MONARCHY IN ISRAEL

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MONARCHY IN ISRAEL

• BOOKS IN OLD TESTAMENT
• 12 SAMUEL
• 12 KINGS

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FROM JUDGES TO KINGS

• WHY? PEOPLE DEMAND A KING LIKE OTHER NATIONS.
• WHO IS AGAINST HAVING A KING?
• SAMUEL!
• WHAT IS A THEOCRACY?
• A NATION RULED BY GOD!

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TRADITIONAL MONARCHYVS. ISRAEL MONARCHY

• TRADITIONAL-----KING---LAW---PEOPLE
• ISRAEL ---GOD--LAW---KING---PEOPLE

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KING OF ISRAEL WAS MASHIAH

• MASHIAH MEANS ANOINTED ONE
• WE GET THE WORD MESSIAH
• CHRISTOS GREEK FOR ANOINTED ONE
• JESUS IS THE CHRIST and THE MESSIAH THE
  ANOINTED ONE.

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ISRAELS 1ST KING of UNITED KINGDOM---SAUL

• KING SAUL---10201000 B.C.
• SAMUEL ANOINTED SAUL AS 1ST KING
• A TRAGIC FIGURE WHO KILLED HIMSELF
• SOME PEOPLE CLAIMED HE WAS POSSESSED BY AN EVIL
  SPIRIT.

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KING DAVID 1000961 B.C.2ND KING OF ISRAEL

• ANOINTED KING BY SAMUEL
• RULED UNITED ISRAEL 40 YEARS
• BROUGHT ARK OF THE COVENANT INTO JERUSALEM
• JERUSALEM CAME TO BE CALLED the CITY OF DAVID

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SOLOMON 3RD and LAST KING OF UNITED ISRAEL
961---922 B.C.

• SON OF KING DAVID
• HE WAS GIVEN THE GIFT OF WISDOM
• BUILT A GREAT TEMPLE
• HAD THE ARK OF THE COVENANT PLACED IN THE
  TEMPLE.

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HIGH HOLY DAYS

• THE SHOFAR---RAMS HORN STARTS NEW YEAR
• ROSH HASHANAHTHE HEAD OF THE YEAR
• TEN DAYS OF PENITENCE and FASTING
• YOM KIPPUR---ENDS 10 DAYS REPENTANCE---DAY OF
  ATONEMENT