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History of Monarchy After God confused the language of the rebellious people by confusing their language, they abandoned their attempt at democracy for a while, scattered, and kings began to rule them. The kings like other sinful people were partially good, partially bad. In the time of the patriarchs even kings not dedicated to following God had often more morals than today’s republican and democratic politicians. A particularly good king did come along
then in Abraham’s time, Melchisadek,
king of Salem, referred to in Genesis as a priest of the high God. There was none of this sham of separation of religion and
state. ( All religions, including atheistic humanism, are intensely political if they are
practiced daily in real life. This is
apposed to theatrical touchy-feely religious displays, that are like theater. This king of
Salem was a warrior king too. Saul began as a good king following
God, but then failed when he became a democrat, followed the people, sinned and was deposed. Another warrior king was David a man
after God’s own heart. Although with
sins and failings, David wanted to follow God, not the people. His son Solomon had many good attributes at first, but then became
involved in human politic married foreign
princesses from Egypt, Phoenicia, etc. and was dragged
into sin. As history continued there were
certainly bad kings aplenty, but good ones too. The good ones shone by following God: Israel- David,
Hezekiah, Josiah England – Alfred, Richard I, James
I France – Louis Since the late Middle ages there have
few or no even nominally Christian absolute Monarchs.
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