WHAT THE BIBLE SAY ABOUT GOD'S GOVERNMENT

1 Samuel 8:7-8

Israel had already deviated from Faithfulness, but here, she formally reject God as her ruler, taking a major step toward being exactly like all the nations around her this occured between 1100 and 1000 BC or roughly 350 years after the original making of the Covenant. Except for brief period when israel had a judge or king who did right in the eye of God, the spiritual harlotry continued unahated until God formerly divorced her, sending Israel and Judah into captivity.

We frequently gloss over the truly important part of this as we read through it. It is clear from Genesis 17:6 and Dueteronomy 17:14-20. That God anticipated Israel having a king or Judge title is of little importance. Having a king was not the real issue because God has already planned for Israel to have a king. Every organization must have a leader, so God lays down instructions as to how the leader should conduct himself to ensure that the king does not elevate himself above the people and rule as a despot. Instead, he is to be thoroughly familiar with and guided by the attitude, and Law of God. He must comprehensively knows that his own nature is just like those he serves and be humbled. However, the key to understand... The significance of Israel's demand in 1Sameul 6 is that she desire a king just like the other nations. Spiritually, this demand confirm Israel's who isn't behavior, and thus God tells Samuel to describe the National effect of her demand. On Israel's part, it is a complete rejection of her marriage vows; she wants  her benefactor and husband God-to have no say in her life, declaring herself, free of him and to be completely and totally a nation of this world, no longer the type of God's kingdom on Earth. The issue between God and man is simply a matter of government of sovereignty and providence. This appears as early as Genesis 3 when Adam and Eve reject Gods rule over them. Once God reveals himself through His calling, the issue of government comes to the force. This is what we confront in descision making as the Bible has recorded in great detail, mankind has shown that it wants to retain this authority to itself. Yet, the naked truth is we cannot retain sovereignty to ourselves and still have what God is offering kingdom of God. We cannot have it both as we will be submissive either to God's will or to our own fickles drives. Many of us di not get it."