Biblical Judges

Chapter 5
What had me meant by it? Did he mean that God was going to appoint biblical Judges like Othniel, Ehud or Samson? Creeping dread gripped Thorman once more, and he felt as cold as he had done minutes ago up on the tower as he had sheltered from the November wind. This must be what was driving his obsession with the Tabernacle. Sinclair was angling to become a judge. A biblical Judge. And knowing the man, he would not be Othniel, delivering forty years of peace, he would be Shamgar, slaughtering his enemies by the hundreds with an ox goad.
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He stood with the others and drank his coffee. God was going to select Judges. Just like in the Bible. Thorman’s mind was racing with what this could mean. Sinclair was already mad with power, if God anointed him a Judge, what then?
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That was it though, much more was said, and proclamations were drafted, and everyone assumed that the Judge for this province would be Archbishop Sinclair, although no one remembered God saying as much, or even telling them what the job of one of God’s Judges would be. They debated all night, pizza was delivered, and the Book of Judges was read over again and again until even Sinclair, full of religious fervour as he was, had had enough. Thorman suspected that everyone was as in the dark as he was. God had given them a hint at what was to come, and nothing more. God did that a lot.
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Sinclair curled his lips and spoke with obvious frustration. ‘Well, since I thought it was fucking going to be me, I did a bit of research on it. Basically, you judge. You make judgements, sure in the knowledge that whatever you decide has been guided by God’s hand and everyone must accept them. The process is being formalised in Strake. I’ll email it to you.’
‘Right, thanks,’ muttered Thorman. ‘I don’t understand. God told you this, Himself?’
‘Fuck’s sake Thomas, yes! A pillar of cloud, a blinding light, the full monty. And I’m surprised He hasn’t had anything to say to you. You should pray on this Thomas. Pray for guidance.’
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