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Lesson # 4a: Crossing into Canaan - The Time of the JudgesPage 23 Crossing Jordan - The JudgesA. Death of Moses - DEUT 341. Book of Deuteronomy is Mose's farewell address 2. DEUT 6:4-6 The heart of the Law 3. DEUT 9:4-5 Israel to possess the land, not because of their righteousness but because of the Canaanites wickednessB. Joshua - JOSH 1:1-5; 24:1-281. Joshua brought the people into the Promised Land (Canaan) 2. Jesus brings us into the Promised Land (The Kingdom of God)C. Similarities in the names;1. Joshua = in Hebrew means, "Jehovah (God) is my salvation" 2. Jesus = is the Greek form of the Hebrew name Joshua 3. ISAIAH 12:2 ... God is my salvation ...D. Crossing the Jordan River - JOSH 4:5-71. The Jordan River parted and the people crossed on dry ground 2. Jesus was baptized in the Jordan River at the same place where the Israelites with Joshua crossedE. Conquest of Canaan1. Angelic forces are with Joshua - JOSH 5:13-15 2. No spoils to be taken - NUM 33:50-56; DEUT 7:2-4 3. Why did God have Israel kill Canaanite women & children?- The Canaanite religion was idolatry - They did child sacrifices (foundation sacrifices) - Priestesses were temple prostitutes; orgies were part of their worship - Canaan land was a national scale of Sodom & Gommorah - ALL HAD TO BE KILLED TO CLEANSE THE LAND OF IDOLATROUS WORSHIP AND WICKEDNESS - Prophecy against one rebuilding Jericho - JOSH 6:26; 1 KINGS 16:34F. Jericho is taken - JOSH 6:2-5,201. For 6 days the men of war went around the city once 2. On the 7th day, they went around seven times 3. 7 priests carried 7 trumpets of rams horns before the Ark 4. After the 7th trip around, the trumpets were sounded and the people shouted 5. The wall fell down flat (the earth swallowed it up) 6. Rahab helped two spies and was spared - JOSH 2; HEB 11:30-31 7. Acan took of the spoils, he and his children stoned -JOSH 7 8. The sun stood still during the battle with the five kings of the Amorites - JOSH 10:12-14G. Joshua conquers the land in general1. Each tribe was to complete the conquests in their own tribal area. They did not, with the results as noted in - JUDGES 1:19,21 2. The Levites did not receive an inheritance in the land because the Lord was their inheritance - DEUT 10:9 3. The Levites were given 48 cities - JOSH 21:3,41 4. Six cities of Refuge (Type of God's mercy & justice) - JOSH 20:2-3H. Joshua died being 110 years old - JOSH 24:29-31; JUD 2:7-101. Israel served the LORD during all the days of Joshua and all the days of the elders that outlived JoshuaI. Reign of the Judges - 15 men1. Israel had no central government 2. Israel had no king (monarchy), God was their King(theocracy) 3. The common bond that held the 12 tribes together was their covenant with the LORD 4. The Tabernacle was set up at Shiloh 5. Israel did not utterly destroy the Canaanites - JUD 1:28; DEUT 7:2-4 6. Canaanites became "thorns in their sides" - JUD 2:1-4, 11-17 7. When Israel was plagued by their enemies, they cried out unto God and He raised them up a deliverer to save them - JUDGES 3:9,15; 6:6J. Listing of the Judges and length of reign1. Othniel .........40 years 9. Jephthah ........ 6 years 2. Ehud ............80 10. Ibzan ........... 7 3. Shamgar .........?? 11. Elon ............10 4. Deborah .........40 12. Abdon ........... 8 5. Gideon ..........40 13. Samson ..........20 6. Abimelech ....... 3 14. Eli .............40 7. Tola ............23 15. Samuel ........ 8. Jair ............22K. The duration of the time of the Judges was about 300 yearsLesson # 4b: The Kings of IsraelPage 24 Israel Demands a King - United KingdomA. The offices of Judge ( 1 SAM 7:15), Priest (1 SAM 7:9), and Prophet ( 1 SAM 3:20; 9:9) were temporarily merged under Samuel1. Forerunner of merging these offices in Jesus Christ 2. Born of Hanna - 1 SAM 1 3. Did childhood service in the House of God under Eli the priest 4. Was the last of the Judges 5. Anointed Israel's first two kings SAUL & DAVIDB. Israel demands a king like other nations - 1 SAM 8:4-71. God wanted to be their King 2. Israel wanted to be like the world - 1 SAM 8:19-22 3. God would choose their king - 1 SAM 10:24C. Saul anointed Israel's first king - 1 SAM 9:15-17; 10:11. From the tribe of Benjamin - 1 SAM 9:1 2. Was tall, handsome & humble - 1 SAM 9:2 3. Started off his reign well 4. Disobeyed God and rejected from being kinga. Offered a sacrifice which was the priest's function - 1 SAM 13:9-14 b. Did not utterly destroy the Amalekites and took of the spoil - 1 SAM 15:10-245. Was filled with jealousy & hatred - 1 SAM 18:18; 19:1 6. Went to the witch of Endor - 1 SAM 28:6-7 7. Kills himself - 1 SAM 31:4, 8-10D. David anointed king - 1 SAM 161. Was a shepherd 2. Divinely chosen to succeed Saul as king - 1 SAM 16:12-13 3. A man after God's own heart - 1 SAM 13:14; 16:7 4. Became Saul's harpist - 1 SAM 16:14-23 5. Kills the giant Goliath - 1 Sam 17 6. Jonathan and David's friendship - 1 SAM 18:1-9 7. Flees from Saul for his life - 1 SAM 19 8. Lives life of fugitive 9. Twice spared Saul's life - 1 SAM 24:1-15; 26:1-20 10. First reigns over Judah, then all Israel - 2 SAM 5:4-5 11. Brought the Ark to Jerusalem - 1 CHRON 15:1-29 12. Purchased the land for the Temple site - 1 CHRON 21 13. Sin against Uriah - 2 SAM 11 & 12 14. New How to repent - PSALM 51 15. Absolom rebelled against his father - 2 SAM 15-18E. God promises David an Eternal Throne1. Throne established forever - 2 SAM 7:17-18; PSA 89:3-4 2. Messianic prophecy of His Kingship - ISA 9:6-7 3. Jesus given the throne of David - LUKE 1:30-32F. Solomon appointed king before David's death - 1 KINGS 1:391. Known for his wisdom - 1 KINGS 3:5-14; 4:29-32 2. Queen of Sheba visited him - 2 CHRON 9:1-8 3. Built the Temple of the LORD - 1 CHRON 28:11-12; 2 CHR 3:1 4. Had 700 wives and 300 concubines 5. His wives turned his heart from God - 1 KINGS 11:3Page 25 Divided Kingdom - Age of the ProphetsA. Revolt of ten tribes - 1 KINGS 12 B. Jeroboam leader of Israel (10 tribes) - capitol, Samaria C. Rehoboam leader of Judah (2 tribes) - capitol, Jerusalem D. Israel had 19 kings and none followed the ways of the LORD E. Judah had 19 kings and one queen, only 5 followed the LORD F. Israel taken captive by Assyrians in 721 B.C. G. Judah taken captive by Babylon in 606 B.C. & 586 B.C. H. The Babysonians burned the Temple & broke down the walls of Jerusalem - 2 KINGS 25:8-10; 2 CHRON 36:19-21 I. Prophets were sent by God to both kingdoms before they were taken captive to get them to turn bact to Him J. Elijah, Elisha & Jonah were three of the prophets for Israel K. Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel & Daniel sent to JudahPage 26 Restoration of the RemnantA. Medeo-Persia took over Babylon in 536 B.C. B. Cyrus allowed Jews to return to Jerusalem - EZRA 1:1-4 C. Three expeditions back to Judah led by;1. Zerubbabel 2. Ezra 3. NehemiahD. Temple rebuilt by Zerubbabel - EZRA 1:1-4; 6:14-15 E. Walls repaired by Nehemiah - NEH 1:1-3; 6:15 F. Last of Old Testament prophets were Haggi, Zechariah & Malachi G. 400 silent years (no prophets sent by God) before the New Testament beginsLesson # 4c - The Prophets & Babylon CaptivityPage 25 The ProphetsA. Prophet defined - A spokesman for God before the people. They spoke the words God gave them.1. Prophet spoke God's Words - DEUT 18:18; EX 4:15-16 2. Moses was a unique prophet - DEUT 34:10; NUM 12:6-8 3. Only with the coming of Jesus did there appear that great Prophet who was truly like Moses - DEUT 18:15; ACTS 7:37 4. If their words did not come to pass, then they were considered a false prophet - DEUT 18:22B. Two aspects of the prophets work1. Foretelling - speaking of future events 2. Forthtelling - speaking to edify, exhort & comfort-1COR 14:3C. Mission & message of the prophets1. To try to save the nation from its IDOLATRY & WICKEDNESS 2. To warn of God's judgements if they did not repent 3. Declare that a remnant would be saved 4. Out of this remnant will come a Person who will bring all nations to God 5. Prophecy of the coming MessiahD. Names of persons spoken of as prophetsAaron, EX 7:1 Joel, JOEL 1:1 Abraham, GEN 20:7 John the Baptist, LK 7:28 Agabus, ACTS 21:10 Joshua, 1 KNGS 16:34 Ahijah, 1 KGS 11:29 Jonah, 2 KGS 14:25 Amos, AMOS 1:1 Malachi, MAL 1:1 Balaam, NUM 22:5 Medad, NUM 11:26 Daniel, MATT 24:15 Micah, JER 26:18 David, MATT 13:35 Micaiah, 1 KGS 22:8 Eldad, NUM 11:6 Moses, DEUT 34:10 Elijah 1 KGS 18:36 Nahum, NAH 1:1 Elisha, 1 KGS 19:16 Nathan, 2 SAM 7:2 Ezekiel, EZEK 1:3 Obadiah, OBAD 1 Gad, 1 SAM 22:5 Obed, 2 CHRON 28:9 Habakkuk, HAB 1:1 Samuel, 1 SAM 3:20 Haggai, EZ 5:1 Shemaiah, 2 CHRON 12:5 Hananiah, JER 28:17 Zacharias, LK 1:67 Hosea, HOS 1:1 Zechariah, ZECH 1:1 Iddo, 2 CHRON 13:22 Zephaniah, ZEPH 1:1 Isaiah, 2 KGS 19:2 Jehu, 1 KGS 16:7 JESUS CHRIST - MATT 21:11; JOHN 6:1; DEUT 18:15 Jeremiah, JER 1:5
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