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The NT isnt speaking of modern day governments. It only speaks of structures based on monarchies. Monarchs and their appointments were considered divinely appointed. If a monarch or his representative went too far he was labeled a tyrant and the people could rise up and overthrow them . But modern day governments have nothing to do with what scripture spoke of. Our leaders are man appointed. In democracy any idiot can elect any other man. It is man made appointments based on a constituency doing the work of man.
True, and there is an even better system in democracy, which scripture spells out, becasue the Word of God is written on our hearts, then we vote.
Jeremiah 31:33
But this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the Lord: I will put my law within them, and I will write it on their hearts. And I will be their God, and they shall be my people.
Deuteronomy 16:18-20
“You shall appoint judges and officers in all your towns that the Lord your God is giving you, according to your tribes, and they shall judge the people with righteous judgment. You shall not pervert justice. You shall not show partiality, and you shall not accept a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and subverts the cause of the righteous. Justice, and only justice, you shall follow, that you may live and inherit the land that the Lord your God is giving you.
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