3:6,7
Leadership will be in such a state of collapse that anyone who looks to have a modicum of common sense will be urged to lead the nation. We can see this sort of situation arising in the West. I write from the UK on 9th Jan 2019. The country still has no idea how Brexit (leaving the EU) is going to work out, or even if we will leave at all. None of the politicians seem to have a clue, and none them seem to have any competence. Coincidentally, earlier today I was listening to a podcast from the Spectator in which Robert Kaplan was being interviewed and he opined that there has been a drastic loss of competence in leadership since the last of the Cold War presidents. And we see any politician who looks half presentable and can make a half decent speech is quickly talked up as a future leader (future possibly meaning tomorrow!) In france President Macron came from virtually nowhere and was hailed as the great saviour of progressive Europe, but he is now the most unpopular leader in France and the country has suffered regular protests.
We have not yet reached the state described in verse 7, there still seem to be enough candidates for political leadership. However, there is a great problem within the church, with it often being a problem to find people to take on responsibility.
3:8
The state of collapse in the nation was obvious to anyone with eyes to see, just as a similar situation can be seen in the various nations of the West today. The root of the cause of Judah’s problems was her disobedience to the Lord, “defying His glorious presence”. Israel would not exist if God had not created her, just as humanity would not exist if He had not created us. Yet Israel rejected God’s presence, preferring to be like other nations.
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