Now when all this was finished, all Israel that were present went out to the cities of Judah, and brake the images in pieces, and cut down the groves, and threw down the high places and the altars out of all Judah and Benjamin, in Ephraim also and Manasseh, until they had utterly destroyed them all. Then all the children of Israel returned, every man to his possession, into their own cities.
The “all this” that “was finished” was, as John Gill puts it,
- The temple cleansed,
- The priests and Levites sanctified,
- The Passover and feast of unleavened bread observed, and
- The other seven days of rejoicing kept
After all this was finished, they:
- Went out to the cities
- Broke the images
- Cut down the groves
- Threw down the high places
Only then did they return to their own possessions.
The passage is violent, and I would not suggest an application that is equally violent. But there is an application. View this as missionary. View this as an impassioned effort to:
- Reach the lost,
- Rescue the perishing and
- Raise up the name of Christ
People, once saved, turn from those images, places of false worship and elevated ideas of self.
A people who have been blessed of God ought to spare nothing to bring that blessing to others.
Only when this is finished will the Lord call us to our heavenly home and the inheritance awaiting us there.
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