Judges 9-10: The King, The Man

Judges 9:  Who is the true King?
Jdg 9:1-57  Now Abimelech the son of Jerubbaal went to Shechem to his mother’s relatives and said to them and to the whole clan of his mother’s family,  (2)  “Say in the ears of all the leaders of Shechem, ‘Which is better for you, that all seventy of [...]

Judges 7-8: The humiliation of Gideon and the incarnation of Christ

Judges 7:  Christ, our humiliated Co-heir
Gideon
1Then(A) Jerubbaal (that is, Gideon) and all the people who were with him rose early and encamped beside(B) the spring of Harod. And the camp of Midian was north of them,(C) by the hill of Moreh, in the valley.
When Jesus said that He came not in peace but as a [...]

Judges 5-6: The Iconoclastic Controversy

Judges 5:  The Praise Song as Eschaton
The Song of Deborah and Barak
1(BG) Then sang Deborah and Barak the son of Abinoam on that day:
2“That the leaders took the lead in Israel,
that(BH) the people offered themselves willingly,
bless the LORD!
3“Hear, O kings; give ear, O princes;
to the LORD I will sing;
I will make melody to the LORD, [...]

Judges 3-4: The Tent Peg in the Head of the Serpent

Judges 3:  God’s Wrath
1(A) Now these are the nations that the LORD left, to test Israel by them, that is, all in Israel who had not experienced all the wars in Canaan. 2It was only in order that the generations of the people of Israel might know war, to teach war to those who had [...]