Aim: To be hopeful even in the anticipation of judgment.
Doctrine: After God's judgment on His covenant people, He restores them (in new holiness). Judgment begins with ''the house of God,'' and its end is to encourage a purified church.
Exegesis: How the Benjamites went from lostness, to hope: a remnant survived (by grace) (20:47-48); God's people prayed for them (21:1-3); God had a plan (to save them) (21:4-7).
Further application: How this text encourages us today: judgment will breed a lot of new life in Christ, which glorifies God, and edifies the church.
Key verse: 21:3 ''And [they] said, 'O Lord God of Israel, why has this come to pass in Israel, that today there should be one tribe missing in Israel?'''
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Mark Henninger
The Lost Tribe Series in Judges Redeemer Presbyterian...
Rev. Mark Henninger received his Masters of Divinity from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School in Deerfield, Illinois, and he has been Pastor of Redeemer Presbyterian Church in Peoria, Illinois for more than 30 years.