I said nothing yet concerning Korah.
I'm aware.
However, I fail to see how Moses' appointment by God to lead Israel is somehow to be taken as a mandate for America to follow a single leader appointed by God.
Straw man. I never said it should be, nor implied such.
The argument I was making was that God wanted to reign over Israel. Part of His plan was to establish a line of kings, through which He would send His Son to reign (as Clete said) as their final King.
Korah's rebellion was just that, a rebellion against God's plan, because God wanted to establish a monarchy.
That is inherently a preference for a monarchy over a representative form of government.
I do not believe the king Samuel was going to appoint was something God was going to use to bless Israel more than to curse them for rejecting God.
So God coming as a baby in a manger as a descendant of a long line of kings, and then returning to reign over them, isn't a blessing for Israel?
DO YOU EVEN HEAR YOURSELF!?
1 Samuel 8
9 Now therefore hearken unto their voice: howbeit yet protest solemnly unto them, and shew them the manner of the king that shall reign over them.
10 And Samuel told all the words of the Lord unto the people that asked of him a king.
11 And he said, This will be the manner of the king that shall reign over you: He will take your sons, and appoint them for himself, for his chariots, and to be his horsemen; and some shall run before his chariots.
12 And he will appoint him captains over thousands, and captains over fifties; and will set them to ear his ground, and to reap his harvest, and to make his instruments of war, and instruments of his chariots.
13 And he will take your daughters to be confectionaries, and to be cooks, and to be bakers.
14 And he will take your fields, and your vineyards, and your oliveyards, even the best of them, and give them to his servants.
15 And he will take the tenth of your seed, and of your vineyards, and give to his officers, and to his servants.
16 And he will take your menservants, and your maidservants, and your goodliest young men, and your asses, and put them to his work.
17 He will take the tenth of your sheep: and ye shall be his servants.
18 And ye shall cry out in that day because of your king which ye shall have chosen you; and the Lord will not hear you in that day.
You claim God condemns representative forms of government because of Numbers 16?
Not JUST because of Numbers 16, but it's one of the bigger reasons!
Do you believe God wants America ruled by a king
I believe God wants EVERY nation ruled by a government that is inherently accountable for its actions. A Constitutional Monarchy is THE MOST inherently accountable system, so yes.
NO. Chosen by lottery (to what extent is to be determined, as per my discussion between myself and Clete).
to lead His people through the wilderness?
NO.
Talk about missing the point!
If not, then why are you trying to stretch the OT into contortions
I'm not.
to support questionable ideas
You have yet to call them into question.
Because I live in America. What I'm saying, however, applies to EVERY nation, not just America.
How is God to choose this king, by casting lots? By having a democrat committee appoint the king? By having fundamentalist Baptists form a committee to appoint the king?
The answer to EVERY. SINGLE. ONE. OF. THESE. QUESTIONS. Is in the
https://kgov.com/constitution link on the Biblical defence article for the proposed constitution. The Constitution link I just gave you is ALSO in the OP.
IT'S WHAT THE ENTIRE THREAD IS ABOUT!!!
The VERY LEAST you could do is read it!
I don't think any of that has anything to do with God's will for America.
That's nice, now make the argument.
Two books of kings filled with good and bad kings and bad deeds of all kings.
Indeed!
How is America to become a kingdom ruled by a good king
By allowing for both good and bad kings to rule, rather than having a system that GUARANTEES evil rulers.
Not appointed by God. Had you read the link in the OP, you would know that.
Is this good king appointed by God
No.
No human is without sin, other than Christ.
Are his sons to take control of his kingdom when he dies?
The firstborn son is.
Who is coming up with these things?
Bob Enyart.
Go read the
https://kgov.com/constitution link.
How are we to interpret these verses? That we should support slavery until Jesus returns? What about an earthly king for America until then? Should he support slavery and oppress the people to keep them humble?
Again, missing the point. I didn't cite the previous verses for a reason, marke, and I stated that very reason IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING the citation of that verse, which you have excluded from your response here!