God and Government - Part 3

INTRO: In our last message we looked at secular government from the Exodus to the Monarchy. What we have seen thus far is the progress of government from a man ruling over a family and over part of creation to one man ruling over several families. Then, at the time of Moses, we saw one man ruling over a nation of people. All of these changes were initiated and encouraged by God Almighty. Then Moses is encouraged by his father-in-law Jethro, to choose other judges to help him with the smaller cases. We also saw the office of the prophet come into being. Furthermore, at this time God's law was written in a book so that man would now have God's will revealed in written words.