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Being “outside” of the protection of a specific system of law as described below is called being “foreign”, a “stranger”, 1 “stateless”, or a “nonresident” in secular legal terms. 2

2 That at that time ye were without (separated from) Christ, being aliens (shut out) from the commonwealth (Politeo, polis) of Israel, and strangers (xenos or alien) from the covenants of promise, having no hope, and

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without God (atheist) in the world (cosmos):

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13 But now in Christ Jesus ye who sometimes were far off are made nigh by the blood of Christ.

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14 For he is our peace, who hath made both one, and hath broken down the middle wall of partition (hedge or

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fence) between us;

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While we are “foreign”, a “stranger”,’ stateless”, and a “nonresident” in relation to God and His laws, we are usually 9 “domestic”, a statutory “person”, and a “subject” in relation to a political ruler. The Apostle Paul refers to the shedding of 10 this legal identity as “putting on the new man”: 11

The New Man

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This I say, therefore, and testify in the Lord, that you should no longer walk as the rest of the Gentiles walk, in the futility of their mind, having their understanding darkened, being alienated from the life of God, because of the ignorance that is in them, because of the blindness of their heart; who, being past feeling, have given

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themselves over to lewdness, to work all uncleanness with greediness.

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But you have not so learned Christ, if indeed you have heard Him and have been taught by Him, as the truth is in Jesus: that you put off, concerning your former conduct, the old man which grows corrupt according to the deceitful lusts, and be renewed in the spirit of your mind, and that you put on the new man which was

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created according to God, in true righteousness and holiness.

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[Eph. 4:17-24, Bible, NKJV]

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After we have shed Caesars/Satans’ authority over us, we are no longer under Caesar’s protection: 22

“But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law.”

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“ But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-

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control. Against such there is no law. ”

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[Galatians 5:18, Bible, NKJV]

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The “new man” referred to above is actually a TRUSTEE POSITION or “office” within the Bible trust indenture, just like 28 all of man’s civil law. The believer then becomes a “foreigner” in relation to Caesar’s civil statutory franchise codes and 29 no longer an AGENT of Caesar, but rather of God. You can only have ONE King and ONE domicile and ONE allegiance 30 at a time, or you have a conflict of interest: 31

“All the powers of the government [ including ALL of its civil enforcement powers against the public] must be carried into operation by individual agency, either through the medium of public officers, or contracts made

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with [private] individuals. ”

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[Osborn v. Bank of U.S., 22 U.S. 738 (1824)]

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To redeem us from the corruption of this pagan system of secular law that enslaves us to worshipping false idols called civil 36 rulers, Christ shed His blood for us. When we accept His free gift of salvation through faith, we become “domestic” in 37 relation to God and “foreign” in relation to the world: 38

13 But now in Christ Jesus ye who sometimes were far off are made nigh by the blood of Christ.

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14 For he is our peace, who hath made both one, and hath broken down the middle wall of partition (hedge or

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fence) between us;

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15 Having abolished in his flesh the enmity (hostility), even the law (nomos) of commandments contained in

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ordinances; for to make in himself of twain one new man (anthropos), so making peace;

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16 And that he might reconcile both unto God in one body by the cross, having slain (killed) the enmity thereby:

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