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Judges 21:13 - OK guys, here's the plan - Day 219

Good morning brothers and sisters,

Congratulations on reaching our last day in Judges. Keep up the good work.

Blessings

Jeff

The deal between 11 tribes and the wayward Benjaminites.  While it is true that God's decree is over all things whatsoever that come to pass, saying that the LORD had made a breach in the tribes of Israel would seem to lay these events solely at His feet.  

WCF Ch 3, Section 1

God from all eternity did, by the most wise and holy counsel of His own will, freely, and unchangeably ordain whatsoever comes to pass:(a) yet so, as thereby neither is God the author of sin,(b) nor is violence offered to the will of the creatures, nor is the liberty or contingency of second causes taken away, but rather established.(c)

The whole tribe of Benjamin was the "second cause" of this breach.  

Convergence in a theological setting is how God's will for His glory and our good and man's will in accordance with his fallen nature converge.  Prime example is Joseph being sold into slavery by his brothers.  They meant it for evil but God meant it for good.

They all freely choose to act in this sinful manner and are morally responsible.  The mental and ethical gymnastics of the other tribes in providing wives for their brother are also rather stunning.  We promised not to give them our daughters, but we will wipe out a whole town to take their virgins.  

And isn't interesting that Benjamin plays a vital role in Jewish and Christian history.  King Saul and apostle Paul were both Benjaminites.

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