Theocracy: Theo – God … cracy – ruled by
Samuel “Look, you are old, and your sons don’t follow your ways. So now appoint over us a king to lead us just like all the other nations have.”
1 Samuel 8:5 (NIV)
“…an impressive young man without equal among the Israelites – a head taller than any of the others.”
1 Samuel 9:2 (NIV)
Obedience
The Lord said to Samuel, “How long do you intend to mourn for Saul? I have rejected him as king over Israel. Fill your horn with olive oil and go! I am sending you to Jesse in Bethlehem, for I have selected a king for myself from among his sons.”
1 Samuel 16:1 (NIV)
Then the Lord said, “Rise and anoint him; he is the one.”
1 Samuel 16:12b
God doesn’t forget.
Even though we might see a shepherd boy, God can see a king.
So if anyone is in Christ, there is a new creation: everything old has passed away; see, everything has become new!
2 Corinthians 5:17 (New Revised Standard)