The book of Samuel

The history of rise and fall of Israelites is really tumultuous and it is surprising to know how vengeful the God of Israelites is. The God wants perfect obedience and if there is any kind of deviation, even possibly innocent one, then God is willing to punish just as easily as the mistake was made. But God is also willing to give multiple chances, as it is written in the Book of Samuel. King Saul commits mistakes and he quickly gets abandoned though the Israelites are still given a chance to have a righteous King. David, who was merely a shepherd, gets to command the Israeli empire but he makes mistakes as well, which leads to him dying a sad old man many of whose children die before him. Israel ultimately loses its status and gets conquered by other nations. The book of Samuel makes it clear that there is no difference between public and private morality, and that individual decisions may end up effecting the whole empire. This sense of there being no distinction between how people act in private and in public still continues to exist in the U.S. Though sometimes it may be appropriate not to make this distinction, when there is matter of hypocrisy involved, at other times; especially instances with celebrities it does become inappropriate.