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Old 02-06-2008, 06:03 AM
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Originally Posted by AV1611 View Post
Was Monarchy a part of the Judicial Law of Moses which discontinued with the end of the Theocracy?
The Davidic Monarchy was typical of the kingship of Christ, and so there is now no basis for the monarchical form of civil government. The Biblical model is constitutional republicanism (Exodus 18). Israel's desire to have a king was a sign of its rejection of God (1 Sam. 8 - read this passage very carefully).
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