When God freed the Israelis from slavery in Egypt He could have given them any kind of government He wanted to, a democracy even. Instead, He gave them the best form of government possible, anarchy, i.e., no earthly rulers, with Himself as king. But they didn't realize how good they had it; they wanted a human king like all of the other nations around them, and voluntarily subjected themselves to taxation and slavery again...

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