Post by Lee on Apr 20, 2014 22:44:07 GMT
Jephthah was a Gileadite (11:1) and not only was Gilead given to the tribe of Manasseh (Joshua 17:1), it was the home of Zelophehad and his daughters (Numbers 36:1–2). It is probable that there was a close family link between Jephthah and Zelophehad, and certainly the principle of the family name continuing through the inheritance of a daughter would be well known to him. Under normal circumstances, therefore, Jephthah expected that his inheritance would pass through his daughter’s children to the rest of his posterity. As a result of his vow, Jephthah’s daughter was childless, she “bewailed her virginity”: to the natural man of Israel, this was a devastating indignity.
But Jephthah died in faith, not having received the promise (of an inheritance), but having seen that better thing afar off. He understood that his inheritance would come through the Lord Jesus, the promised seed. The faithful of Hebrews 11 had a clear and certain picture of the Lord and his redemption, often in far more detail than we credit them with.
. Vol. 136: The Christadelphian: Volume 136. 2001 (electronic ed.) (150
But Jephthah died in faith, not having received the promise (of an inheritance), but having seen that better thing afar off. He understood that his inheritance would come through the Lord Jesus, the promised seed. The faithful of Hebrews 11 had a clear and certain picture of the Lord and his redemption, often in far more detail than we credit them with.
. Vol. 136: The Christadelphian: Volume 136. 2001 (electronic ed.) (150