion of your future just to acquire something today?

For most families, the biggest burden on their futures financially is the home, followed by the car (or cars, in many cases). We venture forth from our own parents’ home (which is usually still borrowed on!) and then take on our own debt to acquire our own home. For many families today, the length of a typical home loan is much greater than 30 years — in some cases, families will have to pay a mortgage for 40+ years once you consider the multiple refinances that happen over the life of the loan. When you look at a typical Christian congregation, you see family after family struggling to make their mortgage payments, forcing both parents into the work environment. These debts are destructive to the family, and they are also destructive to the individual — they take up valuable time that can be better spent living simply and using their extra time to love those around them.

The best solution — possibly the only Biblical one — is to not fear living with others while you save your earnings to purchase a simple home in the future. Consider that the typical family of 4 lives in a home that costs them, on average, about 6 times their annual income. But it doesn’t take 6 years to pay off, it takes 30-40 years to pay down that 6-year cost! If two or three families were able to ignore the socially negative idea of cohabitation with one another, they would be all able to afford a simple home in a short matter of time — 7 to 11 years. Instead of splurging on worthless possessions in your early 20s, many families could save more than the cost of a basic home in that same period of time, ending up with a nice home by the age of 30, but without an additional 30 years of debt to be enslaved to.

Cohabitational living is not easy, but neither is 40 years of debt taking over 50% or more of your net income. It also gives families the opportunity to share in the raising of any children, plus it gives families the ability to focus on the needs of others within the home. We’re not talking about huge communities of families living together, just a small 2-4 family community within a single structure.

Is it easy? Definitely not. But as we have seen in recent times (with the increased rate of foreclosure and bankruptcy), neither is borrowing from the future to buy a home now. By living together in a simple home, you also learn exactly how much home you will need in the future, and when you’re ready to buy, you’ll be buying something significantly smaller than your friends do, because you will be paying cash for the house rather than splurging on a large home with future earnings.

Loaning

While borrowing from another puts you in the debt/servitude of another, loaning has a similar negative effect on relationships and individuals. The loving individual may think that loaning someone else money or tools can have a benefit in that other person’s life, but in reality it just puts them into the same situation we were trying to avoid in the first part of this article: servitude to others. The best action a loving faith believer can perform is granting another person a share of your tools or savings. If you can afford to loan someone capital, you can also afford to give it away — and you should. The New Testament shows time and again Christ telling others to give to others what they need, and even give away your possessions if you are unable to understand the policy of true love. Since Anarcho-pantelists don’t believe in stewarding over more property, tools and savings that we can handle, it makes perfect sense to give away your excess to others in need. Many of us earn more income than we need to survive on, and this extra income would be a perfect love offering to those who have made the decision to live in debt and servitude to others. By helping those in your community extricate themselves from their debtors, you will be able to share the Love that Christ professed and demonstrated to us in the New Testament.

When granting a portion of your wealth or tools to another, though, we need to be careful not to judge what that capital is spent on or how it is used. It is the unconditional offering that is important in Spirit, and we must be careful not to make decisions based on what we think is best for others — others should be free to do as they please, even if they lose or squander or waste your gift. “It’s the thought that counts” is very important to understand here.

Anarcho-pantelists believe that God the Father designed each new mortal with a unique combination of hands, mind, heart and ability. What we do with those talents from birth is what directly affects our futures. The Bible offers many parables, stories and examples of “reaping what you sow,” meaning what you do today will greatly affect you tomorrow, just as what you did in the past is a huge part of your current place is life. We don’t believe that God the Father actively works in anyone’s lives through miracles or “talking” to them — why would a Loving God perform miracles for some and not others? Why would a Loving God talk to some but not others? It doesn’t make sense — Biblically or visibly. Yet while we do believe in reaping what you sow, we also believe that many people fall victim to both sides of the sowing process: if you try to reap more than you sow, you will live a lifetime of enslavement to others, if you try to sow more than you can reap, you will live a lifetime of overwork and under-enjoyment of the fruits of your labors.

