Studies Number 8 lesson examines the pagan practice, by the Judeans, of centralized government influenced, no doubt, by the Babylonian style of rulership. Each lesson includes test questions and answer sheet. Pre-drilled sheets ready to fit into a three ringed binder. One such practice is the use of centralized government.
History is replete with man's use of centralized government.
God was the only King in Israel. The Israelites had experienced hundreds of years of bondage under centralized government in Egypt. The nations around them also practiced this form of government. From that time on Israel lived under the bondage of centralized government, enslaved to their own rulers or other nations by which they were captured. Many years later, after living in captivity under the Babylonian centralized government, a remnant of Israelites returned to Jerusalem in Judea.