Judges 2<\/em>:16<\/p>\n\n\n\n The word translated here as “judge” should be understood in the sense of deliverer<\/strong><\/em> (see Judges 3:9 & 3:15)<\/p>\n\n\n\n Based on that definition, you can probably think of times when our country was in trouble, and then someone seemed to be raised up -sometimes out of nowhere – specifically to lead the country through that difficult time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Between 1776 and 1797 – for example – George Washington led the nation through it’s War for Independence, and became the First President of the United States. <\/p>\n\n\n\n David McCullough, in his famous book – 1776<\/strong><\/em> – wrote this about Washington:<\/p>\n\n\n\n “Without (his) leadership and unrelenting perseverance, the (American) revolution almost certainly would have failed.”<\/p>\n1776: The Illustrated Edition<\/span> by David McCullough, 2007, p. 230<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n And in our own century there have been numerous cases of this, most notably John F. Kennedy in the Cuban Missile Crisis<\/a><\/em> of October, 1962, when the President of the United States single-handedly “stared down” the Soviet Union when they attempted to to place nuclear missiles in Cuba.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Another example was when, in December of 1980, President-elect Ronald Reagan advised Iran not to wait for his inauguration to release the 52 American hostages<\/a> they had been holding since November 4, 1979, to the demoralization of our whole country. And that sadness was turned instantly into joy when, just moments after<\/a> the former actor became the became the 40th President of the United States, Iran complied. To appreciate the magnitude of this event on the American psyche, one only needs to watch Disney’s wonderful production of the 2004 Kurt Russell movie, Miracle<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n As we, in 2021, look around us, at the trouble our nation is in, we can be tempted to feel hopeless, even desperate. But we can take a lesson from the people of ancient Israel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n “When the children of Israel cried out to the LORD, the LORD\u00a0raised up a deliverer…”<\/p>\nJudges 3:9<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n “When the children of Israel cried out to the LORD, the LORD\u00a0raised up a deliverer for them…”<\/p>\nJudges 3:15<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n Benjamin Franklin once said:<\/p>\n\n\n\ndeliverer = \"a person who saves someone from a painful or bad experience\" (Cambridge Dictionary<\/em>)<\/pre>\n\n\n\n
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