Tag: revenge
Biblical Principle #359: Samson Killed 1,000 Philistines
Biblical Principles List Principle Through the strength of the Holy Spirit, Samson killed a thousand Philistines with a donkey’s jawbone because they had burned his wife and father-in-law to death. Explanation After Samson’s eventful wedding, which ended with Samson returning to his parents’ home without his wife, Samson’s father-in-law gave Samson’s wife to his friend:…
Biblical Principle #335: The Song of Moses and God’s Judgment
Biblical Principles List Principle The Song of Moses describes God’s response to Israel’s eventual idolatry: judgment. Explanation Shortly before Moses’ death, GOD revealed Israel’s future through the Song of Moses. Following Moses’ death, Israel would rebel, serve other gods, and provoke GOD to jealousy. During the time that these events were describing, the Song of…
Biblical Principle #333: The Song of Moses Exposed Israel’s Spiritual Division
Biblical Principles List Principle The Song of Moses revealed a spiritual division among Israelites: the wicked majority and the faithful servants of God. Explanation Shortly before Moses’ death, GOD revealed Israel’s future through the Song of Moses. The Song highlights a distinction between two groups of Israelites: The Wicked Majority Here are some statements in…
Biblical Principle #319: Israel’s Rules for Siege
Biblical Principles List Principle In the Law of Moses, God gave Israel rules of engagement for sieging cities—one set for distant cities and another for the Canaanite cities. Explanation Israel’s mission was to conquer the land of Canaan and eliminate the Canaanites due to their wickedness, which GOD had first announced to Abraham in Genesis…
Biblical Principle #312: Israelites to Love Their Neighbor
Biblical Principles List Principle God commanded the Israelites to love their neighbor as themselves. Explanation GOD gave numerous prohibitive instructions to the Israelites which provided guardrails for their treatment of one another. In fact, six of the ten commandments dealt with the Israelites’ treatment of each other, and five of those six were things to…
Biblical Principle #251: The Avenger of Blood
Biblical Principles List Principle Under the Law of Moses, in certain situations, God permitted innocent Israelite bloodshed to be avenged. Explanation We previously established that, from GOD’s viewpoint, shedding innocent blood pollutes the land where that bloodshed occurs, and only the bloodshed of the guilty can undo that pollution. An Eternal Truth While this Principle…
Biblical Principle #248: God’s Instructions to Israel for Homicide
Biblical Principles List Principle Under the Law of Moses, God gave Israel instructions for dealing with various situations involving homicide. Explanation As we have previously established, the Law of Moses governed all facets of life during GOD’s first covenant with Israel. Because people are imperfect, living in a sin-cursed world, GOD knew provisions needed to…
December 9 – Practical Life Lessons
Reading Rom. 12:1-16:27 Devotional Today’s reading concludes Paul’s letter to the Romans. These chapters are filled with very helpful, practical wisdom from GOD. Let’s consider some of these principles for today’s devotional: 1 Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and…
August 25 – GOD Will Avenge His People
Reading Eze. 25:1-17; 26:1-16; 30:1-26; 31:1-18 Devotional In today’s reading, Ezekiel prophesies of the coming punishment upon the lands of Egypt, Ammon, Edom, Philistia, and Assyria. There are four primary reasons given for the punishment of these peoples: Their pride Their idolatry Their wickedness Their persecution of GOD’s people Israel In the past month or…