Long Live the King! – Part 2
In those days there was no king in Israel; every man did what was right in his own eyes [Judges 17:6; 21:25].
We concluded our last study by noting that the Lord led His people, the Israelites, out of Egypt and to the Promised Land in visible appearance as the Shekinah cloud of glory. The Shekinah no longer appeared atop the ark of the covenant, once the Israelites came to the Jordan River to enter the Promised Land. Thenceforth King YHWH’s subjects were to be governed by means of His Law.
The period of the Judges began at the death of Joshua bin Nun and all the second generation of Israelites who conquered the land under Joshua. A new generation came on the scene and didn’t place much stock in Torah (i.e., the Law of Moses). That is what happened to the King YHWH’s Law.
Why didn’t the second generation rear their kids to fear the Lord and love His Law? Why did the second generation leave their kids to their own devices, to determine for themselves what they wanted to believe and do? That, dear people, goes to the heart of the matter. That was the deciding factor.
In today’s antichrist society, there is no king in the good ol’ USA. The Bible has been lost in the Temple somewhere, while the citizens are out and about, worshiping the gods of the shopping malls and restaurants. This behavior defines what is right in our own eyes today.
If we take a time-telescope and look backward at prior generations, we can trace a downward spiral from one generation to the next to the next. The founders of our country were much more committed to the Word of God. They left the old world to get away from state churches. They longed to read the Word of God and decide for themselves what it says and what the Lord wants from each person.
Gradually from generation to generation, each new generation accepted the doctrines of men instead of reading their own Bibles. It wasn’t long before the Bible was lost in the church building someplace, and doctrinal statements and denominational dogma about the Bible sufficed for knowing King Jesus.
Trouble was, this isn’t knowing King Jesus! It amounts to knowing some man’s ideas about King Jesus. Does anyone really think the Lord went through so much effort over the past two millennia to commit His Word to writing, and then to preserve it from adulteration through thick and thin, only to have it replaced by man’s ideas? Perish the thought! That is blasphemous, dear soul!
If we truly want to know the Lord Jesus personally, and want the same for our spouses and children and extended family, nothing can substitute for daily time alone with the King Jesus and His authoritative Word.
We must commit to a regimen of quiet time each day, both we and our spouses and our kids. We must spiritually discipline ourselves to keep our scheduled time with the Lord Jesus each day. If we put Him first, everything else that matters will fall into place. Seek first the Kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all else will be added unto you.
What say ye? Will you be one of those who do what seems right in your own eyes? Or will you be a loyal subject of King Jesus by learning His Word and obeying it?
To further research this issue, I direct you to my book Deuteronomy: Volume 5 of Heavenly Citizens in Earthly Shoes. To purchase my books please go to:
http://www.amazon.com/Randy-Green/e/B...
We concluded our last study by noting that the Lord led His people, the Israelites, out of Egypt and to the Promised Land in visible appearance as the Shekinah cloud of glory. The Shekinah no longer appeared atop the ark of the covenant, once the Israelites came to the Jordan River to enter the Promised Land. Thenceforth King YHWH’s subjects were to be governed by means of His Law.
The period of the Judges began at the death of Joshua bin Nun and all the second generation of Israelites who conquered the land under Joshua. A new generation came on the scene and didn’t place much stock in Torah (i.e., the Law of Moses). That is what happened to the King YHWH’s Law.
Why didn’t the second generation rear their kids to fear the Lord and love His Law? Why did the second generation leave their kids to their own devices, to determine for themselves what they wanted to believe and do? That, dear people, goes to the heart of the matter. That was the deciding factor.
In today’s antichrist society, there is no king in the good ol’ USA. The Bible has been lost in the Temple somewhere, while the citizens are out and about, worshiping the gods of the shopping malls and restaurants. This behavior defines what is right in our own eyes today.
If we take a time-telescope and look backward at prior generations, we can trace a downward spiral from one generation to the next to the next. The founders of our country were much more committed to the Word of God. They left the old world to get away from state churches. They longed to read the Word of God and decide for themselves what it says and what the Lord wants from each person.
Gradually from generation to generation, each new generation accepted the doctrines of men instead of reading their own Bibles. It wasn’t long before the Bible was lost in the church building someplace, and doctrinal statements and denominational dogma about the Bible sufficed for knowing King Jesus.
Trouble was, this isn’t knowing King Jesus! It amounts to knowing some man’s ideas about King Jesus. Does anyone really think the Lord went through so much effort over the past two millennia to commit His Word to writing, and then to preserve it from adulteration through thick and thin, only to have it replaced by man’s ideas? Perish the thought! That is blasphemous, dear soul!
If we truly want to know the Lord Jesus personally, and want the same for our spouses and children and extended family, nothing can substitute for daily time alone with the King Jesus and His authoritative Word.
We must commit to a regimen of quiet time each day, both we and our spouses and our kids. We must spiritually discipline ourselves to keep our scheduled time with the Lord Jesus each day. If we put Him first, everything else that matters will fall into place. Seek first the Kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all else will be added unto you.
What say ye? Will you be one of those who do what seems right in your own eyes? Or will you be a loyal subject of King Jesus by learning His Word and obeying it?
To further research this issue, I direct you to my book Deuteronomy: Volume 5 of Heavenly Citizens in Earthly Shoes. To purchase my books please go to:
http://www.amazon.com/Randy-Green/e/B...
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