Thank you for this training. A friend recommended this for me tonight. I must have skipped right over this over the years. I'm 73 now and I love Jesus and reading about lessons. I wasn't born or raised Jewish. I have desired to learn about them for many years. Jesus was born a Jew and I wanted to learn about His life and I have. I continue. I can't get enough of the Bible and the teachings. Things in life take me away from it sometimes but I always come back❤ I never forget what I have learned and I try to live how the Bible says to live everyday.❤
Still reading the Bible from beginning to end with your video lesson being part of my morning reading. Thank you for helping my studies and for the " wisdom" I garner from the readings.
I’m reading through Judges and these outlines help me remember all the specific groups and actions that took place in each chapter. I appreciate you making these. I pray God blesses you as you continue to share this word and witness to others. ❤
Great job handling the subject matter. We just had the debate in our church, a few weeks ago (maybe a month ago). I believe as a body of believers we grew from it.
I am with you. I believe he did sacrifice her because he promised God, but it wasn’t something that God honored. Your application is right on point (per usual). I wanted to dedicate the first 3 days of every month to fasting but I don’t want to say that and then not do it. So as the months come I just do it instead of telling God this is what I will always do. Do you think that is okay?
My take on this is if you don’t tell God then you’re doing it for your own benefit as a whole. While, if you do tell Him then you’re doing it for Him, and it might seem like there’s pressure to keep your word. Don’t think of it like that or it will always seem like a “chore.” Just continue doing what you’ve been doing with the 3 days but in His name and give all worries to God ❤️🙏🏾
That ending to that chapter was pretty shocking. I believe he did sacrifice her based off 2 specific verses from the King James Bible I am using "Then it shall be, that whatsoever cometh forth of the doors of my house to meet me, when I return in peace from the children of Ammon, shall surely be the LORD'S, and I will offer it up for a burnt offering." (Judges 11:31) "And it came to pass at the end of two months, that she returned unto her father, who did with her according to his vow which he had vowed: and she knew no man. And it was a custom in Israel. That the daughters of Israel went yearly to lament the daughter of Jephthah the Gileadite four days in a year." (Judges 11:39-40)
didn’t God ask Abraham to sacrifice his son, Issac ? I believe so. It was to test Abraham’s faith that God would stay true to his promise. Even though he finally got his promise of a son, God asked him to give it up. Then an angel stopped him after he proved he would do it and trust that God would raise him from the dead.
Quick question: why would the Lord help him win the battle if he knew it would lead him to sacrificing his own daughter "in the name of God"? I know God wanted Israel be free. Curious.
Something I believe we are all missing here...Jephthah did not say he was making a "vow" but rather a "vowel"...thus being the letter "O" as in "O, there's my sweet daughter, out to greet me!"
It's too easy to assume a human sacrifice. God does not delight in this. The Abrahamic call to sacrifice was a test, there was not an intent for human sacrifice. What the daughter in this case sacrificed was her motherhood. Why else would she go lament her virginity if she was to be killed? That makes no sense. When Hannah "sacrificed" her son to the Lord, it was symbolic in the sense that she gave him up to God, holding nothing back. I refuse to believe that it was to be an acceptable sacrifice to God. That would be a waste and the father would be guilty of murder. God listens to the vow and would not let it go to waste. We are God's totally. We must not hold anything back, even the carrying on of future generations.
The term עלה (used in Jephthah’s vow) only ever means to sacrifice *as a burnt offering,* never in a metaphorical sense. You are correct that God does not delight in human sacrifice, even in Abraham’s test - the point of the latter half of the book of judges is to show the moral decay and religious decline of even Israel’s leadership. Jephthah is at times heroic, but in the case of his vow bargains with God as if He were a fickle pagan God. He does not trust the divine presence to be sufficient for victory and heaps on a vow as if that will ensure victory. He never once consults God to understand if 1) the vow was rational to make or 2) to see if he should still carry it out Lamenting virginity can still make sense in context of an immanent death. There are two reasons for this: she is mourning the life that she will never live *and* the legacy she will never leave. ANE culture leans more collectivist than ours, meaning that she is more than aware that her death means that her father’s line has come to an end. Perhaps not as emotionally poignant, yet more culturally appropriate to her time. Regardless, the load-bearing sentences are vv. 31 and 39. Jepthah vows to “olah” her (sacrifice her *as a burnt offering) and then later “does to her according to what he had vowed.” Both Jewish *and* Christian interpreters of Judges 11 identified it as a burnt offering unanimously until the Middle Ages (by which time Christians had established monastic life as a way of vowing oneself to the Lord). Just as the other men and women of faith in Hebrews 11, we can acknowledge that Jephthah was both heroic *and* foolish - that at times he acted in faith, and at other times (as is the case in his vow) acted contrary to God’s will.
