WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:07.379 Let's turn to the Lord in prayer. 00:00:13.380 --> 00:00:18.320 Fathers, we come to this moment, especially in light of the songs that we just sang this morning. 00:00:18.320 --> 00:00:24.219 ! We're mindful of how unworthy we are before a holy God. 00:00:24.219 --> 00:00:31.719 And what we really deserve in terms of your punishment on us because of sin. 00:00:32.820 --> 00:00:39.679 But also reminded of the fact that where sin abounds, their grace abounds all the more. 00:00:40.460 --> 00:00:42.320 Thank you for grace, Lord. 00:00:43.079 --> 00:00:46.280 Thank you for the gift of your Son, Jesus Christ. 00:00:46.280 --> 00:00:54.500 For the offer of salvation that is given to us through His death, through His resurrection, 00:00:54.840 --> 00:01:02.960 through Him paying the price of our sin, rising again, offering us life through His name, 00:01:03.340 --> 00:01:04.659 through faith in Christ. 00:01:05.900 --> 00:01:09.599 And Lord, we praise you for forgiveness that's possible. 00:01:10.219 --> 00:01:13.520 Not because we have earned it, but because of grace. 00:01:13.519 --> 00:01:18.759 And Lord, even now, as we look into your Word, 00:01:18.859 --> 00:01:23.579 we're reminded of the fact that even in looking at your Word, we need grace. 00:01:24.439 --> 00:01:28.579 Your grace to help us to understand what your Word says. 00:01:28.699 --> 00:01:31.859 Your grace to bring conviction to our hearts 00:01:31.859 --> 00:01:36.959 and to help us, by your power, to walk in obedience, 00:01:37.280 --> 00:01:39.840 to walk in your steps, and to please you. 00:01:39.840 --> 00:01:44.219 Lord, this passage this morning 00:01:44.219 --> 00:01:51.780 reminds us of the incredible power of families 00:01:51.780 --> 00:01:56.359 and the incredible opportunity that we have as parents, moms and dads, 00:01:57.180 --> 00:02:01.879 to build into our families not only an affection for the Word of God, 00:02:02.540 --> 00:02:06.939 but helping them see the pattern of how that life is meant to be lived. 00:02:06.939 --> 00:02:10.840 Lord, I pray that you would help us in that process, 00:02:11.000 --> 00:02:15.120 not only to understand what your Word says, but to live it out. 00:02:16.500 --> 00:02:19.719 And that we can trust and rest in your grace 00:02:19.719 --> 00:02:22.819 to do the work that we cannot do in the hearts of our children, 00:02:23.560 --> 00:02:24.919 in the hearts of our loved ones, 00:02:25.360 --> 00:02:26.539 in the hearts of our friends. 00:02:27.680 --> 00:02:30.319 And so we pray that you would do that work even now. 00:02:30.419 --> 00:02:33.120 Prepare our hearts and go before us 00:02:33.120 --> 00:02:37.520 and do the work of leading us into truth 00:02:37.520 --> 00:02:39.900 and helping us to walk in it. 00:02:40.140 --> 00:02:42.259 We pray in Jesus' name. Amen. 00:02:43.879 --> 00:02:45.599 It's good to see each of you this morning. 00:02:45.719 --> 00:02:49.659 Thanks for letting our family be away for the last couple of weeks. 00:02:49.740 --> 00:02:51.759 We had a great time together. 00:02:51.759 --> 00:02:56.239 Just kind of kicking back and relaxing a little bit, 00:02:56.319 --> 00:02:59.620 but also in being able to go to a few places, 00:03:00.139 --> 00:03:03.139 both in Pennsylvania and New York. 00:03:03.280 --> 00:03:05.599 And so thanks for the opportunity to do that. 00:03:06.379 --> 00:03:09.239 It's great to be a part of a church where you have gifted men 00:03:09.239 --> 00:03:12.159 who can kind of bring the Word for you 00:03:12.159 --> 00:03:13.539 and kind of carry that load. 00:03:13.639 --> 00:03:16.680 So I'm grateful for our men at Maranatha 00:03:16.680 --> 00:03:21.319 who can do that and for the faithfulness to the Scripture 00:03:21.319 --> 00:03:25.439 and for the way that they help lead our hearts in that way. 00:03:26.560 --> 00:03:30.120 One of the things that's been maybe a bit surprising to me 00:03:30.120 --> 00:03:32.420 as we have worked through this series 00:03:32.420 --> 00:03:36.140 and have been introduced to the book of Judges 00:03:36.140 --> 00:03:40.540 is this theme that keeps coming up over and over again 00:03:40.540 --> 00:03:44.300 that I probably knew something about, 00:03:44.300 --> 00:03:47.000 but it's really come out in force 00:03:47.000 --> 00:03:48.380 and it's really been surprising 00:03:48.380 --> 00:03:51.160 and that is the importance of families. 00:03:52.400 --> 00:03:55.960 The importance of leadership in our homes, 00:03:56.100 --> 00:03:58.400 moms and dads who love the Bible, 00:03:58.900 --> 00:04:01.040 who are teaching the Scriptures to their children 00:04:01.040 --> 00:04:04.320 and are helping to model that for their families 00:04:04.320 --> 00:04:09.060 and the beauty of that and the promise of that 00:04:09.060 --> 00:04:10.660 and the blessing of that 00:04:10.659 --> 00:04:13.259 that God uses His Word instrumentally 00:04:13.259 --> 00:04:14.919 to accomplish His purposes. 00:04:15.539 --> 00:04:16.279 We've seen that. 00:04:17.139 --> 00:04:21.899 And I know it's not maybe as clear as it could be or should be, 00:04:22.060 --> 00:04:24.719 but the pattern of the judges is the same way. 00:04:25.500 --> 00:04:26.699 When we think about judges, 00:04:26.819 --> 00:04:28.779 we think of courtroom officials. 00:04:28.920 --> 00:04:32.240 We think of those who are kind of legislating the law, 00:04:32.339 --> 00:04:33.639 helping to bring a verdict 00:04:33.639 --> 00:04:36.860 and helping to stand as a champion of the law 00:04:36.860 --> 00:04:38.480 for the people that are there, 00:04:39.100 --> 00:04:41.319 representing the law to the people. 00:04:42.240 --> 00:04:43.860 And in a similar way, 00:04:43.980 --> 00:04:46.220 the pattern has been set for us also 00:04:46.220 --> 00:04:49.420 in the book of Deuteronomy for judges as well. 00:04:49.639 --> 00:04:51.460 And instead of courtroom officials, 00:04:52.780 --> 00:04:54.680 judges in the Old Testament, 00:04:55.360 --> 00:04:56.139 by design, 00:04:56.660 --> 00:04:57.900 were meant to be local leaders. 00:04:58.699 --> 00:05:00.879 Really, they were to be family heads, 00:05:01.560 --> 00:05:02.480 heads of households, 00:05:03.020 --> 00:05:03.360 fathers, 00:05:03.360 --> 00:05:05.720 who were helping to provide that leadership, 00:05:06.180 --> 00:05:07.120 that proximate, 00:05:07.480 --> 00:05:07.980 immediate, 00:05:08.240 --> 00:05:09.280 present leadership 00:05:09.280 --> 00:05:10.420 for their families. 00:05:10.660 --> 00:05:13.360 And what law did they have 00:05:13.360 --> 00:05:14.500 to work from? 00:05:14.639 --> 00:05:16.180 Well, they had the law of God, 00:05:16.340 --> 00:05:17.100 the law of Moses, 00:05:17.500 --> 00:05:18.000 the Pentateuch, 00:05:18.060 --> 00:05:19.980 the first five books of the Bible. 00:05:20.220 --> 00:05:22.220 And in presenting that word, 00:05:22.520 --> 00:05:23.420 that law, 00:05:24.199 --> 00:05:25.660 to their children, 00:05:26.520 --> 00:05:28.100 they would be able to enjoy the benefits 00:05:28.100 --> 00:05:29.819 of that relationship 00:05:29.819 --> 00:05:30.920 that they have with God. 00:05:30.920 --> 00:05:33.699 That covenant promised relationship 00:05:33.699 --> 00:05:34.460 with God 00:05:34.460 --> 00:05:35.720 was strengthened 00:05:35.720 --> 00:05:38.740 and perpetuated 00:05:38.740 --> 00:05:40.120 and blessed 00:05:40.120 --> 00:05:41.520 by God 00:05:41.520 --> 00:05:42.660 as they followed 00:05:42.660 --> 00:05:43.620 his instructions. 00:05:45.280 --> 00:05:45.800 And of course, 00:05:46.180 --> 00:05:47.800 Joshua becomes the first test case. 00:05:48.500 --> 00:05:50.319 He becomes kind of that first example 00:05:50.319 --> 00:05:51.660 as the people are moving 00:05:51.660 --> 00:05:52.639 into the promised land 00:05:52.639 --> 00:05:54.139 of one who's committed 00:05:54.139 --> 00:05:55.540 to the law of God 00:05:55.540 --> 00:05:57.660 and modeling for the people 00:05:57.660 --> 00:05:59.580 what that kind of life looks like. 00:05:59.579 --> 00:06:01.079 We saw that in Joshua 1.8 00:06:01.079 --> 00:06:02.699 where it says this, 00:06:02.759 --> 00:06:03.539 this book of the law 00:06:03.539 --> 00:06:04.939 shall not depart from your mouth, 00:06:05.719 --> 00:06:06.959 but you shall meditate on it 00:06:06.959 --> 00:06:07.459 day and night 00:06:07.459 --> 00:06:09.159 so that you may be careful 00:06:09.159 --> 00:06:10.219 to do according to all 00:06:10.219 --> 00:06:11.079 that is written in it 00:06:11.079 --> 00:06:12.319 for then 00:06:12.319 --> 00:06:14.759 you will make your way prosperous 00:06:14.759 --> 00:06:16.319 and then 00:06:16.319 --> 00:06:18.039 you will have good success. 00:06:18.959 --> 00:06:20.060 And God was faithful 00:06:20.060 --> 00:06:21.819 to allow Joshua 00:06:21.819 --> 00:06:23.079 and those who followed 00:06:23.079 --> 00:06:23.639 his leadership 00:06:23.639 --> 00:06:24.919 to enjoy the benefits 00:06:24.919 --> 00:06:26.079 of that conquest 00:06:26.079 --> 00:06:27.519 moving into the promised land 00:06:27.519 --> 00:06:28.000 and saying 00:06:28.000 --> 00:06:29.620 God is faithful. 00:06:30.299 --> 00:06:31.359 He's faithful to his word 00:06:31.359 --> 00:06:32.899 and when faithful men 00:06:32.899 --> 00:06:34.659 follow God's word faithfully 00:06:34.659 --> 00:06:36.699 then there's the blessing, 00:06:36.819 --> 00:06:37.759 the fruit of that 00:06:37.759 --> 00:06:38.539 that bears 00:06:38.539 --> 00:06:40.500 in the lives of the nation 00:06:40.500 --> 00:06:41.779 and the blessing 00:06:41.779 --> 00:06:43.099 that God gives to a people. 00:06:43.919 --> 00:06:44.339 And that's why 00:06:44.339 --> 00:06:45.819 at the close of Joshua's life 00:06:45.819 --> 00:06:46.939 we find this statement 00:06:46.939 --> 00:06:47.459 from him 00:06:47.459 --> 00:06:48.759 choose you this day 00:06:48.759 --> 00:06:49.680 whom you will serve 00:06:49.680 --> 00:06:51.180 but as for me 00:06:51.180 --> 00:06:52.060 and my household 00:06:52.060 --> 00:06:53.539 will serve the Lord. 00:06:54.419 --> 00:06:55.240 That's the model, 00:06:55.240 --> 00:06:56.000 that's the pattern 00:06:56.000 --> 00:06:57.620 that has been set for us. 00:06:58.460 --> 00:07:01.000 And so our family 00:07:01.000 --> 00:07:02.660 over the last couple of weeks 00:07:02.660 --> 00:07:03.180 got a chance 00:07:03.180 --> 00:07:03.860 to kind of see 00:07:03.860 --> 00:07:06.000 a taste of that 00:07:06.000 --> 00:07:08.340 as I went back to Pittsburgh 00:07:08.340 --> 00:07:09.900 it was the first time 00:07:09.900 --> 00:07:10.920 in a very long time 00:07:10.920 --> 00:07:12.120 I've been back to Pittsburgh 00:07:12.120 --> 00:07:13.960 and my grandpa and grandma 00:07:13.960 --> 00:07:14.860 were instrumental 00:07:14.860 --> 00:07:16.540 in planting a church 00:07:16.540 --> 00:07:17.220 there in Pittsburgh. 00:07:17.980 --> 00:07:18.699 We got to go back 00:07:18.699 --> 00:07:19.460 and see that church. 00:07:19.560 --> 00:07:20.199 We got to go back 00:07:20.199 --> 00:07:21.680 and reminisce 00:07:21.680 --> 00:07:22.340 a little bit 00:07:22.340 --> 00:07:24.160 about the faithful ministry 00:07:24.160 --> 00:07:24.980 of that pastor 00:07:24.980 --> 00:07:26.600 who came to that church 00:07:26.600 --> 00:07:27.740 the word of God 00:07:27.740 --> 00:07:30.420 that raised up people 00:07:30.420 --> 00:07:31.840 and the health 00:07:31.840 --> 00:07:32.980 of that congregation 00:07:32.980 --> 00:07:35.439 that produced itself 00:07:35.439 --> 00:07:37.000 and the effects of it 00:07:37.000 --> 00:07:38.020 were still visible 00:07:38.020 --> 00:07:39.100 in the building 00:07:39.100 --> 00:07:39.900 and the property 00:07:39.900 --> 00:07:40.640 that was there. 00:07:41.800 --> 00:07:42.560 But then the pastor 00:07:42.560 --> 00:07:43.920 that came after him 00:07:43.920 --> 00:07:45.440 did not prioritize 00:07:45.440 --> 00:07:46.080 the scripture 00:07:46.080 --> 00:07:47.840 and so now it's a shell 00:07:47.840 --> 00:07:49.160 of what it was 00:07:49.160 --> 00:07:50.520 when my grandparents 00:07:50.520 --> 00:07:51.680 were first there. 00:07:52.620 --> 00:07:53.640 It's a reminder again 00:07:53.639 --> 00:07:55.459 of this principle 00:07:55.459 --> 00:07:56.919 the word of God 00:07:56.919 --> 00:07:58.879 embracing the word 00:07:58.879 --> 00:08:00.039 presenting the word 00:08:00.039 --> 00:08:00.800 teaching the word 00:08:00.800 --> 00:08:03.019 patterning the word 00:08:03.019 --> 00:08:04.680 and the benefits of that 00:08:04.680 --> 00:08:05.839 is what we see 00:08:05.839 --> 00:08:07.279 in Joshua's life. 00:08:08.099 --> 00:08:08.959 Our next stop 00:08:08.959 --> 00:08:10.419 was in Lock Haven 00:08:10.419 --> 00:08:11.939 in Pennsylvania 00:08:11.939 --> 00:08:15.319 and I was 00:08:15.319 --> 00:08:17.599 my dad was 00:08:17.599 --> 00:08:18.779 an assistant pastor 00:08:18.779 --> 00:08:20.139 in Lock Haven 00:08:20.139 --> 00:08:21.759 50 years ago 00:08:21.759 --> 00:08:22.360 and this was the 00:08:22.360 --> 00:08:23.500 first time 00:08:23.500 --> 00:08:24.500 in 50 years 00:08:24.500 --> 00:08:25.459 I was able to go back 00:08:25.459 --> 00:08:26.360 to that church 00:08:26.360 --> 00:08:28.000 and it was amazing 00:08:28.000 --> 00:08:30.000 that some of those people 00:08:30.000 --> 00:08:30.860 that were there 00:08:30.860 --> 00:08:34.299 during my dad's ministry 00:08:34.299 --> 00:08:35.819 they're still there 00:08:35.819 --> 00:08:37.840 and I recognized them 00:08:37.840 --> 00:08:38.879 it was amazing 00:08:38.879 --> 00:08:40.259 to be able to go 00:08:40.259 --> 00:08:41.179 to certain classrooms 00:08:41.179 --> 00:08:41.860 and remember 00:08:41.860 --> 00:08:43.460 specific things 00:08:43.460 --> 00:08:44.539 that were taught to me 00:08:44.539 --> 00:08:45.939 from specific teachers 00:08:45.940 --> 00:08:47.740 and I try not to 00:08:47.740 --> 00:08:48.560 prolong this too much 00:08:48.560 --> 00:08:50.160 but one experience 00:08:50.160 --> 00:08:50.880 I was probably 00:08:50.880 --> 00:08:52.560 about three years old 00:08:52.560 --> 00:08:53.320 when this happened 00:08:53.320 --> 00:08:55.780 and one of my teachers 00:08:55.780 --> 00:08:56.600 said 00:08:56.600 --> 00:08:58.220 I told one of my teachers 00:08:58.220 --> 00:08:59.720 I know Jesus sinned 00:08:59.720 --> 00:09:00.820 and she's like 00:09:00.820 --> 00:09:01.140 uh uh 00:09:01.140 --> 00:09:02.180 Jesus did not 00:09:02.180 --> 00:09:02.760 not sin 00:09:02.760 --> 00:09:03.740 but I was sure 00:09:03.740 --> 00:09:04.900 he sinned 00:09:04.900 --> 