06 Joshua, Judges & Ruth Joshua
Author: Joshua
When: 1390 BC
Theme: __Victory________ through ___obedience _______
Outline:
1-5: Preparation of the people
6-8: Central Campaign
9-10: Southern Campaign
11-12: Northern Kingdom
13-24: Settlement of the Tribes 1-5:
Preparation of the People
God calls Joshua ___Rahab_______ hears who God is and hides the spies (scarlet cord)
Israel prepares for battle o Israel crosses the _Jordan_________ River o Israel establishes
memorial stones
o The men are circumcised (sign of the __covenant________)
o Commander of the __Lord’s Army appears before Joshua
6-8: Central Campaign Israel walks around _Jericho_________ to defeat it
o Victory belongs to the Lord o They walk around the city for 6 days and 7x on the 7th
day, and blow trumpets and shout
o Achan is punished
o Covenant is renewed
9-10: Southern Campaign
The Gibeonites deceive Israel The _sun______ stands still
o Abonizek of Jerusalem and 4 other kings band together
11-14: Northern Campaign
Continued victory over Canaanites
31 kings were defeated in total conquest
Distribution of the land (Joshua 13-21)
o Tribe of __Levi______: no territory
Cities of _Refuge_______ established ____Rest______ from War
Did God command genocide in the conquest?
1. God gave the Canaanites ___500_______ years to repent of their wicked ways (Gen.
15)
2. The Canaanites had a __choice________ to either leave the Promised Land or become
part of Israel
3. Israel served as the _instrument_________ of God’s judgment on the Canaanites.
- Israel also faced divine judgment for their continued sin during the Babylonian
Captivity
Joshua’s Death
Farewell Address:
God-given__________ Victory
Warnings
o Keep _law______
o No other gods
o No inter-marriage with unbelievers
Final Challenge:
“Now therefore _fear_________ the Lord and serve him in sincerity and
faithfulness…__choose________ this day whom you will serve” (25:15).
Joshua and Jesus
Rahab________ becomes an ancestor of Jesus
Jesus is the ultimate __
Joshua________ (“God Saves”)
Jesus is the one who brings us into the ultimate place of _rest_________
Judges Main idea:
Sin leads to _chaos_______
“Everyone did what was _right_______ in their own _eyes_______”
Judg. 21:25 Problems established in Judges 1-2
The tribes “did not drive out” the Canaanites fully
Failure of Israelites
1. Religious __Compromise _______
2. Moral __Corruption________
3. Civil catastrophe _________
Structure: 6 Cycles of Judgment
1. Othniel vs. Cushan (Syrians)
2. Ehud vs. Eglon (Moabites)
3. Deborah vs. Jabin and Sisera (Canaanites)
4. Gibeon vs. Midianites (Arabs)
5. Jephthah vs. Ammonites (Jordan)
6. Samson vs. Philistines (“Sea People”)
Cycle 1: Othniel vs. the Syrians
Cycle 2: Ehud vs. Eglon (Moabites)
- Eglon, stationed in a rebuild of Jericho, begins to oppress Israel.
- Oppression:
➔18 years Judge:
➔Ehud, a __left-handed________ Benjamin
Cycle 3: Deborah vs. Jabin and Sisera
- Oppressor:
➔Jabin the Canaanite for 20 years
➔Battle of Jezebel at Mt. Tabor
➔Barak
➔General Sisera
➔Jael Rest: 40 years
Cycle 4: Gideon vs. Midianites
- Oppressors:
➔Midianites (Arabia) for 7 years
➔Why:
● God sends an unnamed prophet to tell Israel that this keeps happening
because they continue to __disobey God________.
● Cowardice:
o Key words: “_if__” and “_fear______”
o Doubt and uncertainty
o Lays out fleece
- a negative act in that context
- Gideon rallies together an army but God whittles it down from
22,000 to 300.
- They fought a night battle, which was incredibly rare.
- They are victorious, and Gideon becomes a national hero.
- He refuses kingship, but acts like a king.
- Gideon takes precious metals and makes an idol, leading the
nation into more idolatry.
