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Reading along with us in Judges, Proverbs, and Psalms? Here’s today’s reading:
Judges 9 (NIV)
Abimelek
1 Abimelek son of Jerub-Baal went to his mother’s brothers in Shechem and said to them and to all his mother’s clan, 2“Ask all the citizens of Shechem, ‘Which is better for you: to have all seventy of Jerub-Baal’s sons rule over you, or just one man?’ Remember, I am your flesh and blood.”……Continue Reading
We are back to being a mess and disobeying God. So the people of Shechem have the terrible idea to even further ignore God’s instruction and appoint Abimelek as king and what an awful choice that was! A man that brutally murdered his own brothers and surrounded himself with “worthless, reckless” men. A choice that of course will come back to hurt them. God has them fight against themselves and bring about their own destruction but not before Abimelek slaughters so many people in such a horrible way! I love how God brought about his final demise, he probably felt indestructible and yet was stopped by a woman with a rock! Still in such pride and arrogance insisted his armorbearer officially kill him so they couldn’t tell the real story! If ever a chapter shows us the awful consequences that can come from our disobedience, this one should scare us all straight!
Judges 9
Judges 9; 1 Kings 10; 2 Chronicles 9
Judges 9
Judges 10
Defying God leads to wickedness and wickedness often leads to more wickedness. When leadership is established in violence and corruption, it is not surprising when violence and corruption surrounds that person. But God is the One who can sort to out and even turn evil on its head and cause the same evil that one perpetrates and have it perpetrated on you. It is so important to remain close to God, His Word and His Spirit so we know and execute right behavior and we have proper discernment to know those who should not be followed, but actually should be corrected.
Jotham’s prophesy fulfilled
Judges 9-10