Jephthah

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"For the time would fail me- To tell ... to tell of Gideon and Barak and Samson and Jephthah, also of David and Samuel and the prophets; who through faith- Subdued kingdoms ... subdued kingdoms- Worked righteousness ... worked righteousness- Obtained promises ... obtained promises." Stop.

Look, these are things people did.

These are not legends.

So as the actor playing around with those words, he can, I don't know, has scope to play with those words in.

So then I got an email, because one of the other things we talked about was Jephthah, judge of Israel.

And we all sort of knew the biblical...

some vague notion of the biblical reference and him bargaining with God that if you allow me to win this war, I will sacrifice the first person who comes out of the door of my house when I return.

The first person to come out is his daughter.

However, I get this email from Rebecca, who also used to be a part of it, and she tells me that she's a musicologist and is aware of a Baroque version of Jephthah, Judge of Israel.

And while she was writing it to me, she said, but the daughter in that is only known as Philia.

And I thought, that's interesting.

I'm starting from verse 32.

And what more shall I say? I do not have time to tell about Gideon, Barak, Samson and Jephthah, about David and Samuel and the prophets, who through faith conquered kingdoms and ministered justice and gained what was promised, who shut the mouths of lions, quenched the fury of the flames and escaped the edge of the sword, whose weakness was turned to strength and who became powerful in battle and rooted for foreign armies.

Women received back their dead, raised to life again.

There were others who were tortured, refusing to be released so that they may gain an even better resurrection.

In the spring of 1899, Crowley met personally with the poet W.B. Yeats.

He presented the older seasoned poet with his verse, Tragedy, Jephthah, and a collection of poems titled Mysteries Lyrical and Dramatic.

Rebuffed by the distant yeats, a disappointed Crowley angrily recorded the meeting in his autobiography.

Quote, I had never thought much of his work.

By faith, the harlot Rahab did not perish with those who did not believe when she had received the spies with peace.

What more shall I say? For the time would fail me to tell of Gideon and Barak and Samson and Jephthah, also of David and Samuel and the prophets.

Gotta go read the Old Testament.

Man, there's such good stuff in there, especially if you're like the, you know, if you're one of those people that feel righteous and watch how righteous wars are won.

And you know what? It's going to be a glorious time when that happens.

Break some bread.

What more shall I say? For the time would fail me to tell of Gideon, of Barak, of Samson, of Jephthah, also of David and all his mighty men, like I was just referring to, and Samuel and the prophets, who through faith subdued kingdoms, worked righteousness, obtained promises, stopped the mouths of lions, quenched the violence of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, out of weakness were made strong.

Hallelujah.

Isn't it interesting? The first thing the Bible tells us concerning the faith chapter, Hebrews 11.

And what shall I more say? For the time would fail me to tell you of Gideon, Judges 6, and Barak, and of Samson, and of Jephthah, and David also, and Samuel, and of the prophets.

Huh.

What are you talking about? I'm kind of lost a little bit.