The elite of this land are not the leaders from the LORD. They are as the ancient kings: they praise each other and discuss how they have helped their nation, while helping themselves. They see their status as continuing without beginning or ending.
They are fools, and finding contradictions takes little time.
But what matters is not the nation. What matters is the church, and within the church the rules for leadership are different. It is not about virtue signals. It is not about power. It is completely about service. Those who lead in this life will judge in the next.
24A dispute also arose among them as to which one of them was to be regarded as the greatest. 25But he said to them, “The kings of the Gentiles lord it over them; and those in authority over them are called benefactors. 26But not so with you; rather the greatest among you must become like the youngest, and the leader like one who serves. 27For who is greater, the one who is at the table or the one who serves? Is it not the one at the table? But I am among you as one who serves.
28“You are those who have stood by me in my trials; 29and I confer on you, just as my Father has conferred on me, a kingdom, 30so that you may eat and drink at my table in my kingdom, and you will sit on thrones judging the twelve tribes of Israel.”
The elite will lie. They will demand that those who are not of the nation must be let on and tolerated. For they want to LORD over us, and be called benefactors. But for the destruction of a nation, they are as accountable as the Sadducees, whose policies led to the destruction of the Maccabean republic.
It is better to serve. To lead by caring. And to not be part of this elite. For what matters is who will be judging in the next life, and who will be condemned.