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