Book of Judges Summary: A Complete Animated Overview
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- Watch our overview video on the book of Judges, which breaks down the literary design of the book and its flow of thought. In Judges, the Israelites turn away from God and face the consequences. God raises judges in cycles of rebellion, repentance, and restoration.
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I want to say that your videos are very well done. They're fun to watch and quite accurate. There are usually very few mistakes, but for the sake of bringing everyone closer to the truth, I'd like to point something out. Technically, Samson was appointed by God to deliver the Israelites and judge the Philistines. All I mean by this is that all the people Samson killed were killed justly acording to the mosaic law, so it's not murder. Regardless, Samson still broke his promises to God repeatedly, broke the moral law repeatedly, and was just generally very foolish. I haven't read judges in a little while, so I'm not sure, but I think that's the only mistake in this video, which is incredibly impressive. My prayers go out to you all.
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If the chapters 17-21 is in order, are you saying that Phineas lived more than 400 years(Judges 20:28)
The amount of times i mentally facepalmed myself because of the cycle of the same sin that the Israelites kept repeating throughout the book of Moses, then in the book of judges. Then i realised this is probably what I do in my day to day life. My father God's love, mercy and patience is underserved. Praise God.
Dont worry, you can sin as much as youd like in christianity. You can sin your entire life as long as you repent and believe in Christ. Notice how you continue to sin? And? Christianity is a religion that allows sin without consequence as long as you repent/believe. So keep doing what you please and repent later in life.
@jamesmichael9341 James 2:14-26 and Hebrews 10:19-39 directly address and counter this strawman of what faith is. In Christ, believers are met with the grace and sufficiency of Jesus to help them in their time of need (Hebrews 4:16, Ephesians 2:1-10). But for someone to intentionally abuse this as a pass to go on intentionally sinning without a care in the world, their faith is not real. If someone really loved the Lord, they would not have a complacent, careless, and manipulative view towards sin (1 John 3:1-10). Believers are still imperfect on this side of eternity and continue to sin. There is a real struggle, but we take on an attitude of perseverance and dependence on God, and he himself makes up the gap as we walk with him. Also, while believers are cleansed from the eternal consequence of their sin, there are still natural consequences that lead to hurt and destruction in this life. These consequences can be mitigated and brought to redemption by walking with the Lord faithfully, not by treating his mercy as something to be taken for granted and contempted.
@@jamesmichael9341 imagine you have only 1 year to live. Now count how many hours you have and if you can live each sec of that hour without sinning.. then you don't need Jesus. Jesus says "go and sin no more" and that we should strive to be blameless. But 'God is love' hence when we slip up, because we do, His grace is there (if we truly repent). Why? because God knows we humans NEED it.
@@user-j1spswelskisj Okay so you just agreed with me. Christians believe that they are allowed to sin alllll they want as long as they repent their sins. Its a religion of belief to get into heaven, not a religion of being a good human to get into heaven. Ill prove it. A human, 25 year old female. She spent her entire life being a great human. Loving, caring, fed the homeless, spent her time with her family, lets say she volunteered once a week just to help others, never lied, never hurt anyone, just a beautiful woman of pure love. But she lived somewhere where they didnt believe in the Christian god. Now lets compare another person real quick. This person graped children, murdered families, stole, lied, attacked people, women and children, never was honest, just a purely evil, disgusting human. Did the worst actions that your mind could imagine. Well, a few months before he died he believed in the Christian god. He repented and believed in jesus. Prayed to god, and said he was Christian. Now, first woman. You believe that, that woman will and should be tortured for eternity. Thrown in hell to burn and scream in pain for an infinite amount of time. She deserves hell for eternity. The second guy, you believe he is good. You believe he shall go to heaven. If you cannot tell, this is a religion of belief, not a religion of morals and being good. It is why Christianity is plummeting. Humans are catching onto this and are smarter than dumb Ancient men 2,000 years ago. It is why Christianity is NOT respected anymore and its become a laughing stock that even STRIPPERS are out here saying theyre Christians and jesus died for their sins so they can strip and do what they please (which is true lmao).
Hmmmm I wrote a LONG comment but it isnt appearing, maybe they think its spam. So you agree with me. Christianity is a religion of belief, NOT a religion of morals and being a good human. One can sin all they want, one day repent and believe and they go to heaven. A good human can live their life beautifully, not believe in a certain god and they will be tortured for eternity. This is why Christianity is plummeting. People are catching on and are smarter than dumb Ancient men 2,000 years ago@@user-j1spswelskisj
When I was a teenager Judges was an interesting book of all kinds of battles and intrigue. As an adult I look back and think this is the saddest part of the Bible, that His people would sink so low. Then I look at today's society and even my own life and gasp. Have we, have I really strayed this far away from God. And so the Book of Judges stands as a warning to us even today. He loves His people and would rather have us repent that be afflicted by Him.
Very well put sir
@@Africangyal Thank you. I do appreciate someone who recognizes the Truth of God's Word.
Those battles were awesome though
at first I was like Israel clearly do not learn lol then it hit me, I'm reading my life lol I'm reading what's happening today like reading it humbled me cuz whew
Agree, God's grace is so powerful.
"In those days there was no King in Israel. Everyone did what was right in their own eyes"
It's 2020. And it's still true. Politics, religion, and now social media. Everyone is still doing what they believe is right.
And its 2020. YET God is the same God who forgives still and holds on to his promises for us.
God is just so beautiful and good.
Are you sure
Amen 🙌
@@edemanagbah2601 so sure! Our God is so so good, very patient and kind.
@@eho6380 did you not see the people celebrating the 2 officers shot in LA? Other than child sacrifice, it's pretty much the same nowadays just modern day versions
@@eho6380 We do actually.. they just cover it with “planned parenthood” you should listen to the stories of doctors who quit that practice because of how disturbing aborting babies is.
These drawing are so cool! Learning this way is epic.
I like them
I say epic as well!
@@knightorigin its epic for me
@knight origin it is also coll
@@upendotech7461 coil?
I read a book, then I watch the video summary of the book. This is the most accurate video of all the books so far. Brutal read. Had to walk away from it at one point, then it got worse. So the warning is warranted. Main lesson of the book as I read it is, "man did what was right in his own eyes", and why that is not a good thing without the influence of the Lord our God.
if a nonbeliever would read this book he will rant about how faulty it is and how awful is our God for letting these atrocious events to happen, but as we can see throughout this video that WE the people were responsible for all this evil to happen and God was there to rescue us everytime even when we did exactly what He asked us not to do.
No atheists uses this book to illustrate that God is a failure and ignorant which is wrong.
I'm an atheist, and I don't think this book illustrates God as a failure. In fact, I don't really think God is much to blame for anything that happened in the book of Judges. The way I see it, the events in Judges and the people who wrote them down years later are the ones at fault. This illustrates the need for laws, but not necessarily the need for God. Corruption is the result of self-serving ambition, leading to oppression, violence, and ultimately anarchy. Having a solid government with laws is important, but that doesn't need to involve God. They should be two separate entities. There's nothing wrong with believing, but to generalize atheists in this way is to perpetuate a false stereotype.
