A Conquering People
Moses, Joshua and the JudgesChapter 10
Religion
• 4 Main Stories– Joshua and the Fall of Jericho– Deborah the Judge– Samson and Delilah– Ruth
Moses and the book of Deuteronomy
• Shema
• Therefore you shall love the Lord, your God, with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your strength
• --words of Moses
Joshua
• Moses
• Canaan
• Book of Joshua
• Canaanites
• Jericho
The Battle of Jericho
• Centralized city
• Unusual form of attack
• 7 priests
• rams horns
• 7 days
• shouts
Deborah The Judge
Decisions Decisions
Decisions
Casting Lots
•Division of Canaan•Gift from God•12 Tribes of Israel•200 years—Book of Judges
Round and Round They GoIsraelites begin to worship false gods
God allowed other nation to rule them
Judge defeated enemyAnd ruled land as GodIntended
Israelites call out to God for help
God rememberedHis covenant And sent a delivererTo save them, a judge
Great Women in the Old Testament
• 1st Judge• Remind Israelites to keep God’s
covenant• Legal disputes/advise• False gods
• False gods• Invaded• Barak• Mount Tabor• Doubt• Storm• Praise to God• Focused and strong
Most Famous Judge
• Philistine control• Special judge• Angel• Barren woman/son• Deliverer• Sampson
Sampson
• Nazirite• Vows
– No wine/strong drink– Touch no dead person or thing– Cut or shave head
• strong
• Married Philistine woman• mistreated• murder• Revenge
• Delilah• Philistines• Lies• Vows• Shaves• Blinds• Captures
• Goes to prison• Festival to god of grain• Mock• Funny thing about hair• Strength• Temple• Death
Symbolism
• Story—Israelite nation at the time• Sampson’s birth—God’s hand
– Israelites birth – God’s hand
• Sampson dedicated to God and God to him– God—dedicated to the Israelites
• Sampson used his strength for revenge– God used Sampson’s defeat into the downfall
of the Philistines, allowing the Israelites victory
Book of Ruth
•Faithful•What words mean “faithful” to you?
• Kindness, loyalty, goodness• Famine• Elimelech and Naomi• Moab• Non believers• No famine
•Death•Marriage•Death•Naomi, Orpah, Ruth•Broke•Homeland•family
•Refusal•Wherever you go…•Loyalty•Bethlehem•Harvest
•Boaz•Relative•Devotion•Claim land•Ruth
•Sadness – Joy
–Lives of faithfulness and kindness
Importance of Marriage
•Child•Obed•Jesse•David
•Design a CD cover •Theme—Faithfulness•Name your CD•Have a song listing