In those days there was no king in Israel; everyone did whatever he wanted (17:6). The spiral into unbridled lawlessness is shocking. We can't be too accusatory, though. Let the Bible be a mirror. Where would I be if God did not reign me back?
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You get the feeling the verse could just as easily have said, "In those days there was no king in Israel; (and even if there had been)everyone did whatever he wanted."
ReplyDeleteNo authority = no accountability.
Man will not self-govern (or least very well).
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