Many Christians believe in modern materialism combined with slavery to a bank or lender. Instead of living within their means with capital and property they can maintain without a great amount of overwork, they over-buy and spend their lives paying off what they believe is rightly theirs. The anarcho-pantelist believes you don’t really own anything: we are stewards of what we “buy” for God the Father that can not directly maintain the worldly items. If we attempt to steward more than we can maintain, we create two harmful side effects: some items will go unmaintained and fall apart, other items will go unused and not be appreciated by others who could use them in their own lives. When you buy a bigger home than you can use, you pay for it with sometimes decades of debt to pay off. Not only do you never get to enjoy the home you bought (by inviting over friends and family regularly if not daily), others have a reduced opportunity to purchase high-demand land, building materials and material needs, so they must pay a higher price. When you buy too much, you contribute to both a high burden of debt as well as a lower supply for in-demand items. When you buy just what you need, you are now in control of much less, and the market has more to provide others with lower-priced goods. This is a net benefit.

The anarcho-pantelist does NOT believe in communism or forced sharing of the assets that we can maintain in excellence. We believe in capitalism where our tools and our minds and our hearts are completely ours to use to maintain God’s property that is in our possession, but no more. We believe that no one else can tell us how much we can maintain or how much we must share with others. This is why we are against the idea of taxation. The anarcho-pantelist understands that every mortal is born with the ability to learn how much they can handle, and what they should share charitably or sell to others to handle. Not every mortal will take advantage of attempting to learn how much they can handle, but this is how God designed us — everything we sow we will reap in the future in the proper way. Those who use force will have force used against them. Those who tax will be taxed. Those who live by the sword will die by the reactions to their actions. Those who save will be prosperous, those who accept debt will be slaves. Not everyone should be equally prosperous if they continue to not learn from their actions. But no one should be forced to reap what others have sown, unless they do so out of the love of their hearts rather than force and coercion.

By only maintaining the property and tools that we can, it opens the door for new opportunities to share your lifestyle with others, helping them build a new foundation of proper stewardship of God the Father’s earth. The organized church has never been able to be a good steward for God the Father’s property. Why? Go visit a local congregation on a weekday and see how well they maintain and use the land and building that they were able to purchase through previous years of saving and hard work. Even worse, many of these organized bodies are in debt and ignore the years of servitude to others! Instead, each member of the organization should work to relinquish possessions they can not maintain or use regularly, sell the communal property of the body, and use the proceeds to extricate all of their community from slavery and debt. By reducing their future burdens, they will open their futures to sharing their lifestyles will many more, who will also learn to sow prosperity so they can reap prosperity, rather than reaping burden.

18 Jesus came and told his disciples, “I have been given all authority in heaven and on earth.19 Therefore, go and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit.20 Teach these new disciples to obey all the commands I have given you. And be sure of this: I am with you always, even to the end of the age.”

I have bold-faced two words/phrases here: nations and the age. In some Bible translations, these words are translated as “everyone you meet, far and near” as well as other similar phrases. It is the common translation of “all the nations” that gives the modern Christian the thought that the end of the age won’t occur until everyone has heard the Good News, so they continuing preaching the Gospel — the Great Commission.

For the anarcho-capitalist, though, we believe that the end of the Age occurred. The “age” in this case means the Age of the Old Covenant that God made with Abraham. We believe that Christ’s second coming had occurred though in 70 AD with the fall of the Great Temple and the vanquishing of the Jews by the Romans, and the fall of Nero Caesar soon after. Christ wasn’t talking to Christians forever, we believe. He was speaking directly with His followers at the time of his Resurrection — calling on them to prepare for His second coming.

When Christ talked of His second coming, He did so in very particular words:

Revelation 1:3: God blesses the one who reads the words of this prophecy to the church, and he blesses all who listen to its message and obey what it says, for the time is near.

Revelation 2:16: I am coming to you quickly.

Revelation 3:10-11: “Because you have obeyed my command to persevere, I will protect you from the great time of testing that will come upon the whole world to test those who belong to this world. I am coming soon.

