WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:02.020 The book of Judges. 00:00:02.700 --> 00:00:05.780 Baba Bathra, which is a very fun thing to say, 00:00:06.020 --> 00:00:09.099 ! Baba Bathra, which is an ancient rabbinical text, 00:00:09.099 --> 00:00:12.700 ! holds the tradition that Samuel wrote it, 00:00:13.220 --> 00:00:17.820 ! But being uninspired, we can't be entirely sure that this is the case. 00:00:17.820 --> 00:00:23.500 But the ancient rabbinical tradition, they thought that Samuel wrote the book. 00:00:23.960 --> 00:00:29.980 But for this reason, if I refer to the author, I will simply say the author of Judges. 00:00:31.000 --> 00:00:34.159 Now, second, as to its date and occasion, 00:00:34.320 --> 00:00:41.620 we also are not given dates of authorship or stated occasion for the writing of this book. 00:00:42.219 --> 00:00:47.859 It records the time following the conquest work that was led by Joshua. 00:00:48.379 --> 00:00:51.840 It's a sequel to the preceding book of Joshua. 00:00:52.260 --> 00:00:55.100 If you are familiar with the Exodus story, 00:00:55.179 --> 00:00:59.460 you may recall that Moses led the people of Israel out of servitude in Egypt. 00:01:00.000 --> 00:01:06.079 God destroyed the Egyptian army that pursued them after the Israelites safely crossed the parted Red Sea. 00:01:06.799 --> 00:01:11.700 God brought them to encamp at the base of Mount Sinai, where he gave them the law. 00:01:11.879 --> 00:01:16.640 And then, they were meant to go into Canaan and conquer it, 00:01:16.640 --> 00:01:22.040 but because of their fear of the people and their faithlessness in God's promise, 00:01:22.900 --> 00:01:28.439 the generation that followed Moses out of Egypt was required to wander in the wilderness for 40 years 00:01:28.439 --> 00:01:31.500 and not enter into the land that had been promised to them. 00:01:31.500 --> 00:01:39.219 So, Joshua was an assistant to Moses who was given leadership after the passing of that generation, 00:01:39.540 --> 00:01:44.500 and he began the work of conquering the land that God had promised his people. 00:01:44.700 --> 00:01:49.299 He led them across the Jordan, and they began that work. 00:01:49.299 --> 00:01:52.899 You may remember the story of the city of Jericho, 00:01:52.899 --> 00:02:02.379 but as we will see, that work was not completed, again, due to Israel's unfaithfulness. 00:02:02.640 --> 00:02:05.659 They were told to drive the people out of the land. 00:02:05.719 --> 00:02:08.259 It was their land, and they were meant to take it, 00:02:08.340 --> 00:02:11.000 and they did it with varied success. 00:02:11.000 --> 00:02:16.199 So, note with me the double introduction of Judges. 00:02:16.539 --> 00:02:19.979 The first introduction begins in chapter 1 and verse 1 00:02:19.979 --> 00:02:24.259 and goes through chapter 2 and verse 5, 00:02:24.719 --> 00:02:28.800 and the second introduction begins in chapter 2 and verse 6 00:02:28.800 --> 00:02:32.420 and goes through chapter 3 and verse 6. 00:02:32.560 --> 00:02:35.300 It's a bit like the beginning of the book of Genesis, 00:02:35.939 --> 00:02:40.199 twice told the way things start. 00:02:40.199 --> 00:02:44.639 The beginning of each introduction mentions the death of Joshua, 00:02:44.639 --> 00:02:49.239 which should get our attention and highlight this double introduction. 00:02:49.419 --> 00:02:53.119 When you see something repeated, it's not that the writer lost his way. 00:02:53.259 --> 00:02:55.780 He doesn't forgot where he was in the narrative. 00:02:56.319 --> 00:03:00.219 There's something being emphasized, some reason we should go, 00:03:00.479 --> 00:03:01.719 wait a second. 00:03:02.959 --> 00:03:06.560 So, in Judges 1 and verse 1, the author writes, 00:03:06.560 --> 00:03:08.659 after the death of Joshua. 00:03:09.000 --> 00:03:11.939 The people of Israel inquired of the Lord, 00:03:12.120 --> 00:03:15.460 who shall go up first for us against the Canaanites 00:03:15.460 --> 00:03:18.099 to fight against them? 00:03:18.780 --> 00:03:24.000 So, this first introduction tells of successful campaigns 00:03:24.000 --> 00:03:28.060 led particularly by the tribe of Judah. 00:03:28.060 --> 00:03:30.719 And there'll be a little bit more on this later. 00:03:30.920 --> 00:03:32.939 That's on into chapter 1. 00:03:33.599 --> 00:03:38.599 And then focuses its attention on the failure of the people 00:03:38.599 --> 00:03:42.819 to obey God's commands conquering the land. 00:03:43.500 --> 00:03:46.500 You can see one account of that in its entirety 00:03:46.500 --> 00:03:50.300 in Judges 1, verse 27 and 28. 00:03:50.400 --> 00:03:51.520 There the author records, 00:03:51.520 --> 00:03:55.840 Manasseh did not drive out the inhabitants of Beth-shion 00:03:55.840 --> 00:03:58.800 and its villages, or Tanakh and its villages, 00:03:59.300 --> 00:04:01.879 or the inhabitants of Dor and its villages, 00:04:02.200 --> 00:04:05.600 or the inhabitants of Il-bi-om and its villages, 00:04:05.879 --> 00:04:08.760 or the inhabitants of Megiddo and its villages, 00:04:09.020 --> 00:04:12.719 for the Canaanites persisted in dwelling in that land. 00:04:13.200 --> 00:04:14.860 When Israel grew strong, 00:04:14.860 --> 00:04:17.420 they put the Canaanites to forced labor, 00:04:17.879 --> 00:04:21.019 but did not drive them out completely. 00:04:22.339 --> 00:04:24.120 So, they're commanded to do a thing 00:04:24.120 --> 00:04:27.359 that they did not do. 00:04:27.500 --> 00:04:30.519 And then we see this repeated stanza on beyond that 00:04:30.519 --> 00:04:32.299 in chapter 1. 00:04:32.539 --> 00:04:35.180 And Ephraim did not drive out. 00:04:35.639 --> 00:04:37.680 Zebulun did not drive out. 00:04:38.079 --> 00:04:39.719 Asher did not drive out. 00:04:40.099 --> 00:04:43.339 Naphtali did not drive out. 00:04:43.339 --> 00:04:49.039 So, a failure to do what they were commanded to do. 00:04:49.040 --> 00:04:52.060 We also see in this initial introduction 00:04:52.060 --> 00:04:54.780 that there's a leadership vacuum 00:04:54.780 --> 00:04:56.560 that is yet to be filled. 00:04:56.819 --> 00:04:58.980 This question is being asked in verse 1, 00:04:59.420 --> 00:05:01.240 Who shall go up first for us 00:05:01.240 --> 00:05:03.420 against the Canaanites 00:05:03.420 --> 00:05:04.820 to fight against them? 00:05:06.120 --> 00:05:08.580 The second introduction, as stated, 00:05:08.759 --> 00:05:11.680 begins at chapter 2 and verse 6, 00:05:11.780 --> 00:05:14.700 which we'll read in just a moment. 00:05:14.699 --> 00:05:19.779 While the first introduction focuses on Israel's failure to obey, 00:05:20.599 --> 00:05:23.680 the second sets up the pattern of the narrative 00:05:23.680 --> 00:05:28.759 and focuses on God's faithfulness to his people. 00:05:29.199 --> 00:05:32.259 You can see the unfaithfulness focus of the first introduction 00:05:32.259 --> 00:05:35.699 and God's faithfulness focus in the second. 00:05:36.699 --> 00:05:40.219 Judges altogether is not a happy book. 00:05:40.220 --> 00:05:43.140 It is full of tragedy. 00:05:43.980 --> 00:05:47.980 But the discerning reader will notice God still at work, 00:05:48.280 --> 00:05:51.160 still being gracious and merciful, 00:05:51.760 --> 00:05:54.600 still preserving people for his praise, 00:05:54.720 --> 00:05:59.420 a people that very clearly do not deserve to be preserved. 00:06:00.580 --> 00:06:03.260 You ought to conclude a reading of this book 00:06:03.260 --> 00:06:08.240 with amazement that God persists to love such a stubborn people 00:06:08.240 --> 00:06:13.460 and be encouraged that God persists with you. 00:06:14.740 --> 00:06:17.019 Judges concludes its record, 00:06:17.620 --> 00:06:20.199 setting the stage for the ministry of Samuel, 00:06:20.319 --> 00:06:24.040 which leads to the establishment of the monarchy. 00:06:24.240 --> 00:06:27.620 Perhaps that you forgot that we're still talking about the date 00:06:27.620 --> 00:06:29.960 and the occasion of the book. 00:06:30.220 --> 00:06:34.379 That's where it passes off into the ministry of Samuel, 00:06:34.379 --> 00:06:37.840 which we see recorded in 1 and 2 Samuel. 00:06:38.680 --> 00:06:39.900 I'll spare you the details, 00:06:40.100 --> 00:06:43.079 but this time period recorded in the book of Judges 00:06:43.079 --> 00:06:46.040 covers roughly 300 years. 00:06:46.160 --> 00:06:49.620 So this is a significant account of a period of time 00:06:49.620 --> 00:06:51.980 in Israel's history. 00:06:53.120 --> 00:06:56.139 Now, I am going to read all of chapter 2 in a moment 00:06:56.139 --> 00:06:58.680 and make some comments as we work through it. 00:06:58.680 --> 00:06:59.560 But before I do, 00:07:00.180 --> 00:07:02.900 I want you to have a couple of interpretive lenses 00:07:02.899 --> 00:07:08.439 to peer through for this chapter and for the book in total. 00:07:09.539 --> 00:07:10.159 Number one, 00:07:10.699 --> 00:07:14.639 a judge should not be thought of merely as an arbiter of the law, 00:07:14.759 --> 00:07:16.139 like today. 00:07:16.759 --> 00:07:21.819 You don't want to picture some court TV picture of a judge, 00:07:22.079 --> 00:07:25.199 but rather as a regional ruler. 00:07:25.739 --> 00:07:27.299 As they've come into the land, 00:07:27.300 --> 00:07:28.740 as was given to them, 00:07:28.780 --> 00:07:30.660 they've been divided up amongst the land, 00:07:30.759 --> 00:07:31.960 all the tribes. 00:07:32.060 --> 00:07:33.680 And there's various battles. 00:07:33.819 --> 00:07:34.960 There's various kings. 00:07:35.060 --> 00:07:37.879 There's lots of commotion going on 00:07:37.879 --> 00:07:40.120 across the promised land. 00:07:40.240 --> 00:07:41.960 And these judges are raised up 00:07:41.960 --> 00:07:43.960 over particular areas 00:07:43.960 --> 00:07:45.819 at particular times. 00:07:47.340 --> 00:07:47.900 Secondly, 00:07:48.740 --> 00:07:51.600 Judges is not written chronologically. 00:07:51.600 --> 00:07:53.879 You get very confused 00:07:53.879 --> 00:07:56.260 if you try to read it chronologically. 00:07:56.800 --> 00:07:57.240 In fact, 00:07:57.340 --> 00:07:58.520 that 300-year timeline 00:07:58.520 --> 00:08:00.220 gets all blown out of proportion 00:08:00.220 --> 00:08:01.320 if you do. 00:08:02.300 --> 00:08:04.460 It is a book of history. 00:08:04.680 --> 00:08:06.180 So it's recording real events 00:08:06.180 --> 00:08:07.100 that really happened, 00:08:07.480 --> 00:08:08.840 but it is structured 00:08:08.840 --> 00:08:11.480 to make a theological point. 