00:09:05.840 because I remembered 00:09:05.840 --> 00:09:06.480 the story 00:09:06.480 --> 00:09:07.100 about Jesus 00:09:07.100 --> 00:09:08.300 staying in Jerusalem 00:09:08.300 --> 00:09:09.440 when his parents 00:09:09.440 --> 00:09:10.060 went back 00:09:10.060 --> 00:09:11.500 to Nazareth 00:09:11.500 --> 00:09:12.400 and I was sure 00:09:12.400 --> 00:09:13.600 that was the example 00:09:13.600 --> 00:09:14.960 and you know 00:09:14.960 --> 00:09:15.159 I 00:09:15.159 --> 00:09:17.360 isn't it neat 00:09:17.360 --> 00:09:18.540 how God uses 00:09:18.540 --> 00:09:19.740 teachers 00:09:19.740 --> 00:09:20.480 to help 00:09:20.480 --> 00:09:21.700 help correct us 00:09:21.700 --> 00:09:22.360 and uh 00:09:22.360 --> 00:09:23.220 and sometimes 00:09:23.220 --> 00:09:24.620 sometimes we 00:09:24.620 --> 00:09:25.860 we err 00:09:25.860 --> 00:09:26.700 and uh 00:09:26.700 --> 00:09:27.180 we have 00:09:27.180 --> 00:09:27.720 we have teachers 00:09:27.720 --> 00:09:28.720 that still love us 00:09:28.720 --> 00:09:29.460 through that process 00:09:29.460 --> 00:09:29.940 but 00:09:29.940 --> 00:09:31.600 but faithful people 00:09:31.600 --> 00:09:32.560 faithful 00:09:32.560 --> 00:09:34.060 servants of the Lord 00:09:34.060 --> 00:09:35.220 still at that church 00:09:35.220 --> 00:09:36.420 and uh 00:09:36.420 --> 00:09:37.259 and seeing that 00:09:37.259 --> 00:09:38.160 the benefits of 00:09:38.160 --> 00:09:39.879 of ministry 00:09:39.879 --> 00:09:40.940 faithful ministry 00:09:40.940 --> 00:09:41.680 from the word of God 00:09:41.680 --> 00:09:43.080 that's still happening there 00:09:43.080 --> 00:09:44.480 their third stop 00:09:44.480 --> 00:09:45.240 was in New York 00:09:45.240 --> 00:09:45.900 and we were in 00:09:45.900 --> 00:09:46.740 Allegheny, New York 00:09:46.740 --> 00:09:47.480 that was where my 00:09:47.480 --> 00:09:48.759 my grandpa Ross 00:09:48.759 --> 00:09:49.379 was a pastor 00:09:49.379 --> 00:09:50.360 for many many years 00:09:50.360 --> 00:09:51.220 and again 00:09:51.220 --> 00:09:51.900 uh 00:09:51.900 --> 00:09:52.700 the people that are 00:09:52.700 --> 00:09:53.259 still there 00:09:53.259 --> 00:09:54.240 many of them 00:09:54.240 --> 00:09:55.120 were people that 00:09:55.120 --> 00:09:56.240 I went to their pool 00:09:56.240 --> 00:09:56.639 and I 00:09:56.639 --> 00:09:58.440 I swam with their kids 00:09:58.440 --> 00:09:59.520 and and there they are 00:09:59.520 --> 00:10:00.560 still still there 00:10:00.560 --> 00:10:01.080 faithful 00:10:01.080 --> 00:10:02.220 faithful servants 00:10:02.220 --> 00:10:02.620 of the Lord 00:10:02.620 --> 00:10:03.139 and the 00:10:03.139 --> 00:10:04.360 the pattern 00:10:04.360 --> 00:10:06.340 of faithful ministry 00:10:06.340 --> 00:10:08.140 from faithful people 00:10:08.140 --> 00:10:09.900 and the results 00:10:09.900 --> 00:10:10.220 of that 00:10:10.220 --> 00:10:10.800 the benefits 00:10:10.800 --> 00:10:11.520 the blessings 00:10:11.520 --> 00:10:12.020 of that 00:10:12.019 --> 00:10:13.299 that are bearing out 00:10:13.299 --> 00:10:14.220 in 00:10:14.220 --> 00:10:15.159 in that place 00:10:15.159 --> 00:10:15.659 it was a 00:10:15.659 --> 00:10:16.460 it was an important 00:10:16.460 --> 00:10:17.139 reminder 00:10:17.139 --> 00:10:18.159 to me 00:10:18.159 --> 00:10:20.139 it's also a reminder 00:10:20.139 --> 00:10:21.220 as we step into 00:10:21.220 --> 00:10:22.079 into 00:10:22.079 --> 00:10:23.039 uh 00:10:23.039 --> 00:10:23.919 Judges chapter 9 00:10:23.919 --> 00:10:24.779 I would encourage you 00:10:24.779 --> 00:10:25.199 to open 00:10:25.199 --> 00:10:25.980 with me 00:10:25.980 --> 00:10:26.360 if you would 00:10:26.360 --> 00:10:27.360 to Judges chapter 9 00:10:27.360 --> 00:10:28.539 if you're using 00:10:28.539 --> 00:10:29.299 the Pew Bible 00:10:29.299 --> 00:10:30.159 it's on page 00:10:30.159 --> 00:10:31.539 208 00:10:31.539 --> 00:10:32.960 208 00:10:32.960 --> 00:10:33.620 in the Pew Bible 00:10:33.620 --> 00:10:35.819 it was a reminder 00:10:35.819 --> 00:10:36.559 to me that 00:10:36.559 --> 00:10:37.939 that God 00:10:37.939 --> 00:10:38.679 himself 00:10:38.679 --> 00:10:40.500 is our father 00:10:40.500 --> 00:10:42.059 and we find that 00:10:42.059 --> 00:10:42.519 all the way 00:10:42.519 --> 00:10:43.299 kind of embedded 00:10:43.299 --> 00:10:44.120 in the law 00:10:44.120 --> 00:10:45.399 Exodus chapter 4 00:10:45.399 --> 00:10:46.159 verse 22 says 00:10:46.159 --> 00:10:47.239 thus says the Lord 00:10:47.239 --> 00:10:48.000 Israel 00:10:48.000 --> 00:10:48.939 is my 00:10:48.939 --> 00:10:50.159 firstborn son 00:10:50.159 --> 00:10:52.000 Deuteronomy 00:10:52.000 --> 00:10:52.620 chapter 14 00:10:52.620 --> 00:10:52.939 1 00:10:52.939 --> 00:10:54.099 you are sons 00:10:54.099 --> 00:10:54.620 of the Lord 00:10:54.620 --> 00:10:55.259 your God 00:10:55.259 --> 00:10:57.179 Deuteronomy 32 00:10:57.179 --> 00:10:57.659 6 00:10:57.659 --> 00:10:58.539 is he not 00:10:58.539 --> 00:10:59.120 your father 00:10:59.120 --> 00:11:00.319 who created you 00:11:00.319 --> 00:11:01.639 who made you 00:11:01.639 --> 00:11:02.799 and established you 00:11:02.799 --> 00:11:04.679 we see the 00:11:04.679 --> 00:11:05.019 this 00:11:05.019 --> 00:11:05.779 this 00:11:05.779 --> 00:11:06.099 this 00:11:06.099 --> 00:11:06.339 this 00:11:06.339 --> 00:11:06.899 relationship 00:11:06.899 --> 00:11:07.419 that God 00:11:07.419 --> 00:11:08.059 has with his 00:11:08.059 --> 00:11:08.479 people 00:11:08.479 --> 00:11:10.279 God is 00:11:10.279 --> 00:11:11.439 father 00:11:11.439 --> 00:11:12.339 the heavenly 00:11:12.339 --> 00:11:12.939 father 00:11:12.939 --> 00:11:14.539 and we recognize 00:11:14.539 --> 00:11:15.699 his leadership 00:11:15.699 --> 00:11:16.819 over us 00:11:16.819 --> 00:11:17.559 in that way 00:11:17.559 --> 00:11:18.679 and this morning 00:11:18.679 --> 00:11:19.359 we're gonna see 00:11:19.359 --> 00:11:20.539 we're gonna see 00:11:20.539 --> 00:11:21.299 again 00:11:21.299 --> 00:11:22.379 not the 00:11:22.379 --> 00:11:23.679 the good leadership 00:11:23.679 --> 00:11:24.519 of our heavenly 00:11:24.519 --> 00:11:24.879 father 00:11:24.879 --> 00:11:25.519 but we're gonna see 00:11:25.519 --> 00:11:26.199 I believe 00:11:26.199 --> 00:11:27.379 this this pattern 00:11:27.379 --> 00:11:28.759 of failed leadership 00:11:28.759 --> 00:11:30.079 that begins to work 00:11:30.079 --> 00:11:30.699 its way out 00:11:30.699 --> 00:11:31.679 in Abimelech 00:11:31.679 --> 00:11:33.299 this this character 00:11:33.299 --> 00:11:33.979 that we'll look at 00:11:33.979 --> 00:11:35.059 in in Judges 00:11:35.059 --> 00:11:35.620 chapter 9 00:11:35.620 --> 00:11:37.039 and and we see 00:11:37.039 --> 00:11:38.819 in Abimelech 00:11:38.819 --> 00:11:40.019 the tragedy 00:11:40.019 --> 00:11:41.899 of self-made rule 00:11:41.899 --> 00:11:43.939 the tragedy 00:11:43.939 --> 00:11:45.859 of self-made rule 00:11:45.859 --> 00:11:48.039 Abimelech 00:11:48.039 --> 00:11:49.699 propped himself up 00:11:49.699 --> 00:11:51.120 his ambition 00:11:51.120 --> 00:11:52.319 his desire 00:11:52.319 --> 00:11:53.939 his empire building 00:11:53.939 --> 00:11:54.699 his spirit 00:11:54.699 --> 00:11:55.939 is gonna come 00:11:55.939 --> 00:11:56.779 front and center 00:11:56.779 --> 00:11:57.279 to us 00:11:57.279 --> 00:11:57.879 we're gonna see 00:11:57.879 --> 00:11:59.359 that he will demand 00:11:59.359 --> 00:12:00.279 to be to be 00:12:00.279 --> 00:12:01.319 to be made king 00:12:01.320 --> 00:12:02.300 and his 00:12:02.300 --> 00:12:03.240 the tragedy 00:12:03.240 --> 00:12:04.920 written over his life 00:12:04.920 --> 00:12:05.900 is a tragedy 00:12:05.900 --> 00:12:07.520 of this self-made rule 00:12:07.520 --> 00:12:09.480 grasping for power 00:12:09.480 --> 00:12:10.320 rather than submitting 00:12:10.320 --> 00:12:10.760 to God 00:12:10.760 --> 00:12:11.640 rather than following 00:12:11.640 --> 00:12:12.760 his directions 00:12:12.760 --> 00:12:13.640 and it came 00:12:13.640 --> 00:12:14.840 as we're gonna see 00:12:14.840 --> 00:12:15.900 as a product 00:12:15.900 --> 00:12:16.960 of compromise 00:12:16.960 --> 00:12:18.540 and I'm gonna try 00:12:18.540 --> 00:12:20.900 to focus on this 00:12:20.900 --> 00:12:21.320 briefly 00:12:21.320 --> 00:12:21.920 so we can 00:12:21.920 --> 00:12:23.160 so we can really 00:12:23.160 --> 00:12:24.280 get through this material 00:12:24.280 --> 00:12:24.680 in a way 00:12:24.680 --> 00:12:25.720 that's beneficial 00:12:25.720 --> 00:12:26.860 but if you're there 00:12:26.860 --> 00:12:27.140 with me 00:12:27.140 --> 00:12:28.040 in Judges chapter 9 00:12:28.040 --> 00:12:28.380 I'm gonna read 00:12:28.380 --> 00:12:29.280 the first five verses 00:12:29.279 --> 00:12:30.879 we're gonna concentrate 00:12:30.879 --> 00:12:32.399 about 90% 00:12:32.399 --> 00:12:33.259 of our time 00:12:33.259 --> 00:12:34.819 on these five verses 00:12:34.819 --> 00:12:36.279 so when it gets 00:12:36.279 --> 00:12:36.879 to the end 00:12:36.879 --> 00:12:37.259 you're like 00:12:37.259 --> 00:12:37.699 ah 00:12:37.699 --> 00:12:38.759 we only have 00:12:38.759 --> 00:12:39.899 10 minutes to go 00:12:39.899 --> 00:12:40.980 and he still has 00:12:40.980 --> 00:12:42.579 50 verses left 00:12:42.579 --> 00:12:43.639 well that's okay 00:12:43.639 --> 00:12:45.279 we're gonna 00:12:45.279 --> 00:12:45.600 we'll get 00:12:45.600 --> 00:12:46.379 we'll get through 00:12:46.379 --> 00:12:46.799 okay 00:12:46.799 --> 00:12:47.579 we'll get through 00:12:47.579 --> 00:12:48.259 I just wanna 00:12:48.259 --> 00:12:49.419 to prepare you 00:12:49.419 --> 00:12:49.839 for this 00:12:49.839 --> 00:12:50.319 here we go 00:12:50.319 --> 00:12:51.559 verse 1 00:12:51.559 --> 00:12:52.319 now Abimelech 00:12:52.319 --> 00:12:53.419 the son of Jerubal 00:12:53.419 --> 00:12:54.719 went to Shechem 00:12:54.719 --> 00:12:55.919 to his mother's 00:12:55.919 --> 00:12:56.279 relatives 00:12:56.279 --> 00:12:57.439 and said to them 00:12:57.439 --> 00:12:58.699 and to the whole clan 00:12:58.699 --> 00:12:59.659 of his mother's family 00:12:59.659 --> 00:13:01.179 say in the ears 00:13:01.179 --> 00:13:01.899 of all the leaders 00:13:01.899 --> 00:13:02.359 of Shechem 00:13:02.359 --> 00:13:03.919 which is better 00:13:03.919 --> 00:13:04.399 for you 00:13:04.399 --> 00:13:06.159 that all 70 sons 00:13:06.159 --> 00:13:06.779 of Jerubal 00:13:06.779 --> 00:13:07.839 rule over you 00:13:07.839 --> 00:13:08.619 or that I 00:13:08.619 --> 00:13:10.019 that one rule over you 00:13:10.019 --> 00:13:11.519 remember also 00:13:11.519 --> 00:13:12.079 that I am 00:13:12.079 --> 00:13:12.719 your bone 00:13:12.719 --> 00:13:13.919 and your flesh 00:13:13.919 --> 00:13:15.359 and his mother's 00:13:15.359 --> 00:13:15.699 relatives 00:13:15.699 --> 00:13:16.799 spoke all these words 00:13:16.799 --> 00:13:17.639 on his behalf 00:13:17.639 --> 00:13:18.539 in the ears 00:13:18.539 --> 00:13:19.279 of all the leaders 00:13:19.279 --> 00:13:19.739 of Shechem 00:13:19.740 --> 00:13:21.159 and their hearts 00:13:21.159 --> 00:13:22.139 inclined to follow 00:13:22.139 --> 00:13:22.600 Abimelech 00:13:22.600 --> 00:13:23.100 for they said 00:13:23.100 --> 00:13:23.919 he is our brother 00:13:23.919 --> 00:13:25.639 and they gave him 00:13:25.639 --> 00:13:27.060 70 pieces of silver 00:13:27.060 --> 00:13:28.419 out of the house 00:13:28.419 --> 00:13:29.700 of Baal-berit 00:13:29.700 --> 00:13:30.460 which 00:13:30.460 --> 00:13:31.919 with which 00:13:31.919 --> 00:13:32.860 Abimelech hired 00:13:32.860 --> 00:13:33.600 worthless 00:13:33.600 --> 00:13:34.779 and reckless fellows 00:13:34.779 --> 00:13:35.860 who followed after him 00:13:35.860 --> 00:13:37.320 and he went to his 00:13:37.320 --> 00:13:38.019 father's house 00:13:38.019 --> 00:13:39.740 at Ophrah 00:13:39.740 --> 00:13:41.180 and killed his brothers 00:13:41.180 --> 00:13:42.240 the sons of Jerubal 00:13:42.240 --> 00:13:43.659 70 men 00:13:43.659 --> 00:13:44.759 on one stone 00:13:44.759 --> 00:13:46.419 but Jotham 00:13:46.419 --> 00:13:47.620 the youngest son 00:13:47.620 --> 00:13:48.120 of Jerubal 00:13:48.120 --> 00:13:48.840 was left 00:13:48.840 --> 00:13:50.180 for he hid 00:13:50.180 --> 00:13:50.860 himself 00:13:50.860 --> 00:13:52.860 as we enter 00:13:52.860 --> 00:13:53.500 this scene 00:13:53.500 --> 00:13:54.399 I wonder what 00:13:54.399 --> 00:13:55.060 questions 00:13:55.060 --> 00:13:56.120 might be running 00:13:56.120 --> 00:13:56.920 through your mind 00:13:56.920 --> 00:13:58.300 and the same 00:13:58.300 --> 00:13:59.139 kinds of questions 00:13:59.139 --> 00:13:59.740 that were running 00:13:59.740 --> 00:14:00.840 through my mind 00:14:00.840 --> 00:14:01.540 after reading 00:14:01.540 --> 00:14:02.960 this amazing story 00:14:02.960 --> 00:14:03.480 of Gideon 00:14:03.480 --> 00:14:04.840 and this example 00:14:04.840 --> 00:14:05.340 of faith 00:14:05.340 --> 00:14:05.960 and how God 00:14:05.960 --> 00:14:06.740 raised him up 00:14:06.740 --> 00:14:07.300 and the spirit 00:14:07.300 --> 00:14:07.600 of the Lord 00:14:07.600 --> 00:14:08.480 was upon him 00:14:08.480 --> 00:14:09.399 and great victory 00:14:09.399 --> 00:14:10.040 was wrought 00:14:10.040 --> 00:14:10.540 and then we get 00:14:10.540 --> 00:14:11.259 to Abimelech 00:14:11.259 --> 00:14:11.700 and we're like 00:14:11.700 --> 00:14:13.480 what in the world 00:14:13.480 --> 00:14:14.660 just happened 00:14:14.660 --> 00:14:15.820 where did this 00:14:15.820 --> 00:14:16.480 come from 00:14:16.480 --> 00:14:17.660 who is this guy 00:14:17.659 --> 00:14:18.860 what is going on 00:14:18.860 --> 00:14:20.480 how did a man 00:14:20.480 --> 00:14:22.000 who is used 00:14:22.000 --> 00:14:22.600 of God 00:14:22.600 --> 00:14:24.439 Gideon 00:14:24.439 --> 00:14:25.659 how did he 00:14:25.659 --> 00:14:26.980 leave a family 00:14:26.980 --> 00:14:28.480 in such a mess 00:14:28.480 --> 00:14:29.579 how is that 00:14:29.579 --> 00:14:30.419 even possible 00:14:30.419 --> 00:14:32.240 and I think 00:14:32.240 --> 00:14:32.759 the answer 00:14:32.759 --> 00:14:33.219 that we're going 00:14:33.219 --> 00:14:33.639 to find 00:14:33.639 --> 00:14:34.579 is sobering one 00:14:34.579 --> 00:14:36.419 it's a sobering 00:14:36.419 --> 00:14:36.860 answer 00:14:36.860 --> 00:14:37.579 that we find 00:14:37.579 --> 00:14:38.439 it's embedded 00:14:38.439 --> 00:14:39.159 in our text 00:14:39.159 --> 00:14:39.939 it's obvious 00:14:39.939 --> 00:14:40.500 for us 00:14:40.500 --> 00:14:41.240 it's here 00:14:41.240 --> 00:14:42.079 it's accessible 00:14:42.079 --> 00:14:42.679 