The Book Of Judges Part 12

Israel Repented

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This is what YHVH has been waiting for; Israel broken before Him, calling out in desperation for Him to save them. Bad situations come upon you as a result of sin and the consequences are tailor made to bring you back to the point you have fallen from. YHVH is in full control of our lives and He even send your enemies against you to break your pride and to change you so that your soul can be save at the end of the day. Have you ever came to the point in your life where you were broken before YHVH and pleaded with Him and asked Him to DO WHATEVER IS GOOD IN HIS EYES? This is the prayer of true repentance and people reach this point when they accept Y’shua in their lives. You must reach this point in your life and pray this prayer to allow YHVH to take full control of your life. To be 100% committed to YHVH you have to give yourself 100% to Him and trust Him that He knows best and that He will do with you what is needed to change you into His Image. YHVH needs to hear this from every one of us. Sit down and count the cost and make this commitment. Sit down and ask YHVH to do whatever He wants to do with you; in your body, in your finances, in your relationships, in your belongings. Give everything to Him so that He can use it for His Glory. If you have done this, then you have truly repented and gave your life fully unto Him. If not, make the time and pray this prayer so that He can control your life and that He can change you. This is the test; if you have accepted Y’shua in your life and your life has not changed DRAMATICALLY, then you HAVE NOT truly repented. If you have done this before, make a recommitment and rededicate your life to Him, and your life will never be the same. They removed the foreign gods from their midst and served YHVH. As you can see, true repentance is based upon three actions: 1. COMMIT to YHVH and make a conscious decision to follow Him and to give yourself and all you have totally to Him, 2. REMOVE things that came between you and YHVH that will occupy your time and keep you from focusing on your relationship with Him. 3. Follow Him actively, finding out what pleases Him and DO IT.

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We see the phrase “…His soul was grieved by the misery (wickedness) of Israel…”, “His soul was grieved” is the word “qatar” that actually means, “His soul grew short”. What does it mean if YHVH’s soul grew short? The word “qatar” is first found in Scripture in Lev 19:9 where they “reap” the harvest. ‘Reap’ is the word “qatar” that means to ‘cut short’. When you have fully repented, you are ready to be ‘reaped’ by YHVH and this reaping process will happen at the end of time. For us to be ready for the Reaping or Judgement of YHVH, we have to come to this point of commitment and true repentance to be found favourable in the eyes of YHVH.

Jephthah Killed His Brothers !

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Ephraim wanted to burn Jephthah and his house for not allowing them to fight with him. We saw the same issue when we looked at Gideon overcoming the Midianites, the people rebuked him for not allowing hem to fight and it was driven by envy. We see the same thing here; they envied Jephthah and wanted part of the fame. There are a lot of parallels between Gideon and Jephthah that we can learn from: Gideon YHVH Chose and anoint Gideon Israel repented and YHVH helped them by raising a good leader. YHVH sifted and chose Gideon’s army The 300 men had Godly attributes YHVH won the battle for them The people envied and rebuked Gideon Gideon had the Word, humility and wanted Unity (shophar). Gideon loved and Judged his people Gideon ruled with peace for 40 years

Jephthah The people chose Jephthah Israel struggle to part from their gods and YHVH didn’t want to help them. Jephthah choose his army Jephthah’s army was ‘empty’ men They fought and won the battle The people envied and wanted to burn Jephthah Jephthah had faith and no Torah and his men was Torah-less and killed his brothers. Jephthah had disputes and killed his people. Jephthah ruled for only 3 years.

Jephthah fought against Ephraim and killed them over trivial issues. We see in verse six that some of the Ephraimites wanted to join Gilead, they were caught out on the way they “pronounce a word”, and were killed. The word they had to pronounce was “Shibboleth” that means; ‘a flowing stream, a branch (tribe) and an ear of grain’. This shows us that these people representing the Body of Messiah will kill (attack and slander and rebuke) each other if they have a slightly different take on the Word (stream of water), and on the ‘branch’ (tribe), or their background.

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These are very heated discussions and arguments amongst the Messianics and Christians today. They also fought over the ‘ear of grain’. Grain is found in the following passage: $ 44 5 6 $

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Jephthah and his Army of “empty” men . Jephthah had an army made up of “empty” or ‘vain’ men. [Jud 11:3]. Vain is first used in Scripture in Gen 37:24 where Joseph’s brothers cast him into a pit that was “vain” or “empty” and there was no water in it. One would expect water in a pit and in the same sense we would expect that the people fighting for Israel would be men of character, people who have a lot of Word (water) in them, who bear the fruit of the Spirit, but this was not the case here. These men were fruitless and their leader was an outcast, yet YHVH used them to win the battle against the Ammonites because of Jephthah’s faith. Who are they a picture of? I see a lot of fighting amongst the “Brothers”, leaders not knowing the Torah but only have faith. The people in rebellion against their leaders. People fighting in the battle that are ‘empty’ and who have no Word (water/Torah). Leaders killing the ‘Brothers” over trivia. (will look into that next). This sounds like the Church today where leaders are chosen by the people because they ‘tickle their ears’, they are not skilled in the Word and they do not teach them Torah.

