Week 13 Judges
Yesterday I thought that my idea about ranking the Six Majors was pretty good. I figured I’d rank them like I did with the fifteen kings last year.
Today when I thought about it more-and-more it started to look less-and-less like a workable plan.
Anyway one thing I did notice was that the Six Majors seemed to divide into two groups. The First Three & the Second Three.
The First Three – Othniel & Ehud & Deborah/Barak – were successful. Their stories are Success Stories.
The Second Three – Gideon & Jephthah & Samson – were successful. So their stories were Success Stories too. But not just success. Something more like Success with a taste of Failure added-in.
I checked out the First Three:
Othniel’s story is very short (not much longer than the Snippet Lives of the Six Minors). But the Lord promoted/elevated Othniel and gave Othniel victory. Then there was peace.
Ehud’s situation was a bit different but the Lord raised him up too. Ehud organized a successful rebellion against the Moabite overlords. Then there was peace.
The Deborah-Barak story is longer & more complicated. Barak is the warrior-chieftain – the boots-on-the-ground guy. Deborah is something more like a General / Executive Director (the brains-and-heart behind the operation). The result was the same…then there was peace.
I looked for any problems & errors & infractions that clouded the stories of the First Three:
Othniel? No.
Ehud? No.
Deborah/Barak? No.
But I know things are going to be a bit different with the Second Three.
Note: quote from Judges 3:10 (NLT)