"God's goal is to be All in All, when all are subject to Him. In order to reach this consummation He reveals to His creatures, by numberless object lessons, their utter helplessness apart from Him. Collectively as nations, as well as individually, man is a failure, for the flesh will not be subject to God, nor the spirit give Him the worship which is His due. Adam sinned at the first opportunity, and each of his descendants experiences his own innate incapacity to do God's will. This they are shown in situations of infinite variety, either in this life or in the judgement to come. Thus also with human government and religion. When man congregates, he only emphasizes his Godless impotence. Kings and high priests were never intended by God to fulfill their function perfectly, but rather to fail in order to reveal their futility, so that God Himself will be the only Refuge of His creatures when every other one has disappointed."
~ Concordant Studies in the Book of Daniel (pg. 9 & 10)
I really enjoyed reading this passage because it shows us that without God we are nothing but men coming together to fail. Our leaders aren't here to create a utopia for the rest of us but rather to fail miserably. Once we see that man has and always will fail, only then will we crave God as our only leader. So I guess there is beauty in the breakdown.
