5 Biblical Qualifications for Civil Rulers

by Steve Halbrook

Elections come and go. But in each election, no matter the crisis, we must consider what the Bible — which equips for every good work (2 Timothy 3:17) — says about civil ruler qualifications.

Many Christians have embraced pragmatism when it comes to voting, such as choosing the “lesser of two evils”. The fruit of this philosophy is a continual lowering of moral standards for candidates — with the standards of what constitutes an acceptable candidate reaching an all-time low.

It is a given that candidates for the Democrat party are out of the question — their platform is pure evil. But that doesn’t mean we must give an automatic endorsement to Republican candidates. And as what has been made most evident during the Scamdemic, the Republicans are by and large controlled opposition who are complicit in mass medical murder.

A few years back in the presidential election, many Christians supported Mitt Romney, an adherent of the anti-Christian cult of Mormonism, which, under the guise of Christianity, has been instrumental in the spiritual murder of countless souls. Just imagine, if he was elected, how much this cult would have been popularized — and how many souls led astray.

Then — as it continues to be — it was Donald Trump, a godless narcissist who played a key role in implementing Corona Fascism and unleashing vaccine genocide via Operation Warp Speed. And to this day, many, even Christians, still support him and justify his wicked actions (“he’s playing 10D Chess”; “he is just deceived,” etc.). One might as well justify voting for Hitler because, after all, he was fighting Communism, and maybe he was just playing 20D Chess to stop its infecting influence around the world …

By the way, the scale of the euthanasia program unleashed by Trump (Operation Warp Speed) would make even the Nazis cringe. Their euthanasia program targeted particular people (bad enough). Operation Warp Speed — with the exception of the elites in power — well, targeted everyone.

So when Trump supporters claim that they would have opposed Hitler, I’m highly skeptical …

The Bible as foundational to electoral ethics

To reverse our increasing descent into electoral madness, we need to return to the Bible. Scripture does speak to the matter of choosing rulers, and as far as I can tell, it never permits choosing “the lesser of two evils”.

And God’s rules are not options, but mandatory; candidates must meet Scripture’s qualifications — and unless there is biblical warrant for exceptional circumstances, must not be voted for at all. The duty is ours; the results are God’s. Better to lose an election on hallowed ground than to win by black magic.

Therefore, when without biblical warrant we vote into office a candidate who is the “lesser of two evils” — even when there is no other candidate to choose from — we are partaking in that candidate’s evil deeds. We are actually endorsing them. We are doing evil that good may come (cf. Romans 3:8).

Of course, determining whether a candidate is qualified is not always easy: some candidates may seem borderline. Nevertheless, we must always strive to honor God by basing our decisions on Scripture.

Below are some qualifications that all political candidates must meet. If we start taking these more seriously, then maybe in time we’ll start having civil rulers who would never allow for the widespread medical murder and other acts of wickedness that we are seeing today.

1) Rulers must be Christians

Scripture says, “He that ruleth over men must be just, ruling in the fear of God” (2 Samuel 23:3b, KJV). Those who rule in the fear of God would, of course, be Christians.

To whatever extent unbelievers fear God, it is a different kind of fear that is mingled with an unrepentant rebellion that is not conducive to justice. Again, “He that ruleth over men must be just,” but unbelievers are naturally unjust. And so,

When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice: but when the wicked beareth rule, the people mourn. (Proverbs 29:2, KJV)

Non-Christians, then, lack the ability that Christians have to rule justly. They are unwise; their minds are darkened (Ephesians 4:17 – 19). They cannot submit to God’s law (Romans 8:7).

They are, in fact, idolaters, given over to foolishness and wickedness (Romans 1:18-32) — and the laws that they support reflect this. Romans 1, after discussing the depraved mindset of unbelievers that results in evil deeds, states “Though they know God’s righteous decree that those who practice such things deserve to die, they not only do them but give approval to those who practice them.” (v. 32, ESV). Are these not by and large the kind of rulers we have today? For instance, how many will actually try to stop — let alone call attention to — vaccine genocide?

