Juízes 16

Juízes 16

Chart from recommended resource Jensen's Survey of the OT - used by permission Chart on Judges - Charles Swindoll RECYCLING SIN (The High Cost of Compromise) Jdg 1:1-3:6 Jdg 3:7-16:31 Jdg 17:1-21:25 Introduction History of the Judges Appendix Causes of the Cycles THE REASON Curse of the Cycles THE RECORD Conditions in the Cycles THE RESULTS God's Judgment for Failure Jdg 2:1-3:6 Curse of the Cycles Conditions in the Cycles Living with Canaanites War with the Canaanites Living Like the Canaanites Religious Laxity Political Uncertainty Moral Anarchy About 350 Years of Israel's History - Almost 25%! From Compromise to Confusion! A TIMELINE OF ISRAEL'S HISTORY "in the days when the JUDGES governed" (Note: All dates are approximations & time gaps NOT to scale) Exodus 40 Years Israel Enters Canaan JUDGES Saul David Messiah Redemption from Slavery Wilderness Wandering Canaan Conquered Joshua Dies LIGHT of book of RUTH Shines forth in Dark Days of Judges To obey is better than sacrifice Man after God's Own Heart The Lamb that was slain -- 40 yrs ~24 yrs 350+ yrs 40 yrs 40 yrs Forever MESSIAH'S LINE To Salmon was born Boaz by Rahab To Boaz was born Obed by Ruth To Obed was born Jesse To Jesse was born David the King Jesus Christ the Lord 1445BC 1445 -1405 1405 -1381 1381-1051 1051-1011 1011-971 4AD Another Timeline of Israel's History from Jensen's Survey of the OT Other ways to describe Israel's cycle… Rest > Rebellion > Retribution > Repentance (?) > Restoration Sin > Suffering/Servitude > Supplication > Salvation Apathy > Apostasy > Affliction > Answered Prayer Disobedience > Desperation > Deliverance Disobedience > Bondage >Misery > Liberation and Rest > Compromises Dale Ralph Davis - For convenience chapters 14–16 can be divided into six main episodes. Each episode is structured around these two basic elements: a Philistine success followed by a Samsonite disaster. The outline is this: Episode 1 Jdg 14:5–20 Solution—answer to riddle Failure—slaughter at Ashkelon Episode 2 Jdg 15:1–6a Solution—Samson gone, peace restored, girl given to best man Failure—flaming foxes Episode 3 Jdg 15:6b–8 Solution—burn up Timnite woman and father Failure—slaughter by Samson Episode 4 Jdg 15:9–17 Solution—Samson bound, handed over Failure—‘Jawbone Hill’ Episode 5 Jdg 16:1–3 Solution—Ambushing the playboy Failure—portable gates Episode 6 Jdg 16:4–30 Major pattern: Solution—hair shaved Failure—tragedy at Dagon’s Place Subsidiary patterns: Solution/failure—7 bowstrings (Jdg 16:6–9a/9b) Solution/failure—new ropes (Jdg 16:10–12a/12b) Solution/failure—loom (Jdg 16:13–14a/14b) Solution/success—razor (Jdg 16:15–19a/19b–21) From Judges: Such a Great Salvation - highly recommended resource - get it if you are going to preach or teach Judges! Judges 16:1 Now Samson went to Gaza and saw a harlot there, and went in to her. and went. Ge. 38:16–18. Ezr. 9:1, 2. Harlot - Genesis 38:16, 17, 18; Ezra 9:1,2 Judges 16 Resources See Gaza in southwest Philistia (ESV Global Study Bible) HEBREWS HALL OF FAMER HEADS FOR A HARLOT! Now Samson went to Gaza and saw a harlot (zanah) there, and went in to her. - One bad turn led to another. Topographically (in terms of elevation above sea level) speaking the physical direction of Gaza was down, but more important was the fact that Samson's spiritual direction was down! Samson falls prey to the same flesh-driven femme fatale problem! He had just tasted victory over his adversary the Philistines in Jdg 15:14-18+ and yet goes where he should not have gone and looks where he should not have looked! Beware if you know you are vulnerable to the lion's bite (EVERYONE READING THIS NOTE!), and don't walk into the lion's cage, much less stick your head into his mouth! This ought to remind us that the proclivity to sin never dies of old age, that our weaknesses never go away but are always crouching at the door of our heart ready to pounce (cp Cain's folly even after being warned by God in Ge 4:6-7, 8) We can always (and ONLY) overcome the the lusts of the flesh in the power of the Spirit (Gal 5:16+), but they will never leave us (see Gal 5:17+ where "sets its desire" is present tense = continually!). We are always weak in the area of these old sins. As someone has said, "Old flesh never dies; it just smells that way." So after victory he is tempted in this area and he immediately succumbs, because he is unwilling to turn to the Lord in his time of need and to draw upon him. Now again the Lord delivers him miraculously. He escapes through the midst of the Philistines at night and rips the gates off the city walls and carries them on his back all the way to Hebron, which is 40 miles from Gaza--again an evidence to him of the immense strength that was his in the Lord.