Journal Through the Bible: Week 33 Saturday

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Judges chapter 2

Does God issue any commands?

• The Angel of the LORD reminded them of the command to tear down the altars of the inhabitants and to make no treaties with them.

Does God make any promises?

• The Angel of the LORD reminds them that since they did not obey His command they will be ensnared by the heathen people and their idols.
• God brought on the curses that He told the people would result if they broke their covenant with Him. He then promised to leave the remnant of the idolaters to test the people.

Does this chapter teach anything about Jesus?

• (verses 1-4) The Angel of the LORD is Jesus. He is obviously God because He speaks in the first person when stating that He swore an oath to their fathers to bring them out of Egypt and into the Promised Land.
• Just as the book of Exodus stated that there arose a pharaoh that knew not Joseph and the mighty works that he had done in Egypt this book states that there arose a generation that knew not the LORD and the mighty works that He had done for Israel in bringing them out of Egypt. Joseph was the type of Christ and the LORD is Christ.
• Each judge was a type of Christ because he (or she) delivered the people from the enslavement caused by their sin.

Does this chapter teach anything about yet-future events?

• (verse 1) God promised that He would never break His covenant with Israel even though they broke their covenant with Him. This covenant still stands and will continue to stand throughout eternity.