Subject: what is theocracy |
Bible Note: EdB, God raised up a nation through Abraham the first Hebrew,(Gen.12:1-3). Of course this nation would be the Israelites, God's chosen people. In (Gen.17:1-14) God came to Abram and confirmed His covenant, (V.7-8) "I will establish my covenant as an everlasting covenant between me and you and your descendants after you for the generations to come, to be your God and the God of your descendants after you. The whole land of Canaan, where you are now an alien, I will give as an everlasting possession to you and your descendants after you; and I will be their God. EdB, this is what a theocracy is. It is a nation who is ruled by God. God fulfilled His promise and brought the Israelites into Canaan land as a great nation under God. But when they began to take their eye's off God who brought them through the wilderness and gave them great victories over their enemies, they cried out for a king. They saw the pagan nations around them and wanted to be like them. They said we want a king to go before us like the other nations. So God gave them their desire with the first King, Saul. You can read this in ( I Samuel 8:entire chapter ). A very sad verse in this chapter is (v.7) " And the Lord told him: (Samuel) Listen to all that the people are saying to you: It is not you they have rejected, but they have rejected me as their king. Ephraim, your brother in the Lord |