Introduction:
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Introduction 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 Joshua Ruth
Introduction to Judges
The subject of the book;
its connection with Joshua
The Book of Judges is the
history of the failure of Israel. Joshua sets before us
the energy of God acting in the midst of the people,
though there may be failure. In Judges we see the
miserable state of the nation, now become unfaithful; and,
at the same time, the intervention of the God of mercy in
the circumstances into which their unfaithfulness had
brought them. These interventions correspond with what
are called
revivals in the history of the church
of God.
The people's
sorrowful history and God's grace and compassions
In this book we no longer
see blessing and power marking the establishment of the
people of God. Neither does it contain the fulfilment of
God's purposes, after the people had manifested their
inability to retain the blessing they had received, that
indeed is yet to come for them, and for the assembly; nor
the forms and government which, in spite of the evil and
internal unfaithfulness of the people, could maintain
their external unity, until God judged them in their
leaders. God was still the only leader acknowledged in
Israel; so that the people themselves always bore the
penalty of their sin.
The misery into which
their unfaithfulness brought them moving the compassion
of God, His mighty grace raised up deliverers by His
Spirit in the midst of the fallen and wretched people.
"For his soul was grieved for the misery of Israel."
"And Jehovah raised up judges, which delivered them
out of the hand of those that spoiled them." "And
when Jehovah raised them up judges, then Jehovah was with
the judge, and delivered them out of the hands of their
enemies, all the days of the judge; for it repented
Jehovah because of their groanings by reason of them that
oppressed them and vexed them." But Israel was
unchanged. "And yet they would not hearken unto
their judges." "And it came to pass, when the
judge was dead, that they returned and corrupted
themselves more than their fathers, in following other
gods to serve them, and to bow down unto them; they
ceased not from their own doings, nor from their stubborn
ways." This is the sorrowful history of the people
of God; but it is also the history of the grace of God,
and of His compassions towards His people.
Introduction:
| Darby
| Geneva
| Gill
| Jamieson Faussett Brown
| Matthew Henry
| Matthew Henry Concise
| Wesley
| Index
| Bible Gateway |
Chapter 1:
| Darby
| Geneva
| Gill
| Jamieson Faussett Brown
| Matthew Henry
| Matthew Henry Concise
| Wesley
| Index
| Bible Gateway |
Introduction 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 Joshua Ruth
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Genesis
Exodus
Leviticus
Numbers
Deuteronomy
Joshua
Judges
Ruth
1 Samuel
2 Samuel
1 Kings
2 Kings
1 Chronicles
2 Chronicles
Ezra
Nehemiah
Esther
Job
Psalm
Proverbs
Ecclesiastes
Song of Solomon
Isaiah
Jeremiah
Lamentations
Ezekiel
Daniel
Hosea
Joel
Amos
Obadiah
Jonah
Micah
Nahum
Habakkuk
Zephaniah
Haggai
Zechariah
Malachi
Matthew
Mark
Luke
John
Acts
Romans
1 Corinthians
2 Corinthians
Galatians
Ephesians
Philippians
Colossians
1 Thessalonians
2 Thessalonians
1 Timothy
2 Timothy
Titus
Philemon
Hebrews
James
1 Peter
2 Peter
1 John
2 John
3 John
Jude
Revelation
