Romans 13:1-14
Therefore whoever resists the authorities resists what God has appointed, and those who resist will incur judgment. (v. 2) I posted last year (see the first link below) about the then-upcoming Presidential election (November 2020) and how one side would be deeply troubled and the other side joyfully elated. But I suspected back then that our government would move on in good order, whether Trump was re-elected or Biden was newly elected. I could not imagine at all anything like January 6 happening in our country – that it could have even been planned or that the “riot” could not be controlled or that deaths would result. It left Carol and me in shock, watching the television reports in real time. Clearly the “demonstrators” were resisting our Constitutional authorities (…what God has appointed…) and are now in process to receive their judicially determined justice. Paul’s words are playing out in our own day.
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