1Sa 8:5, … “Look, you are old, and your sons do not walk in your ways. NOW MAKE US A KING TO JUDGE US LIKE ALL THE NATIONS.”
Samuel was displeased that Israel wanted a human king rather than a heavenly KING!
1Sa 8:7, And the LORD said to Samuel, “Heed the voice of the people in all that they say to you; FOR THEY HAVE NOT REJECTED YOU, BUT THEY HAVE REJECTED ME, THAT I SHOULD NOT REIGN OVER THEM.
Joh 19:15, … “Away with Him, away with Him! Crucify Him!” Pilate said to them, “Shall I crucify your King?” The chief priests answered, “WE HAVE NO KING BUT CAESAR!”
Israel rejected God as their KING and again rejected their Messiah (JESUS) as KING!
Rev 19:16, And He has on His robe and on His thigh a name written: KING OF KINGS AND LORD OF LORDS.
Samuel warns the people 10-18, the king will TAKE, TAKE, TAKE … AND YOU WILL BE his servants! 6 times it says HE WILL TAKE! BUT JESUS, BEING THE KING OF kings AND LORD OF lords, HE CAME AND GAVE ALL THAT HE HAD FOR HIS PEOPLE
Mat 20:28, JUST AS THE SON OF MAN DID NOT COME TO BE SERVED, BUT TO SERVE, AND TO GIVE HIS LIFE A RANSOM FOR MANY.”
I HAVE NO KING BUT JESUS; MY COMING REDEEMER! IN HIM I SHALL PLACE MY TRUST!