The Bible places all authority with God and treats every other authority as given by him and answerable to him. David prays “Yours is the kingdom, O LORD” (1 Chronicles 29:11), the risen Jesus claims “All authority in heaven and on earth” (Matthew 28:18), and Paul writes that “there is no authority except from God” (Romans 13:1). Other passages limit those who hold it. Rulers of the Gentiles “lord it over” others, “But it shall not be so among you”…
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