Archives for April 2022

“Avimelekh was chief over Isra’el for three years. -Judges 9:22 So we’re told exactly 3 years passed before trouble started brewing between the wicked Avimelech and the Shechemites he was ruling over. This shouldn’t surprise us. Because pig vomit always rises to the surface. Any man capable of murdering 69 of his brothers in such […]

“My father fought on your behalf, risking his life, and rescued you from the power of Midyan; and now you are rebelling against my father’s household. You’ve killed his seventy sons on a single stone and made Avimelekh, the son of his slave-girl, king over the men of Sh’khem, because he’s your brother.”–Judges 9:17-18 We’re […]

From today we’re gonna be doing a deep dive into the parable Yotam shared. There’s a significant life lesson contained in his oracle that I believe goes to the very heart of why there’s so much pain and heartache in the world today. So pay close attention to what I’m about to share here. Yotam […]

“When they told this to Yotam, he went and stood on top of Mount G’rizim and shouted, “Listen to me, you leaders of Sh’khem; then God will listen to you!”-Judges 9:7 Our attention now shifts to Yotam, the last surviving son following the massacre Avimelech instigated at Ofrah. Yotam’ actions after the murder of his […]

“They also gave him seventy pieces of silver from the temple of Ba‘al-B’rit; and he used these to pay good-for-nothing thugs to follow him.  He went back to his father’s house in ‘Ofrah and killed his brothers the sons of Yeruba‘al, all seventy of them, on a single rock, except for Yotam Yeruba‘al’s youngest son, […]