Who's the Judge
Who is the first Judge?
Otniel
What nation is the book Judges focused on?
Israel
How/Who chose the Judge ?
Judge was chosen by God. No specific process identified how they were selected.
Who is the first female Judge?
Deborah
Approximately how long is the period of 'judges'?
300-350 years
What is "spiritual amnesia"?
Forget the good God has done for us in the past.
Who is the second Judge of Israel?
Ehud
judges begins witheh continued conquest of Canaan. DO the Jews completely drive out the Canaanites?
No they don't.
What is the re-occurring theme (cycle) in the book of Judges?
Sin,punishment,repentance, deliverance, peace.
This judge of Israel had his army reduced right down to 300 men, but the Lord still gave him victory.
Gideon
Give a reason why the Jews did not completely drive out the Canaanites?
Used them as slaves (forced labor)
What was a Judges main purpose?
Deliver the people of Israel (save them from oppression of another nation). War.
Othniel, the first judge of Israel, had a famous older brother. Who was it?
Caleb
Jud 3:9
The enemies that were left behind, and not completely driven out (compromise) by the Jews, can be seen as a metaphor to what in our lives today?
Sin, small things we refuse to let go of. try to justify it.
How was Israel effected by the Canaanites they refused to drive out.
They became like them, worshiped their gods.
According to the last verse of Judges (Judges 21:25 King James Version), it says "In those days there was no king". What did it say that every man did?
That which was right in his own eyes