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132* His protection – they begged Samuel for a king saying:

Having asked for a pagan king, they committed a great sin, and the Lord sent thunder and rain that day, and the Jewish people said:

(:In asking for a temporal ruler the Jews scorned God and His law. Just as they rejected divine order by inviting a king to rule over them, similarly also the Christians rejected God by accepting the Donation of Constantine. Before, Christ had specifically set his people apart from pagan authority, not geographically, but spiritually:) by purity and innocence, setting the Church apart as a pure bride to be betrothed to her one husband, Christ. They belonged no more to themselves but to him who died for them. 1-Sam. 8: 4–9,.

1-Sam.12:18–19,.

2-Cor.11: 2.