Lesson 3

Mesopotamia (8 years servitude) Othniel (40 years rest) Moab (18 years servitude) Ehud (80 years rest) Philistines (???) Shamgar (???) Canaanites (20 years servitude) Deborah (40 years of rest)

OPPRESSIONS DURING THE JUDGES 1 Othniel 2 Ehud 3 Shamgar 4 Deborah DELIVERER Moabites 2 Mesopotamian 1 Philistines 3 Canaanites 4 Great Sea

Deborah (4:4-5) Barak (4:6-10; 5:6-7) Arise! For this is the day in which the Lord has given Sisera into your hands…(4:14)

Jesus said to him, "Because you have seen Me, have you believed? Blessed are they who did not see, and yet believed.” (John 20:29; NASU) Arise! For this is the day in which the Lord has given Sisera into your hands…(4:14)

(5) But if any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all generously and without reproach, and it will be given to him. (6) But he must ask in faith without any doubting, for the one who doubts is like the surf of the sea, driven and tossed by the wind. (7) For that man ought not to expect that he will receive anything from the Lord, (8) being a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways. (James 1:5-8; NASU) Arise! For this is the day in which the Lord has given Sisera into your hands…(4:14)

Deborah (4:4-5) Barak (4:6-10; 5:6-7) 10,000 soldiers (5:8, 2, 13) Battle begins (5:12-14, 21; 4:23-24) Arise! For this is the day in which the Lord has given Sisera into your hands…(4:14)

Non-Israelite woman (4:17-21) Barak finds Sisera (4:22) Come, and I will show you the man whom you are seeking. (4:22)

(32) And what more shall I say? For time will fail me if I tell of Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, of David and Samuel and the prophets, (33) who by faith conquered kingdoms, performed acts of righteousness, obtained promises, shut the mouths of lions, (34) quenched the power of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, from weakness were made strong, became mighty in war, put foreign armies to flight. (Hebrews 11:32- 34; NASU) Come, and I will show you the man whom you are seeking. (4:22)

Praise offered to tribes that joined the battle (5:14-15a, 18) Some tribes did not join (5:15b-17, 23)

(1) A I am the true vine, and My Father is the vinedresser. (2) "Every branch in Me that does not bear fruit, He takes away; and every branch that bears fruit, He prunes it so that it may bear more fruit. (John 15:1-2; NASU)

A mother anticipates the return of her warrior son (5:28-29) Terrible actions of Sisera and the approval of his mother (5:30) “Why does his chariot delay in coming?”

(10) but repays those who hate Him to their faces, to destroy them; He will not delay with him who hates Him, He will repay him to his face. (11) "Therefore, you shall keep the commandment and the statutes and the judgments which I am commanding you today, to do them. (Deuteronomy 7:10-11; NASU) “Why does his chariot delay in coming?”

There was shared leadership, mutual responsibility, and glory distributed among several of the main characters. Let us not forget of the compassion of God. Let us not forget those God will punish for not keeping His commandments. A Study of Judges

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