Religion--DELGADO--Joshua & Judges, Samuel, Saul, & David

Joshua

the successor of Moses who was faithful to God & led the Israelites to conquer Jericho through their faithfulness to God

Jericho

city conquered by the Israelites

Jordan River

river they miraculously cross prior to entering the Promised Land

Rahab

a prostitute who helps the Israelites, converts, & praises God, in the genealogy of Jesus, ancestor of Jesus

Total warfare/ban

the Israelite military practice of killing every soldier of their defeated enemies, as well as completely destroying their cities & killing enemy civilians

Promised Land

After wandering in the desert for 40 years, the Israelites reach the ____________

faithful

Joshua, successor of Moses will become their _____________ leader

Abraham

After many battles, the Israelites gradually reclaim & settle into much of what was promised to them through the covenant with _______________

Rahab

_________ was a Canaanite prostitute

Rahab

____________ sheltered the spies by Joshua to Jericho

she had heard of the God of Israel & His miraculous works

What did Rahab confess?

shoe chose to turn to God, change her life, & join His people

What did Rahab do that others did not?

she became a descendant of Jesus, even though she was a former prostitute & a Gentile

Who did Rahab become in relationship to Jesus? She is 1 of only 4 women mentioned in his genealogy

Jordan River, Ark of the Covenant

When the Israelites stepped into the ______________, it miraculously stopped flowing, providing dry land for Israelites to cross. It remained dry for as long as the priests stood in it with the _________________

parting of the Red Sea during Exodus

What previous miracle did the Jordan River miracle echo?

Apparently, Moses had failed to enforce the sign of covenant with Abraham

Why did Joshua have to circumcise all Israelite men before invading Jericho?
- none of the men during this time had been circumcised

keep

Moses' failure reflected or even caused the Israelites' repeated failures to ________ the covenant

"light for the nations," "a kingdom of priests, a holy nation," & a witness that made the true God known to others

God intended for the Israelites to become a ______________________________________________

rejected

The enemies of Israel clearly knew of God & His miracles, & yet they stubbornly held on to their ways & __________ Him

refused to convert

Those who died under the ban had ________________

"As for me & my household, we will serve the Lord"

With what famous words did Joshua challenge the Israelites before his death?

God would bless those who were faithful to Him, but that death and destruction awaited those who turned away from Him

What did He warn people about as he renewed the covenant with God?

Joshua:
- fulfilled the Covenant before him by doing that which his predecessors could not or would not do
- Jesus is the Greek rendering of the name Joshua
- led them to Promised Land
- had men circumcised

Jesus:
- fulfills all covenants of OT, being obedient to all of covenant terms in a way that mankind never could
- Jesus is the Greek rendering of the name Joshua
- leads us to Heaven
- circumcised our hearts

How is Joshua a type of Christ?

our victories always belong to God

What does Josh's story remind us about our own victories?

Deborah

a woman judge: it was unusual for women to serve in military leadership in the ancient world

Barak

military leader, rather than trust God, _____ would obey only if Deborah came along

Jael

the wife of a Canaanite ally & killed Sisera with a tent peg driven through his head

Sisera

killed by Jael, Canaanite general

Jabin

Canaanite king who fought against deborah; defeated by a woman

judges

God appointed temporary leaders called _________ to govern the people & lead them to right worship with God

1. Israelites would sin & worship idols, which would lead to their defeat by people whose gods they worshipped
2. Once defeated, they would recognize their sin & repent
3. They would then cry out to God to save them
4. God would raise up a judge to deliver them from their enemies
5. He would lead them to a military victory, bringing Israelites freedom, prosperity, & peace
6. Then the cycle would repeat

What was the cycle of sin that affected Israelites for next 150 years after Josh?

warns us what not to do and warns us to not put all our trust in human leaders who will inevitably lead us away from God

What is the intention of the Book of Judges?

following our own ways without reverence to God's teaching leads to our doing horrific things

What do closing words of book caution us against?

