Honor Authorities

As we have worked through Deuteronomy, looking at how Moses has explained the 10 Commandments to this point, many of the links between the commandments and the explanations have been clear. Not necessarily today, however. How do instructions for submission to judges, a future king, the giving to Levites, and the determination of true prophets relate to honor your father and mother? The family is the basic structure of society, and therefore the most basic and natural form of honor is due to parents. But Moses implores us to see that this honor naturally extends to other authorities in society.