10-19-2008, 08:27 AM
Shmuel I - Chapter 8
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Early Israel had no government aside from judges to provide restitution for wrongs. When the Israelites asked for a king, G-d told them that they needed no ruler but Him alone, and that they would be punished for placing men above His authority. Look at the hysteria in our society over presidential candidates, it is the same rejection of G-d that led to the rule of Saul. King David himself wrote "Do not trust in princes, in the son of men, who has no salvation."
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Early Israel had no government aside from judges to provide restitution for wrongs. When the Israelites asked for a king, G-d told them that they needed no ruler but Him alone, and that they would be punished for placing men above His authority. Look at the hysteria in our society over presidential candidates, it is the same rejection of G-d that led to the rule of Saul. King David himself wrote "Do not trust in princes, in the son of men, who has no salvation."