And your belief is the government is Christian and they listen to God. Amazing.
"We the people" are the government. We elect representatives. If enough of us tell them to be merciless towards the poor, they will. If enough of us tell them to be merciful towards the poor, they will do that too.
It's not a perfect process, and it's not a perfect representation. And we are not a perfect people. We are however, mostly a Christian nation at varying levels of maturity.
I don't really think the scriptures linking the length and tranquility of a ruler's reign to how they treat the poor, are necessarily dependent on the ruler being Christian. I think that's a general principle that all things being equal, the merciful ruler will have his rule extended and the non-merciful one will be cut short.
But there are many other factors that affect one's rule, including the wickedness or righteousness of the people.
"We the people" are the government. We elect representatives. If enough of us tell them to be merciless towards the poor, they will. If enough of us tell them to be merciful towards the poor, they will do that too.
It's not a perfect process, and it's not a perfect representation. And we are not a perfect people. We are however, mostly a Christian nation at varying levels of maturity.
I don't really think the scriptures linking the length and tranquility of a ruler's reign to how they treat the poor, are necessarily dependent on the ruler being Christian. I think that's a general principle that all things being equal, the merciful ruler will have his rule extended and the non-merciful one will be cut short.
But there are many other factors that affect one's rule, including the wickedness or righteousness of the people.