Proverbs 3:5-6 (KJV) - “Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths. Of course Jephthah sacrificed his daughter, it was a hasty commitment he made but he still a righteous man as Paul said because the Bible say Matthew 5:33 King James Version 33 Again, ye have heard that it hath been said by them of old time, Thou shalt not forswear thyself, but shalt perform unto the Lord thine oaths: God didn’t tell him to do it. It does show Jephthah faith by honoring his own promise.
In Hebrews 11:32 Jephthah is listed with an imposing group of men from the OT. After describing the faith of Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Joseph, and Moses the author, then gives a short list of other giants of the faith from history, including Jephthah. "And what more shall I say? For the time would fail me to tell of Gideon and Barak and Samson and Jephthah, also of David and Samuel and the prophets; who through faith subdued Kingdoms, worked righteousness, obtained promises, stopped mouths of lions, quenched the violence of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, out of weakness were made strong, became valiant in battle, turned to flight the armies of the aliens." Jephthah is included with a powerful group here. Could he reasonably be included in this list as a child sacrificer? The text clearly indicates Jephtha's knowledge of the scriptures and he and his daughter would have been keenly aware of the Ten Commandment; Thou shalt not kill, and Honor your mother and your father. Judges 11 verses 37, 38 and 39 speak of Jephthah's daughter's virginity and his vow. This is no coincidence. She was his only daughter. He sacrificed his legacy. he would have no heirs. Verse 40 goes on to describe Jephthah's daughter's legacy of a tradition from then on by the daughters of Israel to "lament" her for four days a year. This is the only occasion in the bible that the Hebrew word "tanah" is translated as lament; tanah meaning to celebrate, commemorate, and praise. It strains credulity that child sacrifice would be celebrated in these ways. Jephthah's daughter sacrificed her life as did Samuel being given to the Lord and giving up a family and a normal existence. Just prior to Jephthah making his vow to the Lord, the Spirit of the Lord came upon him. Child sacrifice was not part of the Spirit of the Lord. Deuteronomy 18:10 "There shall not be found among you any one that maketh his son or his daughter to pass through the fire, " Even though it is easy to make the implication that Jephthah tore his clothes as a sign of mourning, a closer look at the practice reveals it was also "an expression of an inner feeling of imminent danger." As written in "Tearing of clothes: A study of an ancient practice in the Old Testament " Verbum et Ecclesia ISSN: (Online) 2074-7705, (Print) 1609-9982 If we read Jephthah's vow with the conjunction "or" instead of "and" the alternative to child sacrifice is much more plausible. This is the choice of The Literal Standard Version, Young's Literal Translation, as well as A Faithful Version of the Bible. All agree that there is no direct evidence in the scripture that he murdered his own daughter. That alone should lead us to the truth of the story. In short, it is in my opinion bad theology to interpret Judges 11 in light of child sacrifice.
I don't disagree with your conclusion, that Jephthah sparred his daughter. I disagree with your reasoning. You can praise someone for their Godly actions and triumphs without taking away from their atrocities. Just like how your evil deeds do not wipe away the good that you do. Jephthah toppled an opposing army by acting on his faith in the Lord. Jephthah, just like most of the judges, does something ungodly and sinful. This is a recurring theme in Judges. Even King David does ungodly things during his reign and yet he is still a great prophet and king. We are not defined solely by our evil. Just because it is unlawful and ungodly, doesn't mean he didn't do it. Other Judges murdered and worshipped false idols. Abimelech was not a good judge, but you can still point out his strengths during his short reign.
@2BeLikeChrist I completely agree with you. He sent an angel to stop Abraham from sacrificing Isaac and then the Lord provided a ram for a sacrifice. God did not do that with Jephthah.
Thank you for this training. A friend recommended this for me tonight. I must have skipped right over this over the years. I'm 73 now and I love Jesus and reading about lessons. I wasn't born or raised Jewish. I have desired to learn about them for many years. Jesus was born a Jew and I wanted to learn about His life and I have. I continue. I can't get enough of the Bible and the teachings. Things in life take me away from it sometimes but I always come back❤ I never forget what I have learned and I try to live how the Bible says to live everyday.❤
Thank you for sharing these bible nuggets. They are so helpful. May God continue to bless you and the work of your hands.