we don't have 00:14:42.679 --> 00:14:44.659 to make 00:14:44.659 --> 00:14:46.959 stories 00:14:46.959 --> 00:14:47.959 we don't have 00:14:47.959 --> 00:14:48.819 to draw out 00:14:48.819 --> 00:14:49.679 things that aren't 00:14:49.679 --> 00:14:50.599 available to us 00:14:50.599 --> 00:14:51.359 we just look 00:14:51.359 --> 00:14:52.239 in the word of God 00:14:52.239 --> 00:14:53.019 and the clues 00:14:53.019 --> 00:14:54.039 are embedded 00:14:54.039 --> 00:14:54.959 here for us 00:14:54.959 --> 00:14:56.439 and Pastor David 00:14:56.439 --> 00:14:57.239 so faithfully 00:14:57.239 --> 00:14:58.339 last week 00:14:58.339 --> 00:14:59.079 looked at the life 00:14:59.079 --> 00:14:59.519 of Gideon 00:14:59.519 --> 00:15:00.139 and I don't want 00:15:00.139 --> 00:15:01.500 to hijack 00:15:01.500 --> 00:15:02.199 all the things 00:15:02.199 --> 00:15:02.719 that he said 00:15:02.719 --> 00:15:03.319 but in order 00:15:03.319 --> 00:15:03.939 for us to really 00:15:03.939 --> 00:15:04.399 appreciate 00:15:04.399 --> 00:15:05.379 what's going on 00:15:05.379 --> 00:15:05.579 here 00:15:05.579 --> 00:15:06.399 we look at 00:15:06.399 --> 00:15:06.919 this life 00:15:06.919 --> 00:15:07.579 of Abimelech 00:15:07.579 --> 00:15:08.579 and by the way 00:15:08.579 --> 00:15:09.639 he's the only 00:15:09.639 --> 00:15:10.279 example 00:15:10.279 --> 00:15:11.779 in the book 00:15:11.779 --> 00:15:12.539 of Judges 00:15:12.539 --> 00:15:13.459 where there is 00:15:13.459 --> 00:15:13.959 a father 00:15:13.959 --> 00:15:14.500 son 00:15:14.500 --> 00:15:15.199 who are 00:15:15.199 --> 00:15:15.860 kind of 00:15:15.860 --> 00:15:16.399 leading 00:15:16.399 --> 00:15:17.679 one right 00:15:17.679 --> 00:15:18.240 after the other 00:15:18.240 --> 00:15:19.600 so it provides 00:15:19.600 --> 00:15:21.220 this perfect 00:15:21.220 --> 00:15:22.079 test case 00:15:22.079 --> 00:15:22.559 for us 00:15:22.559 --> 00:15:23.059 to see 00:15:23.059 --> 00:15:24.279 this example 00:15:24.279 --> 00:15:25.059 I believe 00:15:25.059 --> 00:15:26.199 of failed 00:15:26.199 --> 00:15:26.639 leadership 00:15:26.639 --> 00:15:28.100 failed training 00:15:28.100 --> 00:15:29.319 he is a product 00:15:29.319 --> 00:15:30.500 Abimelech 00:15:30.500 --> 00:15:31.559 is a product 00:15:31.559 --> 00:15:32.480 of his training 00:15:32.480 --> 00:15:33.839 he is the 00:15:33.839 --> 00:15:34.539 outworking 00:15:34.539 --> 00:15:36.019 of his 00:15:36.019 --> 00:15:36.659 conditioning 00:15:36.659 --> 00:15:37.919 and he just 00:15:37.919 --> 00:15:38.879 carries things 00:15:38.879 --> 00:15:39.439 to maturity 00:15:39.440 --> 00:15:41.280 we see 00:15:41.280 --> 00:15:42.140 here in the 00:15:42.140 --> 00:15:42.540 first several 00:15:42.540 --> 00:15:42.860 verses 00:15:42.860 --> 00:15:44.160 he's the 00:15:44.160 --> 00:15:44.540 product 00:15:44.540 --> 00:15:44.960 of a 00:15:44.960 --> 00:15:45.520 compromised 00:15:45.520 --> 00:15:46.360 legacy 00:15:46.360 --> 00:15:46.660 that's 00:15:46.660 --> 00:15:46.840 point 00:15:46.840 --> 00:15:47.060 number 00:15:47.060 --> 00:15:47.480 one 00:15:47.480 --> 00:15:49.080 Abimelech 00:15:49.080 --> 00:15:49.380 is the 00:15:49.380 --> 00:15:49.700 product 00:15:49.700 --> 00:15:50.000 of a 00:15:50.000 --> 00:15:50.380 compromised 00:15:50.380 --> 00:15:51.180 legacy 00:15:51.180 --> 00:15:52.460 his father 00:15:52.460 --> 00:15:53.200 Gideon 00:15:53.200 --> 00:15:54.080 in the 00:15:54.080 --> 00:15:54.440 compromised 00:15:54.440 --> 00:15:55.260 legacy 00:15:55.260 --> 00:15:56.040 that then 00:15:56.040 --> 00:15:56.500 leads 00:15:56.500 --> 00:15:57.540 to Abimelech 00:15:57.540 --> 00:15:58.820 remember 00:15:58.820 --> 00:15:59.220 that the 00:15:59.220 --> 00:15:59.720 book of 00:15:59.720 --> 00:16:00.060 Judges 00:16:00.060 --> 00:16:00.640 is this 00:16:00.640 --> 00:16:01.120 historical 00:16:01.120 --> 00:16:01.460 record 00:16:01.460 --> 00:16:01.920 for us 00:16:01.920 --> 00:16:02.240 it's a 00:16:02.240 --> 00:16:03.040 way for 00:16:03.040 --> 00:16:03.420 us to 00:16:03.420 --> 00:16:03.780 see 00:16:03.780 --> 00:16:04.620 what the 00:16:04.620 --> 00:16:05.220 family 00:16:05.220 --> 00:16:05.740 pattern 00:16:05.740 --> 00:16:06.600 looks like 00:16:06.600 --> 00:16:07.080 right up 00:16:07.080 --> 00:16:07.480 close 00:16:07.480 --> 00:16:08.880 and here 00:16:08.880 --> 00:16:09.100 it is 00:16:09.100 --> 00:16:09.700 it's laid 00:16:09.700 --> 00:16:10.340 out for 00:16:10.340 --> 00:16:10.899 us in 00:16:10.899 --> 00:16:11.420 this book 00:16:11.420 --> 00:16:11.800 to see 00:16:11.800 --> 00:16:12.659 not only 00:16:12.659 --> 00:16:14.040 the power 00:16:14.040 --> 00:16:15.080 of a 00:16:15.080 --> 00:16:15.500 family 00:16:15.500 --> 00:16:15.800 that's 00:16:15.800 --> 00:16:16.220 walking 00:16:16.220 --> 00:16:16.600 after the 00:16:16.600 --> 00:16:16.680 Lord 00:16:16.680 --> 00:16:17.080 but also 00:16:17.080 --> 00:16:17.600 the danger 00:16:17.600 --> 00:16:19.540 the path 00:16:19.540 --> 00:16:20.480 that Gideon 00:16:20.480 --> 00:16:21.000 sets 00:16:21.000 --> 00:16:22.019 is just 00:16:22.019 --> 00:16:22.639 a road 00:16:22.639 --> 00:16:23.620 that Abimelech 00:16:23.620 --> 00:16:24.399 takes to 00:16:24.399 --> 00:16:24.899 its ultimate 00:16:24.899 --> 00:16:25.560 culmination 00:16:25.560 --> 00:16:27.180 it's the only 00:16:27.180 --> 00:16:27.759 time like I 00:16:27.759 --> 00:16:28.220 said in the 00:16:28.220 --> 00:16:28.519 book of 00:16:28.519 --> 00:16:28.899 Judges 00:16:28.899 --> 00:16:29.279 where we 00:16:29.279 --> 00:16:29.759 find this 00:16:29.759 --> 00:16:30.440 father son 00:16:30.440 --> 00:16:31.279 leadership 00:16:31.279 --> 00:16:31.720 duo 00:16:31.720 --> 00:16:32.779 and it's 00:16:32.779 --> 00:16:33.480 here for a 00:16:33.480 --> 00:16:34.019 reason for 00:16:34.019 --> 00:16:34.320 us to 00:16:34.320 --> 00:16:34.899 understand 00:16:34.899 --> 00:16:36.200 the warnings 00:16:36.200 --> 00:16:37.180 to fathers 00:16:37.179 --> 00:16:37.859 the warnings 00:16:37.859 --> 00:16:38.759 to parents 00:16:38.759 --> 00:16:39.319 to follow 00:16:39.319 --> 00:16:39.719 after 00:16:39.719 --> 00:16:40.559 to submit 00:16:40.559 --> 00:16:40.879 to the 00:16:40.879 --> 00:16:41.159 word of 00:16:41.159 --> 00:16:41.459 God 00:16:41.459 --> 00:16:43.919 Gideon's 00:16:43.919 --> 00:16:44.259 story 00:16:44.259 --> 00:16:45.319 and Abimelech's 00:16:45.319 --> 00:16:45.859 story are 00:16:45.859 --> 00:16:46.439 interwoven 00:16:46.439 --> 00:16:47.979 it becomes 00:16:47.979 --> 00:16:48.859 this unmistakable 00:16:48.859 --> 00:16:49.620 conclusion of 00:16:49.620 --> 00:16:50.259 what we find 00:16:50.259 --> 00:16:51.559 when God's 00:16:51.559 --> 00:16:52.279 word is not 00:16:52.279 --> 00:16:53.120 the voice of 00:16:53.120 --> 00:16:53.979 authority in 00:16:53.979 --> 00:16:54.399 our life 00:16:54.399 --> 00:16:55.239 and I want to 00:16:55.239 --> 00:16:55.939 just draw your 00:16:55.939 --> 00:16:56.959 attention to 00:16:56.959 --> 00:16:57.639 the first few 00:16:57.639 --> 00:16:59.059 verses of 00:16:59.059 --> 00:17:00.739 chapter 9 00:17:00.739 --> 00:17:01.079 here 00:17:01.079 --> 00:17:02.299 we're going to 00:17:02.299 --> 00:17:03.939 see this 00:17:03.939 --> 00:17:05.700 name that's 00:17:05.700 --> 00:17:06.319 used for 00:17:06.319 --> 00:17:06.659 Gideon 00:17:06.659 --> 00:17:07.079 and what 00:17:07.079 --> 00:17:07.319 is that 00:17:07.319 --> 00:17:07.679 name 00:17:07.679 --> 00:17:09.200 Jerubal 00:17:09.200 --> 00:17:10.859 the name 00:17:10.859 --> 00:17:11.259 Jerubal 00:17:11.259 --> 00:17:12.000 shows up 00:17:12.000 --> 00:17:12.579 four times 00:17:12.579 --> 00:17:12.799 in the 00:17:12.799 --> 00:17:13.200 first five 00:17:13.200 --> 00:17:13.480 verses 00:17:13.480 --> 00:17:14.220 twice 00:17:14.220 --> 00:17:14.759 in verses 00:17:14.759 --> 00:17:15.079 one and 00:17:15.079 --> 00:17:15.299 two 00:17:15.299 --> 00:17:16.279 and twice 00:17:16.279 --> 00:17:16.720 in verse 00:17:16.720 --> 00:17:17.179 five 00:17:17.179 --> 00:17:18.779 verse one 00:17:18.779 --> 00:17:19.919 now Abimelech 00:17:19.919 --> 00:17:20.419 the son of 00:17:20.419 --> 00:17:21.000 Jerubal 00:17:21.000 --> 00:17:21.419 went to 00:17:21.419 --> 00:17:21.700 Shechem 00:17:21.700 --> 00:17:22.939 verse two 00:17:22.939 --> 00:17:23.299 which is 00:17:23.299 --> 00:17:23.659 better for 00:17:23.659 --> 00:17:23.859 you 00:17:23.859 --> 00:17:24.379 that all 00:17:24.379 --> 00:17:24.759 seventy 00:17:24.759 --> 00:17:25.259 sons of 00:17:25.259 --> 00:17:25.679 Jerubal 00:17:25.679 --> 00:17:26.159 rule over 00:17:26.159 --> 00:17:26.299 you 00:17:26.299 --> 00:17:26.579 or that 00:17:26.579 --> 00:17:26.819 one 00:17:26.819 --> 00:17:27.220 rule over 00:17:27.220 --> 00:17:27.439 you 00:17:27.439 --> 00:17:28.740 then 00:17:28.740 --> 00:17:28.899 verse 00:17:28.899 --> 00:17:29.299 five 00:17:29.299 --> 00:17:30.480 he went 00:17:30.480 --> 00:17:30.659 to his 00:17:30.659 --> 00:17:30.960 father's 00:17:30.960 --> 00:17:31.179 house 00:17:31.179 --> 00:17:31.319 at 00:17:31.319 --> 00:17:31.619 Ophrah 00:17:31.619 --> 00:17:32.399 he killed 00:17:32.399 --> 00:17:32.819 his brothers 00:17:32.819 --> 00:17:33.279 the sons 00:17:33.279 --> 00:17:33.419 of 00:17:33.419 --> 00:17:33.759 Jerubal 00:17:33.759 --> 00:17:34.079 seventy 00:17:34.079 --> 00:17:34.379 men 00:17:34.379 --> 00:17:34.939 on one 00:17:34.939 --> 00:17:35.220 stone 00:17:35.220 --> 00:17:35.740 but Jotham 00:17:35.740 --> 00:17:36.120 the youngest 00:17:36.120 --> 00:17:36.960 son of 00:17:36.960 --> 00:17:37.400 Jerubal 00:17:37.400 --> 00:17:38.079 was left 00:17:38.079 --> 00:17:39.140 remember 00:17:39.140 --> 00:17:39.620 Jerubal 00:17:39.620 --> 00:17:40.100 means 00:17:40.100 --> 00:17:41.799 let 00:17:41.799 --> 00:17:42.160 Baal 00:17:42.160 --> 00:17:42.759 contend 00:17:42.759 --> 00:17:43.620 or 00:17:43.620 --> 00:17:44.440 let 00:17:44.440 --> 00:17:44.740 Baal 00:17:44.740 --> 00:17:45.039 plead 00:17:45.039 --> 00:17:45.380 his own 00:17:45.380 --> 00:17:45.740 case 00:17:45.740 --> 00:17:45.940 or 00:17:45.940 --> 00:17:46.360 let 00:17:46.360 --> 00:17:46.660 Baal 00:17:46.660 --> 00:17:47.079 defend 00:17:47.079 --> 00:17:47.620 himself 00:17:47.620 --> 00:17:47.960 and 00:17:47.960 --> 00:17:49.380 remember 00:17:49.380 --> 00:17:49.759 how 00:17:49.759 --> 00:17:50.339 Gideon 00:17:50.339 --> 00:17:51.539 gets that 00:17:51.539 --> 00:17:51.779 name 00:17:51.779 --> 00:17:52.039 well he 00:17:52.039 --> 00:17:52.480 gets that 00:17:52.480 --> 00:17:52.779 name 00:17:52.779 --> 00:17:53.240 because 00:17:53.240 --> 00:17:54.140 he goes 00:17:54.140 --> 00:17:54.579 into 00:17:54.579 --> 00:17:55.259 his 00:17:55.259 --> 00:17:55.940 father's 00:17:55.940 --> 00:17:56.339 house 00:17:56.339 --> 00:17:56.900 and he 00:17:56.900 --> 00:17:57.579 removes 00:17:57.579 --> 00:17:57.819 the 00:17:57.819 --> 00:17:58.259 Baals 00:17:58.259 --> 00:17:59.160 and the 00:17:59.160 --> 00:17:59.740 Ashteras 00:17:59.740 --> 00:18:01.200 he cuts 00:18:01.200 --> 00:18:01.759 them down 00:18:01.759 --> 00:18:04.500 interestingly 00:18:04.500 --> 00:18:05.640 Gideon's 00:18:05.640 --> 00:18:05.960 name 00:18:05.960 --> 00:18:06.500 means 00:18:06.500 --> 00:18:07.039 hewer 00:18:07.039 --> 00:18:08.279 it means 00:18:08.279 --> 00:18:08.680 one 00:18:08.680 --> 00:18:09.019 who 00:18:09.019 --> 00:18:09.259 cuts 00:18:09.259 --> 00:18:09.680 down 00:18:09.680 --> 00:18:11.059 and what 00:18:11.059 --> 00:18:11.259 does he 00:18:11.259 --> 00:18:11.460 do 00:18:11.460 --> 00:18:11.980 his first 00:18:11.980 --> 00:18:12.359 act 00:18:12.359 --> 00:18:13.500 of Gideon 00:18:13.500 --> 00:18:14.339 is to 00:18:14.339 --> 00:18:14.839 cut down 00:18:14.839 --> 00:18:16.079 the 00:18:16.079 --> 00:18:16.640 Baals 00:18:16.640 --> 00:18:16.900 and to 00:18:16.900 --> 00:18:17.359 cut down 00:18:17.359 --> 00:18:17.940 the pole 00:18:17.940 --> 00:18:18.539 the Ashtera 00:18:18.539 --> 00:18:19.200 he's a 00:18:19.200 --> 00:18:19.480 hewer 00:18:19.480 --> 00:18:21.440 but after 00:18:21.440 --> 00:18:22.359 his victory 00:18:22.359 --> 00:18:23.359 we find 00:18:23.359 --> 00:18:24.039 this very 00:18:24.039 --> 00:18:24.920 noticeable 00:18:24.920 --> 00:18:26.140 this very 00:18:26.140 --> 00:18:26.759 noticeable 00:18:26.759 --> 00:18:27.359 transaction 00:18:27.359 --> 00:18:28.200 that happens 00:18:28.200 --> 00:18:28.720 all the way 00:18:28.720 --> 00:18:29.440 up through 00:18:29.440 --> 00:18:30.180 this story 00:18:30.180 --> 00:18:30.559 he's been 00:18:30.559 --> 00:18:31.400 known as 00:18:31.400 --> 00:18:31.859 Gideon 00:18:31.859 --> 00:18:32.440 but then 00:18:32.440 --> 00:18:33.019 after his 00:18:33.019 --> 00:18:33.400 victory 00:18:33.400 --> 00:18:33.960 we find 00:18:33.960 --> 00:18:34.360 something 00:18:34.360 --> 00:18:34.860 astonishing 00:18:34.860 --> 00:18:35.640 that takes 00:18:35.640 --> 00:18:36.100 place 00:18:36.100 --> 00:18:36.600 in verse 00:18:36.600 --> 00:18:37.600 27 00:18:37.600 --> 00:18:38.140 of chapter 00:18:38.140 --> 00:18:38.460 8 00:18:38.460 --> 00:18:39.900 Gideon 00:18:39.900 --> 00:18:40.280 makes 00:18:40.280 --> 00:18:40.600 an 00:18:40.600 --> 00:18:41.160 ephod 00:18:41.160 --> 00:18:42.240 of it 00:18:42.240 --> 00:18:42.540 and he 00:18:42.540 --> 00:18:42.920 puts 00:18:42.920 --> 00:18:43.380 it in 00:18:43.380 --> 00:18:43.960 the city 00:18:43.960 --> 00:18:44.680 in 00:18:44.680 --> 00:18:45.160 Afra 00:18:45.160 --> 00:18:46.060 and all 00:18:46.060 --> 00:18:46.460 Israel 00:18:46.460 --> 00:18:46.780 hoored 00:18:46.780 --> 00:18:47.220 after it 00:18:47.220 --> 00:18:47.460 there 00:18:47.460 --> 00:18:48.000 so it 00:18:48.000 --> 00:18:48.380 became 00:18:48.380 --> 00:18:48.880 a snare 00:18:48.880 --> 00:18:49.540 to Gideon 00:18:49.540 --> 00:18:50.100 and to 00:18:50.100 --> 00:18:50.280 his 00:18:50.280 --> 00:18:50.700 family 00:18:50.700 --> 00:18:53.360 Gideon 00:18:53.360 --> 00:18:54.480 hacked 00:18:54.480 --> 00:18:54.980 down 00:18:54.980 --> 00:18:55.980 cut down 00:18:55.980 --> 00:18:56.360 the Baal 00:18:56.360 --> 00:18:56.580 and the 00:18:56.580 --> 00:18:56.980 Ashtera 00:18:56.980 --> 00:18:58.440 and now 00:18:58.440 --> 00:18:59.040 Gideon 00:18:59.040 --> 00:18:59.680 is raising 00:18:59.680 --> 00:19:00.080 up 00:19:00.080 --> 00:19:00.420 this 00:19:00.420 --> 00:19:00.920 ephod 00:19:00.920 --> 00:19:01.540 whatever 00:19:01.540 --> 00:19:01.820 this 00:19:01.820 --> 00:19:02.240 ephod 00:19:02.240 --> 00:19:02.420 is 