1. OT Background

As the word itself suggests, “theocracy” is a form of government in which, literally, “God rules.” As the term has historically been employed, it has been used to describe geopolitical governments in which the civil magistrates are expected to use their powers to promote obedience to the laws of God, or at least some of those laws.

The purest expression of theocracy is found in ¶ ancient Israel (§1), where the theocracy is institute…