Category: Judges

April 11, read through the Bible in a year.

Today there are three chapters to read, enjoy!

April 11: Luke 21,  Judges 6, Judges 7 (click on the chapter to begin reading)

Luke 21, there is giving and there is giving. Jesus teaches a lesson about the widow’s two mites.  Then he tells about the signs of the times, the end of the age, the destruction of Jerusalem, the coming of the Son of Man and finally the parable of the fig tree.

Judges 6. Things are going bad for Israel, the  Midianites oppress them, God calls Gideon, Gideon is reluctant but after speaking with the Angel of the LORD Gideon destroys the altar of Baal. God wants Gideon to defeat the Midianites but again Gideon is reluctant, so he demands the sign of the Fleece. God provides the sign, so in

Judges 7 eighty-two thousand men gather to fight. God says that is too many, reduce their number, and in two steps they are whittled down to  Gideon’s Valiant Three Hundred men. With that army and God the Midianites are defeated.

April 10, read through the Bible in a year.

Today there are four chapters to read, enjoy!

April 10: Luke 20,  Judges 3, Judges 4, Judges 5 (click on the chapter to begin reading)

Luke 20, continuing Holy Week, it is now Tuesday, Jesus is teaching in the Temple and his authority is questioned. There he teaches the parable of the wicked wine dressers. The religious leaders try to entrap Jesus so they ask him: “Is it legal to pay Taxes to Caesar?” You know the answer, “Render therefore unto Caesar the things which be Caesar’s, and unto God the things which be God’s.” then it is the Sadducee’s turn: What about the Resurrection? Jesus answer with scripture: “How can David call his descendant Lord?” Jesus finally warns the people: Beware of the teachers of the Law.

Judges 3, the cycle begins for the nations remaining in the land. Israel does evil in the sight of the LORD and He raises up Judges: Othniel, Ehud, Shamgar, and during their time there is peace in the land for 40 or 80 years

Judges 4. Every now and then God raises up a woman. Deborah was such a woman and judged the people of Israel.

Judges 5 is all about the Song of Deborah. Read it and enjoy!

April 9, read through the Bible in a year.

Today there are three chapters to read, Joshua is finished, starting with Judges.

April 9: Luke 19, Judges 1, Judges 2 (click on the chapter to begin reading)

Luke 19 starts with the story of Zacchaeus, then comes the parable of the minas. One take home from that parable is: “Take from him the pound, and give it to him that hath ten pounds. (And they said unto him, Lord, he hath ten pounds.)” Then comes what is called “Holy Week” starting with the triumphal entry. Seeing Jerusalem, Jesus weeps over it and after entering Jesus cleanses the Temple.

Judges 1 describes the continuing conquest of Canaan, and the Israelites’ incomplete conquest of the land.

In Judges 2 God decries Israel’s disobedience, records the death of Joshua, and chronicles Israel’s unfaithfulness and sin.