00:19:02.420 --> 00:19:02.700 we'll get 00:19:02.700 --> 00:19:02.980 to that 00:19:02.980 --> 00:19:03.279 in just 00:19:03.279 --> 00:19:03.660 a moment 00:19:03.660 --> 00:19:04.259 and 00:19:04.259 --> 00:19:05.279 right out 00:19:05.279 --> 00:19:05.500 of the 00:19:05.500 --> 00:19:05.860 gate 00:19:05.860 --> 00:19:07.060 the next 00:19:07.060 --> 00:19:07.820 time 00:19:07.820 --> 00:19:08.140 we're 00:19:08.140 --> 00:19:08.480 introduced 00:19:08.480 --> 00:19:09.480 to Gideon 00:19:09.480 --> 00:19:11.060 in verse 29 00:19:11.060 --> 00:19:12.680 he's now 00:19:12.680 --> 00:19:13.340 Jerubal 00:19:13.340 --> 00:19:14.420 not Gideon 00:19:14.420 --> 00:19:15.880 verse 29 00:19:15.880 --> 00:19:16.580 Jerubal 00:19:16.580 --> 00:19:17.640 the son of 00:19:17.640 --> 00:19:18.120 Joash 00:19:18.120 --> 00:19:18.720 went and 00:19:18.720 --> 00:19:19.000 lived 00:19:19.000 --> 00:19:19.779 in his own 00:19:19.779 --> 00:19:20.140 house 00:19:20.140 --> 00:19:21.960 and now 00:19:21.960 --> 00:19:22.680 in chapter 9 00:19:22.680 --> 00:19:23.860 we will not 00:19:23.860 --> 00:19:24.420 find him 00:19:24.420 --> 00:19:24.860 referred to 00:19:24.860 --> 00:19:25.220 Gideon 00:19:25.220 --> 00:19:25.860 again 00:19:25.860 --> 00:19:27.120 he will only 00:19:27.120 --> 00:19:27.640 be referred 00:19:27.640 --> 00:19:28.140 to 00:19:28.140 --> 00:19:29.259 by this 00:19:29.259 --> 00:19:29.680 new name 00:19:29.680 --> 00:19:30.019 by this 00:19:30.019 --> 00:19:30.360 name 00:19:30.360 --> 00:19:31.279 Jerubal 00:19:31.279 --> 00:19:31.759 the one 00:19:31.759 --> 00:19:32.500 who contends 00:19:32.500 --> 00:19:33.500 with Baal 00:19:33.500 --> 00:19:35.200 four times 00:19:35.200 --> 00:19:35.600 in the first 00:19:35.600 --> 00:19:36.180 five verses 00:19:36.180 --> 00:19:37.539 once in 00:19:37.539 --> 00:19:38.200 verse 16 00:19:38.200 --> 00:19:39.160 once in 00:19:39.160 --> 00:19:39.880 verse 19 00:19:39.880 --> 00:19:40.820 once in 00:19:40.820 --> 00:19:41.539 verse 24 00:19:41.539 --> 00:19:42.500 once in 00:19:42.500 --> 00:19:43.180 verse 28 00:19:43.180 --> 00:19:44.060 and once 00:19:44.060 --> 00:19:44.880 in verse 57 00:19:44.880 --> 00:19:47.320 we find 00:19:47.320 --> 00:19:48.180 in Gideon 00:19:48.180 --> 00:19:50.600 confused 00:19:50.600 --> 00:19:53.120 and compromised 00:19:53.120 --> 00:19:54.200 legacy 00:19:54.200 --> 00:19:55.980 a man 00:19:55.980 --> 00:19:56.259 who 00:19:56.259 --> 00:19:57.279 got to 00:19:57.279 --> 00:19:57.759 enjoy 00:19:57.759 --> 00:19:58.720 and experience 00:19:58.720 --> 00:19:59.440 the benefits 00:19:59.440 --> 00:20:00.360 of God's 00:20:00.360 --> 00:20:00.819 power 00:20:00.819 --> 00:20:01.660 through his 00:20:01.660 --> 00:20:02.100 life 00:20:02.100 --> 00:20:03.640 and because 00:20:03.640 --> 00:20:04.000 of this 00:20:04.000 --> 00:20:04.460 compromise 00:20:04.460 --> 00:20:05.019 that's taking 00:20:05.019 --> 00:20:05.539 place in 00:20:05.539 --> 00:20:05.980 his heart 00:20:05.980 --> 00:20:07.319 the legacy 00:20:07.319 --> 00:20:08.019 of pointing 00:20:08.019 --> 00:20:08.620 to God 00:20:08.620 --> 00:20:09.480 and referring 00:20:09.480 --> 00:20:09.960 to his 00:20:09.960 --> 00:20:10.319 wonder 00:20:10.319 --> 00:20:11.180 and calling 00:20:11.180 --> 00:20:11.580 attention 00:20:11.580 --> 00:20:12.000 to his 00:20:12.000 --> 00:20:12.400 glory 00:20:12.400 --> 00:20:13.120 and saying 00:20:13.120 --> 00:20:13.640 God has 00:20:13.640 --> 00:20:14.120 accomplished 00:20:14.120 --> 00:20:14.980 great things 00:20:14.980 --> 00:20:15.880 instead of 00:20:15.880 --> 00:20:16.100 that 00:20:16.100 --> 00:20:16.400 now 00:20:16.400 --> 00:20:17.680 he's raised 00:20:17.680 --> 00:20:18.039 up this 00:20:18.039 --> 00:20:18.440 ephod 00:20:18.440 --> 00:20:20.319 and the rest 00:20:20.319 --> 00:20:20.940 is history 00:20:20.940 --> 00:20:21.660 his legacy 00:20:21.660 --> 00:20:22.880 is no longer 00:20:22.880 --> 00:20:23.259 about 00:20:23.259 --> 00:20:25.079 showcasing 00:20:25.079 --> 00:20:25.460 the wonder 00:20:25.460 --> 00:20:25.940 of God 00:20:25.940 --> 00:20:26.779 but drawing 00:20:26.779 --> 00:20:27.180 attention 00:20:27.180 --> 00:20:28.099 to himself 00:20:28.099 --> 00:20:29.660 and so 00:20:29.660 --> 00:20:30.220 it shouldn't 00:20:30.220 --> 00:20:31.119 be any 00:20:31.119 --> 00:20:31.539 surprise 00:20:31.539 --> 00:20:32.759 that Abimelech 00:20:32.759 --> 00:20:33.960 picks up 00:20:33.960 --> 00:20:34.539 from the 00:20:34.539 --> 00:20:34.859 pattern 00:20:34.859 --> 00:20:35.359 of his 00:20:35.359 --> 00:20:35.640 father 00:20:35.640 --> 00:20:36.660 and carries 00:20:36.660 --> 00:20:36.960 it 00:20:36.960 --> 00:20:37.759 through 00:20:37.759 --> 00:20:38.099 to the 00:20:38.099 --> 00:20:38.359 next 00:20:38.359 --> 00:20:39.160 stage 00:20:39.160 --> 00:20:40.900 we find 00:20:40.900 --> 00:20:41.279 also 00:20:41.279 --> 00:20:42.359 he was 00:20:42.359 --> 00:20:42.700 not just 00:20:42.700 --> 00:20:43.059 a product 00:20:43.059 --> 00:20:43.400 of his 00:20:43.400 --> 00:20:44.140 compromised 00:20:44.140 --> 00:20:44.640 legacy 00:20:44.640 --> 00:20:45.240 but a 00:20:45.240 --> 00:20:46.259 product 00:20:46.259 --> 00:20:46.640 of his 00:20:46.640 --> 00:20:47.140 compromised 00:20:47.140 --> 00:20:47.900 worship 00:20:47.900 --> 00:20:49.180 and the two 00:20:49.180 --> 00:20:50.160 are really 00:20:50.160 --> 00:20:50.759 intertwined 00:20:50.759 --> 00:20:51.039 here 00:20:51.039 --> 00:20:52.500 verses 3 00:20:52.500 --> 00:20:52.879 and 4 00:20:52.880 --> 00:20:53.440 chapter 9 00:20:53.440 --> 00:20:53.640 says 00:20:53.640 --> 00:20:53.880 and his 00:20:53.880 --> 00:20:54.300 mother's 00:20:54.300 --> 00:20:54.720 relatives 00:20:54.720 --> 00:20:55.200 spoke 00:20:55.200 --> 00:20:55.620 all these 00:20:55.620 --> 00:20:56.000 words 00:20:56.000 --> 00:20:56.780 on his 00:20:56.780 --> 00:20:57.300 behalf 00:20:57.300 --> 00:20:58.220 in the 00:20:58.220 --> 00:20:58.480 ears 00:20:58.480 --> 00:20:58.780 of all 00:20:58.780 --> 00:20:58.920 the 00:20:58.920 --> 00:20:59.160 leaders 00:20:59.160 --> 00:20:59.640 of Shechem 00:20:59.640 --> 00:21:00.520 and their 00:21:00.520 --> 00:21:00.840 hearts 00:21:00.840 --> 00:21:01.440 inclined 00:21:01.440 --> 00:21:01.960 to follow 00:21:01.960 --> 00:21:02.480 Abimelech 00:21:02.480 --> 00:21:02.980 for they 00:21:02.980 --> 00:21:03.380 said 00:21:03.380 --> 00:21:03.780 he is 00:21:03.780 --> 00:21:03.900 our 00:21:03.900 --> 00:21:04.220 brother 00:21:04.220 --> 00:21:05.340 and they 00:21:05.340 --> 00:21:05.660 gave him 00:21:05.660 --> 00:21:06.440 70 pieces 00:21:06.440 --> 00:21:06.880 of silver 00:21:06.880 --> 00:21:07.400 out of the 00:21:07.400 --> 00:21:07.760 house 00:21:07.760 --> 00:21:08.420 of 00:21:08.420 --> 00:21:09.080 Baalberit 00:21:09.080 --> 00:21:10.040 with which 00:21:10.040 --> 00:21:10.520 Abimelech 00:21:10.520 --> 00:21:11.180 hired worthless 00:21:11.180 --> 00:21:11.620 and reckless 00:21:11.620 --> 00:21:12.000 fellows 00:21:12.000 --> 00:21:12.760 who followed 00:21:12.760 --> 00:21:13.320 after him 00:21:13.320 --> 00:21:14.640 there's several 00:21:14.640 --> 00:21:15.160 observations 00:21:15.160 --> 00:21:15.540 I want to 00:21:15.540 --> 00:21:15.980 just draw 00:21:15.980 --> 00:21:16.420 briefly 00:21:16.420 --> 00:21:17.220 from 00:21:17.220 --> 00:21:18.040 these couple 00:21:18.040 --> 00:21:18.460 of verses 00:21:18.460 --> 00:21:19.060 and we 00:21:19.060 --> 00:21:19.580 might ask 00:21:19.580 --> 00:21:19.960 ourselves 00:21:19.960 --> 00:21:20.600 this question 00:21:20.600 --> 00:21:20.960 again 00:21:20.960 --> 00:21:22.400 why does 00:21:22.400 --> 00:21:23.039 Abimelech 00:21:23.039 --> 00:21:24.039 find himself 00:21:24.039 --> 00:21:24.960 to be so 00:21:24.960 --> 00:21:25.840 friendly now 00:21:25.840 --> 00:21:26.220 with this 00:21:26.220 --> 00:21:26.980 pagan world 00:21:26.980 --> 00:21:28.840 how is he 00:21:28.840 --> 00:21:29.680 able to 00:21:29.680 --> 00:21:31.700 be chum 00:21:31.700 --> 00:21:32.100 buddies 00:21:32.100 --> 00:21:33.100 with the 00:21:33.100 --> 00:21:34.140 pagan men 00:21:34.140 --> 00:21:35.019 the leaders 00:21:35.019 --> 00:21:36.519 of this 00:21:36.519 --> 00:21:36.860 city 00:21:36.860 --> 00:21:37.860 of Shechem 00:21:37.860 --> 00:21:39.480 how has he 00:21:39.480 --> 00:21:40.360 departed so 00:21:40.360 --> 00:21:40.860 far 00:21:40.860 --> 00:21:41.880 from his 00:21:41.880 --> 00:21:42.799 family legacy 00:21:42.799 --> 00:21:44.400 again the 00:21:44.400 --> 00:21:44.759 answer 00:21:44.759 --> 00:21:46.019 is sobering 00:21:46.019 --> 00:21:47.160 the clues 00:21:47.160 --> 00:21:47.519 are given 00:21:47.519 --> 00:21:47.839 in our 00:21:47.839 --> 00:21:48.200 text 00:21:48.200 --> 00:21:49.339 the money 00:21:49.339 --> 00:21:49.960 that Abimelech 00:21:49.960 --> 00:21:50.599 receives 00:21:50.599 --> 00:21:51.299 for his 00:21:51.299 --> 00:21:51.960 campaign 00:21:51.960 --> 00:21:53.059 that we 00:21:53.059 --> 00:21:53.779 will look 00:21:53.779 --> 00:21:54.480 at in a 00:21:54.480 --> 00:21:54.839 little bit 00:21:54.839 --> 00:21:55.440 more as 00:21:55.440 --> 00:21:55.859 we go 00:21:55.859 --> 00:21:57.200 this campaign 00:21:57.200 --> 00:21:58.079 comes from 00:21:58.079 --> 00:21:58.839 this treasury 00:21:58.839 --> 00:22:00.139 of Baalberit 00:22:00.139 --> 00:22:01.740 it should 00:22:01.740 --> 00:22:02.960 sound strangely 00:22:02.960 --> 00:22:03.759 familiar 00:22:03.759 --> 00:22:05.539 Baalberit 00:22:05.539 --> 00:22:06.160 we see that 00:22:06.160 --> 00:22:06.980 in chapter 8 00:22:06.980 --> 00:22:07.579 verse 33 00:22:07.579 --> 00:22:09.559 as soon 00:22:09.559 --> 00:22:10.660 as Gideon 00:22:10.660 --> 00:22:11.440 died 00:22:11.440 --> 00:22:12.619 the people 00:22:12.619 --> 00:22:13.000 of Israel 00:22:13.000 --> 00:22:13.819 turned again 00:22:13.819 --> 00:22:14.799 and whored 00:22:14.799 --> 00:22:15.519 after the 00:22:15.519 --> 00:22:15.980 Baals 00:22:15.980 --> 00:22:17.259 and made 00:22:17.259 --> 00:22:17.779 Baalberit 00:22:17.779 --> 00:22:18.259 their god 00:22:18.259 --> 00:22:20.700 did you 00:22:20.700 --> 00:22:21.179 notice that 00:22:21.179 --> 00:22:23.359 how long 00:22:23.359 --> 00:22:23.939 did it take 00:22:23.939 --> 00:22:24.740 for the 00:22:24.740 --> 00:22:25.099 nation 00:22:25.099 --> 00:22:26.519 to abandon 00:22:26.519 --> 00:22:27.099 God 00:22:27.099 --> 00:22:28.480 and to 00:22:28.480 --> 00:22:29.399 follow after 00:22:29.399 --> 00:22:29.919 Baal 00:22:29.919 --> 00:22:31.159 and Baalberit 00:22:31.159 --> 00:22:32.240 how long 00:22:32.240 --> 00:22:33.939 immediately 00:22:33.939 --> 00:22:36.039 as soon 00:22:36.039 --> 00:22:37.279 as Gideon 00:22:37.279 --> 00:22:38.079 is dead 00:22:38.079 --> 00:22:39.299 this 00:22:39.299 --> 00:22:41.179 new allegiance 00:22:41.179 --> 00:22:42.759 they've 00:22:42.759 --> 00:22:43.379 abandoned 00:22:43.380 --> 00:22:44.060 God 00:22:44.060 --> 00:22:44.560 they've 00:22:44.560 --> 00:22:45.020 turned 00:22:45.020 --> 00:22:45.860 to 00:22:45.860 --> 00:22:46.440 Baalberit 00:22:46.440 --> 00:22:48.480 Baalberit 00:22:48.480 --> 00:22:48.980 means 00:22:48.980 --> 00:22:50.080 the god 00:22:50.080 --> 00:22:50.480 of the 00:22:50.480 --> 00:22:50.800 covenant 00:22:50.800 --> 00:22:51.740 the lord 00:22:51.740 --> 00:22:52.440 of the 00:22:52.440 --> 00:22:52.720 covenant 00:22:52.720 --> 00:22:52.960 now 00:22:52.960 --> 00:22:53.920 you should 00:22:53.920 --> 00:22:54.380 understand 00:22:54.380 --> 00:22:54.900 the significance 00:22:54.900 --> 00:22:55.240 of that 00:22:55.240 --> 00:22:55.600 because 00:22:55.600 --> 00:22:56.740 Yahweh 00:22:56.740 --> 00:22:57.540 is the 00:22:57.540 --> 00:22:57.940 covenant 00:22:57.940 --> 00:22:58.820 lord 00:22:58.820 --> 00:23:00.100 and they 00:23:00.100 --> 00:23:00.260 have 00:23:00.260 --> 00:23:00.880 abandoned 00:23:00.880 --> 00:23:02.360 the covenant 00:23:02.360 --> 00:23:02.800 lord 00:23:02.800 --> 00:23:03.360 for the 00:23:03.360 --> 00:23:03.860 lord 00:23:03.860 --> 00:23:04.680 of the 00:23:04.680 --> 00:23:04.920 covenant 00:23:04.920 --> 00:23:05.900 the 00:23:05.900 --> 00:23:06.220 Baal 00:23:06.220 --> 00:23:06.960 Berit 00:23:06.960 --> 00:23:08.080 in this 00:23:08.080 --> 00:23:08.440 house 00:23:08.440 --> 00:23:09.860 of 00:23:09.860 --> 00:23:11.720 this 00:23:11.720 --> 00:23:12.120 Baal 00:23:12.119 --> 00:23:12.639 covenant 00:23:12.639 --> 00:23:13.179 they 00:23:13.179 --> 00:23:13.339 have 00:23:13.339 --> 00:23:14.019 displaced 00:23:14.019 --> 00:23:14.539 Yahweh 00:23:14.539 --> 00:23:15.239 their 00:23:15.239 --> 00:23:15.679 own 00:23:15.679 --> 00:23:16.299 covenant 00:23:16.299 --> 00:23:16.759 god 00:23:16.759 --> 00:23:17.699 for the 00:23:17.699 --> 00:23:17.859 god 00:23:17.859 --> 00:23:18.039 of the 00:23:18.039 --> 00:23:18.299 covenant 00:23:18.299 --> 00:23:20.139 how did 00:23:20.139 --> 00:23:20.299 this 00:23:20.299 --> 00:23:20.619 happen 00:23:20.619 --> 00:23:21.959 how did 00:23:21.959 --> 00:23:22.379 pagan 00:23:22.379 --> 00:23:22.879 worship 00:23:22.879 --> 00:23:23.679 arrive 00:23:23.679 --> 00:23:25.059 how is 00:23:25.059 --> 00:23:25.500 it such 00:23:25.500 --> 00:23:26.239 a natural 00:23:26.239 --> 00:23:27.559 tendency 00:23:27.559 --> 00:23:28.439 it was 00:23:28.439 --> 00:23:28.979 because the 00:23:28.979 --> 00:23:29.399 pattern 00:23:29.399 --> 00:23:30.299 was set 00:23:30.299 --> 00:23:31.439 long before 00:23:31.439 --> 00:23:32.419 Abimelech 00:23:32.419 --> 00:23:33.500 ever came 00:23:33.500 --> 00:23:33.859 on the 00:23:33.859 --> 00:23:34.139 scene 00:23:34.139 --> 00:23:35.339 and we 00:23:35.339 --> 00:23:35.819 I think 00:23:35.819 --> 00:23:36.279 we probably 00:23:36.279 --> 00:23:37.000 say it 00:23:37.000 --> 00:23:37.500 happened 00:23:37.500 --> 00:23:38.599 probably 00:23:38.599 --> 00:23:39.279 as early 00:23:39.279 --> 00:23:40.019 as what 00:23:40.019 --> 00:23:40.579 we find 00:23:40.579 --> 00:23:41.240 in 00:23:41.240 --> 00:23:43.140 chapter 8 00:23:43.140 --> 00:23:44.039 verse 22 00:23:44.039 --> 00:23:45.440 it happened 00:23:45.440 --> 00:23:46.119 as soon 00:23:46.119 --> 00:23:46.619 as this 00:23:46.619 --> 00:23:47.180 victory 00:23:47.180 --> 00:23:48.279 that God 00:23:48.279 --> 00:23:48.799 had given 00:23:48.799 --> 00:23:49.460 to 00:23:49.460 --> 00:23:50.200 Gideon 00:23:50.200 --> 00:23:50.980 as soon 00:23:50.980 --> 00:23:51.299 as that 00:23:51.299 --> 00:23:51.599 victory 00:23:51.599 --> 00:23:52.380 takes place 00:23:52.380 --> 00:23:53.099 