Can we accept Romans 13;1-7 TO Justify submission today?

[dio9]

Romans 13:1-7
[A Christian’s Duties to the State ] ?

OMG, can this exhortation by Paul really be used today to justify governing authorities ? Can an Evangelical honestly say God put the governing authority we have today in place ? How can the AG suggest his authority is put in place by God, After having seen so much In the 20th century a Hitler , a Mao, a Stalin, a Pal Pot and lesser devils.
Is there anyone who can argue this governing authority we have today is in place instituted by God , and anyone who resists is opposing God's command?

Everyone must submit to the governing authorities, for there is no authority except from God, and those that exist are instituted by God. So then, the one who resists the authority is opposing God’s command, and those who oppose it will bring judgment on themselves. For rulers are not a terror to good conduct, but to bad. Do you want to be unafraid of the authority? Do what is good, and you will have its approval. .

[onewithhim]

Romans 13:1-7
[A Christian’s Duties to the State ] ?

OMG, can this exhortation by Paul really be used today to justify governing authorities ? Can an Evangelical honestly say God put the governing authority we have today in place ? How can the AG suggest his authority is put in place by God, After having seen so much In the 20th century a Hitler , a Mao, a Stalin, a Pal Pot and lesser devils.
Is there anyone who can argue this governing authority we have today is in place instituted by God , and anyone who resists is opposing God's command?

Everyone must submit to the governing authorities, for there is no authority except from God, and those that exist are instituted by God. So then, the one who resists the authority is opposing God’s command, and those who oppose it will bring judgment on themselves. For rulers are not a terror to good conduct, but to bad. Do you want to be unafraid of the authority? Do what is good, and you will have its approval. .

The authorities are "put in place" by God in the sense that they are ALLOWED by God to rule. They are responsible for things that we need to live, like roads, access to water and sewer treatments, police forces to keep the peace, fire departments, etc., as well as prosecution of law-breakers. God ALLOWS these authorities for our good.

The fact that some (or, most) of these authorities abuse their power is not God's fault, and He is very much holding them accountable for the damage they do. You notice that it is the governments and their military forces that Jesus fights the final battle against. These authorities will get their just reward.

"And I saw the beast and the kings of the earth and their armies assembled to make war against Him who sat on the horse [Jesus] and against His army....[These] were killed with the sword which came from the mouth of Him who sat on the horse, and all the birds were filled with their flesh." (Revelation 19:19,21)

[onewithhim]

how can Paul have advised fellow Christians to submit to a madman like Nero?

My view is that God (through Paul) asks us to submit to governmental authorities as long as doing so does not compromise .

I agree with the principle, because Paul did not stop preaching after he was told not to by the authorities. The problem I see is with how many see Christian law and principle. For many such things are so vague, there is little direction when it comes to determining when one is unnecessarily compromising those principles, because one has been directed to by the "higher authorities".

I don't find anything "vague" about Christian principles.