@fmf said
According to your theology, doesn't He "have" them all? Doesn't Romans 13:1-2 mean that [you believe that] your God takes responsibility for establishing, instituting and putting in place every government in the world?
Is that what these scriptures say? No and I'll tell you why. Read them again.....
Romans 13:1-2
"Let every person be in subjection to the superior authorities, for there is no authority except by God; the existing authorities stand placed in their ((( relative positions ))) by God.
2. Therefore, whoever opposes the authority has taken a stand against the arrangement of God; those who have taken a stand against it will bring judgment against themselves.
So to help understand this a little clearer what did Jesus say about governments especially about the Roman government and what Christians are to owe them? Do we owe them our allegiance, our life's, or whatever they may ask of us? No.
Jesus answered this when a coin with Caesar's face on it was shown:
Matthew 22:21
"Then he said to them: “Pay back, therefore, Caesar’s things to Caesar, but God’s things to God.”
Jesus also made it very clear many times that his followers were to be no part of this world" which would mean our actions with all of the world which would include it's governments and politics.
The only thing we owe any government would be taxes as well as the bible says it's laws but only "as long as they don't go against God's laws". Paying taxes is not breaking any of God's laws. But going to war and fighting for your government is for example.
So to answer your question. If all the governments were set up by God personally so to say and had his approval, Jesus would have made that clear. Jesus himself would no doubt gotten involved with the government on some level to probably try to straighten it all out.
So those scriptures are explaining that God allows them to exist as verse 1 says in a "relative position". He has been letting man govern themselves for thousands of years and even up to today have done a terrible job at it. But yet Jehovah has let man try every type of government they can come up with.
But it is not quite time for Jehovah and his son to finally stop it all at Armageddon. So until that day comes God has allowed all these governments to exist. Even as crappy as so many are they do at least have some laws and do take some efforts to make life bearable in most areas.
This is what those scriptures are saying. Jesus said his followers were to be no part of the world in political senses but we are still to obey and support all laws of all countries unless they go against God's laws. At this time is God's arrangement for all humans. If he didn't allow them to exist the world would be complete chaos.