No we are separated. Paul said we dont judge the world. God does.
No, we most certainly are
not separated from the responsibility to work to mold our political institutions so that they operate according to Kingdom of God principles. I challenge you to provide
any Biblical text that suggests otherwise. And who is talking about judging the world? How is being politically active entail exercising judgment over the world?
Now then, here is just one of many
Biblical arguments that Jesus is a presently installed king over this present world. And since He is indeed a "political" king in this sense, how can we sit on our hands and eschew involvement in setting up that Kingdom:
From Acts 4:
On their release, Peter and John went back to their own people and reported all that the chief priests and elders had said to them. 24When they heard this, they raised their voices together in prayer to God. "Sovereign Lord," they said, "you made the heaven and the earth and the sea, and everything in them. 25You spoke by the Holy Spirit through the mouth of your servant, our father David:
"'Why do the nations rage
and the peoples plot in vain?
26The kings of the earth take their stand
and the rulers gather together
against the Lord
and against his Anointed One
Peter and John pray in response to the actions of the religious leaders. The prayer quotes directly from Psalm 2, verses 1 and 2 - not a co-incidence:
Why do the nations conspire
and the peoples plot in vain?
2 The kings of the earth take their stand
and the rulers gather together
against the LORD and against his Anointed One.
And what does
Psalm 2 go on to say a few breaths later in respect to this "annointed one"?:
I have installed my King
on Zion, my holy hill
Assuming that Peter and John know their scriptures, they know that Psalm 2 describes rebellion against a
sitting King. And more to the point, the Acts text shows that He is a king over
nations – so this is not the “heavenly” kingdom so many imagine, it is a kingdom of
this present world.
Do you really believe that the Holy Spirit would inspire the writer of Acts to record this prayer, which
exactly echoes the Psalm 2 account of rebellion against a
sitting political King, and
not expect us to draw the obvious conclusion – Jesus is indeed that very King,
already installed, just as Psalm 2 declares?
Even though (obviously) we do not have Jesus with us in person, his Kingship has been established.