Proclamation
“And The Lord smote Benjamin before Israel; and the
children of Israel destroyed the Benjamites that day and twenty and five
thousand and an hundred men; all these drew the sword.” Judges 20:35 (KJV)
Explanation
These are the words of God which were
written by the prophet Samuel under the influence of The Holy Spirit of God.
After the tribes of Israel received the message for the Levite regarding what
the Benjamites had done to his concubine, they gathered together to fight the
Benjamites. (Judges 20:1-11) The tribes
of Israel sent messengers throughout the tribe of Benjamin asking them to turn
over to them the wicked men who raped and murdered the concubine but they
refused. The Benjamites gathered their
men and prepared to fight against their fellow Israelites. (Judges
20:12-16) The men of Israel attacked the
Benjamites. They lost the early battles
but eventually they defeated the Benjamites because The Lord God was with them.
(Judges 20:17- 35) Some of the
Benjamites, about six hundred of them, escaped and fled into the wilderness. So the men of Israel went from town to town
in Benjamin and killed every living thing, including the animals, and then they
burned down every town. (Judges 20:36-48)
Application
People may do wrong to the people of God and they may
appear to get away with it. However,
they will be punished (Psalm 37:1-2) along with the people who help them and
support them. (Judges 20:13) The Lord
God sees all and He will deal with them in His own good time. We just need to pray and trust in Him. “… Vengeance is Mine; I will repay, saith The
Lord.” (Romans 12:19) Wait patiently on
The Lord and fret not because of evil doers for they will be cut off. (Psalm 37:7-9)
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