Is all power “from God”?

1. Monarchy is the highest and most perfect form of government . Nothing of the kind. Let us remember that the first kings did not appear among the Jews, but among the pagan tribes surrounding them. The desire to have a king “like everyone else” was the desire of the people, which “saddened” (anthropomorphism) God. The meaning of having something visible and commanding in the image of a person is explained simply. The Jews could no longer be ruled directly by God (theocracy), because there were no more people who had a direct connection with God (judges) and proclaimed the will of God to the people. Yes, alas, this is a consequence of a certain moral corruption. Let's remember who was elected the first king. Saul. The man who was the tallest and most beautiful. And that's all. In addition, those who subsequently fell ill with a severe form of depression.
2. Any power is from God .

Well, if any, we can agree that Hitler and Pol Pot are “gifts” of God))) The Apostle Paul, who said this, means the institution of power itself, its original sacredness, its responsibility. By becoming a ruler, a person becomes to some extent like God. The life and death of millions of people sometimes depends on his decisions. This is a huge and terrible responsibility, requiring the highest moral and spiritual heights from the holder of power. Well, in the Church they say that God “gives” them a good ruler based on people’s merits, but “allows” them for their sins. But even the “allowed evil ruler” is given for edification, as a lesson to people. I am personally confident that Putin was allowed to answer a number of questions that have tormented me in recent years. For example, now I know for sure that I would never want to return to the USSR, even with its healthcare and education. And I began to understand why the Bolsheviks, Socialist Revolutionaries, workers and peasants with such frenzy in the first years after the revolution destroyed noble estates and Orthodox churches (((

3 A Christian should not resist authority, because she is from God.

Here one could make a joke about Putin. If Putin is from God, then I (unlike the Jehovah’s Witnesses) know not only the first name, but the surname of God - Yeltsin. But seriously. For an Orthodox Christian, there is one case (enshrined, by the way, in the “Fundamentals of the Social Concept of the Russian Orthodox Church” of 2000) when he not only can, but MUST refuse to obey the secular authorities. When she tears him away from Christ. How? Causing him to sin. After all, through sin a person separates himself from Christ and salvation.

Remember. Judges who make unjust decisions based on a call from above regarding innocent people sitting in the “May 6” case, police officers who give false evidence in court against innocent people, riot police who beat women and old people lying on the ground, you are committing a sin. From Christ and Putin, you choose Putin. Is this choice worth 30,000 silver coins?