And on and on. In Revelation, we see that Christ said he was coming quickly about 10 times — and the words were written as letters to the Early First Church that congregated during His life and Resurrection and soon after. Modern Christians take these words to heart as still applicable 2000 years later, but Anarcho-Pantelists don’t believe that Christ was a liar — we believe that He meant what He said.

Christ’s second coming would bring with it the end of the Age — the end of the Old Covenant of Laws and Commandments and Judgement and Seperation — a complete reconciliation for all men with the Loving God. Up to the point of Christ’s return, it is acceptable that Christians would want to follow His desires to tell others about His quick and imminent return, but why would He say quickly if He meant 2000+ years later? Even Christ told His early followers that He was returning while some of them were still alive, as we see in the canon Book of Matthew, Chapter 16, Verse 28: “And I tell you the truth, some standing here right now will not die before they see the Son of Man coming in his Kingdom.” To believe that Christ will come while some of His original followers were still alive either means He has yet to come — and some of those followers are over 2000 years old, or modern Christians are not realizing that they missed the Second Coming.

It is obvious that Christians will say that Christ could not have come because He didn’t come again as they were expecting. Why, then, are these millions of Jews still waiting for their Messiah? Because the Messiah did not come as the Jews had expected — just as Christ would not come a second time as Christians were expecting. This is a God that works in mysterious ways, and for Christians to think they are “smarter” than the Jews who are unaware does not leave me believe that God would not work the same way for the Christians who are righteous and fear-inspiring rather than loving and humble.

So has the Gosel and the Good News been preached to the People? In Romans 10:18, we read:

But I ask, have the people of Israel actually heard the message? Yes, they have:

“The message has gone throughout the earth,
and the words to all the world.”

It would seem so. Had the Good News been spread to all the world? To the Anarcho-Pantelist, this was never a requirement — all the nations did NOT mean the entire world, just the particular area that Jesus would return to and overthrow the disbelievers. Even Revelation doesn’t say that ALL disbelievers would be destroyed or cast into “Hell,” instead it shows that a great number would — and again it never says all the disbelievers in the entire world, just in that particular region.

The Great Commission was a very important task for early Christians before the imminent second coming of the Messiah, in their lifetime. But it is illogical and unbelievable that Christ would lie about His quick return, and it is also illogical and unbelievable that Christ would lie about some of His early followers still being alive when He did. We Anarcho-Pantelists believe He did tell the truth, and return to vanquish sin, and return to end the Old Age of God’s impossible Commandments, Laws, Judgement and Expectation for man.

In my growth within the organized church, I would ask this question myself and get some good “scripturally-supported” answers. The common answers were, in order of popularity:

1. To be saved from eternal damnation (save yourself).
2. To enter the world and spread the gospel (save others).
3. To help to reduce sin in the world (save society).
4. To grow the church (save organizations).
5. To battle liberalism (save conservatism).

All my years as a member of organized religious organizations left me confused, though. I’d receive really emotionally-inspiring sermons that sort of made sense logically, but Biblically they were all over the map. Sermons would interweave similar topics but get the message from single verses from Books that were thousands of years apart. Sometimes, reading the verses before or after the individual verses left me with a different message than what I hear in the given sermon. I’d leave the congregation with a desire to read more, but what I read never brought me to the same conclusion that the message did.

Why questions always confronted those 5 reasons-for-living above. (1) If God loves everyone, why would He damn so many? I knew a lot of people in my life who lived a better life than me, and were not as depressed or saddened by what they saw on TV or in society. (2) If I am to spread the Gospel, what version do I tell? (3) If I have to sin in order to reduce sin, is it OK with God? (4) If giving my money to a congregation means God will provide for me, why were most of the people in the congregation broke and unstable financially, versus the non-believers I knew who were stable and happy? (5) If liberalism was bad, why were so many people attracted to the positions?

