Juízes 21

Juízes 21

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 ANARCHY WITHOUT A KING BOOKENDS OF JUDGES 17-21 (ESV Study Bible ) Micah and the Danite Migration (Jdg 17-18) Gibeah’s Deed and Their Punishment (Jdg 19-21) Religious Deterioration Moral Deterioration Beginning “In those days there was no king in Israel. Everyone did what was right in his own eyes” (Jdg 17:6+). “In those days, when there was no king in Israel...” (Jdg 19:1+). Beginning Ending “In those days there was no king in Israel” (Jdg 18:1+) “In those days there was no king in Israel. Everyone did what was right in his own eyes” (Jdg 21:25+). Ending Judges 21:1 Now the men of Israel had sworn in Mizpah, saying, "None of us shall give his daughter to Benjamin in marriage." had sworn - Jdg 20:1,8,10 Jer 4:2 There - Jdg 21:5 11:30,31 1Sa 14:24,28,29 Ec 5:2 Mk 6:23 Ac 23:12 Ro 10:2 his daughter - Ex 34:12-16 De 7:2,3 Judges 21 Resources - Multiple Sermons and Commentaries Central Location of Mizpah N of Jerusalem, S of Bethel (Click to enlarge) Gary Inrig - All of a sudden, the people woke up to the consequences of their blood lust. They were about to wipe out one of their tribes and leave a permanent gap in the nation. (Borrow Hearts of Iron, Feet of Clay) This is an amazing irony that Israel had failed to utterly destroy the pagans (Jdg 1:1-36) but they almost succeed in utterly destroying their brothers because of the foolish vow they had made. In their perverted thinking they vowed not to have a daughter marry a Benjaminite, thus treating him like a Canaanite with which they were forbidden to intermarry! This is fruit basket turnover. Wrong is now right and right is wrong. How could they have regressed so far so fast after Joshua and the elders died? Remember these events although placed in Judges at the "end" of the book, in fact probably occurred at the very beginning of the 300-350 years of apostasy!