Mark 6:31
“And he said unto them, Come ye yourselves
apart into a desert place, and rest a while: for there were many coming
and going, and they had no leisure so much as to eat.”
People are social by nature — most people like
Deuteronomy 17:16
“But he shall not
multiply horses to himself, nor cause the people to return to Egypt, to
the end that he should multiply horses: forasmuch as the LORD hath said
unto you, Ye shall henceforth return no more that way.”
God knew there would
come a day when Israel would no longer be a theocracy. He knew the day
would come when they chose a king to lead them, and that this decision
would be the first step towards their demise. The reason they would want
a king is because all the nations around them had one, and because they
wanted to be like all the other nations they too would choose a king.