Israel’s Theocracy as a Model State

The term theocracy is not a biblical word, but it is the expression of a thoroughly biblical idea as found in the passages 1 Sam. 8:7, "They have rejected Me that I should not reign over them;" 1 Sam. 12:12, "Ye said Nay, but a king shall reign over us: when the Lord your God was your King;" Deut. 33:5, "He was King in Jeshurun when the heads of the people and the tribes of Israel were gathered together." In general we may characterize this theocracy as the state where God was Father-King and...