Aineo
Thus far, God has been directly involved in the establishment of only two governments on earth.
The first was in the Garden of Eden. Why did God need to establish a government in the Garden of Eden? Jeremiah 10:23 answers: "O Lord [pleads Jeremiah in the name of the people], I know that [the determination of] the way of a man is not in himself; it is not in man [even in a strong man or in a man at his best] to direct his [own] steps." In other words, God did not create man to be self-governing. That fact and man's rebellion against that fact is at the crux of what happened in what happened in the Garden. It is also at the crux of our current discussion.
The second was the ancient nation of Israel. Why did God need to establish that nation? First and foremost, it was to produce the "seed" promised at Genesis 3:15. Once that "seed" had been produced and had been "bruised in the heel" the ancient nation of Israel was no longer required for the outworking of God's purposes. Coupled with its obsolescence are its apostasy from true worship and its rebellion against and rejection of God's rulership as evidenced by their rejection of God's appointed king and their own efforts to establish their own nation with their own king (John 6:14,15). Therefore, the ancient nation of Israel was rejected by God and was replaced by a spiritual nation, the "Israel of God". The subjects (citizens) of that government (nation) are drawn from "all the nations" (Matthew 28:19) including "every tribe and tongue and people and nation " (Revelation 5:9,10). That means that from Jesus death on till now, every single person living on the face of the earth at any given point in time is already our brother or is our potential brother. The implications of that are inescapable.
That spiritual nation, the subjects of which are found within the borders of all nations, is the only nation with which God now has dealings. Why would God institute a government or nation "of the people, by the people, for the people" when he already has a government (nation) in place with an appointed king sitting on its throne? Why would he ignore what he caused to be recorded at Jeremiah 10:23? If you or I are incapable of even directing our own footsteps (self governance) how is it that a man we elect suddenly becomes able to not only direct his own footsteps but ours also? In light of the issues raised at the rebellion in Eden why would God be involved in instituting any form of government that involves self governance (deciding for ourselves what is good and bad)? That is Satan’s side of the issue! . . .Oh yeah! That certainly explains why the nations of the earth now tout "democracy" (Luke 4:5-8). All true Christian’s are subjects of and ambassadors for that "spiritual nation" (see post above). And they "give unto God what is God's" in the form of absolute loyalty to God's established government.
You say:
" Your example of the temptation of Christ is ludicrous since Christ is not on the [ballot] and is not seeking any elective office."
My reply:
There is none so blind as he who will not see. The issues were originally raised in the Garden of Eden. They did not change and are the issues of Luke 4:5-8; and they are still the issues confronting you and me.