Sermon Notes:
- Overview
- Author: unknown
- Date of Writing: Unknown
- Purpose: To give context to the events that happen after Joshua and prepare the reader for what is to come in 1st & 2nd Samuel
- Message: The Canaanization of all Israel in the period of the Judges is rooted in Israel’s refusal to submit to Yahweh as King through His covenant, though in mercy and love God continues to deliver his unrepentant people.
- Judges 2:17–19
- Outline
- Double Introduction 1:1-3:4
- Foreign wars of subjugation with the herem being applied 1:1-36
- Difficulties with foreign religious idols 2:1-3:4
- Judges of Israel 3:5-16:31
- Double conclusion 17:1-21:25
- Difficulties with domestic religious idols 17-18
- Domestic wars with the herem (something “devoted” or “set apart”) being applied 19-21
- Israel needs a divinely appointed king to ultimately solve her inability to follow God’s covenant and possess the Land
- God’s mercy and love consistently provides rescue and rest for his unrepentant people
- see image below about the cycles in the book of Judges
- Will I follow my king or will I do what is right in my own eyes?
- If God is able to provide rest for His unrepentant people, how much more is he able to rescue and provide rest for you who have been redeemed by Jesus?