00:08:11.879 --> 00:08:12.680 It's very cool 00:08:12.680 --> 00:08:14.640 the way that it's structured. 00:08:15.720 --> 00:08:17.540 I mentioned that in chapter 1, 00:08:18.280 --> 00:08:19.360 the first introduction, 00:08:19.360 --> 00:08:21.100 we see that there is a leadership void 00:08:21.100 --> 00:08:23.420 after the death of Joshua. 00:08:24.260 --> 00:08:25.600 This is a theme developed 00:08:25.600 --> 00:08:27.120 in a repeated phrase 00:08:27.120 --> 00:08:28.260 toward the end of the book, 00:08:28.980 --> 00:08:29.740 and that is that 00:08:29.740 --> 00:08:33.159 Israel needs a king. 00:08:33.960 --> 00:08:35.500 If you want to put a big, 00:08:35.560 --> 00:08:36.779 large theme 00:08:36.779 --> 00:08:39.100 over the entire book of Judges, 00:08:39.420 --> 00:08:42.460 Israel needs a king. 00:08:42.560 --> 00:08:43.720 So this repeated phrase, 00:08:43.800 --> 00:08:45.240 we see it in Judges 21, 00:08:45.420 --> 00:08:46.200 verse 25, 00:08:46.460 --> 00:08:47.960 also in chapter 17, 00:08:47.960 --> 00:08:48.840 and verse 6, 00:08:49.000 --> 00:08:50.379 in the exact same words. 00:08:50.379 --> 00:08:51.759 In those days, 00:08:51.899 --> 00:08:53.980 there was no king in Israel. 00:08:54.659 --> 00:08:56.220 Everyone did what was right 00:08:56.220 --> 00:08:58.559 in his own eyes. 00:08:58.919 --> 00:08:59.539 And the phrase, 00:08:59.679 --> 00:09:00.159 in those days, 00:09:00.240 --> 00:09:01.419 there was no king in Israel 00:09:01.419 --> 00:09:03.379 is also found in chapter 18, 00:09:03.519 --> 00:09:04.399 verse 1, 00:09:04.480 --> 00:09:05.759 and in chapter 19, 00:09:06.539 --> 00:09:07.340 verse 1. 00:09:07.700 --> 00:09:08.899 There's no king, 00:09:09.539 --> 00:09:12.439 so everyone did what was right 00:09:12.439 --> 00:09:14.379 in his own eyes. 00:09:14.379 --> 00:09:17.340 Now, you may say to me at this point, 00:09:17.399 --> 00:09:18.419 I'm making the case, right? 00:09:18.500 --> 00:09:19.720 Israel needs a king. 00:09:20.240 --> 00:09:20.960 You may say, 00:09:21.100 --> 00:09:22.139 but I thought 00:09:22.139 --> 00:09:23.759 that their first king, 00:09:23.899 --> 00:09:24.139 Saul, 00:09:24.200 --> 00:09:25.200 was given to them 00:09:25.200 --> 00:09:26.340 as a judgment. 00:09:27.139 --> 00:09:28.019 That they shouldn't have 00:09:28.019 --> 00:09:28.740 wanted a king. 00:09:29.559 --> 00:09:30.700 God should have been their king. 00:09:30.779 --> 00:09:31.840 They should not want a king. 00:09:31.980 --> 00:09:32.439 And so, 00:09:33.019 --> 00:09:33.939 they were given Saul 00:09:33.939 --> 00:09:34.759 as a judgment. 00:09:34.899 --> 00:09:35.580 And I agree 00:09:35.580 --> 00:09:36.919 with that statement. 00:09:36.919 --> 00:09:39.279 God gave Israel, 00:09:39.599 --> 00:09:40.279 in Saul, 00:09:40.860 --> 00:09:43.399 the king that they deserved. 00:09:43.839 --> 00:09:45.000 They did not wait 00:09:45.000 --> 00:09:45.559 for the king 00:09:45.559 --> 00:09:46.699 that he had promised. 00:09:48.279 --> 00:09:49.379 But in Saul, 00:09:49.500 --> 00:09:50.419 he did not give them 00:09:50.419 --> 00:09:52.599 the king that they needed. 00:09:53.599 --> 00:09:55.279 The king that they needed, 00:09:55.959 --> 00:09:56.839 temporally, 00:09:57.599 --> 00:09:58.399 was David. 00:09:59.219 --> 00:10:00.299 King David was the king 00:10:00.299 --> 00:10:01.399 that they were meant 00:10:01.399 --> 00:10:02.240 to wait for. 00:10:02.799 --> 00:10:03.559 And David 00:10:03.559 --> 00:10:05.339 was meant to point 00:10:05.339 --> 00:10:06.339 their thinking 00:10:06.340 --> 00:10:08.100 and ours 00:10:08.100 --> 00:10:10.160 to the ultimate king, 00:10:10.600 --> 00:10:12.240 the Lord Jesus Christ. 00:10:13.280 --> 00:10:14.519 There are no 00:10:14.519 --> 00:10:15.980 plan B's 00:10:15.980 --> 00:10:16.700 in the Bible. 00:10:16.840 --> 00:10:18.740 It's all plan A. 00:10:19.700 --> 00:10:20.920 David always 00:10:20.920 --> 00:10:21.920 was meant to be the king 00:10:21.920 --> 00:10:23.280 and he was meant 00:10:23.280 --> 00:10:24.080 to show us 00:10:24.080 --> 00:10:24.780 something 00:10:24.780 --> 00:10:26.700 of Christ. 00:10:27.500 --> 00:10:28.720 Let me show you this 00:10:28.720 --> 00:10:29.920 from the text. 00:10:30.920 --> 00:10:31.720 Most of you 00:10:31.720 --> 00:10:32.379 probably don't care, 00:10:32.519 --> 00:10:33.019 but some of you 00:10:33.019 --> 00:10:34.420 may be shaking your fist 00:10:34.420 --> 00:10:35.060 at me right now. 00:10:35.059 --> 00:10:36.739 In Genesis 49, 00:10:37.179 --> 00:10:38.819 this is verses 8-10, 00:10:39.159 --> 00:10:40.459 before Jacob's death, 00:10:40.539 --> 00:10:42.479 he's blessing his sons 00:10:42.479 --> 00:10:43.579 and he blesses Judah 00:10:43.579 --> 00:10:44.839 in this way. 00:10:45.539 --> 00:10:46.359 So now I'm not talking 00:10:46.359 --> 00:10:47.039 about the tribe of Judah, 00:10:47.079 --> 00:10:47.579 I'm talking about 00:10:47.579 --> 00:10:49.000 the actual man Judah 00:10:49.000 --> 00:10:50.139 from which the tribe 00:10:50.139 --> 00:10:50.819 comes. 00:10:51.919 --> 00:10:52.919 This is Genesis 49 00:10:52.919 --> 00:10:54.099 beginning in verse 8 00:10:54.099 --> 00:10:54.899 and following. 00:10:55.899 --> 00:10:56.259 Judah, 00:10:56.919 --> 00:10:57.859 your brother 00:10:57.859 --> 00:10:58.879 shall praise you. 00:10:59.459 --> 00:10:59.959 Your hand 00:10:59.959 --> 00:11:00.819 shall be on the neck 00:11:00.819 --> 00:11:01.419 of your enemies. 00:11:01.419 --> 00:11:02.839 your father's son 00:11:02.839 --> 00:11:03.899 shall bow down 00:11:03.899 --> 00:11:04.759 before you. 00:11:05.799 --> 00:11:07.500 Judah is a lion's cub. 00:11:07.639 --> 00:11:08.319 From the prey, 00:11:08.399 --> 00:11:08.799 my son, 00:11:08.839 --> 00:11:09.579 you have gone up. 00:11:09.979 --> 00:11:11.000 He stooped down, 00:11:11.099 --> 00:11:12.459 he crouched as a lion 00:11:12.459 --> 00:11:13.479 and as a lioness. 00:11:13.659 --> 00:11:14.799 Who dares 00:11:14.799 --> 00:11:15.979 rouse him? 00:11:16.799 --> 00:11:17.639 The scepter 00:11:17.639 --> 00:11:18.679 shall not depart 00:11:18.679 --> 00:11:19.539 from Judah, 00:11:19.599 --> 00:11:20.779 nor the ruler's staff 00:11:20.779 --> 00:11:21.699 from between his feet 00:11:21.699 --> 00:11:22.399 until tribute 00:11:22.399 --> 00:11:23.319 comes to him 00:11:23.319 --> 00:11:23.919 and to him 00:11:23.919 --> 00:11:25.559 shall be the obedience 00:11:25.559 --> 00:11:27.339 of the peoples. 00:11:27.340 --> 00:11:29.180 This blessing 00:11:29.180 --> 00:11:30.620 is fulfilled 00:11:30.620 --> 00:11:32.379 again temporally 00:11:32.379 --> 00:11:34.240 and typologically 00:11:34.240 --> 00:11:35.399 in David 00:11:35.399 --> 00:11:36.899 and then 00:11:36.899 --> 00:11:38.580 fully and finally 00:11:38.580 --> 00:11:40.300 in Jesus Christ. 00:11:40.920 --> 00:11:42.420 So I'm arguing to you 00:11:42.420 --> 00:11:43.440 that Israel 00:11:43.440 --> 00:11:44.460 needs a king 00:11:44.460 --> 00:11:45.120 and they should have been 00:11:45.120 --> 00:11:46.740 looking for a king 00:11:46.740 --> 00:11:47.800 like David 00:11:47.800 --> 00:11:49.120 and then ultimately 00:11:49.120 --> 00:11:49.980 a king 00:11:49.980 --> 00:11:51.660 like the Lord Jesus Christ. 00:11:52.600 --> 00:11:53.820 So I said 00:11:53.820 --> 00:11:55.280 Judges is structured 00:11:55.279 --> 00:11:57.379 to make that very 00:11:57.379 --> 00:11:59.699 theological point. 00:12:00.360 --> 00:12:01.339 And it's structured 00:12:01.339 --> 00:12:02.500 by doing this. 00:12:02.720 --> 00:12:03.879 The telling of the stories 00:12:03.879 --> 00:12:04.439 move, 00:12:04.679 --> 00:12:04.899 again, 00:12:04.959 --> 00:12:05.939 not chronologically, 00:12:06.480 --> 00:12:07.319 but they move 00:12:07.319 --> 00:12:08.919 geographically 00:12:08.919 --> 00:12:09.759 away 00:12:09.759 --> 00:12:10.980 from Judah. 00:12:11.659 --> 00:12:12.779 The further 00:12:12.779 --> 00:12:14.000 the story gets 00:12:14.000 --> 00:12:15.600 from Judah, 00:12:16.000 --> 00:12:16.779 we see 00:12:16.779 --> 00:12:17.639 the tribe of Judah's 00:12:17.639 --> 00:12:18.980 success in chapter 1, 00:12:19.379 --> 00:12:20.620 the further it gets, 00:12:20.740 --> 00:12:21.439 the worse 00:12:21.439 --> 00:12:22.699 off the people 00:12:22.699 --> 00:12:23.699 are. 00:12:23.700 --> 00:12:26.560 When you see 00:12:26.560 --> 00:12:27.140 this structure, 00:12:27.259 --> 00:12:28.340 it helps us anticipate 00:12:28.340 --> 00:12:29.160 the king 00:12:29.160 --> 00:12:30.740 that will come 00:12:30.740 --> 00:12:32.140 from the tribe 00:12:32.140 --> 00:12:33.379 of Judah. 00:12:33.740 --> 00:12:34.740 It's very brilliantly 00:12:34.740 --> 00:12:35.740 structured 00:12:35.740 --> 00:12:36.940 in that way. 00:12:38.600 --> 00:12:38.820 So, 00:12:39.660 --> 00:12:40.460 Judges chapter 2 00:12:40.460 --> 00:12:41.840 with some comments. 00:12:44.240 --> 00:12:45.320 I remind you 00:12:45.320 --> 00:12:45.900 that the first 00:12:45.900 --> 00:12:46.740 five verses 00:12:46.740 --> 00:12:48.140 are the conclusion 00:12:48.140 --> 00:12:49.520 of the first 00:12:49.520 --> 00:12:50.480 introduction. 00:12:50.640 --> 00:12:51.280 The chapter breaks 00:12:51.280 --> 00:12:52.340 don't really serve us well 00:12:52.340 --> 00:12:53.480 in this case. 00:12:54.100 --> 00:12:54.800 This is the conclusion 00:12:54.800 --> 00:12:55.580 of the first introduction. 00:12:55.800 --> 00:12:56.420 Judges chapter 2 00:12:56.420 --> 00:12:57.220 beginning in verse 1. 00:12:57.840 --> 00:12:58.379 Now the angel 00:12:58.379 --> 00:12:58.800 of the Lord 00:12:58.800 --> 00:12:59.379 went up 00:12:59.379 --> 00:13:00.379 from Gilgal 00:13:00.379 --> 00:13:01.860 to Bokim, 00:13:02.379 --> 00:13:02.879 which means 00:13:02.879 --> 00:13:03.560 weepers. 00:13:04.379 --> 00:13:04.980 And he said, 00:13:05.080 --> 00:13:05.900 I brought you up 00:13:05.900 --> 00:13:06.440 from Egypt 00:13:06.440 --> 00:13:07.180 and brought you 00:13:07.180 --> 00:13:07.800 into the land 00:13:07.800 --> 00:13:08.360 that I swore 00:13:08.360 --> 00:13:09.500 to give to your fathers. 