and ephod 00:23:53.099 --> 00:23:53.700 goes up 00:23:53.700 --> 00:23:55.380 we find 00:23:55.380 --> 00:23:55.859 from chapter 00:23:55.859 --> 00:23:56.559 8 00:23:56.559 --> 00:23:57.299 verse 28 00:23:57.299 --> 00:23:58.039 Midian 00:23:58.039 --> 00:23:58.720 was subdued 00:23:58.720 --> 00:23:59.140 before the 00:23:59.140 --> 00:23:59.539 people of 00:23:59.539 --> 00:23:59.819 Israel 00:23:59.819 --> 00:24:00.700 they raised 00:24:00.700 --> 00:24:01.279 their heads 00:24:01.279 --> 00:24:01.880 no more 00:24:01.880 --> 00:24:02.480 and the 00:24:02.480 --> 00:24:02.880 land had 00:24:02.880 --> 00:24:03.420 rest for 00:24:03.420 --> 00:24:04.140 40 years 00:24:04.140 --> 00:24:04.640 in the 00:24:04.640 --> 00:24:05.000 days of 00:24:05.000 --> 00:24:05.299 Gideon 00:24:05.299 --> 00:24:06.200 I would 00:24:06.200 --> 00:24:06.919 submit to 00:24:06.919 --> 00:24:07.339 you that 00:24:07.339 --> 00:24:07.879 probably 00:24:07.879 --> 00:24:09.379 for about 00:24:09.379 --> 00:24:10.220 40 years 00:24:10.220 --> 00:24:10.599 Gideon 00:24:10.599 --> 00:24:11.039 is leading 00:24:11.039 --> 00:24:11.379 them 00:24:11.379 --> 00:24:12.059 with this 00:24:12.059 --> 00:24:12.500 ephod 00:24:12.500 --> 00:24:13.259 along this 00:24:13.259 --> 00:24:13.599 path 00:24:13.599 --> 00:24:15.480 and whatever 00:24:15.480 --> 00:24:16.319 this ephod 00:24:16.319 --> 00:24:16.799 was 00:24:16.799 --> 00:24:17.200 whatever 00:24:17.200 --> 00:24:18.379 Gideon's 00:24:18.379 --> 00:24:19.099 motivation 00:24:19.099 --> 00:24:19.980 would have 00:24:19.980 --> 00:24:20.319 been 00:24:20.319 --> 00:24:21.019 it was 00:24:21.019 --> 00:24:21.599 not 00:24:21.599 --> 00:24:22.200 after 00:24:22.200 --> 00:24:22.839 God's 00:24:22.839 --> 00:24:23.240 pattern 00:24:23.240 --> 00:24:24.480 it was 00:24:24.480 --> 00:24:25.059 not 00:24:25.059 --> 00:24:25.700 according 00:24:25.700 --> 00:24:26.879 to God's 00:24:26.879 --> 00:24:27.539 instructions 00:24:27.539 --> 00:24:28.779 they were 00:24:28.779 --> 00:24:29.299 not 00:24:29.299 --> 00:24:29.980 following 00:24:29.980 --> 00:24:30.519 the law 00:24:30.519 --> 00:24:31.099 you see 00:24:31.099 --> 00:24:31.919 Shiloh 00:24:31.919 --> 00:24:32.399 was where 00:24:32.399 --> 00:24:32.680 this 00:24:32.680 --> 00:24:33.240 tabernacle 00:24:33.240 --> 00:24:33.899 was supposed 00:24:33.899 --> 00:24:34.299 to be set 00:24:34.299 --> 00:24:34.659 it was 00:24:34.660 --> 00:24:35.519 supposed 00:24:35.519 --> 00:24:35.900 to be 00:24:35.900 --> 00:24:36.100 the 00:24:36.100 --> 00:24:36.800 capital 00:24:36.800 --> 00:24:37.259 city 00:24:37.259 --> 00:24:37.560 as it 00:24:37.560 --> 00:24:37.840 were 00:24:37.840 --> 00:24:38.240 of 00:24:38.240 --> 00:24:38.740 worship 00:24:38.740 --> 00:24:40.580 Gideon 00:24:40.580 --> 00:24:40.840 thinks 00:24:40.840 --> 00:24:41.120 I've got 00:24:41.120 --> 00:24:41.380 a better 00:24:41.380 --> 00:24:41.759 plan 00:24:41.759 --> 00:24:42.820 I'm going 00:24:42.820 --> 00:24:43.080 to set 00:24:43.080 --> 00:24:43.540 up this 00:24:43.540 --> 00:24:44.480 place 00:24:44.480 --> 00:24:44.880 of worship 00:24:44.880 --> 00:24:45.220 in my 00:24:45.220 --> 00:24:45.519 hometown 00:24:45.519 --> 00:24:46.100 it's more 00:24:46.100 --> 00:24:46.540 convenient 00:24:46.540 --> 00:24:47.180 it's easier 00:24:47.180 --> 00:24:47.560 for me 00:24:47.560 --> 00:24:47.980 we're going 00:24:47.980 --> 00:24:48.180 to do 00:24:48.180 --> 00:24:48.600 it there 00:24:48.600 --> 00:24:50.420 and whatever 00:24:50.420 --> 00:24:51.360 the ephod 00:24:51.360 --> 00:24:51.960 was that 00:24:51.960 --> 00:24:53.640 he designed 00:24:53.640 --> 00:24:55.360 was not 00:24:55.360 --> 00:24:56.060 the ephod 00:24:56.060 --> 00:24:56.540 that was 00:24:56.540 --> 00:24:57.160 designated 00:24:57.160 --> 00:24:58.500 the ephod 00:24:58.500 --> 00:24:58.779 that was 00:24:58.779 --> 00:24:59.140 designated 00:24:59.140 --> 00:24:59.700 was something 00:24:59.700 --> 00:25:00.480 that the 00:25:00.480 --> 00:25:00.860 priests 00:25:00.860 --> 00:25:01.200 were to 00:25:01.200 --> 00:25:01.420 wear 00:25:01.420 --> 00:25:02.100 they were 00:25:02.100 --> 00:25:02.279 supposed 00:25:02.279 --> 00:25:02.500 to go 00:25:02.500 --> 00:25:02.700 about 00:25:02.700 --> 00:25:02.940 their 00:25:02.940 --> 00:25:03.360 priestly 00:25:03.360 --> 00:25:03.360 00:25:03.360 --> 00:25:03.800 duties 00:25:03.799 --> 00:25:04.879 in the 00:25:04.879 --> 00:25:06.379 tabernacle 00:25:06.379 --> 00:25:07.299 before the 00:25:07.299 --> 00:25:07.700 altar 00:25:07.700 --> 00:25:09.720 Gideon 00:25:09.720 --> 00:25:09.980 thought he 00:25:09.980 --> 00:25:10.180 had a 00:25:10.180 --> 00:25:10.599 better way 00:25:10.599 --> 00:25:11.720 he thought 00:25:11.720 --> 00:25:11.879 he had 00:25:11.879 --> 00:25:12.099 a better 00:25:12.099 --> 00:25:12.539 design 00:25:12.539 --> 00:25:14.019 so Gideon 00:25:14.019 --> 00:25:14.700 re-centers 00:25:14.700 --> 00:25:15.319 this worship 00:25:15.319 --> 00:25:15.659 in his 00:25:15.659 --> 00:25:15.940 hometown 00:25:15.940 --> 00:25:16.460 and he 00:25:16.460 --> 00:25:16.919 sets up 00:25:16.919 --> 00:25:17.720 his own 00:25:17.720 --> 00:25:18.279 means of 00:25:18.279 --> 00:25:18.960 interfacing 00:25:18.960 --> 00:25:19.460 with God 00:25:19.460 --> 00:25:20.000 whatever that 00:25:20.000 --> 00:25:20.440 meant 00:25:20.440 --> 00:25:21.960 and in 00:25:21.960 --> 00:25:22.759 that way 00:25:22.759 --> 00:25:24.200 he replaced 00:25:24.200 --> 00:25:25.480 this token 00:25:25.480 --> 00:25:26.299 of worship 00:25:26.299 --> 00:25:27.159 he replaced 00:25:27.159 --> 00:25:27.680 it with 00:25:27.680 --> 00:25:28.240 this token 00:25:28.240 --> 00:25:28.720 of worship 00:25:28.720 --> 00:25:30.259 this degraded 00:25:30.259 --> 00:25:30.599 worship 00:25:30.599 --> 00:25:31.719 which of 00:25:31.719 --> 00:25:32.099 course 00:25:32.099 --> 00:25:33.399 is 00:25:33.399 --> 00:25:33.939 idolatry 00:25:33.939 --> 00:25:35.799 any 00:25:35.799 --> 00:25:36.099 worship 00:25:36.099 --> 00:25:36.319 that's 00:25:36.319 --> 00:25:36.459 not 00:25:36.459 --> 00:25:36.719 according 00:25:36.719 --> 00:25:36.879 to 00:25:36.879 --> 00:25:37.119 God's 00:25:37.119 --> 00:25:37.439 pattern 00:25:37.439 --> 00:25:38.579 any 00:25:38.579 --> 00:25:38.959 worship 00:25:38.959 --> 00:25:39.240 that's 00:25:39.240 --> 00:25:39.699 outside 00:25:39.699 --> 00:25:40.000 of 00:25:40.000 --> 00:25:40.759 God's 00:25:40.759 --> 00:25:41.219 design 00:25:41.219 --> 00:25:42.639 is not 00:25:42.639 --> 00:25:42.879 true 00:25:42.879 --> 00:25:43.319 worship 00:25:43.319 --> 00:25:44.299 it's 00:25:44.299 --> 00:25:44.639 polluted 00:25:44.639 --> 00:25:44.980 worship 00:25:44.980 --> 00:25:45.240 it's 00:25:45.240 --> 00:25:45.539 corrupt 00:25:45.539 --> 00:25:45.959 worship 00:25:45.959 --> 00:25:47.740 and so 00:25:47.740 --> 00:25:49.059 in that 00:25:49.059 --> 00:25:49.579 way 00:25:49.579 --> 00:25:50.519 Gideon 00:25:50.519 --> 00:25:51.219 becomes 00:25:51.219 --> 00:25:51.980 as it 00:25:51.980 --> 00:25:52.199 were 00:25:52.199 --> 00:25:52.419 the 00:25:52.419 --> 00:25:53.240 first 00:25:53.240 --> 00:25:54.759 designated 00:25:54.759 --> 00:25:55.500 leader 00:25:55.500 --> 00:25:56.339 in Israel 00:25:56.339 --> 00:25:57.740 to promote 00:25:57.740 --> 00:25:58.500 idolatry 00:25:58.500 --> 00:25:59.579 from the 00:25:59.579 --> 00:25:59.899 front 00:25:59.900 --> 00:26:01.420 now 00:26:01.420 --> 00:26:02.000 this is 00:26:02.000 --> 00:26:02.440 interesting 00:26:02.440 --> 00:26:04.040 look with 00:26:04.040 --> 00:26:04.140 me 00:26:04.140 --> 00:26:04.400 in chapter 00:26:04.400 --> 00:26:04.640 8 00:26:04.640 --> 00:26:04.780 verse 00:26:04.780 --> 00:26:05.220 24 00:26:05.220 --> 00:26:05.600 I'll try 00:26:05.600 --> 00:26:05.820 to make 00:26:05.820 --> 00:26:06.100 this 00:26:06.100 --> 00:26:06.740 quick 00:26:06.740 --> 00:26:08.019 it says 00:26:08.019 --> 00:26:08.200 this 00:26:08.200 --> 00:26:08.680 and Gideon 00:26:08.680 --> 00:26:09.000 said to 00:26:09.000 --> 00:26:09.160 them 00:26:09.160 --> 00:26:09.560 let me 00:26:09.560 --> 00:26:10.259 let me 00:26:10.259 --> 00:26:10.580 make a 00:26:10.580 --> 00:26:11.060 request 00:26:11.060 --> 00:26:11.420 of you 00:26:11.420 --> 00:26:11.660 every 00:26:11.660 --> 00:26:12.140 one of 00:26:12.140 --> 00:26:12.259 you 00:26:12.259 --> 00:26:12.560 give me 00:26:12.560 --> 00:26:12.740 the 00:26:12.740 --> 00:26:13.160 earrings 00:26:13.160 --> 00:26:13.460 from 00:26:13.460 --> 00:26:14.000 your 00:26:14.000 --> 00:26:14.519 spoil 00:26:14.519 --> 00:26:15.000 for 00:26:15.000 --> 00:26:15.140 they 00:26:15.140 --> 00:26:15.300 had 00:26:15.300 --> 00:26:15.700 golden 00:26:15.700 --> 00:26:16.220 earrings 00:26:16.220 --> 00:26:16.580 because 00:26:16.580 --> 00:26:16.759 they 00:26:16.759 --> 00:26:16.880 were 00:26:16.880 --> 00:26:17.519 Ishmaelites 00:26:17.519 --> 00:26:18.060 and they 00:26:18.060 --> 00:26:18.380 answered 00:26:18.380 --> 00:26:18.900 we will 00:26:18.900 --> 00:26:19.259 willingly 00:26:19.259 --> 00:26:19.600 give 00:26:19.600 --> 00:26:19.840 them 00:26:19.840 --> 00:26:20.019 and 00:26:20.019 --> 00:26:20.420 they 00:26:20.420 --> 00:26:20.759 spread 00:26:20.759 --> 00:26:20.920 out 00:26:20.920 --> 00:26:21.060 a 00:26:21.060 --> 00:26:21.320 cloak 00:26:21.320 --> 00:26:21.320 00:26:21.440 --> 00:26:21.660 and every 00:26:21.660 --> 00:26:22.040 man 00:26:22.040 --> 00:26:22.340 threw 00:26:22.340 --> 00:26:22.580 in 00:26:22.580 --> 00:26:22.740 the 00:26:22.740 --> 00:26:23.019 earrings 00:26:23.019 --> 00:26:23.180 of 00:26:23.180 --> 00:26:23.320 the 00:26:23.320 --> 00:26:23.680 spoil 00:26:23.680 --> 00:26:24.259 and the 00:26:24.259 --> 00:26:24.480 weight 00:26:24.480 --> 00:26:24.700 of the 00:26:24.700 --> 00:26:24.940 golden 00:26:24.940 --> 00:26:25.319 earrings 00:26:25.319 --> 00:26:26.079 that he 00:26:26.079 --> 00:26:26.500 requested 00:26:26.500 --> 00:26:26.720 was 00:26:26.720 --> 00:26:27.259 1700 00:26:27.259 --> 00:26:27.839 shekels 00:26:27.839 --> 00:26:28.259 of gold 00:26:28.259 --> 00:26:29.380 besides the 00:26:29.380 --> 00:26:30.039 crescent ornaments 00:26:30.039 --> 00:26:30.900 the pendants 00:26:30.900 --> 00:26:31.539 the purple 00:26:31.539 --> 00:26:32.000 garments 00:26:32.000 --> 00:26:32.880 worn by the 00:26:32.880 --> 00:26:33.299 kings of 00:26:33.299 --> 00:26:33.579 Midian 00:26:33.579 --> 00:26:34.339 and besides 00:26:34.339 --> 00:26:35.339 the collars 00:26:35.339 --> 00:26:35.759 that were 00:26:35.759 --> 00:26:36.160 around the 00:26:36.160 --> 00:26:36.480 necks of 00:26:36.480 --> 00:26:37.039 the camels 00:26:37.039 --> 00:26:38.539 this was 00:26:38.539 --> 00:26:38.779 a 00:26:38.779 --> 00:26:39.599 treasure 00:26:39.599 --> 00:26:40.159 for 00:26:40.159 --> 00:26:40.680 kings 00:26:40.680 --> 00:26:42.220 and just 00:26:42.220 --> 00:26:42.440 for 00:26:42.440 --> 00:26:43.079 comparison 00:26:43.079 --> 00:26:44.399 1700 00:26:44.399 --> 00:26:45.460 shekels 00:26:45.460 --> 00:26:45.980 is 00:26:45.980 --> 00:26:47.059 43 00:26:47.059 --> 00:26:48.099 pounds 00:26:48.099 --> 00:26:48.359 of 00:26:48.359 --> 00:26:48.720 gold 00:26:48.720 --> 00:26:50.220 equivalent 00:26:50.220 --> 00:26:50.700 to about 00:26:50.700 --> 00:26:51.500 two and a 00:26:51.500 --> 00:26:51.720 half 00:26:51.720 --> 00:26:52.220 million 00:26:52.220 --> 00:26:52.680 dollars 00:26:52.680 --> 00:26:53.079 today 00:26:53.079 --> 00:26:55.619 it should 00:26:55.619 --> 00:26:56.359 sound 00:26:56.359 --> 00:26:57.500 strangely 00:26:57.500 --> 00:26:58.139 familiar 00:26:58.139 --> 00:27:00.460 Gideon 00:27:00.460 --> 00:27:00.759 says 00:27:00.759 --> 00:27:01.099 hey 00:27:01.099 --> 00:27:02.220 give me 00:27:02.220 --> 00:27:02.480 your 00:27:02.480 --> 00:27:03.200 earrings 00:27:03.200 --> 00:27:04.019 and the 00:27:04.019 --> 00:27:04.440 people say 00:27:04.440 --> 00:27:05.159 oh 00:27:05.159 --> 00:27:05.559 fine 00:27:05.559 --> 00:27:06.440 they give 00:27:06.440 --> 00:27:06.700 him his 00:27:06.700 --> 00:27:07.019 earrings 00:27:07.019 --> 00:27:07.660 and out 00:27:07.660 --> 00:27:08.119 pops 00:27:08.119 --> 00:27:08.759 an 00:27:08.759 --> 00:27:09.099 ephod 00:27:09.099 --> 00:27:09.900 well 00:27:09.900 --> 00:27:11.099 that's 00:27:11.099 --> 00:27:11.200 what 00:27:11.200 --> 00:27:11.539 happens 00:27:11.539 --> 00:27:11.700 in 00:27:11.700 --> 00:27:11.960 Exodus 00:27:11.960 --> 00:27:12.559 32 00:27:12.559 --> 00:27:12.839 right 00:27:12.839 --> 00:27:14.639 Exodus 00:27:14.639 --> 00:27:15.059 32 00:27:15.059 --> 00:27:15.559 1-4 00:27:15.559 --> 00:27:15.859 says 00:27:15.859 --> 00:27:16.200 the people 00:27:16.200 --> 00:27:16.579 gathered 00:27:16.579 --> 00:27:16.980 themselves 00:27:16.980 --> 00:27:17.420 to Aaron 00:27:17.420 --> 00:27:18.240 and said 00:27:18.240 --> 00:27:18.420 to him 00:27:18.420 --> 00:27:19.139 make gods 00:27:19.139 --> 00:27:19.639 for us 00:27:19.639 --> 00:27:20.160 who shall 00:27:20.160 --> 00:27:20.599 go before 00:27:20.599 --> 00:27:20.859 us 00:27:20.859 --> 00:27:21.039 so 00:27:21.039 --> 00:27:22.059 Aaron 00:27:22.059 --> 00:27:22.579 said to 00:27:22.579 --> 00:27:22.740 them 00:27:22.740 --> 00:27:23.379 take off 00:27:23.379 --> 00:27:24.279 the rings 00:27:24.279 --> 00:27:24.819 of gold 00:27:24.819 --> 00:27:25.200 that are 00:27:25.200 --> 00:27:25.940 on your 00:27:25.940 --> 00:27:26.359 ears 00:27:26.359 --> 00:27:26.720 of your 00:27:26.720 --> 00:27:27.119 wives 00:27:27.119 --> 00:27:27.700 your sons 00:27:27.700 --> 00:27:28.019 and your 00:27:28.019 --> 00:27:28.339 daughters 00:27:28.339 --> 00:27:28.700 and bring 00:27:28.700 --> 00:27:28.920 them to 00:27:28.920 --> 00:27:29.079 me 00:27:29.079 --> 00:27:30.099 so all 00:27:30.099 --> 00:27:30.379 the people 00:27:30.379 --> 00:27:30.879 took off 00:27:30.879 --> 00:27:31.359 the rings 00:27:31.359 --> 00:27:31.839 of gold 00:27:31.839 --> 00:27:32.539 that were 00:27:32.539 --> 00:27:32.879 in their 00:27:32.879 --> 00:27:33.299 ears 00:27:33.299 --> 00:27:33.859 and brought 00:27:33.859 --> 00:27:34.119 them to 00:27:34.119 --> 00:27:34.319 Aaron 00:27:34.319 --> 00:27:35.519 he received 00:27:35.519 --> 00:27:35.839 the gold 00:27:35.839 --> 00:27:36.160 from their 00:27:36.160 --> 00:27:36.420 hand 00:27:36.420 --> 00:27:37.380 and fashioned 00:27:37.380 --> 00:27:37.700 it with 00:27:37.700 --> 00:27:38.060 a graving 00:27:38.060 --> 00:27:38.400 tool 00:27:38.400 --> 00:27:39.180 made 00:27:39.180 --> 00:27:39.700 and made 00:27:39.700 --> 00:27:40.019 