Having a solid government with laws is important? (I mean, it is but not in this context). The worlds today has an array of governments from 'developed' to 'developing' and they still haven't been able to curb human nature and the truth is, they never will. You were right that corruption is a result of self-serving ambition, but its not about laws, its internally addressing the condition of human soul, no government can ever do that. In order to do that, that would mean renewing a persons mind, tending to the conditions of the human soul. There is no such government or human law that can do that.
MsWaitrose thank you for your response. I do see that you have a fair point, but I also believe that laws, to an extent, keep human nature in check by teaching systems of reward and punishment. There are systems like that all over the world and they are often connected to government. Obviously government cannot control every innate desire of every human, and they shouldn’t. But states of anarchy lead to corruption and disaster to an extreme degree much more quickly and easily than most government systems do. I know that wasn’t necessarily your point; mine was just to respond to an attack on something I feel very strongly about by showing that my perspective of the book does not align with the original commenter’s and the initial responder’s ideas of what my perspective would be, and I stand by it.
Well, to be fair God (if abrahamic god even exists) is said to be omnipotent, omniscient and omnibenevolent so if he knows the consequences of his own actions (creating humans with flaws and susceptible to evil) and doesn't want the world to go to shit - he should have known where it would lead the history to and do something to prevent that. He still did what he did meaning he either is not omnibenevolent, or not omniscient or not omnipotent.
So choose wich god do you belive in:
1) allpowerful allknowing evil god - he just likes to see us struggle.
2) allpowerful good god that tries his best but faills and periodically whipes humanity from the face of the earth.
3) allknowing good god that is not capable of doing anything - could he even be called god?
It is amazing how even just reading the Bible up through the book of Judges can totally change a persons view of God and the entire world, all humanity. It is so clear how lost our world is today. Worshiping "false gods" is rampant in our society, when you think of how many people worship money, power, sex, alcohol, popularity, careers, material possessions, and on and on. Put God first and He will change your life in ways you never imagined!!!
+Angus Rhodes the reason we don't read it is because it another false god that we read about in the bible that leads people to destruction. Islam will send every believer to hell.
Angus Rhodes Have these other religions had their god send their only son to die for your sins? How many religions can say that their god is perfect and holy and without sin?
where do you get your logic?
Explain why for thousands of years, major Civilizations flourished in Asia, and why they didn’t descend into killing and lawlessness , even though Christianity was not widely worshiped if not at all.
@@khulegubuyandelger8140 because when we don't follow the true God, we are kept in comfort and peace to stay on the path to Hell. When you serve the one true God, you face tribulation, trial and testing from the devil because you are going against his systems of religion and governance.
The book of Judges reminds us of what happens when we do things our way, instead of God's way. Judges 17:6 explains:
"In those days there was no king in Israel. Everyone did what was right in his own eyes."
Doing whatever we desire didn't end well for them... and it won't end well for us.
God's way is always the better way. May we learn that lesson before it's too late.
Another excellent video guys!
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To me, that feels like I’m being locked up in a cage.
I am only starting to read the Bible, but I am struck by just how much wisdom and how many powerful lessons are packed into its pages. The lesson of Judges is still relevant today and the cycle of sin is as clear to see now as it was then. It's amazing that it's message should still be taken seriously thousands of years after it was first written - a true masterpiece!
That's what you get when the creator of the universe writes a book haha I love it!!
I watch these before I read the full chapter to get a brief synopsis. That way I can understand the book better as I read along. Thank you. ❤️
I actually started doing the same thing. ha :)
Finding my twins here in this comments
This book is worth reading
Same Here.
I do the same too! and then I replay it again after finishing a book :) Love the creators of this channel.
I am so grateful for these videos! I was saved 8 months ago and have been bouncing around the Bible trying to figure it all out. I have studied the Gospels in detail, but I was searching for the WHOLE PICTURE. This is such an amazing companion for a newbie walking through the Bible. Thank you so much for all of your hard work.
NicoleL the bibel sucks.
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Nicole Lopiccolo your spelling sucks
They're giving you the plot, God's word is the story.
Glad to have you in the family.
@@samanthabellino8077 care to give some examples to back up your accusations? Please be sure to site your references in historical and socialogical context.
the cycle of sining, oppression, repentance, deliverance,peace and sining again is what iv'e been doing for years and now I know why my life kept repeating. this video showed me how to stop repeating and that it's wrong.
I've also seen that, we'll notice that through repentance we will be delivered. But it should be a genuine repentance, a total surrender. A change of mind, heart and purpose
its kind of like our everyday lives, as christians.
We need the King to reign in us! His Kingdom come to us! :)
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The key is after the peace part. When people relax after they have success, the key is to not get too relaxed that you think you can sin however you want. This is the story of all civilizations all over the world, but thats too deep for right here right now. The key is to keep some sense of discipline from the repentance and deliverance even after you won the battle and have peace.
I love these illustrations! Having read the Bible a few times, it's just better seeing it visually. You guys did an awesome job bringing this to life! God bless you all.
Shan Russell yes. i also feel the same. having the illustration and also the proper demarcation of the stories in each books helps & guide me to see God's salvation plan throughout the old testament until His fullfilment in Jesus Christ. Thank you for the effort. God Bless.
Totally agree with you. You know I watch videos from LIFE NOGGIN, which is related to science, and theodd1sout which is related the author himself, I think in this day videos of any topic with illustrations that are simple and unique really draws attentions of viewers. I mean like who thought the bible was this interesting?
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When I read it how can u not visual it .
Although this illustration helps, this is only but an overview of the Book of Judges. It should be appreciated, as I see it as a valuable explanation as well, but it shouldn't be held higher that the actual Word of God. To really understand what goes on here, I suggest reading it straight from the source, using a variety of translations when stuck and, again going back to reliable videos like this one here.
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I just finished reading the book of Judges and stayed there asking myself 'what is God saying through this horrible story about the Levite concubine?' I thought it couldn't get worse than Japhtha killing his daughter... then came the Levite and the concubine!!! Thank you for this EXCELLENT explanation! I knew about BibleProject but never watched one of your videos... it really is so well done and I feel so much better after listening to this. God bless you all and keep you safe. Love from Switzerland.
Actually, Jephthah most likely DID NOT kill his daughter.
@@stephaniefogelvik4756he didn’t? That’s relieving to hear
@@stephaniefogelvik4756yes, it says they weeped for her virginity, not for her life. She was likely like a vower. Anyways even reader at some point starts confusing pagan practices of human sacrifice with what was real sacrifice to real God. It shows real level of corruption there.
