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Series: The Coming King: Finding Jesus in Judges
Mike Stone
Judges 11:12-28
In those days there was no king in Israel and every man did that which was right in his own eyes. Our study of Judges is the story of Israel's rebellion and their longing for a king. But this book, like the whole of Scripture, is ultimately about the Lord Jesus.
And in Judges 11 we have a living example of the epic struggle with war and peace. But this chapter has nothing to do with Tolstoy or the classic novel about War and Peace. Rather, it's a story of the fact that you can have peace with God but it must be on His terms. And if you choose your terms, you have necessarily chosen war with God. (Judges 11:12-28)
You don't have to be a political junkie to be familiar with all the failed attempts at peace negotiations in the Middle East. Even if we set the centuries-long battle with the Jewish people to the side and limit our discussion to the modern era, the list of attempts at peace is longer than we have time to read.
Just since the Middle East War in June 1967, we've had:
The Camp David Accords of 1978 under Jimmy Carter
The Madrid Conference under Bush 41
The Oslo Agreement of 1993 under President Clinton
And the list could go on and on, winding its way through Camp David, Anapolist, Maryland, and Washington, DC.
In any case, the political landscape is littered with attempts at peace in the Middle East. And the litter will surely continue in the days ahead. But none of these are the first attempts at peace related to land battles and turf wars in the Middle East. Judges 11 records the early days of an epic battle between Gileadites and the Ammonites.
And Jepthah, the latest deliverer for God's people, calls for a high level conversation. It's really a peace summit. Before they line up to fight, Jepthah wants to sit down and talk.
And these negotiations, which ultimately fail, are typical of the peace that God offers to sinful ...
Series: The Coming King: Finding Jesus in Judges
Mike Stone
Judges 11:12-28
In those days there was no king in Israel and every man did that which was right in his own eyes. Our study of Judges is the story of Israel's rebellion and their longing for a king. But this book, like the whole of Scripture, is ultimately about the Lord Jesus.
And in Judges 11 we have a living example of the epic struggle with war and peace. But this chapter has nothing to do with Tolstoy or the classic novel about War and Peace. Rather, it's a story of the fact that you can have peace with God but it must be on His terms. And if you choose your terms, you have necessarily chosen war with God. (Judges 11:12-28)
You don't have to be a political junkie to be familiar with all the failed attempts at peace negotiations in the Middle East. Even if we set the centuries-long battle with the Jewish people to the side and limit our discussion to the modern era, the list of attempts at peace is longer than we have time to read.
Just since the Middle East War in June 1967, we've had:
The Camp David Accords of 1978 under Jimmy Carter
The Madrid Conference under Bush 41
The Oslo Agreement of 1993 under President Clinton
And the list could go on and on, winding its way through Camp David, Anapolist, Maryland, and Washington, DC.
In any case, the political landscape is littered with attempts at peace in the Middle East. And the litter will surely continue in the days ahead. But none of these are the first attempts at peace related to land battles and turf wars in the Middle East. Judges 11 records the early days of an epic battle between Gileadites and the Ammonites.
And Jepthah, the latest deliverer for God's people, calls for a high level conversation. It's really a peace summit. Before they line up to fight, Jepthah wants to sit down and talk.
And these negotiations, which ultimately fail, are typical of the peace that God offers to sinful ...
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