Week 10 choice 2!

Choice 2: Judges 17-21. “Every Man Did That Which Was Right in His Own Eyes”

a.     Read the chapter summaries for Judges 17–21 and the institute student manual commentary for Judges 17:21, “Every Man Did That Which Was Right in His Own Eyes” (p. 261). Write a brief summary of events described in these chapters.  Micah sets up his own temple and priests and he is later overthrown by the Danites who set up idolatry.  The nation of Gibeah rape and abuse an Israelite concubine then cut her up into twelve pieces and send her to each tribe of Israel.  Civil war ensues leaving the tribe of Benjamin nearly extinct.

b.     Read Judges 21:25. Explain in writing why this is such an accurate description of this terrible time of Israel’s history. Read John 14:6; 2 Nephi 9:28–29; Isaiah 55:8–9. Then write the reasons these verses give for why doing things the Lord’s way is so much better than our own.

It's an accurate description of what was going on in the history of Israel because there was no law.  Everybody walked after their own path and anarcy and civil war is a result of turning from the Lord.  Simply states that there is no way for anyone to be happy without the Lord and no way back to Him except through Him.  We tend to make bad decisions because we do not know everything that there is to know.  The Lord can see everything and thus makes decisions based on more than just simply what is in front of us at the time.