With the passing of Queen Elizabeth II, I would like to look a little bit at the legacy that she has left behind,

to look a little bit at the symbolism of monarchy itself, and maybe have a few thoughts on our new king,

our new king, as a Canadian, Prince Charles III, some things that the people in the symbolic world,

a few thoughts that hopefully will be things that we need to pay attention to in the next few years.

This is Jonathan Pejot. Welcome to the symbolic world.

So whether or not you agree with the notion of monarchy or constitutional monarchy, I think that most people agree that Queen Elizabeth II was a very impressive person. She had a very impressive

demeanor, the way that she was able to engage with people all through her life,

the manner in which, you know, different from her own children, was capable of avoiding

scandal and in her own life as well. And I think that for many people, she will be missed.

And so right now, a lot of people are talking about the transition, whether or not

this will be an opportunity here in Canada, especially you hear people saying whether or not

this is an opportunity to question the monarchy, to question the institution, if it would be a good

time for Canadians to get rid of the constitutional monarchy as a source of our government.

And I want to talk a little bit about some of the symbolism of monarchy that say some of the

negative aspects and some of the positive aspects that you find in Scripture, but also in history.

In Scripture, monarchy is presented actually in a

double way. On the one hand, in the book of Samuel, it is presented as something which at the outset

would be negative, that the people are clamoring for a king instead of worshiping God or instead

of depending on God.

So it's as if they want to put a king in place of God.

And because of that, Samuel warns them that the king will take their children,

you know, will take the best of them to fight in their wars and their daughters as wives.

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