{"id":1103,"date":"2010-03-03T13:00:49","date_gmt":"2010-03-03T17:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.danielgoepfrich.com\/?p=1103"},"modified":"2022-10-24T19:20:08","modified_gmt":"2022-10-24T23:20:08","slug":"thoughts-on-judges-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theologyisforeveryone.com\/thoughts-on-judges-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Thoughts on Judges 2"},"content":{"rendered":"

We\u2019re reading through Judges at Oak Tree Church<\/a>, and I\u2019m posting some observations from my daily readings here. Everyone is welcome to join in the discussion.<\/p>

Thoughts on Judges 2<\/h3>

The LORD\u2019s angelic messenger went up from Gilgal to Bokim. He said, \u201cI brought you up from Egypt and led you into the land I had solemnly promised to give to your ancestors. I said, \u2018I will never break my agreement with you\u2026\u201d<\/em> Judges 2:1 NET<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>

\u201cThe LORD\u2019s angelic messenger\u201d (or maybe \u201cthe angel of LORD\u201d in your version) throughout the Old Testament is a reference to Christ before he was born as Jesus. We call this a \u201cpre-incarnate appearance\u201d (before his incarnation). Notice how he doesn\u2019t say, \u201cGod says\u2026\u201d. He repeats words that God said to someone previously and takes the credit for them himself. No regular angel would dare to claim God\u2019s words as his own, yet this \u201cmessenger\u201d does all the time.<\/p>

When the LORD\u2019s messenger finished speaking these words to all the Israelites, the people wept loudly.<\/em> Judges 2:4 NET<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>

I wonder how this happened. Did they all hear him simultaneously? Was it audible? Or did he do it through a miraculous mass trance or vision?<\/p>

When Joshua dismissed the people, the Israelites went to their allotted portions of territory, intending to take possession of the land. The people worshiped the LORD throughout Joshua\u2019s lifetime and as long as the elderly men who outlived him remained alive. These men had witnessed all the great things the LORD had done for Israel. Joshua son of Nun, the LORD\u2019s servant, died at the age of one hundred ten. The people buried him in his allotted land in Timnath Heres in the hill country of Ephraim, north of Mount Gaash. That entire generation passed away; a new generation grew up that had not personally experienced the LORD\u2019s presence or seen what he had done for Israel.<\/em> Judges 2:6-10 NET<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>

This is the unfortunate, yet predictable, result of not \u201ctraining up children in the way they should go\u201d (Proverbs 22:6<\/a>) or intentionally \u201centrusting to faithful men who will be able to teach others also\u201d (2 Timothy 2:2<\/a>). When a generation of people refuse to teach the Scriptures to the next, this is the inevitable result.<\/p>

But the blame is not solely on the older generation either. The younger generation was not grateful for God\u2019s blessings on them, and they did not chase after him. There is no substitute for a personal encounter with God.<\/p>

But they did not obey their leaders. Instead they prostituted themselves to other gods and worshiped them. They quickly turned aside from the path their ancestors had walked. Their ancestors had obeyed the LORD\u2019s commands, but they did not.<\/em> Judges 2:17 NET<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>

Disobedience toward God\u2019s appointed leaders is equated with disobedience toward God himself. (See also Hebrews 13:7<\/a>, 17<\/a>)<\/p>

What did you see in these verses? What was important to you in Judges 2 that I did not see?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

We\u2019re reading through Judges at Oak Tree Church, and I\u2019m posting some observations from my daily readings here. Everyone is welcome to join in the discussion. Thoughts on Judges 2 The LORD\u2019s angelic messenger went up from Gilgal to Bokim. He said, \u201cI brought you up from Egypt and led you into the land I had solemnly promised to give to your […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_eb_attr":"","_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[26,22,95,120],"class_list":["post-1103","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-other","tag-2timothy","tag-hebrews","tag-judges","tag-proverbs"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"gutentor_comment":3,"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":false,"thumbnail":false,"medium":false,"medium_large":false,"large":false,"1536x1536":false,"2048x2048":false,"widget-thumbnail":false,"rpwe-thumbnail":false,"woocommerce_thumbnail":false,"woocommerce_single":false,"woocommerce_gallery_thumbnail":false},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"Daniel Goepfrich","author_link":"https:\/\/www.theologyisforeveryone.com\/author\/dgoepfrich\/"},"uagb_comment_info":3,"uagb_excerpt":"We\u2019re reading through Judges at Oak Tree Church, and I\u2019m posting some observations from my daily readings here. 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