Leaving Egypt Ministries, Ethan Paul Dobbins

Though perhaps most voting Christians are completely lost in the world and excitedly and unashamedly hop into such Babylonian games as political elections are, others sincerely struggle to see why they shouldn’t vote as Christians and why it isn’t our “Christian civic duty” as we are told.

While the former group harbor a host of fallacies to justify their engagement with the kingdoms of men, those who are more humble than others genuinely question why they shouldn’t be involved. They see it as a possible way of fighting against evil, and the evils that indeed prevail appear to give a reason to engage. In their minds, voting seems to offer a way out of Egypt.

It is easy to understand these positions and relate with these people, because we have all been trapped in the world and its ways of thinking. But this is why we’re called out of the world, to change our ways of thinking, to abandon the statist philosophy of the world and seek the kingdom of God.

Many of these people may also feel that the Lord has it on their hearts to vote. But is it true that the Lord is calling us to participate in Babylon rather than walk away from it? Is this the voice of the Lord? I sincerely believe it is temptation from satan (as it was for me), to do something that is bad in the name of good. Sin with good intentions is often the hardest to resist. 

I would suggest you ask yourself some questions if you are under the satanic temptation to vote for men. First of all, who is your King? If it is Jesus, then why do you need to vote for another one? Can his rule not be enough? Does He share His throne? Will any human man ever be enough, if Jesus is not? Can we really proclaim “no king but Christ” when we suggest, by voting for them, that human kings are needed to stand in the gap? Is it not to blaspheme the Lord to vow to other men? Are we to have fellowship with darkness and hope that it can produce light? 

Furthermore, what do you hope to accomplish with your vote? Is there not a better means to an end in God’s prescribed methodology, over that of man’s? Is not voting the very means that furthers the kingdoms of men and all its evils, which men, in an endless cycle of adopting the very means and causes that gave way to the problems, come to tell us is the alleged reason we must vote? Wouldn’t repentance and shunning participation in these systems be the real solution, rather than voting? 

And there is the problem of man’s expectations about such politicians. Will these candidates actually do good? I have yet to see one that doesn’t advocate for theft & violence. Is Trump, the guy who millions of professing “Christians” tell us is the obvious “Christian” choice, calling for the abolition of any government agencies? Did he abolish any the first time? Did he roll back state power? No, he didn’t. 

The choices are like choosing between a turd sandwich and diarrhea soup. As for me I think the first step towards a solution is to stop eating feces at all and to not swim in sewers.

And finally, if voting were really effective at doing what you wish to do, would they really let you do it? It seems rather absurd to think that the slave master would give the slave the keys to the plantation, complete with the right and ability to depose him.

It is more obvious that democracy is an illusion to make the slaves feel like they have some say in their bondage, to make them take part in endorsing their own slavery by vowing for certain politicians, to make to seem as if the system is not theft and violence but really just “the voice of the people,” and in general to make it seem as is statism is something that exists to serve them and that men must take part in it.

For all the basic objections we may come up with against voting, such as to say it simply does no good or changes nothing, it is really much worse than simply not affecting change. Luke 4 suggests that Satan owns human governments and gives rulership over them to whom he wishes in return for worship (such as voting). Thus to take part in them is not just ineffective or innocent, but is to actually involve oneself in a false religion. It is to take part in a pagan-statist ritual, and one of the greatest ones of all, for this ritual is used to give supposed legitimacy to the next reigning Pharaoh. Voting is a sacrament of that blind faith religion of statism (the worship of satan, whereby he picks his rulers). They even have a term “civil religion” to describe such things. 

The whole point is to get you involved in the means of your own oppression. That is why they hammer home the point to “vote” regardless of your choice, and how important your “civic duty” is. The most important thing to them is that you participate in the deception. If you get someone involved, that keeps them invested. It helps tremendously to continue manufacturing their consent and keep them enthralled. It aids greatly in their claims that “the people have spoken” and that the president has a “mandate” to rule over the people. If their numbers were worse, and the president received 5% of the vote from the eligible voting population rather than closer to 25% (which is still far short of a majority), it would be much harder to make these claims. By voting, you help the false gods uphold their false religion and pass it off as legitimate, moral, and approved by the population.

There is no good reason that a follower of Jesus Christ, who sees the Lord as the only legitimate ruler, should be involved in the kingdoms of the world once they throw the slaves for an election. In the Kingdom of God we already have a King, who needs no vote, no army, and no tax. He is our King today and in perpetuity, we have no need for another. All professing Christians should be Christarchists, who regard Jesus Christ as their only ruler, not “Republicans,” “Democrats,” or statists in general. Voting diverts Christians from true authority in the Lord and tempts them into endorsing man-gods who are not “gods” at all.

But if you insist on voting for these false gods and participating in this false religion and one of its main sacraments, then I hope you are comfortable knowing that you have helped perpetuate the very system you believe you are fighting against by voting. We will reap what we sow. If we sow in Christ’s Kingdom, that is what we will inherit. If we sow for satan’s kingdoms, then we get exactly what we deserve in them.