tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30469681.post1979143419255666022..comments2023-10-28T08:09:45.154-07:00Comments on Cello Girl Talks: New Bible StoryTiNAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13948012094531466600noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30469681.post-64952411162362326742007-12-15T22:48:00.000-08:002007-12-15T22:48:00.000-08:00Yep daddy, there are three characters in this stor...Yep daddy, there are three characters in this story. God, Jepthat, and his daughter. God's favor was already on Jepthat before he made this vow. It was pointless and sorrowful. He did not have to do it, but he did. His reasons for it came from misunderstanding and comparisons of gods to God. God did not need his daughter's life, He already had it. That is shown in her willingness to die for Him. God was sorrowed by this vow, but still allowed Jepthat to win the war. It is another scripture that draws me to more questions than answers. Amazing how alive this book is :)TiNAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13948012094531466600noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30469681.post-28938846715411064742007-12-15T19:07:00.000-08:002007-12-15T19:07:00.000-08:00I truly do not understand this part of the Scriptu...I truly do not understand this part of the Scripture. But I have learned a lesson that a single daughter is spoken to by the Holy Spirit in ways that this father never listened. You are very appropirate in your observation. I learned other lessons...or maybe am struggling with other applications that may be off base. Overall the book of Judges is one that I believe disappoints God in the worst way. There is a line that is repeated that I will paraphrase...and the people did what was right in their own eyes. In the eyes of the father here, he made a contract with God. God never tells us to draft contracts for him. He is the only party authorized to make a contract. We have only to accept or reject. For us to lay down the parameters and tell God that these are to be followed, is not His way...it is what is right in their own eyes...situational ethics. Although I learn of the obedience of the father, it is his foolishness that has created this problem. <BR/><BR/>Also I learn that a father will find that he must also sacrifice his daughter. In the Scripture we see that the Father sacrifices his Son as the unblemished lamb. It is difficult at times to understand when the Bible means man and when the Bible means mankind. And most of the time it is not relevant to address this question. In many ways and at diverse times, I have sacrificed both my only begotten son and my only begotten daugher. If I had my way, neither would be so far away from me. My daughter would never have been allowed to go to Califronia to have a Christain influence on the Hollywood. And my son would have brought his NC bride to SC, rather than join her in NC. But God shows us the sacrifice from address to the cross and all points between. Yes, the book of Judges has much to teach. But at times I think it is just to show us how much grace and mercy God the Father really has when it comes to tolerating his children, even when they do what is right in their own eyes.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com