Judges 1-2The Hebrew title means “deliverers” or

“saviors”; Why Study The Book Of Judges?; The Angel Of The Lord; Binitarianism or

trinitarianism; Does God repent?; The LORD “delivered”; Stubborn People; Judah; Acco

Sharon Gabay took this photo of the Mount of Olives in Jerusalem, which is, appropriately, covered in ancient olive trees!

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Judges Overlaps Joshua

• Judges follows Joshua as a sequel• It covers about 350 years of Israel's history

without a human king, they're repeated rebellion against their Divine King, yet God repeatedly rescues them and provides for them.

• Judges sets us up for the books of Samuel (Samuel and Eli are considered judges) before the Kings of Israel

Les Feldick's Bible Timelines

We starting the Book of Judges

7 Covenants, Les Feldick

• Adamic – Genesis 3:15 • Noahic– Genesis 9:1 • Abrahamic – Genesis 12:1-3 and 15:18• Mosaic – Exodus 19:25• Land – Deuteronomy 30:3 [DLK adds, this is after the

Diaspora, Re-gathering]

• Davidic - 2 Samuel 7:16 [DLK adds, this is after the Great Tribulation, Luke 1:27-33]

• New - Jeremiah 31:31 [DLK adds, this is after the Great Tribulation, Jeremiah 31:33, Ps 110:1]

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This slide and others like it are from "Talk Through The Bible”, by Ken Boa, kenboa.org . Ken Boa will do our intro on Wednesday

BIBLICAL SKEPTICISM CHALLENGEDcreationmoments.com

• “Unfortunately, many biblical archaeologists do not accept the Bible's account of the period of the judges. They believe that there was no distinct Israel during this time.

• William DeverIn a talk at Northwestern University, however, William Dever severely challenged these views. Dever is professor of Near Eastern archaeology and anthropology at the University of Arizona. He pointed out that during the period of the judges, about 300 new villages appeared out of nowhere in the central hill country of Palestine. The distinctly different design of the houses and villages match the living arrangements practiced in Israel at this time. Evidence, he noted, points to an increase in population that could only be accounted for by a rapid influx of people.

BIBLICAL SKEPTICISM CHALLENGEDcreationmoments.com

• Furthermore, while pigs were a common staple at this time in Palestine, these new towns are unique in that they contain no pig remains. Farming also changed rapidly as hillsides were terraced. The introduction of iron affected daily life. And pottery styles changed rapidly as the culture developed. Moreover, the Egyptians artifact of the time conclusively proves biblical history. A monument erected in Egypt during the period of the judges mentions Israel as a distinct people.

• While science can illustrate many details found in the Bible, we don't believe what the Bible says because of science. Therefore, science can never "prove" the Bible to be in error. Faith convinces us of the Bible's truth.”

• Notes: Biblical Archaeology Review, 3/4/00, pp. 28 35, 68, "Save Us From Postmodern Malarkey." Photo: William Dever.

Cycle of Judges Ryrie Study Bible

page 283Israel had 7 distinct cycles

of disobedience, judgment, repentance,

deliverance.

Why Study The Book Of Judges?• NAU Luke 24:27 Then beginning with Moses and with all the

prophets, He explained to them the things concerning Himself in all the Scriptures.

• NAU Luke 24:44 Now He said to them, "These are My words which I spoke to you while I was still with you, that all things which are written about Me in the Law of Moses and the Prophets and the Psalms must be fulfilled.”

• NAU John 1:45 Philip found Nathanael and said to him, "We have found Him of whom Moses in the Law and also the Prophets wrote-- Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph.”

• NAU John 5:46 "For if you believed Moses, you would believe Me, for he wrote about Me.

Why Study The Book Of Judges?• NAU Hebrews 11:32 And what more shall I say? For time will

fail me if I tell of Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, of David and Samuel and the prophets, 33 who by faith conquered kingdoms, performed acts of righteousness, obtained promises, shut the mouths of lions,

• Paul said in Acts 13:18 "For a period of about forty years He put up with them in the wilderness. 19 "When He had destroyed seven nations in the land of Canaan, He distributed their land as an inheritance-- all of which took about four hundred and fifty years. 20 "After these things He gave them judges until Samuel the prophet. 21 "Then they asked for a king, and God gave them Saul…

Judges 1:1

• Judges 1:1 Now it came about after the death of Joshua that the sons of Israel inquired of the LORD, saying, "Who shall go up first for us against the Canaanites, to fight against them?”

• NAU Judges 21:25 In those days there was no king in Israel; everyone did what was right in his own eyes.

• After Joshua, but before the Kings, sets the date and duration Judges

Judges 1:2, Judah• NAU Judges 1:2 The LORD said, "Judah shall go

up; behold, I have given the land into his hand.”

• Why Judah?• Who is the most famous king of Judah?• NAU Revelation 5:5 and one of the elders said

to me, "Stop weeping; behold, the Lion that is from the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has overcome so as to open the book and its seven seals.”

• Where do we get the phrase the “Lion of the tribe of Judah”?

Judges 1:2The “Lion of the tribe of Judah”?

