"The true meaning of 'populus,' from which we get the word 'people,' was in the time of ancient Rome the ‘armed body.’ The pure-blooded Roman in the days of the Republic could not conceive of a citizen who was not a warrior... Nor is this concept alien to the ideals on which the Founding Fathers built the American system, since they stated it as the right and duty of every able-bodied citizen to bear arms." -- The Armed Forces Officer, U.S. Department of Defense (1950)
Citizens of a state are soldiers for its welfare.
2 Timothy 2:3-4, 7
Share in suffering as a good soldier of Christ Jesus. No soldier gets entangled in civilian pursuits, since his aim is to please the one who enlisted him...Think over what I say, for the Lord will give you understanding in everything.
Christians are enlisted, active duty. The body of Christ should be an armed body. The people who make up the members of a local body are the soldiers that make up the local brigade. They may not all be on the front lines, but they are all in uniform and on the same team. David made it a law that those who stayed back to guard the supplies should share in the spoils of those engaged in front line affairs.
1 Samuel 30:24-25
“For as his share is who goes down into the battle, so shall his share be who stays by the baggage. They shall share alike.” And he made it a statute and a rule for Israel from that day forward to this day.
So all citizens of heaven are also soldiers, although they may be deployed to different posts or expected to engage in different tasks with respect to their rank and/or station.
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