The Glory of Yahweh Revealed Through the Heroes

The Glory of Yahweh Revealed Through the Heroes of Israel Lessons for our Times Arkansas Christadelphian Fall Gathering 2011

The Glory of Yahweh Revealed Through the Heroes of Israel Lessons for our Times Introduction, Joshua (Salvation of Yah): The foundation for the times of the Judges (Even as our Lord is the foundation of the ecclesia of Christ )

The Glory of Yahweh Revealed Through the Heroes of Israel Lessons for our Times “Wherefore, my beloved, as ye have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling. For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure. ” (Phil. 2: 12 -13)

The Glory of Yahweh Revealed Through the Heroes of Israel Lessons for our Times “In those days there was no king in Israel, but every man did that which was right in his own eyes” (Judges 17: 6 & Judges 21: 25).

The Glory of Yahweh Revealed Through the Heroes of Israel Lessons for our Times CLASS 1 1. 2. 3. 4. Yahweh’s Mode of Instruction The Place of the Judges in the Hebrew Scripture Israel an Example - Failure Through Compromise Faith by Hearing – the Weak Made Strong The twelve Judges

The Glory of Yahweh Revealed Through the Heroes of Israel Lessons for our Times CLASS 2 5. In the World but not of the World – Nations to Prove Israel - Philistines - Canaanites - Summary 6. Four Principles in Operation - Sin, Suffering, Supplication, and Salvation

The Glory of Yahweh Revealed Through the Heroes of Israel Lessons for our Times CLASS 3 - Deborah, Barak and Jael - The Song of Deborah - Conclusion

The Glory of Yahweh Revealed Through the Heroes of Israel Lessons for our Times 1. Yahweh’s Mode of Instruction …. The “Parable” of the Judges - Psalm 78: 1 - Psalm 78: 2 -3 - Psalm 49: 1 -5

The Glory of Yahweh Revealed Through the Heroes of Israel Lessons for our Times 1. Yahweh’s Mode of Instruction “All these things spake Jesus unto the multitude in parables; and without a parable spake he not unto them: That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying, I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things which have been kept secret from the foundation of the world” (Matt. 13: 34 -35).

The Glory of Yahweh Revealed Through the Heroes of Israel Lessons for our Times 1. Yahweh’s Mode of Instruction “A parable is the setting forth of a certain thing as a representative of something else. Hence it is a comparison, or similitude. It may be spoken, or acted. In the former case fiction is used to illustrate that which is real; while in the latter, real actions on a smaller scale are representative of remoter and grander events. Whether spoken, or acted, parables are dark and unintelligible to those who are not skilled in the things of the kingdom; but when once they come to comprehend these, the things they resemble begin to immediately appear. To allegorize is to represent by comparison…

The Glory of Yahweh Revealed Through the Heroes of Israel Lessons for our Times 1. Yahweh’s Mode of Instruction “For certain features of the Kingdom of God to be illustrated parabolically, is to speak, or act allegorically; and is a mode of instruction more calculated to keep up the attention, and to impress the mind permanently, than a set discourse, or formal disquisition. The Scriptures are constructed after this ingenious plan, by which they are made so much more interesting, and capable of containing so much more matter, than any other book on the same subject, of the same size. They are a study of themselves; and no “rules of interpretation, ” or of “logic, ” are of any value to the understanding of the things which they reveal” (John Thomas)

The Glory of Yahweh Revealed Through the Heroes of Israel Lessons for our Times 1. Yahweh’s Mode of Instruction “It is a principle evinced in the Scriptures, that the lesser represents the greater. This is true in regard to symbolic times, and in types and anti-types. The Apostle Paul says that the entire Mosaic economy consisted of types, and these were written for our admonition. The kingdom of Israel was not established simply for Israel and to make history…

