But why did God give them a king?
I Samuel 8:7 "And the Lord said unto Samuel, Hearken unto the voice of the people in all that they say unto theee: for they have not rejected thee,
but they have rejected me, that I should not reign over them."
The reason God knew they would want a king, and did, was because they did not want the LORD to be their king or to have prophets or judges. They wanted to be like the rest of the nations around them.
As in our day today... we have idols in Hollywood, we have a President who wants to be an idol in the minds of his followers, and people want a "king" in their churches to rule over them. Mankind loves idolatry.
Jesus introduced to us the best way for mankind to be ruled, and that is with a servant's heart. Not as "kings" lording over God's heritage, but as servants serving our Master Jesus, indeed as He was a servant while he was here on earth.
My thoughts are that we should spend more time focusing on the type of kingdom Jesus introduced to us, instead of focusing on the type of kingdom Israel had with kings and priests and trying to live as though that type of kingdom works. It doesn't. Christ has shown us a better way.
Living as a servant to Christ, not seeking honor, fame, glory or any respect of persons, but being about the Father's business in humility will take one the farthest distance from situations that breed immorality.
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