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The historical context of the Book of Judges was that the twelve tribes were already in the Promised Land, the land flowing with milk and honey (Exodus 3:8) and where a single cluster of grapes were carried on a pole (Numbers 13:23)! The elderly Joshua, having led the tribes into the Land and allotted the lands among the tribes, was about to leave the earth. But not before giving them reminders of what God had done and was going to do.
God parted the waters of the Jordan as this was a new generation who had not seen His great miracles of Egypt and the Red Sea (Joshua 3)
He gave them physical reminders through the twelve memorial stones (Joshua 4) and circumcision (Joshua 5) [You may not see the memorial stones everyday but the guys got a reminder each time they pee]
God put fear into the hearts of their enemies, Amorites and the Canaanites (Joshua 5),
God gave the people the example of Joshua in hearing, obeying, conquering and enjoying.
The pastor summarized for us the cycle of events in the approx. 300 years of the judges. And here is the flip side, from the perspective of God’s love for His people.
Disobedience ? Foreign oppression ? Cries of distress ? Deliverance ? Disobedience …. Long suffering ? Wrathful ? Merciful ? Faithful ? Long suffering …