It's interesting that we tend to focus on behaviour when we read a book like Judges, but that completely misses the point. In God's mind, behaviour shows what's really in our hearts - we can't pretend that we can somehow disconnect behaviour from heart desire and motive. Judges is like an epic replay of Gen. 6-8 where God destroyed the entirety of creation in His holy anger because "The LORD saw that the wickedness of man was great on the earth, and that every intention of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually." Right at the end of Moses life, before Joshua led the conquest and then Judges took place, Moses recounts in Deuteronomy how the LORD had given Israel His Law, but they had broken it, and then explains that the solution to this problem is that what God's people really need is a new heart, one that only God can give. This anticipates the coming of the Messiah, the One who would come and conquer all of sin and death and make all things new, the One who would give His people new hearts, ones that are bent on loving and trusting Him rather than on evil and rebellion. The bottom line is that sin is a heart problem, not merely a behaviour problem, and only Jesus in His sovereign grace can deal with that!
AMEN!!
Amen
Thank you! ❤ Your explanation helped me tremendously!
I was familiar with the story of Gideon and Samson, but I never knew how their stories fit into the book as a whole or the context of judges. So thankful for your videos! Encourages me to study the Word more diligently, and your videos help with that. May God continue to bless this work as it edifies the body!
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In ancient warfare there was one torch bearer for every 20 or 30 troops. So when the Midianites saw 300 torches, they figured the whole place was seething with 6000 to 9000 (plus) attackers. This was a brilliant strategy. It may even have been the same ratio with the trumpet players. Brilliant strategy.
Humans may get more creative, but we humans don't really learn, do we.
Well we do actually. The thing is some generations are doomed to repeat history, be it as a whole or individuals, or we just forget and commit a practice without realizing how wrong it is. Humanity is capable of learning, but we are flawed and sadly life will turn ugly because of that. Thank God for ... Well GOD, lol, because he will not leave us and will keep us in line and teach us :)
Amen! We are "inventors of evil" as Paul puts in Romans 1.
amen
Judges rules!!!!
Samson disobeyed god!'
I love your channel guys but Deborah refused to go to battle. Ordering to Barac to go and do what God has told HIM to do. She did NOT take the sword and led people to battle, that s just what Deborah said to Barac, when he ask for her to ride with him to battle, that a woman will get his victory, and then again, that woman is not Deborah. Everytime the bible mention somethint about this period, like the book of Hebrews counting the exploits of the heroes of faith, the scripture mention Barac, not Deborah.
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yeah but you forgot to say samson repents before he dies
He told 'he did win' OFC THAT IS REPENTES!
To be honest, the ending of Samson, to me, is quite a positive redemption story. Many men should read it.
This is my opinion too.
@@jameslindsay7846 I went and saw Samson at the Sight and Sound theater and it was INCREDIBLE. Obviously they take a few liberties to develop more of a stage worthy story, but as far as the major and underlying themes and narratives, I have no doubt they were very close to the mark.
I agree.
I can see why chapter 19-21 is just not suitable for any illustration purposes. It is truly horrifying.
I don't think the guys would be able to do that with having the video be restricted to viewers under 18.
The Levite's concubine is literally an Israelite Junko Furuta.
Is was straight-up Silence of the Lambs
True, it's like thriller.
And has homosexual.
The levi and Concubine Sounds a lot like Sodom and Gomorrah
Yes it mirrors it. Yet as it's later in history the judgment and destruction is rendered by other humans.
I think we're supposed to see the similarities. Israel at this point had become just like the most wicked cities in history.
@Baribefe Kpurubu yes, and God helps them destroy the Benjamites. Then the others ask the remaining few Benjamites to go kidnap women from other cities for their wives. Back to zero
@@ramsaval true, Israel even started to pray to God.
*cough cough* I think that was the point
Disagree with the take on Samson. Samson repents and is given back his strength. He fulfills his missions and sacrifices his own life for his people. The Israelites were at war with the Philistines...his was not an act of mass murder.
Samson later on understood that God gave him all the strength and he ends up doing God's will as the last thing he does, there is some kind of redemption there since he did remember God and he did turn to God at the very end and God allowed him to do His will once again.
@@AleksAvramJeff Exactly!👍
disturbing is an understatement
no really...
NO REALLY....
It's sad that without God and His Goodness, we literally turn into monsters that are pure evil. This is where our society is heading to unfortunately, but God wants us to come to Him even if few people do ^^
@@Sebastian-xy3xk I dont care
@@viz4884 who was speaking to you?
I just finished reading the book of Judges, and I was so confused, I didn't understand why the God of Israel was allowing these things to happen, but now I see, I understand much more in depth and I am so grateful ♥ God is Love! ♥ I pray that your project gets much more main stream recognition that it truly deserves!
EverBlessed I love when that happens in the Bible as we read... there’s always always a bigger goal and a bigger picture to every single story in the Bible.. we have to find out about
Apparently your God also condones mass genocide, like a flood wiping out the entire planet, Sodom and Gomorrah, and city after city to be destroyed-- all men, women and children in the book of Joshua and Judges, it was under Yaweh's command too. Yes, very gracious, he offered little to know revelation and guidelines for much of the rest of the world, like the million ppl living in China and other parts of the world at that time and punishes them for their ignorance for worshipping a God they've yet to know. You worship a God that knowingly creatures mankind to be sinful, tempts us with the same apple then punishes us for eternity of suffering in hell for it. This isn't a merciful act this is like a fucking sadistic, cruel joke IF its actually to be taken seriously. The God of the bible certainly has good intentions and in many ways sets a stronger moral path than anything that the Greek, Assyrian, etc. gods were at the time but the problem is... it's so contradictory and myopic as well, the God that created the entire cosmos and universe is obsessed with a small tribe of ppl in the middle east for some reason, and resorts to really ambiguous and odd symbolism, prophetizing, and such to reveal a coming of himself... in human form, so that he can sacrifice himself to himself, to safe us from sin that he created... like **pause** wtf. Just stop and add it up, if a creator of the universe that has complete power chose to do it... THIS is the best possible way he set it up for us to be saved several thousand years later? No thanks, no dice mate.
It is not God who tempts you, it is the unclean spirits. God is there to fill you with the Holy Spirit. It was Christ's mission. It is not an analogy. It is God's promise. Ask God for the Holy Spirit, so you can be healed. @@Jaryism
JARY get behind me satan!
JARY I've been thinking the same way for a while now I was raised Catholic and I want to believe there is a God but the Bible and preachings are so contradicting that I just don't know what to believe anymore
I really love these, they help with clarifying things that are confusing. I just hope that people do not use these as a replacement of reading The Word but rather to help clarify. There are still a lot of messages in The Word that teach so much more each time you read them. I am sure that is what those involved in The Bible Project also are wanting out of these, clarification, not replacement. :D
In ancient warfare there was one torch bearer for every 20 or 30 troops. So when the Midianites saw 300 torches, they figured the whole place was seething with 6000 to 9000 (plus) attackers. This was a brilliant strategy. It may even have been the same ratio with the trumpet players. Brilliant strategy.
