Title Bogim/Judges 2:1-10
Contents Bogim/Judges 2:1-10
God sent messengers to the Israelites living in Canaan, the Promised Land.
(Angel) to see again reminding us of who God is.
can. First of all, God saved Israel from Egypt.
reveal that you are God And the God of power who led us to the Promised Land,
God kept the promise he made to their forefathers.
He is the faithful God, 'Jehovah'. Can such a God live in the promised land?
He spoke of the conditions of the people that were there, before the people of Israel came in.
It was not to do business with the Canaanite natives who lived in then
I will keep the covenant I made with you forever.
“You shall not make a covenant with the inhabitants of this land, and tear down their altars.”
this is Jehovah
It is a confession that acknowledges that He is their God and that He is their savior,
It is a sign of trust and obedience. Nevertheless, these Israel are the words of God
They do not obey their orders, but rather associate with them, and are willing to attract and serve their gods.
You can tell that he lived. The characteristics of the Promised Land have been mentioned before.
As mentioned above, the land will always be fulfilled as promised no matter what.
where it is. If you obey the promises of God, you will be blessed even if you go in and out.
If the promise is rejected, the result is only destruction. because the land is
It is not a land built by the liver, but God Himself has created it for God to dwell in.
Because it is the land of rain.
Therefore, if you break God's promises, Israel or anyone else will be punished.
became.
“I will not drive them out from before you; they will become thorns in your side.
Their gods will be a snare to you.” The angel of the LORD will tell you this.
When it came to pass, all the children of Israel cried and wept. so the name of the place
was called "Bogim". It means 'those who weep'.
In this way, to say that humans cry before God means that they are repenting of their sins.
It's not about crying to beat. On the contrary, they want to
It's like swarming because it prevents you from doing the things you do. Sometimes
You can see the children going in swarms, and the adults in a bunch
To say that you use a group is an act of rebellion against God.
people do
There are different ways of rebelling against me. As tears, prayers (fasting, vigils,
It is a rebellion to accept their stubbornness as a vocal prayer, etc.).
To this extent, humans hate to be interfered with by God. every time I pray
It seems like you want me to guide you, but in reality it is my
When you do what you want, if you look from behind and see a corner that doesn't work out
It was a symbol of asking for a little help at that time so that it could be done well.
is. Such people seek and call on the name of God with their lips, but in reality there is only one
It means I don't love you. The Promised Land is literally living as promised.
Remind me of this because it is a curse if I don't do it, and a blessing if I live up to the promise
When they realize that the only thing they will return to them is a curse,
They are crying because they are bitter, desperate, and out of anger.
No matter what happens, God pushes forward just as he promised.
God But Israel did not like God's promises from the beginning.
All. First of all, I'm just thankful that it saves them from slavery.
They never needed such a God. themselves
Praise for what they do, not God who interferes with what they want to do
He wanted a God who helped him and pushed him from behind. once in difficulty
They may need it when they save you, but after you've saved them
A God who leaves things as they are. We want such a God. This is only this
This is not a problem limited to Israel, but all human beings are like this.
Everyone wants to be like a god.
He wants to become a god, but he interferes in this and that way and punishes him according to God's promise
It was painful to say that I received it. So it's crying.
Even so, God is the one who strictly pushes forward according to his promises.
is. In order to make known this fact, let us review the past history from verses 1 to 3 of the text.
is what you do. Just as the promise to Abraham was fulfilled 430 years later.
Even now, that God is looking at this Promised Land with the eyes of a flame.
You are letting me know that you are. That God is the same for us now
You should know that you are applying the principle of wisdom. the circle
The rule is, "Cursed is anyone who does not love the Lord" (1 Corinthians 16:22).
Jesus also came to this earth and wept. But Jesus wept
And there's so much difference between crying and humans. human cry
Weeping because we can't do our own thing, but Jesus' weeping is
The mortals believe that Jesus was the promised Messiah (Christ; anointing) in the Old Testament.
Became the one who received it) and became the Son of God who became the true life (that is, he became God; John 5:18)
I cried because I didn't believe in him. In a word, the so-called bag of God
Israel, which prides itself on being a city, and the Jews of Jesus’ day,
We cry because we have no faith. To such people, the Lord
He said, "Daughters of Jerusalem, do not weep for me, but weep for you and your children" (Luke 23:28).
I did. Also, in the Sermon on the Mount, “Blessed are the hungry now, for ye shall be satisfied.
Blessed are you who weep, for you will laugh” (Luke 6:21).
and weep” (Luke 6:25).
Not only that, but the prophets in the Old Testament also told the people to weep.
I hit it. The reason was that judgment was imminent (Lamentations 2:18). "To the Lord GOD
And he said, Behold, the days are coming, and I will send a famine upon the land, and there shall be no hunger for food, and no thirst for water.
the famine of not hearing the word of the LORD" (Amos 8:11). Even now the Holy Spirit groans for the saints.
There is (Romans 8:26). “In the same way, the Holy Spirit helps us in our weakness; we do not know how to pray as we ought, but
The Spirit Himself intercedes for us with groanings too deep for words.”
If we have faith to love the Lord today, it is the strength of my faith
But it is the result of the earnest supplication of the Holy Spirit, and the Lord has given us faith
Please remember that it was because He gave us water. So always by my side
Remembering the grace and love of the Lord in
May it be life.