The Kingdom
The people wanted a king. God had something bigger in mind.
Israel asked for a king so they could be like everybody else. The story that follows is God patiently working through that request toward a kingdom that looks nothing like the ones they envied.
The thread
1 Samuel 8 · ~1050 BC
Give us a king like the nations
2 Samuel 7 · ~1000 BC
A throne established for ever
Isaiah 9 · ~700 BC
Of the increase of his government
Mark 1 · AD 27
The kingdom of God is at hand
Matthew 5 · AD 30
Blessed are the meek
Lessons