{"id":62095,"date":"2019-09-01T16:25:28","date_gmt":"2019-09-01T13:25:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/?p=62095"},"modified":"2023-03-26T16:35:47","modified_gmt":"2023-03-26T13:35:47","slug":"the-purpose-of-power","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/the-purpose-of-power\/","title":{"rendered":"The Purpose Of Power"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry-content\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[281],"tags":[774,391,908,573,838],"acf":{"old_id":"62095","type":"no","iframe":"","writer":33992,"related_cahpter":"297","type_929":"2","show_author_image":false,"old_create_date":"","old_url":"","post_main_content":{"description":"As told by an African Queen to a Jewish King","content":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Solomon, we have been told, is the wisest of Monarchs. His wisdom is the harvest of one of the two prophetic moments in his life, when God erupted into voice and spoke to the king as he was beginning his important reign. God offered Solomon the opportunity to have anything he desired, and he requested wisdom. God was so taken by the request that wealth and longevity were thrown in as a bonus.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So apparent is this king\u2019s wisdom, that the visiting Queen of Sheba can\u2019t help but notice it as well. After Solomon spends a good deal of time explaining all the secrets of the universe to the apparently willing Queen (Kingsplaining, anyone?), she exclaims, \u201cTrue was the word that I had heard in my country about your words and your wisdom!\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But the real wisdom we overhear between the two Royals comes not from King Solomon, but from the more modestly packaged Queen. Let\u2019s listen in while she reinforces for the King what the sole justification for his power and wealth really are: \u201cGod has established you as king to do justice and righteousness.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Why are you powerful? To do justice and righteousness. That is the only legitimate purpose for which government is established, and toward which it must strive.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Maintaining domestic tranquility is an important component, but not the goal in and of itself. Defending the borders of the nation is crucial, but not the point. Collecting taxes, maintaining a military, printing currency, all the things we think of government doing are steps along the way. The solid justification for the power of governments \u2013 whether kings or presidents or prime ministers \u2013 is the establishment and promotion of justice and righteousness.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And if anyone asks where you learned this crucial insight, tell them that you overheard it in a private conversation between an African Queen and a Jewish King.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Image: Solomon meets the Queen of Sheba, on the Paradise Door of the Florence Baptistry, Lorenzo Ghiberti (1378\u20121455), bronze 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