![]() ![]() "thou, profane wicked prince of Israel, whose day is come, when iniquity shall have an end, thus saith the Lord God remove the diadem, and take off the crown: this shall not be the same: exalt him that is low, and abase him that is high. But Zedekiah broke his covenant, and then God said to him: The succession to the throne descended in David's line to Zedekiah, who was made subject to the king of Babylon, and who entered into a solemn covenant before God that he would loyally render allegiance to the king of Babylon. The Throne of the Lord - "Whose Right It Is"ĭavid's throne was the throne of the Lord, and Solomon sat on the throne of the Lord as king over the earthly kingdom of God. When Solomon succeeded to the kingdom in the place of David his father, the record is: "then Solomon sat on the throne of the Lord as king instead of David his father." 1 Chronicles 29:23. Saul failed to do the will of God and as he rejected the word of the Lord, the Lord rejected him from being king and sent Samuel to anoint David king of Israel and David's throne God established forevermore. This was allowed, and God chose Saul, and Samuel anointed him king of Israel. ![]() In the days of Samuel the people asked that they might have a king. There he ruled them by judges "until Samuel the prophet," to whom, when he was a child, God spoke, and by whom He made known His will. By signs and wonders and mighty miracles multiplied, God delivered Israel from Egypt and led them through the wilderness and finally into the promised land. At the burning bush, God commissioned Moses to lead his people out of Egypt. The government of Israel was a true theocracy. The question has been raised, and is now much agitated, if a theocracy was good in the time of Israel, why would not a theocratical form of government be equally good for this time?Ī theocracy is a government which derives its power immediately from God.
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