As I read the Bible more, and looked at honest responses to how mainstream Evangelism was trying to work, I realized that I was not learning Truth necessarily, I was only being passed on what my elders had learned from their elders. Instead of really delving deep into what Christ was trying to teach or express, we were relying on generations of people attempting to jockey for control of society. The history of the Church is one that is uglier than it is beautiful, so I knew in my heart that I wasn’t learning Truth, I was learning how to assume power over the lives of other. There are two ways to control others — direct force, and using fear. The positions of the modern church seemed to love using both, and I found myself really lost in how to live.

So many ask: if the anarcho-pantelist positions are closer to the Truth, what IS the point of living if we believe that there is no hell/damnation, the Great Commission of spreading the Gospel is long over, sin doesn’t exist any longer, growing the church is just growing a mortal organization, not a spiritual one, and conservatism is just as “evil” as liberalism?

The anarcho-pantelist has a simple answer to life: God created everyone with skills, bodies, hearts and brains, and we are to use these parts of us to better God’s Kingdom on Earth. We don’t really own anything in our possessions, even our own bodies and minds — they’re God’s because God created them. When we work hard, we are blessed with temporary stewardship over God’s tools and land. Our homes are not ours, they are God’s and we should maintain them as best as we can. We shouldn’t own more home than we actually need, we shouldn’t own more land than we can maintain ourselves as possible, we shouldn’t own more tools than we can use to better God’s productions in our lives. This means thrift, not excess.

The anarcho-pantelist does not believe in preaching to others fear and force, instead we should do our best with our abilities and our tools so that others can see that their lives can be fruitful just from doing what they are good at. If you are good at serving coffee, don’t be ashamed of the job that you are great at. If people ask you why you are joyful at your job, why you are so focused at work, you can give the blessings to God and leave it at that. Don’t push the issue unless they are truly interested in your philosophy and faith. The average non-believer is sick of hearing about God because those who profess a faith are so motivated to use government or force to change lives. Anarcho-pantelists want nothing to do with coercion, we only want to be a shining example of stewardship for what we temporarily have possession of.

What is the point of living? Be a good steward to everything you have in your possession, including your body, your land, your tools and your money. Don’t use force against others, even the force of government. Don’t scare people into agreeing with you, and don’t try to convince people that aren’t willing to hear what you have to say. The ultimate tool for all of these is love — truly love others as you want to be loved, absolutely.

Anarcho-pantelists define sin very easily: Sin is falling short of God’s demands. If you believe that God has demands for all mortals, sin very easily is part of the lives of everyone because no man is perfect. Yet the anarcho-pantelist does not believe that sin exists any longer because God’s demands for us were fulfilled completely by the Messiah, Jesus the Christ.

In the Old Testament of the Bible, God gave man His Ten Commandments — a simplistic way to live life based on God’s demands. Yet God also passed on hundreds of smaller laws and rules for followers, laws and rules that were also difficult to live by. Because of these laws and rules and Commandments, all mortals were sinners — no one was able to abide by all the laws, rules, regulations and Commandments. Sin wasn’t just doing evil, sin was even doing good things but not good enough!

Yet part of God’s Plan was to show man over generations that mortals alone can not meet God’s expectations. God’s Plan included reconciliation with the Loving God, closure to the God that demands and punishes. The Bible (Old and New Testaments) includes many different examples of what God did to mortals who fell short of perfection. But the Bible story ends with God’s ultimate Plan for men — reconciliation through the fulfillment of all His laws, regulations, rules and Commandments.

In the New Testament Book of Matthew, Jesus the Christ speaks a line that seems to many Christians as Christ saying that the Laws and Commandments of the Father are still around (Matthew 5:17-18): “Don’t misunderstand why I have come. I did not come to abolish the law of Moses or the writings of the prophets. No, I came to accomplish their purpose.18 I tell you the truth, until heaven and earth disappear, not even the smallest detail of God’s law will disappear until its purpose is achieved. It would seem that Christ is saying that God’s law will not disappear until His Plan is achieved. As we will discuss in later articles, it is the Anarcho-Pantelist’s view that God’s Plan was completed — and perfectly fulfilled — in the Messiah’s life, Resurrection, Ascension and Return to vanquish sin once and for all.

