The Mosaic Covenant: Page 26

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So, Israel’s government was changed from a theocracy to a kingdom. 

And the people chose Saul, a Benjaminite, a mighty man of power (I Samuel 9:1-2) to be their first king. 
 
13 Now therefore behold the king whom ye have chosen, and whom ye have desired! and, behold, the Lord hath set a king over you. 
 
14 If ye will fear the Lord, and serve him, and obey his voice, and not rebel against the commandment of the Lord, then shall both ye and also the king that reigneth over you continue following the Lord your God: 
 
15 But if ye will not obey the voice of the Lord, but rebel against the commandment of the Lord, then shall the hand of the Lord be against you, as it was against your fathers (I Samuel 12:13-15).
 
Israel rejected God’s reign over them. Israel rejected God the Father. 
In the future, they would reject their prophets, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit--the entire Godhead.

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