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

Titus 3: 5 Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to His mercy He saved us, through the washing of regeneration and renewing of the Holy Spirit,

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

Hallelujah 

We, the bride, the church should receive the anointing of the Holy Spirit and should renew ourselves.

My dear brothers and sisters in Christ, in the portion of the Bible that we meditated upon in the past days, we meditated that if we, the bride, the church should be chosen for the eternal marriage we must gather together as a church and worship God.

Next, what we are meditating is that Judges 21: 12 – 20 So they found among the inhabitants of Jabesh Gilead four hundred young virgins who had not known a man intimately; and they brought them to the camp at Shiloh, which is in the land of Canaan.

Then the whole congregation sent word to the children of Benjamin who were at the rock of Rimmon, and announced peace to them. 

So Benjamin came back at that time, and they gave them the women whom they had saved alive of the women of Jabesh Gilead; and yet they had not found enough for them.

And the people grieved for Benjamin, because the Lord had made a void in the tribes of Israel.

Then the elders of the congregation said, “What shall we do for wives for those who remain, since the women of Benjamin have been destroyed?” 

And they said, “There must be an inheritance for the survivors of Benjamin, that a tribe may not be destroyed from Israel. 

However, we cannot give them wives from our daughters, for the children of Israel have sworn an oath, saying, ‘Cursed be the one who gives a wife to Benjamin.’” 

Then they said, “In fact, there is a yearly feast of the Lord in Shiloh, which is north of Bethel, on the east side of the highway that goes up from Bethel to Shechem, and south of Lebonah.”

Therefore they instructed the children of Benjamin, saying, “Go, lie in wait in the vineyards

According to the above-mentioned verses, among the inhabitants of Jabesh Gilead because they gathered together as a church and worshipped God, they found four hundred young virgins who had not known a man intimately; and they brought them to the camp at Shiloh, which is in the land of Canaan. Then the whole congregation sent word to the children of Benjamin who were at the rock of Rimmon, and announced peace to them. So Benjamin came back at that time, and they gave them the women whom they had saved alive of the women of Jabesh Gilead; and yet they had not found enough for them. And the people grieved for Benjamin, because the Lord had made a void in the tribes of Israel. Then the elders of the congregation said, “What shall we do for wives for those who remain, since the women of Benjamin have been destroyed?” And they said, “There must be an inheritance for the survivors of Benjamin, that a tribe may not be destroyed from Israel. However, we cannot give them wives from our daughters, for the children of Israel have sworn an oath, saying, ‘Cursed be the one who gives a wife to Benjamin.’”

Then they in Judges 21: 21 – 25 and watch; and just when the daughters of Shiloh come out to perform their dances, then come out from the vineyards, and every man catch a wife for himself from the daughters of Shiloh; then go to the land of Benjamin. 

Then it shall be, when their fathers or their brothers come to us to complain, that we will say to them, ‘Be kind to them for our sakes, because we did not take a wife for any of them in the war; for it is not as though you have given the women to them at this time, making yourselves guilty of your oath.’ ”

And the children of Benjamin did so; they took enough wives for their number from those who danced, whom they caught. Then they went and returned to their inheritance, and they rebuilt the cities and dwelt in them. 

So the children of Israel departed from there at that time, every man to his tribe and family; they went out from there, every man to his inheritance.

In those days there was no king in Israel; everyone did what was right in his own eyes.

Then they said, “In fact, there is a yearly feast of the Lord in Shiloh and they instructed the children of Benjamin, saying, “Go, lie in wait in the vineyards, and watch; and just when the daughters of Shiloh come out to perform their dances, then come out from the vineyards, and every man catch a wife for himself from the daughters of Shiloh; then go to the land of Benjamin and they did the same. They caught the right woman for them and went back to their inheritance and rebuilt the cities and dwelt in them. So the children of Israel departed from there at that time, every man to his tribe and family; they went out from there, every man to his inheritance.

My dear people, only if there is nothing lacking in the twelve tribes then only the Holy Spirit, the bride’s decoration which is the holy decoration will be manifested in us and God is showing us this as a pattern. In this manner, if anyone among us stay away from the presence of the Lord, we must quickly go to the vineyard, which is the church of God and we must receive the Holy Spirit, renew ourselves and enter into heaven and let us submit ourselves to Him.

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

- To be continued