Is the Bible True?, page-464

Give unto Caesar, that which is Caesar's; but give unto God, that which is God's." I agree that the Christ still shines through.

It's a very profound passage in that it goes to the heart of what is transient and what may be stored up as eternal. The coin with the image of Caesar represents materialism and transience and even the rule of Rome it faintly suggests, can be broken in the fulness of time by obedience to God. In fact there are several books which promote the idea that Christian ethics, morality and virtues entering into Roman life right up to its governing bodies caused them to soften their iron rule and thus sow the seeds of their own demise.

As for the separation of church and state, all theocracies are man made, so Jesus would never suggest combining church and state. Jesus as far as I know did not teach regarding the nature and form of governance, apart from moral conduct that should be the hallmark of any governing body. That said the teachings concerning His second coming suggest that eventually church and state will become a single body. Obviously this requires a very different system of governance than any examples we have ever seen.

I imagine this is more to do with a governance that is held to the highest levels of moral rectitude based on the teachings of the returned Christ, rather than a religious elite. Based more so on a process of the organic growth of morality entering the body-politic and producing leaders of impeccable character, in that way. And the government will rest on His shoulders; We have come to an age when there is absolutely no need for clergy of any kind and religious experts have been proven to never have existed.