Monday, March 30, 2020
Judges 3:23 says, Then Ehud went forth through the porch, and shut the doors of the parlour upon him, and locked them. This is really the rest of the story of Ehud killing Eglon and what happened afterward. Ehud left the house and closed the doors behind him. Verse twenty-four states, When he was gone out, his servants came; and when they saw that, behold, the doors of the parlour were locked, they said, Surely he covereth his feet in his summer chamber. When Eglon's servants came, they found the doors locked The servants thought Eglon must be asleep and they didn't want to disturb him. They may have been afraid to do so, but in any case this worked to Ehud's advantage. Sometimes, even the traits of those who don't know God can work to our advantage in our battle against them. Verse twenty-five adds, And they tarried till they were ashamed: and, behold, he opened not the doors of the parlour; therefore they took a key, and opened them: and, behold, their lord was fallen down dead on the earth. The servants waited until they were ashamed of there tarrying outside the door for so long, and they eventually opened the door and found the king dead. Their fear of or consideration for the king gave Ehud a long time to escape. Verse twenty-six declares, And Ehud escaped while they tarried, and passed beyond the quarries, and escaped unto Seirath. Matthew Henry says that Ehud may not have returned all the way to the place he lived before, but anyway, he returned successfully to wherever he decided to stop. Verse twenty-seven adds, And it came to pass, when he was come, that he blew a trumpet in the mountain of Ephraim, and the children of Israel went down with him from the mount, and he before them. Wherever he was, Ehud blew the trumpet to call the rest of the people of Israel to him. One day, as followers of Christ, wherever we are, God is going to sound the trumpet to call us to Him. Verse twenty-eight says, And he said unto them, Follow after me: for the LORD hath delivered your enemies the Moabites into your hand. And they went down after him, and took the fords of Jordan toward Moab, and suffered not a man to pass over. Ehud called on them to follow him, because God had delivered the Moabites unto them. The people had to put their faith in Elud knowing what he was talking about and in God being with them. We today as followers of Christ have to put our faith in God's word and in knowing that He is with us at all times through the presence of the Holy Spirit. Verse twenty-nine proclaims, And they slew of Moab at that time about ten thousand men, all lusty, and all men of valour; and there escaped not a man. The people of Israel defeated ten thousand strong and valorous men that day, leaving not even one to escape. I believe that we can say that when we are following God's guidance that no matter how strong our enemies may be, or how many of them there are, that through our faith we will be spiritually victorious over them. Verse thirty states, So Moab was subdued that day under the hand of Israel. And the land had rest fourscore years. After Moab was defeated, the people of Israel had eighty years of peace. Though we may have battles here on earth, through our relationship with Christ, we have everlasting peace. Verse thirty-one adds, And after him was Shamgar the son of Anath, which slew of the Philistines six hundred men with an ox goad: and he also delivered Israel. During this time, the Philistines were beginning to oppose the people of Israel, Matthew Henry says on the other side of the Jordan. Wherever it was, Shamgar killed six hundred of them, not with a sword, but with an ox goad. We can be certain that when one enemy of God is defeated that another will arise. We can also be certain that with God's power behind us that we will be successful in our battles, even if we are not always victorious in this life.
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