Still reading the Bible from beginning to end with your video lesson being part of my morning reading. Thank you for helping my studies and for the " wisdom" I garner from the readings.
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I say prayers for you to continue on your Journey no matter what 🙏✝️✡️👑⚔️🛡️
I’m reading through Judges and these outlines help me remember all the specific groups and actions that took place in each chapter. I appreciate you making these. I pray God blesses you as you continue to share this word and witness to others. ❤
Great job handling the subject matter. We just had the debate in our church, a few weeks ago (maybe a month ago). I believe as a body of believers we grew from it.
I am so grateful for your videos sir! Thank you and may God bless you.
Thanks I really need this 😄
I am with you. I believe he did sacrifice her because he promised God, but it wasn’t something that God honored. Your application is right on point (per usual). I wanted to dedicate the first 3 days of every month to fasting but I don’t want to say that and then not do it. So as the months come I just do it instead of telling God this is what I will always do. Do you think that is okay?
My take on this is if you don’t tell God then you’re doing it for your own benefit as a whole. While, if you do tell Him then you’re doing it for Him, and it might seem like there’s pressure to keep your word. Don’t think of it like that or it will always seem like a “chore.” Just continue doing what you’ve been doing with the 3 days but in His name and give all worries to God ❤️🙏🏾
Interesting but beyond my pay grade. Great job!
GREAT WORK ❤ PRAISE THE LORD
Thank you
Amen n thank u❤❤❤
Thanknyou
How about Abraham offer isaac?
That ending to that chapter was pretty shocking. I believe he did sacrifice her based off 2 specific verses from the King James Bible I am using "Then it shall be, that whatsoever cometh forth of the doors of my house to meet me, when I return in peace from the children of Ammon, shall surely be the LORD'S, and I will offer it up for a burnt offering." (Judges 11:31) "And it came to pass at the end of two months, that she returned unto her father, who did with her according to his vow which he had vowed: and she knew no man. And it was a custom in Israel. That the daughters of Israel went yearly to lament the daughter of Jephthah the Gileadite four days in a year." (Judges 11:39-40)
didn’t God ask Abraham to sacrifice his son, Issac ? I believe so. It was to test Abraham’s faith that God would stay true to his promise. Even though he finally got his promise of a son, God asked him to give it up. Then an angel stopped him after he proved he would do it and trust that God would raise him from the dead.
Your take is valid but I get the feeling that more in being said
It would be really scary to make a foolish promise like that😭
I agree with you :((😮
Quick question: why would the Lord help him win the battle if he knew it would lead him to sacrificing his own daughter "in the name of God"?
I know God wanted Israel be free.
Curious.
Something I believe we are all missing here...Jephthah did not say he was making a "vow" but rather a "vowel"...thus being the letter "O" as in "O, there's my sweet daughter, out to greet me!"
That was a tough vow😅
Very disturbing story 😮. God bless 🙏
It's too easy to assume a human sacrifice. God does not delight in this. The Abrahamic call to sacrifice was a test, there was not an intent for human sacrifice. What the daughter in this case sacrificed was her motherhood. Why else would she go lament her virginity if she was to be killed? That makes no sense. When Hannah "sacrificed" her son to the Lord, it was symbolic in the sense that she gave him up to God, holding nothing back. I refuse to believe that it was to be an acceptable sacrifice to God. That would be a waste and the father would be guilty of murder. God listens to the vow and would not let it go to waste. We are God's totally. We must not hold anything back, even the carrying on of future generations.
The term עלה (used in Jephthah’s vow) only ever means to sacrifice *as a burnt offering,* never in a metaphorical sense.
You are correct that God does not delight in human sacrifice, even in Abraham’s test - the point of the latter half of the book of judges is to show the moral decay and religious decline of even Israel’s leadership. Jephthah is at times heroic, but in the case of his vow bargains with God as if He were a fickle pagan God. He does not trust the divine presence to be sufficient for victory and heaps on a vow as if that will ensure victory. He never once consults God to understand if 1) the vow was rational to make or 2) to see if he should still carry it out
Lamenting virginity can still make sense in context of an immanent death. There are two reasons for this: she is mourning the life that she will never live *and* the legacy she will never leave. ANE culture leans more collectivist than ours, meaning that she is more than aware that her death means that her father’s line has come to an end. Perhaps not as emotionally poignant, yet more culturally appropriate to her time.
