Tag: consequences
Biblical Principle #373: An Evil Spirit Sent to Saul
Biblical Principles List Principle The Bible says that God sent an evil spirit upon Saul. Explanation We previously observed how the Bible says in 1 Samuel 16 (1 Kingdoms 16) that Saul was given an “evil spirit” from GOD to torment him. 14 But the Spirit of the Lord departed from Saul, and an evil…
Biblical Principle #369: Saul Rejected as King
Biblical Principles List Principle After Saul repeatedly disobeyed crucial instructions from GOD given through Samuel, GOD rejected Saul as Israel’s king. Explanation Things were going well for Saul at first, because GOD was with him. Saul succeeded in battles with the Ammonites and Philistines. But Saul did not heed all of the words of Samuel…
Biblical Principle #364: Philistines Captured the Ark of the Covenant
Biblical Principles List Principle Israel’s ark of the covenant was once captured in battle by the Philistines. Explanation Throughout the period of Israel’s judges, Israel’s core problem was their failure to faithfully depend upon Yahweh GOD, alone, and in so doing, keep the covenant they made with Him by sticking to the Law of Moses.…
Biblical Principle #362: Israel’s Unfaithfulness Led to Civil War
Biblical Principles List Principle Israel’s abandonment of God and the Law of Moses created problems that included civil war. Explanation We have previously established that: At one point, things became so dark that the Benjamites virtually copied the playbook of Sodom (see Judges 19). This led to Israel’s first civil war.
Biblical Principle #361: Samson Lost His Strength
Biblical Principles List Principle Samson lost his strength because GOD left him when he was shaved, and this led to Samson’s death. Explanation After the city gates incident, Samson came to love a Philistine woman named Delilah. Desperate to get the best of Samson, the Philistine leaders bribed Delilah to trick Samson into revealing to…
Biblical Principle #355: Ruth Chose God, Became Ancestor to Kings
Biblical Principles List Principle The Moabite widow Ruth chose her mother-in-law Naomi and Israel’s God over the Moabites and their gods, and as a result, became the ancestor to kings. Explanation During the period of the judges, Scripture give us the story of Ruth. To summarize, there was an Israelite woman named Naomi who had…
Biblical Principle #353: Deborah the Female Judge
Biblical Principles List Biblical Principles God chose Deborah as one of the judges, and the only female in Judges, to deliver Israel. Explanation It is often stated that, in this time period, Israelite women, as well as those of most Gentile cultures, were basically seen as property and of lesser social status than men. If…
Biblical Principle #352: Israel’s Judges Convicted the People of Sin
Biblical Principles List Principle Israel’s leaders were called judges because they convicted the Israelites of their wickedness while bringing deliverance from Israel’s enemies. Explanation One question Bible readers occasionally have is why the deliverers GOD selected in the period between Joshua and King Saul were referred to as judges. It’s a good question, and one…
Biblical Principle #350: The Next Generation Didn’t Know God
Biblical Principles List Principle After Joshua’s generation died, the next generation of Israelites didn’t know God or what He had done for Israel. Explanation The major military conquests having been completed, Joshua died at the age of 110. According to Judges 2:7, the Israelites remained faithful to GOD through the lifetime of Joshua and the…
Biblical Principle #349: Israel (Mostly) Conquered Canaan
Biblical Principles List Principle Under Moses and Joshua’s leadership, Israel conquered most of the land of Canaan. Explanation In Joshua 12, Scripture gives a list of the Canaanite kings that the Israelites killed and the territory that they took, beginning with Moses east of the Jordan River, and completing with Joshua inside the land of…