“Samson has no regard for God” Umm... are you kidding me? The text literally says many times that the Spirit of God was upon him, how exactly would Samson be able to perform these amazing works if he was not in communion with the Holy Spirit? “His life ends in mass murder” Come on guys, for real? The very fact that he received back his supernatural strength and was able to break down the pillars means that the Spirit of the Lord was once again upon him. He didn’t “murder” anybody, he suffered horribly under the philistines as a martyr and even sacrificed his own life to defeat the enemies of Israel. God was the one who working through him. Also, if Samson is supposedly a villain (as you erroneously paint him to be) why is he listed among the Saints of the Old Testament in Hebrews 11:32? Samson was a servant of God, and the destruction of the philistines was accomplished BY GOD through him. The end of Samson’s life is a beautiful story of God’s redemption, not “a violent rush mass murder”. You guys really dropped the ball on this one.
I have really enjoyed the Bible Project videos and am so thankful for them but I am in full agreement with the above comment about the portrayal of Samson.
God uses anyone he wants. Sansom was a terrible person who massacrated a lot of people for selfish reasons. He was a polygamous man and very angry, and God still uses him because HE WANTS. Is not the same as the communion with Holy Spirit in the Christianity, because here the communion is permament, and the people have to follow Christ. In the Old Testament, God puts his Spirit in anyone he can use. Saul was not in communion with God and God still put His Spirit in him (1 Samuel 19:23-24), Saul them start to speak things, and this give time so David can escape. Samsom have to free Israel of Philistines, so God empower Sansom to destroy them, but in either way Sansom was not doing that to help Israel, but to help himself, but since it was a opportunity, God empower him. The only diference is the final act, where Samsom probably repent of all the things and them ask for God power one more time, and that is it. And the philistines was not destroyed by Sansom, they continue to opress Israel until David appear to defeat them.
And Samsom was not the villain, but he was not a hero. Jephtah also appear in the list of saints and he sacrificed his own daugher, a thing God himself hates, the list is to show how faith guide all this man, this dont mean that everything they do is to be accepted. The judges are not the villains, but are not hero, the only hero in the entire book is God himself and the first tree judges, all other judges have saved Israel, but they himself was terrible man.
@@sonofcronos7831 They weren’t terrible men, you’re missing the point. The entire point of shining a spotlight on the flaws in their moral character of the judges is to show just how corrupted the people of Israel’s thinking had become-as men like Samson, Jephtah, and Gideon serve as microcosmic reflections of the society in which they had been brought up. The point is to show that (as a consequence of not driving out the Canaanites), Israelite society had become a morally depraved society just like the Canaanites. It’s not that these men were any more evil that any other human beings. In fact, they clearly revered and loved God and were accounted righteous in his sight because of their faith (Hab. 2:4), but their thinking had become deeply corrupted because they grew up in a backslidden society in which the behaviors of the Canaanites had been normalized. The very same thing occurs today. Behaviors that just a few generations ago were shamed are now glorified and consequentially even among the people of God-the younger generations accept certain sinful behaviors as normal because they grew up in a society that says it’s normal and it’s all they have ever known.
Agreed.
Dang.. Chp 19 is so appalling yall didn’t even go into detail!
I just finished reading the book of Judges for the first time and the last chapter have deeply rattled me with the abhorrent things Israel does. It disturbs me to no end how quickly they went from praising the Lord to horrid sin. Thank you Lord for sending your son Jesus to save us from turning out like Israel
But it's a picture of America today
Judges 19 had me shook. I couldn’t believe if 😢
My bishop often quotes his father’s saying “God is the only employer that would fire you and let you keep working” meaning He gives us spiritual gifts for the furthering of His kingdom but if we turn away from Him it doesn’t always mean we lose our gifts, just our purpose for them. I think this book and Samson really shows that!
Samson detruction of the heathens is not murder but, Judgement.
This is truly one of the saddest books of the Bible.
Just here to say thank you for the videos you make. Learning about the stories of the Bible alongside my kids and discussing it with them makes it easier for this homeschool mom. God bless you!
Wow, this is very interesting. This teaches us that every time we turn away from God, really bad things happen, but every time we make the choice to obey and follow God we have a really good life, and amazing blessings.
Thank you for not drawing the last part of the book. it is indeed very disturbing, and I was scared imagining what your drawings will be. Good thing you censored it out. :) God bless you guys.
On my second full read through of the Bible, and my pastor recommended that we watch these videos when we’re going to start a new book. They really help with conceptualizing the book as a whole and placing it in the context of the rest of the Bible. I only read around 2 chapters a day so it’s easy to loose track of the storyline.
thank you for providing clarity on this book! i was definitely disturbed with a lot of it when i read it, and it’s helpful to remember that the overarching theme is how humans default to chaos and destruction when they deny God.
Lol, it's called Judges when ironically there's a lack of judgement in it!
+Jonny Lupus Have you ever READ it? Judges came before King, and the Judges served as deciders of Judgment. There is little to no RIGHTEOUS JUDGMENT, but plenty of Judgment. I think you must mean "righteous judgment." And yes, there is a lot of iron, such as "Jerusalem" (city of peace) which has never known peace, ... or Israel (wrestles with God) and we wonder why Israel is still so blind and rebellious to the Messiah and Truth? A GOD who doesn't need to, but chooses to leave Glory, suffers and dies for us dirty mortals? Oh the irony of it ALL!
MessengerOfTruth Dude...I was talking about a lack of judges from the actual Judges, not God...no need to get shakespearean...
Jonny Lupus And I'm telling you, there is a LOT of JUDGMENT in the Book of Judges FROM the Judges. That's why I asked you if you ever even read it.
It's like saying there is not "exit out of Egypt" in "Exodus"
That's why I suggested that you must be talking about RIGHTEOUS Judgment, because there is PLENTY of Judgment in the Book.
And then I AGREED with the irony, but there is a LOT of irony in Scritures.
Just because you didn't read between all the lines, each thing RELEVANT to what you typed, doesn't make it "Shakespearean"
smh
MessengerOfTruth ok...still crapping on the joke though...
Jonny Lupus Alright, I agree. It was meant in jest, I see that now. So, suffice to say that I get it.
But I already agreed.
But of "Judges" (people in rulership) does lack righteous judgment.
But Jerusalem means "city of peace" .... and yet its never known peace.
Israel means "wrestles with God" (technically). But we wonder why the Jews are blind, rejected the Messiah, and are always rebellion.
There is a LOT of irony in Scripture.
I finished reading Judges recently... Needless to say I was disturbed😐😐😓😓
Why don’t we ever hear about this in Sunday school or bible study ????
To avoid nightmares probably.
The book of Judges is nuts! Extremely violent. It is also one of the most interesting sections in the OT, showing the serious consequences of Israel's moral decline, and God's patience. Also, Samson kills 1000 people with a Donkey skull.
