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T T h h e e S S e e v v e e n n D D e e a a d d l l y y S S i i n n s s  
The book of Judges is like a battlefield manual for the redeemed community. Thisbook exposes the enemies and teaches us to deal with these enemies and conquerthem as members of the Body of Messiah. Most of these enemies are squatters inyour soul and they want to take back the land that YHVH conquered in your life. Theenemy is very uncomfortable when we study Judges and we need to follow throughand complete it as part of our spiritual preparation for the times to come.
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Median means ‘
discord 
’ and this word is also found in Prov 6:19 where Solomonlisted six things that YHVH hates and a seventh sin that is an abomination:
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YHVH hates these six things:1) Pride, thinking you are better than someone else, even sinners. Saying thingsto elevate yourself and putting others down.2) Lies, hiding your shame behind a white lie to protect your dignity.3) Killing innocent people, physically and spiritually by slandering and killingsomeone’s reputation and good name.4) Wicked heart that plots evil plans to cause someone pain or loss.5) People eager to do evil and attracted to evil things, thriving and entertainedby sinful things – (movies, music, scoffing, est.).6) Bearing a false witness to bring someone in trouble so that you can escape.The seventh is even worst than these six mentioned, and this is causing conflict andfighting inside the assembly (brothers). This is very interesting that the name of theenemy is Median who reigned over Israel for seven years and link to the sevenththing that is an abomination unto YHVH. The seventh sin is not found without theother six and that is why the Midianites was such a powerful enemy. In our minds wewould have thought that killing someone is the worst thing by far and not having unityis nothing. But this is different in YHVH’s perspective and He sees things from abigger picture and knows all wisdom. We need to adjust to His way of looking atthings and make the same things important and prioritise accordingly. We have seenin the previous section how important it is to gain and maintain unity so that YHVH’spresence can be established in the midst of His people.
 
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We need His full presence to overcome the external enemies. This is the reason whyYHVH hates the seventh sin more than the six because Satan will cripple YHVH’speople with little effort if the people allow him.Median was not alone; if you read further in verse 3 you will see that
Amalek 
wasright by their side. Amalek means ‘people of licking up’ and they were Israel’s firstenemy in the Wilderness. They represent
the flesh 
and will never be destroyed till theend. When Moses’ hands were raised, Israel won, but when his hands got weak andwas lowered, Amalek won. Aaron and Hur supported him during the battle, holdinghis hands, they represent YHVH’s Word and YHVH’s Spirit. If you compromise andgo slack on His Word or in your relationship with Him, you will be overcome by theflesh (First Enemy). Stay disciplined and hold the standard of the Word in your lifeand you will come out victorious. Fleshliness will cause Median to come into your life.The Midianites were like grasshoppers and their camels could not be numbered.They oppressed the people of Israel greatly and the people of Israel hid themselvesin holes, mountains, caves and fortresses to get away from the enemy. This is aninteresting observation if you look at it from the context of the seven sins listed inProverbs. The people affected by the disunity, fighting, slandering, lies est. removethemselves from the assembly and hide away in their ‘caves’ and do not mix with therest of the people. The result is disunity and the assembly is scattered and madeineffective and weak. To defeat this enemy is to stand together and realise what youare dealing with and to sort out the issues so that YHVH’s presence can be restoredand the enemy will then flee from your midst.How can we protect our selves from this fierce enemy?We get the answer in verse 8 where YHVH sent aprophet to the people of Israel and told them they were inthis mess because they have allowed the worship of thegods of the Amorites. Amorite comes from the word“
amor 
” that means ‘talker’ or people who like to talk a lot.This links up perfectly with the seventh sin that iscommitted through words and the evil tongue. How dowe protect our selves from the Midianites and their sevenevil sins? By keeping your mouth shut, putting a guard before your mouth and tothink seven times before you say a word. Everything you say that may cause disunityis the enemy (Median) that is getting its foot in the door through one of the sevensins.
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We should only speak the Words of YHVH, and purify our words seven times beforewe say anything, so that we will not step into the trap of the tongue, causing divisionin the assembly of YHVH.
Stand up, stand together and fight back 
.When we are attacked by this enemy, we need to stick togetherand face the issues and sort out misconceptions so that theseventh sin is not committed and the damage is to great to fix.The only time you should isolate yourself (hide in a cave) iswhen you want to isolate yourself in YHVH’s presence to seekHis face and grow in relationship with Him.
 
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The Voice of YHVH 
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When things go bad, unify and stick together and do not go into hiding, hopingthe problem will go away, on the contrary, it will only get worse.
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The Midianites oppressed Israel and they cried out to YHVH and He sent them aprophet.
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The prophet quoted the first of the Ten Commandments toremind them of the Voice of YHVH they heard of Mt Sinai. Inverse 10 he reminded them that they did not listen to the Voiceof YHVH (Commandments) but listen to other voices. We arethe same today, we rather listen to what other people e saythat to heed to the Voice and the Word of YHVH. The result ofthis sin was that Israel ended up under bondage to other nations serving thembecause they listened to them. They took their advice from the people andstarted to serve their gods, neglecting their own Elohim. Man is like this becauseit is easier to serve VISIBLE gods than to serve and listen to an INVISIBLE God.This is because we are physically and fleshly orientated and not spirituallyminded.
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Y Y H H V V H H i i n n D D i i s s g g u u i i s s e e 
 
 
The word Oak is the Hebrew word “
elah 
”
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and means ‘
oak 
’, ‘
strong tree’ 
, and isthe singular form of ‘
Elohim 
’. The Oak or Elohim was in Ophrah (ashes/ death). Thismeans that Elohim was in the midst of the bad situation and even when things turnsbad and people rebelled against Him, He was still there, in control, waiting for theright moment to fulfil His plan. One wise man once said that everything bad thathappens is YHVH in disguise. This is a perfect picture of just how YHVH neverleaves His people and uses the ‘
bad situation’ 
they brought over them selves, to usethat and turn it into something that will change the people for the good.
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