Regardless, the load-bearing sentences are vv. 31 and 39. Jepthah vows to “olah” her (sacrifice her *as a burnt offering) and then later “does to her according to what he had vowed.” Both Jewish *and* Christian interpreters of Judges 11 identified it as a burnt offering unanimously until the Middle Ages (by which time Christians had established monastic life as a way of vowing oneself to the Lord). Just as the other men and women of faith in Hebrews 11, we can acknowledge that Jephthah was both heroic *and* foolish - that at times he acted in faith, and at other times (as is the case in his vow) acted contrary to God’s will.
God specifically said DO NOT KILL. So why would he?
This is a law/commandment is for us humans not for him.
@@tommysurielbut why does the daughter have to get killed? Couldn’t he have just nah it’s cool?
Proverbs 3:5-6 (KJV) - “Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.
Of course Jephthah sacrificed his daughter, it was a hasty commitment he made but he still a righteous man as Paul said because the Bible say
Matthew 5:33
King James Version
33 Again, ye have heard that it hath been said by them of old time, Thou shalt not forswear thyself, but shalt perform unto the Lord thine oaths:
God didn’t tell him to do it. It does show Jephthah faith by honoring his own promise.
In Hebrews 11:32 Jephthah is listed with an imposing group of men from the OT. After describing the faith of Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Joseph, and Moses the author, then gives a short list of other giants of the faith from history, including Jephthah. "And what more shall I say? For the time would fail me to tell of Gideon and Barak and Samson and Jephthah, also of David and Samuel and the prophets; who through faith subdued Kingdoms, worked righteousness, obtained promises, stopped mouths of lions, quenched the violence of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, out of weakness were made strong, became valiant in battle, turned to flight the armies of the aliens." Jephthah is included with a powerful group here. Could he reasonably be included in this list as a child sacrificer? The text clearly indicates Jephtha's knowledge of the scriptures and he and his daughter would have been keenly aware of the Ten Commandment; Thou shalt not kill, and Honor your mother and your father. Judges 11 verses 37, 38 and 39 speak of Jephthah's daughter's virginity and his vow. This is no coincidence. She was his only daughter. He sacrificed his legacy. he would have no heirs. Verse 40 goes on to describe Jephthah's daughter's legacy of a tradition from then on by the daughters of Israel to "lament" her for four days a year. This is the only occasion in the bible that the Hebrew word "tanah" is translated as lament; tanah meaning to celebrate, commemorate, and praise. It strains credulity that child sacrifice would be celebrated in these ways. Jephthah's daughter sacrificed her life as did Samuel being given to the Lord and giving up a family and a normal existence. Just prior to Jephthah making his vow to the Lord, the Spirit of the Lord came upon him. Child sacrifice was not part of the Spirit of the Lord. Deuteronomy 18:10 "There shall not be found among you any one that maketh his son or his daughter to pass through the fire, " Even though it is easy to make the implication that Jephthah tore his clothes as a sign of mourning, a closer look at the practice reveals it was also "an expression of an inner feeling of imminent danger." As written in "Tearing of clothes: A study of an ancient practice in the Old Testament
" Verbum et Ecclesia ISSN: (Online) 2074-7705, (Print) 1609-9982 If we read Jephthah's vow with the conjunction "or" instead of "and" the alternative to child sacrifice is much more plausible. This is the choice of The Literal Standard Version, Young's Literal Translation, as well as A Faithful Version of the Bible. All agree that there is no direct evidence in the scripture that he murdered his own daughter. That alone should lead us to the truth of the story. In short, it is in my opinion bad theology to interpret Judges 11 in light of child sacrifice.
I don't disagree with your conclusion, that Jephthah sparred his daughter. I disagree with your reasoning.
You can praise someone for their Godly actions and triumphs without taking away from their atrocities. Just like how your evil deeds do not wipe away the good that you do. Jephthah toppled an opposing army by acting on his faith in the Lord. Jephthah, just like most of the judges, does something ungodly and sinful. This is a recurring theme in Judges. Even King David does ungodly things during his reign and yet he is still a great prophet and king. We are not defined solely by our evil.
Just because it is unlawful and ungodly, doesn't mean he didn't do it. Other Judges murdered and worshipped false idols. Abimelech was not a good judge, but you can still point out his strengths during his short reign.
You state that the lord never commanded human sacrifice but he commanded Abraham to sacrifice Isaac. Genesis 22 verse 2.
True, but He also revealed in that same instance that He did not intend for Isaac to be sacrificed.
@2BeLikeChrist I completely agree with you. He sent an angel to stop Abraham from sacrificing Isaac and then the Lord provided a ram for a sacrifice. God did not do that with Jephthah.