Thy Strong Word from KFUO Radio Judges 10: The Anger of YHWH was Kindled
The Rev. John Lukomski, co-host of Wrestling with the Basics on KFUO Radio, joins the Rev. Dr. Phil Booe to study Judges 10. Find Wrestling with the Basics at kfuo.org/WrestlingWithTheBasics.
God raised up more deliverers, but Israel continued to chase after the gods of the nations around them, forsaking YHWH who had delivered them time and again. As a result, God allowed them to be oppressed by the Philistines and the Ammonites for eighteen years. When Israel cried out to God for help, he initially rejected them and told them to go to their false gods. But when they sincerely repented and put away their idols, God had compassion on them and prepared to raise up another deliverer for them. Who would it be?
The Book of Judges tells the story of Israel's descent into chaos and idolatry, and the subsequent rise of a series of judges, or redeemers, who deliver them from their enemies. The judges are flawed heroes, but they are also instruments of God's deliverance. The book ends with the Israelites in a state of moral and spiritual decay, but it also offers hope for a better future.