00:13:09.500 --> 00:13:10.140 I said, 00:13:10.200 --> 00:13:10.700 I will never 00:13:10.700 --> 00:13:11.540 break my covenant 00:13:11.540 --> 00:13:12.220 with you 00:13:12.220 --> 00:13:13.120 and you shall 00:13:13.120 --> 00:13:14.040 make no covenant 00:13:14.040 --> 00:13:14.780 with the inhabitants 00:13:14.780 --> 00:13:15.500 of this land. 00:13:15.580 --> 00:13:16.240 You shall break 00:13:16.240 --> 00:13:17.660 down their altars. 00:13:18.240 --> 00:13:19.080 But you have 00:13:19.080 --> 00:13:20.160 not obeyed 00:13:20.160 --> 00:13:21.220 my voice. 00:13:21.879 --> 00:13:22.759 What is this 00:13:22.759 --> 00:13:23.559 you have done? 00:13:23.659 --> 00:13:24.580 So now I say, 00:13:24.700 --> 00:13:25.460 I will not drive 00:13:25.460 --> 00:13:26.340 them out before you, 00:13:26.419 --> 00:13:26.899 but they shall 00:13:26.899 --> 00:13:28.059 become thorns 00:13:28.059 --> 00:13:28.899 in your sides 00:13:28.899 --> 00:13:29.759 and their gods 00:13:29.759 --> 00:13:30.840 shall be a snare 00:13:30.840 --> 00:13:31.559 to you. 00:13:32.600 --> 00:13:33.179 As soon as 00:13:33.179 --> 00:13:33.819 the angel of the Lord 00:13:33.819 --> 00:13:34.759 spoke these words 00:13:34.759 --> 00:13:35.439 to all the people 00:13:35.439 --> 00:13:35.860 of Israel, 00:13:35.939 --> 00:13:36.799 the people lifted up 00:13:36.799 --> 00:13:37.279 their voices 00:13:37.279 --> 00:13:38.659 and wept. 00:13:39.240 --> 00:13:40.340 And they called 00:13:40.340 --> 00:13:41.559 the name of that place 00:13:41.559 --> 00:13:42.559 Bokim 00:13:42.559 --> 00:13:44.179 and they sacrificed 00:13:44.179 --> 00:13:46.000 there to the Lord. 00:13:46.080 --> 00:13:46.439 Now I read 00:13:46.439 --> 00:13:47.139 that part of it, 00:13:47.279 --> 00:13:47.419 right? 00:13:47.419 --> 00:13:47.899 We're going to see 00:13:47.899 --> 00:13:48.779 some of that repetition 00:13:48.779 --> 00:13:50.620 in the next part 00:13:50.620 --> 00:13:52.220 of the second introduction, 00:13:52.340 --> 00:13:52.799 but I wanted you 00:13:52.799 --> 00:13:54.100 to see that transition 00:13:54.100 --> 00:13:54.919 happen. 00:13:55.000 --> 00:13:55.639 So we've already read 00:13:55.639 --> 00:13:56.899 chapter 1 and verse 1. 00:13:57.019 --> 00:13:57.919 Now chapter 2 00:13:57.919 --> 00:13:59.220 and verse 6. 00:13:59.439 --> 00:14:00.480 When Joshua dismissed 00:14:00.480 --> 00:14:00.959 the people, 00:14:01.039 --> 00:14:01.799 the people of Israel 00:14:01.799 --> 00:14:03.259 went each to his inheritance 00:14:03.259 --> 00:14:04.279 to take possession 00:14:04.279 --> 00:14:05.639 of the land. 00:14:06.379 --> 00:14:07.459 And the people served 00:14:07.459 --> 00:14:08.480 the Lord all the days 00:14:08.480 --> 00:14:08.959 of Joshua 00:14:08.959 --> 00:14:09.840 and all the days 00:14:09.840 --> 00:14:10.620 of the elders 00:14:10.620 --> 00:14:12.079 who outlived Joshua, 00:14:12.639 --> 00:14:13.519 who had seen 00:14:13.519 --> 00:14:14.860 all the great work 00:14:14.860 --> 00:14:15.720 that the Lord 00:14:15.720 --> 00:14:16.560 had done 00:14:16.560 --> 00:14:17.659 for Israel. 00:14:17.980 --> 00:14:18.500 As long as those 00:14:18.500 --> 00:14:19.779 who were alive 00:14:19.779 --> 00:14:20.740 along with Joshua, 00:14:20.879 --> 00:14:21.700 his generation, 00:14:22.300 --> 00:14:22.899 they were faithful. 00:14:24.039 --> 00:14:24.519 Verse 8. 00:14:24.580 --> 00:14:25.100 And Joshua, 00:14:25.399 --> 00:14:26.159 the son of Nun, 00:14:26.680 --> 00:14:27.779 the servant of the Lord, 00:14:27.919 --> 00:14:28.899 died at the age 00:14:28.899 --> 00:14:30.919 of 110 years. 00:14:31.419 --> 00:14:32.300 And they buried him 00:14:32.300 --> 00:14:33.060 within the boundaries 00:14:33.060 --> 00:14:34.100 of his inheritance 00:14:34.100 --> 00:14:35.560 in Timnath-Hares, 00:14:36.139 --> 00:14:37.019 in the hill country 00:14:37.019 --> 00:14:37.840 of Ephraim, 00:14:38.200 --> 00:14:39.279 north of the mountain 00:14:39.279 --> 00:14:40.279 of Gash. 00:14:41.120 --> 00:14:42.980 And all that generation 00:14:42.980 --> 00:14:43.980 also were gathered 00:14:43.980 --> 00:14:44.759 to their fathers 00:14:44.759 --> 00:14:45.519 and there arose 00:14:45.519 --> 00:14:46.460 another generation 00:14:46.460 --> 00:14:47.319 after them 00:14:47.319 --> 00:14:48.879 who did not know 00:14:48.879 --> 00:14:49.500 the Lord 00:14:49.500 --> 00:14:50.279 or the work 00:14:50.279 --> 00:14:51.480 he had done 00:14:51.480 --> 00:14:52.740 for Israel. 00:14:53.879 --> 00:14:56.080 There's a whole new group now 00:14:56.080 --> 00:14:57.559 and they had not 00:14:57.559 --> 00:14:58.720 seen it happen 00:14:58.720 --> 00:14:59.319 and oh, 00:14:59.399 --> 00:14:59.980 you would hope 00:14:59.980 --> 00:15:01.000 that it had been told 00:15:01.000 --> 00:15:02.340 to them. 00:15:03.580 --> 00:15:05.700 Speaking of the gospel, 00:15:06.460 --> 00:15:08.100 theologian once said 00:15:08.100 --> 00:15:08.799 one generation 00:15:08.799 --> 00:15:10.720 believes the gospel, 00:15:11.259 --> 00:15:12.299 the next generation 00:15:12.299 --> 00:15:14.220 assumes the gospel, 00:15:14.759 --> 00:15:16.080 and the next generation 00:15:16.080 --> 00:15:18.819 forgets the gospel. 00:15:20.019 --> 00:15:20.539 So there had been 00:15:20.539 --> 00:15:21.659 some failure 00:15:21.659 --> 00:15:22.179 it would seem 00:15:22.179 --> 00:15:22.939 on their part 00:15:22.939 --> 00:15:23.519 but nonetheless 00:15:23.519 --> 00:15:25.000 we've got a new generation 00:15:25.000 --> 00:15:26.899 now that has forgotten 00:15:26.899 --> 00:15:28.419 how good God 00:15:28.419 --> 00:15:28.899 had been 00:15:28.899 --> 00:15:30.100 to them. 00:15:31.039 --> 00:15:31.399 So, 00:15:31.580 --> 00:15:32.100 verse 11, 00:15:32.500 --> 00:15:33.460 and the people 00:15:33.460 --> 00:15:34.059 of Israel 00:15:34.059 --> 00:15:35.200 did what was evil 00:15:35.200 --> 00:15:36.100 in the sight of the Lord 00:15:36.100 --> 00:15:37.580 and served the, 00:15:37.659 --> 00:15:38.720 and I think that this word 00:15:38.720 --> 00:15:39.740 is properly pronounced 00:15:39.740 --> 00:15:40.419 Baals, 00:15:40.680 --> 00:15:41.259 but I'm going to say 00:15:41.259 --> 00:15:41.639 Baals 00:15:41.639 --> 00:15:42.100 because I think 00:15:42.100 --> 00:15:42.860 it's simpler 00:15:42.860 --> 00:15:43.620 for all of us. 00:15:45.299 --> 00:15:46.639 And they abandoned 00:15:46.639 --> 00:15:47.039 the Lord, 00:15:47.120 --> 00:15:47.980 the God of their fathers 00:15:47.980 --> 00:15:48.860 who had brought them 00:15:48.860 --> 00:15:49.720 out of the land 00:15:49.720 --> 00:15:50.120 of Egypt. 00:15:50.639 --> 00:15:51.500 They went after 00:15:51.500 --> 00:15:52.360 other gods 00:15:52.360 --> 00:15:53.279 from among the gods 00:15:53.279 --> 00:15:53.759 of the people 00:15:53.759 --> 00:15:54.639 who were around them 00:15:54.639 --> 00:15:55.580 and bowed down 00:15:55.580 --> 00:15:56.019 to them 00:15:56.019 --> 00:15:57.299 and they provoked 00:15:57.299 --> 00:15:58.000 the Lord 00:15:58.000 --> 00:15:58.879 to anger. 00:15:59.379 --> 00:16:00.200 They abandoned 00:16:00.200 --> 00:16:00.620 the Lord 00:16:00.620 --> 00:16:01.580 and served 00:16:01.580 --> 00:16:02.279 the Baals 00:16:02.279 --> 00:16:03.460 and the Ashteroth 00:16:03.460 --> 00:16:03.960 which is just 00:16:03.960 --> 00:16:05.500 another pagan god. 00:16:06.060 --> 00:16:06.840 So the anger 00:16:06.840 --> 00:16:07.220 of the Lord 00:16:07.220 --> 00:16:07.920 was kindled 00:16:07.920 --> 00:16:08.800 against Israel 00:16:08.800 --> 00:16:09.519 and he gave them 00:16:09.519 --> 00:16:10.860 over to plunderers 00:16:10.860 --> 00:16:12.060 who plundered them 00:16:12.060 --> 00:16:13.540 and he sold them 00:16:13.540 --> 00:16:14.080 into the hand 00:16:14.080 --> 00:16:14.700 of their surrounding 00:16:14.700 --> 00:16:15.100 enemies 00:16:15.100 --> 00:16:15.500 so they could 00:16:15.500 --> 00:16:16.060 no longer 00:16:16.060 --> 00:16:16.519 withstand 00:16:16.519 --> 00:16:17.460 their enemies. 00:16:18.460 --> 00:16:18.840 Whenever they 00:16:18.840 --> 00:16:19.580 marched out 00:16:19.580 --> 00:16:20.580 the hand of the Lord 00:16:20.580 --> 00:16:21.500 was against them 00:16:21.500 --> 00:16:22.160 for harm 00:16:22.160 --> 00:16:22.759 as the Lord 00:16:22.759 --> 00:16:23.340 had warned 00:16:23.340 --> 00:16:23.960 and as the Lord 00:16:23.960 --> 00:16:25.100 had sworn to them 00:16:25.100 --> 00:16:25.860 and they were 00:16:25.860 --> 00:16:27.960 in terrible distress. 00:16:28.800 --> 00:16:29.639 Then the Lord 00:16:29.639 --> 00:16:31.139 raised up judges 00:16:31.139 --> 00:16:32.560 who saved them 00:16:32.560 --> 00:16:33.200 out of the hand 00:16:33.200 --> 00:16:33.720 of those 00:16:33.720 --> 00:16:34.560 who plundered them. 00:16:35.340 --> 00:16:35.920 Yet they did not 00:16:35.920 --> 00:16:36.940 listen to their judges 00:16:36.940 --> 00:16:37.700 for they 00:16:37.700 --> 00:16:38.280 whored after 00:16:38.280 --> 00:16:38.900 other gods 00:16:38.900 --> 00:16:39.460 and bowed 00:16:39.460 --> 00:16:40.160 down to them. 00:16:40.500 --> 00:16:41.000 They soon 00:16:41.000 --> 00:16:41.760 turned aside 00:16:41.760 --> 00:16:42.400 from the way 00:16:42.400 --> 00:16:42.720 in which 00:16:42.720 --> 00:16:43.260 their fathers 00:16:43.260 --> 00:16:43.860 had walked 00:16:43.860 --> 00:16:44.440 who had 00:16:44.440 --> 00:16:44.800 obeyed 00:16:44.800 --> 00:16:45.240 the commandments 00:16:45.240 --> 00:16:45.840 of the Lord 00:16:45.840 --> 00:16:46.680 and they did 00:16:46.680 --> 00:16:47.660 not do so. 00:16:49.020 --> 00:16:49.840 Whenever the Lord 00:16:49.840 --> 00:16:50.560 raised up judges 00:16:50.560 --> 00:16:50.960 for them 00:16:50.960 --> 00:16:51.380 the Lord 00:16:51.380 --> 00:16:52.200 was with the judge 00:16:52.200 --> 00:16:52.920 and he saved 00:16:52.920 --> 00:16:53.740 them from the hand 00:16:53.740 --> 00:16:54.280 of their enemies 00:16:54.280 --> 00:16:55.320 all the days 00:16:55.320 --> 00:16:56.120 of the judge 00:16:56.120 --> 00:16:57.100 for the Lord 00:16:57.100 --> 00:16:57.720 was moved 00:16:57.720 --> 00:16:58.160 to pity 00:16:58.160 --> 00:16:58.940 by their groaning 00:16:58.940 --> 00:16:59.720 because of those 00:16:59.720 --> 00:17:00.560 who afflicted 00:17:00.560 --> 00:17:01.800 and oppressed them. 00:17:02.680 --> 00:17:03.100 But whenever 00:17:03.100 --> 00:17:03.780 the judge died 00:17:03.780 --> 00:17:04.580 they turned back 00:17:04.580 --> 