• NAU Genesis 49:9 "Judah is a lion's whelp; From the prey, my son, you have gone up. He couches, he lies down as a lion, And as a lion, who dares rouse him up? 10 "The scepter shall not depart from Judah, Nor the ruler's staff from between his feet, Until Shiloh comes, And to him shall be the obedience of the peoples. 11 "He ties his foal to the vine, And his donkey's colt to the choice vine; He washes his garments in wine, And his robes in the blood of grapes. 12 "His eyes are dull from wine, And his teeth white from milk.

Judges 1:2, Judah• Jerusalem Inspiration, “The name Judah was given at

birth when Leah said, ”let me gratefully praise God” (Genesis 29:35). Leah …after giving birth to the 4th of the 12 sons of Jacob. While all the tribes are part of the Children of Israel, the name Judah / Yehudah means thankfulness and Jews have come to be called "Yehudim," after Judah. This is because of the vital characteristic of being grateful to God, always recognizing that He has given us more than our rightful share…”

• Jerusalem Daily Photo, “Adam Ingalls' photo of the Yemin Moshe neighborhood is identified by the landmark Montefiore Windmill. The neighborhood was built in 1891 as a solution to the overcrowding within the walls of Jerusalem.”

Yemin Moshe neighborhood is identified by the landmark Montefiore Windmill, by Adam Ingalls

Judges 1:13, Othniel

• NAU Judges 1:13 Othniel the son of Kenaz, Caleb's younger brother, captured it; so he gave him his daughter Achsah for a wife.

Judges 1:31, Acco

• NAU Judges 1:31 Asher did not drive out the inhabitants of Acco, or the inhabitants of Sidon, or of Ahlab, or of Achzib, or of Helbah, or of Aphik, or of Rehob.

Acco lighthouse

Situated on the main sea and land route in ancient times, Ptolemais/Acco served as the main port of the region until Caesarea was built. It was at this site that Herod the Great received Augustus Caesar, since Caesarea had not yet been

completed.

3:7–31

4:1–5:31

6:1–10:510:6–12:1513:1–16:31

Cycles of Apostasy, Oppression, Deliverance

Judges 2

Judges 2:1, The Angel Of The Lord

• NAU Judges 2:1 Now the angel of the LORD came up from Gilgal to Bochim. And he said, "I brought you up out of Egypt and led you into the land which I have sworn to your fathers; and I said, 'I will never break My covenant with you,

• Who brought Israel out of Egypt?• NAU Leviticus 11:45 'For I am the LORD who brought you

up from the land of Egypt… [Leviticus 19:36, 22:32-33, 25:38, 25:42, 25:55, 26:13, 26:45]

• NAU Numbers 15:41 "I am the LORD your God who brought you out from the land of Egypt to be your God; I am the LORD your God.” [Deuteronomy 5:6, 9:26, 31:21]

Judges 2:1, The Angel Of The Lord

• NAU Judges 2:1 Now the angel of the LORD …the land which I have sworn to your fathers; and I said, 'I will never break My covenant with you,

• Who’s covenant?• NAU Genesis 17:1 …the LORD appeared to Abram and said to him, "I am

God Almighty; Walk before Me, and be blameless. 2 "I will establish My covenant between Me and you…

• NAU Exodus 6:2 God spoke further to Moses and said to him, "I am the LORD; 3 and I appeared to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, as God Almighty, but by My name, LORD, I did not make Myself known to them. 4 "I also established My covenant with them… [Leviticus 26:44, Deuteronomy 31:16]

• NAU Judges 2:20 So the anger of the LORD burned against Israel, and He said, "Because this nation has transgressed My covenant which I commanded their fathers and has not listened to My voice,

Judges 2:1, Word of God, the angel of the LORD, The Logos, the Memra, the Shekinah

• http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/articles/10618-memra

• http://mjbi.org/yeshua-the-eternal-memra/• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-aVQ8MELeg

&feature=em-subs_digest Jewish Recognition of Trinitarian Facts

• “Captain of the LORD’s Hosts” Joshua 5:13-15, the Divine Messenger of the Covenant coming to “His Temple” Malachi 3:1, the Spirit of God Genesis 1:2, the Memra or Logos (“The Word”) John 1:1,

Binitarianism• “..During the Second Temple period and prior to Yeshua’s own

divine manifestation in biblical Israel, many classical Jewish convictions formed regarding the One called the Memra, a mediating and divine entity. The Messiah’s Name, (e.g., “Wonderful,” Judges 13:18) as the Jewish religious authorities decreed, was created before the foundation of the world. A Jewish recognition of “two powers in Heaven,” a kind of binitarianism, in contrast to trinitarianism, was common among the Jewish people for multiple centuries after Yeshua’s manifestation of God… The Memra HaShem amazingly corresponds to the Logos or Theos Logos (Word of God) as depicted as divinely active in John 1…”

• http://mjbi.org/yeshua-the-eternal-memra/

Jewish Recognition of Trinitarian Facts

• Jewish Recognition of Trinitarian Facts• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-aVQ8M

ELeg&feature=em-subs_digest• NAU Judges 2:1 Now the angel of the LORD

came up from Gilgal to Bochim. And he said, "I brought you up out of Egypt and led you into the land which I have sworn to your fathers; and I said, 'I will never break My covenant with you,

Judges 2:10, Know The Lord

• NAU Judges 2:10 All that generation also were gathered to their fathers; and there arose another generation after them who did not know the LORD, nor yet the work which He had done for Israel.

