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1 SAMUEL 2 Now Eli, who was very old, heard about everything his sons were doing to all Israel and how they slept with the women who served at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting (1 Samuel 2:22). The two books of Samuel are actually one book. It opens at the temple in Shiloh … Continue reading “DARK DAYS IN ISRAEL”

JUDGES 6:23–7:25 That same night the Lord said to him, “Take the second bull from your father’s herd, the one seven years old. Tear down your father’s altar to Baal and cut down the Asherah pole beside it” (Judges 6:25). National reformation does not start with political action, though eventually it has to include political … Continue reading “OUR REQUIRED RESPONSE”

JUDGES 13–14 When he returned, he said to his father and mother, “I have seen a Philistine woman in Timnah; now get her for me as my wife” (Judges 14:2). From the womb Samson was set apart as a Nazirite. A Nazirite was under a vow to serve God with a peculiar singleness of mind. … Continue reading “SAMSON AND THE PHILISTINES”

JUDGES 4 Deborah, a prophetess, the wife of Lappidoth, was leading Israel at that time (Judges 4:4). The first two judges God raised up to deliver Israel were Othniel and Ehud (Judges 3). Ehud defeated a Moabite coalition and the land enjoyed rest for 80 years (3:30). After Ehud’s death, however, the people gradually fell … Continue reading “DEBORAH THE JUDGE”

JUDGES 5 Village life in Israel ceased, ceased until I, Deborah, arose, arose a mother in Israel (Judges 5:7). Just as Israel sang a great song after the victory of God over Pharaoh (Exodus 15), so here in Judges 5 we find an amazing song that celebrated the victory of God over the Canaanites. Let’s … Continue reading “THE SONG OF DEBORAH”

JUDGES 6:1–22 The angel of the Lord came and sat down under the oak in Ophrah that belonged to Joash the Abiezrite, where his son Gideon was threshing wheat in a winepress to keep it from the Midianites (Judges 6:11). After the death of Deborah, the sons of Israel again forsook the Lord and fell … Continue reading “GOD’S GRACIOUS INITIATIVE”

JOSHUA 24 On that day Joshua made a covenant for the people, and there at Shechem he drew up for them decrees and laws (Joshua 24:25). Several times in the course of our studies this year we have mentioned the structure of the covenant as presented in the Bible. In Joshua 24 a covenant renewal … Continue reading “COVENANT RENEWAL AT SHECHEM”

JUDGES 2 Then the Israelites did evil in the eyes of the Lord and served the Baals (Judges 2:11). No one is conceived in the womb as a Christian. All of us start out with our old Adamic nature under the judgment of God. It is necessary for salvation that each person be born again … Continue reading “SYNCRETISM AND PLURALISM”

JUDGES 2–3 Then the Lord raised up judges, who saved them out of the hands of these raiders (Judges 2:16). We saw yesterday that each generation must affirm its faith in God anew. Shortly after Joshua and the generation he led passed away, the new generation rapidly drifted into syncretistic religion. The human heart is … Continue reading “THE FORBEARANCE OF GOD”

JOSHUA 5 The commander of the Lord’s army replied, “Take off your sandals, for the place where you are standing is holy.” And Joshua did so (Joshua 5:15). After Israel crossed the Jordan into the Promised Land, God commanded that the entire army be circumcised because they had not practiced circumcision in the wilderness (Joshua … Continue reading “THE KEY TO LEADERSHIP”