00:17:05.480 and were more 00:17:05.480 --> 00:17:06.620 corrupt than their fathers 00:17:06.619 --> 00:17:07.679 going after 00:17:07.679 --> 00:17:08.519 other gods 00:17:08.519 --> 00:17:09.619 serving them 00:17:09.619 --> 00:17:10.179 and bowing 00:17:10.179 --> 00:17:10.799 down to them. 00:17:11.359 --> 00:17:11.839 They did not 00:17:11.839 --> 00:17:12.479 drop any 00:17:12.479 --> 00:17:13.199 of their practices 00:17:13.199 --> 00:17:14.339 or their stubborn 00:17:14.339 --> 00:17:14.819 ways. 00:17:15.859 --> 00:17:16.619 So the anger 00:17:16.619 --> 00:17:16.959 of the Lord 00:17:16.959 --> 00:17:17.439 was kindled 00:17:17.439 --> 00:17:18.099 against Israel 00:17:18.099 --> 00:17:18.759 and he said 00:17:18.759 --> 00:17:19.959 because this people 00:17:19.959 --> 00:17:20.839 have transgressed 00:17:20.839 --> 00:17:21.359 my covenant 00:17:21.359 --> 00:17:21.739 that I have 00:17:21.739 --> 00:17:22.339 commanded their 00:17:22.339 --> 00:17:22.759 fathers 00:17:22.759 --> 00:17:23.319 and have not 00:17:23.319 --> 00:17:24.299 obeyed my voice 00:17:24.299 --> 00:17:25.619 I will no longer 00:17:25.619 --> 00:17:26.639 drive out before them 00:17:26.639 --> 00:17:27.599 any of the nations 00:17:27.599 --> 00:17:28.699 that Joshua left 00:17:28.699 --> 00:17:29.799 when he died 00:17:29.799 --> 00:17:31.239 in order to test 00:17:31.239 --> 00:17:32.459 Israel by them 00:17:32.459 --> 00:17:33.299 whether they will 00:17:33.299 --> 00:17:33.899 take care 00:17:33.899 --> 00:17:34.539 to walk 00:17:34.539 --> 00:17:34.920 in the way 00:17:34.920 --> 00:17:35.399 of the Lord 00:17:35.399 --> 00:17:36.119 as their fathers 00:17:36.119 --> 00:17:37.659 did or not. 00:17:38.440 --> 00:17:38.960 So the Lord 00:17:38.960 --> 00:17:39.799 left those nations 00:17:39.799 --> 00:17:40.579 not driving 00:17:40.579 --> 00:17:41.579 them out quickly. 00:17:41.759 --> 00:17:42.420 I stated 00:17:42.420 --> 00:17:44.019 that the second 00:17:44.019 --> 00:17:44.920 introduction 00:17:44.920 --> 00:17:45.859 sets up 00:17:45.859 --> 00:17:46.579 the pattern 00:17:46.579 --> 00:17:47.379 of the narrative 00:17:47.379 --> 00:17:48.379 and focuses 00:17:48.379 --> 00:17:49.440 on God's 00:17:49.440 --> 00:17:50.799 faithfulness 00:17:50.799 --> 00:17:52.180 to his people. 00:17:52.379 --> 00:17:53.819 So here's that 00:17:53.819 --> 00:17:54.099 pattern 00:17:54.099 --> 00:17:54.539 I want you to 00:17:54.539 --> 00:17:54.879 note it 00:17:54.879 --> 00:17:55.759 and it repeats 00:17:55.759 --> 00:17:56.639 again and again 00:17:56.639 --> 00:17:58.099 as you see 00:17:58.099 --> 00:17:58.519 these different 00:17:58.519 --> 00:17:59.059 accounts 00:17:59.059 --> 00:18:00.619 of the judges. 00:18:00.619 --> 00:18:02.239 The first thing 00:18:02.239 --> 00:18:02.699 that happens 00:18:02.699 --> 00:18:03.379 is that the 00:18:03.379 --> 00:18:05.219 people rebel. 00:18:05.500 --> 00:18:06.259 They turn away 00:18:06.259 --> 00:18:06.899 from God 00:18:06.899 --> 00:18:08.119 and God's 00:18:08.119 --> 00:18:08.719 ways. 00:18:08.839 --> 00:18:09.879 They turn to 00:18:09.879 --> 00:18:11.019 the idols 00:18:11.019 --> 00:18:11.799 the gods 00:18:11.799 --> 00:18:13.219 of the land. 00:18:13.719 --> 00:18:14.019 So we see 00:18:14.019 --> 00:18:15.079 in verse 13 00:18:15.079 --> 00:18:15.779 of chapter 2 00:18:15.779 --> 00:18:16.639 they abandon 00:18:16.639 --> 00:18:17.239 the Lord 00:18:17.239 --> 00:18:18.379 and they serve 00:18:18.379 --> 00:18:19.159 the Baals 00:18:19.159 --> 00:18:20.799 and the Ashtaroth. 00:18:21.039 --> 00:18:21.779 Those things 00:18:21.779 --> 00:18:22.199 that they could 00:18:22.199 --> 00:18:23.000 see and 00:18:23.000 --> 00:18:24.419 bow down 00:18:24.419 --> 00:18:25.500 to. 00:18:26.639 --> 00:18:27.179 And because 00:18:27.179 --> 00:18:27.759 of this 00:18:27.759 --> 00:18:29.059 God's 00:18:29.059 --> 00:18:29.720 anger 00:18:29.720 --> 00:18:30.660 is kindled 00:18:30.660 --> 00:18:31.599 verse 14 00:18:31.599 --> 00:18:32.460 tells us. 00:18:32.599 --> 00:18:33.140 So the second 00:18:33.140 --> 00:18:34.259 step in the 00:18:34.259 --> 00:18:34.879 pattern is that 00:18:34.879 --> 00:18:36.079 God hands 00:18:36.079 --> 00:18:36.619 them over 00:18:36.619 --> 00:18:37.839 to the people 00:18:37.839 --> 00:18:39.099 of the land. 00:18:39.420 --> 00:18:40.059 Verse 14 00:18:40.059 --> 00:18:40.660 says that 00:18:40.660 --> 00:18:41.440 he gave them 00:18:41.440 --> 00:18:42.480 over to 00:18:42.480 --> 00:18:43.160 plunders 00:18:43.160 --> 00:18:44.599 and plunders 00:18:44.599 --> 00:18:45.160 are going to 00:18:45.160 --> 00:18:45.539 plunder. 00:18:45.799 --> 00:18:46.160 So that's what 00:18:46.160 --> 00:18:46.559 they do. 00:18:46.700 --> 00:18:47.240 They plunder 00:18:47.240 --> 00:18:48.559 them and he 00:18:48.559 --> 00:18:49.500 sells them 00:18:49.500 --> 00:18:50.119 into the 00:18:50.119 --> 00:18:51.240 hand of 00:18:51.240 --> 00:18:51.859 their surrounding 00:18:51.859 --> 00:18:52.599 enemies so 00:18:52.599 --> 00:18:53.059 they can no 00:18:53.059 --> 00:18:54.180 longer withstand 00:18:54.180 --> 00:18:55.700 their enemies. 00:18:55.879 --> 00:18:56.519 And you see 00:18:56.519 --> 00:18:57.319 this Exodus 00:18:57.319 --> 00:18:58.299 pattern repeated 00:18:58.299 --> 00:18:59.539 again and 00:18:59.539 --> 00:19:00.019 again. 00:19:00.339 --> 00:19:00.439 Right? 00:19:00.779 --> 00:19:01.579 What's happening 00:19:01.579 --> 00:19:02.000 to them here? 00:19:02.059 --> 00:19:02.319 They're being 00:19:02.319 --> 00:19:03.500 sold into 00:19:03.500 --> 00:19:04.720 slavery. 00:19:05.139 --> 00:19:05.299 Right? 00:19:05.339 --> 00:19:05.539 And they're 00:19:05.539 --> 00:19:05.839 going to be 00:19:05.839 --> 00:19:06.859 set free 00:19:06.859 --> 00:19:08.319 by a judge. 00:19:09.279 --> 00:19:09.839 Moses 00:19:09.839 --> 00:19:10.839 typologically 00:19:10.839 --> 00:19:11.839 is like 00:19:11.839 --> 00:19:12.460 the first 00:19:12.460 --> 00:19:13.059 judge 00:19:13.059 --> 00:19:14.579 in this 00:19:14.579 --> 00:19:15.119 sense. 00:19:15.279 --> 00:19:15.639 So the 00:19:15.639 --> 00:19:16.279 people rebel. 00:19:16.439 --> 00:19:16.799 God hands 00:19:16.799 --> 00:19:17.319 them over 00:19:17.319 --> 00:19:17.839 to the people 00:19:17.839 --> 00:19:19.099 of the land. 00:19:19.220 --> 00:19:19.980 But thirdly 00:19:19.980 --> 00:19:21.579 God shows 00:19:21.579 --> 00:19:22.339 them mercy 00:19:22.339 --> 00:19:23.720 by raising 00:19:23.720 --> 00:19:24.399 up a judge. 00:19:25.240 --> 00:19:25.639 And we see 00:19:25.639 --> 00:19:26.240 early in the 00:19:26.240 --> 00:19:26.639 book the 00:19:26.640 --> 00:19:27.180 people cry 00:19:27.180 --> 00:19:27.560 out to 00:19:27.560 --> 00:19:27.759 him. 00:19:28.480 --> 00:19:28.780 They're 00:19:28.780 --> 00:19:29.660 in distress. 00:19:30.080 --> 00:19:30.400 Chapter 2 00:19:30.400 --> 00:19:30.860 tells us he 00:19:30.860 --> 00:19:31.400 has pity 00:19:31.400 --> 00:19:31.960 on them 00:19:31.960 --> 00:19:32.680 because of 00:19:32.680 --> 00:19:33.820 their distress. 00:19:34.160 --> 00:19:34.400 But as 00:19:34.400 --> 00:19:34.700 the book 00:19:34.700 --> 00:19:35.400 proceeds, 00:19:36.380 --> 00:19:36.840 they stop 00:19:36.840 --> 00:19:37.560 crying out. 00:19:38.480 --> 00:19:39.380 Yet God 00:19:39.380 --> 00:19:40.440 still shows 00:19:40.440 --> 00:19:41.280 them mercy 00:19:41.280 --> 00:19:42.880 and raises 00:19:42.880 --> 00:19:43.820 up a judge 00:19:43.820 --> 00:19:45.020 who delivers 00:19:45.020 --> 00:19:45.720 them from 00:19:45.720 --> 00:19:47.220 this oppression. 00:19:47.500 --> 00:19:47.740 So the 00:19:47.740 --> 00:19:48.340 first part of 00:19:48.340 --> 00:19:49.160 16 says, 00:19:49.280 --> 00:19:49.440 then the 00:19:49.440 --> 00:19:50.320 Lord raised 00:19:50.320 --> 00:19:50.780 up judges 00:19:50.780 --> 00:19:51.480 who saved 00:19:51.480 --> 00:19:52.140 them out of 00:19:52.140 --> 00:19:52.740 the hands 00:19:52.740 --> 00:19:53.680 of those 00:19:53.680 --> 00:19:54.940 who plundered 00:19:54.940 --> 00:19:55.220 them. 00:19:56.660 --> 00:19:57.200 Fourthly, 00:19:57.319 --> 00:19:57.859 the judge, 00:19:58.120 --> 00:19:59.019 by God's 00:19:59.019 --> 00:19:59.420 help, 00:20:00.079 --> 00:20:00.620 delivers the 00:20:00.620 --> 00:20:01.059 Israelites 00:20:01.059 --> 00:20:02.240 and they 00:20:02.240 --> 00:20:04.180 have rest. 00:20:04.880 --> 00:20:05.220 The Lord 00:20:05.220 --> 00:20:05.740 raised up 00:20:05.740 --> 00:20:06.079 the judges 00:20:06.079 --> 00:20:06.539 who saved 00:20:06.539 --> 00:20:06.779 them out 00:20:06.779 --> 00:20:07.079 of hand 00:20:07.079 --> 00:20:07.640 of those 00:20:07.640 --> 00:20:09.319 who plundered 00:20:09.319 --> 00:20:11.660 them and 00:20:11.660 --> 00:20:12.180 they rest. 00:20:12.299 --> 00:20:12.519 And there's 00:20:12.519 --> 00:20:13.079 these periods 00:20:13.079 --> 00:20:13.660 of years 00:20:13.660 --> 00:20:14.400 that go by 00:20:14.400 --> 00:20:15.039 in the region 00:20:15.039 --> 00:20:15.759 of Moab 00:20:15.759 --> 00:20:16.400 that there's 00:20:16.400 --> 00:20:17.359 rest for 00:20:17.359 --> 00:20:17.759 the people 00:20:17.759 --> 00:20:19.379 of Israel. 00:20:19.980 --> 00:20:20.279 And then 00:20:20.279 --> 00:20:20.460 we're going 00:20:20.460 --> 00:20:20.660 to see 00:20:20.660 --> 00:20:21.279 those time 00:20:21.279 --> 00:20:22.019 periods get 00:20:22.019 --> 00:20:22.940 shorter and 00:20:22.940 --> 00:20:24.059 shorter as 00:20:24.059 --> 00:20:24.460 the book 00:20:24.460 --> 00:20:26.180 goes on. 00:20:26.940 --> 00:20:27.279 So the 00:20:27.279 --> 00:20:27.839 people repel, 00:20:28.059 --> 00:20:28.440 God hands 00:20:28.440 --> 00:20:28.779 them over 00:20:28.779 --> 00:20:29.539 to the 00:20:29.539 --> 00:20:29.819 people of 00:20:29.819 --> 00:20:30.160 the land. 00:20:30.319 --> 00:20:30.619 God shows 00:20:30.619 --> 00:20:31.339 mercy by 00:20:31.339 --> 00:20:31.799 raising up 00:20:31.799 --> 00:20:32.140 a judge. 