Can you believe we're in Judges already? It seems surreal.
The continued conquest started out well: Judah, Simeon, Joseph, and Caleb and his clan were successful at driving away the Canaanites. However, soon you see that not everyone was so successful. In fact, Dan lost their territory to the Amorites, and well into the book of Judges, they're still seeking to gain some place of their own. I've studied Judges before, so I know a theme is developing.
Judges is one of those books that fascinate me. The stories are horrific: like the bloody original versions of familiar fairy tales, you don't expect to see some of those things in the Bible. If you were to simply look at Judges as literature, it's an epic portrayal of the affects of sin and dissolution upon a nation. But it's Holy Scripture. And it has something to tell us.
Tomorrow's Reading: Judges 2:1-3:11
*Note: this did not publish when it was supposed to, so I back-dated it. Just FYI.
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