Old Testament Chronology Lecture 4

SHEPHERDS COLLEGE SHORT COURSE: OLD TESTAMENT CHRONOLOGY 8 APRIL 2025, LECTURE 4 1 2 1446 Date for Exodus Abraham 2166–1991 Isaac 2066–1886 Jacob 2006–1859 Joseph 1915–1805 Moses’ birth 1526 Exodus 1446 Desert wanderings 1446–1406 Entrance into Canaan 1406 Period of the judges 1375 to 1050–1030 3 JOSHUA, JUDGES, RUTH 4 HEBREWS 4:9 Hebrews 4:9 (ESV) •9 So then, there remains a Sabbath rest for the people of God, 5 JOSHUA Joshua 1:9 (ESV) •9 Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be frightened, and do not be dismayed, for the LORD your God is with you wherever you go.” 6 JOSHUA Deuteronomy 17:14–20 (ESV) “When you come to the land that the LORD your God is giving you, and you possess it and dwell in it and then say, ‘I will set a king over me, like all the nations that are around me,’ 15 you may indeed set a king over you whom the LORD your God will choose. One from among your brothers you shall set as king over you. You may not put a foreigner over you, who is not your brother. 16 Only he must not acquire many horses for himself or cause the people to return to Egypt in order to acquire many horses, since the LORD has said to you, ‘You shall never return that way again.’ 17 And he shall not acquire many wives for himself, lest his heart turn away, nor shall he acquire for himself excessive silver and gold. 14 7 JOSHUA •18 “And when he sits on the throne of his kingdom, he shall write for himself in a book a copy of this law, approved by the Levitical priests. 19 And it shall be with him, and he shall read in it all the days of his life, that he may learn to fear the LORD his God by keeping all the words of this law and these statutes, and doing them, 20 that his heart may not be lifted up above his brothers, and that he may not turn aside from the commandment, either to the right hand or to the left, so that he may continue long in his kingdom, he and his children, in Israel. 8 JOSHUA The fulfillment of God’s promises is to be achieved by God working through chosen human beings • Graeme Goldsworthy, According to Plan: The Unfolding Revelation of God in the Bible (IVP, 1991), 157. 9 THE THEME OF JOSHUA Joshua 1:1-9 Joshua 23:4-5 10 THE POWER OF GOD IN JOSHUA The power of God subdues the opposition to the fulfillment of his promises. Graeme Goldsworthy, According to Plan: The Unfolding Revelation of God in the Bible (IVP, 1991), 158. 11 THE UNFOLDING POWER OF GOD IN JOSHUA 12 THE UNFOLDING PLAN OF GOD IN JOSHUA The Promise Fulfilled The Battle of Jericho Joshua 23:1–13 Joshua 5:13–6:7 Joshua 23:4–5 The Ban on the Land and Curse on Those who Ignore it Joshua 23:14 Joshua 21:43–45 Joshua 3:1–17 Joshua 3:10 Joshua 6:17–21 Joshua 7:1–5 Joshua 7:6–26 Joshua 4:21–24 Deuteronomy 6:20–25 13 THE PROMISE TO THE GENTILES Genesis 12:3 Exodus 2:21 Numbers 12:1 Rahab the Prostitute Joshua 2:8–14 Joshua 6:17 Joshua 6:25 14 PROMINENT GENTILES: RAHAB AND RUTH Mt 1:5 and Salmon the father of Boaz by Rahab, and Boaz the father of Obed by Ruth, and Obed the father of Jesse, Heb 11:31 By faith Rahab the prostitute did not perish with those who were disobedient, because she had given a friendly welcome to the spies. Jas 2:25 And in the same way was not also Rahab the prostitute justified by works when she received the messengers and sent them out by another way? 15 THE JUDGES OF ISRAEL A VICIOUS CYCLE 16 THEME OF JUDGES 17 REPEATED EMPHASES A Theme of failure Judges 1:27–36 Judges 2:2–3 Judges 2:11–23 The Spirit of the Lord Came upon . . . Judges 3:10 Judges 6:34 Judges 11:29 Judges 13:25 Judges 14:19 Judges 15:14 Judges 15:19 18 Oppressio n: Israel is oppressed by enemies Sin: Israel Disobeys God Peace: Israel experience s some time of peace Repentance: Israel cries out go God Deliveranc e: God raises up a judge to deliver Israel 19 The pattern of salvation is repeated many times in Israel’s history, reinforcing the revelation of God in the exodus. Graeme Goldsworthy, According to Plan: The Unfolding Revelation of God in the Bible (IVP, 1991), 160. 20 The land of Canaan was a good land ready to be possessed and enjoyed by the people of God. Their entry into the land was attended by signs of the regenerating power of God. But even as they took possession, their disobedience and failure threatened their status as the redeemed people of God enjoying the blessings of the covenant. Graeme Goldsworthy, According to Plan: The Unfolding Revelation of God in the Bible (IVP, 1991), 162. 21 KINGDOM GOD MANKIND WORLD CREATION GOD ADAM AND EVE EDEN FLOOD GOD NOAH ARK ABRAHAM GOD ABRAHAM’S CANAAN FALL DESCENDANTS MOSES THE LORD ISRAEL CANAAN 22 MAIN THEMES Promise of possession The Lord’s holy war Conquest SOME KEY WORDS Mediation Kingship Proselyte THE PATH AHEAD Israel enters the promised land—The return of the exiles, Ezekiel 36:8– 12—Sabbath rest for the people of God, Hebrews 4:1–13 23 Human kingship begins to emerge as the means God uses to rule over his people. Graeme Goldsworthy, According to Plan: The Unfolding Revelation of God in the Bible (IVP, 1991), 163. 24 THE BOOK OF RUTH A PAGAN ADDED TO THE FAMILY TREE 25 26