00:20:32.240 --> 00:20:32.700 The judge 00:20:32.700 --> 00:20:33.180 by God's 00:20:33.180 --> 00:20:33.879 help delivers 00:20:33.879 --> 00:20:35.119 them and 00:20:35.119 --> 00:20:35.960 they have 00:20:35.960 --> 00:20:36.500 rest. 00:20:37.059 --> 00:20:37.480 There are a 00:20:37.480 --> 00:20:38.039 total of 00:20:38.039 --> 00:20:39.299 12 judges 00:20:39.299 --> 00:20:40.500 recorded in 00:20:40.500 --> 00:20:40.920 this book, 00:20:41.079 --> 00:20:42.019 six major 00:20:42.019 --> 00:20:42.720 and six 00:20:42.720 --> 00:20:43.279 minor, 00:20:43.879 --> 00:20:44.539 which simply 00:20:44.539 --> 00:20:45.200 means that 00:20:45.200 --> 00:20:46.519 there's more 00:20:46.519 --> 00:20:47.420 significant time 00:20:47.420 --> 00:20:47.940 given to 00:20:47.940 --> 00:20:48.320 six of 00:20:48.320 --> 00:20:48.519 them. 00:20:49.019 --> 00:20:49.820 Very short 00:20:49.820 --> 00:20:50.720 record of 00:20:50.720 --> 00:20:51.640 some of 00:20:51.640 --> 00:20:51.759 them. 00:20:51.840 --> 00:20:52.100 That's the 00:20:52.100 --> 00:20:52.539 same way we 00:20:52.539 --> 00:20:52.980 treat the 00:20:52.980 --> 00:20:53.320 prophets, 00:20:53.460 --> 00:20:54.259 major and 00:20:54.259 --> 00:20:55.539 minor. 00:20:56.380 --> 00:20:57.200 The major 00:20:57.200 --> 00:20:57.840 prophets are 00:20:57.840 --> 00:20:58.519 Othniel, 00:20:58.920 --> 00:20:59.560 Ehud, 00:21:00.160 --> 00:21:00.900 Debrus, 00:21:01.140 --> 00:21:02.039 Slashberic, 00:21:02.740 --> 00:21:03.539 Gideon, 00:21:04.279 --> 00:21:04.920 Jephthah, 00:21:05.320 --> 00:21:06.180 and Samson. 00:21:07.039 --> 00:21:07.600 The minor, 00:21:07.820 --> 00:21:08.180 some of these 00:21:08.180 --> 00:21:08.600 names you may 00:21:08.600 --> 00:21:09.320 have never 00:21:09.320 --> 00:21:10.360 heard before, 00:21:11.180 --> 00:21:12.080 are Shamgar, 00:21:12.759 --> 00:21:13.279 Tola, 00:21:13.980 --> 00:21:14.519 Jair, 00:21:15.140 --> 00:21:15.740 Ibzon, 00:21:16.640 --> 00:21:16.920 Elon, 00:21:17.420 --> 00:21:18.420 and Abdon. 00:21:20.039 --> 00:21:20.460 If you 00:21:20.460 --> 00:21:21.240 take the 00:21:21.240 --> 00:21:21.640 time to 00:21:21.640 --> 00:21:22.320 study all 00:21:22.320 --> 00:21:22.660 of these 00:21:22.660 --> 00:21:22.960 judges, 00:21:23.080 --> 00:21:23.279 you will 00:21:23.279 --> 00:21:23.820 notice that 00:21:23.820 --> 00:21:24.960 these judges 00:21:24.960 --> 00:21:25.680 are a 00:21:25.680 --> 00:21:27.000 mixed bag 00:21:27.000 --> 00:21:28.060 of faithfulness. 00:21:28.140 --> 00:21:28.420 We have 00:21:28.420 --> 00:21:28.900 very little 00:21:28.900 --> 00:21:29.660 detail about 00:21:29.660 --> 00:21:30.080 some of 00:21:30.080 --> 00:21:30.539 them at 00:21:30.539 --> 00:21:30.880 all. 00:21:31.800 --> 00:21:32.200 Some of 00:21:32.200 --> 00:21:32.320 them, 00:21:32.460 --> 00:21:33.120 we have no 00:21:33.120 --> 00:21:34.019 record of 00:21:34.019 --> 00:21:35.900 their particular 00:21:35.900 --> 00:21:37.360 faithfulness, 00:21:37.460 --> 00:21:37.940 but you begin 00:21:37.940 --> 00:21:38.580 to see this 00:21:38.580 --> 00:21:39.300 kind of 00:21:39.300 --> 00:21:40.519 devolving 00:21:40.519 --> 00:21:41.460 weakness in 00:21:41.460 --> 00:21:42.000 their faith 00:21:42.000 --> 00:21:42.700 as the 00:21:42.700 --> 00:21:43.200 narrative 00:21:43.200 --> 00:21:44.740 progressives. 00:21:44.740 --> 00:21:45.299 So, 00:21:45.480 --> 00:21:45.799 as a 00:21:45.799 --> 00:21:46.180 whole, 00:21:46.720 --> 00:21:47.279 they leave 00:21:47.279 --> 00:21:48.380 something 00:21:48.380 --> 00:21:49.680 wanting in 00:21:49.680 --> 00:21:50.059 a ruler, 00:21:50.319 --> 00:21:51.279 a longing 00:21:51.279 --> 00:21:51.740 for a 00:21:51.740 --> 00:21:52.440 better 00:21:52.440 --> 00:21:53.700 ruler 00:21:53.700 --> 00:21:54.480 for the 00:21:54.480 --> 00:21:54.839 land. 00:21:56.140 --> 00:21:56.220 So, 00:21:56.279 --> 00:21:56.620 that cycle, 00:21:56.779 --> 00:21:57.180 people rebel, 00:21:57.519 --> 00:21:57.859 God hands 00:21:57.859 --> 00:21:58.180 them over 00:21:58.180 --> 00:21:58.839 to the 00:21:58.839 --> 00:21:59.120 people of 00:21:59.120 --> 00:21:59.460 the land, 00:21:59.620 --> 00:21:59.960 God shows 00:21:59.960 --> 00:22:00.440 them mercy 00:22:00.440 --> 00:22:00.920 by raising 00:22:00.920 --> 00:22:01.200 up a 00:22:01.200 --> 00:22:01.400 judge, 00:22:01.480 --> 00:22:01.839 the judge 00:22:01.839 --> 00:22:02.359 by God's 00:22:02.359 --> 00:22:03.079 help delivers 00:22:03.079 --> 00:22:03.759 the Israel, 00:22:03.859 --> 00:22:04.200 and the 00:22:04.200 --> 00:22:04.799 people return 00:22:04.799 --> 00:22:05.960 to wickedness. 00:22:06.380 --> 00:22:07.180 300 years, 00:22:07.819 --> 00:22:08.220 cycle, 00:22:08.440 --> 00:22:08.740 cycle, 00:22:09.579 --> 00:22:09.920 cycle. 00:22:10.019 --> 00:22:10.559 Verse 19, 00:22:10.660 --> 00:22:11.059 chapter 2, 00:22:11.059 --> 00:22:11.379 but whenever 00:22:11.379 --> 00:22:11.720 the judge 00:22:11.720 --> 00:22:12.059 died, 00:22:12.159 --> 00:22:12.639 they turned 00:22:12.639 --> 00:22:13.839 back and 00:22:13.839 --> 00:22:14.240 were more 00:22:14.240 --> 00:22:14.899 corrupt than 00:22:14.899 --> 00:22:15.419 their fathers, 00:22:15.539 --> 00:22:16.159 going after 00:22:16.159 --> 00:22:16.839 other gods, 00:22:16.960 --> 00:22:17.579 serving them 00:22:17.579 --> 00:22:18.119 and bowing 00:22:18.119 --> 00:22:18.500 down to 00:22:18.500 --> 00:22:18.779 them. 00:22:19.399 --> 00:22:19.720 They did 00:22:19.720 --> 00:22:20.279 not drop 00:22:20.279 --> 00:22:20.619 any of 00:22:20.619 --> 00:22:21.179 their practices 00:22:21.179 --> 00:22:21.599 or their 00:22:21.599 --> 00:22:23.859 stubborn ways. 00:22:23.960 --> 00:22:24.159 It just 00:22:24.159 --> 00:22:25.139 seems to 00:22:25.139 --> 00:22:26.519 spiral worse 00:22:26.519 --> 00:22:27.240 and worse 00:22:27.240 --> 00:22:27.960 and worse 00:22:27.960 --> 00:22:28.679 as the 00:22:28.679 --> 00:22:30.000 book goes 00:22:30.000 --> 00:22:30.279 on. 00:22:30.419 --> 00:22:30.579 So, 00:22:30.639 --> 00:22:30.919 it's making 00:22:30.919 --> 00:22:31.740 this theological 00:22:31.740 --> 00:22:32.659 case. 00:22:33.799 --> 00:22:34.159 Israel 00:22:34.159 --> 00:22:35.700 needs a 00:22:35.700 --> 00:22:36.259 righteous 00:22:36.259 --> 00:22:37.899 ruler who 00:22:37.899 --> 00:22:39.599 possesses the 00:22:39.599 --> 00:22:40.819 power of 00:22:40.819 --> 00:22:41.899 an indestructible 00:22:41.899 --> 00:22:42.819 life. 00:22:43.379 --> 00:22:44.000 The judges 00:22:44.000 --> 00:22:44.379 die. 00:22:45.119 --> 00:22:45.939 They die, 00:22:46.419 --> 00:22:47.279 and then 00:22:47.279 --> 00:22:48.119 everything 00:22:48.119 --> 00:22:49.399 devolves 00:22:49.399 --> 00:22:49.819 again. 00:22:50.379 --> 00:22:50.779 Then one's 00:22:50.779 --> 00:22:51.299 raised up, 00:22:51.519 --> 00:22:52.059 sets free, 00:22:52.559 --> 00:22:53.039 and then 00:22:53.039 --> 00:22:53.599 they die 00:22:53.599 --> 00:22:54.879 again and 00:22:54.879 --> 00:22:55.480 again and 00:22:55.480 --> 00:22:55.819 again. 00:22:56.299 --> 00:22:56.879 Israel 00:22:56.879 --> 00:22:58.139 needs a 00:22:58.139 --> 00:22:58.659 righteous 00:22:58.659 --> 00:22:59.039 ruler, 00:22:59.220 --> 00:22:59.919 a perfect 00:22:59.919 --> 00:23:01.240 ruler who 00:23:01.240 --> 00:23:01.839 possesses the 00:23:01.839 --> 00:23:03.019 power of 00:23:03.019 --> 00:23:03.779 an indestructible 00:23:03.779 --> 00:23:04.539 life. 00:23:04.639 --> 00:23:04.939 And I'm not 00:23:04.939 --> 00:23:05.259 saying that 00:23:05.259 --> 00:23:05.619 that's King 00:23:05.619 --> 00:23:05.879 David, 00:23:05.960 --> 00:23:06.240 but King 00:23:06.240 --> 00:23:06.960 David is 00:23:06.960 --> 00:23:07.700 foreshadowing 00:23:07.700 --> 00:23:08.819 for us the 00:23:08.819 --> 00:23:10.240 Lord Jesus 00:23:10.240 --> 00:23:10.720 Christ. 00:23:11.839 --> 00:23:12.240 So, 00:23:12.299 --> 00:23:12.559 the narrative 00:23:12.559 --> 00:23:13.140 continues to 00:23:13.140 --> 00:23:13.480 follow this 00:23:13.480 --> 00:23:13.779 pattern, 00:23:13.980 --> 00:23:14.160 right? 00:23:14.319 --> 00:23:14.740 There's five 00:23:14.740 --> 00:23:15.180 steps, 00:23:15.380 --> 00:23:16.099 ever descending 00:23:16.099 --> 00:23:17.940 spiral. 00:23:18.259 --> 00:23:18.559 And so, 00:23:18.740 --> 00:23:19.220 let's look 00:23:19.220 --> 00:23:19.940 together at 00:23:19.940 --> 00:23:20.900 two of the 00:23:20.900 --> 00:23:22.539 judges in 00:23:22.539 --> 00:23:22.880 brief. 00:23:22.960 --> 00:23:23.120 And we're 00:23:23.120 --> 00:23:23.400 just going to 00:23:23.400 --> 00:23:23.799 read one 00:23:23.799 --> 00:23:24.200 major, 00:23:25.019 --> 00:23:25.519 I'll make 00:23:25.519 --> 00:23:26.059 some comments, 00:23:26.120 --> 00:23:26.440 and one 00:23:26.440 --> 00:23:26.799 minor. 00:23:26.880 --> 00:23:27.160 I just want 00:23:27.160 --> 00:23:27.460 to kind of 00:23:27.460 --> 00:23:28.039 juxtapose 00:23:28.039 --> 00:23:28.440 those two 00:23:28.440 --> 00:23:28.759 and show 00:23:28.759 --> 00:23:29.220 you how 00:23:29.220 --> 00:23:30.900 simple some 00:23:30.900 --> 00:23:31.180 of those 00:23:31.180 --> 00:23:32.500 minor records 00:23:32.500 --> 00:23:33.920 can be. 00:23:34.059 --> 00:23:34.220 And so, 00:23:34.279 --> 00:23:34.599 I thought we 00:23:34.599 --> 00:23:35.039 would look at 00:23:35.039 --> 00:23:35.620 Judges chapter 00:23:35.620 --> 00:23:36.180 three. 00:23:36.180 --> 00:23:36.279 E, 00:23:37.000 --> 00:23:38.600 this is the 00:23:38.600 --> 00:23:39.400 major judge 00:23:39.400 --> 00:23:40.440 Ehud, 00:23:40.759 --> 00:23:41.460 or Ehud 00:23:41.460 --> 00:23:42.000 if you prefer, 00:23:42.100 --> 00:23:42.320 but I'm 00:23:42.320 --> 00:23:42.380 going to 00:23:42.380 --> 00:23:43.080 say Ehud. 00:23:46.080 --> 00:23:46.740 I picked 00:23:46.740 --> 00:23:47.299 this one, 00:23:47.500 --> 00:23:48.400 not for grand 00:23:48.400 --> 00:23:48.900 significance, 00:23:49.039 --> 00:23:49.380 it's right 00:23:49.380 --> 00:23:49.600 there, 00:23:49.660 --> 00:23:50.240 it's close, 00:23:50.620 --> 00:23:51.140 it's also 00:23:51.140 --> 00:23:51.560 just a 00:23:51.560 --> 00:23:52.060 fascinating 00:23:52.060 --> 00:23:52.539 story. 00:23:53.740 --> 00:23:54.720 This book 00:23:54.720 --> 00:23:55.360 is full of 00:23:55.360 --> 00:23:56.060 some very, 00:23:56.240 --> 00:23:57.420 very interesting 00:23:57.420 --> 00:23:58.920 stories. 00:24:00.140 --> 00:24:00.799 Next week 00:24:00.799 --> 00:24:01.600 I have a plan 00:24:01.600 --> 00:24:02.100 for another 00:24:02.100 --> 00:24:03.560 interesting story 00:24:03.560 --> 00:24:04.259 to be sure. 00:24:04.259 --> 00:24:05.519 So let's 00:24:05.519 --> 00:24:05.720 look at, 00:24:05.759 --> 00:24:05.940 see if we 00:24:05.940 --> 00:24:06.119 can see 00:24:06.119 --> 00:24:06.619 this pattern. 