The reality of Justice's wheel. And God's intention to save the nations

“After death the judgment” After the book of Judges, 1 Samuel. The judgment of Israel in their sojourn into relationship with God for themselves is documented. They had no idea what they were getting into in this relationship that God had forged with them. None of us do, either personally or culturally, when we espouse to take the name of the Lord as our own. The grief of the loss of the arc and the loss of Eli and Hophni and Phinehas was the cry of Israel. They thought they had lost the war, they had only lost the battle, God was fighting the war. The temple of Dagon was next stop for the arc of God and it was just a representation of the faith of the people of God. He is not held in a single location, but He still fought for them, even after their miserable defeat to the Philistines. I adore that 1 Sam 5 begins with the expression of the backsliddenness of the arc from EBENEZER to Ashdod. From the rock of remembrance to the den of idols went the arc. God enters into this discussion with the Philistines, as if to say, would you include me as one of your devastations. Is God just another idol on the shelf of your worship? Ashdod felt justified to rejoice at the vanquishing of Israel, when they had just been shouting and glorifying God that He was present with them and it meant that He was on their side. Somebody needs a faith adjustment in this war. I promised to take over the faith of Gods people and snatch it out of the hands of the Hophnis and Phinehases of the world. God’s arc makes it very clear that he is not symbolized by anything apart from the sense of obedience and growing relationship with Him! Dagon was a false representation of God’s power and so were Eli and his sons. The head and hands of the devil, sowing despite against the worship of God to his people. God was merciful and slow to anger, but he was doing the same thing among the idolaters as he was to Israel. He was wooing them. Who is greater? He asks us this.