A society's constitution is the distillation of the narrative of its purpose such that the members of society can join in the common purpose according to the defined authoritative and legitimacy structures as described by the narrative. Insofar as authority and legitimacy are both artifacts of the constitutional narrative, it is only a small leap to posit a divine ruler Who is the ground of all authority and the upholder of all legitimacy. The narrative component lifts the collective into a higher state, able to fulfill higher values. The fulfillment of those higher values gives people their meaning and allows them to feel like they deserve what's theirs.
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