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The Partial Kingdom
Sally Murcutt
18/08/19
The Kingdom of God
The Israelites
Canaan
God’s law and king
THE PARTIAL KINGDOM
JUDGES - CHRONICLES
GOD’S KING: The Promise
• The serpent crusher Gen 3:15
• The obedience of the nations shall be his
Gen 49:10
• The king is to rule under God Deut 17:19
GOD’S KING: The Partial Fulfilment
• Judges – 1 Kings 11
• Judges a circle of Sin and Grace
JUDGES: a cycle of Sin and Grace
Israel sins
God judges
Israel cries for mercy
God provides a
Judge
Land at peace
JUDGES 19 - 21
In those days Israel had no king and all the
people did what seemed right in their own eyes
Judges 21:25
1 SAMUEL: A False Start
• Give us a king to rule over us like all the other
nations have 1 Samuel 8:5
• Saul anointed… and rejected… David
anointed and has to flee
• King’s suffering and rejection before glory
2 SAMUEL: The Reign of David
• Still one greater to come 2 Sam 7:11b-16
• Son of David – Son of God
1 KINGS 1:11: Solomon & the Golden Age
• Promises fulfilled 1Kings 8:56
• The king turns from God
• The kingdom is divided Israel and Judah