• “Knowing the Bible is one thing. Knowing the author another.” Unknown

• However, we need to know Him through His Word also so that we are not deceived by “the father of lies”;

• NAU 2 Corinthians 11:14 No wonder, for even Satan disguises himself as an angel of light.

Judges 2:14, He Sold Them

• NAU Judges 2:14 The anger of the LORD burned against Israel, and He gave them into the hands of plunderers who plundered them; and He sold them into the hands of their enemies around them, so that they could no longer stand before their enemies.

• How did they get plunderers?• NAU Judges 3:8 Then the anger of the LORD was

kindled against Israel, so that He sold them into the hands of Cushan-rishathaim king of Mesopotamia [Deuteronomy 31:17, Judges 6:13]

Judges 2:18, The Lord Raised Up Judges

• NAU Judges 2:18 When the LORD raised up judges for them, the LORD was with the judge and delivered them from the hand of their enemies all the days of the judge; for the LORD was moved to pity by their groaning because of those who oppressed and afflicted them.

• How did they get judges?

Judges 2:18, Does God repent?• NAU Judges 2:18 When the LORD raised up judges for them, the

LORD was with the judge and delivered them from the hand of their enemies all the days of the judge; for the LORD was moved to pity by their groaning because of those who oppressed and afflicted them.

• KJV Jonah 3:10 And God saw their works, that they turned from their evil way; and God repented of the evil, that he had said that he would do unto them; and he did it not.

• KJV Exodus 32:14 And the LORD repented of the evil which he thought to do unto his people. (1 Samuel 15:11, 2 Samuel 24:16, Jeremiah 26:19, Amos 7:3+6)

• “the LORD changed His mind” used 4X’s in NAU (Why?)• KJV Psalm 106:45 And he remembered for them his covenant, and

repented according to the multitude of his mercies. [prayer works!!!]

Judges 2:18, Does God repent?• “As commentator Ken Mathews says: “Genesis 6:6–7 is

describing the emotional anguish of God; our verse does not present an abstract statement about God’s decision making. This would be altogether out of place for the intention of the passage, which depicts God as wronged by the presumptuous sin of humanity (Genesis 1:11–26, New American Commentary, p. 342).

• And: God’s response of grief over the making of humanity, however, is not remorse in the sense of sorrow over a mistaken creation; our verse shows that God’s pain has its source in the perversion of human sin. The making of “man” is no error; it was what “man” has made of himself (p. 343).”

Judges 2:18, The LORD “delivered"

• NAU Judges 2:18 …the LORD was with the judge and delivered them from the hand of their enemies …

• )yasha )446b ישע <03467>• Meaning: to deliver• Origin: a prim. root• Usage: avenged(1), avenging(2), brought salvation(2),

deliver(27), delivered(8)…”• NAU Deuteronomy 32:15 … forsook God who made him,

And scorned the Rock of his salvation [3444]

• yeshuah )447b, …Meaning: salvation ישועה <03444>• Origin: from 3467…

Judges 2:19Stubborn People

• NAU Judges 2:19 But it came about when the judge died, that they would turn back and act more corruptly than their fathers, in following other gods to serve them and bow down to them; they did not abandon their practices or their stubborn ways.

In closing

THE END

BIBLE IN FIVEPastor Dave KooyersValley Bible FellowshipBox 433Boonville CA 95415http://www.slideshare.net/dkooyers www.ValleyBibleFellowship.org

(707) 895-2325God bless you as you examine His Word,Your servant in Christ, 2Cor. 4:5

These Microsoft PowerPoint presentations are provided "for the equipping of the saints for the work of service, to the building up of the body of Christ" (Ephesians 4:12-15). To help Christians to "to grow up in all aspects into Him who is the head, even Christ." So that "we are no longer...tossed here and there...by every wind of doctrine." They may be downloaded and modified free of charge.

Matthew 10:8 …Freely you received, freely give.

The book of Judges, Ryrie study Bible, page 283

Judges 2:22, • Thus Rachel died and was buried on the road to Efrath, which is Bethlehem.• GENESIS (35:19)• Jerusalem Inspiration• Today's verse cites the tragic death of our Matriarch Rachel during childbirth. Jacob

buries Rachel at the site of her departing, the road to Efrath, which is right outside Jerusalem. In modern times, Rachel's tomb is a place where many tears are shed by people seeking Mother Rachel to intercede with God on their behalf. In particular, women seeking to bear a child come to pray by Rachel's tomb, as she too was barren for many years and God heard her prayers. The Efrat organization aknowledges the value of every Jewish child and provides financial assistance to mothers in need who would otherwise consider abortion.

• Jerusalem Daily Photo• Joe Aminoff's beautiful photo of a blooming path in the city of Efrat, just outside

Jerusalem.• NAU Luke 24:15 While they were talking and discussing, Jesus Himself approached and

began traveling with them.