The Book of Judges ends with an insightful summary of a period of great morale decline ;: "In those days Israel had no king; everyone did as he saw fit." This sad commentary slide the people from the pinnacle of God's holy people to a people firmly imbedded in the cultural values of the people around them. It sounds like a warning to us committed Christians.
Most people think that the reference to Israel having no king refers to their earthly king. My OT prof, Dr. Vannoy did his doctoral dissertation on his finding that the reference was a denial of the LORD as Israel's king. The earthly king was just to be an undershepherd to the real shepherd of Israel, Yahweh God.
We as the people of God have a simple decision to make - to be reaffirmed in every little decision we make along the line - we will bow to God's values and serve Him as king - OR do as we see fit - just like the rest of the culture around us. I choose to follow the King.
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