Judges 10:1-4 Book of Life

 1After the time of Abimelech, a man of Issachar, Tola son of Puah, the son of Dodo, rose up to save Israel. He lived in Shamir, in the hill country of Ephraim.

2Tola judged Israel twenty-three years, and when he died, he was buried in Shamir.

“We are not told much about the career of the judge Tola; only that his service as a judge lasted a relatively long time (twenty-three years).” (Guzik)

3Tola was followed by Jair the Gileadite, who judged Israel twenty-two years. 4He had thirty sons who rode on thirty donkeys. And they had thirty towns in the land of Gilead, which to this day are called Havvoth-jair.

5When Jair died, he was buried in Kamon.

“We also know little about Jair’s service as a leader of Israel. We do know that he served for about the same number of years as Tola before him (twenty-two years).” (Guzik)

Now he had thirty sons who rode on thirty donkeys; they also had thirty towns: This shows that Jair was a polygamous man, and a man of wealth and prestige. His many sons had fancy transportation and their own territory to rule. Jair never took the title of king, but it seems that he acted like one. (Guzik)

Ecclesiastes 1: 4Generations come and generations go, but the earth remains forever.

When we are young, life seems to go on and on, forever. But when we grow old and we experience those we love die off, the realization hits us that life is short! We don’t know what tomorrow brings, another death? It’s the choices we make here and now that last for an eternity. 

My salvation rests in Jesus Christ so that I know where my home is.

Brethren, we will not be written about in the Bible like these two judges but if you are in Christ, your name is written down in the Book of Life! 

Revelation 20:15 And if anyone was found whose name was not written in the Book of Life, he was thrown into the lake of fire.

I have a “lake of fire” insurance policy underwritten by Jesus Christ, do you?

Blessings