THEY DID THAT WHICH WAS EVIL IN THE SIGHT OF THE LORD

Proclamation

“And also all that generation were gathered unto their fathers; and there arose another generation after them, which knew not The Lord, nor yet the works which He had done for Israel.  And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of The Lord, and served Baals.”  Judges 2:10-11 (KJV)

 

Explanation

These are the words of God which were written by the prophet Samuel under the influence of The Holy Spirit of God.  Moses led the Israelites out of Egypt, across the Red Sea, (Exodus 14:21-22) to the edge of the promise land. (Exodus 16:35)  Because of their lack of faith, that generation wandered in the wilderness for forty years until the adults all died. (Numbers 14:16)  Joshua then led their children, the next generation, across the flooded Jordan River into the promise land (Joshua 3:15-17) and through a series of victorious battles over the inhabitants of the promise land. (Joshua 12:1-24)  Then he divided the lands that they conquered among the tribes of Israel, (Joshua 13:8 to 19:51) and that generation served The Lord God.  Joshua died at the age of one hundred and ten.  The children of Israel continued to serve The Lord as long as the elders who were with Joshua and who outlived him were alive. (Joshua 24:31)  Having conquered the nations to the south and the north, the Israelites then waged war against the nations to the east and west.  They were successful in battle but they did not destroy the people or drive them out of the lands. (Judges 1:1-13 and 17-36)  When the elders of Joshua’s generation died off, the next generation did not know The Lord God or what He had done for their parents and grandparents.  This new generation of Israelites did not serve The Lord God as their ancestors had done, they did evil in the sight of The Lord. (Judges 2:10-13)

 

Application

It is our responsibility as believers to teach our children, the next generation, about The Lord God and all that He has done. (Leviticus 10:11, Deuteronomy 6:7, and Proverbs 22:6)  It is our job to raise up our children in the fear and admonition of The Lord. (Ephesians 6:4)  We should not only tell them about His ways, but we should be living examples of His Holy Word.  Our children should see in us that which we expect them to exemplify.  It is our job to train our children in the ways of The Lord. (Proverbs 22:6)  If we do not teach them the ways of The Lord God, then we should not be surprised when they stray from Him and begin to follow the world and do that which is evil in His sight.