Juízes 6

Juízes 6

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 (? if actually genuine) > Restoration Sin > Suffering/Servitude > Supplication > Salvation Apathy > Apostasy > Affliction > Answered Prayer Disobedience > Desperation > Deliverance Disobedience > Bondage >Misery > Liberation and Rest > Compromises FOLLOWING NOTES ARE COMPLETELY REVISED SPRING, 2022 Hannah's Bible Outline Gideon (Judges 6:1-8:32) Gideon's death (Judges 8:29-32) Israel's rest (Judges 8:28) Israel's deliverance (Judges 6:7-8:27) The promise of deliverance (Judges 6:7-10) The summons of the deliverer (Judges 6:11-32) The angelic visit (Judges 6:11-18) The worship by Gideon (Judges 6:19-24) The destruction of the pagan altars (Judges 6:25-32) The conflict for deliverance (Judges 6:33-8:27) The army gathered (Judges 6:33-35) The assurance of victory (Judges 6:36-40) The army reduced (Judges 7:1-8) The dream of the Midianite (Judges 7:9-14) The defeat of the Midianites (Judges 7:15-8:21) The strategy (Judges 7:15-18) The confusion (Judges 7:19-23) The scattering (Judges 7:24-25) The jealousy of Ephraim (Judges 8:1-3) The search for the Midian kings (Judges 8:4-21) The refusal of Succoth and Penuel (Judges 8:4-9) The capture of the kings (Judges 8:10-12) The punishment of Succoth and Penuel (Judges 8:13-18) The death of the Midian kings (Judges 8:19-21) Gideon's failure (Judges 8:22-27) Israel's servitude (Judges 6:2-6) Israel's sin (Judges 6:1) Parenthesis: the tyranny of Abimelech (Judges 8:33-16:31) Israel's idolatry (Judges 8:33-35) Shechem's submission to Abimelech (Judges 9:1-5) Judges 6:1 Then the sons of Israel did what was evil in the sight of the LORD; and the LORD gave them into the hands of Midian seven years. Did evil - Jdg 2:13,14,19,20; Lev 26:14-46; Deut 28:15-68; Neh 9:26, 27, 28, 29; Ps 106:34-42 Midian - Ge 37:28; Ex 2:15; Nu 10:29; 24:21; 25:1-3; 25:17; 31:2 Ge 25:2; Nu 25:17,18; Hab 3:7 Warren Wiersbe's Outline of Judges 6: Wiersbe prefaces his outline - "before the Lord could use Gideon in His service, He had to deal with four doubts that plagued him and were obstacles to his faith. These doubts can be expressed in four questions." (See Be Available Judges) “Does God really care about us?” (Jdg. 6:1–13) He had chastened them (vv. 1–6). He had rebuked them (vv. 7–10). Now He came down to help them (vv. 11–13) “Does God know what He’s doing?” (Jdg. 6:14–24) “Will God take care of me?” (Jdg. 6:25–32) “Does God keep His promises?” (Jdg. 6:33–40) THE BACKGROUND FOR THE NEXT JUDGE - GIDEON Then - This is always an important expression of time and generally means "soon afterward" which we should prompt us to pause to ponder, asking "What has happened just before?" (and similar questions) which your Teacher the Spirit will help you answer (you will usually be forced to read the preceding context.) Stated another way, what did we just observe regarding time? (Jdg 5:31+) The sons of Israel did what was evil in the sight of (literally “in the eyes of”) the LORD (cf Pr 15:3) - For forty years the land was undisturbed (Jdg 5:31+), but forty years was long enough to lead to forgetfulness of the greatness and the holiness of God. And so they forgot Jehovah (Jdg 3:7+) and forgot the Law of God (Hos 4:6+), because forty years is long enough for those who had experienced the victory of Deborah and Barak to have died, giving rise to a new generation (cf the "pathological" pattern in Jdg 2:10+) So why did the sons of Israel do what was evil? They did evil because they were in the midst of the Canaanites who practiced unspeakable evil. And tragically instead of being transformed by God's Word, they were conformed to the Canaanites' world and sensual evils that attracted Israel once again to begin to practice the