To apply this to all governing authorities seems like a blanket statement that is not supported by Scripture. The Apostle Paul clearly taught in Romans 13 that God has ordained the existence of civil authorities of some form, and explicitly given them the sword "who carries out God's wrath on the wrongdoer."
Paul was not speaking of some idealized government when he said this, either. He was speaking of the corrupt Roman empire.
That being the case, I would much rather have a government structure that involves the people voting for their leaders than one that doesn't.
Jesus rules over his church, throughout the world, and he rules over all else, including civil authorities, via his sovereign providence. Ruling over all things through his church is something we look forward to when he returns and we can finally beat our swords into plowshares. That day is not today.
Dikaios1517
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2024-10-26 17:15:17
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