Sharper Iron From Kfuo Radio

Rev. Jon Walla, pastor at Bethel Lutheran Church in Bismarck, ND, joins host Rev. Timothy Appel to study Judges 20:29-48. The sin committed in Gibeah continues to affect the entire nation of Israel. At multiple points in this closing account of Judges, people have the opportunity for repentance that would have stopped the downward spiral leading to civil war, but sadly, such repentance never seems to come. The tribes of Israel united against Benjamin have received the LORD’s promise of victory on the third day. They set a trap for the Benjaminites, who fail to see that their judgment is at hand. Upon routing their brothers, Israel leaves only 600 men of Benjamin alive. The outcome for the tribe of Benjamin stands as a warning for all to be ready for the day of judgment. Israel’s slaughter of the Benjaminites ought to give us all cause to reflect where God-given authority for judgment is taken too far into unrighteous vengeance. This sad account puts before our eyes wickedness and bloodshed in order that we m