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Again, you are not getting this. Every theocracy in history has turned out bad. How would what you are proposing be any different?God can answer a prayer however He wants but He guarantees answers to prayer if you are living in obedience and if you are not praying 'to consume it upon your lust." So if you pray to get rich, well that could actually sabotage your faith. So He probably won't answer that. But if for example I pray for a theocracy, and I am not doing it for myself but for others, and if I am living an obedient life (repenting of known sin), and being honest and open about my sin to God. He will answer. It does not mean He will say yes, but He will answer. He promises that. And once you get the hang of prayer, I will say this....it's yes more than no. But say that making a theocracy would ruin my faith, that somehow the popularity would be too much for me, the fame, the power, if it's all too much. Then He knows, and He factors that into the equation. But He will tell you. If He closes that door, you know it's a no. But if He leaves it open, then you are in the waiting. He does say that prayer can be a blessing to our lives. And laboring in prayer makes it more effective, and fasting and praying also increase it's effectiveness. But prayer is a tool he gives only His children and it's for our blessing. But you have to use it the right way. Those guys thought killing was ok, in the name of God. Yeah how opposite can you get from Christ's words? They really did not honor the gospel passages. And no doubt that could be why their prayer (if they prayed) was not answered in an accurate way. Notice God does not lie. He may have said yes to it. But in saying yes, it was to correct a wickedness, just like He said yes to Israel before they went to battle and lost 40,000.
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