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Wed, 11 Jan 2012
Jan 11, 2012, 22:29
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After Joshua died, there was no national leader in Israel for some 250 years. The people of Israel had not obeyed God’s command to completely eliminate the Canaanites from the land, and this became a problem. The Israelites intermarried with the Canaanites, and began to worship the Canaanite gods (chiefly Ba’al and Asherah). They did not follow even God’s first commandment, to have no other gods before Him.
Over and over again, God punished the Israelites by removing His protection and allowing another nation to enslave them. Eventually the people repented and cried out to God, and He raised up a leader called a “judge” to lead Israel back to freedom. They followed God for a while, but every time turned back to worshiping other gods.
Depending on how you count them, there were some twelve judges whose stories are told in the book of Judges. We will study three of them.
The first judge we will learn about is Deborah, the only woman judge and perhaps the best of the judges. Her story is interesting and exciting, and we will study it this coming Sunday. Join us as we learn how Deborah joined Barak, the military leader, to win freedom from the Canaanite king Jabin.
This would be a great week to bring a friend!
Tom and Sydney Cook
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