Day 88-11

VI From the crossing into Canaan to the reign of Saul - 1422-1065 B.C. ~ cont.

C. Establishment of Judges ~ cont.

1. 1st Judge - Othniel ~ cont.

i. Israel's backsliding - Judges 2:10-15, 20

j. Some nations left - Judges 2:21-23; 3:1-4, 11

k. 2nd Apostasy and servitude (Moab)

l. Death of Eleazar (apx 130 years) - Joshua 24:33

2. 2nd Judge - Ehud (served 80 years) - Judges 3:15-30

a. Micah's idol worship - Judges 17:1-13

b. Danites invade Laish - Judges 18:1-31

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In those days there was no king in Israel, but every man did that which was right in his own eyes.  (Judges 17:6)

In those days there was no king in Israel: and in those days the tribe of the Danites sought them an inheritance to dwell in; for unto that day all their inheritance had not fallen unto them among the tribes of Israel.  (Judges 18:1)

And it came to pass in those days, when there was no king in Israel, that there was a certain Levite sojourning on the side of mount Ephraim, who took to him a concubine out of Bethlehemjudah.  (Judges 19:1)

In those days there was no king in Israel: every man did that which was right in his own eyes.  (Judges 21:25)

The way of a fool is right in his own eyes: but he that hearkeneth unto counsel is wise.  (Proverbs 12:15)

Every way of a man is right in his own eyes: but the LORD pondereth the hearts.  (Proverbs 21:2)

Why did those verses appeal to me?  Perhaps because of the moral decay and degradation of our society.  We seem to be at a crossroads in this time frame of people doing what is right in their own eyes.  There seems to be a loosely held (if at all) moral absolute of what is right and wrong.  We murder unborn children and call wickedness good and good evil.

My heart is greatly distressed.

The Bride is fragmented into a plethora of denominations and there does not seem to be unity amongst the brethren.  Perhaps I am naive to think that brethren should be able to sit down with the Holy Writ and, in love, wrestle through and come to a firm consensus of what the Word states.

A few men, filled with the Spirit, turned the world upside down, boldly proclaiming the gospel of Christ Jesus.  Father added to the church daily those whom He had called.

Where is that passion?  Where is not counting our lives but as a sacrifice poured out to Him?  Not by just a few *missionaries,* but by all those who are called?  Perhaps it is a vivid vitality I feel is lacking.  Perhaps I am not in a position to *see* all of the bodily outworking of the Spirit (highly probable).  Lord, You have stated that You would pour out Your Spirit upon Your people, where is that dynamic manifestation?

And it shall come to pass in the last days, saith God, I will pour out of my Spirit upon all flesh: and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams:  And on my servants and on my handmaidens I will pour out in those days of my Spirit; and they shall prophesy:   And I will shew wonders in heaven above, and signs in the earth beneath; blood, and fire, and vapour of smoke:  The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before that great and notable day of the Lord come:  And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be saved.  (Acts 2:17-21)

Which is an echo of Joel:

And it shall come to pass afterward, that I will pour out my spirit upon all flesh; and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, your young men shall see visions:  And also upon the servants and upon the handmaids in those days will I pour out my spirit.  And I will shew wonders in the heavens and in the earth, blood, and fire, and pillars of smoke.  The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and the terrible day of the LORD come.  And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of the LORD shall be delivered: for in mount Zion and in Jerusalem shall be deliverance, as the LORD hath said, and in the remnant whom the LORD shall call.  (Joel 2:28-32)

Have you called unto Him who is faithful and true?

He which testifieth these things saith, Surely I come quickly. Amen. Even so, come, Lord Jesus.  (The Book of the Revelation of Jesus Christ, 22:20)

Even so, come, Lord Jesus.