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The Story 6. Pain, Power and Redemption Judges and Ruth

The Story 6. Pain, Power and Redemption Judges and Ruth. To Recap. Israel settled in the Promised Land ..but have not conquered it Surrounded by pagan tribes Hard-hearted people. By Judges 2.11…. Worshipping the Ba’alim (Masters) Fertility gods Asherah the female consort of Ba’al

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The Story 6. Pain, Power and Redemption Judges and Ruth

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  1. The Story 6. Pain, Power and RedemptionJudges and Ruth

  2. To Recap • Israel settled in the Promised Land • ..but have not conquered it • Surrounded by pagan tribes • Hard-hearted people

  3. By Judges 2.11…. • Worshipping the Ba’alim (Masters) • Fertility gods • Asherah the female consort of Ba’al • God permits raids • Wants to rescue them Baal Mask from Hazor

  4. The Shophtim – Right-Wisers • Shophet – Sets things right • The Right-wiser • = Restoration of God’s order

  5. First The Bad News • Enemies without and within • Deborah leading in Jdg.4 • Baraq is Mr Wimpy • He forfeits the honour, which goes to Jael

  6. Later in the Story… • Horrendous disorder… • 42,000 Ephraimites massacred by other Israelites (ch 11) • Sacrifice of Jephthah’s daughter (ch 11) • Idols with a Levite in Dan (ch.17,18) • Rape and murder in Gibeah (ch.19) • Tribe of Benjamin almost wiped out in retaliation (ch.20) • Surviving Benjamites kidnap women for wives (ch 21) • Corrupt priests Phinehas and Hophni lose the ark to the enemy (1 Sam 4)

  7. The Refrain of Judges • BaYamim Ha-hem eyn Melekh be-Yisrael Ish ha-yashar be-eynav ya’aseh • In those days In Israel there was no King And each one did his ‘own sweet thing’

  8. Our Response • Do we need the King to come? • Who are we joined to for future fruit? • What needs redeemed? • The Spirit want to be clothed with us!

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