What is the meaning of Judges 3:25? So they waited until they became worried - Eglon’s servants assume their king is merely occupied, echoing the servants in 1 Kings 18:27 where Elijah mocks Baal’s inactivity: “Perhaps he is deep in thought, or busy, or traveling…”. - Their delay fulfils Ehud’s plan and underlines Proverbs 19:21—“Many plans are in a man’s heart, but the purpose of the LORD will prevail.” - God’s deliverance sometimes appears slow to human eyes (2 Peter 3:9), yet He is never late. and saw that he had still not opened the doors of the upper room - Locked doors create a false sense of security; Psalm 146:3 warns, “Do not put your trust in princes… in whom there is no salvation”. - The servants’ respect for royal privacy contrasts with Ehud’s earlier boldness in locking the same doors, showing how God can turn ordinary customs into means of judgment. - Revelation 3:20 describes Christ standing at the door and knocking; here, the king’s door remains shut because life has already left him—an inverted picture of grace refused. Then they took the key and opened the doors— - Keys symbolize authority (Isaiah 22:22). The servants hold earthly keys, yet only discover that true control belongs to God (Psalm 115:3). - Ehud, though keyless, moves freely by divine appointment; Jesus later declares, “I have the keys of Death and of Hades” (Revelation 1:18), reminding us Who ultimately opens and shuts. and there was their lord lying dead on the floor - The mighty oppressor lies powerless, recalling 1 Samuel 5:3 where Dagon falls “face down on the ground before the ark of the LORD”. - Like Goliath in 1 Samuel 17:51, Eglon’s downfall signals national deliverance. Judges 3:30 confirms, “Moab was subdued under the hand of Israel, and the land had rest for eighty years”. - The scene foreshadows Christ’s victory over every tyrant and over death itself (Colossians 2:15). summary Judges 3:25 captures the climactic moment when human delay, false security, and earthly authority collapse before God’s decisive intervention. The servants’ anxious waiting, the unopened doors, the futile key, and the lifeless king all testify that the LORD directs history, topples oppressors, and brings relief to His people right on time. |
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