Question on Judges 11

[firehill]

The daughter willingly submitted herself to honoring her fathers foolishly made vow.

Yep, very sad.

In that she was honorable.

Firehill, I know you have problems with the concept of males and the roles that God has for male and female.

I request that you understand that I've problems the doctrinal error.

I respectfully ask that you refrain from turning this topic into your pet peeve, and keep it on topic for my question. I will ask the mods to delete any of your off topic comments.

I believe your question has been answered already.

[ayin jade]

Firehill, I know you have problems with the concept of males and the roles that God has for male and female.

I request that you understand that I've problems the doctrinal error.

I understand that you think it is doctrinal error, but the error is on your part. And that belongs in a different thread.

I respectfully ask that you refrain from turning this topic into your pet peeve, and keep it on topic for my question. I will ask the mods to delete any of your off topic comments.

I believe your question has been answered already.

I am still interested in other members opinions on this topic. I would appreciate it if you do not hijack my thread for your personal agenda.

[firehill]

I understand that you think it is doctrinal error, but the error is on your part. And that belongs in a different thread.

I respectfully ask that you refrain from turning this topic into your pet peeve, and keep it on topic for my question. I will ask the mods to delete any of your off topic comments.

I believe your question has been answered already.

I am still interested in other members opinions on this topic. I would appreciate it if you do not hijack my thread for your personal agenda.

Cool. We should all be open to or respect others opinions.I respected your request the first time you asked. I thought that was apparent? You're keeping on with your opinion about a mixed up doctrine that I'm not discussing.

[ted]

Opinions not withstanding, let's keep this thread on track with it's original intent.

I find it quite interesting.

t.

[sheya joie]

After you brought this question up in chat the other night, I read and reread the passage, and I still believe that Jephthah's daughter was in fact sacrificed. I just cannot get around the phrase 'burnt offering.'

[Openly Curious]

This was a very tragic situation that happened and a very sad story. It shows the seriousness of our words for one. I do believe that God would have given the victory to them without him uttering those words to the Lord to offer up the first thing that came to him out of his house. But sometimes I think we believe that we can sometimes manipulate God to move on our behalf by our vain words and promises in our speech when we don't have to do those kind of things but simply ask His help in faith believing He heard us and will help us.

I think that he went through with honoring his vow to God because he thought the curse would come on the rest of the family if he didn't follow through with honoring his vow to God and maybe in his mind it was better that one should die than they all but that is opinion only. But I do believe she was sacrificed as a result of his foolish words that he uttered before the Lord without thinking before he spoke. As there is a passage in the book of Ecclesiastes 5:1-7 that speaks about the vanity of vows

In the new testament we can see a picture of the foolishness of words was responsible for the beheading of John the baptist as Herod had promised to give up to half of his kingdom to Herodias's daughter who had pleased him while she was dancing and little did Herod know that she would only ask for the head of John the baptist head brought to her on a platter as her request grieved him but nevertheless Herod honored his oath and paid it but it was at great price to John the baptist.

So the foolishness of our words is what I see the most in the story in Judges 11.

OC

[nebula]

This is something I find odd:

37 And she said to her father, Let this thing be done for me. Let me alone two months, so that I may go up and down upon the mountains and weep for my virginity, I and my companions.

38 And he said, Go. And he sent her away for two months. And she went with her companions and wept for her virginity upon the mountains.

She isn't mourning her life being taken away, but that was to die a virgin.

[Scarletprayers]

This is something I find odd:

37 And she said to her father, Let this thing be done for me. Let me alone two months, so that I may go up and down upon the mountains and weep for my virginity, I and my companions.

38 And he said, Go. And he sent her away for two months. And she went with her companions and wept for her virginity upon the mountains.

She isn't mourning her life being taken away, but that was to die a virgin.

That is odd Neb!

[Guest]

This is something I find odd:

37 And she said to her father, Let this thing be done for me. Let me alone two months, so that I may go up and down upon the mountains and weep for my virginity, I and my companions.

38 And he said, Go. And he sent her away for two months. And she went with her companions and wept for her virginity upon the mountains.

She isn't mourning her life being taken away, but that was to die a virgin.

That is odd Neb!

No Children!

[Scarletprayers]

Well yeah I realize that, but not only no children, no LIFE. I guess this would fall under cultural difference, since having no children was considered as curse back then right???