a golden 00:27:40.019 --> 00:27:40.400 calf 00:27:40.400 --> 00:27:41.340 and they 00:27:41.340 --> 00:27:41.519 said 00:27:41.519 --> 00:27:41.800 these are 00:27:41.800 --> 00:27:42.200 your gods 00:27:42.200 --> 00:27:42.580 oh Israel 00:27:42.580 --> 00:27:43.160 who brought 00:27:43.160 --> 00:27:43.580 you up 00:27:43.580 --> 00:27:43.960 out of the 00:27:43.960 --> 00:27:44.220 land 00:27:44.220 --> 00:27:45.120 of Egypt 00:27:45.120 --> 00:27:47.500 the similarities 00:27:47.500 --> 00:27:48.560 are unmistakable 00:27:48.560 --> 00:27:49.860 give me your 00:27:49.860 --> 00:27:50.440 gold earrings 00:27:50.440 --> 00:27:51.380 so they do 00:27:51.380 --> 00:27:52.580 and out pops 00:27:52.580 --> 00:27:52.940 a golden 00:27:52.940 --> 00:27:53.300 calf 00:27:53.300 --> 00:27:53.800 well 00:27:53.800 --> 00:27:54.759 Gideon does 00:27:54.759 --> 00:27:55.060 the same 00:27:55.060 --> 00:27:55.360 thing 00:27:55.360 --> 00:27:55.759 give me 00:27:55.759 --> 00:27:56.480 your earrings 00:27:56.480 --> 00:27:57.680 1700 00:27:57.680 --> 00:27:59.120 shekels 00:27:59.120 --> 00:27:59.500 of gold 00:27:59.500 --> 00:28:01.079 34 pounds 00:28:01.079 --> 00:28:01.640 of gold 00:28:01.640 --> 00:28:02.119 and out 00:28:02.119 --> 00:28:02.500 pops 00:28:02.500 --> 00:28:03.700 an ephod 00:28:03.700 --> 00:28:05.039 for the 00:28:05.039 --> 00:28:05.599 first time 00:28:05.599 --> 00:28:06.920 idolatry 00:28:06.920 --> 00:28:07.819 is the 00:28:07.819 --> 00:28:08.339 officially 00:28:08.339 --> 00:28:09.319 sponsored 00:28:09.319 --> 00:28:10.339 by a 00:28:10.339 --> 00:28:10.579 leader 00:28:10.579 --> 00:28:11.660 of Israel 00:28:11.660 --> 00:28:13.259 compromised 00:28:13.259 --> 00:28:14.140 worship 00:28:14.140 --> 00:28:15.319 we could 00:28:15.319 --> 00:28:15.759 talk about 00:28:15.759 --> 00:28:16.619 so many 00:28:16.619 --> 00:28:17.119 other things 00:28:17.119 --> 00:28:17.380 but 00:28:17.380 --> 00:28:18.759 but the 00:28:18.759 --> 00:28:19.160 compromise 00:28:19.160 --> 00:28:19.900 is embedded 00:28:19.900 --> 00:28:20.680 in his 00:28:20.680 --> 00:28:21.000 heart 00:28:21.000 --> 00:28:21.519 in Gideon's 00:28:21.519 --> 00:28:21.700 heart 00:28:21.700 --> 00:28:22.000 and so 00:28:22.000 --> 00:28:22.359 it should 00:28:22.359 --> 00:28:22.680 be no 00:28:22.680 --> 00:28:23.220 surprise 00:28:23.220 --> 00:28:23.880 that Abimelech 00:28:23.880 --> 00:28:25.039 then takes 00:28:25.039 --> 00:28:25.319 it to 00:28:25.319 --> 00:28:25.480 its 00:28:25.480 --> 00:28:25.819 fulfillment 00:28:25.819 --> 00:28:27.740 he's also 00:28:27.740 --> 00:28:28.200 a product 00:28:28.200 --> 00:28:29.279 of compromised 00:28:29.279 --> 00:28:30.139 rule 00:28:30.139 --> 00:28:31.339 a product 00:28:31.339 --> 00:28:31.939 of compromised 00:28:31.939 --> 00:28:32.460 rule 00:28:32.460 --> 00:28:33.799 going back 00:28:33.799 --> 00:28:34.500 to chapter 9 00:28:34.500 --> 00:28:35.339 Judges chapter 9 00:28:35.339 --> 00:28:36.419 we see this 00:28:36.419 --> 00:28:37.480 and now Abimelech 00:28:37.480 --> 00:28:38.319 the son of Jerubal 00:28:38.319 --> 00:28:38.919 went to Shechem 00:28:38.919 --> 00:28:40.000 to his mother's 00:28:40.000 --> 00:28:40.359 relatives 00:28:40.359 --> 00:28:41.299 and said to them 00:28:41.299 --> 00:28:42.579 and to the whole 00:28:42.579 --> 00:28:43.319 clan of his 00:28:43.319 --> 00:28:43.960 mother's family 00:28:43.960 --> 00:28:45.019 say in the ears 00:28:45.019 --> 00:28:45.579 of all the 00:28:45.579 --> 00:28:46.419 leaders of Shechem 00:28:46.419 --> 00:28:48.200 which is better 00:28:48.200 --> 00:28:48.879 for you 00:28:48.879 --> 00:28:50.599 that all 70 00:28:50.599 --> 00:28:51.200 of the sons 00:28:51.200 --> 00:28:51.720 of Jerubal 00:28:51.720 --> 00:28:52.500 rule over you 00:28:52.500 --> 00:28:53.960 or that one 00:28:53.960 --> 00:28:55.179 rule over you 00:28:55.180 --> 00:28:56.460 remember also 00:28:56.460 --> 00:28:56.940 that I am 00:28:56.940 --> 00:28:57.539 bone 00:28:57.539 --> 00:28:58.779 your bone 00:28:58.779 --> 00:28:59.420 and of your 00:28:59.420 --> 00:28:59.820 flesh 00:28:59.820 --> 00:29:01.360 so he makes 00:29:01.360 --> 00:29:01.820 his way 00:29:01.820 --> 00:29:02.400 to Shechem 00:29:02.400 --> 00:29:04.299 Afra was 00:29:04.299 --> 00:29:04.940 about 30 00:29:04.940 --> 00:29:05.720 miles away 00:29:05.720 --> 00:29:06.120 he makes 00:29:06.120 --> 00:29:06.560 his way 00:29:06.560 --> 00:29:06.980 kind of 00:29:06.980 --> 00:29:07.480 to the 00:29:07.480 --> 00:29:07.960 trade 00:29:07.960 --> 00:29:08.680 center 00:29:08.680 --> 00:29:09.320 of Israel 00:29:09.320 --> 00:29:10.279 the nation 00:29:10.279 --> 00:29:12.259 of Israel 00:29:12.259 --> 00:29:13.580 had Shechem 00:29:13.580 --> 00:29:13.980 as kind of 00:29:13.980 --> 00:29:15.240 the crossroads 00:29:15.240 --> 00:29:15.720 it was the 00:29:15.720 --> 00:29:16.680 center 00:29:16.680 --> 00:29:18.039 of transaction 00:29:18.039 --> 00:29:19.660 Gideon 00:29:19.660 --> 00:29:20.180 is from 00:29:20.180 --> 00:29:21.060 the tribe 00:29:21.060 --> 00:29:22.019 of Manasseh 00:29:22.019 --> 00:29:22.840 and if you 00:29:22.840 --> 00:29:23.380 have your 00:29:23.380 --> 00:29:24.539 study guides 00:29:24.539 --> 00:29:24.900 for this 00:29:24.900 --> 00:29:25.180 morning 00:29:25.180 --> 00:29:25.500 you can 00:29:25.500 --> 00:29:25.759 kind of 00:29:25.759 --> 00:29:26.140 see on 00:29:26.140 --> 00:29:26.600 the back 00:29:26.600 --> 00:29:27.360 kind of 00:29:27.360 --> 00:29:27.660 where 00:29:27.660 --> 00:29:28.240 in the 00:29:28.240 --> 00:29:28.540 world 00:29:28.540 --> 00:29:29.860 is Ephraim 00:29:29.860 --> 00:29:30.500 and Manasseh 00:29:30.500 --> 00:29:31.040 located 00:29:31.040 --> 00:29:32.140 and you 00:29:32.140 --> 00:29:32.420 can kind 00:29:32.420 --> 00:29:32.720 of see 00:29:32.720 --> 00:29:33.120 it's right 00:29:33.120 --> 00:29:33.440 there in 00:29:33.440 --> 00:29:33.820 the center 00:29:33.820 --> 00:29:34.120 you can 00:29:34.120 --> 00:29:34.580 see that 00:29:34.580 --> 00:29:35.280 Ephraim 00:29:35.280 --> 00:29:36.440 and Manasseh 00:29:36.440 --> 00:29:36.840 are very 00:29:36.840 --> 00:29:37.880 close together 00:29:37.880 --> 00:29:38.759 well Shechem 00:29:38.759 --> 00:29:39.560 happened to 00:29:39.560 --> 00:29:39.980 be on 00:29:39.980 --> 00:29:41.240 the edge 00:29:41.240 --> 00:29:42.400 not only 00:29:42.400 --> 00:29:43.140 of Manasseh 00:29:43.140 --> 00:29:43.980 but bordering 00:29:43.980 --> 00:29:44.460 Ephraim 00:29:44.460 --> 00:29:44.860 and so 00:29:44.860 --> 00:29:45.780 it was really 00:29:45.780 --> 00:29:46.440 easy for 00:29:46.440 --> 00:29:47.780 these 00:29:47.780 --> 00:29:48.940 leaders 00:29:48.940 --> 00:29:50.019 to give 00:29:50.019 --> 00:29:51.060 allegiance 00:29:51.060 --> 00:29:52.340 to 00:29:52.339 --> 00:29:53.240 Abimelech 00:29:53.240 --> 00:29:54.839 Shechem 00:29:54.839 --> 00:29:55.199 was one 00:29:55.199 --> 00:29:55.339 of the 00:29:55.339 --> 00:29:55.539 most 00:29:55.539 --> 00:29:55.959 important 00:29:55.959 --> 00:29:56.639 crossroads 00:29:56.639 --> 00:29:57.500 in Israel's 00:29:57.500 --> 00:29:58.099 central 00:29:58.099 --> 00:29:59.159 country 00:29:59.159 --> 00:30:00.579 it sat 00:30:00.579 --> 00:30:00.959 in this 00:30:00.959 --> 00:30:01.240 narrow 00:30:01.240 --> 00:30:01.699 pass 00:30:01.699 --> 00:30:02.359 between 00:30:02.359 --> 00:30:02.639 Mount 00:30:02.639 --> 00:30:03.339 Gerizim 00:30:03.339 --> 00:30:03.819 and Mount 00:30:03.819 --> 00:30:04.199 Ebal 00:30:04.199 --> 00:30:04.859 which we'll 00:30:04.859 --> 00:30:05.279 talk about 00:30:05.279 --> 00:30:05.759 in just a 00:30:05.759 --> 00:30:06.059 moment 00:30:06.059 --> 00:30:07.039 and all 00:30:07.039 --> 00:30:07.279 of the 00:30:07.279 --> 00:30:07.619 major 00:30:07.619 --> 00:30:08.519 crossroads 00:30:08.519 --> 00:30:09.159 converged 00:30:09.159 --> 00:30:09.419 there 00:30:09.419 --> 00:30:09.879 if you 00:30:09.879 --> 00:30:10.500 controlled 00:30:10.500 --> 00:30:10.879 Shechem 00:30:10.879 --> 00:30:11.759 you controlled 00:30:11.759 --> 00:30:12.179 Israel 00:30:12.179 --> 00:30:14.220 Abimelech 00:30:14.220 --> 00:30:14.619 knew that 00:30:14.619 --> 00:30:15.379 he knew 00:30:15.379 --> 00:30:15.699 this was 00:30:15.699 --> 00:30:16.539 the power 00:30:16.539 --> 00:30:17.299 center 00:30:17.299 --> 00:30:18.460 and he 00:30:18.460 --> 00:30:19.000 goes to 00:30:19.000 --> 00:30:19.440 a group 00:30:19.440 --> 00:30:20.059 of leaders 00:30:20.059 --> 00:30:21.180 who we 00:30:21.180 --> 00:30:21.779 find out 00:30:21.779 --> 00:30:22.639 actually have 00:30:22.639 --> 00:30:23.899 the ability 00:30:23.899 --> 00:30:24.740 the authority 00:30:24.740 --> 00:30:25.759 to make him 00:30:25.759 --> 00:30:26.519 king as we'll 00:30:26.519 --> 00:30:27.319 see in 00:30:27.319 --> 00:30:28.039 verse 6 00:30:28.039 --> 00:30:29.740 he's going 00:30:29.740 --> 00:30:30.059 to the 00:30:30.059 --> 00:30:30.639 power 00:30:30.639 --> 00:30:31.460 center 00:30:31.460 --> 00:30:32.220 he's 00:30:32.220 --> 00:30:32.720 demanding 00:30:32.720 --> 00:30:33.879 he's 00:30:33.879 --> 00:30:34.240 demanding 00:30:34.240 --> 00:30:34.559 to be 00:30:34.559 --> 00:30:34.859 king 00:30:34.859 --> 00:30:35.359 from them 00:30:35.359 --> 00:30:37.019 but 00:30:37.019 --> 00:30:38.659 the rule 00:30:38.659 --> 00:30:38.940 that was 00:30:38.940 --> 00:30:39.419 offered 00:30:39.419 --> 00:30:40.659 to his 00:30:40.659 --> 00:30:41.099 father 00:30:41.099 --> 00:30:41.480 and at 00:30:41.480 --> 00:30:41.680 least 00:30:41.680 --> 00:30:42.079 kind of 00:30:42.079 --> 00:30:42.680 declined 00:30:42.680 --> 00:30:43.379 in terms 00:30:43.379 --> 00:30:44.480 of lip 00:30:44.480 --> 00:30:45.039 service 00:30:45.039 --> 00:30:46.259 is going 00:30:46.259 --> 00:30:46.940 to be an 00:30:46.940 --> 00:30:47.420 offer 00:30:47.420 --> 00:30:48.420 or even 00:30:48.420 --> 00:30:49.080 a proposal 00:30:49.080 --> 00:30:49.640 for that 00:30:49.640 --> 00:30:49.960 matter 00:30:49.960 --> 00:30:50.940 that Abimelech 00:30:50.940 --> 00:30:51.420 will make 00:30:51.420 --> 00:30:52.259 make me 00:30:52.259 --> 00:30:52.600 king 00:30:52.600 --> 00:30:54.279 he's 00:30:54.279 --> 00:30:54.620 ambitious 00:30:54.620 --> 00:30:55.900 he's 00:30:55.900 --> 00:30:56.539 assertive 00:30:56.539 --> 00:30:57.500 he's 00:30:57.500 --> 00:30:57.980 vicious 00:30:57.980 --> 00:30:59.580 where did 00:30:59.580 --> 00:31:00.600 this seeming 00:31:00.600 --> 00:31:01.820 heart change 00:31:01.820 --> 00:31:02.460 happen 00:31:02.460 --> 00:31:03.680 how did 00:31:03.680 --> 00:31:04.080 this 00:31:04.080 --> 00:31:05.299 begin to 00:31:05.299 --> 00:31:05.740 cultivate 00:31:05.740 --> 00:31:06.880 in Abimelech's 00:31:06.880 --> 00:31:07.160 heart 00:31:07.160 --> 00:31:07.660 well I think 00:31:07.660 --> 00:31:08.160 the answer 00:31:08.160 --> 00:31:09.180 is laid out 00:31:09.180 --> 00:31:09.660 for us 00:31:09.660 --> 00:31:10.500 in the 00:31:10.500 --> 00:31:10.960 passage 00:31:10.960 --> 00:31:12.600 verse 2 00:31:12.600 --> 00:31:13.840 which is 00:31:13.840 --> 00:31:14.299 better for 00:31:14.299 --> 00:31:14.559 you 00:31:14.559 --> 00:31:15.600 that all 00:31:15.600 --> 00:31:16.320 70 of 00:31:16.320 --> 00:31:16.640 the sons 00:31:16.640 --> 00:31:17.120 of Jerubal 00:31:17.120 --> 00:31:17.580 rule over 00:31:17.580 --> 00:31:17.820 you 00:31:17.820 --> 00:31:18.660 or that 00:31:18.660 --> 00:31:19.080 one 00:31:19.080 --> 00:31:19.860 rule over 00:31:19.860 --> 00:31:20.380 you 00:31:20.380 --> 00:31:23.140 Abimelech's 00:31:23.140 --> 00:31:23.600 not talking 00:31:23.600 --> 00:31:23.800 about 00:31:23.800 --> 00:31:24.460 possibilities 00:31:24.460 --> 00:31:25.960 he's talking 00:31:25.960 --> 00:31:26.300 about 00:31:26.300 --> 00:31:26.980 reality 00:31:26.980 --> 00:31:28.259 the 00:31:28.259 --> 00:31:28.680 70 of 00:31:28.680 --> 00:31:28.900 his sons 00:31:28.900 --> 00:31:29.320 in some 00:31:29.320 --> 00:31:29.520 way 00:31:29.520 --> 00:31:30.420 were exercising 00:31:30.420 --> 00:31:31.680 some measure 00:31:31.680 --> 00:31:32.680 of authority 00:31:32.680 --> 00:31:33.420 already 00:31:33.420 --> 00:31:34.180 in that 00:31:34.180 --> 00:31:34.580 region 00:31:34.580 --> 00:31:36.160 that's what 00:31:36.160 --> 00:31:37.200 puts teeth 00:31:37.200 --> 00:31:38.360 in Abimelech's 00:31:38.360 --> 00:31:38.900 proposal 00:31:38.900 --> 00:31:40.520 if it was 00:31:40.520 --> 00:31:41.020 not 00:31:41.020 --> 00:31:41.980 reality 00:31:41.980 --> 00:31:42.780 then he 00:31:42.780 --> 00:31:43.500 has no 00:31:43.500 --> 00:31:44.120 ground to 00:31:44.120 --> 00:31:44.700 stand on 00:31:44.700 --> 00:31:45.360 Abimelech 00:31:45.359 --> 00:31:45.939 is saying 00:31:45.939 --> 00:31:46.859 well here 00:31:46.859 --> 00:31:47.119 is the 00:31:47.119 --> 00:31:47.559 reality 00:31:47.559 --> 00:31:47.979 you want 00:31:47.979 --> 00:31:48.859 70 sons 00:31:48.859 --> 00:31:49.179 to rule 00:31:49.179 --> 00:31:49.559 over you 00:31:49.559 --> 00:31:50.000 or just 00:31:50.000 --> 00:31:50.199 me 00:31:50.199 --> 00:31:51.099 make your 00:31:51.099 --> 00:31:51.419 choice 00:31:51.419 --> 00:31:52.240 and of 00:31:52.240 --> 00:31:52.539 course the 00:31:52.539 --> 00:31:52.939 choice was 00:31:52.939 --> 00:31:53.439 easy because 00:31:53.439 --> 00:31:54.439 Abimelech is 00:31:54.439 --> 00:31:54.759 from the 00:31:54.759 --> 00:31:55.059 town 00:31:55.059 --> 00:31:56.099 he's part 00:31:56.099 --> 00:31:56.459 of them 00:31:56.459 --> 00:31:57.979 and we 00:31:57.979 --> 00:31:59.059 see all 00:31:59.059 --> 00:31:59.439 of this 00:31:59.439 --> 00:32:00.379 taking place 00:32:00.379 --> 00:32:03.279 we recognize 00:32:03.279 --> 00:32:04.839 that Gideon 00:32:04.839 --> 00:32:05.299 may not have 00:32:05.299 --> 00:32:05.939 accepted the 00:32:05.939 --> 00:32:06.699 formal position 00:32:06.699 --> 00:32:07.159 of being 00:32:07.159 --> 00:32:07.500 king 00:32:07.500 --> 00:32:08.519 over Israel 00:32:08.519 --> 00:32:09.419 but what 00:32:09.419 --> 00:32:10.359 seems clear 00:32:10.359 --> 00:32:10.719 from the 00:32:10.719 --> 00:32:11.139 text 00:32:11.140 --> 00:32:12.080 is that 00:32:12.080 --> 00:32:12.540 he acted 00:32:12.540 --> 00:32:13.080 as the 00:32:13.080 --> 00:32:13.500 de facto 00:32:13.500 --> 00:32:13.900 king 00:32:13.900 --> 00:32:15.240 one 00:32:15.240 --> 00:32:16.840 commentator 00:32:16.840 --> 00:32:17.380 says this 00:32:17.380 --> 00:32:17.700 whether or 00:32:17.700 --> 00:32:18.440 not Gideon 00:32:18.440 --> 00:32:19.060 exercised 