“So we are still bound to be law-abiding citizens even though we know the earthly order is temporary?
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“Twice over. The person who remembers his true Homeland takes better care of the roadside inn than the one who mistakes it for his final home. Longing for the Heavenly City neither abolishes nor destroys anything on which earthly life depends. We obey human ordinances in pursuit of peace on earth – provided they do not conflict with our faith.
“But how are we supposed to live in this world, then? Build a home, raise children, work – when all of it can disappear overnight?
“The question is not whether to love it, but how to love it rightly. Our citizenship is in heaven, says the Apostle, and from there we await the Savior. Remembering this does not mean despising the earth. It means refusing to demand from it what it could never give us in the first place – an unshakable foundation.
“The priesthood is indeed exercised on earth, but it belongs to the order of heavenly things. Therefore its weight cannot be measured by human standards.
“The peace of all things lies in order. And order is the arrangement that assigns everything its proper place. A traveler must also respect the order of the house where he is staying: he does not break the furniture, insult his hosts or refuse to pay for his lodging. But he remembers that this house is only one stop along the way.