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6 JOSHUA — RUTH
JOSHUA
- Author: Joshua
- When? 1390 BC
- Theme: Victory through obedience
Book Outline:
- Preparation of the People (1-5)
oRahab hides the spies
oIsrael crosses the Jordan River
- Central Campaign (6-8)
oIsrael walks around to defeat itJericho
- Southern Campaign (9-10)
oThe Gibeonites deceive Israel
oThe stands still sun
- Northern Kingdom (11-12)
- Settlement of the Tribes (13-24)
oThe tribe of no allotted territoryLevi has
oCities of Refuge established
-Rest from war
-Caleb was given his land
-Joseph bones brought back and buried (24)
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Did God command genocide?
- God gave the Canaanites years to repent of their wicked ways (Gen 15)500
- The Canaanites had a to either leave the Promised Land or become part of Israelchoice
- Israel served as the of God’s judgment (i.e., Babylonian exile)instrument
Joshua’s death
- Farewell address: God-given victory
- Warnings: keep the law
- Final challenge: God and fear serve him!
Joshua and Jesus:
-Rahab is an ancestor of Jesus
- Jesus is the ultimate (“God Saves”)Joshua
- Jesus is the one who brings us into the ultimate place of rest
JUDGES
Main idea:
- Sin leads to chaos
- “Everyone did what was in their own ”right eyes
Outline:
- Problems established (1-2)
oDid not drive out Canaanites
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oThey become in their sides and their gods a to themthorns become snare
- 6 Cycles of Judgment
o1. Othniel vs. Cushan (Syrians)
o2. Ehud vs. Eglon (Moabites)
o3. Deborah vs. Jabin and Sisera (Canaanites)
o4. Gideon vs. Midianites (Arabs)
o5. Jephthah vs. Ammonites (Jordan)
o6. Samson vs. Philistines (“Sea People”)
Deborah:
- Oppressor: Jabin the Canaanite for 20 years
- Battle of Jezreel at Mt. Tabor
oBarak
oGeneral Sisera
oJael
- Rest: 40 years
Gideon:
- Cycle 4: Gideon vs. Midianites
- Oppressors: Midianites (Arabia)
- Oppression: 7 years
- Coward
oKeywords fear: and if
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oDoubt and uncertainty
oLays out fleece- a negative thing to do in that context
- God whittles down the army from 22,000 to 300
- Equipment used:
oTrumpets
oPitchers
oTorches
- Legacy
oActs like a king
oLeads nation into idolatry
oSon tries to become king
Jephthah:
- Makes a rash vow
-His daughter comes out of the house first
- 2 views:
oShe was and sacrificedkilled
oShe was a virgin for life
Samson:
- Lives under a Nazarite vow
oNot to touch or eat anything unclean
oNot allowed to drink wine
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oNot allowed to cut hair
- Given supernatural power
- Violates all aspects of his vow
- Marries a Philistine woman and destroys her village
- Falls for a prostitute named Delilah
oShe urges him to tell her the secret to his power
oShe cuts his and he loses his strengthhair
- 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 and Jesus: Jesus as the good judge and the deliverer
RUTH
Outline
- Love’s resolve (1)
oAmidst a famine, Elimelech takes his wife Naomi and their sons, Mahlon and
Chilion, leaves Bethlehem, and moves to Moab
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oAfter Elimelech, Mahlon, and Chilion die, Naomi decides to return to Bethlehem
with her Moabite daughters-in-law
oAt the last minute, Naomi urges Orpah and Ruth to return to their families
oRuth refuses to leave Naomi (Ruth 1:16-18)
- Love’s response (2)
oRuth’s goes to to gather foodglean
oBoaz’s grace
▪Wealthy landowner
▪Allows Ruth to glean without fear
▪Instructs laborers extra for her
- Love’s request (3)
oNaomi instructs Ruth to lay at Boaz’s field after the harvest celebration
oRuth proposes
oBoaz’s problems: closer kinsman
- Love’s reward (4)
oBoaz and Ruth are married, and Obed is born
Ruth & Jesus
- Jesus as the one who takes care of the poor
- Jesus as the one who takes mourning and provides joy
-Jesus as the direct descendant of Ruth
