Thrown Away Women
Have you read about the women in the Bible who
were thrown away? They were discarded. Treated worse than trash.
These women had little value to the men in their
lives. They were used for sex, and the examples below are horrifying.
Remember Lot? The one whose wife turned to a
pillar of salt? God got tired of the city of Sodom’s evil ways, so he sent to
angels to destroy it. Lot invited the angels to stay overnight in his house.
During the night, the entire male population of Sodom surrounded Lot’s home and
demanded the two men be brought outside. The male citizens of Sodom wanted to
have sex with the new men. Lot refused, but offered his two virgin daughters
instead! He told the mob, “You can do
what you like with them, but don’t do anything to these men. They are under the
protection of my roof.” Genesis 19.
And the daughters weren’t under his protection? Lot
was willing to throw away his daughters! Lot was a faulty thinker and isn’t
eligible to win any Father of the Year award.
How about the story of the Levite and his
concubine?
This Levite was lonely up there in the Ephraim hill
country and acquired a concubine. He must not have been a very good companion
because the concubine was unfaithful. She finally ran away and went home to her
father in Bethlehem. After four lonely months, the Levite went after her. The
Concubine’s father persuaded the desperate-for-sex Levite to spend the night. After
spending five days and nights there, the Levite wanted to take his concubine
and head for the hills. The girl’s father pleaded for him to stay, but the man
took his concubine and left. (I’m guessing the dad knew something of the Levites
character. He may have been protecting his daughter.) When night came, the
Levite stopped in the town of Gibeath and was in need of shelter. A local man
invited him and the concubine to stay in his house. Sometime in the night, men
of the city knocked on the door and demanded the host bring out the man. They
wanted to have sex with him but instead, the host offered his virgin daughter.
(Another nomination for Dad of the Year. NOT.) The wicked male horde preferred
the Levite, so in-order-to protect himself, the Levite threw his concubine out
the door.
The wicked men abused her all night and left her for
dead on the doorstep. The Levite put her on his donkey, returned home, and then
cut up her body into twelve pieces. He sent the pieces to each of the twelve
tribes asking them to partake in revenge. A war ensues. Judges 19. The early
Israelites “did what was right in their own eyes.” Judges 21:25.
These two ghoulish incidents, Lot, and the Levite,
demonstrate how women were often thought of as nothing in the early days of
civilization. Except for the concubine’s dad, the other fathers had little
regard for their daughters. Can you imagine offering your virgin daughter to appease a horde
of men?
Jesus elevated women when He came to live on Earth,
but there are many today who continue to abuse women. Sometimes the abuser is a
dad, a husband, a boss, or a human trafficker.
Women are thrown away in today’s world. Abuse of women
is now considered a crime instead of sin. But indeed, they are both: Crime and
sin. When humanity ignores civil and moral laws, Godless actions happen.
My heart hurts for the abused woman. I’m sad for the
women who are abducted into sex slavery by a human trafficker. Laws exist for a reason, but they get ignored. Officers of
the law also exist for a reason, but anarchy occurs in many American places. Folks,
people need to give accountability to God. We need to honor our national laws.
We can’t and shouldn’t allow ungodly incidents to occur, and we shouldn't let women be abused or thrown away.
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