What term describes governance where Israel is ruled by God through judges who administer God's Law?

• A. Theocracy
• B. Monarchy
• C. Oligarchy
• D. Democracy

Answer: (A)

Theocracy describes governance where God is sovereign and rules through appointed leaders who carry out His Law. In Israel’s period of the Judges, there wasn’t a human king; instead, God raised judges who acted as His representatives, delivering the people and administering Mosaic Law. Leadership drew authority from God, not from a royal line or the consent of the people. That divine-centered rule is what defines a theocracy. By contrast, a monarchy rests on a king, an oligarchy on a small ruling group, and democracy on the people; none of those capture the divine sovereignty directing governance through judges and God’s law.