Tag: Judges
Biblical Principle #367: Israel Asked for a Man as King
Biblical Principles List Principle Israel asked for a man to rule over them as king so that they could be like the Gentile nations. Explanation Samuel served GOD as a good judge over Israel “all the days of his life” (see 1 Kingdoms [1 Samuel] 7:15 OSB). Sadly, Samuel’s sons failed to walk in GOD’s…
Biblical Principle #363: Samuel, the Nazarite Servant of God
Biblical Principles List Principle Samuel was a Nazarite dedicated by his mother to serve God, which he faithfully did his entire life. Explanation We have previously established how important to GOD the Nazarite vow was for Israel. At the time that Samuel’s parents, Elkanah and Hannah, lived, Israel’s most recent national hero had been Samson.…
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 #359: Samson Killed 1,000 Philistines
Biblical Principles List Principle Through the strength of the Holy Spirit, Samson killed a thousand Philistines with a donkey’s jawbone because they had burned his wife and father-in-law to death. Explanation After Samson’s eventful wedding, which ended with Samson returning to his parents’ home without his wife, Samson’s father-in-law gave Samson’s wife to his friend:…
Biblical Principle #357: Samson Killed a Lion
Biblical Principles List Principle Samson killed a lion with his bare hands. Explanation From his youth, the Holy Spirit came upon Samson. 24 So the woman bore a son and called his name Samson; and the child grew, and the Lord blessed him. 25 And the Spirit of the Lord began to proceed out with…
Biblical Principle #356: The Angel of the Lord Visited Samson’s Parents
Biblical Principles List Principle The Angel of the Lord visited Manoah and his wife to foretell Samson’s birth, mission, and Nazarite restrictions. Explanation Towards the end of Israel’s judges, GOD used the Canaanite nation of Philistia to persecute Israel because of Israel’s wickedness and idolatry. He allowed the Philistines to persecute Israel for forty years.…
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 #354: The Angel of the Lord Called Gideon
Biblical Principles List Principle The Angel of the Lord called Gideon and confirmed the truth of His message through miracles. Explanation Following the death of Moses and Joshua, Israel lost their way, abandoning their GOD, Yahweh, and serving the gods of the Canaanites. When Israel fell into idolatry and other evils, GOD raised up an…
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…