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   On Sat, 4 Oct 2025 20:24:53 -0500, Christ Rose wrote:   
      
   > Judges 12: Christ the Perfect Judge   
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   > https://christrose.news/2025/10/judges-12-christ-perfect-judge.html   
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   > Introduction   
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   > Judges 12 gives a sobering glimpse into what happens when pride governs   
   > judgment instead of humility and unity under God. The chapter opens with   
   > conflict between Jephthah and the men of Ephraim, who accused him of   
   > excluding them from battle (Judges 12:1–2). Their wounded pride led to   
   > civil war and the slaughter of forty-two thousand of their own brethren   
   > (Judges 12:4–6). It is a tragic scene where words become weapons,as a   
      
   1 And the men of Ephraim were called together, and went northward, and   
   said to Jephthah, Why have you passed over to fight against the sons of   
   Ammon, and you have not called on us to go with you? We will burn your   
   house over you with fire.   
   2 And Jephthah said to them, I have been a man of war, my people and I,   
   having great strife with the sons of Ammon. And I called you, and you did   
   not save me out of their hands.   
   3 And seeing that you did not save us, I put my life in my hand and   
   passed   
   over against the Ammonites, and Jehovah delivered them into my hand. And   
   why have you come up to me today to fight with me?   
   4 And Jephthah gathered all the men of Gilead, and fought with Ephraim.   
   And the men of Gilead struck Ephraim, because they said, You Gileadites   
   are fugitives from Ephraim, in the midst of Ephraim, in the midst of   
   Manasseh.   
   5 And Gilead captured the fords of the Jordan before Ephraim. And it   
   happened when the fugitives from Ephraim said, Let me pass over, then the   
   men of Gilead said to him, You are an Ephraimite. And he said, No.   
      
   After seeing what you did to chapter 11 I had to take a look here. And   
   then post the five verses here to clarify the truth of the matter.   
      
   J was threatened in V1 and lied about them not being called to fight as J   
   declared to them in verse 2 So in verse 3 he told them flat out that he   
   put his life on the line, and that Jehovah delivered them all into his   
   hands. Then in Verse 4 because of the Ephraimites declaring war upon them   
   and sought to kill him, he did what he had to do and as a result J judged   
   Israel for six years until he died.   
      
   Obviously Jehovah was with him, and honored him.   
      
   It is sad to see your shameful opinions on the matter. No worries, I   
   won't   
   be bothering you anymore regarding your postings on the Word of God. On   
   the few things I read that you posted I can see little value to them as   
   it   
   seems you do not even read what you post about.   
      
      
      
      
      
   > simple pronunciation—“Shibboleth”—determines life or death (Judges   
   > 12:6). The following verses describe three lesser-known judges—Ibzan,   
   > Elon, and Abdon—whose reigns were marked by peace and prosperity (Judges   
   > 12:8–15). The contrast between strife and rest reveals a deeper truth   
   > about the kind of Judge God’s people truly need. Every earthly judge   
   > fades, but Christ reigns forever with perfect humility, unity, and life.   
   > This chapter exposes the failure of human judgment rooted in pride and   
   > points us to Christ, who rules with righteousness and peace.   
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