I don’t understand the conclusion. He makes it sound like God wanted to give Israel a king. Remember that Israel asking for a King was them rejecting God as it says in Samuel
it’s not saying that God wanted to give them a king, but that there was no leader who could point to the israelites what was right and what was wrong. God is there, but they rejected him, and there was no one else to tell it to em straight
Disappointed in the portrayal of Jephthah. He certainly did not vow to offer his daughter as a burnt offering and thus was like the Canaanites. He offered the Lord the first thing to greet him out of his house, which when he realized was his daughter, he was very emotional about, yet did as he vowed. To compare his to the Canaanites and their willful sacrifice of their children is extremely misleading, just to fit into your model of going from bad to worse. And don't forget that he is mentioned in the Hall of Faith in Hebrews 11. A good video with a very glaring flaw.
The traditional Jewish interpretation affirms that he did indeed sacrifice his daughter as a burnt offering (to which she faithfully consented). That is why the Jews have a 4-day feast in her remembrance annually. While people have argued for alternative interpretations, the evidence remains strongly in favor of the sacrifice. The point is that had Jephthah (and the people largely) not been ignorant of God's nature and holiness in contrast to the pagan gods, he never would have made such an oath. God punished Jephthah by taking his only child, but her response to this vow demonstrates that this nameless young woman is actually a Christ-type of the Old Testament: someone who willingly, faithfully, and lovingly submits to death for the salvation of her people. Her death is redeemed.
I finished reading Judges today, it is a short book. However, it is very hard to digest the violence and gore. If I'm not mistaken there isn't any blessing from God as Israel had forgotten about their God and hence the negative outcomes. When I read about Jephtha tears welled up in my eyes due to his illegitimate origin and him opening up to Yahwah at mispah. once he did that the next thing he did was write a letters to ammonite king (as in modern diplomacy) although the starting statement of Jeptha says that he was a mighty warrior. In fact My heart felt for the faithfulness of Jephtha towards God although he was born as an illegitimate son.
Remember this words judges 11:35
I have made a vow to the LORD that I cannot break.
The way Jephtha was portrayed in this video isn't how I felt or learned about him.
let's not forget that what he did, he did thinking it is by the will of the Lord, and he indeed kept his vow, but by even making that vow he shows not to understand the Lord, but that he confuses Him and replaces all the gods of the Canaanites with one other god, not our true God, Who never would have asked for, or consented to such a sacrifice, let's not forget about Isaac... a very good video, without a glaring flaw, but a good portrail of a important figure with a glaring flaw
There might be a few reasons for that. First, it’s a video essay so of course it’s not going to get every detail from the book. Second, if you go to their website you’ll notice the Bible project is a project made by Religious people themselves, not that there’s anything wrong with that but it could have personal bias when it comes to their work. If you want to learn more about the Bible or more about theology, mythology in general I suggest you try to do more research on your own to try to at least get a more objective point of view.
@@christianldove Highly disagree on the punishing part actually. God is not the sadistic monster that would punish someone by tricking that someone to believe whatever he or she said was done out of free will. Yes. All of that is exactly what you are implying if you say God punished Jephthah. It was Jephthah's foolish words (extremely foolish because really, what else would come out from the door of his house? definitely not a fat bull) and his own doings. This can only exist when the judge clearly isn't knowledgeable in mosaic laws and scriptures and can't tell them apart from foreign idol worship cultures. Seriously, what kind of a righteous israelite would say something like I'll sacrifice the first thing that comes out from the door of my house. A house. A place where only people live.
In Judges, that story of the man and his concubine has always haunted me. Sick and twisted. Terrible times. Sounds like something that would happen today.
I would advise you to let it go. But, I got shocked too when I read it.
Gods test run through Jews/Hebrews trying to get humans to follow him.I think we can all agree that test was a COMPLETE FAILURE despite all the Jews witnessed and enjoyed!
This is why Christ came! We can make the choice to follow God through Spirit, discipline and Faith through Christ.
Crazy how I’ve seen people comment saying “Like if we need God to do what is right.” It’s sad really. Evil is all humans do look around us in this world. There is no right without him.
I finished the book today. In particular I was so horrified when Japthath sacrificed his daughter. it was absolutely horrific and as the video mentioned demonstrated how far they were from the character of God.
I thought to myself ‘thank goodness these atrocities don’t happen today’ but then I had the thought that in a way isn’t abortion a form of baby sacrifice (often done for the mothers kind of benefit). (P.s I know this is a very emotive subject and in this comment I do not intend to condemn those who may have had abortion but more our societal view of it and how it is a sign our hearts are so far from god.)
I don’t think we are too far away from that society unfortunately and we definitely have our own idols that we worship.
Thank you for a brilliant overview of Judges.
P.s I couldn’t believe it when it ended like that. I thought there has to be another chapter.
Jephthah didn't sacrifice his daughter in a way you meant. When you read the bible you need to read it very carefully, notice that the whole verses were emphasizing on his daughter virginity, if you actually read from genesis to judges, you will notice that God forbid israelites to sacrifice human being in a way that you burn them just like how you burn lamb, etc. But notice that there are passages where God told israelites to sacrifice their firstborn, people(not killing them). Those "sacrifices" are different, because those sacrifice actually mean you let your child/family to serve God for his his/their entire life. Hence why you didn't see God stopping Jephthah.
Anyway his daughter didn't marry for her entire life, that's why in other verses you see that israelites mourn for her virginity not her life, because Jephthah vows make her some kind of holy maiden/nun.
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Jephthah didn't burnt his daughter! The promise he gives include a translation mistake. The hewbrew word that stands at this point should be translated as an "or" instead of an "and" as on many other pages of the bible.
"If you give the Ammonites into my hands, 31 whatever comes out of the door of my house to meet me when I return in triumph from the Ammonites will be the Lord’s, OR I will sacrifice it as a burnt offering."
So the end of this chapter makes much more sense, when she goes to the mountains to cry about her virginity. The sacrifice here means that she has to serve god like the firstborn.
So your whole interpretation from okay to worse shoud be reconsidered.
Also the interpration of samson as an godless mass murder seams not to be right, because he got the power for this last act from god, because he had lost his power with his hair and shouldn't be able to to do this by his self, only his prayer to god gives him his power again for this last act.
The Bible Project I
I'm so sorry!!! I was working on the sub on my phone,I and wrongly I reported the video. I am deeply sorry!! I really hope it'll not be a problem. So sorry again!
The Bible Project please do make specific videos on each judges
Samson's life ends in mass murder? Or was it God's judgment on the Philistines? I don't think the texts describes Samson as a mass murderer.
Paul Freeman it’s blasphemy what they said. They are basically calling God a mass murder. It was as you said God’s judgement on the philistines.
Love your videos,pls keep interpretation accurate, quite misleading from the facts..
The narration says it’s a victory over the Philistines before that. “Mass murder” was the wrong label but I highly doubt they meant that as condemning Samson’s actions.
