What is it about so many of the priests and Levites we meet in the book of Judges? Each one seems to be worse than the next. Weren’t they supposed to be set apart by God for service to Him because they stood athwart the sin and evil they saw during the incident of the…
Posts Categorized: Apostasy
Luke 9:57-62 – Costly Faith
How corrupted the Words and teachings of Jesus have become in these latter days! For anyone who has read the Bible to think that Jesus came to give us our best life now is a mystery. Well, maybe not. Satan’s purpose is to steal, kill, and destroy. Certainly his intent is to cause those who…
Judges 9:56-57 – Lethal Curses
Throughout the Old Testament, we see various curses being pronounced; some are by men, some by God. What we also typically see is a fulfillment of those curses. So, are curses real, and something we should be concerned about today? The account of Gideon with his victory over the Midianites ends poorly. God raised up…
Judges 6:31 – Contending for Baal
Why is it that those who follow other gods feel they have to protect their god; that he cannot do the work of protecting himself? I’m thinking specifically of Islam right now with the followers of Allah, but this certainly applies to every other god. All of them apparently need their followers to act in…
Judges 2:19 – They Turned Back
Many people consider the book of Judges the saddest in the entire Bible. It chronicles the persistent apostasy of Israel despite God’s continuing mercy upon His children. Yahweh had given the land of Canaan to the Israelites. He promised He would fight for them to drive out its wicked inhabitants. But, they had a responsibility;…
Joshua 24:15 – Choosing Poorly
Both Moses and Joshua – righteous leaders of Israel – knew the dangers that would come upon God’s children if they reverted to their old ways of following other gods. They warned the people with Yahweh’s very Words numerous times, yet they were quite aware how deceitful the hearts of men were and their inclination…