Judges: Three Swords
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You search the Scriptures because you think that in them you have eternal life; and it is they that bear witness about me,
But he will say, ‘I tell you, I do not know where you come from. Depart from me, all you workers of evil!’
And beginning with Moses and all the Prophets, he interpreted to them in all the Scriptures the things concerning himself.
3 Stories and 3 Swords
3 Stories and 3 Swords
Othniel - 3:7-3:11
Othniel - 3:7-3:11
Cushan-rishathaim: Cushan of double wickedness
served 8 years
The Lord gave Cushan into Othniel’s hand
The land had rest 40 years
Othniel’s influence died with him
Ehud - 3:12-30
Ehud - 3:12-30
Eglon - king of Moabites
Moabites were to have been expelled
Ruth was a Moabitess
served 18 years
Ehud - a left-handed Benjamite
The land had rest 80 years
Ehud’s influence died with him
Deborah & Barak - ch 4 & 5
Deborah & Barak - ch 4 & 5
Jabin had iron chariots and oppressed the people cruelly for 20 years
Deborah was a prophetess
Miriam -
Then Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a tambourine in her hand, and all the women went out after her with tambourines and dancing.
Anna
And there was a prophetess, Anna, the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Asher. She was advanced in years, having lived with her husband seven years from when she was a virgin,
and then as a widow until she was eighty-four. She did not depart from the temple, worshiping with fasting and prayer night and day.
And coming up at that very hour she began to give thanks to God and to speak of him to all who were waiting for the redemption of Jerusalem.
Deborah & Barak seem to share the judgeship
Whereas the people followed Ehud after he killed the king, Deborah directed and blessed Barak, Barak led the army, but Jael killed Sisera, the leader of the army.
The land had rest for 40 years
Deborah and Barak’s influence died with them
Jael received the glory
We NEED Jesus
We NEED Jesus
And the people of Israel did what was evil in the sight of the Lord. They forgot the Lord their God and served the Baals and the Asheroth.
And the people of Israel again did what was evil in the sight of the Lord, and the Lord strengthened Eglon the king of Moab against Israel, because they had done what was evil in the sight of the Lord.
For although they knew God, they did not honor him as God or give thanks to him, but they became futile in their thinking, and their foolish hearts were darkened.
Claiming to be wise, they became fools,
and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images resembling mortal man and birds and animals and creeping things.
Therefore God gave them up in the lusts of their hearts to impurity, to the dishonoring of their bodies among themselves,
because they exchanged the truth about God for a lie and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever! Amen.
And the people of Israel again did what was evil in the sight of the Lord after Ehud died.
judg 3:7
For God knows that when you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.”
So when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was a delight to the eyes, and that the tree was to be desired to make one wise, she took of its fruit and ate, and she also gave some to her husband who was with her, and he ate.
Then the eyes of both were opened, and they knew that they were naked. And they sewed fig leaves together and made themselves loincloths.
rom 1:
This is the first time humans decided they didn’t need God to know what was right or best; that we could come up with it on our own
And he received the gold from their hand and fashioned it with a graving tool and made a golden calf. And they said, “These are your gods, O Israel, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt!”
ex 32:
We need Jesus as the Righteous Judge
We need Jesus as the Righteous Judge
What then shall we say? That the law is sin? By no means! Yet if it had not been for the law, I would not have known sin. For I would not have known what it is to covet if the law had not said, “You shall not covet.”
We need Jesus as our deliverer
We need Jesus as our deliverer
Wretched man that I am! Who will deliver me from this body of death?
We ned the real Jesus
We ned the real Jesus
And he received the gold from their hand and fashioned it with a graving tool and made a golden calf. And they said, “These are your gods, O Israel, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt!”
ex 32:
Unlike the 3 swords, His impact extends eternally, and He will receive ALL the glory!
The cost of our salvation
The cost of our salvation
Othniel
Othniel
The Spirit of the Lord was upon him, and he judged Israel. He went out to war, and the Lord gave Cushan-rishathaim king of Mesopotamia into his hand. And his hand prevailed over Cushan-rishathaim.
So the land had rest forty years. Then Othniel the son of Kenaz died.
The Spirit of the Lord was upon him, and he judged Israel. He went out to war, and the Lord gave Cushan-rishathaim king of Mesopotamia into his hand. And his hand prevailed over Cushan-rishathaim.
judg 3:10
Ehud
Ehud
And he said to them, “Follow after me, for the Lord has given your enemies the Moabites into your hand.” So they went down after him and seized the fords of the Jordan against the Moabites and did not allow anyone to pass over.
And they killed at that time about 10,000 of the Moabites, all strong, able-bodied men; not a man escaped.
So Moab was subdued that day under the hand of Israel. And the land had rest for eighty years.
And he said to them, “Follow after me, for the Lord has given your enemies the Moabites into your hand.” So they went down after him and seized the fords of the Jordan against the Moabites and did not allow anyone to pass over.
And they killed at that time about 10,000 of the Moabites, all strong, able-bodied men; not a man escaped.
Deborah (and Barak)
Deborah (and Barak)
judg 4:22-24
And behold, as Barak was pursuing Sisera, Jael went out to meet him and said to him, “Come, and I will show you the man whom you are seeking.” So he went in to her tent, and there lay Sisera dead, with the tent peg in his temple.
So on that day God subdued Jabin the king of Canaan before the people of Israel.
And the hand of the people of Israel pressed harder and harder against Jabin the king of Canaan, until they destroyed Jabin king of Canaan.
…and the land had rest for forty years
10s of thousands dead for 160 years of peace
But now thus says the Lord, he who created you, O Jacob, he who formed you, O Israel: “Fear not, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by name, you are mine.
When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and through the rivers, they shall not overwhelm you; when you walk through fire you shall not be burned, and the flame shall not consume you.
For I am the Lord your God, the Holy One of Israel, your Savior. I give Egypt as your ransom, Cush and Seba in exchange for you.
Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant
or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful;
WWI (1914-1918) - 15-19M dead, 23M wounded for ~ 20 years of peace
1 cor
WWII (1939-1945) - 70M dead, 1950 Korean War begins
Yet none of these represent the greatest price paid
For I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received: that Christ died for our sins in accordance with the Scriptures,
that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day in accordance with the Scriptures,
“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.
It was the only sinless, spotless lamb of God whose life was paid for our eternal peace!
May we see in the failure of the people, a warning for ourselves, our families, and our church. May we see in these Judges our need of Jesus. God grant us to remain faithful and to pass that heritage to our children.