- "everyone did what was right in their own sight" cautions us that ________________________________________________________

Mary's Magnificat

Deborah's words after Jael killed the cruel Canaanite leader are echoed by __________________________

crushing the head of snake, Satan, which was fulfilled ultimately by Mary's Son, Jesus, through his Death & Resurrection

Jael's killing of Canaanite leader also foreshadows the ________________________________________

Hannah

barren woman who begged God for a child & Samuel's mother

Eli

high priest who raised Samuel

Samuel

one of 1st prophets of Israel, last judge of Israel who anointed Saul & David

Saul

1st king of Israel who fell from God's grace

Jesse

father of David

David

2nd king of Israel, foreshadowed the true Messiah, committed some grave sins but repented & did love God

Messiah

the Hebrew word for "anointed one" & the title given to the Savior God promised to the people of Israel

Goliath

great Philistine warrior slain by a young David

Nathan

prophet to David who helps him to see the seriousness of his sin & repent

Bathsheba

committed adultery with David & later becomes his wife

Uriah

1st husband of Bathsheba

Hannah & many other women were unable to conceive a child

How are Hannah & other women like her in Scripture types of Mary?

God's intervention

Hannah and other women were finally able to have children under miraculous circumstances through _____________

- Mary's Son, Jesus, was conceived entirely by power of HS

unable, unwilling

Like Samuel, we may be ________ or __________ to recognize the Lord calling & speaking to us

servant

when we stop and truly listen, we make ourselves the Lord's __________

will

then like Samuel, we begin to follow God's ______ in our lives

Sam choose a king to rule over them because they wanted to be like other nations who were governed by Kings

What did Israelites demand of Samuel & why?

They were rejecting God's kingship, taxing them, taking their land, enslaving them

What did Sam warn the Israelites about getting a king? _____________

An earthly king would exercise an unjust harshness over them by ____________, ________________, & _____________ by forcing them into military service and serving him

tall & handsome

What was Saul's qualification to be King?

failed to trust the Lord, burnt sacrifice

2 fateful mistakes that caused him to lose God's anointing.

- after victory in a battle against Philistines, he ________________, & with waiting for Samuel to arrive, offered a ____________ (a priestly task)

1. His descendants would not inherit his kingship, nor would they be the heirs to God's promises
2. Saul ignored God's command not to spare the lives of any of the Amalekites, & after defeating them in battle, Saul instead allowed the Amalekite king to live, set up a monument in his own honor, & kept their best livestock for himself as a spoil of war
3. Saul then lied to Samuel saying he kept these things to offer as a sacrifice to God
4. Now, Saul is no longer God's chosen king & had lost, the Lord's favor, so Samuel anointed David

What were the consequences of Saul's sins?

David

with this anointing, ________ became a Messiah, an anointed one, foreshadowing the true Messiah, Jesus

as the HS descended upon Jesus at his Baptism, the Spirit of the Lord rusled upon David

How does the anointing of David foreshadow Jesus & our Baptism?

signifies the sift of the HS to the newly baptized who has become a Christian

We were anointed with the oil of chrism which "__________________________"

Kings

Like David & through Jesus we are anointed as _________ - given the HS to exercise that kingship

David was like Jesus who battled Satan, the enemy no human could defeat
David won the battle without weapons & so did Jesus, surrendering Himself to sin & death & then rising to life

How was David's defeat of the Philistine warrior Goliath a type of Jesus?

trust in God, trust

David's victory over Goliath was an example of ______________ for the Israelites, & it foreshadowed Jesus' ______ in His Father as an example to us

faithfully, disobeyed

1st, Saul followed God _________ even in his weakness, but eventually he repeatedly __________ God in matters both large & small

selfish

Saul's repentance was ________ and he displayed a desire for power and control

suicide

Saul's last known earthly act (_________) was contrary to love for the living God & a culmination of a pattern of behavior over the course of many years