Some events that happened in these chapters are Micah builds a house of gods and consecrates his own priests, the Danites sought out an inheritance for themselves, idolatry, rape, abuse, and death.
This verse is such an accurate description of this terrible time of Israel’s history because everyone decided to do what they thought was right based on their own beliefs. It's very much like our day today where many people "do good" from what they think is right, but when compared to God's laws and commandments, they really aren't doing good. This verse saying "there was no king is Israel" made me relate that to there is no Christ here on earth. Christ is our King and our ruler, yet, in our world today, He isn't brought up, He isn't spoken of and He is definitely disregarded. People choose to do what they want rather than obey the King who is Christ.
The reasons these verses give for why doing things the Lord’s way is so much better than our own are because: Jesus is the light and truth and the only way we can return to God again; we are foolish to think we can make it through this world on our own instead of listening to God because we will perish otherwise; and God's ways and thoughts are always going to be higher than ours, we just have to accept that fact.
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