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Covenant of Peace: The Millennial Age
Phinehas was acting as a judge between the tribes of Israel. He was a
righteous judge who was not afraid to confront wrongdoers and go to
battle if necessary. Yet he was also sensitive enough not to judge by
outward appearances but get to the heart of the matter, such as in this
case, when it was simply a misunderstanding and not a sin against God.
Isaiah 11:3-4 describes the Messiah who will rule in the 1,000 year
reign of peace, but also describes the heart of Phinehas and all of those
who will rule and reign with Christ during the millennium: “His delight
is in the fear of the Lord, and He shall not judge by the sight of His
eyes, nor decide by the hearing of His ears; But with righteousness He
shall judge the poor, and decide with equity for the meek of the earth.”
The 4 th mention of Phinehas in Judges chapters 19-21 provides the
final account of Phinehas. Once again, Phinehas is called on the scene
during a major conflict between the (brethren) tribes, which ends up in
a bloody war of all Israel against the tribe of Benjamin. This civil war
almost wiped out the entire tribe of Benjamin.
The story begins with a traveling Levite who stayed the night in a town
called Gibeah in the land of Benjamin. Perverted men came at night
and raped and murdered his concubine. To make a graphic point of the
evil that these men from Benjamin had done, the Levite, “took a knife,
laid hold of his concubine, and dismembered her into twelve pieces,
limb by limb, and sent her throughout all the territory of Israel.”
(Judges 19:29)
Needless to say, this fired things up in Israel and all of the tribes in
Israel rallied to go up against the city of Gibeah and kill the perverted
men of Benjamin who did this wicked thing. But the children of
Benjamin would not listen to reason and decided to go to battle against
all of Israel.
The children of Israel went up to the house of God to ask counsel about
the battle and twice God told them to go fight Benjamin. However,
both days Israel was defeated before the mighty men of Benjamin
losing 22,000 men the first day and 18,000 the second day!
The third day Israel fasted and wept and offered burnt offerings and
peace offerings to the Lord and again inquired of the Lord. Then, the
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