My point, well buttressed by the bible, is that in fact by God’s economy, governments don’t lose their legitimate rights and duties because of sinning, although the Lord may cause them to lose their places through the transpiration of worldly events.
Of course when they sin, they sin. That is a tautological truth. This is not heaven and heaven’s rules do not apply to the authorization of a government to be a government.
As for the idea of righteously overthrowing a government, at best we have to bring into the picture Jesus’ advice about meeting one army with a differently sized one. If you have bumped away Nero but established an anarchy, you probably have sinned.
Exactly. Especially with respect to the "legitimate" part. My only nit with it is that governments have "powers" and duties, not "rights", but otherwise I agree with the general sentiment of your entire post.
Cordially,