“Now make us a king to judge us like all the nations…and the LORD said ‘Heed the voice of the people in all that they say to you; for they have not rejected you, but they have rejected Me, that I should not reign over them’... And you will cry out in that day because of your king whom you have chosen for yourselves, and the Lord will not hear you in that day. Nevertheless the people refused to obey… No, but we will have a king over us, that we also may be like all the nations, and that our king may judge us and go out before us and fight our battles.” (1 Samuel 8:5-22)
1050 BC Saul, David, Solomon
930 BC Divided kingdom: 20 kings of Israel, 20 kings of Judah
“for so it was… the children sinned against the LORD their God… they did not obey, but they followed their former rituals… So these nations feared the Lord, yet served their carved images; also their children and their children’s children have continued doing as their fathers did, even to this day.” (2 Kings 17:7-40)
Bold personalities present themselves as saviors and kings to a nation founded on a Covenant promise and Godly Law. Leaders whose obedience to the LORD is suspect and rebellion to His WORD is evident. The downward spiral of sin, ebbing and flowing between temporary obedience and fundamental rebellion. A chosen people choosing “evil in the sight of the LORD” and continuing to do “what was right in their own eyes.” (Judges 21:25)
The LORD gave prophets and warning, miracles and hope, protection and forgiveness. Yet, the nation rebels and appoints “kings… like all the nations… to fight our battles”
722 BC Assyria scatters the ten northern tribes of Israel
586 BC Babylon captures southern Judah for 70 years
2008 AD United States of America… a nation rejecting… a nation refusing to obey… a nation falling.
But the hope of salvation does not reside in a president, politician or king. The LORD is faithful and “Therefore the Lord Himself will give you a sign…” (Isaiah 7)
“behold… He who… was called Faithful and True… KING OF KINGS” (Revelation 19:11-16)
Jesus Christ… KING.
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