abominable sexual practices associated with worship of the false idols. In short, Israel once again made a willful choice, a choice to gratify their sinful flesh! This is the sad repeated pattern in Judges (Jdg 2:11+,Jdg 3:12+, Jdg 4:1+, Jdg 6:1+, Jdg 10:6+, 13:1+). THOUGHT - Is this the repeated pattern in your life or have you once and for all finally laid aside that sin that so easily entangles you that you might be able to run the race God has set out before you to finish (Heb 12:1+)? CONTEXTUAL NOTE - The phrase did evil is common in is also common in 1 and 2 Kings (24 times) (See all 41 uses - Jdg 2:11; 3:12; 4:1; 10:6; 13:1; 1 Kgs 14:22; 15:26, 34; 16:25, 30; 22:52; 2 Kgs 3:2; 8:18, 27; 13:2, 11; 14:24; 15:9, 18, 24, 28; 17:2, 11; 21:2, 20; 23:32, 37; 24:9, 19; 2 Chr 12:14; 21:6; 22:4; 33:2, 22; 36:5, 9, 12; Neh 9:28; Isa 65:12; 66:4; Jer 52:2), increasing in frequency in second Kings. It is as if the closer they got to judgment, the more evil they became or the more certain the judgment had to be. Just a thought to ponder. Note it is also interesting that this phrase did evil is not found in 1 & 2 Samuel. Could it be that the reason is that the leaders were godly men like Samuel and David? Note also that the evil began with Baalim (plural) but progressed to the point documented in Judges 10:6+! This same phrase is used to describe the wisest man in the Old Testament, King Solomon, in 1 Kings 11:6 - And Solomon did what was evil in the sight of the LORD, and did not follow the LORD fully, as David his father had done. In Judges 6 we see that 40 years of rest led to dimming of their memories regarding the greatness of God's deliverance over Sisera's 900 iron chariots. And so the next generation fell right back into the syncretism (or perhaps just overt idol worship) that again threatened to obliterate Israel's distinction as God's treasured possession (Ex 19:5KJV+). THOUGHT - What is the principle for believer's of all ages? Remember, remember, remember. Remember the times God has delivered you in the past out of (or through) a difficult time. Time has a way of eroding our memory and dimming our vision of the greatness of our God. Just another reason to be in the Word daily reading verses like Judges 6:1. If it happened to them, it can happen to us! (cf 1Cor 10:6,11+). Periods of "rest" in our spiritual lives can lull us into the delusion that we are self sufficient and don't really need God all that much. (Been there, done that!) And the LORD gave them into the hands of Midian seven years - Gave them into the hands is translated in the Greek Septuagint with the verb paradidomi which means to give one over to the power or authority of another (3x in Romans 1 God giving sinners over to the power of their Sin Nature! Ro 1:24+, Ro 1:26+, Ro 1:28+) The message is that if we play with sin, God may eventually give us over completely to the power or authority of that sin! This is a frightening thought!!! Jehovah repeatedly gave Israel into the hands of their enemies. (cf Jdg 2:14+, Jdg 11:32+, Jdg 13:1+) It is interesting to note that this relatively brief 7 year period of oppression was sandwiched between two 40-year periods of peace (Jdg 5:31+, Jdg 8:28+). Midian (see map or Wikipedia map) was located just south of Edom (see Edom on this map) and at the north extremity of the Gulf of Aqaba (click this map and scroll down to "Midian" to get a sense of how far the Midianites would have to travel to raid Israel - I estimate it at about 220 miles a journey that was made possible by their innumerable camels). Midianites were semi-nomadic sons of Abraham. Midian was a son of Abraham by his concubine Keturah. (Genesis 25:2). Moses must have learned about surviving in the desert during these years. Warren