October 29, 2013 – Judith 5

You get a quick history of Israel in this chapter.  The general is told exactly what he asked and is given pretty good advice.  Israel’s God is a great and powerful God and if God is with them, there is nothing you are going to do that can beat them, if God is against them, you will have no problems going in.  He is told to scout and see if they are obeying God or not and then make up his mind.  But the arrogance of their men, with some right seeing as they just washed over other armies, disregards this and wants to move forward without any thought.  There is no way they can be beaten, with or without God on Israel’s side.  Have you ever ignored good advice?  I don’t want to spoil it for you, but Israel, at least in this story, is following God.