Sessions – 85

The Book of Judges Chapter 2

In Sessions 84, Chapter 1 of Judges, we asked the question, ‘Why did God allow children to be sacrificed?’

Chapter 2

Seeing is Believing

And the people served the LORD all the days of Joshua and the elders that outlived Joshua, who had seen all the great works of the LORD that he did for Israel. And Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of the LORD died, being an hundred and ten years old(Judg. 2:7-8).

Also, all the generation were gathered unto their fathers, and another generation arose after them, which knew not the LORD, nor yet the works he had done for Israel (Judg. 2:10).

And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the LORD, and served Ba’-a-lim (Judg. 2:11).

And the anger of the LORD was hot against Israel, and he delivered them into the hands of spoilers that spoiled them, and he sold them into the hands of their enemies round about, so that they could not any longer stand before their enemies (Judg. 2:14).

And when the LORD raised them up judges, then the LORD was with the judges, and delivered them out of the hand of their enemies all the days of the judge: for it repented the LORD because of their groanings by reason of them that oppressed them and vexed them (Judg. 2:18).

This apostasy of the Israelites would continue from generation to generation, and God would continue to punish them and then save them—from generation to generation.

Summary

And this is where the falsehoods of God, the Bible, and Christianity come into play for modern-day Christians. If God would repeatedly punish and forgive by miracles, every new generation of Israelites would violate his past covenant of establishment in order for them to be obedient to his laws and existence. Who among us are unlike the Israelites, with such little faith, if given a second opportunity at life from a God—would not repent? For seeing is believing—when all else fails.

Ivan Peter Kovak