“So all the men of Israel were gathered against the city, knit together as one man. And the tribes of Israel sent men through all the tribe of Benjamin, saying, What wickedness is this that is done among you?”
Judges 20:11-12 KJV
So all the men of Israel united as one man to come against Gibeon. The Israelite tribes sent couriers throughout the tribe of Benjamin, saying, “What is this brutal crime that you have done?….” It is striking that the tribes refused to come together to help one another throughout most of the book of Judges until this clear moment of uniting to destroy one of their own tribes. Jesus became the Son of Man to die in the flesh, in His body so that His promise would be fulfilled in the Body of Christ, His Church. This is Jesus’s promise to us - “I pray that they will all be One, just as You and I are One—as You are in Me, Father, and I am in You…I have given them the glory You gave Me, so they may be One as We are One. I am in them and You are in Me.” This is the unity that Jesus died and rose again to give His Church. Let’s cooperate with the Holy Spirit to be one with Jesus and our Father, instead of tearing one another down. Love never fails and the Holy Spirit has poured God’s love in us to love one another and stand united against the divisive wiles of the enemy. Amen!
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