What did the Roman centurion mean when he combined the following two positions: “For I myself am a man under authority, with soldiers under me"? (Luke 7:8). Any community (be it state, church, or family) that does not recognize theocratic (divine) authority condemns itself either to democracy, where a decision is determined by the majority, or to autocracy, where one dominates all others.
"...for one official is eyed by a higher one, and over them both are others higher still." (Eccles. 5:7)
"whoever rebels against the authority is rebelling against what God has instituted." (Romans 13:2)