The Bramble King

Judges 9 was not only an indictment upon the Hebrew people in the days before the era of monarchy, but of all men who seek to have their pleasures and comfort met at all cost, even if it means entering into revolution with a man who was and is willing to take unjust means to accomplish their goals. Abimelech was a bramble king that those whom God had called to be mighty oaks planted in His Word were willing to subject themselves to an unholy king because they had ceased to trust in the Righteous Lord to rule over them.