That’s a great quote, but it also disqualifies most of the human race throughout time. Was it Franklin that said to the lady—asking about what type of government they’d been given— “A Republic, Madame, if you can keep it.”? It’s the testimony of all history that man cannot, in fact, “keep it”.
I believe it is God who keeps us, strictly via His grace in the present age. There is some kind of interaction between principalities and powers in heavenly places and what we do on earth, but I don’t really understand it or know the parameters of responsibility. We are not the center, we are not driving history, I know that for sure.
Interesting theory…can u expand on that? Looking to learn.