Idol Promise
Once upon a time, a
General losing a battle prayed for a miraculous victory. He promised the God of
his Idol to make a burnt offering of the first thing he saw once he got home.
After the miraculous
victory, he headed home, and the moment he got there, his daughter rushed forth
to greet him. He saw her, then hastily glanced aside, and saw his Idol.
The General took swift counsel
within himself. He declared, “My daughter is not a thing,” and he welcomed her
into his arms.
Later he made a burnt
offering, not of her to the Idol, but of the Idol to her.
Moral:
The best things in life aren’t things.
Commentary:
This is my rebuke to Jeptha. It’s not my fault that it’s easy to be saner than
the Bible. In my version the General experiences not one, but two miraculous
victories.
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