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The leaders feed off the flock (prosperity teachings) and the people ‘crucify’ their leaders if they do not comply to their standards and either leave or start another denomination. They have a lot of ‘gods’ or pagan symbols in their homes and follow feasts that have pagan intermixing or pagan roots. This is a true representation of the Body of Messiah today where Ephraim (believers in Jesus & Y’shua) are doing whatever they think is right and follow the Teachers and Shepherds that THEY like and you can’t blame them because a good shepherd is hard to find. This is the Church described in Revelation and it is called Babylon. People think they will be raptured before the Tribulation, because the Church is not mentioned during the Tribulation, but they do not release that they are described as a confused Church part of called Babylon. YHVH commandment to His people who are trapped in this System is to come out of it by returning to Torah. Because of YHVH’s grace and because of the people’s faith, they occasionally have victories over the enemy. Ammon was their greatest enemy and Ammon means ‘tribal’ and ‘inbred’. People today are very ‘tribal’ and click together on the grounds of their interpretation of the Word. We saw this when we looked at the word “Shiboleth” and confirm the disputes regarding the Word and ‘tribal’ issues. There are over 38000 tribes or Denominations in the Body of Messiah today that say that they believe in Jesus as the Messiah. They inbreed with the cultures among which they live and casually adapt to their ways to make their ‘exile’ pleasurable. They do not release that they are Ephraim who is part of Israel and that they are grafted into Israel through the blood of Jesus (Y’shua). This is a picture of the Seventh Church mentioned in Revelation, the Church called Laodicea. : !

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Luke warm – mixed YHVH’s things (hot) with pagan things (cold) and this confuses them and cause them to loose their passion. YHVH will spit you out if you do not repent. They are rich – Prosperity doctrine, but they are naked (fruits of sin). They need white clothes and need to wash it in the Word (Torah). Buy purified gold (Godliness, Holiness, set-Apartness) Anoint your eyes with salve, remove the spiritual blindness and SEE the Truth. YHVH will chasten you (Tribulation and oppression) in order to be humbled and to repent. YHVH stands at the door and knock, asking you to come out of this System and to repent and follow Him.

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There are a lot of conflicts among those who go back to their Hebrew Roots and those from the 38000 and they kill (slander) each other in the process and many die spiritually and go in isolation. The only way this can be resolved is by making everybody humble and we have seen how YHVH does this, by bringing a time of Tribulation and then a time of restoration, uniting everybody through His Judges under submission of the Torah. Jephthah ruled for three years and died and was buried in one of the Cities of Gilead. He had a short reign because of his evil doings and this shows us that a righteous Judge like Gideon ruled for 40 years. YHVH will not let the unjust get away and the consequences of their sin will shorten their trip to glory.

The Ninth Judge – Ibzan – They were Bad but became Good again. &> + 9

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Izban means ‘father of a target; father of coldness or father of the thorn’ and ’ their whiteness’ He ruled seven years and looking at the meaning of his name, it implies that he was not a good Judge and had a short reign like Jephthah. His name also refer to thorns and this give us the impression that he might also have been like Abimelech (Gideon’s son who overthrew the Leadership). Looking at the duration of his reign and the positive meaning of his name, ‘their whiteness’, gives us the idea that he was more righteous than Jephthah.

The Tenth Judge – Elon – Regaining Strength &

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Elon means ‘oak; grove; strong’. Elon’s name shows us that he was a strong leader and he reigned for ten years. There is a slight progression in the number of years they reigned and this shows us that they were slowly moving back to YHVH’s Ways, growing strong following His Torah. They are not quite there yet because the longest reign was 40 years under the leadership of Othniel, Deborah and Gideon. Israel had peace for 80 years after Ehud ruled, but it does not state that he reigned for 80 years.

The Eleventh Judge – Abdon – The Final Judgement & 5 1

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Abdon means: ‘servant; cloud of judgment’. Hillel means: ‘he that praises’. They were Pirathonites that means: ‘his dissipation (scatter) or deprivation (take away); his rupture (split)’. All of these meanings point to one thing, the Judgment of YHVH.

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People will be divided, the sheep from the goats, people will be scattered and will move out of the Cities to be led by YHVH through the Tribulation. There will be people who will praise Him, those are His Flock and His Servants who will listen to His Voice and follow Him through this terrible time. They will be gathered and taken away before that last Plagues hit the earth in its final judgment. There will also be people who curse Him and they are His enemies who will be destroyed with the System of Satan. The story of Jephthah and the other three judges reveals to us the timeframe form before the Tribulation, right through till the end of the Tribulation and YHVH’s Judgment. We will start of with chaos (Jephthah) and will slowly be led by anointed people who will are more righteous and the people they lead will also learn YHVH’s ways as they go through the terrible time of the Tribulation. The last Judge, Abdon, shows us the end of the Tribulation and the beginning of something new (he reigned for 8 years – new beginnings). This will be the beginning of the 1000-year reign of Messiah and His Bride where they will start of with the Marriage Festival. After the 1000-year period, those who are still on the earth and who rebel against YHVH will be devoured by fire from heaven and Satan and his followers will be cast into the lake of fire.

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