Israel's War with the Tribe of Benjamin

 

Judges 20:1-13

 

February 11, 2021

 

 

Israel's War with the Tribe of Benjamin

Then all the people of Israel came out, from Dan to Beersheba, including the land of Gilead, and the congregation assembled as one man to the Lord at Mizpah.   And the chiefs of all the people, of all the tribes of Israel, presented themselves in the assembly of the people of God, 400,000 men on foot that drew the sword.   (Now the people of Benjamin heard that the people of Israel had gone up to Mizpah.) And the people of Israel said, “Tell us, how did this evil happen?”   And the Levite, the husband of the woman who was murdered, answered and said, “I came to Gibeah that belongs to Benjamin, I and my concubine, to spend the night.   And the leaders of Gibeah rose against me and surrounded the house against me by night. They meant to kill me, and they violated my concubine, and she is dead.   So, I took hold of my concubine and cut her in pieces and sent her throughout all the country of the inheritance of Israel, for they have committed abomination and outrage in Israel.   Behold, you people of Israel, all of you, give your advice and counsel here.”

And all the people arose as one man, saying, “None of us will go to his tent, and none of us will return to his house.   But now this is what we will do to Gibeah: we will go up against it by lot,  and we will take ten men of a hundred throughout all the tribes of Israel, and a hundred of a thousand, and a thousand of ten thousand, to bring provisions for the people, that when they come they may repay Gibeah of Benjamin for all the outrage that they have committed in Israel.”   So, all the men of Israel gathered against the city, united as one man.

And the tribes of Israel sent men through all the tribe of Benjamin, saying, “What evil is this that has taken place among you?   Now, therefore, give up the men, the worthless fellows in Gibeah, that we may put them to death and purge evil from Israel.” But the Benjaminites would not listen to the voice of their brothers, the people of Israel.

If you are one of those very smart highly intelligent people that have God in a box and you understand His ways, maybe this would be a chapter of the Bible you would be better off not reading.  Now when it comes to people, it is easy, we and I use the “we” to be all-inclusive, in that we allow pride, arrogance, ignorance, and fear to control much of our lives.  The Benjamites were going to protect the men who were evil, because they were of the tribe of Benjamin, with no regard for the evil they had done.

 

Let me ask you a question, has that not happened in our country, bad men, who broke the law were held up as saints, because of their color skin, and evil was done in their names.  But evil is evil no matter if it is now or in the time of Judges 20.

As stated above we allow many abominations to take place in our nation, one such is the unconstitutional actions taking place in Washington D.C. by the evil leadership of the Democrat party.  The Constitution of the United States of America, in Article II, Section 4 states very clearly that only a sitting President can be impeached.  So why are we in amazement of the men of Benjamin?  Could it be time to get on your face before a holy God, and confess the sins that are many of this nation, and the Church?

 

From the Back Porch,

 

Bob Rice