“Glory to the Precious name of our Lord Jesus Christ”

Psalms 121: 7 The Lord shall preserve you from all evil; He shall preserve your soul.

May the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen

Hallelujah 

We, the bride, the church should destroy all the evil ways by fire.

My dear brothers and sisters in Christ, in the portion of the Bible that we meditated upon in the past days, we meditated that we, the bride, the church should be as those who fulfil the righteousness of God. 

Next, what we are meditating is that Judges 20: 39 – 41 whereupon the men of Israel would turn in battle. Now Benjamin had begun to strike and kill about thirty of the men of Israel. For they said, “Surely they are defeated before us, as in the first battle.” 

But when the cloud began to rise from the city in a column of smoke, the Benjamites looked behind them, and there was the whole city going up in smoke to heaven. 

And when the men of Israel turned back, the men of Benjamin panicked, for they saw that disaster had come upon them.

When we meditate upon the above-mentioned verses, when the Israelites turned back in battle, the Benjaminite’s just like what happened in the previous battle said that they are being defeated before us and they begun to strike and kill about thirty of the men of Israel. But when the cloud began to rise from the city in a column of smoke, which was the sign the Benjamites looked behind them, and there was the whole city going up in smoke to heaven. And when the men of Israel turned back, the men of Benjamin panicked, for they saw that disaster had come upon them.

Also, in Judges 20: 42 – 48 Therefore they turned their backs before the men of Israel in the direction of the wilderness; but the battle overtook them, and whoever came out of the cities they destroyed in their midst. 

They surrounded the Benjamites, chased them, and easily trampled them down as far as the front of Gibeah toward the east. 

And eighteen thousand men of Benjamin fell; all these were men of valor. 

Then they turned and fled toward the wilderness to the rock of Rimmon; and they cut down five thousand of them on the highways. Then they pursued them relentlessly up to Gidom and killed two thousand of them. 

So all who fell of Benjamin that day were twenty-five thousand men who drew the sword; all these were men of valor.

But six hundred men turned and fled toward the wilderness to the rock of Rimmon, and they stayed at the rock of Rimmon for four months. 

And the men of Israel turned back against the children of Benjamin, and struck them down with the edge of the sword—from every city, men and beasts, all who were found. They also set fire to all the cities they came to.

In the battle that took place on the fourth day, the Israelites overtook the Benjaminite’s and killed those who were stuck in the middle. Then they trampled them easily. And eighteen thousand men of Benjamin fell; all those who fell were men of valor. Then the others turned and fled toward the wilderness to the rock of Rimmon; and some of them were killed on the way.  So all who fell of Benjamin that day were twenty-five thousand men who drew the sword; all these were men of valor. But six hundred men turned and fled toward the wilderness to the rock of Rimmon, and they stayed at the rock of Rimmon for four months. And the men of Israel turned back against the children of Benjamin, and struck them down with the edge of the sword—from every city, men and beasts, all who were found. They also set fire to all the cities they came to.

My dear people, when we meditate upon this for both sides to correct each other and to destroy all the evil deeds that are there in each other and for them to be set on fire and go, God is showing this as a battle and showing it as a pattern to us. Few things in them are hidden for up to four months but the Israelites are destroying everything that they had seen. In this manner we must cleanse our soul and God is showing this as a pattern. In this manner, let us remove all the evil deeds and be cleansed by the blood of Christ. Let us submit ourselves.

Let us pray. May the Lord bless you all abundantly. 

- To be continued