If God, in His providence, may at times cause non-Christian rulers to act inconsistently with their opposition to Him and to rule justly, then praise God. However, we are not to presume on such grace, but to obey God by choosing those who fear Him — Christians:

Moreover, look for able men from all the people, men who fear God … (Exodus 18:21a, ESV)

2) Rulers must acknowledge Christ as the Highest Authority in all areas of Life, including Government

Jesus Christ is the highest political authority in the land — more so than the federal government, the states, the people, the Constitution, or anything else. He is “the blessed and only Sovereign, the King of kings and Lord of lords” (1 Tim. 6:15b; cf. Eph. 1:20-22), and therefore has “All authority in heaven and on earth” (Matthew 28:18b) (emphasis mine).

(Yes, Christ’s kingdom is not of this world, but it does rule over it. See more on this here.)

God, then, is foundational to government (as Romans 13 makes clear), and as such, rulers cannot rule appropriately without looking to Him. Moreover, Scripture gives rulers the following warning:

Now therefore, O kings, be wise; be warned, O rulers of the earth. Serve the Lord with fear, and rejoice with trembling. Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and you perish in the way, for his wrath is quickly kindled. Blessed are all who take refuge in him. (Psalm 2:10 – 12, ESV)

Consequently, those do not recognize Christ’s political authority are treasonous to Christ — and therefore unfit to rule. The notion that there is “no king but Caesar” (John 19:15b) was responsible for the greatest atrocity of all time, the crucifixion of Christ. And such a philosophy that denies God — and therefore His moral standards over civil government — continues to promote atrocities to this day. Rulers can only foster peace by kneeling to Christ, the “Prince of Peace” (Isaiah 9:6b).

The actions of rulers today says that they do not serve Jesus Christ as their highest authority, but the Satanic Globalist elite who are determined to enslave and murder us. This was made most clear during the COVID Scamdemic.

3) Rulers must Rule by God’s Law

Since rulers must acknowledge Christ, it logically follows that they are to obey His law, and therefore rule by Christ’s moral standards; as King Jesus says, “Why do you call me ‘Lord, Lord,’ and not do what I tell you?” (Luke 6:46).

A ruler is to “Serve the Lord with fear” (Psalm 2:11); he is God’s servant (Romans 13:4b) (emphases mine) who must use the sword to terrorize bad conduct: “For rulers are not a terror to good conduct, but to bad.” (Romans 13:3a) Bad conduct, of course, is violating God’s law, since God’s law defines what good and bad conduct is.

Indeed, we must choose rulers who are wise (Deuteronomy 1:13), and wisdom comes from God’s law (Psalm 119:98). God’s word equips for every good work (2 Timothy 3:16, 17) — civil matters included. Scripture says, “He that ruleth over men must be just, ruling in the fear of God” (2 Samuel 23:3b/KJV) (emphasis mine), and by its very nature, God’s law is the source of justice.

As noted, rulers must serve God with fear (Psalm 2:11; 2 Samuel 23:3). Deuteronomy 17, when discussing obligations of the king, links the fear of God with knowing and applying His law to every area of life — which leads to ruling justly:

And when he sits on the throne of his kingdom, he shall write for himself in a book a copy of this law, approved by the Levitical priests. And it shall be with him, and he shall read in it all the days of his life, that he may learn to fear the Lord his God by keeping all the words of this law and these statutes, and doing them, that his heart may not be lifted up above his brothers, and that he may not turn aside from the commandment, either to the right hand or to the left, so that he may continue long in his kingdom, he and his children, in Israel. (Deuteronomy 17:18-20, ESV)

Not every command in Scripture, of course, is a matter for rulers to enforce. This is where Scriptural discernment comes in hand. Much of biblical law that is of use for rulers today is in the Old Testament. Granted, not every single law given to Israel is relevant for nations today.

Nevertheless, we can find principles in the Old Testament that apply to all nations. For example, the criminalization of adultery, sodomy, kidnapping, and murder. And such punishments as restitution for theft, and capital punishment for murder.

And if the law of God was applied to vaccination, vaccination would be criminalized — instead of being used to manipulate, impoverish, genetically alter, sterilize, disease, and murder a large portion of the world’s inhabitants.

