Judges 9 Wannabe King Slew in Battle by a Woman!

    

Good Friday morning to all of you! I slept late for the first time in many weeks; five-thirty is very late for me, my usual is four, but the last week or so it has been between two-thirty and three! I was ready for some extra sleep and am very thankful it finally came! Yesterday, I did a little more work on the sheetrock in my little corner office overlooking The Little Hundred Acre Wood. Our home was a real fixer-upper when we moved in almost eight years ago, and this is one of the last interior rooms to be remodeled.  My deadline for this room is Nov. 20th, but for the most part, it is easy work to be done. Due to my health issues, I can only complete one wall at a time per day, but I am thankful that I can do that much! Well, before I start rattling on about house projects, let’s get to The Daily Bible Challenge!

   We are in Judges 9 this morning, and it is a captivating chapter full of war, murder, and even a wannabe king being killed by a woman (a shameful death in his eyes). There are a lot of names being bantered about in this chapter, but the main one to remember is Abimelech. He was the one born out of the sin of pride from Gideon. Abimelech was the son of Gideon’s concubine! Remember the other day when I wrote about how so many men’s lives in the Bible, and still today, fell into ruin from the original sin of pride! Well, this evil Abimelech brought down even more wrath on his father’s name than his dad did, killing seventy of his half brothers in cold-blooded murder… Oh, yeah, this Bible is a boring old book NOT!

   Please join us as we listen to chapter nine of Judges. Just click this link and listen for yourself as we read the whole Bible one chapter per day in context! We welcome your comments and questions via PM/DM. 

   Talk with you soon!


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