3 chapters is would be a long post if i quote it, so here's a link:
how is what happened in these chapters testifying of Christ? we know it does, ((John 5:39)), so where is He in this?
a woman is killed by a tremendously wicked act that is strikingly similar to what we know about Sodom. her husband, a priest, cuts her body into pieces sends them to all the tribes, and every tribe of Israel knew when they saw her flesh that this act was so evil, that the whole town - full of 'sons of Belial' - must be destroyed. the tribe of Benjamin however defended them, and all 11 of the other tribes nearly wipe Benjamin out completely, after they inquire and God tells them Judah should go up against them first, only to have thousands from the tribe of Judah killed. and this is the town Saul is from!
i've given of course a very poor synopsis - refer the scripture itself. but there are so many questions, what does this all mean? what have you heard taught of this, and what have you understood from it?
how is what happened in these chapters testifying of Christ? we know it does, ((John 5:39)), so where is He in this?
a woman is killed by a tremendously wicked act that is strikingly similar to what we know about Sodom. her husband, a priest, cuts her body into pieces sends them to all the tribes, and every tribe of Israel knew when they saw her flesh that this act was so evil, that the whole town - full of 'sons of Belial' - must be destroyed. the tribe of Benjamin however defended them, and all 11 of the other tribes nearly wipe Benjamin out completely, after they inquire and God tells them Judah should go up against them first, only to have thousands from the tribe of Judah killed. and this is the town Saul is from!
i've given of course a very poor synopsis - refer the scripture itself. but there are so many questions, what does this all mean? what have you heard taught of this, and what have you understood from it?