1 Sam 810 Samuel told all the words of the LORD to the people who were asking him for a king."

The creation ordinance established Gods word as a creative government over the earth. Before the fall there was nothing preventing Gods word from successfully establishing the order of the earth through man. God had written His law on each mans heart. Each man was created to be his own government. Gods decree for man to rule over the earth was established in a succession of decrees as man named the animals, successfully exercising his authority over the creation. Every man was his own king as he was able to act according to the law.

But when sin entered God had to curse sin and corruption in order to reestablish the authority of man over creation. In other words the opposition of sin and corruption that threatened Gods original government had to be overcome. He gave man the ability to destroy all of his opposition in the curse of the law. The curse of the law as not just given as a way to destroy but it also constrained Gods elect. In Gods government all of creation must be enable by God to bring in the culture of the Gods kingdom. So man was given the pronouncements of the law, covenants, curses, statutes, decrees and promises in order to act as kings to recreate the kingdom of God on this earth. Gods kingdom must be established through word.

So when the people wanted an earthly king they were rejecting the way of the creative pronouncements. All of creation exist by God pronouncing them into existence. All of the things of creation are imaged by the perfect creative pronouncements. So when the people wanted an earthly king they were creating a false image. This is why God said they want a king because they 8 As they have done from the day I brought them up out of Egypt until this day, forsaking me and serving other gods, so they are doing to you.God had created man to express his authority over creation with the upmost freedom. But man wanted to be put in bondage.