JUDGES INTRODUCTION AND CHAPTER 1 (1 OF 21)
Scripture: Judges 1:1-36
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Judges Introduction and Chapter 1 (1 of 21)
Series: Judges
Harley Howard
Judges 1
This book takes its name from the thirteen men raised up to deliver Israel in the declension and disunion which followed the death of Joshua. Through these men Jehovah continued His personal government of Israel. The key-verse to the condition of Israel is 17:6, "Every man did that which was right in his own eyes." Or what I like to describe the condition: “Chaos through compromise”.
In my thinking this is a summary of the people in that land and in the church today to a large degree. We have not seen that the compromises that have been made with the enemies of the cross of and the person of Christ have naturally come back to destroy us. Israel compromised with the truth and did what was right in their own eyes instead of following the simple and clear commandments of God to exterminate the heathens out of the land. God did not want the heathens mixed with His people then and I see no change in His plan today. The church is for believers only; it always has been and any compromises have only corrupted the holiness, purity and doctrine of the church body.
Two facts stand out in this book;
1. The utter failure of Israel.
2. The persistent grace of Jehovah.
The book records seven apostasies, seven servitudes to seven heathen nations, and seven deliverances. The spiritual parallel is found in the history of the professing church since the Apostles, in the rise of sects and the lost sense of the unity of the one body.
Contrary to popular belief, not all of the judges were good for the people. For example:
Othniel, Ehud, Deborah and Barak (These 2 are actually seen as one judge during that period), Gideon were good judges. But keep in mind that Gideon towards the later part of his rule fell into idolatry and that set the stage for the other judges, who were for all intents, sinful judges and compromisers.
Abimelech and Jephthah, were evil or toler ...
Series: Judges
Harley Howard
Judges 1
This book takes its name from the thirteen men raised up to deliver Israel in the declension and disunion which followed the death of Joshua. Through these men Jehovah continued His personal government of Israel. The key-verse to the condition of Israel is 17:6, "Every man did that which was right in his own eyes." Or what I like to describe the condition: “Chaos through compromise”.
In my thinking this is a summary of the people in that land and in the church today to a large degree. We have not seen that the compromises that have been made with the enemies of the cross of and the person of Christ have naturally come back to destroy us. Israel compromised with the truth and did what was right in their own eyes instead of following the simple and clear commandments of God to exterminate the heathens out of the land. God did not want the heathens mixed with His people then and I see no change in His plan today. The church is for believers only; it always has been and any compromises have only corrupted the holiness, purity and doctrine of the church body.
Two facts stand out in this book;
1. The utter failure of Israel.
2. The persistent grace of Jehovah.
The book records seven apostasies, seven servitudes to seven heathen nations, and seven deliverances. The spiritual parallel is found in the history of the professing church since the Apostles, in the rise of sects and the lost sense of the unity of the one body.
Contrary to popular belief, not all of the judges were good for the people. For example:
Othniel, Ehud, Deborah and Barak (These 2 are actually seen as one judge during that period), Gideon were good judges. But keep in mind that Gideon towards the later part of his rule fell into idolatry and that set the stage for the other judges, who were for all intents, sinful judges and compromisers.
Abimelech and Jephthah, were evil or toler ...
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