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The period of the judges in Israel, one of the darkest in the Bible, is marked by the ugliness and suffering born of sinful rebellion. As the Book of Judges repeatedly demonstrates, replacing the worship of the one true God leads to disaster and suffering. In this book, some of the Bible's most bizarre stories of sin are recounted in all their brutality and in their entirety. Nevertheless, the extraordinary mercy God shows his people whenever they cry out to him never ceases to be revealed.
The Book of Judges (1350-1078 BC) serves as a dark sequel to the triumphs of the Book of Joshua, a time when the majority of the people followed the Lord wholeheartedly. During the time of the judges, the Israelites continually turned away from the Word of God, thus engendering a cyclical moral and spiritual decline, the five main reasons for which are as follows:
- Disobedience to God by not driving out the Canaanites
- Idolatry
- Marriages between Israelites and Canaanites
- Disobedience to judges
- The worship of other gods after the death of the judges
By turning away from obedience to God, Israel experienced several periods of brutal oppression:
- The first period came from the Mesopotamians.
- The second period of oppression and servitude came from the Moabites.
- The third, the Canaanites.
- The fourth took place under the rule of the Midianites, who impoverished the people to the extreme.
- The fifth was a time of civil war and intercommunal conflict.
- The sixth came from the Philistines and the Ammonites.
- It was during the seventh battle that Samson rose up against the Philistines.
After that, the country experienced a period of anarchy during which "the people did what was right in their own eyes."
During each of these periods of oppression, God raised up judges whenever his people called upon him. God's purpose in using discipline and chastisement was for the people to repent and follow him as their ancestors had before them. These were not judges in the modern sense of the word, but civil and military leaders raised up by God to lead the people out of bondage. Many of these judges knew the Lord. Those who did not live by faith ultimately relied on God's mercy during times of hardship.
We hope that through these pages and the Scriptures, you will feel strengthened and encouraged to reject sin, to choose to put God first in your life without any rival, and finally to see His power manifested in your life. Yes, He delivers His people again and again.
ISBN: 9782970112143