“So the men of Sh’khem sent out men to ambush him on the mountaintops. They robbed everyone who went past them, and Avimelekh was told about it.“-Judges 9:25 Despite Yotam’s hilltop warning which he had shouted from the top of Mount Gerizim, the people of Shechem continued to follow the wicked Avimelech. However, at exactly […]
JU9-10: Why God Will Hold You Responsible For The Actions Of The Leaders You Elect
At the beginning of our study of the Book of Judges, I stated this book’s main objective was to show Israel they had zero chance of surviving as a nation without a king to rule over them. Up until now, this concept has been amply demonstrated. How so? Because we’ve seen over and over again […]
JU9-9: How Yotam’s Words Resemble Yeshua’s Parable Of The Healthy Tree And The Bad Tree
In order to get our bearings here, today let’s do a quick review of where we’re at in the story of Avimelech and his treacherous rise to power. Sometimes it’s good to step back and do a review like this lest we get caught up in the weedy details and lose sight of the big […]
JU9-8: The One Key Characteristic Of The Anti-Christ’s Rule That This Verse Reveals
“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 […]
JU9-7: How The Bramble Resembled The Most Ruthless Dictators In History
“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 […]
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