God has plans to save Israel from the Philistines. His birth announcement is the first step in that process. Meet Samson’s parents. Manoah and the wife I named Tamara. Between Jephthah and Samson there were three other judges that God raised up in Israel. They are: Ibzan of Bethlehem, who judged Israel for seven years; […]
Jephthah was lifted up to deliver Israel AGAIN. His life was not an easy one, either before being called or after. But he was a man of his word. Jephthah life was hard because of his own family. He was an illegitimate son; the son of a prostitute. I’m curious here, and I’m probably getting […]
Abimelech’s end is poetic justice for the evil that he did to his brothers. There is also justice meted out to the leaders of Shechem for their part in the plot. It takes time, but Abimelech and the leaders of Shechem DO pay for their crimes. I wonder if the “worthless men” Abimelech hired pay […]
Gideon dies and his son Abimelech decides he is going to take his father’s place. He is a treacherous man and is NOT called by God to this office. As with every other judge, Israel turned back to the Baals after Gideon’s death. Gideon hadn’t planned to be a leader in Israel, nor did he […]
God has called Gideon to save Israel from the Midianites, but Gideon wants assurances that he heard correctly. Gideon’s fleece, laid twice, does that for him. I LOVE this story of Gideon’s fleece. I have ‘laid fleeces’ on issues I needed a clear answer to. Not a physical animal fleece, but the same concept. I […]