Juízes 3

Juízes 3

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 The Book of Judges Contrasted with The Book of Ruth RUTH JUDGES Spiritual light Spiritual darkness Purity Immorality Deciding for the One true God Pursuing Idols who are no gods Devotion Disloyalty Love Lust Peace War Kindness Cruelty Obedience brings blessing Disobedience brings sorrow Oasis of righteousness Desert of rebellion Faithfulness of a Gentile alien Faithlessness of the "chosen people" FOLLOWING NOTES ARE COMPLETELY REVISED SPRING, 2022 Judges 3:1 Now these are the nations which the LORD left, to test Israel by them (that is, all who had not experienced any of the wars of Canaan; Deut 8:2,16; 2Chr 32:31; Job 23:10; Pr 17:3; Jer 6:27; Jer 17:9,10; Zechariah 13:9; Jn 2:24; 1Pe 1:7; 1Pe 4:12; Jas 1:2 Rev 2:23 Related Passages: Deuteronomy 8:2; 16 “You shall remember all the way which the LORD your God has led you in the wilderness these forty years, that He might humble you, testing you, to know what was in your heart, whether you would keep His commandments or not. (8:16) “In the wilderness He fed you manna which your fathers did not know, that He might humble you and that He might test you, to do good for you in the end. Numbers 14:22 “Surely all the men who have seen My glory and My signs which I performed in Egypt and in the wilderness, yet have put Me to the test these ten times and have not listened to My voice, 2 Chronicles 32:31 (GOD WAS TESTING HEZEKIAH) Even in the matter of the envoys of the rulers of Babylon, who sent to him to inquire of the wonder that had happened in the land, God left him alone only to test him, that He might know all that was in his heart. (HEZEKIAH DID NOT PASS THIS TEST - IN HIS PRIDE, HE SHOWED THE ENEMY ALL THE TREASURE OF THE TEMPLE AND IT WOULD PROVE COSTLY 115 YEARS LATER! READ 2Ki 2012-13, 14-18). Now these are the nations which the LORD left, to test (nacah/nasah; Lxx = peirazo) Israel by them: Note God left them to test and not to learn to tolerate (cf compromise) them! Test here refers to testing which shows what someone is really like and generally involves difficulty or hardship. It is interesting to note the first use of nacah was when God tested Abraham in Genesis 22:1 (Abraham "passed"! > Ge 22:15-18) As noted, the Septuagint translated nacah with peirazo, a morally neutral word simply meaning “to test.” Whether the testing is for good (as in He 11:17+, Ge 22:11) or evil (Mt 4:1+) depends on the intent of the one giving the test. Obviously God does not tempt anyone to evil (James 1:13+) so His purpose was to discern what was in their heart. THOUGHT - Are you being tested by the "nations" (cp "the world system" - see Word Study on Kosmos) now? How are you faring? Are you losing heart and being tempted to give up (Heb 12:3-4+)? Nacah - all 34 OT uses- Ge 22:1; Ex. 15:25; 16:4; 17:2, 7; 20:20; Nu 14:22; Deut. 4:34; 6:16; 8:2, 16; 13:3; 28:56; 33:8; Jdg. 2:22; 3:1, 4; 6:39; 1 Sam. 17:39; 1 Ki. 10:1; 2 Chr. 9:1; 32:31; Job 4:2; Ps. 26:2; 78:18, 41, 56; 95:9; 106:14; Eccl. 2:1; 7:23; Isa. 7:12; Dan. 1:12, 14 The Septuagint (LXX) translates the Hebrew verb nacah with peirazo [word study]. The presence of the enemy in the land was an opportunity for teaching, testing, and trusting. -- Warren Wiersbe Sometimes we wonder why God didn’t remove all the enemies from the Promised Land before He let the children of Israel go in. But in these verses (Jdg 3:1, 2, 3, 4) we see that God had a definite reason. He uses the results of our lack of faith in Him to prove to us our sin and weakness. He does not forget His covenant, but He allows our very weakness, our guilty weakness, to drive us back to Him. God wanted the chosen people to realize that they were a holy people. They must not mix with the wicked nations about them. They must continually separate themselves. God knew that separation makes a people strong. Christians today must remember that they cannot mix with the world. They must keep close to God and war against sin and unrighteousness. God wants us to be good warriors. And so we see that an uncritical toleration toward a people so utterly corrupt resulted in the undoing of God’s chosen people. OPPRESSOR YEARS OF PUNISHMENT DELIVERER AND JUDGE Judges 3:7-11 Mesopotamians 8 Othniel-40 yr rest Judges 3:12-30 Moabites 18 Ehud-80 yr rest Judges 3:31 Philistines - Shamgar Judges 4:1-5:31 Canaanites 20 Deborah and Barak Judges 6:1-8:32 Midianites 7 Gideon Judges 8:33-10:5 Abimelech 3 Tola and Jair Judges 10:6-12:15 Ammonites 18 Jephthah and successors Judges 13:1-16:31 Philistines 40 Samson Joshua had no successor. After his death, each tribe acted independently. There was no capital and no fixed government. There was no unity of action, except in the time of danger when the tribes combined for their own good. When the people sinned against God, their enemies defeated them and ruled them. When in their distress they sought the Lord, He sent judges who delivered them. God is always brooding over His disobedient children. He promises us that He will never leave us nor forsake us (He 13:5-note). We see defeat on our part but deliverance on God’s part. “Where sin increased, grace increased all the more” (Ro 5:20-note). We see His dealings with His own rebellious people whom He has crowned with His best blessings and upon whom He has lavished His tender love. We find the patience of God and His constant readiness to respond to the least sign of penitence in His people (Judges 3:9, 15; Jdg 4:3, 4, 5, 