00:32:19.060 --> 00:32:19.740 kingship 00:32:19.740 --> 00:32:20.600 his sons 00:32:20.600 --> 00:32:21.520 exercised 00:32:21.520 --> 00:32:22.320 de facto 00:32:22.320 --> 00:32:22.920 power 00:32:22.920 --> 00:32:23.920 in a 00:32:23.920 --> 00:32:24.420 subject 00:32:24.420 --> 00:32:25.080 city 00:32:25.080 --> 00:32:25.580 state 00:32:25.580 --> 00:32:26.720 and by 00:32:26.720 --> 00:32:27.280 their rule 00:32:27.280 --> 00:32:27.820 provoked 00:32:27.820 --> 00:32:28.580 the unrest 00:32:28.580 --> 00:32:29.480 of the 00:32:29.480 --> 00:32:29.940 citizens 00:32:29.940 --> 00:32:31.500 indicates that 00:32:31.500 --> 00:32:32.460 some measure 00:32:32.460 --> 00:32:32.820 of rule 00:32:32.820 --> 00:32:33.280 was already 00:32:33.280 --> 00:32:33.640 happening 00:32:33.640 --> 00:32:34.140 and so 00:32:34.140 --> 00:32:35.280 Gideon 00:32:35.280 --> 00:32:35.560 had set 00:32:35.560 --> 00:32:36.020 the course 00:32:36.020 --> 00:32:37.280 it was 00:32:37.280 --> 00:32:37.860 rule that 00:32:37.860 --> 00:32:38.380 was happening 00:32:38.380 --> 00:32:39.100 there already 00:32:39.099 --> 00:32:40.439 and we 00:32:40.439 --> 00:32:41.059 see clues 00:32:41.059 --> 00:32:41.379 of this 00:32:41.379 --> 00:32:41.659 in our 00:32:41.659 --> 00:32:41.899 text 00:32:41.899 --> 00:32:42.119 we don't 00:32:42.119 --> 00:32:42.559 have time 00:32:42.559 --> 00:32:43.179 to really 00:32:43.179 --> 00:32:43.659 go in 00:32:43.659 --> 00:32:44.019 detail 00:32:44.019 --> 00:32:44.559 about them 00:32:44.559 --> 00:32:45.099 but you 00:32:45.099 --> 00:32:45.480 remember 00:32:45.480 --> 00:32:46.579 the accusation 00:32:46.579 --> 00:32:47.439 of the 00:32:47.439 --> 00:32:47.599 two 00:32:47.599 --> 00:32:48.059 Midianite 00:32:48.059 --> 00:32:48.480 kings 00:32:48.480 --> 00:32:50.559 Ziba 00:32:50.559 --> 00:32:51.559 and Zalmunna 00:32:51.559 --> 00:32:52.740 in chapter 00:32:52.740 --> 00:32:53.139 8 verse 00:32:53.139 --> 00:32:53.519 18 00:32:53.519 --> 00:32:54.719 they say 00:32:54.719 --> 00:32:55.240 as you 00:32:55.240 --> 00:32:55.639 were 00:32:55.639 --> 00:32:56.319 Gideon 00:32:56.319 --> 00:32:57.480 so were 00:32:57.480 --> 00:32:57.740 they 00:32:57.740 --> 00:32:58.359 speaking of 00:32:58.359 --> 00:32:59.000 Gideon's 00:32:59.000 --> 00:32:59.359 brothers 00:32:59.359 --> 00:33:00.639 every one 00:33:00.639 --> 00:33:01.039 of them 00:33:01.039 --> 00:33:01.779 resembled 00:33:01.779 --> 00:33:02.419 the sons 00:33:02.419 --> 00:33:02.759 of a 00:33:02.759 --> 00:33:03.079 king 00:33:03.079 --> 00:33:04.819 there's 00:33:04.819 --> 00:33:05.079 some 00:33:05.079 --> 00:33:05.799 resemblance 00:33:05.799 --> 00:33:06.459 and that 00:33:06.459 --> 00:33:06.939 resemblance 00:33:06.939 --> 00:33:07.480 is not just 00:33:07.480 --> 00:33:08.019 appearance 00:33:08.019 --> 00:33:09.019 that resemblance 00:33:09.019 --> 00:33:10.119 is posture 00:33:10.119 --> 00:33:11.180 that resemblance 00:33:11.180 --> 00:33:11.920 is performance 00:33:11.920 --> 00:33:12.740 that resemblance 00:33:12.740 --> 00:33:13.759 is authority 00:33:13.759 --> 00:33:14.319 it's the 00:33:14.319 --> 00:33:15.200 domination 00:33:15.200 --> 00:33:15.960 that they 00:33:15.960 --> 00:33:17.460 pressed 00:33:17.460 --> 00:33:17.940 on the 00:33:17.940 --> 00:33:18.319 people 00:33:18.319 --> 00:33:19.440 and it 00:33:19.440 --> 00:33:20.079 was noticeable 00:33:20.079 --> 00:33:21.139 it was noticeable 00:33:21.139 --> 00:33:22.000 to these 00:33:22.000 --> 00:33:22.440 Midianite 00:33:22.440 --> 00:33:22.839 kings 00:33:22.839 --> 00:33:24.779 and it's 00:33:24.779 --> 00:33:25.299 picked up 00:33:25.299 --> 00:33:25.700 and carried 00:33:25.700 --> 00:33:26.019 through 00:33:26.019 --> 00:33:26.920 by Abimelech 00:33:26.920 --> 00:33:28.700 and then 00:33:28.700 --> 00:33:29.799 we find 00:33:29.799 --> 00:33:30.160 this 00:33:30.160 --> 00:33:31.299 in Judges 00:33:31.299 --> 00:33:31.579 8 00:33:31.579 --> 00:33:32.359 21 00:33:32.359 --> 00:33:34.240 then Ziba 00:33:34.240 --> 00:33:34.859 and Zalmunna 00:33:34.859 --> 00:33:35.220 said 00:33:35.220 --> 00:33:36.180 rise up 00:33:36.180 --> 00:33:36.639 yourself 00:33:36.639 --> 00:33:37.039 Gideon 00:33:37.039 --> 00:33:38.119 and fall 00:33:38.119 --> 00:33:38.759 upon us 00:33:38.759 --> 00:33:39.940 for as 00:33:39.940 --> 00:33:40.440 the man 00:33:40.440 --> 00:33:40.940 is 00:33:40.940 --> 00:33:41.539 so 00:33:41.539 --> 00:33:42.420 is his 00:33:42.420 --> 00:33:43.099 strength 00:33:43.099 --> 00:33:44.379 and Gideon 00:33:44.379 --> 00:33:44.759 arose 00:33:44.759 --> 00:33:45.259 and he 00:33:45.259 --> 00:33:45.460 killed 00:33:45.460 --> 00:33:45.759 Ziba 00:33:45.759 --> 00:33:46.740 and Zalmunna 00:33:46.740 --> 00:33:47.460 he took 00:33:47.460 --> 00:33:47.920 the crescent 00:33:47.920 --> 00:33:48.299 ornaments 00:33:48.299 --> 00:33:48.680 that were 00:33:48.680 --> 00:33:48.940 on the 00:33:48.940 --> 00:33:49.140 necks 00:33:49.140 --> 00:33:49.339 of the 00:33:49.339 --> 00:33:49.660 other 00:33:49.660 --> 00:33:50.059 camels 00:33:50.059 --> 00:33:51.119 it's a 00:33:51.119 --> 00:33:51.299 bold 00:33:51.299 --> 00:33:51.640 taunt 00:33:51.640 --> 00:33:52.160 it's 00:33:52.160 --> 00:33:52.299 met 00:33:52.299 --> 00:33:52.640 by a 00:33:52.640 --> 00:33:52.799 very 00:33:52.799 --> 00:33:53.079 bold 00:33:53.079 --> 00:33:53.839 response 00:33:53.839 --> 00:33:55.039 their 00:33:55.039 --> 00:33:55.460 statement 00:33:55.460 --> 00:33:55.980 connects 00:33:55.980 --> 00:33:56.660 manhood 00:33:56.660 --> 00:33:57.619 and strength 00:33:57.619 --> 00:33:58.900 to the 00:33:58.900 --> 00:33:59.220 ability 00:33:59.220 --> 00:33:59.680 to kill 00:33:59.680 --> 00:34:00.879 and earlier 00:34:00.879 --> 00:34:01.660 Gideon 00:34:01.660 --> 00:34:02.480 his weakness 00:34:02.480 --> 00:34:03.259 was displayed 00:34:03.259 --> 00:34:04.099 his strength 00:34:04.099 --> 00:34:04.619 but now 00:34:04.619 --> 00:34:05.579 he exerts 00:34:05.579 --> 00:34:06.140 himself 00:34:06.140 --> 00:34:07.000 he carries 00:34:07.000 --> 00:34:07.340 out a 00:34:07.340 --> 00:34:07.820 personal 00:34:07.820 --> 00:34:08.599 vendetta 00:34:08.599 --> 00:34:09.420 and he 00:34:09.420 --> 00:34:09.960 exercises 00:34:09.960 --> 00:34:10.559 and wants 00:34:10.559 --> 00:34:11.320 to demonstrate 00:34:11.320 --> 00:34:11.780 yeah 00:34:11.780 --> 00:34:12.640 I have 00:34:12.640 --> 00:34:13.220 strength 00:34:13.220 --> 00:34:13.760 I'm going 00:34:13.760 --> 00:34:14.059 to push 00:34:14.059 --> 00:34:14.260 through 00:34:14.260 --> 00:34:14.579 and I'm 00:34:14.579 --> 00:34:14.740 going to 00:34:14.740 --> 00:34:15.059 show you 00:34:15.059 --> 00:34:15.619 who's 00:34:15.619 --> 00:34:16.019 really in 00:34:16.019 --> 00:34:16.340 charge 00:34:16.340 --> 00:34:16.740 here 00:34:16.740 --> 00:34:18.820 in Israel 00:34:18.820 --> 00:34:21.500 there's much 00:34:21.500 --> 00:34:22.039 more to say 00:34:22.039 --> 00:34:23.980 but the evidence 00:34:23.980 --> 00:34:24.660 that we find 00:34:24.660 --> 00:34:25.220 throughout the 00:34:25.220 --> 00:34:26.160 rest of 00:34:26.160 --> 00:34:26.700 chapter 8 00:34:26.700 --> 00:34:28.360 also demonstrates 00:34:28.360 --> 00:34:29.099 this empire 00:34:29.099 --> 00:34:29.559 building 00:34:29.559 --> 00:34:30.059 posture 00:34:30.059 --> 00:34:31.059 of 00:34:31.059 --> 00:34:32.440 Gideon 00:34:32.440 --> 00:34:33.739 remember 00:34:33.739 --> 00:34:34.320 his 00:34:34.320 --> 00:34:35.219 concern 00:34:35.219 --> 00:34:36.759 in chapter 6 00:34:36.759 --> 00:34:37.639 when the 00:34:37.639 --> 00:34:38.139 Lord speaks 00:34:38.139 --> 00:34:38.400 to him 00:34:38.400 --> 00:34:38.679 Lord 00:34:38.679 --> 00:34:39.500 how can I 00:34:39.500 --> 00:34:40.019 save Israel 00:34:40.019 --> 00:34:40.559 behold my 00:34:40.559 --> 00:34:41.039 clan 00:34:41.039 --> 00:34:41.799 is the 00:34:41.799 --> 00:34:42.199 weakest 00:34:42.199 --> 00:34:43.239 in Manasseh 00:34:43.239 --> 00:34:43.920 and I 00:34:43.920 --> 00:34:44.219 am the 00:34:44.219 --> 00:34:44.500 least 00:34:44.500 --> 00:34:44.820 in my 00:34:44.820 --> 00:34:45.239 father's 00:34:45.239 --> 00:34:45.639 house 00:34:45.639 --> 00:34:46.099 well 00:34:46.099 --> 00:34:47.119 the rest 00:34:47.119 --> 00:34:47.380 of his 00:34:47.380 --> 00:34:47.759 life 00:34:47.759 --> 00:34:48.940 serves 00:34:48.940 --> 00:34:49.420 the purpose 00:34:49.420 --> 00:34:50.239 of changing 00:34:50.239 --> 00:34:51.320 and reversing 00:34:51.320 --> 00:34:52.019 that problem 00:34:52.019 --> 00:34:53.779 many wives 00:34:53.779 --> 00:34:55.179 many sons 00:34:55.179 --> 00:34:56.380 70 sons 00:34:56.380 --> 00:34:57.179 to be specific 00:34:57.179 --> 00:34:59.059 and Gideon 00:34:59.059 --> 00:34:59.500 is empire 00:34:59.500 --> 00:34:59.820 building 00:34:59.820 --> 00:35:01.180 he is 00:35:01.180 --> 00:35:01.640 doing what 00:35:01.640 --> 00:35:02.059 it takes 00:35:02.059 --> 00:35:02.860 to 00:35:02.860 --> 00:35:03.840 posture 00:35:03.840 --> 00:35:04.440 himself 00:35:04.440 --> 00:35:04.840 and his 00:35:04.840 --> 00:35:05.200 legacy 00:35:05.200 --> 00:35:05.900 to be in 00:35:05.900 --> 00:35:06.180 charge 00:35:06.180 --> 00:35:06.620 to be in 00:35:06.620 --> 00:35:06.980 control 00:35:06.980 --> 00:35:07.640 he gives 00:35:07.640 --> 00:35:08.680 lip service 00:35:08.680 --> 00:35:09.860 to I'm not 00:35:09.860 --> 00:35:10.160 going to 00:35:10.160 --> 00:35:10.580 rule over 00:35:10.580 --> 00:35:10.840 you 00:35:10.840 --> 00:35:11.460 God's 00:35:11.460 --> 00:35:11.700 going to 00:35:11.700 --> 00:35:12.080 rule over 00:35:12.080 --> 00:35:12.320 you 00:35:12.320 --> 00:35:12.860 but the 00:35:12.860 --> 00:35:13.460 reality 00:35:13.460 --> 00:35:13.800 of it 00:35:13.800 --> 00:35:14.080 was 00:35:14.080 --> 00:35:14.840 he was 00:35:14.840 --> 00:35:15.600 exercising 00:35:15.600 --> 00:35:16.840 very strong 00:35:16.840 --> 00:35:17.700 dominant 00:35:17.700 --> 00:35:18.660 authoritative 00:35:18.660 --> 00:35:19.320 leadership 00:35:19.320 --> 00:35:20.800 he was in 00:35:20.800 --> 00:35:21.140 charge 00:35:21.140 --> 00:35:22.720 he was the 00:35:22.720 --> 00:35:23.220 answer man 00:35:23.220 --> 00:35:24.720 compromised 00:35:24.720 --> 00:35:25.600 leadership 00:35:25.600 --> 00:35:27.640 he's also 00:35:27.640 --> 00:35:28.160 the product 00:35:28.160 --> 00:35:29.120 of Bimelech 00:35:29.120 --> 00:35:29.380 is 00:35:29.380 --> 00:35:30.000 the product 00:35:30.000 --> 00:35:31.019 of compromised 00:35:31.019 --> 00:35:31.800 violence 00:35:31.800 --> 00:35:32.740 aggression 00:35:32.740 --> 00:35:34.420 notice verse 00:35:34.420 --> 00:35:34.840 five 00:35:34.840 --> 00:35:35.980 it says 00:35:35.980 --> 00:35:36.460 and he went 00:35:36.460 --> 00:35:37.480 to his father's 00:35:37.480 --> 00:35:38.059 house at 00:35:38.059 --> 00:35:38.480 Aphra 00:35:38.480 --> 00:35:39.519 and he killed 00:35:39.519 --> 00:35:40.140 his brothers 00:35:40.140 --> 00:35:41.099 the sons of 00:35:41.099 --> 00:35:41.559 Jerubal 00:35:41.559 --> 00:35:42.559 70 men 00:35:42.559 --> 00:35:43.559 on one stone 00:35:43.559 --> 00:35:44.900 and one thing 00:35:44.900 --> 00:35:45.340 we can say 00:35:45.340 --> 00:35:45.940 about Bimelech 00:35:45.940 --> 00:35:46.559 is he was 00:35:46.559 --> 00:35:47.760 he had a plan 00:35:47.760 --> 00:35:48.360 and he knew 00:35:48.360 --> 00:35:48.700 how to 00:35:48.700 --> 00:35:49.460 follow it 00:35:49.460 --> 00:35:49.700 through 00:35:49.700 --> 00:35:50.880 he's driven 00:35:50.880 --> 00:35:51.619 by ambition 00:35:51.619 --> 00:35:52.200 and he goes 00:35:52.200 --> 00:35:52.559 to these 00:35:52.559 --> 00:35:52.920 leaders 00:35:52.920 --> 00:35:54.220 and interestingly 00:35:54.219 --> 00:35:55.459 the leaders 00:35:55.459 --> 00:35:56.419 and the way 00:35:56.419 --> 00:35:56.739 that they're 00:35:56.739 --> 00:35:57.239 described 00:35:57.239 --> 00:35:58.179 here in the 00:35:58.179 --> 00:35:58.959 Hebrew text 00:35:58.959 --> 00:35:59.679 it used 00:35:59.679 --> 00:36:00.079 the word 00:36:00.079 --> 00:36:00.759 we have 00:36:00.759 --> 00:36:01.779 the translation 00:36:01.779 --> 00:36:03.059 lords of 00:36:03.059 --> 00:36:03.419 Shechem 00:36:03.419 --> 00:36:04.500 the actual 00:36:04.500 --> 00:36:05.239 Hebrew word 00:36:05.239 --> 00:36:05.899 is Baal 00:36:05.899 --> 00:36:07.339 it's the 00:36:07.339 --> 00:36:08.339 it's the same 00:36:08.339 --> 00:36:08.959 name that's used 00:36:08.959 --> 00:36:09.639 throughout the 00:36:09.639 --> 00:36:10.399 book of Judges 00:36:10.399 --> 00:36:11.059 described 00:36:11.059 --> 00:36:12.179 this pagan 00:36:12.179 --> 00:36:12.619 god 00:36:12.619 --> 00:36:13.299 Baal 00:36:13.299 --> 00:36:15.299 and these 00:36:15.299 --> 00:36:15.839 lords are 00:36:15.839 --> 00:36:16.459 exercising 00:36:16.459 --> 00:36:17.219 that kind 00:36:17.219 --> 00:36:18.299 of leadership 00:36:18.299 --> 00:36:18.879 in Shechem 00:36:18.880 --> 00:36:20.800 there's no 00:36:20.800 --> 00:36:21.300 wonder why 00:36:21.300 --> 00:36:22.380 they're so 00:36:22.380 --> 00:36:22.720 corrupt 00:36:22.720 --> 00:36:24.500 prior to 00:36:24.500 --> 00:36:25.119 Abimelech's 00:36:25.119 --> 00:36:25.440 rise 00:36:25.440 --> 00:36:25.760 Shechem 00:36:25.760 --> 00:36:26.320 appears to 00:36:26.320 --> 00:36:26.519 have been 00:36:26.519 --> 00:36:26.880 governed 00:36:26.880 --> 00:36:27.599 by this 00:36:27.599 --> 00:36:28.480 assembly 00:36:28.480 --> 00:36:29.140 of notable 00:36:29.140 --> 00:36:29.539 leaders 00:36:29.539 --> 00:36:30.440 who apparently 00:36:30.440 --> 00:36:30.840 have the 00:36:30.840 --> 00:36:31.420 authority 00:36:31.420 --> 00:36:32.280 to name 00:36:32.280 --> 00:36:32.740 a king 00:36:32.740 --> 00:36:33.960 that's where 00:36:33.960 --> 00:36:34.539 he goes 00:36:34.539 --> 00:36:36.660 and he 00:36:36.660 --> 00:36:38.680 encourages 00:36:38.680 --> 00:36:39.079 them 00:36:39.079 --> 00:36:40.019 proposes 00:36:40.019 --> 00:36:40.519 to them 00:36:40.519 --> 00:36:41.019 hey give 00:36:41.019 --> 00:36:41.240 me the 00:36:41.240 --> 00:36:41.480 money 00:36:41.480 --> 00:36:41.900 that I 00:36:41.900 --> 00:36:42.320 need to 00:36:42.320 --> 00:36:42.980 fund 00:36:42.980 --> 00:36:43.440 this 00:36:43.440 --> 00:36:43.980 campaign 00:36:43.980 --> 00:36:44.500 which they 00:36:44.500 --> 00:36:44.740 do 00:36:44.740 --> 00:36:45.860 and all 00:36:45.860 --> 00:36:46.539 this financing 00:36:46.539 --> 00:36:47.420 comes from 00:36:47.420 --> 00:36:48.420 the coffers 00:36:48.420 --> 00:36:49.599 of Baal 00:36:49.599 --> 00:36:49.940 