I wanted to write yesterday, but i got so tied up all day that i couldn't get to a computer until after 11pm and at that time i was exhausted... Please forgive me =(
I was traumatized by yesterdays reading... I mean, this is a mirror of the story of Sodom and Gamorah... The one thing that makes it worse is the fact that these people were "Gods Own People" - This was the tribe of Benjamin of the Isrealites... It just shows how quickly our own wickedness can take control and push us to do crazy things...
We all read the passage, we all know the grusome details of the story... The thing that made me think was the fact that the people of the other tribes of isreal decided to let those who survived the routing of the Benjamite tribe go and figure out a way to marry other women... It was deceptive to say "well anybody who lets their daughter marry any of these people will be cut off from their people - Then to go and figure out a way to get these guys wives again... Someone help me understand why this was ok!! I'm having a hard time with it...
Thursday, March 26, 2009
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The Israelites are doing messed things, this is just another messed up thing, I don't think it is okay, I think it just another thing they are doing wrong.
Like the commentary says, the Israelites had some misguided righteousness. It was radical to say they couldn't marry, but they weren't thinking ahead. God said he was with them when they attacked and dealing with the situation was good. They could have done a better job of it though.
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