RE: What's Up With the Old Testament? i. (Christian Anarchy - Part 6)
Well done.
One of the views of this long script of history is that God uses it to show in every possible way that man can't govern himself and needs to return to God as his king. Thus, we are often given awful leaders as a form of punishment.
Clarence Larkin made a whole lot of gorgeously detailed graphics, which frequently addressed this topic.
Passing through various covenants and ages of human government humans have tried "innocence", "conscience", "law", "grace", and eventually Christ ruling on earth for 1000 years - with even that Millennial Kingdom ending with one more rebellion.
In those days there was no king in Israel; every man did what was right in his own eyes. - Judges 17:6
The message of this history does not point to "everyone did what was right in their own eyes" - it points to "we need Jesus as our perfectly just and benevolent eternal king" who will "rule with an iron rod."
While I agree with every point @alexbeyman makes and think this post is an example of extreme confirmation bias and disagree with everything @stan posts, non-confrontational comments and articles that you disagree with should not be flagged. In fact I do the opposite, if someone makes an effort into posting and presents a dissenting opinion I choose to upvote it. This post did nothing but present his point of view in a respectful way and @stan shouldn't receive downvotes to his reputation score because of it.
Who flagged this and why? Great comment.
Looks like alexbeyman flagged it. He will have to explain himself.
Will I? How will you make me do that?
Alex, are you the guy that flags posts you disagree with? That's not really a great way to get your message across, is it.? I think only a weak minded individual would be swayed by threat of a downvote. I kind of lost some respect for you there.
Who are you to me?
I don't see any flags for this post. All upvotes, sir.