00:24:07.799 --> 00:24:08.039 Judges 00:24:08.039 --> 00:24:08.259 three, 00:24:08.359 --> 00:24:08.740 beginning in 00:24:08.740 --> 00:24:10.379 verse 12. 00:24:12.079 --> 00:24:12.240 And the 00:24:12.240 --> 00:24:12.559 people of 00:24:12.559 --> 00:24:12.920 Israel, 00:24:13.440 --> 00:24:14.059 again, 00:24:14.700 --> 00:24:14.980 did with 00:24:14.980 --> 00:24:15.440 evil in 00:24:15.440 --> 00:24:15.879 the sight 00:24:15.879 --> 00:24:16.579 of the 00:24:16.579 --> 00:24:16.900 Lord. 00:24:17.759 --> 00:24:18.279 And the 00:24:18.279 --> 00:24:18.500 Lord 00:24:18.500 --> 00:24:19.579 strengthened 00:24:19.579 --> 00:24:20.740 Eglon, 00:24:20.839 --> 00:24:21.420 the king 00:24:21.420 --> 00:24:22.039 of Moab, 00:24:22.119 --> 00:24:22.759 against Israel 00:24:22.759 --> 00:24:23.160 because they 00:24:23.160 --> 00:24:23.680 had done 00:24:23.680 --> 00:24:24.079 what was 00:24:24.079 --> 00:24:25.400 evil in 00:24:25.400 --> 00:24:25.859 the sight 00:24:25.859 --> 00:24:27.059 of the 00:24:27.059 --> 00:24:27.279 Lord. 00:24:27.420 --> 00:24:27.980 So God 00:24:27.980 --> 00:24:28.900 raises up 00:24:28.900 --> 00:24:30.200 a king, 00:24:30.420 --> 00:24:30.799 regional, 00:24:30.940 --> 00:24:31.599 think regional, 00:24:32.059 --> 00:24:32.879 an Eglon, 00:24:33.200 --> 00:24:33.579 who's going 00:24:33.579 --> 00:24:33.879 to be a 00:24:33.879 --> 00:24:34.200 judgment. 00:24:34.259 --> 00:24:35.039 For the 00:24:35.039 --> 00:24:35.579 people and 00:24:35.579 --> 00:24:36.099 for their 00:24:36.099 --> 00:24:37.500 disobedience. 00:24:38.000 --> 00:24:38.839 Of interest, 00:24:39.160 --> 00:24:40.240 his name 00:24:40.240 --> 00:24:42.099 translated means 00:24:42.099 --> 00:24:42.980 literally 00:24:42.980 --> 00:24:44.640 little calf. 00:24:45.559 --> 00:24:46.119 As we're 00:24:46.119 --> 00:24:46.559 going to see 00:24:46.559 --> 00:24:47.039 in just a 00:24:47.039 --> 00:24:47.259 bit, 00:24:47.940 --> 00:24:48.359 he's a 00:24:48.359 --> 00:24:49.579 really large 00:24:49.579 --> 00:24:50.279 man. 00:24:51.160 --> 00:24:51.980 This could 00:24:51.980 --> 00:24:52.440 be, 00:24:52.700 --> 00:24:53.160 because he's 00:24:53.160 --> 00:24:53.440 the king 00:24:53.440 --> 00:24:54.460 of Moab, 00:24:54.559 --> 00:24:55.319 this might 00:24:55.319 --> 00:24:55.819 be the 00:24:55.819 --> 00:24:57.319 king when 00:24:57.319 --> 00:25:00.000 the famine 00:25:00.000 --> 00:25:01.619 hits and 00:25:01.619 --> 00:25:02.240 Naomi and 00:25:02.240 --> 00:25:02.700 Ruth are 00:25:02.700 --> 00:25:03.259 coming back 00:25:03.259 --> 00:25:04.059 to Moab. 00:25:04.059 --> 00:25:05.059 That's 00:25:05.059 --> 00:25:05.420 happening. 00:25:06.240 --> 00:25:06.720 Perhaps 00:25:06.720 --> 00:25:07.480 because things 00:25:07.480 --> 00:25:07.759 are going 00:25:07.759 --> 00:25:08.420 well in 00:25:08.420 --> 00:25:08.839 Moab, 00:25:08.920 --> 00:25:09.160 this could 00:25:09.160 --> 00:25:09.420 be that 00:25:09.420 --> 00:25:09.839 king and 00:25:09.839 --> 00:25:09.960 he's 00:25:09.960 --> 00:25:10.279 receiving 00:25:10.279 --> 00:25:10.879 tribute 00:25:10.879 --> 00:25:11.960 from the 00:25:11.960 --> 00:25:12.379 Israelites. 00:25:13.660 --> 00:25:14.160 Possibly 00:25:14.160 --> 00:25:14.579 this is 00:25:14.579 --> 00:25:15.019 the guy. 00:25:15.180 --> 00:25:15.500 So it's 00:25:15.500 --> 00:25:15.759 a big 00:25:15.759 --> 00:25:16.539 guy named 00:25:16.539 --> 00:25:16.960 Tiny, 00:25:17.519 --> 00:25:18.059 king of 00:25:18.059 --> 00:25:18.460 Moab, 00:25:19.420 --> 00:25:20.299 against 00:25:20.299 --> 00:25:20.799 Israel because 00:25:20.799 --> 00:25:21.099 they had 00:25:21.099 --> 00:25:21.480 done what 00:25:21.480 --> 00:25:22.059 was evil 00:25:22.059 --> 00:25:22.379 in the 00:25:22.379 --> 00:25:22.799 sight of 00:25:22.799 --> 00:25:23.079 the Lord. 00:25:23.160 --> 00:25:23.680 Verse 13, 00:25:23.680 --> 00:25:24.140 he gathered 00:25:24.140 --> 00:25:24.680 to himself 00:25:24.680 --> 00:25:25.500 the Ammonites 00:25:25.500 --> 00:25:25.840 and the 00:25:25.840 --> 00:25:26.480 Amalekites 00:25:26.480 --> 00:25:27.700 and went 00:25:27.700 --> 00:25:28.600 and defeated 00:25:28.600 --> 00:25:30.120 Israel and 00:25:30.120 --> 00:25:30.400 they took 00:25:30.400 --> 00:25:31.720 possession of 00:25:31.720 --> 00:25:32.019 the city 00:25:32.019 --> 00:25:32.660 of Palms. 00:25:33.440 --> 00:25:33.640 And the 00:25:33.640 --> 00:25:33.980 people of 00:25:33.980 --> 00:25:34.759 Israel served 00:25:34.759 --> 00:25:35.279 Eglon the 00:25:35.279 --> 00:25:36.039 king of 00:25:36.039 --> 00:25:37.140 Moab 18 00:25:37.140 --> 00:25:37.920 years. 00:25:38.700 --> 00:25:39.019 Then the 00:25:39.019 --> 00:25:39.380 people of 00:25:39.380 --> 00:25:40.519 Israel cried 00:25:40.519 --> 00:25:40.960 out to the 00:25:40.960 --> 00:25:42.160 Lord and 00:25:42.160 --> 00:25:42.560 the Lord 00:25:42.560 --> 00:25:43.299 raised up for 00:25:43.299 --> 00:25:43.560 them a 00:25:43.560 --> 00:25:44.240 deliverer, 00:25:44.320 --> 00:25:44.680 Ehud, 00:25:44.980 --> 00:25:45.680 the son of 00:25:45.680 --> 00:25:46.100 Gerah the 00:25:46.100 --> 00:25:46.820 Benjaminite, 00:25:47.240 --> 00:25:48.539 a left-handed 00:25:48.539 --> 00:25:49.779 man. 00:25:49.779 --> 00:25:51.220 The people 00:25:51.220 --> 00:25:51.579 of Israel 00:25:51.579 --> 00:25:52.220 sent tribute 00:25:52.220 --> 00:25:52.920 by him 00:25:52.920 --> 00:25:53.519 to Eglon 00:25:53.519 --> 00:25:54.019 the king 00:25:54.019 --> 00:25:55.119 of Moab. 00:25:55.240 --> 00:25:55.399 Now, 00:25:56.160 --> 00:25:56.799 why is it 00:25:56.799 --> 00:25:57.740 recorded that 00:25:57.740 --> 00:25:59.160 Ehud was a 00:25:59.160 --> 00:25:59.779 left-handed 00:25:59.779 --> 00:26:00.799 man? 00:26:01.460 --> 00:26:02.079 In a moment 00:26:02.079 --> 00:26:02.399 we're going to 00:26:02.399 --> 00:26:02.779 see that he 00:26:02.779 --> 00:26:03.420 hides a 00:26:03.420 --> 00:26:04.099 sword on 00:26:04.099 --> 00:26:05.139 his right 00:26:05.139 --> 00:26:06.180 side. 00:26:06.420 --> 00:26:06.660 And I 00:26:06.660 --> 00:26:07.279 think that 00:26:07.279 --> 00:26:07.639 the reason 00:26:07.639 --> 00:26:08.139 for this, 00:26:08.259 --> 00:26:09.579 and I 00:26:09.579 --> 00:26:09.879 don't think 00:26:09.879 --> 00:26:10.220 this because 00:26:10.220 --> 00:26:10.680 I'm brilliant, 00:26:10.799 --> 00:26:11.139 but I read 00:26:11.139 --> 00:26:11.539 other people 00:26:11.539 --> 00:26:11.980 who think 00:26:11.980 --> 00:26:13.039 this, 00:26:13.299 --> 00:26:13.740 is the 00:26:13.740 --> 00:26:14.399 point is to 00:26:14.399 --> 00:26:14.960 say that 00:26:14.960 --> 00:26:15.299 he's a 00:26:15.299 --> 00:26:16.000 trained 00:26:16.000 --> 00:26:16.460 warrior. 00:26:17.720 --> 00:26:18.299 There's some 00:26:18.299 --> 00:26:19.000 record of 00:26:19.000 --> 00:26:19.319 whole 00:26:19.319 --> 00:26:20.139 battalions 00:26:20.139 --> 00:26:20.939 of soldiers 00:26:20.939 --> 00:26:21.259 that were 00:26:21.259 --> 00:26:22.359 all left-handed, 00:26:22.700 --> 00:26:23.240 and what we 00:26:23.240 --> 00:26:23.579 think that 00:26:23.579 --> 00:26:24.119 means is they 00:26:24.119 --> 00:26:24.559 could fight 00:26:24.559 --> 00:26:25.279 with either 00:26:25.279 --> 00:26:25.759 of their 00:26:25.759 --> 00:26:26.240 hands. 00:26:26.799 --> 00:26:27.059 So I'm 00:26:27.059 --> 00:26:27.439 right-handed, 00:26:27.659 --> 00:26:28.299 I'm extremely 00:26:28.299 --> 00:26:28.859 right-hand 00:26:28.859 --> 00:26:29.419 dominant. 00:26:29.960 --> 00:26:30.279 If you 00:26:30.279 --> 00:26:30.700 ask me to 00:26:30.700 --> 00:26:30.939 throw a 00:26:30.939 --> 00:26:31.399 ball with 00:26:31.399 --> 00:26:32.319 my left 00:26:32.319 --> 00:26:32.559 hand, 00:26:32.679 --> 00:26:33.259 it's 00:26:33.259 --> 00:26:33.859 laughable 00:26:33.859 --> 00:26:34.819 what that 00:26:34.819 --> 00:26:35.879 ball will 00:26:35.879 --> 00:26:36.179 do. 00:26:36.859 --> 00:26:37.159 I don't 00:26:37.159 --> 00:26:37.359 have a 00:26:37.359 --> 00:26:37.759 great right 00:26:37.759 --> 00:26:38.099 arm either, 00:26:38.259 --> 00:26:38.659 but I 00:26:38.659 --> 00:26:38.899 can at 00:26:38.899 --> 00:26:39.700 least get 00:26:39.700 --> 00:26:39.819 it 00:26:39.819 --> 00:26:40.220 somewhere. 00:26:41.319 --> 00:26:41.619 I think 00:26:41.619 --> 00:26:41.819 what they're 00:26:41.819 --> 00:26:42.339 saying is 00:26:42.339 --> 00:26:42.980 that this 00:26:42.980 --> 00:26:43.399 guy could 00:26:43.399 --> 00:26:43.859 fight with 00:26:43.859 --> 00:26:44.720 either of 00:26:44.720 --> 00:26:46.179 his hands. 00:26:46.659 --> 00:26:46.679 Okay? 00:26:47.039 --> 00:26:47.159 So, 00:26:48.519 --> 00:26:49.079 verse 16, 00:26:49.079 --> 00:26:49.759 and Ehud 00:26:49.759 --> 00:26:50.599 made for 00:26:50.599 --> 00:26:51.379 himself a 00:26:51.379 --> 00:26:52.019 sword with 00:26:52.019 --> 00:26:53.319 two edges, 00:26:53.439 --> 00:26:54.319 a cubit in 00:26:54.319 --> 00:26:54.639 length, 00:26:54.859 --> 00:26:55.059 and he 00:26:55.059 --> 00:26:55.799 bound it on 00:26:55.799 --> 00:26:56.199 his right 00:26:56.199 --> 00:26:57.199 thigh under 00:26:57.199 --> 00:26:57.960 his clothes. 00:26:58.079 --> 00:26:58.179 So, 00:26:58.299 --> 00:26:58.740 now notice 00:26:58.740 --> 00:26:59.379 there's likely 00:26:59.379 --> 00:26:59.839 so much 00:26:59.839 --> 00:27:00.339 oppression 00:27:00.339 --> 00:27:00.699 here, 00:27:00.759 --> 00:27:01.099 he can't 00:27:01.099 --> 00:27:01.439 go and 00:27:01.439 --> 00:27:02.019 buy a 00:27:02.019 --> 00:27:02.460 weapon for 00:27:02.460 --> 00:27:02.799 himself, 00:27:02.899 --> 00:27:03.059 but he 00:27:03.059 --> 00:27:03.319 has to 00:27:03.319 --> 00:27:04.179 make one 00:27:04.179 --> 00:27:05.240 for himself. 00:27:05.240 --> 00:27:05.859 And we 00:27:05.859 --> 00:27:06.259 see a lot 00:27:06.259 --> 00:27:06.519 of the 00:27:06.519 --> 00:27:06.819 judges 00:27:06.819 --> 00:27:07.859 fighting with 00:27:07.859 --> 00:27:08.879 abnormal 00:27:08.879 --> 00:27:09.720 weapons. 