For justice of faith is written:
Because it is worth more than a pearl. Her husband's heart relies on her, and there will be no lack of gain. Do him good, not evil, all his life. He seeks wool and linen, and works as he pleases with his hands. She is like a merchant ship, bringing her food from far away. He opens his hand to the poor, and stretches out his hands to the needy. She is not afraid of snow for her family, because all her family have two dresses each. Her husband is known at the door when he sits with the elders of the earth. Virtue and beauty are her clothes, and she smiles at the passing time. She opens her mouth wisely and on her tongue is gentle knowledge. He watches over the rule of his flock, and does not eat bread in laziness. Her sons rise up and bless her; her husband also praises her. Give her from the fruit of her hands!
In Revelation is described as
Woman clothed in sun, and moon under feet her, and on head her wreath of twelve stars.
At this are traitors rose up in the ranks of our people. This is assaulted, shamed, stripped, raped and left that bleed and dies. This are done by people who have a name that are Adventists but are collection of Satan.
On the other side, this were betrayed by those who were supposed to guard it. To the precious truth and work of God, the finest ray of light that is ever given to mortal men, cold and calculating were betrayed by those whom thought to will be threatened by their selfish interests of this fleeting life. Their teacher Christ humbled himself even death crosses, forgetting about himself. They did not want to preserve what the Father kindly entrusted to them.
At the time when I began to think about the meaning of the biblical historical pictures from books to the Judges, were are two events which were transmitted by all main world the media.
The first was about a pregnant British princess who spent a short time in hospital. Someone impersonated the royal couple and thus tricked the nurse who, naively believing, revealed some details about the princess's condition. When the fraud was exposed, the nurse was publicly ridiculed. After a few days, unable to withstand the pressure, she committed suicide, saying goodbye to this cruel world. So we saw how a lie can kill.
Another woman was in the most cruel way raped by a group of young people in vain left him bled to streets of an Indian city. Her young man did defend her, in vain waiting for him someone help. Precious time passed before help arrived – too late. The whole country rose to its feet protesting against this evil.
In the book of Judges, chapter 20, the story continues, recorded for us who have come to the end of the world.
When they investigated the circumstances under which the priest's concubine was killed, eleven tribes decided not to return home until the perpetrators were punished. They set out armed against the tribe of Benjamin, demanding that the perpetrators of the crime be surrendered. The Benjamites decided to support the offenders and war ensued.
This war is a picture of what Jesus says we will hear, wars and rumors of wars. This is an intra-church war, a war with the spirits of darkness. This is the great battle of the last days that begins right in the Seventh-day Adventist Church, which is still the only church that has not fallen, because it acknowledges God's Law. The forces of evil are working to completely dominate something that has been declared God's territory. If evil were not removed from Israel, God's people were aware that it would completely rule. They are aware of the collective guilt that would fall upon them if they were to overlook the crime. So these wars are inevitable and Christ advises us not to be afraid because that is how it should be.
The Lord gave the Israelite tribes the answer that they should strike their brother Benjamin. And after we would expect them to win, since God had ordered this war, Benjamin defeated the eleven tribes on the first day. They had seven hundred special soldiers in their ranks who were able to shoot with their left hand without missing a hair's breadth.
This war is a picture of the struggle of those who uphold God's truth in the ranks of Adventists against those who uphold falsehood. This is exactly what Ellen White prophesies when she says that in the last days the truth will be so similar to the lie that it will be impossible to recognize it except by the special inspiration of the Holy Spirit. The people who "wielded the sword" represent those who know the Holy Scriptures, the Sword of the Lord. On both sides we have people who know the Holy Scriptures, but some are in the service of sin, i.e. justification by works, and others in the service of righteousness which is of faith. These special fighters, the left-handers, are a picture of those who are trained in argumentation that comes from the old man, for which the left hand is a symbol. They are very dangerous opponents to God's work of awakening and reform in the ranks of God's people. They represent the backbone of the formal system, the intellectual system of philosophy and science of the false reformation of the church.
On the second day, the Benjamites also won, killing slightly fewer Israelites than on the first day. After that, the defeated retreated to the area where the Ark of the Covenant was then located. They fasted and wept until sunset. After that, they went out before God again, asking whether they should continue the war or give up. They received the answer that they should continue the war and that this time they would win.
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