The Glory of Yahweh Revealed Through the Heroes of Israel Lessons for our Times 1. Yahweh’s Mode of Instruction “It was prophetic as well as historic, and the prophetic aspect is by far the greater and more important. The kingdom itself was very small, in its typical aspect, compared with what it will be in the antitypical fulfillment; and every constituent part of it was smaller than its antitype – even the territory will be vastly more extensive when the kingdom of Israel is restored. ” (Thomas Williams)

The Glory of Yahweh Revealed Through the Heroes of Israel Lessons for our Times 2. The Place of the Judges in the Hebrew Scriptures 1. The Law 2. Joshua 3. Judges 4. Ruth 5. The Kings The Word of God The Word made …. delivered to the …. . manifest in …. . raised up to live flesh; the work of Saints (The Ecclesia) lives of individual and reign with Christ over the course of believers Christ (Gen. – Deut. ) Gentile times The foundation of Yahweh’s plan (“School Master”) as regarding the Messiah; the revelation of the constituent parts of the “New Jerusalem” by type and shadow. The illustration of Yahweh’s Salvation, foreshadowing “the Word made flesh” preparing an inheritance for the people of God. A call to men and women of faith to champion the cause of Truth in the absence of our Master. A representation of the collective ecclesia under the trial of adversity. The beauty of true faith in submission to Yahweh’s strength. The establishment of the throne of David and the house of prayer for all nations. Call of the Gentiles from famine and death An earnest or to the way of life, foreshadowing of The hence preparing the Kingdom of God. true Bride of Christ.

The Glory of Yahweh Revealed Through the Heroes of Israel Lessons for our Times 3. Israel an Example – Failure Through Compromise (2 Tim 3: 16; I Cor. 10: 11).

The Glory of Yahweh Revealed Through the Heroes of Israel Lessons for our Times 4. Faith by Hearing – The weak made strong

The Glory of Yahweh Revealed Through the Heroes of Israel Lessons for our Times 4. Faith by Hearing – The weak made strong “To whom shall I speak, and give warning, that they may hear? Behold, their ear is uncircumcised, and they cannot hearken: behold, the word of the Lord is unto them a reproach; they have no delight in it” (Jer. 6: 10).

- Outline of the 12 Judges Saviors of Israel Judge Meaning Tribe / Son of, etc. Defeated or Delivered from: Reference 1. Othniel Force, or Strength (lion) of El Judah / Son of Kenaz; Cushan-rishathaim, king of Judges 3: 9 Younger Brother, or Nephew Mesopotamia of Caleb 2. Ehud United, or One Benjamin / Son of Gera Eglon of Moab Judges 3: 15 3. Shamgar Cupbearer Son of Anath Slew Philistines Judges 3: 31 4. (1) Deborah, (2) Barak (3) Jael (1) Orderly Motion, A Bee (2) Lightning (3) Sure Footed (1) Wife of Lapidoth (2) Son of Abinoam of Kadesh-Naphtali W. of Heber the Kenite Jabin and Sisera Judges 4 and 5 5. Gideon Feller, or Hewer Down Manasseh 6. Tola Crimson Worm Issachar / Son of Puah Judges 10: 1 7. Jair Enlightener A Gileadite Judges 10: 3 8. Jephthah Set free by Yah, or He A Gileadite / The Son of will open a harlot 9. Ibzan Whiteness or splendid Of Bethlehem Judges 12: 8 10. Elon Mighty Oak, or Grove Zebulon Judges 12: 11 11. Abdon Servant A Pirathonite / Son of Hillel Judges 12: 13 12. Samson Brilliant Sunlight Dan / Son of Manoah Midianites Ammonites Philistines Judges 6 Judges 11 Judges 13

The Glory of Yahweh Revealed Through the Heroes of Israel Lessons for our Times “God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty; And base things of the world, and things which are despised, hath God chosen, yea, and things which are not, to bring to nought things that are: That no flesh should glory in his presence. But of him are ye in Christ Jesus, who of God is made unto us wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption: That, according as it is written, He that glorieth, let him glory in the Lord” (I Cor. 1: 27 -31).