The Emergence of the Monarchy

This message considers the transition in Israel's history from the period of the Judges to the monarchy. The emergence of the Israelite monarchy was the fitting climax to an era defined by the summary truth that "in those days there was no king in Israel," but every man was his own king. And so Israel's call for a human king put the exclamation point on the fact that the nation had long since rejected Yahweh as their rightful King. They sought a man, not to exercise Yahweh's rule over His covenant kingdom, but in denial of that kingdom and their own uniqueness as His people. Israel sought a king to make them like the other nations.