"They are for themselves kings and sovereigns ", - as it is written in a poem, The blue dream...
"They are for themselves kings and sovereigns ", - as it is written in a poem, The blue dream...
But this sentence indeed appears in the Bible not at random, it somehow sums up the Book of Judges. And if we read the entire book of Judges, we shall see that there is nothing to be delighted of. The history of Israel in this period produces a very sad impression. What’s the matter then, is freedom bad?
No, it is just that freedom and anarchy are not the same things. And God proposes us not a life "without king at the head ", but on the contrary - a Kingdom, in which He Himself is the King. With such a "King at the head" (and more exactly - in the heart), everyone would make not what seems just to him, but what is righteous.
21 The lamentation of Israel over Benjamin, Jdg 21:1-7.
They procure wives for the remaining Benjamites of the virgins of Jabesh - Gilead, Jdg 21:8-15.
And of the daughters of Shiloh, Jdg 21:16-25.
21:25 Right in his own eyes - What wonder was it then, if all wickedness overflowed the land? Blessed be God for magistracy!