W. Robert Godfrey

Endless tidbits that have no meaning or connection.

Rather, he's offering us a series of snapshots to show the decline of Israel spiritually.

And that decline, that picture of decline, you know, be like us getting snapshots out of our family album, and I could give you a snapshot of me when I was

too.

And I was really adorable.

My mother tells me that.

And so and then I could have a snapshot when I was, you know, a teenager, not looking so good.

And then, you know, when I was 30, better.

And then

you know, 70, you know, who is that old guy?

And so that's a little bit of what we're seeing here, the spiritual decline, the spiritual suffering, the growing suffering of Israel.

And that's part of what the minor judges show us.

Because when we look at the little we are told about the minor judges, what we discover is they're ruling a shorter and shorter period.

So the faithful judges rule 40 years, and then it gets shorter and shorter.

The last three minor judges each are ruling less than 10 years.

You see, this is decline.

they're not experiencing the blessing of the Lord.

They're not experiencing the longevity with which God had blessed the judges earlier.

And then we also see their families are shrinking.

This is another sign of the Lord's judgment.