At the time of Christ, Rome ruled Palestine, and Rome ruled Palestine to profit Rome, not to benefit the people who lived there, and the people were not always well-treated. King Herod, who shared authority with Pontius Pilate, the Roman governor, is known in history as one of the most cruel and capricious people who ever lived. He strangled at least one of his wives and ordered the murder of several of his own children because he was afraid they might get too much power. In the Bible there are a multitude of illustrations of things we do not need in leaders. But with that sort of reservation, let's take a look at what the Bible has to say.
Leaders take people from here to there.
That's the purpose of leadership. Leaders take people from today into tomorrow. As obvious as that is, it is a function that is frequently overlooked. Anyone who promises to keep things exactly as they are is not a leader. It is not possible to keep the world the way it is.