If God’s Plan was fulfilled completely, if Revelation has occurred in the distant past, that would mean that sin no longer exists. Since God’s expectations and demands were fulfilled perfectly by the Christ, and the Christ also redeemed man by offering His blood to the demanding God, we could say that God no longer has demands or expectations of mortals. Instead, God has created each mortal with certain skills and bodies to make God’s world better for everyone else. This leaves God only to Love everyone equally — without concern for their actions or their hearts.

If sin IS gone, why is there still evil? Humans were created evil — even Adam and Eve showed this and were evicted from the Garden of Eden. Yet evil is not sin — the only definition of sin is to fall short of God’s expectations and demands. Since God’s expectations and demands are fulfilled, they don’t exist for us any more. Therefore, no expectations, no demands, no sin. Evil will continue to exist because we mortals desire more than we have and more than we are worth to others. This doesn’t lessen God’s Love for us, it doesn’t lessen the fact that God created us just as we are and enabled us to better ourselves through hard work and servitude to others. Evil is not sin, evil is just the lack of good. Don’t confuse your desires and your wants with sin — they may be evil, they may be good, but the only way to know is to utilize your conscience (the Holy Spirit, which resides in ALL men including unbelievers!) to discern what is right and what is wrong. No one else can tell you what is right for you or wrong for you — only you can discover that on your own.

To us, the Bible’s story can be broken down into segments, each part offering a unique perspective of how mortal men failed God. Each book of the Old Testament was proof that God had high demands, and man failed to meet any of them. The story of the Old Testament showed how demanding God the Father is, and it shows that His demands were unrelenting, as were his punishments for failure. But the story didn’t just end with the Old Testament and God demanding more than mortal man could offer — it continued with God reconciling Himself with mortal men — all mortal men. The average Christian tells the non-believer that God loves them, but then they torment the non-believer with fear of “hell” and “damnation” and “eternal fire.” Absolute love is absolute. God’s Love is beyond even that.

The New Testament was the continuation of the story, but it was not just about the Father. The New Testament was the history of Jesus the mortal and yet divine King reconciling mortal man with God forever and ever. Jesus did not come for you and me, Jesus came for God. Reconciliation was impossible for any mortal man, but God’s Plan had Jesus in mind from the very beginning as His story was written to show mortal man how they would always fail, but the loving God offered His Son as proof of His Love for all — believer and non-believer.

So the story of Jesus seems to end quickly after His Resurrection and Ascension to Heaven. We’re left with a mystical book called the Book of Revelation — a haunting story of war and battle between Good and Evil. Most Christians are awaiting the story of Revelation to be finalized and come to fruition. The anarcho-pantelist believes that the Book of Revelation did happen already, very quickly after Christ’s ascension. In the end, this is the main difference between the modern Evangelical Christian and the Anarcho-Pantelist. We will get into the Book of Revelation more in the future.

We are NOT Universalists or a cult, we are not worshippers of an evil being, and we are not here to convert you to our beliefs — we’re only here to give you reason to think, and maybe you might nod your head yes to where you agree, or no to where you disagree. We hope you will join us in the discussion, and we hope you find your path to the Kingdom you seek.

If you’re going through a faith crisis, you’re not alone. If you don’t “hear God’s voice,” many don’t. If you don’t see God working in your life, we may have the answer why. If you disagree more often than you agree with your congregation or brethren, there is probably a reason for it. If the change you experienced when you accepted your faith hasn’t lasted, we’d love to share why we feel that occurred.

We believe in anarcho-pantelism as Biblically sound, culturally relevant and non-absolute. We do believe that a lot of false teaching is happening in religion, and we also believe that you must practice what you preach rather than hope to practice what you preach.

