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Default Re: Biblical Periodic Table of Elements - 03-04-2008, 02:14 AM
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Originally Posted by Brother Temperance View Post
Has any explanation yet been found for the singular properties of iron chariots, as detailed in Judges 1:19?
An excellent question, given that it would appear from the text that God could not drive out the lowlanders who had chariots of iron:

And the LORD was with Judah; and he drave out the inhabitants of the mountain; but could not drive out the inhabitants of the valley, because they had chariots of iron. Judges 1:19

However, it is very clear that God could drive out iron charioteers when he chose to do so:

And Sisera gathered together all his chariots, even nine hundred chariots of iron.... And the LORD discomfited Sisera, and all his chariots, and all his host, with the edge of the sword before Barak; so that Sisera lighted down off his chariot, and fled away on his feet. Judges 4:13-16

What are we to make of this seeming discrepancy? The answer, I believe, comes in a closer reading of Judges 1:19. The "he" referred to there was obviously Judah, not God. So, although God was with Judah, and helped Judah to drive out the mountain men, God chose not to help Judah drive out the valley residents, as Brother Bathfire has so eloquently stated.

I believe God did this to show the Jews that they were nothing without Him. Unfortunately, the Jews back then, just like the Jews today, often turned away from God's message of hope in their singleminded quest for world domination. So, even after this warning, the Jews turned to idol worship, and God was so frustrated that He sold the whole lot of them into slavery in Judges 2:14. Even that didn't straighten the Jews out, so, despite constantly raising Judges to redeem them from slavery, God had to sell them again in Judges 4:2, Judges 3:8, and Judges 10:7.

This leaves open the question of how God discomfited the iron chariots in Judges 4. This is just speculation on my part, and not Bible truth or Landover doctrine, but I suspect that God built Himself a giant electromagnet.


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