When the heart has departed from sound advice what man does is setting himself into a perilous slope. Abimelch usurped to the seat of honor he was not entitled. He troubled his own house and he inherited the wind(Pr.11:29).
"Then God sent an evil spirit between Abimelech and the men of Shechem; and the men of Shechem dealt treacherously with Abimelech(v.23)" His base had tainted the whole length and breadth of the land. It was a divided house reminiscent of our times. In such climate of hate do we not in the politicians of our times the boast of Gaal, the son of Ebed and treachery of Zebul invite comparison? Gaal knew how to grandstand before the base of Abimelech. "And would to God this people were under my hand! then would I remove Abimelech(v.29a)"Such bragging as Gaal delivered is not the last of its kind. Abimelech, Gaal in their intrigue by Law of Gradation connect with the beast whose power came from the dragon."And there was given unto him a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies; and power was given unto him to continue forty and two months./And he opened his mouth in blasphemy against God, to blaspheme his name, and his tabernacle, and them that dwell in heaven./And it was given unto him to make war with the saints, and to overcome them: and power was given him over all kindreds, and tongues, and nations(Re.13:5-8). These men of straw belong to the brambles in the fable spoken by Jotham. There is a long list of names that shall not be found in the book of life 'of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world'.
Abimelech sets the battle plan and it is similar to what Gideon had spoken to the three hundred,
First Gideon's words, "And he said unto them, Look on me, and do likewise: and, behold, when I come to the outside of the camp, it shall be that, as I do, so shall ye do(7:17)".
When the heart has departed from sound advice what man does is setting himself into a perilous slope. Abimelch usurped to the seat of honor he was not entitled. He troubled his own house and he inherited the wind(Pr.11:29).
"Then God sent an evil spirit between Abimelech and the men of Shechem; and the men of Shechem dealt treacherously with Abimelech(v.23)" His base had tainted the whole length and breadth of the land. It was a divided house reminiscent of our times. In such climate of hate do we not in the politicians of our times the boast of Gaal, the son of Ebed and treachery of Zebul invite comparison? Gaal knew how to grandstand before the base of Abimelech. "And would to God this people were under my hand! then would I remove Abimelech(v.29a)"Such bragging as Gaal delivered is not the last of its kind. Abimelech, Gaal in their intrigue by Law of Gradation connect with the beast whose power came from the dragon."And there was given unto him a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies; and power was given unto him to continue forty and two months./And he opened his mouth in blasphemy against God, to blaspheme his name, and his tabernacle, and them that dwell in heaven./And it was given unto him to make war with the saints, and to overcome them: and power was given him over all kindreds, and tongues, and nations(Re.13:5-8). These men of straw belong to the brambles in the fable spoken by Jotham. There is a long list of names that shall not be found in the book of life 'of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world'.
Abimelech sets the battle plan and it is similar to what Gideon had spoken to the three hundred,
First Gideon's words, "And he said unto them, Look on me, and do likewise: and, behold, when I come to the outside of the camp, it shall be that, as I do, so shall ye do(7:17)".
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