Posts with Tag: kings
“In those days Israel had no king; everyone did as they saw fit.” Judges 21:25. This is a very short verse highlighting a cause and a serious effect. When I read this verse, I could not help but take a step back into Isreal’s history and look into how they got to the point where they became a nation with no king.When God took Israelites out of slavery in Egypt by a mighty hand. The people recognised Him as the Potentate (1 Timothy 6:15) A potentate is one who possesses great power and authority. They witnessed his awesome power as he unleashed one plague after another on the Egyptians when Pharaoh refused to let them go. They witnessed the miraculous splitting of the Red Sea which enabled the Israelites to walk on dry ground across the sea while the Egyp...