Abimelech served as an anti-judge and an eerie foreshadowing of the prophetic Antichrist. Yet in spite of this great evil in Israel’s history, God still proved Himself faithful through his life. The only reason a man like him took power was because Israel compromised with idolatry. And the only reason he was taken out of power was because of the promise of His word spoken through Jotham.

1. The offer of peace at the price of truth invalidates both.

2. The only answer to false doctrine is with the truth.

3. The greatest opposition to the church is from within.