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Judges 20:8-48 — Israel suffers massive defeats punishing one of her own, routs that could have been avoided had they humbled themselves as Joshua did

https://hallel.info/wp-content/uploads/file/080719%20Judges%2020.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 59:43 — )Subscribe: RSSThe tribes of Israel recognized the evil done by some in Gibeah in the territory of Benjamin (Judges 19). Yet the disaster that came upon the avenging armies twice didn’t convince all of Israel that a greater evil — a pagan priesthood — was […]

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The Silence of the Righteous: Moral Failure in the Face of Evil (Judges 19-20)

Judges 19-20 is a disturbing account of a Levite, from the tribe God picked to be His closest ambassadors to Israel and the world, who not only had a concubine but also callously let her get raped to death by a Sodom-like mob. The Bible’s detractors and defenders of liberal morality hold this account up as a key exhibit, but what does God really want us to learn in this no-holds-barred account?

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Appointments With God Firstfruits Pentecost/Shavuot

You want to be one of God’s firstfruits

Messiah Yeshua (Jesus) is called the firstfruits of the resurrection (1st Cor. 15:20), and why are we called firstfruits of creation (James 1:18)? Pentecost originally was a celebration of the firstfruits of the wheat harvest and followed 50 days after the celebration of the firstfruits of the barley harvest. What is God teaching here about Yeshua and us?

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Judges 17-18 — The Slippery Slope of Personalized Faith

In the profound depths of Judges 17-18, we encounter a powerful spiritual narrative of B’nei Yisrael’s covenant drift. Through Micah’s unauthorized shrine and the Levite’s compromised priesthood, HaShem reveals the dangerous consequences of creating religious systems outside divine mandate, challenging us to examine our own spiritual authenticity in Yeshua’s light.

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Judges 16 — Samson’s prophetic downfall

https://hallel.info/wp-content/uploads/file/080517%20Judges%2016.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 1:00:00 — )Subscribe: RSSSamson’s "downfall" at the hands of Delilah and the Philistines is a popular Bible story. However, Samson is more prophet — often a messianic figure — than delivering judge. Other than "I won’t leave you alone," what is the message God is telling us?

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Judges 15 — Samson’s mysterious jawboning about donkeys

https://hallel.info/wp-content/uploads/file/080503%20Judges%2015.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 59:53 — )Subscribe: RSSThe stories of Samson’s mighty victories with a jawbone of a donkey and torches lit between foxes’ tails are favorites in children’s books. Was Samson just a clever brute hero, or is God trying to send a message down through the ages about what […]

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Judges 14 — Samson’s prophetic parable

Samson is often depicted as a hedonistic yet blessed mealy-minded muscleman, but the Bible puts him forward as a ruler of Israel. Actually, he was a prophet too, as seen in his riddle to the Philistines in this chapter.