The Lust For Power: How Politics And Personal Relations Become One
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The stories of the Bible reveal a pattern of “ups and downs” for the
nation of Israel. A period of prosperity, faithfulness and fearing God would
almost always be followed by a period of destitution, lawlessness and idolatry.
This recurring cycle can be linked to political authority, and the ....
Middle of paper
.... and for the next two
hundred years the people of Israel struggled against neighboring tribes. The
new generation of Israelites “knew neither the Lord nor what he did for Israel”
(Judges 2:10). They began to “do evil in the eyes of the Lord” by worshipping
other gods and engaging in various sexual activities. To save His people from
their enemies and from their “evil ways,” God “raised up” judges to rescue them
(Judges 2:16). These so-called judges had the political author ....
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