Week 15 - Depth of Evil, Height of Justice
This week you'll read about one of the evilest acts in ancient Isreal's history. It tore the 12 tribes apart, and sparked a bloody civil war. Then you'll also read about a small, but righteous gesture between King David's grandparents that previewed his justice-filled, unifying reign.
But the men would not listen to him. So the man took his concubine and sent her outside to them, and they raped her and abused her throughout the night, and at dawn they let her go. At daybreak the woman went back to the house where her master was staying, fell down at the door and lay there until daylight. Judges 19:25,26 So Boaz said to Ruth, “My daughter, listen to me. Don’t go and glean in another field and don’t go away from here. Stay here with the women who work for me. Watch the field where the men are harvesting, and follow along after the women. I have told the men not to lay a hand on you. And whenever you are thirsty, go and get a drink from the water jars the men have filled.” Ruth 2:8,9
This Week's Justice Reading Plan
- Judges 4-21
- Ruth - all
- Psalm 71-77
Bible Project’s “One Year Reading Plan”
Justice Resources
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"Fight Like Jesus: How Jesus Waged Peace Throughout Holy Week" by Jason Porterfield
In the impactful book “Fight Like Jesus: How Jesus Waged Peace Throughout Holy Week” the author Jason Porterfield makes the case that Jesus confronted injustice head on, but was committed to non-violent methods. When it comes to confronting evil, our king was both impassioned and peaceful.
“Fight Like Jesus” takes us on a walk with Jesus through Holy Week. We watch him enter Jerusalem, clear the temple, and return daily to debate the teachers of the law. Then get arrested, and unjustly convicted, get crucified, and rise from the dead. Amen.
By looking closely at Jesus during his final week, Porterfield wants to inspire us to live out the call to do justice peacefully, just like Jesus did.
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