David Bowie: "Fashion"

This song speaks of the changing political scene in general. For awhile,leftists governments are popular. Then right wing parties come into office to try and undo the damage from the previous administration.

Listen to David Bowie's song here:

Israel had its times of loyalty to the lord and then apostasy set in. Joshua 24:15 and 16 (Bible in Basic English) is one example of how the people claimed to be faithful. "'And if it seems evil to you to be the servants of the Lord, make the decision this day whose servants you will be: of the gods whose servants your fathers were across the River, or of the gods of the Amorites in whose land you are living: but I and my house will be the servants of the Lord.' Then the people in answer said, 'Never will we give up the Lord to be the servants of other gods;'"

How sad it was that when Joshua died, so did the faith of the Israelites. Judges 2:10 (BBE) shows how the new generation abandoned God. "And in time death overtook all that generation; and another generation came after them, having no knowledge of the Lord or of the things which he had done for Israel. And the children of Israel did evil in the eyes of the Lord and became servants to the Baals; And they gave up the Lord, the God of their fathers, who had taken them out of the land of Egypt, and went after other gods, the gods of the peoples round about them, worshipping them and moving the Lord to wrath."

This pattern of sinning and repenting went on for generations, as the Book of Judges shows. People never seemed to learn from past disasters. We see that same tendency in our history today.

Neither did having a king help to keep the Israelites faithful. We see in 1 Kings 11:4 (BBE) how the religious "fashion" changed. "For it came about that when Solomon was old, his heart was turned away to other gods by his wives; and his heart was no longer true to the Lord his God as the heart of his father David had been."

No matter which political party is in power, God's kingdom continues on. Every generation had faithful people who bucked the trend and worshipped him. How nice that we can have his help even when tyrants rule over us.

If Christ doesn't return by Monday, I hope to post about Jesus freaks.