Indeed, by rejecting God’s law as the basis for civil law, we now find ourselves in what seems to be the most vast, perverse, and murderous totalitarian system that the world has ever seen.

Of course, no ruler will seek to apply biblical civil law perfectly (it is not about perfection, but qualification), and so one must use wisdom to decide how deficient in applying God’s law a ruler can be to be lawfully voted for. But when it comes to abortion and vaccine genocide, the line is easily drawn — no one who promotes these things is a qualified candidate.

4) Rulers must not be Covetous

According to Exodus 18, we must choose rulers who are not covetous:

Moreover, look for able men from all the people, men who fear God, who are trustworthy and hate a bribe … (Exodus 18:21a, ESV)

Covetousness subverts justice. For instance, regarding bribes, Scripture says:

And you shall take no bribe, for a bribe blinds the clear-sighted and subverts the cause of those who are in the right. (Exodus 23:8, ESV)

One may take a bribe in a variety of ways; not just in the most obvious way, as when someone is given money by another in secret to favor one’s cause. For example, one may take a bribe from an entity via campaign contributions in exchange for turning the other way while in office to that entity’s immoral behavior.

Today, just about the entire political establishment seems to be bought off by Big Pharma — with the result being totalitarianism and genocide.

There is also the promotion of covetousness by some candidates, such as inciting one class of people to greed by promising to redistribute to them the wealth of another class. Civil rulers engage in covetousness in such ways as via the seizure of land, excessive taxation, and the military draft (cf. 1 Samuel 8:11-17).

Indeed, a multitude of evils can result from covetousness; for instance, Ahab’s coveting of Naboth’s vineyard led to the murder of Naboth and the theft of his property (1 Kings 21:1-16).

The covetous ruler naturally subverts justice by placing his own evil desires above obedience to God and the well-being of his fellow man. Is this not what has been showed very vividly since the beginning of the Scamdemic?

5) Rulers must be Competent to Perform Civil Matters

Rulers must be Christians — but it is not enough for them to be so; they must be competent to perform civil matters. Besides what has already been mentioned, Scripture requires rulers to be able, trustworthy, wise, understanding, and experienced:

Moreover, look for able men from all the people, men who fear God, who are trustworthy and hate a bribe … (Exodus 18:21a, ESV)

Choose for your tribes wise, understanding, and experienced men, and I will appoint them as your heads. (Deuteronomy 1:13, ESV)

They must not be incompetent infants. Isaiah 3:12 reads:

My people—infants are their oppressors, and women rule over them. (Isaiah 3:12a, ESV)

Competency should not be confused with charisma. Many candidates are smooth-talkers, but we must look beyond the superficial. Do they have the competency — and even the desire — to rule justly?

One obvious test for competency is the Scamdemic; who in his right mind would destroy the economy by shutting down the country over a flu-like virus? And who, if he had any basic skills of logic and ability to research, would go along with the genocidal COVID vaccine program?

Concluding Thoughts

The oppression by women and infants, per Isaiah 3:12, is what we have, and we can continue to expect this as long as we refuse to repent of our rebellion towards God — including the rebellion of choosing unqualified rulers.

When I shut up the heavens so that there is no rain, or command the locust to devour the land, or send pestilence among my people, if my people who are called by my name humble themselves, and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and heal their land. (2 Chronicles 7:13, 14, ESV)

We must not be pragmatists and put our trust in princes (Psalm 146:3); not choosing rulers on God’s terms leads to tyranny (1 Samuel 8). Rather, we must trust in God, the Supreme Ruler of the Universe:

Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord, the people whom he has chosen as his heritage! (Psalm 33:12, ESV)

And so, let us base our voting decisions on Scripture. God is completely sovereign over all that passes; He “works all things according to the counsel of his will” (Ephesians 1:11b). Our job is merely to trust, fear, and obey God:

The end of the matter; all has been heard. Fear God and keep his commandments, for this is the whole duty of man (Ecclesiastes 12:13, ESV).

Rejecting God’s standards for voting is neither right nor safe: and look now where it has gotten us. Political pragmatism and voting for the lesser of two-evils is self-defeating — and as we are seeing, destructive of life and liberty.

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