Why isn't God called "emperor"?

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Well I guess the Bible refers to the “kingdom” of God, but never the Empire of God. A Kingdom is more unified than an empire, and empire has a lot more negative connotations, in my mind.
 
That title was too tainted by Caesar for the Apostles to use it.
If God were called ‘Emperor’ than he might be misunderstood as another coercive tyrant forcing people to worship him.
 
If I am not mistaken, “King of Kings” is actually an imperial title, of sorts. A king who rules over other kings (one kingdom over other kingdoms) is an emperor, even if not officially styled as such. When a ruler’s title is roughly along those lines (king of kings or something similar) their title is sometimes translated into English as “emperor.” I could be wrong about all this, though.
 
Technically, “imperator” (order-giver, commander) is nothing more than the title of an army general. Sorta like Khadaffi calling himself “Colonel Khadaffi” instead of King Khadaffi.

I suppose that “Lord of Hosts” (hosts/sabaoth means armies) is something like “imperator”, “strategos”, or general, but not much.
 
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Technically, “imperator” (order-giver, commander) is nothing more than the title of an army general. Sorta like Khadaffi calling himself “Colonel Khadaffi” instead of King Khadaffi.

I suppose that “Lord of Hosts” (hosts/sabaoth means armies) is something like “imperator”, “strategos”, or general, but not much.
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We do get our word “emperor” from the Latin word “imperator” but I was not under the impression that the word “emperor” is limited to the old Latin meaning of the word. Is not an “emperor” a male monarch who rules over more than one state or people?
 
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