If you are happy with your faith, stay there. This site is for those who are unhappy with their faith, who question God, who don’t believe what others are telling them, or who don’t see their faith working in their lives. We were just that way, and it is now that we are most comfortable — with almost no questions about God, the afterlife, the current life and how to live day to day. We believe that anarcho-pantelism offers the freedom that an all-mighty God would offer, including proof of His Love for all.

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Anarcho-Pantelism is a lifestyle term used to describe someone who is a full-preterist Christian who also believes that anarcho-capitalism is the best political thought for humanity. Anarcho-pantelists differ from most Western Christians as we believe the Bible offers incredible insight into how to live, why to live that way, and what is offered if you subscribe to the anarcho-pantelist lifestyle.

Anarcho-pantelists believe that most Christians are living ignorant of the New Age of God. We don’t believe others are wrong or are liars or are penalized for their lifestyle decisions, but we do believe there is a better way to live — one that is more Biblically sound.

Some of our beliefs:
1. We believe that the Bible is a historical viewpoint of God and man’s progression over time, up until just after the Resurrection of the Christ.
2. We believe that most of the Bible is closed off as a guide to living — it merely lists the actions of God and man over millenia.
3. We believe that Christ did not come for man, but came for God to reconcile man with the Father.
4. We believe that Christ was both mortal and divine.
5. We believe that Christ’s sole purpose was to end the Old Age of God’s Judgement and Law.
6. We believe that Christ died, was resurrected, and that He returned again to vanquish sin.
7. We believe that sin is defined as “falling short of God’s Law” and we believe that sin is no longer around because God’s Law was ended with the Old Age.
8. We believe that salvation is for all men, regardless of faith.
9. We believe that Christ’s actions and words dictate the best way to live, but that no one should force nor trick others into living that way.
10. We do not believe in corporate prayer, and we believe the Bible shows it isn’t scripturally-sound.
11. We believe that worship is not about singing or getting together with fellow followers, but instead it is using your hands and mind and heart in the best way that God designed you — and giving God the thanks for making you that way.
12. We believe that the government (the State) has no power, and is not blessed by God.
13. We are against all forms of violence, including taxation, welfare, war and regulations such as mortal law.
14. We believe that the Church is merely the population as it lives today.
15. We don’t believe in buildings as the “church.”
16. We believe that all capital, including our bodies, the land we live on and the tools we use are God’s, not ours.
17. We believe that charity can only occur between one person giving it and another seeking it. We don’t believe in group charity and believe it is counter to Christ’s teachings.
18. We believe in motivating others to change solely by being an example, never by calling them out or judging them.
19. We believe we can not judge anyone else for any reason, even if they harm us.
20. We believe in eternal life for all, with the afterlife based on the life you lead in the mortal life.
21. We believe that God no longer has intercourse with mortals, and that the Father and the Son are ruling over those in the afterlife.
22. We don’t believe in miracles any longer.
23. We don’t believe that the Great Commission still exists.
24. We believe that God the Father has ceased many powers of the past, and ceased to require offerings:
– a) We don’t believe in speaking in tongues
– b) We don’t believe in the requirements of water baptism
– c) We don’t believe in offering/tithing.
25. We believe that current Israel is not God’s nation, it is only a mortal nation that is as evil as every other State body.
26. We don’t believe the Father or the Son communicate with mortals any longer — we believe that the Holy Spirit does reside in all people, regardless of faith, and helps to direct people to moral decisions.
27. We don’t believe the Book of Acts is valid any longer.
28. We believe that the entire Book of Revelation has occurred and is a prophecy fully fulfilled.
29. We don’t believe Jesus was a liar.
30. We believe that the Word is love, and that is how Jesus vanquished sin and saved all of mankind, reconciled to God’s Love for all.
31. We believe that legalistic measures don’t work — laws against abortion, drinking, gambling, prostitution, homeschooling, smoking and other mortal “evils” can never have the effect that the law supporters want.
32. We believe that the easiest path to introducing others to immorality is by creating the forbidden fruit for them — telling others what they can’t do is the best way to get them to do it.
33. We don’t believe in debt, nor in the idea of loaning money or tools to others.