I would like to Add the Deborah was not a bad judge. Actually, there more judges that did right in God's sight. I can see how the book of Judges relates to our times now
Victoria Kay thats what u thought as well, she just didnt last long. i was actually very surprised reading of the first woman to lead the israelites.
She ruled 40 years the same amount of time as David
I'm sorry she was a judge for 40 years lol
Victoria Kay ohh i missed that part, its just the Bible only almost just had a paragraph about her, we barely know what kind of judge she was. i wanted to know more since she was explained to be a female
Girl there's more to the story. She led an army into victory. I don't wanna spoil the details lol
Thanks a lot for making this video. I’ve read Judges before, and with its huge amounts of character and questionable actions, I was basically confused as to who was right and who was wrong, what is that God wishes for His people to follow. Watching this video cleared up many things in my mind, so thanks for giving me a chance to understand this book better.
Really such a sobering book.
why do i feel that the history is repeating itself again.
In what way?
Samson did not end "in mass murder." He turned to the Lord, and the unbelievers were justly executed.
My name is Daniel, and all my life I was confused about the meaning of my name in Hebrew: “God is my judge.” I’m finding out that it’s not about Him being a judicial kind of judge, but rather a deliverer. God is my DELIVERER, and will conquer every one of my enemies, because I am His child.
1:30 If you have a tribe of Joseph, you can't also have two tribes of Ephraim and Manassah as they're basically Joseph's tribe split in two, and vice versa.
@Kevin Belgrove I really hope you're not a bot, I'm not talking about salvation or any of that shit here, please keep things relevant!!
Ephraim and Manasse were officially adopted by Israel(Jacob).
I appreciate this so much! You have explained the book of Judges so well and answered some questions I had. So relevant for today.
The book of judges paints humanity to be in the same sad state over and over again, generation after generation including today's generation and that unless we have God's presence, it's just a futile unending cycle of being lost.
No mention of Abimelech?
Kyrgyz Jeff sorry to bother, but which one is that?
He wasn't one of the judges, but a consequence of the worship of Idols that was made possible because of his dad (that was a judge).
I am so thankful to Our Heavenly Father that Abimelech was killed by a woman!
Bible Guy huh
A little off topic, but I love the art and the drawing that you guys use on this channel to depict these biblical truths. I miss drawing and just art in general, I don't have time to do it anymore. God Bless, keep up the good work :)
can you help me with the name of software for making illustrations like this?
I read the whole Bible cover to cover. But when I read this book, I almost lost faith in God. I nearly stopped reading the Bible because of all the evil that Gods chosen people did in the old testament. I actually thought in my mind that God approved of this. Good thing I kept on reading to see that was not the case. God reprimanded Israel for their evil which shows he is just. He also forgives those who repent and believe in him. Thank you for the information you provide through your videos.
Thank you for your videos and drawings. They really help me since I'm a visual learner. The Bible is full of awesome stories. It has everything we need to learn, study, and give God the glory.
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Saturday 22nd August 2020
Father: How far can you walk in My blessings before complacency sets in? If I were to give you the desires of your heart, will that steal you focus away from Me, or are your foundations in Me strong enough to hold onto the blessings without allowing your heart to become complacent? For the compromised heart, it does not take long because their foundations are shaky and this causes one’s eyes to wander. Consider the Israelites in the time of the judges. I blessed them with their promised land and it did not take long for them to fall and begin serving foreign gods. And even after they fell, repented and had judges to deliver them, they fell again and again repeating the same cycle over and over. This is the definition of insanity. But before you are quick to judge, consider yourself first. How many times have you repeated the same cycles knowing they had answers to? How many times have I shown you the way out and you turned away serving your own version of foreign gods? Then how are you any different to the Israelites?
One of the main reasons why I relent My hand from releasing the blessings of Heaven’s flood gates upon you is because I know it will not help you spiritually and I know your heart will become complacent. That is why the testings of life are often a good thing to experience, and that a constant push of warfare, challenges or even a thorn in the side will keep you humble and seeking. The problem you should be concerned about is if life becomes too easy for you especially if you know you have compromises. But even in all this, I yearn to give you abundant blessings and I always am in all situations in your life. Blessed you are to see this and appreciate even the trials you face. When you learn to appreciate them and remain faithful to Me in your lowest state in life, then I will pour out My blessings upon you."
Red Eagle God was speaking to me through you! Helped so much!
I love you (Said in Patrick's voice)
I love!! these graphic narratives!! They make reading God's Word so much clearer for me. Thank you for all the hard work it took to create thjs great project!!
It’s similar style to the videos on channel CSLewisDoodles.
Remember Barak helped the Judge.
@@brittybee6615 CSLewis?
@@cottonrock4116 Yes, the owner of the channel CSLewisDoodles makes animations like this to go with C.S. Lewis audiobooks. There used to be a lot more but there was some trouble when the publisher of audiobooks changed management or something like that.
I'm really appreciating your teaching thru these videos. Every single time(!) I come away with an overwhelming acknowledgment of how Faithful our God is! That despite the depth of sin -which we have all sunk to, in one form or another - He comes and says, "Call on Me and I will answer you." I fall in worship, humility, and in love, every single time
Something that leaves me scratching my head is, why does God want the Jews to engage in war and kill others and take over their land to become people of God?
If God’s commandment is “Though shalt not kill” then why does he ask his people to destroy and raid other cultures on his behalf? Why does brutality become the way to be a God’s people?
The book of judges leaves me quite disturbed, not just at how the people lived, but how God was represented as a Creator who called for war and destruction on his behalf. It’s unsettling.
To me it teaches that to spread God’s word and “create” peace we must kill those who think differently than us, which is the war Christianity has been fighting since its inception. I am having trouble accepting this cruel and unusual history of “God” who seeks obedience through war and conquering ? How can we accept the narration of a warring God? Please, I would appreciate your insights, as this book has left me feeling unsettled and confused. ~ God Bless ~
Hi! Maybe I can help. Are you still confused about this? (Your comment was from a year ago.)
@@stephaniefogelvik4756 Yes please do share.
Great stuff...love your videos. Did Gideon really commit murder because of his temper...or did he execute justice upon the men of Succoth and Penuel who basically refused to help him (Israel) in a time of war emergency? In his pursuit of Zebah and Zalmunna, Succoth and Penuel in effect aided and abedded the enemy during a time of war emergency (by not providing food for his small army)...a war that was ensuing in their own land no less. Murder or justice? The debate continues. Love you guys and all you do!
This bothered me too
wow are you guys going in order? I'm reading judges right now.. God bless .
+Ramon Meza -- The same thing is happening to me! Neat! I'm not even using The BP's reading plan. I'm using The Evidence Bible (Ray Comfort) with its plan which I prefer, accompanied mainly by William MacDonald's Believer's Bible Commentary. It's all working so well together. Again, B.P., thank you!
They are not going in order, but the team plans to go through the whole Bible in a year... If I remember correctly. :)
God bless you!
