TH    In the United States we have no ruler. We are supposedly under the rule of law. Namely, the Constitution of the United States. I like to read Romans 13 as follows.   Walt

Let every person pbe subject to the governing constitution. For there is no constitution except from God, and those that exist have been instituted by God. 2 Therefore whoever resists the constitution resists what God has appointed, and those who resist will incur judgment. 3 For the constitution is not a terror to good conduct, but to bad. Would you have no fear of the constitution that is in authority? Then do what is good, and you rwill receive the constitution approval, 4 for sthe constitution is God's servant for your good. But if you do wrong, be afraid, for the constitution does not bear the sword in vain. For the constitution is the servant of God, tan avenger who carries out God's wrath on the wrongdoer. 5 Therefore one must be in subjection, not only to avoid God's wrath but also ufor the sake of conscience. 6 For because of this you also pay taxes, for the constitution is ministers of God, attending to this very thing. 7 vPay to all what is owed to them: taxes to whom taxes are owed, revenue to whom revenue is owed, respect to whom respect is owed, honor to whom honor is owed.