This is why souls labor, and another rule over them and is rich off of their sweat. This is why many have no true freedom. Many souls have a delusion of freedom, they don’t discern that they are in bondage to the enemy of souls. No discernment from the Creator and Redeemer to know the truth from a lie.
Many souls want to be delivered by the Lord—but yet don’t want to be governed by the Creator and Redeemer. Many souls want to be governed by a king that goes along with wrong, that indoctrinates so much so that they are in a cult following, worshipping, obeying mankind, the king they wanted and chose. They reject Christ.
Many souls give the king they chose and wanted the authority to oppress them, the enemy of souls invitation to possess them—they are at enmity with the Lord all the while speaking love with their lips but denying Christ with their life choices.
These are so deceived they don’t even know they are as the frog in the pot of water on the stove coming to a boil, sitting in the pot boiling, dying unaware.
The simple truth is that many souls do not want to choose to obey the voice of Elohim. Because of disobedience to the Lord, they put themselves into slavery—having a king instead of choosing our Creator is why all the slavery, all the curses came: Disobedience to the Creator and Redeemer is rejecting the One True Elohim that is the only One who can save, deliver, give life, and life eternal.
“And it came to pass, when Samuel was old, that he made his sons judges over Israel. Now the name of his firstborn was Joel; and the name of his second, Abiah: they were judges in Beer-sheba. And his sons walked not in his ways, but turned aside after lucre, and took bribes, and perverted judgment.
Then all the elders of Israel gathered themselves together, and came to Samuel unto Ramah, and said unto him, Behold, thou art old, and thy sons walk not in thy ways: now make us a king to judge us like all the nations. But the thing displeased Samuel, when they said, Give us a king to judge us.
And Samuel prayed unto the LORD. And the LORD said unto Samuel, Hearken unto the voice of the people in all that they say unto thee: for they have not rejected thee, but they have rejected me, that I should not reign over them.
According to all the works which they have done since the day that I brought them up out of Egypt even unto this day, wherewith they have forsaken me, and served other gods, so do they also unto thee.
Now therefore hearken unto their voice: howbeit yet protest solemnly unto them, and shew them the manner of the king that shall reign over them.
And Samuel told all the words of the LORD unto the people that asked of him a king. And he said, This will be the manner of the king that shall reign over you:
He will take your sons, and appoint them for himself, for his chariots, and to be his horsemen; and some shall run before his chariots. And he will appoint him captains over thousands, and captains over fifties; and will set them to ear his ground, and to reap his harvest, and to make his instruments of war, and instruments of his chariots. And he will take your daughters to be confectionaries, and to be cooks, and to be bakers. And he will take your fields, and your vineyards, and your oliveyards, even the best of them, and give them to his servants. And he will take the tenth of your seed, and of your vineyards, and give to his officers, and to his servants. And he will take your menservants, and your maidservants, and your goodliest young men, and your asses, and put them to his work. He will take the tenth of your sheep: and ye shall be his servants.
And ye shall cry out in that day because of your king which ye shall have chosen you; and the LORD will not hear you in that day.
Nevertheless the people refused to obey the voice of Samuel; and they said, Nay; but we will have a king over us; that we also may be like all the nations; and that our king may judge us, and go out before us, and fight our battles.
And Samuel heard all the words of the people, and he rehearsed them in the ears of the LORD. And the LORD said to Samuel, Hearken unto their voice, and make them a king. And Samuel said unto the men of Israel, Go ye every man unto his city.”
1 Samuel 8:1-22 KJV