6,7, 6:6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 10:15, 16-see notes Judges 4; Judges 6; Judges 10). He repeated His mercy again and again although it was never appreciated. If you think on these things it will draw you nearer to this God of mercy and love and grace. Look up, repent and trust God. We have found that God fulfilled His purpose for Israel by leaving around them in Canaan a circle of strong tribes unlike each other. It is said, “These are the nations the Lord left to test all those Israelites who had not experienced any of the wars in Canaan… They were left to test the Israelites to see whether they would obey the Lord’s commands, which he had given their forefathers through Moses” (Judges 3:1, 4). THOUGHT - Look up each cross reference (at the end of this paragraph) to discern why God "tested Israel" and then NT parallels to allow one to apply God's testing of Israel to the believer's life today. This exercise might greatly encourage you if you are currently going through the REFINER'S FIRE and questioning whether God even loves you or cares. Ask God to open these verses to you that you might know what are His purposes when He sends TESTS into your life -- Ex 16:4, Dt 8:2-4, 5, 16, Ex 20:20, Ps 26:2, Mal 3:10 Pr 17:3. Parallel with He 11:17+ (Ge 22:1, 11), Re 2:2+, Re 2:10+, 2Ti 2:15-note, 1Co 9:27+). Is God bending, shaping, or polishing me right now? What's my attitude: Am I thanking and praising God, or am I complaining about the process? Remember that trials are intended not to provoke us but to prove us (and "improve" us!). Tthat is, all who had not experienced any of the wars of Canaan - Compare Jdg 2:10+ explaining that they did not know the LORD or His mighty deeds. No experience with war would mean no experience with the Captain of the Lord's host. It will all be "hearsay" to them. One implication is that it was through their experience of wars the prior generation had come to know God as the Almighty, Omnipotent God (His Sufficiency, His Faithfulness to His promises, His Protection, etc). And in Judges 3:2 the explanation is that Israel might be taught war… but ultimately the battle is the Lord's so to learn war is to learn about God and His ways, His power, His sufficiency. In Judges 3:4 another reason for the testing by the pagan, idolatrous nations was to determine if Israel would obey God as their fathers had (cp Jdg 2:21-23+). One other point is that God tests His people, not to break us or destroy us but to refine us and make us better. “When God puts His own people into the furnace, He keeps His eye on the clock and His hand on the thermostat. He knows how long and how much.” -- Warren Wiersbe God is not an arsonist, but a Refiner! “Though times be dark, the struggles grim, And cares rise like a flood, This sweet assurance holds to Him: My God is near and good.” -- Hager Related Resources: The Refiner's Fire Does God tempt us to sin? What about Abraham in Genesis chapter 22? See onsite commentaries that relate to suffering 1Pe 1:6-7+ 2Cor 4:17-18+ Ro 5:3-5+ Job 23:10+ James 5:7-11+ Test (tempt) (05254) nacah/nasah Lxx = peirazo) in most OT uses has idea of testing or proving quality of someone or something and doing so often through adversity or hardship. As the following context makes clear (note "to see," lit., "to know," in 3:4), the purpose of this divine test was to determine if Israel was truly loyal. An examination of parallel passages shows that such divine tests were designed to reveal otherwise hidden character qualities. Testing which shows what someone is really like generally involves difficulty or hardship. Swanson sums up Nacah - 1. (piel) test, try, i.e., attempt to learn the true nature of something (1Ki 10:1); 2. (piel) attempt, try, i.e., exert oneself to do something (Dt 4:34); 3. (piel) test, try, i.e., cause or allow hardship or trouble in a circumstance, often with choices within the situation, implying a different outcome is possible (Jdg 2:22) Baker - 5254. נָסָה nāsāh: A verb meaning to test, to try, to prove. Appearing nearly forty times in the Old Testament, this term often refers to God testing the faith and faithfulness of human beings, including Abraham (Gen. 22:1); the nation of Israel (Ex. 15:25; 16:4; 20:20; Deut. 8:2, 16; 13:3[4]; Judg. 2:22; 3:1, 4); Hezekiah (2 Chr. 32:31); David (Ps. 26:2). Although people were forbidden from putting God to the test, they often did so (Ex. 17:2, 7; Num. 14:22; Deut. 6:16; 33:8; Ps. 78:18, 41, 56; 95:9; 106:14; Isa. 7:12). Testing, however, does not always suggest tempting or enticing someone to sin, as when the Queen of Sheba tested Solomon’s wisdom (1 Kgs. 10:1; 2 Chr. 9:1); and Daniel’s physical appearance was tested after a ten-day vegetarian diet (Dan. 1:12, 14). Finally, this term can refer to the testing of equipment, such as swords or armor (1 Sam. 17:39). (Complete Word Study Dictionary- Old Testament) Nacah - 34x in OT - See these use below. Translated in NAS = make a test(1), proved(1), put(1), put to the test(2), tempted(3), test(13), tested(9), testing(3), tried(1), try(1), venture(1), ventures(1). Gen. 22:1; Exod. 15:25; Exod. 16:4; Exod. 17:2; Exod. 17:7; Exod. 20:20; Num. 14:22; Deut. 4:34; Deut. 6:16; Deut. 8:2; Deut. 8:16; Deut. 13:3; Deut. 28:56; Deut. 33:8; Jdg. 2:22; Jdg. 3:1; Jdg. 3:4; Jdg. 6:39; 1 Sam. 17:39; 1 Ki. 10:1; 2 Chr. 9:1; 2 Chr. 32:31; Job 4:2; Ps. 26:2; Ps. 78:18; Ps. 78:41; Ps. 78:56; Ps. 95:9; Ps. 106:14; Eccl. 2:1; Eccl. 7:23; Isa. 7:12; Dan. 1:12; Dan. 1:14 Warren