We can learn from history that Israel enjoyed some prosperity under the determination of a few commendable leaders but the nation eventually ended in tragedy and disaster. It paints a black picture of the future of nations which ignore God and go their own way. When Christianity burst into life it was met with opposition but it's soothing balm brought healing and was embraced by the common man so today, 2000 years later, we still enjoy the sacrificial benefits of Jesus' kingly leadership. Nations which have embraced him have grown and prospered and the nation's that reject him and persecuted him have fallen. Today, as in the early days of the Israelites, we need to stop worshipping the work of our own hands and take the hand of God in Christ and be led by him. Refusing to do this has unimaginable, dire consequences.
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