Berit 00:36:49.940 --> 00:36:50.659 this 00:36:50.659 --> 00:36:51.960 temple 00:36:51.960 --> 00:36:52.400 there in 00:36:52.400 --> 00:36:52.680 Shechem 00:36:52.680 --> 00:36:54.780 interestingly 00:36:54.780 --> 00:36:55.800 he gets 00:36:55.800 --> 00:36:57.400 70 shekels 00:36:57.400 --> 00:36:58.280 one shekel 00:36:58.280 --> 00:36:58.740 for each 00:36:58.740 --> 00:36:58.940 of his 00:36:58.940 --> 00:36:59.260 brothers 00:36:59.260 --> 00:37:01.260 in Leviticus 00:37:01.260 --> 00:37:02.139 27 verses 00:37:02.139 --> 00:37:02.860 3 to 7 00:37:02.860 --> 00:37:03.800 we find 00:37:03.800 --> 00:37:04.840 that an 00:37:04.840 --> 00:37:05.920 adult male 00:37:05.920 --> 00:37:06.440 slave 00:37:06.440 --> 00:37:07.320 is worth 00:37:07.320 --> 00:37:09.059 50 shekels 00:37:09.059 --> 00:37:10.400 so the 00:37:10.400 --> 00:37:10.860 price of his 00:37:10.860 --> 00:37:11.360 brothers is 00:37:11.360 --> 00:37:11.900 pretty cheap 00:37:11.900 --> 00:37:12.900 instead of 00:37:12.900 --> 00:37:13.559 50 for 00:37:13.559 --> 00:37:13.900 one 00:37:13.900 --> 00:37:14.579 it's one 00:37:14.579 --> 00:37:15.000 for one 00:37:15.000 --> 00:37:16.280 and with 00:37:16.280 --> 00:37:16.700 his money 00:37:16.700 --> 00:37:17.180 Abimelech 00:37:17.180 --> 00:37:17.980 hires worthless 00:37:17.980 --> 00:37:18.519 and reckless 00:37:18.519 --> 00:37:19.559 men and 00:37:19.559 --> 00:37:20.219 he comes 00:37:20.219 --> 00:37:21.199 and kills 00:37:21.199 --> 00:37:21.980 his brothers 00:37:21.980 --> 00:37:22.559 on one 00:37:22.559 --> 00:37:23.559 stone 00:37:23.559 --> 00:37:24.159 what's that 00:37:24.159 --> 00:37:24.639 all about 00:37:24.639 --> 00:37:25.099 well he 00:37:25.099 --> 00:37:25.740 kills them 00:37:25.740 --> 00:37:27.139 execution style 00:37:27.139 --> 00:37:28.000 they're not 00:37:28.000 --> 00:37:28.920 scattered because 00:37:28.920 --> 00:37:29.380 they're running 00:37:29.380 --> 00:37:29.780 away 00:37:29.780 --> 00:37:30.420 he has 00:37:30.420 --> 00:37:31.619 gathered them 00:37:31.619 --> 00:37:32.000 together 00:37:32.000 --> 00:37:32.679 he's probably 00:37:32.679 --> 00:37:34.179 come by 00:37:34.179 --> 00:37:34.880 surprise 00:37:34.880 --> 00:37:36.119 they're totally 00:37:36.119 --> 00:37:36.820 unexpected 00:37:36.820 --> 00:37:37.800 he gathers 00:37:37.800 --> 00:37:38.320 them up 00:37:38.320 --> 00:37:38.820 and he 00:37:38.820 --> 00:37:39.800 executes them 00:37:39.800 --> 00:37:40.639 one after the 00:37:40.639 --> 00:37:41.219 other on 00:37:41.219 --> 00:37:41.699 one stone 00:37:41.699 --> 00:37:43.480 merciless 00:37:43.480 --> 00:37:45.940 but what 00:37:45.940 --> 00:37:46.460 we see 00:37:46.460 --> 00:37:46.960 in the 00:37:46.960 --> 00:37:47.260 son 00:37:47.260 --> 00:37:48.559 was also 00:37:48.559 --> 00:37:48.900 true of 00:37:48.900 --> 00:37:49.300 the father 00:37:49.300 --> 00:37:51.139 Gideon's 00:37:51.139 --> 00:37:51.719 pattern 00:37:51.719 --> 00:37:53.179 was also 00:37:53.179 --> 00:37:53.760 one 00:37:53.760 --> 00:37:55.059 of violence 00:37:55.059 --> 00:37:56.340 we see 00:37:56.340 --> 00:37:56.860 his violence 00:37:56.860 --> 00:37:57.179 that is 00:37:57.179 --> 00:37:57.599 extended 00:37:57.599 --> 00:37:58.280 towards the 00:37:58.280 --> 00:37:58.940 men of 00:37:58.940 --> 00:37:59.320 sucketh 00:37:59.320 --> 00:37:59.579 and the 00:37:59.579 --> 00:37:59.980 men of 00:37:59.980 --> 00:38:00.639 penuel 00:38:00.639 --> 00:38:02.139 vicious 00:38:02.139 --> 00:38:02.800 nature 00:38:02.800 --> 00:38:04.019 men who 00:38:04.019 --> 00:38:04.880 were afraid 00:38:04.880 --> 00:38:05.599 well 00:38:05.599 --> 00:38:06.579 Gideon 00:38:06.579 --> 00:38:07.000 had been 00:38:07.000 --> 00:38:07.840 afraid too 00:38:07.840 --> 00:38:08.619 and God's 00:38:08.619 --> 00:38:09.340 mercy had 00:38:09.340 --> 00:38:09.920 been on 00:38:09.920 --> 00:38:10.380 Gideon 00:38:10.380 --> 00:38:11.579 but Gideon's 00:38:11.579 --> 00:38:12.039 not willing 00:38:12.039 --> 00:38:12.700 to extend 00:38:12.700 --> 00:38:13.360 any mercy 00:38:13.360 --> 00:38:13.780 to these 00:38:13.780 --> 00:38:14.119 two 00:38:14.119 --> 00:38:15.260 towns 00:38:15.260 --> 00:38:16.039 in their 00:38:16.039 --> 00:38:16.280 fear 00:38:16.280 --> 00:38:18.320 but then 00:38:18.320 --> 00:38:19.160 it's telling 00:38:19.160 --> 00:38:20.059 we get 00:38:20.059 --> 00:38:20.640 towards the 00:38:20.640 --> 00:38:21.940 middle portion 00:38:21.940 --> 00:38:22.740 of chapter 00:38:22.740 --> 00:38:23.160 8 00:38:23.160 --> 00:38:24.079 and we 00:38:24.079 --> 00:38:24.720 find the 00:38:24.720 --> 00:38:25.140 use of 00:38:25.140 --> 00:38:25.579 this word 00:38:25.579 --> 00:38:25.960 kill 00:38:25.960 --> 00:38:27.480 it's used 00:38:27.480 --> 00:38:28.380 four times 00:38:28.380 --> 00:38:29.460 to describe 00:38:29.460 --> 00:38:30.039 the events 00:38:30.039 --> 00:38:30.599 in the first 00:38:30.599 --> 00:38:31.780 six chapters 00:38:31.780 --> 00:38:33.220 of Judges 00:38:33.220 --> 00:38:35.220 but it's 00:38:35.220 --> 00:38:35.519 going to be 00:38:35.519 --> 00:38:36.220 used eight 00:38:36.220 --> 00:38:36.760 times 00:38:36.760 --> 00:38:37.500 to describe 00:38:37.500 --> 00:38:37.880 Gideon 00:38:37.880 --> 00:38:40.059 eight times 00:38:40.059 --> 00:38:40.980 to describe 00:38:40.980 --> 00:38:41.840 the actions 00:38:41.840 --> 00:38:42.400 of Gideon 00:38:42.400 --> 00:38:44.079 six of them 00:38:44.079 --> 00:38:44.619 are in these 00:38:44.619 --> 00:38:45.340 final verses 00:38:45.340 --> 00:38:46.340 in chapter 00:38:46.340 --> 00:38:46.619 eight 00:38:46.619 --> 00:38:48.699 the violent 00:38:48.699 --> 00:38:50.139 aggressive 00:38:50.139 --> 00:38:51.440 hostile 00:38:51.440 --> 00:38:52.719 self-serving 00:38:52.719 --> 00:38:53.119 nature 00:38:53.119 --> 00:38:54.199 of Gideon 00:38:54.199 --> 00:38:56.179 is reflected 00:38:56.179 --> 00:38:56.719 in his son 00:38:56.719 --> 00:38:58.279 no wonder 00:38:58.279 --> 00:38:58.980 why Abimelech 00:38:58.980 --> 00:39:00.099 is going to 00:39:00.099 --> 00:39:00.360 kill his 00:39:00.360 --> 00:39:00.679 brothers 00:39:00.679 --> 00:39:01.739 no wonder 00:39:01.739 --> 00:39:02.840 why he's 00:39:02.840 --> 00:39:03.239 after them 00:39:03.239 --> 00:39:03.820 there are 00:39:03.820 --> 00:39:04.440 no bounds 00:39:04.440 --> 00:39:05.159 there are 00:39:05.159 --> 00:39:06.719 no moral 00:39:06.719 --> 00:39:07.360 boundaries 00:39:07.360 --> 00:39:08.759 and that 00:39:08.759 --> 00:39:09.219 pattern has 00:39:09.219 --> 00:39:09.559 been set 00:39:09.559 --> 00:39:10.159 by his 00:39:10.159 --> 00:39:10.480 father 00:39:10.480 --> 00:39:11.559 but let 00:39:11.559 --> 00:39:11.940 me turn 00:39:11.940 --> 00:39:13.119 in the 00:39:13.119 --> 00:39:14.320 next couple 00:39:14.320 --> 00:39:14.639 of minutes 00:39:14.639 --> 00:39:14.880 here 00:39:14.880 --> 00:39:16.480 there is 00:39:16.480 --> 00:39:16.779 hope 00:39:16.779 --> 00:39:17.299 okay 00:39:17.299 --> 00:39:17.699 it's not 00:39:17.699 --> 00:39:18.199 just bad 00:39:18.199 --> 00:39:18.519 news 00:39:18.519 --> 00:39:18.940 and I think 00:39:18.940 --> 00:39:19.380 we see 00:39:19.380 --> 00:39:20.639 some shining 00:39:20.639 --> 00:39:21.179 hope that 00:39:21.179 --> 00:39:21.579 comes 00:39:21.579 --> 00:39:22.320 throughout the 00:39:22.320 --> 00:39:22.679 rest of 00:39:22.679 --> 00:39:23.219 this chapter 00:39:23.219 --> 00:39:24.639 and we find 00:39:24.639 --> 00:39:25.179 here in 00:39:25.179 --> 00:39:25.840 verses 7 00:39:25.840 --> 00:39:26.360 to 21 00:39:26.360 --> 00:39:27.019 and I want 00:39:27.019 --> 00:39:27.239 to just 00:39:27.239 --> 00:39:27.519 I'm just 00:39:27.519 --> 00:39:27.779 going to 00:39:27.779 --> 00:39:28.179 summarize 00:39:28.179 --> 00:39:29.380 these last 00:39:29.380 --> 00:39:30.480 50 verses 00:39:30.480 --> 00:39:30.880 okay 00:39:30.880 --> 00:39:31.719 so just 00:39:31.719 --> 00:39:32.239 bear with 00:39:32.239 --> 00:39:32.599 me here 00:39:32.599 --> 00:39:33.460 we see 00:39:33.460 --> 00:39:33.960 in verses 00:39:33.960 --> 00:39:35.000 7 to 21 00:39:35.000 --> 00:39:36.299 this promise 00:39:36.299 --> 00:39:37.000 of a better 00:39:37.000 --> 00:39:37.340 way 00:39:37.340 --> 00:39:38.539 there is 00:39:38.539 --> 00:39:39.360 a promise 00:39:39.360 --> 00:39:39.940 of a better 00:39:39.940 --> 00:39:40.340 way 00:39:40.340 --> 00:39:42.780 remember that 00:39:42.780 --> 00:39:43.500 Jotham was 00:39:43.500 --> 00:39:44.380 saved 00:39:44.380 --> 00:39:45.360 alone 00:39:45.360 --> 00:39:46.680 because he 00:39:46.680 --> 00:39:47.320 hid from 00:39:47.320 --> 00:39:47.900 his brother 00:39:47.900 --> 00:39:48.400 Abimelech 00:39:48.400 --> 00:39:49.579 and God 00:39:49.579 --> 00:39:49.960 is going to 00:39:49.960 --> 00:39:50.579 use 00:39:50.579 --> 00:39:51.860 Jotham 00:39:51.860 --> 00:39:52.660 instrumentally 00:39:52.660 --> 00:39:53.720 to prove 00:39:53.720 --> 00:39:54.280 a case 00:39:54.280 --> 00:39:55.640 we find in 00:39:55.640 --> 00:39:56.120 verse 7 00:39:56.120 --> 00:39:56.680 it says this 00:39:56.680 --> 00:39:57.019 when it was 00:39:57.019 --> 00:39:57.480 told to 00:39:57.480 --> 00:39:57.960 Jotham 00:39:57.960 --> 00:39:58.980 he went 00:39:58.980 --> 00:39:59.700 and what was 00:39:59.700 --> 00:40:00.140 told to him 00:40:00.140 --> 00:40:00.519 was that his 00:40:00.519 --> 00:40:01.019 brothers were 00:40:01.019 --> 00:40:01.300 dead 00:40:01.300 --> 00:40:02.500 he went 00:40:02.500 --> 00:40:02.920 and stood 00:40:02.920 --> 00:40:03.559 on the top 00:40:03.559 --> 00:40:03.940 of Mount 00:40:03.940 --> 00:40:04.600 Gerizim 00:40:04.599 --> 00:40:05.440 he cried 00:40:05.440 --> 00:40:05.900 aloud 00:40:05.900 --> 00:40:06.480 and he 00:40:06.480 --> 00:40:06.779 said to 00:40:06.779 --> 00:40:06.920 them 00:40:06.920 --> 00:40:07.500 listen to 00:40:07.500 --> 00:40:07.659 me 00:40:07.659 --> 00:40:07.799 you 00:40:07.799 --> 00:40:08.139 leaders 00:40:08.139 --> 00:40:08.339 of 00:40:08.339 --> 00:40:08.900 Shechem 00:40:08.900 --> 00:40:10.019 that God 00:40:10.019 --> 00:40:10.659 may listen 00:40:10.659 --> 00:40:11.319 to you 00:40:11.319 --> 00:40:13.059 there's 00:40:13.059 --> 00:40:13.559 several things 00:40:13.559 --> 00:40:14.039 I think 00:40:14.039 --> 00:40:14.599 we find 00:40:14.599 --> 00:40:15.219 here 00:40:15.219 --> 00:40:16.039 in this 00:40:16.039 --> 00:40:17.139 just this 00:40:17.139 --> 00:40:17.980 one verse 00:40:17.980 --> 00:40:18.880 that demonstrates 00:40:18.880 --> 00:40:20.480 that Jotham 00:40:20.480 --> 00:40:21.139 is not like 00:40:21.139 --> 00:40:21.639 his brother 00:40:21.639 --> 00:40:22.380 Abimelech 00:40:22.380 --> 00:40:23.400 and I'm not 00:40:23.400 --> 00:40:23.980 suggesting 00:40:23.980 --> 00:40:24.719 by the way 00:40:24.719 --> 00:40:25.759 that Jotham 00:40:25.759 --> 00:40:26.319 has any 00:40:26.319 --> 00:40:26.860 really good 00:40:26.860 --> 00:40:27.279 motives 00:40:27.279 --> 00:40:27.539 here 00:40:27.539 --> 00:40:28.039 he may 00:40:28.039 --> 00:40:28.299 have just 00:40:28.299 --> 00:40:28.639 been really 00:40:28.639 --> 00:40:28.920 young 00:40:28.920 --> 00:40:29.500 he was 00:40:29.500 --> 00:40:29.779 probably 00:40:29.779 --> 00:40:30.500 really weak 00:40:30.500 --> 00:40:31.079 he might 00:40:31.079 --> 00:40:31.279 have been 00:40:31.279 --> 00:40:31.860 very timid 00:40:31.860 --> 00:40:32.199 and very 00:40:32.199 --> 00:40:32.559 fearful 00:40:32.559 --> 00:40:33.900 the text 00:40:33.900 --> 00:40:34.440 does not 00:40:34.440 --> 00:40:34.860 tell us 00:40:34.860 --> 00:40:35.159 that 00:40:35.159 --> 00:40:35.619 but what 00:40:35.619 --> 00:40:36.199 it sets 00:40:36.199 --> 00:40:37.000 before us 00:40:37.000 --> 00:40:37.599 is this 00:40:37.599 --> 00:40:38.079 pattern 00:40:38.079 --> 00:40:38.460 of a 00:40:38.460 --> 00:40:38.619 better 00:40:38.619 --> 00:40:38.880 way 00:40:38.880 --> 00:40:40.239 what is 00:40:40.239 --> 00:40:40.440 this 00:40:40.440 --> 00:40:40.699 better 00:40:40.699 --> 00:40:40.920 way 00:40:40.920 --> 00:40:41.199 well 00:40:41.199 --> 00:40:42.539 you see 00:40:42.539 --> 00:40:42.900 it 00:40:42.900 --> 00:40:44.460 Jotham 00:40:44.460 --> 00:40:44.799 does not 00:40:44.799 --> 00:40:45.320 take matters 00:40:45.320 --> 00:40:45.679 into his 00:40:45.679 --> 00:40:46.079 own hands 00:40:46.079 --> 00:40:48.000 he doesn't 00:40:48.000 --> 00:40:48.420 act like 00:40:48.420 --> 00:40:48.880 his brother 00:40:48.880 --> 00:40:49.579 Abimelech 00:40:49.579 --> 00:40:50.400 he doesn't 00:40:50.400 --> 00:40:50.900 act like 00:40:50.900 --> 00:40:51.500 his father 00:40:51.500 --> 00:40:52.340 Gideon 00:40:52.340 --> 00:40:53.440 he doesn't 00:40:53.440 --> 00:40:54.019 take matters 00:40:54.019 --> 00:40:54.360 into his 00:40:54.360 --> 00:40:54.619 own hands 00:40:54.619 --> 00:40:55.699 he experiences 00:40:55.699 --> 00:40:57.000 this injustice 00:40:57.000 --> 00:40:57.619 that has been 00:40:57.619 --> 00:40:58.659 poured out 00:40:58.659 --> 00:40:59.179 on his 00:40:59.179 --> 00:40:59.759 family 00:40:59.759 --> 00:41:01.539 but he 00:41:01.539 --> 00:41:01.880 doesn't 00:41:01.880 --> 00:41:02.539 take matters 00:41:02.539 --> 00:41:02.980 into his 00:41:02.980 --> 00:41:03.360 own hands 00:41:03.360 --> 00:41:03.779 second 00:41:03.779 --> 00:41:04.900 Jotham 00:41:04.900 --> 00:41:05.300 is not 00:41:05.300 --> 00:41:05.800 resorting 00:41:05.800 --> 00:41:06.400 to violence 00:41:06.400 --> 00:41:07.739 boy 00:41:07.739 --> 00:41:08.440 this would 00:41:08.440 --> 00:41:08.639 have been 00:41:08.639 --> 00:41:09.059 justified 00:41:09.059 --> 00:41:09.920 wouldn't it 00:41:09.920 --> 00:41:11.179 for Jotham 00:41:11.179 --> 00:41:11.719 even to 00:41:11.719 --> 00:41:12.360 secretly 00:41:12.360 --> 00:41:13.179 find a way 00:41:13.179 --> 00:41:13.980 to get 00:41:13.980 --> 00:41:15.039 to Abimelech 00:41:15.039 --> 00:41:15.679 and to have 00:41:15.679 --> 00:41:16.000 it out 00:41:16.000 --> 00:41:17.000 and to see 00:41:17.000 --> 00:41:17.400 it through 00:41:17.400 --> 00:41:18.880 he doesn't 00:41:18.880 --> 00:41:19.259 do that 00:41:19.259 --> 00:41:20.199 third 00:41:20.199 --> 00:41:20.679 Jotham 00:41:20.679 --> 00:41:21.360 is operating 00:41:21.360 --> 00:41:22.300 within the 00:41:22.300 --> 00:41:22.619 law 00:41:22.619 --> 00:41:23.079 and I'll 00:41:23.079 --> 00:41:23.340 just show 00:41:23.340 --> 00:41:23.579 you that 00:41:23.579 --> 00:41:23.860 in just 00:41:23.860 --> 00:41:24.239 a moment 00:41:24.239 --> 00:41:24.480 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