00:27:10.779 --> 00:27:11.639 Shamgar in 00:27:11.639 --> 00:27:12.359 chapter 3 00:27:12.359 --> 00:27:13.019 fights with 00:27:13.019 --> 00:27:13.480 an ox 00:27:13.480 --> 00:27:13.879 goad. 00:27:14.179 --> 00:27:14.939 He kills 00:27:14.939 --> 00:27:15.980 many people 00:27:15.980 --> 00:27:16.500 with an 00:27:16.500 --> 00:27:17.420 ox 00:27:17.420 --> 00:27:17.819 goad. 00:27:17.940 --> 00:27:18.259 Here, 00:27:18.460 --> 00:27:18.799 Ehud 00:27:18.799 --> 00:27:19.700 makes for 00:27:19.700 --> 00:27:21.299 himself a 00:27:21.299 --> 00:27:21.640 sword, 00:27:21.740 --> 00:27:21.940 and he 00:27:21.940 --> 00:27:22.620 puts it 00:27:22.620 --> 00:27:23.039 on his 00:27:23.039 --> 00:27:24.079 right thigh 00:27:24.079 --> 00:27:24.819 under his 00:27:24.819 --> 00:27:26.000 clothes. 00:27:26.140 --> 00:27:26.420 And the 00:27:26.420 --> 00:27:27.279 suggestion is 00:27:27.279 --> 00:27:28.240 that in a 00:27:28.240 --> 00:27:28.819 pat-down, 00:27:28.920 --> 00:27:29.120 they would 00:27:29.120 --> 00:27:29.440 have checked 00:27:29.440 --> 00:27:29.920 his left 00:27:29.920 --> 00:27:30.599 hand side 00:27:30.599 --> 00:27:31.259 for a 00:27:31.259 --> 00:27:31.559 sword to 00:27:31.559 --> 00:27:31.880 be drawn 00:27:31.880 --> 00:27:32.140 with the 00:27:32.140 --> 00:27:32.620 right hand, 00:27:32.700 --> 00:27:33.120 but perhaps 00:27:33.120 --> 00:27:34.500 not the 00:27:34.500 --> 00:27:35.519 other side. 00:27:36.620 --> 00:27:37.120 Either way, 00:27:37.220 --> 00:27:37.660 he sneaks 00:27:37.660 --> 00:27:38.900 the sword in 00:27:38.900 --> 00:27:40.000 to the presence 00:27:40.000 --> 00:27:40.500 of the king 00:27:40.500 --> 00:27:41.180 under his 00:27:41.180 --> 00:27:42.059 clothing. 00:27:42.160 --> 00:27:42.680 Verse 17, 00:27:42.680 --> 00:27:42.960 and he 00:27:42.960 --> 00:27:43.400 presented the 00:27:43.400 --> 00:27:43.860 tribute to 00:27:43.860 --> 00:27:44.259 Eglon, 00:27:44.380 --> 00:27:44.900 king of 00:27:44.900 --> 00:27:45.299 Moab. 00:27:45.380 --> 00:27:45.500 Now, 00:27:45.539 --> 00:27:46.380 Eglon was 00:27:46.380 --> 00:27:46.940 a very 00:27:46.940 --> 00:27:48.519 fat man. 00:27:49.480 --> 00:27:49.820 And when 00:27:49.820 --> 00:27:50.200 Ehud had 00:27:50.200 --> 00:27:50.620 finished 00:27:50.620 --> 00:27:51.279 presenting the 00:27:51.279 --> 00:27:51.620 tribute, 00:27:52.120 --> 00:27:52.820 he sent 00:27:52.820 --> 00:27:53.279 away the 00:27:53.279 --> 00:27:53.720 people who 00:27:53.720 --> 00:27:54.160 carried the 00:27:54.160 --> 00:27:54.519 tribute, 00:27:55.180 --> 00:27:55.500 but he 00:27:55.500 --> 00:27:56.440 himself turned 00:27:56.440 --> 00:27:57.039 back at the 00:27:57.039 --> 00:27:57.519 idols in 00:27:57.519 --> 00:27:58.160 Ogirgal and 00:27:58.160 --> 00:27:58.480 said, 00:27:58.580 --> 00:27:58.960 I have a 00:27:58.960 --> 00:27:59.539 secret message 00:27:59.539 --> 00:28:00.080 for you, 00:28:00.680 --> 00:28:01.340 O king. 00:28:01.940 --> 00:28:02.460 And he 00:28:02.460 --> 00:28:03.019 commanded 00:28:03.019 --> 00:28:04.539 silence, 00:28:04.779 --> 00:28:05.340 and all his 00:28:05.340 --> 00:28:06.000 attendants went 00:28:06.000 --> 00:28:07.140 out from his 00:28:07.140 --> 00:28:07.580 presence. 00:28:08.799 --> 00:28:09.240 And Ehud 00:28:09.240 --> 00:28:09.920 came to him 00:28:09.920 --> 00:28:10.259 as he was 00:28:10.259 --> 00:28:10.840 sitting alone 00:28:10.840 --> 00:28:11.680 in his 00:28:11.680 --> 00:28:12.200 cool roof 00:28:12.200 --> 00:28:12.660 chamber, 00:28:12.680 --> 00:28:13.180 and Ehud 00:28:13.180 --> 00:28:13.620 said, 00:28:14.120 --> 00:28:14.580 I have a 00:28:14.580 --> 00:28:15.220 message from 00:28:15.220 --> 00:28:16.039 God for 00:28:16.039 --> 00:28:16.480 you. 00:28:16.960 --> 00:28:17.320 And he 00:28:17.320 --> 00:28:17.840 arose from 00:28:17.840 --> 00:28:18.360 his seat. 00:28:19.180 --> 00:28:19.580 And Ehud 00:28:19.580 --> 00:28:20.500 reached with 00:28:20.500 --> 00:28:20.840 his left 00:28:20.840 --> 00:28:21.120 hand, 00:28:21.220 --> 00:28:21.600 took the 00:28:21.600 --> 00:28:22.220 sword from 00:28:22.220 --> 00:28:22.580 his right 00:28:22.580 --> 00:28:22.960 thigh, 00:28:23.240 --> 00:28:24.039 and thrust 00:28:24.039 --> 00:28:25.240 it into 00:28:25.240 --> 00:28:25.779 his belly. 00:28:26.299 --> 00:28:26.759 So he 00:28:26.759 --> 00:28:27.900 drives the 00:28:27.900 --> 00:28:28.160 sword. 00:28:28.240 --> 00:28:28.660 This is the 00:28:28.660 --> 00:28:30.039 message from 00:28:30.039 --> 00:28:30.380 God, 00:28:31.000 --> 00:28:31.440 two-edged, 00:28:31.680 --> 00:28:32.060 interestingly, 00:28:32.360 --> 00:28:32.560 right, 00:28:32.660 --> 00:28:33.080 into the 00:28:33.080 --> 00:28:34.440 belly of 00:28:34.440 --> 00:28:35.779 tiny calf. 00:28:36.400 --> 00:28:36.820 And the 00:28:36.820 --> 00:28:38.180 hilt also 00:28:38.180 --> 00:28:38.920 went in 00:28:38.920 --> 00:28:40.720 after the 00:28:40.720 --> 00:28:41.140 blade, 00:28:41.259 --> 00:28:41.560 and the 00:28:41.560 --> 00:28:42.080 fat closed 00:28:42.080 --> 00:28:42.620 over the 00:28:42.619 --> 00:28:42.979 blade. 00:28:43.399 --> 00:28:43.699 For he 00:28:43.699 --> 00:28:44.119 did not 00:28:44.119 --> 00:28:44.659 pull the 00:28:44.659 --> 00:28:45.139 sword out 00:28:45.139 --> 00:28:45.500 of his 00:28:45.500 --> 00:28:45.839 belly, 00:28:46.059 --> 00:28:46.299 so he 00:28:46.299 --> 00:28:46.819 just plunges 00:28:46.819 --> 00:28:47.099 it all 00:28:47.099 --> 00:28:47.359 the way 00:28:47.359 --> 00:28:47.619 in and 00:28:47.619 --> 00:28:48.079 leaves it 00:28:48.079 --> 00:28:48.519 behind. 00:28:49.039 --> 00:28:49.219 And then 00:28:49.219 --> 00:28:49.419 there's a 00:28:49.419 --> 00:28:49.899 very interesting 00:28:49.899 --> 00:28:50.199 word, 00:28:50.299 --> 00:28:50.619 which we're 00:28:50.619 --> 00:28:51.859 not totally 00:28:51.859 --> 00:28:52.359 sure what it 00:28:52.359 --> 00:28:52.719 means in 00:28:52.719 --> 00:28:53.000 Hebrew, 00:28:53.159 --> 00:28:53.419 but the 00:28:53.419 --> 00:28:53.859 translators 00:28:53.859 --> 00:28:54.159 say, 00:28:54.319 --> 00:28:55.339 and the 00:28:55.339 --> 00:28:55.699 dung 00:28:55.699 --> 00:28:56.419 came out. 00:28:57.579 --> 00:28:58.039 Perhaps 00:28:58.039 --> 00:28:58.239 his 00:28:58.239 --> 00:28:58.739 intestines, 00:28:58.959 --> 00:28:59.339 there's some 00:28:59.339 --> 00:29:00.500 contextual clues 00:29:00.500 --> 00:29:00.939 as to why 00:29:00.939 --> 00:29:01.619 they translated 00:29:01.619 --> 00:29:03.099 it this 00:29:03.099 --> 00:29:03.359 way. 00:29:03.599 --> 00:29:04.079 So gross, 00:29:04.179 --> 00:29:04.439 I know, 00:29:04.699 --> 00:29:04.979 sorry, 00:29:05.199 --> 00:29:05.799 but interesting, 00:29:06.199 --> 00:29:06.519 all the 00:29:06.519 --> 00:29:06.699 same. 00:29:06.700 --> 00:29:07.039 So, 00:29:08.039 --> 00:29:08.100 then 00:29:08.100 --> 00:29:08.680 Ehud went 00:29:08.680 --> 00:29:09.319 out into 00:29:09.319 --> 00:29:09.720 the porch 00:29:09.720 --> 00:29:10.200 and closed 00:29:10.200 --> 00:29:10.640 the doors 00:29:10.640 --> 00:29:10.900 of the 00:29:10.900 --> 00:29:11.059 roof 00:29:11.059 --> 00:29:11.299 chamber 00:29:11.299 --> 00:29:12.000 behind him 00:29:12.000 --> 00:29:13.240 and locked 00:29:13.240 --> 00:29:13.440 them. 00:29:13.480 --> 00:29:13.799 So he 00:29:13.799 --> 00:29:14.759 locks 00:29:14.759 --> 00:29:16.059 little calf 00:29:16.059 --> 00:29:16.960 in the 00:29:16.960 --> 00:29:17.279 room. 00:29:17.840 --> 00:29:18.120 When he 00:29:18.120 --> 00:29:18.519 had gone, 00:29:18.620 --> 00:29:19.120 the servants 00:29:19.120 --> 00:29:19.500 came, 00:29:19.580 --> 00:29:19.840 and when they 00:29:19.840 --> 00:29:20.519 saw that the 00:29:20.519 --> 00:29:21.039 doors of the 00:29:21.039 --> 00:29:21.460 roof chamber 00:29:21.460 --> 00:29:21.960 were locked, 00:29:22.019 --> 00:29:22.480 they thought, 00:29:22.640 --> 00:29:23.620 surely he 00:29:23.620 --> 00:29:24.080 was relieving 00:29:24.080 --> 00:29:24.660 himself in 00:29:24.660 --> 00:29:25.039 the closet 00:29:25.039 --> 00:29:25.400 of the 00:29:25.400 --> 00:29:26.039 cool chamber, 00:29:26.160 --> 00:29:26.400 and they 00:29:26.400 --> 00:29:27.299 waited till 00:29:27.299 --> 00:29:28.140 they were 00:29:28.140 --> 00:29:28.819 embarrassed. 00:29:30.059 --> 00:29:30.420 But when he 00:29:30.420 --> 00:29:30.819 still did not 00:29:30.819 --> 00:29:31.559 open the doors 00:29:31.559 --> 00:29:32.019 of the roof 00:29:32.019 --> 00:29:32.340 chamber, 00:29:32.339 --> 00:29:32.779 they took 00:29:32.779 --> 00:29:33.240 the key 00:29:33.240 --> 00:29:33.779 and opened 00:29:33.779 --> 00:29:34.059 them, 00:29:34.139 --> 00:29:34.500 and there 00:29:34.500 --> 00:29:35.379 lay their 00:29:35.379 --> 00:29:35.779 Lord, 00:29:36.459 --> 00:29:37.240 dead on 00:29:37.240 --> 00:29:37.759 the floor. 00:29:38.899 --> 00:29:39.240 He had 00:29:39.240 --> 00:29:39.740 escaped while 00:29:39.740 --> 00:29:40.259 they delayed, 00:29:40.799 --> 00:29:41.079 and he 00:29:41.079 --> 00:29:41.659 passed beyond 00:29:41.659 --> 00:29:42.139 the idols 00:29:42.139 --> 00:29:42.759 and escaped 00:29:42.759 --> 00:29:43.679 to Sarai. 00:29:44.740 --> 00:29:45.199 When he 00:29:45.199 --> 00:29:45.539 arrived, 00:29:45.619 --> 00:29:46.159 he sounded 00:29:46.159 --> 00:29:46.720 the trumpet 00:29:46.720 --> 00:29:47.240 in the hill 00:29:47.240 --> 00:29:47.919 country of 00:29:47.919 --> 00:29:48.619 Ephraim, 00:29:48.759 --> 00:29:49.139 so it's a 00:29:49.139 --> 00:29:49.839 victory trumpet. 00:29:50.419 --> 00:29:50.720 Then the 00:29:50.720 --> 00:29:51.019 people of 00:29:51.019 --> 00:29:51.439 Israel went 00:29:51.439 --> 00:29:51.959 down with 00:29:51.959 --> 00:29:52.279 him from 00:29:52.279 --> 00:29:52.519 the hill 00:29:52.519 --> 00:29:52.859 country, 00:29:53.019 --> 00:29:53.379 and he 00:29:53.379 --> 00:29:54.299 was their 00:29:54.299 --> 00:29:54.599 leader. 00:29:55.220 --> 00:29:55.519 And he 00:29:55.519 --> 00:29:55.819 said to 00:29:55.819 --> 00:29:55.939 them, 00:29:56.059 --> 00:29:56.619 follow after 00:29:56.619 --> 00:29:56.799 me, 00:29:56.859 --> 00:29:57.079 for the 00:29:57.079 --> 00:29:57.379 Lord has 00:29:57.379 --> 00:29:57.819 given your 00:29:57.819 --> 00:29:58.159 enemies, 00:29:58.259 --> 00:29:58.879 the Moabites, 00:29:58.959 --> 00:29:59.379 into your 00:29:59.379 --> 00:29:59.699 hands. 