I love how you guys put your skills together to share God's word but I stumbled across a problem. When reading about Samson, he never struck out to me as bad at all. I've always has compassion on Samson and I've always thought of him as a "friendly giant". When he destroyed everyone in the temple with the pillars, it was because he asked God to grant him the strength to do that, and God granted his wish. How is that, "forgetting who their God really is"? It just really confused me when I heard that part.
Mikayla Havermale of course God s chosen ones will be granted watever they ask for when they repent. He wasn’t what God wanted him to be coz he fell away. But our God is Merciful and is ready to bless and forgive us whenever we turn back to Him
Samson tried to marry a Canaanite woman which is completely against what God said, he broke his Nazarite vows by eating honey from a carcass and making his parents ceremonially unclean too by offering some to them, he stayed with Delilah and arrogantly put himself in danger when she tried to trick him multiple times….He’s lustful and selfish, even demanding water from God like an entitled child. He just wasn’t that great despite his super strength and a lot of the situations he’s in for killing the Philistines are because of his lack of judgment; God just uses it for good.
So many similarities for our world today! 😢 Lord forgive us!
We learned about deborah and ehud in sunday school(and maybe others). I've always wondered why. it was a group 5-10 year olds. i didn't learn anything. i just remember the gore. because i was like 8.
they actually had some older kids act out the story of deborah. which of course included Jael putting a chisel through a guys head.
And what did you think of that?
I hate for this to be my first comment on any of the videos that y'all have produced because I love the work that you guys are doing in explaining God's Word for all to see. With that being said, I could not help but comment on the last comment of Samson's story when you guys said: "His life ends in a violent rush of mass murder".
That is not how Samson's story ended. In fact, I would say that this was God showing two of His attributes in one event: his redemption and His justice.
Redemption in that Samson was finally able to fulfill God's will for his life (to be protector of Israel and to destroy the evil and wickedness of the Philistines)....see Jud 16:13 where after destroying the temple, the narrator says "thus he killed many more when he died than while he lives". Essentially, because of his faith, he was finally able to accomplish what God has set out for him to do!
Justice in that the Philistines had assembled there to "offer a great sacrifice to Dagon their god" and to celebrate the victory over Samson (and really the God of Israel). This was not a "mass murder" It was God's justice against a wicked and perverse people through the faith of God's appointed servant (see Samson's appearance in the hall of faith).
I love your guys' work, but I truly believe this is a gross misrepresentation of God's Word. Please consider this.
God bless!
This is a very good and inquisitive channel that helps me grow in my faith. so thank you!
Samson did not commit murder. It was God that gave him the strength to push the pillars apart. It was Gods judgment!
A type that foreshadows the cross
I LOVE these videos. It brings a fresh perspective to bible study and adds to the enjoyment of learning about God, community and myself
This is a bit dark but will make the reader realize what human nature really is. God Bless you and your ministry.
Why did God tell us 'Thou Shall Not Kill' but he literally sactions mass killings, often times unprovoked and against unsuspecting foes, throughout all of these stories. Can someone make it make sense?
In the video you make it sound like God doesn't actually like it that Jephthah sacrifice's his daughter, but I can't find where in the scripture it makes it sound like that? There is no hint that God punishes Jephthah for it or is like "Muuhh you don't know my Character any more!!" isn't it? Please tell me
+18bovende Jephthah EVEN get's more victories (Ephraim) after doing such a thing... Why shouldn't we see it like the opposite: like God is rewarding him for forfilling this vow to Him??? Why doesn't God PUNISH him for not knowing Him and child-sacrafice? Why does it seems like He rewards him with more victories? Please answer
I feel like God has shown me that the only thing that matters is faith expressed through love. Jephthah did something very stupid and disgusting, but he thought he was doing God a favor. I think God saw Jephthah's heart. We do all kinds of horrible things that we think are for God.
Wow you really dropped the ball on this one. Chapters 17-21 Take place wayyyyyy earlier in the timeline. Phineas is serving as high priest (Judges 20:28) and The Danites attacking the _Canaanite_ city of Laish was referenced in Joshua 19:47. The Book of Joshua while the Israelite's are getting it decided what parts of the land belongs to them, ends up referencing events that take place _after_ Joshuas death (tells you what they conquered without Joshua as a bunch of side-notes within the text). How do we know this? well Joshua 15:14-19 tells a story that is repeated in Judges 1:12-15, which takes place "after the death of Joshua" (Judges 1:1). Judges 1:1-2:5 all take place after Joshuas Death, then then Chapters 17-21 occur around this time frame too (its like an appendix to the book) Judges 2:6-3:6 takes a step back to summarize the book. Then Judges 3:7-16:31 is the chronology.
Another thing, Gideon, Jephthah and Samson are all held as good examples of faith in Hebrews chapter 11:32? Would God want people to imitate the faith of those who were sacrificing their daughters? those who were sexually promiscuous? No, they would only be good examples if they had repented (such as Paul) of bad works, and there is no record of this in the scriptures. If they had actually done bad things, then why is Solomon not mentioned in Hebrews 11? i'll tell you why, its because you have completely misread the texts and assumed that these judges did horrible things that they actually didn't do.
Yes, Gideon made an Ephod (not an image to worship, but a priestly garment), but it was to commemorate the victory over the midianites. The text Does not say that Gideon worshiped it, and why would he? the same day he rejected the idea of being made a king, he wouldn't then rule over the people another way by leading worship of an Ephod. He had good intentions, but it was the Israelite's who worshiped it. Not Gideon.
And Jephthah, when he made the Vow, Gods spirit was operative upon him (Judges 11:29-31) so your implication would seem to be that God approved of this Vow, seen as that his spirit was upon him. He's using this thing called a "figure of speech" here, he was going to offer one up like one would offer up a sacrifice aka completely dedicate something good to God. When she goes up into the mountains for 2 months in verse 38, she's weeps over her virginity. Not her life. And in verse 40 when the daughters of Israel go up to lament her, the word lament (hebrew verb tanah) also rendered "talk with" in the margins of the king james version, has the same verb used only once else in the bible used at Judges 5:11 for the word "recount" or "rehearse". So here they're visiting Jephthahs daughter in Shiloh to give her commendation, because she is serving at the tabernacle, as another person who was dedicated to God called Samuel was also dedicated. She wasn't human sacrificed. It was the custom for them to go every year, so if it was because she was sacrificed why did they stop this custom? It would still have been going on today. Its actually because the daughters of Israel were going to commend Jephthahs daughter, because she was to have no offspring, and this was troubling to Jephthah because it meant he would have no heir to his inheritance because she was his only child. But once Jephthah died, there was no one to go and commend anymore, so the custom stopped. Samuel wrote the book of Judges, and he was at the Tabernacle at the same time all this was going off so he saw this year after year.
