By My Spirit Says The Lord
There is a story in Judges 19 where the men of Benjamin storm a house bent on violating a Levite that is staying overnight. This Levite throws his concubine out the door at them like a possession and they rape her repeatedly until she dies. As a result, this Levite cuts up her body and sends it out to all the tribes of Israel, declaring war on the Benjaminites. Because the Bejaminites are such great warriors, it takes several battles and many lost lives before they can overtake them. They finally do and strip them down to a small group before feeling sorry for them and allowing them to steal brides for themselves after slaughtering the tribe of Jabesh-Gilead for not going to war and giving them the virgin women. This is such a heart-rending story of people totally lost in sin. What a mess. What started as a group that came into the Promised Land by faith and became great warriors under the guidance of the Lord led to them using their gifts to use and destroy others for their ow