- His son, Abimelech, tries to become king, executes all of his
brothers except for one, and eventually dies trying to burn the city
down.
- Gideon was used by God to win the victory for Israel, but he
became prideful and led Israel into idolatry.
Cycle 5: Jephthah vs. Ammonites
Jephthah makes a rash _vow_________
● Jephthah’s Vow:
2 Views
1. She was __killed________and sacrificed. Shows how wicked the nation has
increasingly become b. The plain reading of the text implies this
2. She became a __virgin________for life a. She mentions several times that she
will be childless
Cycle 6: Samson vs. Philistines
Philistines oppress the Israelites for 40 years
● Samson is under the Nazarite vow
o Not to touch or eat anything unclean
o Not to drink __wine________
o Not to cut __hair________ Samson is promised supernatural strength
- Samson violates the Nazarite vow
o Touches a dead lion and eats unclean honey (14:9)
o Drinking feast (14:10)
o Cuts hair (16:9)
- Marries woman of Timnah (unsaved Philistine)
o Woman and family were burned by the Philistines (15:6)
- Samson fights and kills 1,000 Philistines with the jawbone of a
donkey as a weapon
- Samson falls for a prostitute named Delilah
- Delilah urges him to tell her the secret to his strength
- Delilah cuts his __hair________and Samson loses his strength
- Samson is arrested and blinded
- Samson dies while destroying the __Temple________of Dagon
Spiritual and Political Chaos
● Priest for Hire (17)
● Danite migration (18)
● Levite’s concubine (19)
● Civil War (20)
● Kidnapped wives (21)
● Judges Wrap Up Fall
o The Israelites do not complete the mission that God told them to do and ended up
being as wicked as the Canaanites
o Failure in __leadership________leads to a failing in the nation
- No national leadership
- Fathers failing their children
- Redemption
o God continually keeps sending deliverance to the nation even when they did
not deserve it
Judges and Jesus
Jesus is the good, righteous _judge_________ and faithful _deliverer_________
Ruth
●Authorship Who: Samuel is the best option, maybe Nathan
●When: 1020 BC
●To Whom: Israel
●Where: The Twelve Tribes in the land
●Why: A ray of hope in the dark days of ___Judges_______
Setting Amidst a famine, Elimelech takes his wife Naomi and their sons, Mahlon and
Chilion, leaves __Bethlehem________and moves to __Moab________
There, the sons marry Moabite women (Orpah and Ruth)
Elimelech, Mahlon and Chilion all die Naomi decides to return to Bethlehem with her
daughters-in-law
At the last minute, Naomi urges Orpah and __Ruth________to return to their families
- Ruth 1: Love’s __Resolve________
●Decisive moment: Ruth returns with Naomi
- Orpah __leaves________
- Ruth __cleaves________
- Ruth 2: Love’s___Response_______:
● Field at Bethlehem
➔Ruth’s goodness
- Volunteers to _glean_________
- Chooses Boaz’s field
➔Boaz’s grace
- Wealthy landowner
- Wise steward
- Allows Ruth to glean without fear
● Ruth 3: Love’s__Request________:
- Threshing Floor
- Naomi instructs Ruth to lay at Boaz’s field after the harvest
celebration
- Ruth _proposes_________
o “Spread your garment over me”
o “Virtuous woman” (Woman of noble character)
Boaz’s problem: Ruth has a closer kinsman
Kinsman Redeemer
o Freeborn
o ___Related_______Able to pay
o Willing to pay ___Levirate Marriage_______:
Widowed wife marries her late husband’s next eldest
brother/relative
- Ruth 4: Love’s ___Reward_______:
● Gates of Bethlehem
● Boaz’s _bargain_________
o Approaches other kinsman about Elimelech’s family property
o Caveat: must also marry __Ruth________
o Kinsman refuses
- Boaz and Ruth are married ____
- Obed______is born
➔Ruth Wrap Up Fall
- Sin leads to __death________
● Redemption
- God providentially provides for Naomi and Ruth
- God is setting the stage to fix the problem at the
end of Judges because Boaz and Ruth will be the
start of the __Davidic Line________
- Rahab_______is also the ancestor of Boaz,
showing God’s faithfulness
