Monadnock (@OrthodoxMonadnock)

“Some [supporters of democracy] have argued that the Holy Scriptures do not approve of kingship. This is not true. Kingship as such is never condemned in Holy Scripture: rather, it is considered the norm of political leadership. Let us consider the following passages: 'In all, a king is an advantage to a land with cultivated fields.' -Ecclesiastes 5: 8 “Blessed are thou, O land, when thou hast a king from a noble family.” -Ecclesiastes 10:17 "The heart of the king is in the hand of God: He turns it wherever He wills.” -Proverbs 21: 1 "He sends kings upon thrones, and girds their loins with a girdle." -Job 12: 18 "He appoints kings and removes them." -Daniel 2: 21 "Thou, O king, art a king of kings, to whom the God of heaven has given a powerful and honourable and strong kingdom in every place where the children of men dwell." -Daniel 2: 37 -"Listen, therefore, O kings, and understand...; for your dominion was given you from the Lord, and your sovereignty from the Most High." -Wisdom Of Solomon 6: 1-3 The tragedy of the story of the first Israelite king, Saul, did not consist in the fact that the Israelites sought a king for themselves. As we have seen, God did not condemn kingship as long as He was recognized as the true King of kings. The sacrament of kingly anointing, which was performed for the first time by the Prophet Samuel on Saul, gave the earthly king the grace to serve the Heavenly King as his true Sovereign. The tragedy consisted in the fact that the Israelites sought a king 'like [those of] the other nations around' them (Deuteronomy 17: 14), in other words, a pagan style king who would satisfy the people’s notions of kingship rather than God’s, and that this desire amounted to apostasy in the eyes of the Lord, the only true King of Israel.” -Vladimir Moss. (2014). The Mystery Of Jewish History. Self-Published. Pages 12 to 13. #monarchy #monarchism #king #kings #queen #queens #christiannationalism