The low point of Israel's relationship with Yahweh was the nation's demand for a human king near the end of Samuel's life. This was a crucial development in the history of the Israelite theocracy for two primary reasons. First, it signified Israel's effective rejection of the covenant on two fronts: their rejection of Yahweh's unqualified lordship and their rejection of their own identity and role as established by the covenant. But equally importantly, the call for a king provided for the decreed transition in the structure of the kingdom from a pure theocracy to a theocracy administered through a human ruler. This development was necessary given the typological correspondence that exists between the Israelite form of the kingdom and the kingdom as it would be fulfilled in Jesus Christ. Human rule in Israel - specifically as it would be manifested in the Davidic dynasty - portrayed and prepared for the rule of Jesus Christ, the son of David.
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