D history Joshua 2 king
Introduction
According to the bible, the monarchy referred to the kingdom of Judah and Israel. The monarchy was an essential form of government in the territories. The monarchy represented the highest form of leadership in the territories, and they were tasked with making the rules and leading the people. The king was the highest and most respected leader in the monarchy. The king could make laws and decisions that he felt were important to the land (Omanson, 1982). His participation was seen as of vital importance to the success and well being of the monarchy.
The monarchy, according to this storyline, represented the community and their ways of life. It was people who had a connection that they shared a culture. The monarchy was a collection of several tribes, and they joined forces to keep their enemies away (Omanson, 1982). The joining of the communities to form the monarchy was vital as they placed themselves under a shared leadership. As a monarchy, the communities were united, and they could wade off their adversaries and maintain peace. The monarchy was important to the storyline as it represented the unity of the people of God and also the leadership that was inspired by Him. The unity helped in maintaining the way of life as they were given the commands.
The monarchy was also responsible for maintaining order in the community and also ensuring the laws, according to the bible, were followed. The following of the laws and the role played by the monarchy helped in presenting the people in it as the people that were chosen and protected by God. by being united, the laws of God were easily followed, and those that broke them were punished, and this was possible as they were together (Omanson, 1982). The monarchy also was important as it helped the communities to be associated with a ruler and they helped in empowering the rulers. The strength of the ruler and the beliefs in the monarchy helped the people in following a certain way of life such as worship and beliefs. This was important as it helped in maintaining the laws as directed in the bible. The monarchy was important in ensuring the laws and the teachings as provided in the holy book were followed. The rulers in the monarchy were anointed by God, and they were tasked with ensuring the [people that they led were acting according to the laws and the will of God. The leaders were also tasked with ensuring there was law in the community and they led the people in the sacrifices and the rituals that were necessary in the land.
As the highest position in the land, the leaders in a monarchy were a symbol of unity and the people who were under them in the monarchy were united. The unity helped in ensuring the success and the learning of the laws of God (Begg, Alderman, & Redditt, 2018). The monarchy was used as a symbol of indicating the presence of God in the communities. By being under a common leadership, they were indicative that they were the chosen people by God.
The monarchy represented the community of the believers who were under one leadership. The monarchy had several communities under one ruler and it indicated the different communities in the world who are united and they believe their leader is God. in the storyline. The monarchy stayed united in their time in the war and their exit from exile (Begg, Alderman, & Redditt, 2018). The unity indicates the success that the people who are united together by God will have in their time of misery and also they will have successful leadership and they will conquer all their troubles.
The successful exit from exile indicates that when people are united, they will conquer their problems always. As a people who had God as their leader, He supported them all through their troubles (Sergi, 2017). The storyline of their life in exile indicates that God will never depart from his people even in times of struggles and he will continuously guide them through the time and they will be winners at the end of the struggles (Sergi, 2017). The success and the ending of their time in exile has been used to signify the life of the christians who go through the life in the world with many struggles and they are singled out due to their beliefs and through the leadership and the guidance of the lord they are successful and upon exiting the life of the world that is full of suffering and struggles they get to the life of rest and eternal happiness.
Conclusion
The storyline indicates the monarchy as the collection of many tribes under one leader. The leader is responsible for the decisions that are made. According to christians, the life in exile represents the struggles they go through in the world and the joy that awaits them once they get over the earthly life. The success of their life in exile indicates the success of the christians when they are led by christ.
References
Begg, C. T., Alderman, I. M., & Redditt, P. R. (2018). Historical Books: Joshua–2 Kings. Old Testament Abstracts, 41(3), 636–645. https://doi.org/10.1353/ota.2018.0008
Omanson, R. L. (1982). Book Review: The NIV Interlinear Hebrew-English Old Testament, Joshua—2 Kings. Review & Expositor, 79(1), 151–152. https://doi.org/10.1177/003463738207900113
Sergi, O. (2017). The United Monarchy and the Kingdom of Jeroboam II in the Story of Absalom and Sheba’s Revolts (2 Samuel 15–20). Hebrew Bible and Ancient Israel, 6(3), 329. https://doi.org/10.1628/219222717×15162808430784