JEPHTHAH

A HEBREW MAN KNOWN AS JEPHTHAH WHOSE NAME MEANS "TO OPEN", WAS A JUDGE TO THE ISRAELITES DURING THE OLDEN DAYS.

WHENEVER THEY DISOBEY THEIR GOD, JEHOVAH. HE WILL ALLOW THEM TO BE PUNISHED BY THE SURROUNDING NATIONS. THERE WAS A TIME WHEN THEY MISUSE THEIR RARE OPPORTUNITY OF BEING "GOD'S PEOPLE". HE ALLOWED THE MIDIANS TO "LORD" OVER THEM IN HARD WAYS!

THEY COLLECTS TRIBUTES AND HARVEST THEIR CROPS ON THE FARMS THEREBY PUNISHING THE ISRAELITES! THEY CRIED OUT TO THEIR GOD AND HE HEARD THEM AND PROVIDE HELP AND EMPOWERED JEPHTHAH!

JEPHTHAH LEADS THE ISRAELITES AGAINST THEIR ENEMIES AND HE PROMISED TO "SACRIFICES" HIS ONLY DAUGHTER TO COMPLETE HIS CONQUEST! HE WON!

HIS DAUGHTER WAS SENT OUT AS A "VIRGIN" TO SERVE JEHOVAH IN HIS TEMPLE THEREBY DENYING HER THE PRIVILEGE OF HAVING HER "OWN" CHILDREN. THAT'S A BIG SACRIFICES!