Think about
this, this was the offer that Israel was made by God: they would get their
land, they would all get a share in the land, they would get looked after by
God, the best judge in the universe, the most gracious and wise and just being
in the universe, full of mercy and grace. All the people had to do was follow
his commands and they would be fine.
Now, some
people think this was really hard. But Israel’s law only had 613 laws. 613.
That’s a light burden.
In Australia
from federation in 1901 to 2012 on average 109 laws were passed every year.
From 2013 to 2022 the average was 139. That equals 12,099 laws + 1,251 laws
which equals 13,350 laws, and that is just an estimate. And that is just the
federal government. Our country is
addicted to making laws, many of which increasingly restrict our freedom.
This highlights
an often forgotten point; the Israelites were far more blessed and free than we
could probably ever imagine in our society, where there are laws for almost
everything.
Israel had
the chance to be ruled solely by the good God, through his priests and judges,
but instead they chose, “a king to judge us like all the nations.” They wanted
a fallen human king instead.
When you
consider this, we really are far less free than we think.
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