00:29:59.740 --> 00:29:59.939 So they 00:29:59.939 --> 00:30:00.439 went down 00:30:00.439 --> 00:30:01.000 after him 00:30:01.000 --> 00:30:01.799 and seized 00:30:01.799 --> 00:30:02.720 the fords 00:30:02.720 --> 00:30:02.919 of the 00:30:02.919 --> 00:30:03.159 Jordan 00:30:03.159 --> 00:30:03.460 against 00:30:03.460 --> 00:30:03.639 the 00:30:03.639 --> 00:30:04.159 Moabites 00:30:04.159 --> 00:30:04.879 and did 00:30:04.879 --> 00:30:05.240 not allow 00:30:05.240 --> 00:30:05.659 anyone 00:30:05.659 --> 00:30:06.579 to pass 00:30:06.579 --> 00:30:06.879 over. 00:30:07.519 --> 00:30:07.839 And they 00:30:07.839 --> 00:30:08.139 killed at 00:30:08.139 --> 00:30:08.539 that time 00:30:08.539 --> 00:30:09.440 about 10,000 00:30:09.440 --> 00:30:09.680 of the 00:30:09.680 --> 00:30:10.119 Moabites, 00:30:10.279 --> 00:30:11.119 all strong, 00:30:11.319 --> 00:30:11.919 able-bodied 00:30:11.919 --> 00:30:12.299 men. 00:30:12.879 --> 00:30:13.259 Not a 00:30:13.259 --> 00:30:14.839 man escaped. 00:30:15.559 --> 00:30:16.119 So Moab 00:30:16.119 --> 00:30:16.740 was subdued 00:30:16.740 --> 00:30:17.139 that day 00:30:17.139 --> 00:30:17.500 under the 00:30:17.500 --> 00:30:18.159 hand of 00:30:18.159 --> 00:30:18.500 Israel, 00:30:18.839 --> 00:30:19.240 and the 00:30:19.240 --> 00:30:19.599 land had 00:30:19.599 --> 00:30:21.180 rest for 00:30:21.180 --> 00:30:21.859 80 years. 00:30:22.379 --> 00:30:22.799 So there 00:30:22.799 --> 00:30:23.019 you see 00:30:23.019 --> 00:30:23.980 that pattern, 00:30:24.119 --> 00:30:24.220 right? 00:30:24.259 --> 00:30:25.019 The wickedness, 00:30:26.379 --> 00:30:26.579 right? 00:30:26.639 --> 00:30:27.419 They're given 00:30:27.419 --> 00:30:27.919 to and 00:30:27.919 --> 00:30:28.980 judgment to 00:30:28.980 --> 00:30:30.480 the people 00:30:30.480 --> 00:30:30.799 of the 00:30:30.799 --> 00:30:31.059 land, 00:30:31.139 --> 00:30:31.700 but God 00:30:31.700 --> 00:30:32.019 and his 00:30:32.019 --> 00:30:32.720 mercy 00:30:32.720 --> 00:30:33.920 raises up 00:30:33.920 --> 00:30:34.340 for them 00:30:34.340 --> 00:30:35.299 a judge 00:30:35.299 --> 00:30:35.819 who delivers 00:30:35.819 --> 00:30:37.100 them and 00:30:37.100 --> 00:30:37.720 gives them 00:30:37.720 --> 00:30:38.960 rest. 00:30:39.799 --> 00:30:40.140 And then the 00:30:40.140 --> 00:30:40.620 narrative rolls 00:30:40.620 --> 00:30:40.900 on, 00:30:40.940 --> 00:30:41.140 and we're 00:30:41.140 --> 00:30:41.340 going to 00:30:41.340 --> 00:30:41.740 see 00:30:41.740 --> 00:30:43.779 Ehud 00:30:43.779 --> 00:30:44.759 passes from 00:30:44.759 --> 00:30:45.740 the history, 00:30:45.960 --> 00:30:46.819 and we see 00:30:46.819 --> 00:30:47.360 once again 00:30:47.360 --> 00:30:48.059 the Israelites 00:30:48.059 --> 00:30:50.140 act wickedly. 00:30:51.240 --> 00:30:51.779 Then you 00:30:51.779 --> 00:30:52.299 can see a 00:30:52.299 --> 00:30:53.120 minor, 00:30:53.319 --> 00:30:53.580 Judges 00:30:53.580 --> 00:30:54.160 chapter 10, 00:30:54.220 --> 00:30:54.580 verse 1 00:30:54.580 --> 00:30:54.860 and 2. 00:30:54.940 --> 00:30:55.299 This is 00:30:55.299 --> 00:30:55.720 Tola. 00:30:56.059 --> 00:30:56.299 Now, 00:30:56.380 --> 00:30:56.840 just because we 00:30:56.840 --> 00:30:57.240 don't get all 00:30:57.240 --> 00:30:57.940 the details, 00:30:58.100 --> 00:30:58.640 I think we 00:30:58.640 --> 00:30:59.200 should still 00:30:59.200 --> 00:30:59.980 understand the 00:30:59.980 --> 00:31:01.299 pattern to 00:31:01.299 --> 00:31:01.680 hold. 00:31:01.900 --> 00:31:03.140 So I 00:31:03.140 --> 00:31:03.519 don't intend 00:31:03.519 --> 00:31:04.799 to preach 00:31:04.799 --> 00:31:05.500 any of the 00:31:05.500 --> 00:31:06.700 minor judges, 00:31:06.980 --> 00:31:07.579 but as you 00:31:07.579 --> 00:31:08.140 perhaps are 00:31:08.140 --> 00:31:08.539 reading through 00:31:08.539 --> 00:31:09.120 this narrative, 00:31:09.259 --> 00:31:09.819 you'll see it. 00:31:11.940 --> 00:31:12.700 So here we 00:31:12.700 --> 00:31:12.940 see, 00:31:12.940 --> 00:31:14.039 after Abimelech 00:31:14.039 --> 00:31:14.580 there arose 00:31:14.580 --> 00:31:15.000 to save 00:31:15.000 --> 00:31:15.880 Israel Tola, 00:31:16.019 --> 00:31:16.660 the son of 00:31:16.660 --> 00:31:16.940 Pua, 00:31:17.080 --> 00:31:17.380 son of 00:31:17.380 --> 00:31:17.660 Dodo, 00:31:18.059 --> 00:31:18.580 a man of 00:31:18.580 --> 00:31:19.140 Issachar, 00:31:19.200 --> 00:31:19.799 and he lived 00:31:19.799 --> 00:31:20.559 at Shemir 00:31:20.559 --> 00:31:21.000 in the hill 00:31:21.000 --> 00:31:21.559 country of 00:31:21.559 --> 00:31:22.320 Ephraim. 00:31:23.120 --> 00:31:23.460 And he 00:31:23.460 --> 00:31:24.120 judged Israel 00:31:24.120 --> 00:31:25.820 23 years. 00:31:26.740 --> 00:31:27.080 Then he 00:31:27.080 --> 00:31:28.360 died and 00:31:28.360 --> 00:31:28.940 was buried 00:31:28.940 --> 00:31:30.340 at Shemir. 00:31:30.860 --> 00:31:31.559 That's all we 00:31:31.559 --> 00:31:32.480 know about 00:31:32.480 --> 00:31:33.519 Tola 00:31:33.519 --> 00:31:34.620 altogether. 00:31:35.380 --> 00:31:35.980 Yet, I 00:31:35.980 --> 00:31:36.360 believe, 00:31:37.180 --> 00:31:37.799 the pattern 00:31:37.799 --> 00:31:38.500 is embedded 00:31:38.500 --> 00:31:38.880 in there 00:31:38.880 --> 00:31:39.420 because we've 00:31:39.420 --> 00:31:39.860 seen the 00:31:39.860 --> 00:31:40.660 pattern in 00:31:40.660 --> 00:31:42.640 other places 00:31:42.640 --> 00:31:43.120 and it's 00:31:43.120 --> 00:31:43.900 explicitly laid 00:31:43.900 --> 00:31:44.460 out for us 00:31:44.460 --> 00:31:46.460 in chapter 00:31:46.460 --> 00:31:46.860 2. 00:31:47.920 --> 00:31:48.580 So this 00:31:48.580 --> 00:31:49.180 book is 00:31:49.180 --> 00:31:50.519 designed to 00:31:50.519 --> 00:31:51.560 leave us 00:31:51.560 --> 00:31:52.860 in great 00:31:52.860 --> 00:31:53.779 anticipation 00:31:53.779 --> 00:31:55.200 of a 00:31:55.200 --> 00:31:55.580 savior 00:31:55.580 --> 00:31:56.920 king. 00:31:57.480 --> 00:31:58.200 Israel 00:31:58.200 --> 00:31:59.460 needs a 00:31:59.460 --> 00:32:00.160 righteous 00:32:00.160 --> 00:32:01.440 king. 00:32:01.900 --> 00:32:02.500 Notice that 00:32:02.500 --> 00:32:03.300 pattern again 00:32:03.300 --> 00:32:04.040 and again 00:32:04.040 --> 00:32:04.620 and again. 00:32:04.900 --> 00:32:05.259 What do 00:32:05.259 --> 00:32:05.600 they do? 00:32:05.680 --> 00:32:06.420 They devolve 00:32:06.420 --> 00:32:07.100 into unrighteous. 00:32:07.180 --> 00:32:07.840 They devolve 00:32:07.840 --> 00:32:09.480 into idolatry. 00:32:09.480 --> 00:32:11.200 Regardless of 00:32:11.200 --> 00:32:11.559 how God 00:32:11.559 --> 00:32:12.019 shows them 00:32:12.019 --> 00:32:12.299 mercy, 00:32:12.460 --> 00:32:13.160 they're still 00:32:13.160 --> 00:32:13.940 yet not 00:32:13.940 --> 00:32:15.480 able to 00:32:15.480 --> 00:32:16.140 keep his 00:32:16.140 --> 00:32:16.579 commandments 00:32:16.579 --> 00:32:17.440 and to 00:32:17.440 --> 00:32:18.299 please him. 00:32:18.360 --> 00:32:18.860 They keep 00:32:18.860 --> 00:32:20.539 falling apart 00:32:20.539 --> 00:32:21.319 and we are 00:32:21.319 --> 00:32:21.980 just like 00:32:21.980 --> 00:32:22.339 them. 00:32:22.480 --> 00:32:22.980 We so often 00:32:22.980 --> 00:32:23.420 read them 00:32:23.420 --> 00:32:24.299 so judgmentally. 00:32:24.380 --> 00:32:24.660 How could 00:32:24.660 --> 00:32:25.220 they possibly 00:32:25.220 --> 00:32:25.880 have forgotten? 00:32:26.279 --> 00:32:26.720 Think about 00:32:26.720 --> 00:32:27.279 the things 00:32:27.279 --> 00:32:28.259 they saw. 00:32:28.420 --> 00:32:28.799 Think about 00:32:28.799 --> 00:32:29.259 the things 00:32:29.259 --> 00:32:29.480 that they 00:32:29.480 --> 00:32:29.980 were delivered 00:32:29.980 --> 00:32:31.140 from and 00:32:31.140 --> 00:32:31.779 we are 00:32:31.779 --> 00:32:33.240 just the 00:32:33.240 --> 00:32:33.559 same. 00:32:34.000 --> 00:32:34.579 So very 00:32:34.579 --> 00:32:36.200 quick to 00:32:36.200 --> 00:32:36.980 be forgetful, 00:32:37.759 --> 00:32:38.660 to return to 00:32:38.660 --> 00:32:39.320 the idols 00:32:39.320 --> 00:32:40.820 of the 00:32:40.820 --> 00:32:41.300 land and 00:32:41.300 --> 00:32:41.820 so we 00:32:41.820 --> 00:32:43.300 need the 00:32:43.300 --> 00:32:43.700 righteousness 00:32:43.700 --> 00:32:44.960 of Christ 00:32:44.960 --> 00:32:46.800 imputed to 00:32:46.800 --> 00:32:47.240 us, given 00:32:47.240 --> 00:32:47.759 to us. 00:32:48.259 --> 00:32:49.320 His robes 00:32:49.320 --> 00:32:50.519 for mine, 00:32:50.600 --> 00:32:51.140 him taking 00:32:51.140 --> 00:32:51.700 on our 00:32:51.700 --> 00:32:52.940 sin and 00:32:52.940 --> 00:32:54.540 rightly 00:32:54.540 --> 00:32:55.960 receiving the 00:32:55.960 --> 00:32:56.640 punishment that 00:32:56.640 --> 00:32:57.380 was due our 00:32:57.380 --> 00:32:58.680 sin. 00:32:59.580 --> 00:33:00.019 And we need 00:33:00.019 --> 00:33:00.380 a ruler, 00:33:00.560 --> 00:33:01.100 one who will 00:33:01.100 --> 00:33:02.340 reign forever 00:33:02.340 --> 00:33:03.040 on our 00:33:03.040 --> 00:33:03.960 behalf, 00:33:04.100 --> 00:33:04.360 that has 00:33:04.360 --> 00:33:05.420 a power 00:33:05.420 --> 00:33:05.880 over 00:33:05.880 --> 00:33:07.720 death, 00:33:08.160 --> 00:33:08.500 has an 00:33:08.500 --> 00:33:09.520 incorruptible 00:33:09.520 --> 00:33:10.720 life. 00:33:12.000 --> 00:33:12.440 We as 00:33:12.440 --> 00:33:13.020 the church 00:33:13.020 --> 00:33:13.840 see the 00:33:13.840 --> 00:33:14.760 full realization 00:33:14.760 --> 00:33:15.200 of what 00:33:15.200 --> 00:33:16.360 they should 00:33:16.360 --> 00:33:16.940 have been 00:33:16.940 --> 00:33:18.460 longing for 00:33:18.460 --> 00:33:18.760 and I 00:33:18.760 --> 00:33:19.900 fear sadly 00:33:19.900 --> 00:33:21.100 weren't. 00:33:21.180 --> 00:33:21.520 But as we 00:33:21.520 --> 00:33:21.960 look at this 00:33:21.960 --> 00:33:22.700 book together, 00:33:22.900 --> 00:33:23.580 we get to 00:33:23.580 --> 00:33:24.060 see it, 00:33:24.160 --> 00:33:24.440 we get to 00:33:24.440 --> 00:33:25.040 draw our 00:33:25.040 --> 00:33:25.700 minds 00:33:25.700 --> 00:33:26.520 forward, 00:33:26.600 --> 00:33:27.120 through the 00:33:27.120 --> 00:33:27.800 temporal reign 00:33:27.800 --> 00:33:28.900 of David 00:33:28.900 --> 00:33:29.640 to the 00:33:29.640 --> 00:33:30.560 eternal reign 00:33:30.560 --> 00:33:31.640 of the 00:33:31.640 --> 00:33:32.940 Lord Jesus 00:33:32.940 --> 00:33:33.380 Christ. 00:33:33.860 --> 00:33:34.300 Let's pray 00:33:34.300 --> 00:33:34.560 together.