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🗓️ 30 March 2023
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0:00.0 | Hey Bible readers, I'm Tara Lee Cobble and I'm your host for the Bible recap. |
0:07.0 | Judges is a book full of bloody and wicked stories. |
0:16.6 | I tell you that not only so you can prepare your own heart for it, but in case you're |
0:20.4 | concerned about little ears listening in. |
0:23.1 | Depending on who's counting, this book covers anywhere from 160 to 410 years in its 21 |
0:29.5 | years. |
0:30.9 | Some people think some of the judges overlap, so this is just a high level account of |
0:35.0 | what happened with each of the 12 judges in this time period. |
0:39.0 | By the way, we have to reframe our understanding of the word judge in accordance with this |
0:44.0 | book and time period. |
0:45.6 | For the most part, these aren't courtroom judges. |
0:48.3 | These are civil and military leaders, more like a very hands-on president who in axelaws |
0:53.2 | and commands the army. |
0:55.4 | Of all the judges in this book, the one who sticks the closest to what God has ordered |
0:59.4 | is a woman named Deborah, but you're probably more familiar with the bad judges like Samson |
1:03.8 | or the mediocre judges like Gideon. |
1:06.6 | At this point in its history, Israel is still a theocratic nation state. |
1:10.9 | Being a theocracy means God rules the country, not a king or a president. |
1:15.0 | There is no separation of church and state. |
1:17.7 | This kind of system may sound like a great idea, but having God as your leader doesn't |
1:21.9 | mean you follow him. |
1:23.3 | The problem is the human heart. |
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