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The Book of Judges reads like a broken record as the
people of Israel left the Lord and worshiped pagan demon gods. This
idolatry made God angry and He used a heathen nation to conquer and
oppress the Israelites. The people grew tired of being slaves and
cried out to the Lord for help. God then raised up a judge and
destroyed the pagan oppressors. The people faithfully served the
Lord as long as the judge lived but returned to their whoring and
the whole process repeated itself when the judge died. Othniel,
Ehud, Shamgar, Deborah and Gideon were the first of the judges.
Sadly, God’s people showed that they lusted for the sexual pleasure
associated with pagan worship and were only too willing to trade
away their relationship with the Lord. God was against this anarchy
that ensnared the vast majority of the Israelites. It should have
become clear to the leadership that their educational system was
deeply flawed because the children were not being educated in the
knowledge of God and the history of Israel. Each generation was
living proof that those who fail to remember the mistakes of past
are condemned to repeat it. |
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