Finally Samson was single-minded in the pursuit of his objective, his fight against the Philistines. His staying at the house of a prostitute at Gaza was for the purpose of fighting against God’s enemies. Samson needed a lodging place for the night in an enemy city, and it could be found in the house of a prostitute. Samson had no immoral purpose in mind. He left the woman’s house at midnight, grabbed the city gates and the two side posts, and carried them to the top of a mountain near Hebron, which was some 37 miles away. This was done with divine approval and God-given strength.
Really guys, i expect better. Dropped the ball so bad in this video
I tend to agree. I've loved these videos but this one was the first that I had a hard time with their conclusions. Certainly seems to be an attempt to fit everything into their narrative.
In Judges 16:1, in many translations, there is that Samson "went in to" her. This phrase in different passages (for example Genesis 16:4; 29:23; 38:2; 2nd Samuel 3:7) unambiguously means "to have sex with sb". So the Bible project can be in this case right.
Thecarazygamer2 also ignored that Samson also had affair with the Philistine woman, and that it was forbidden to marry somebody from the enemy nations (Dt 7:3).
@@Michaelkur95 Except the same phrase is used 263 times throughout the scriptures, in the overwhelming majority of those instances there is no connection to sexual relations whatsoever. One can only identify if this was the case by context. And just because she was a prostitute doesn't mean there was any sexual relations either, as a scenario identical occurred with the two spies who went in and stayed with the prostitute Rahab (Joshua 2:1). If sex is only assumed by the quantity of males that entered in to the prostitutes in both cases then you'll need a more solid line of reasoning. The account quite clearly says Samson left at midnight and it was to carry the two huge gates up to a mountain that faces hebron ( Gaza is on the coast at about sea level. Hebron is to the east at an altitude of 3,000 feet. So you're talking about 37 miles uphill between the two. So Samson was there resting because of what he was about to do. He did this with divine approval and God given strength. If he had done something immoral do you really think God would have given him strength for such a feat? You're using translations that have done a poor job with that verse.
I didn't ignore it either, i just thought it was plainly obvious that Samson only took such actions so as to gain an opportunity against the Philistines, because, oh wait, thats what the account tells us (Judges 14:4).
Judges is extremely subtle in its storytelling. To answer quickly, yes, they all did bad things. However, even in their imperfections, they did still ultimately put their faith in God. Their faith is ultimately all that matters because they received justification through their faith in God. But the point of Judges is that we need a savior desperately. And that desperation is seen in how even the leaders progressively knew God less and less.
Your take on Samson is inaccurate. He was given super-human strength to deliver his people. Yes, it would be violent. You're not given that amount of power to have tea with all the Philistines.
@Baribefe Kpurubu Samson was using his power to free his people before he used it as his final act. Modern so called Christians seem to have very little understanding of the actual Bible or biblical time periods. God's direct orders were to drive out the Caanites, not live with them in peace. Yes that means war and killing them! This is to not fall into the ways of these others for you all to turn and more sit in judgement of what his commanded of them says more about you.
@Baribefe Kpurubu even if he never speaks the words Judges 13:5 tells you that God has sent him to deliver him and what he WILL DO! So are you now calling GOD a liar or saying that of which HE deemed to be, in your judgement unworthy?
@Baribefe Kpurubu in the Hebrew tradition, all heroes are flawed human beings. All of them only go so far. This is why the Messiah is a such a big deal
Thank you
@Kpuda 123 And how do you know Samson didn't repent of his sins? We are making judgements as though we are better than him.
Me: I love my name and its namesake in the Bible!
Also the bible: 5:57
Just felt sad about this part-- When you look around us presently..it shows how it is repeated again and again.. even when Christ came. So the end of this all is really fearful. But those who are faithful to God.. will be victors. God shows us the way through the Bible.
Amen
I didn't expect this Book to be darker than I thought😳
I think it’s cool how God put his spirit in leaders even though they weren’t the most perfect people. It really shows that anyone can have God’s spirit lead and be in them.
Reminds me a lot of what is going on today... Eerie.
This overview started out well but describing Jephthah as bad and Samson as worse shows a lack of understanding of the faith of these men who acted "through faith" - see Hebrews 11:32-33.
Good stuff. I think a few critical themes of Judges is missed here. 1) God uses odd ball fellows who are disenfranchised by society to do great things; be it a meak man, a left handed man, a woman, and so on. 2) Israel had no king, and thats good. God was to be their king, unlike the nations around them. When they finally got one, they weren't any better off. Ref there being 1 Samuel 8.
Sparta: We have the 300.
God: Hold my wine.
In ancient warfare there was one torch bearer for every 20 or 30 troops. So when the Midianites saw 300 torches, they figured the whole place was seething with 6000 to 9000 (plus) attackers. This was a brilliant strategy. It may even have been the same ratio with the trumpet players. Brilliant strategy.
Thank you for this! I am currently reading through the Bible for the first time and after I read Judges I was like woah! just the craziest stories! Thank you for organizing it and presenting the big picture in a way I can understand.
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Question on Jephthah - Jephthah is listed in the Hebrews 11 hall of faith as someone who pleased the Lord with his faith. Is it possible that when scripture says he sacrificed his daughter to the Lord that instead of killing her on an altar as depicted in the drawing here that he instead dedicated her to the house of God, similar to what Hannah did with Samuel (1 Samuel 1:11)? This would seem to make sense with his daughter's willingness to go through with this (Judges 11:36) and her mourning not that she was about to die, but that she would never marry (v. 37-38). Then again, Samson is also listed in Hebrews 11, which doesn't quite make sense to me.
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"Hard times create strong men. Strong men create good times. Good times create weak men. Weak men create hard times." It sounds like this saying describes why Israel rebelled perfectly.
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You know, I went and read Judges 19 - 21. How was that more disturbing than 17 - 18 ?
Now I'm angry. What are you trying to make me read the bible or something?
I always struggle with this one.
Jephthah said in verse 31 of JUDGES
" Then it will be that whatever comes out of the doors of my house to meet me, when I return in peace from the people of Ammon, shall surely be the LORD'S, and I will offer it up as a burnt offering."
It later reads in JUGDES 38-39
So he said, "Go." And he sent her away for two months; and she went with her friends, and bewailed ( mourned ) her virginity on the mountains.
And it was so at the end of the two months that she returned to her father, and he carried out his vow with her which he had vowed. She knew no man.
We all know that GOD despises human sacrifice, especially in the way pagans preformed it. Brutal and crule.
My question is did GOD stop Jephthah from offering his daughter as a burnt offering; or did he allow his thoughtless attitude to show him how stupid it is to promise something to GOD? In this case it turns out to be his daughter the person he loved the most. You can't promise GOD something, and then go back on that promise, but it doesn't say GOD has to accept his promise/offering. As we know GOD has rejected offerings in the past. And hates human sacrifice.
This is not an overview. You are interpreting too much and some descriptions do not match what I have just read in the book. For example, Japtheth doesn’t offer his daughter. He offers the first thing that comes to greet him after his victory and it happens to be his daughter.
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