1 Chronicles 2:1-55; Ezekiel 3:16-4:17; 2 Timothy 4:1-22
Benjamin is a ravenous wolf. Genesis 49:27 NKJV
And of Benjamin he said, The beloved of the Lord shall dwell in safety by him. Deuteronomy 33:12
Wolves are never spoken well of in Scripture. Their nature is one of viciousness and pitiless killing. From the Benjamites’ awful crime in Judges 19 to Saul’s irrational hatred of David, Jacob’s assessment of Benjamin proved to be correct. It had not changed when another Saul persecuted the early Church. But how wonderfully different are our two texts today! The first could describe Saul of Tarsus by nature: the second, what he became by grace. Truly, “if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature” (2 Cor. 5:17). —Phil Coulson
Grace first contrived the way to save rebellious man;
And all the steps that grace display, which drew the wondrous plan. —Philip Doddridge