King Of Kings

 Every country has a definite method of rule. Kings, socialism, democracy, etc. etc. etc. Now from a biblical standpoint, which one is best? Which method of rule is the most desirable, regardless of the feelings of man?

The answer would be, of course, a righteous king. What? What did you say? No I did not misspell “democracy”. In the Bible, God often compares himself to a king. The concept of the relationship between a king and his subjects is an analogy for the relationship between God and ourselves. A king punishes the wicked, yet also shows mercy and compassion. A king sets down the law because he has the right and authority to do so. A king protects his own subjects and never forsakes them. He is mindful of the needs of his people. Note, however, that I said a righteous king. A king who becomes corrupted with power and glory, to the point of neglecting his people or becoming a tyrant, perverts this image and analogy. And unfortunately, as men are flawed, this occurrence has not been an uncommon event in history.

So what is wrong with the other methods? Well, as I have already discussed the problems with a socialist type community in a previous post, I will not talk about it here. However, I will talk about democracy. Democracy has a very major flaw in it. It can exist only so long as the population is moral. There is a reason that the government controlled the law and civilians in the past. It was created to control people because they would not control themselves. It inflicted upon people restrictions because human nature is inherently flawed, and leans people towards sin. It was made to prevent people from behaving immorally and devolving into bloodshed and violence. In a democracy, the people have the power. Which is nice as long as people are willing to restrict their own behavior. But eventually people stop being willing to do that. They want to do what they want to do, and they want to be able to do it without running into johnny law. Politicians and other leaders stop caring about the greater good and morals because they need to be agreeable to the public. No one is going to vote for a man that holds views contrary to theirs. Everything devolves into what people want the law and government to be like, as opposed to what it needs to be. This is how you get into situations where congress cannot make tough choices that need to be made, for fear of public reaction. This is how you get laws rewritten to allow for things like divorce. This is why taxes and other unpleasant yet probably necessary things do not get put into place. Democracy is effective only so long as the population is willing to impose undesirable conditions on themselves. And very few are willing to do this for long.

-BlackFox

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