Judges 2 - The Death of Joshua | Bible Podcast, David Alley, Peace Christian Church
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Show Notes
In this video listen to Judges 2 read by David Alley, followed by comments and prayer.
In Judges 2 Another generation arose who didn’t know Yahweh. This doesn't mean they didn’t know who God was, but that they didn’t know him meaningfully, or understand how to serve Him. Every generation faces the same challenges, but clothed in different clothing.
The tendency to distrust the advice of parents, and to seek out one’s own advancements is an old problem. It takes very prayerful parents to raise children in a worldly age. We are, just like the Israelites, surrounded by things that influence against God. This chapter describes the cycle of apostasy, where they turn repeatedly to follow other gods, and are handed over to them by the Lord. God allowed them to have the thing they loved.
Essentially this is also what happens at that final judgement. People hate God and love doing it on their own. The ultimate judgement is receiving that separation, the thing they love. Ultimate goodness, and all temporary goodness comes from the Lord only, and freedom only comes coupled with responsibility. So while God does judge as seen in this book, there are also consequences at work. So there are now a series of Judges.
Each of them shows us a quality of Christ, even though they are clearly human. But Ultimately the big picture of Christ in this book is that He is the Ultimate Judge and while ever he lives, we are not handed over to our enemies. Because Christ lives forever, this is a permanent position for those who are in Him.
There are now going to be 12 judges listed in this chapters ahead being, Othniel, Ehud, Shamgar, Deborah, Gideon, Tola, Jair, Jephthah, Ibzan, Elon, Abdon, and Samson.