Judges 10

Life goes on after Gideon and his evil usurping son Abimilech. Life always seems to go on. One day there will be something very new under the sun. Christ will come again and bring with Him the fulness of the resurrection world that He has been building in the present heavens since He ascended on high.

The world and the “church” that has abandoned the Scriptures have something new for you under the sun. It is not new at all, but it it feels new, perhaps because of its worldwide scale. Israel tried out this “new” way after the death of Gideon. They chose the gods of mother earth and the gods of the cultures all around them. It led to death. It always does.

Is there anything good in the false religion of Baal worship and totem poles? Nothing that could not be learned more purely from Jesus, the Lord of heaven and earth, and from the Holy Spirit illuminated Word of the Scriptures.

Jesus is Lord. Any new way that rejects His unique position as King over the present and the future is not a way that leads to life. It may look innovative, healthy, gentle, and open, but it is as closed-minded and dead as the grave. Any truth thrown into that bad mix is only there to fool you and to lead you further into a web of lies.

We trust in the Christ of the Scriptures. It is our expectation that He will lead us in truth.

Do not forsake the Lord. Trust Him. Serve Him. Call upon His Name. When it seems like He has utterly given up on you, do not believe it. He is full of kind compassion. Tell Him again that you need Him. Ask Him to lead you back home.

One day the right Man will come. He knows the times and the seasons. He created them in the beginning. Today is the day that He has made for you to serve Him under the sun. He has not forgotten His wounds for you. Do not accept any false substitute for Jesus. The Christ of the cross and the resurrection is our only hope.