Judges 11:12-28
Knowing history can be useful. The king of Ammon was justifying his invasion by claiming that Gilead rightly belonged to his kingdom. Jephthah made a counter claim, defending Israel's right to posses the land. The king of Ammon would not relent, and Jephthah had to fight instead for his land and his people.
This reminds of another pair of warring monarchs. Satan claims this world as his rightful kingdom, and humanity as his slaves. Jesus had to fight to take us back. Jesus had to shed blood. Not the blood of others, His own blood. Jesus has kept careful records so that when He reclaims this land, there will be no need to doubt if it is rightfully his.
We should be careful to keep records. Tax records, life records, records of our spiritual journeys. This will help us when Satan or his servants try to claim us as their own. We will have records that we can use to be sure they are wrong.
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