Title: Life of a Thorn Tree (2010.11.28)
Contents
Date: November 28, 2010
Word: Judges 9:7-15
Title: Thorn Tree Life
Contents:
Jotham, the youngest son of Gideon, who managed to escape from the sword of Abimelech and saved his life when Jerubbaal, or Gideon, a famous Israeli judge, died, and his son Abimelech, greedy for power, killed 70 of his brothers on a rock and became king in Shechem, Abimelech It is an allegory to accuse and rebuke the detestable transgressions of Shechem.
Israel's three major fruit trees
It has the meaning of olive tree (separated), fig tree (peace and prosperity), and vine (joy and prosperity).
The characteristic of this tree is that it means “one who has done all his work”.
It is a tree that brings joy and benefit to its owner with its noble fruit and oil. They are noble trees in Israel, worthy of being kings of the forest.
thorn tree life
The thorn tree means “to pierce” and in the Bible the thorn tree is compared to Abimelech.
It is subject to judgment and destruction.
Pain, a false prophet.
They are always visible to others and only take on the role of stabbing others. The recipient will always be hurt. Of course, no one is perfect in words or actions, nor is he free.
Always violent.
Abimelech, likened to a thorn tree, was the son of a concubine in the land of Shechem, a foreign land, who killed 70 of his brothers on a rock and made himself king. There are always enemies in front of life like a thorn tree, and it is a life of fighting.
He lives for his own ambitions.
In order to achieve his will, he is immortal by all means. It refers to people who live only for themselves in the world they live together.
A person who cannot judge the situation.
Abimelech could not judge the situation of Israel and his own situation, and was blind to power.
who is not worthy.
One of the unbearable things in the book of Proverbs is the danger of becoming a slave king, when an unqualified person sits in his seat.