Transference
Blue v27-57 Ch 9 JudPomegranate Seeds
Gal 6:7~ The Law of Sowing & Reaping is a process
Britton holding real tea seeds
Though Abimelech had sown evil, inbetween the sowing and reaping process he had experienced a few war successes (v45, 50) so what we do when to see an evil man with success is mistakingly think he is being rewarded instead of punished for his crime, not correctly connecting it to his seed, thinking he somehow got away with being evil. ~It's not true. Patience will have it's perfect work (Jms 1:4), for Patience is a process. Patience is Love (1 Cor 13:4). Love will not permit evil to go unpunished although Love is willing to forgive the crime for which It punishes.
v56 God repaid the wickedness that Abimelech had done to his father by murdering his 70 brothers. v57 God also made the men of Shechem pay for all their wickedness. The curse of Jotham son of Gideon came on them.The curse was a spirit of fear:
9:5 Jotham escaped by hiding (an act of fear)
9:21 Jotham fled, escaping, because he was afraid
Remember verse 22, when God had sent an evil spirit between Abimelech & the citizens of Shechem who acted treacherously for helping murder the 70 brothers...? That spirit sent into them was the spirit of fear that had transferred onto them. The generational curse that needed to be broken off of Gideon's lineage was fear because (6:7) Gideon had this problem and it had passed down to his youngest son Jotham, now transferring over onto these wicked men.Safe and Sound
The Promise while serving God, even if we start out with a spirit of fear is that He will lead us into the mind of Christ, not giving us the spirit of fear, but of power, of love, and of a sound mind (2 Tim 1:7) because fear involves torment (1 jn 4:18), there is no fear in love, he who fears has not been made perfect in love but perfect love will cast fear out.~One Loving Vision
Pomegranate Fruit
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