Judges: Deborah

Question 1

________ were the ________ firm the time of the _______ who outlived Joshua until the time of the _______.

Answer 1

judges
leaders
elders
monarchy

Question 2

The ________ ________ of judges is best seen in Judges 2:16, “ ______________________.”

Answer 2

Principal purpose

Then the Lord raised up judges who saved them out of the hand of those who plundered him.

Question 3

God was _________ to Israel that He was their ultimate _____ and _______.

Answer 3

revealing

Judge and Deliver

Question 4

The book of Judges describes the life of Israel in the promise _______ _____ from the _________________________.

Answer 4

promise land

death of Joshua to the rise of the monarchy

Question 5

Often the book of judges reveals accounts of apostasy, _______ _____ _______.

Answer 5

provoking devine chastement

Question 6

The book of judges also shows Israel making ____ ______ to God ______________- moving the Lord to raise up leaders (_______) who throw off foreign oppressors and ___________________.

Answer 6

urgent appelas
in times of crisis
judges
restore the land to peace

Question 7

Israel had made it to the ______ ______, the ________ led by Joshua had ended.

Answer 7

promise land

pilgrimage

Question 8

Many of the _______ _______ God had made to the _________ had been fulfilled.

Answer 8

Covenant promises

patriarchs

Question 9

The time had come for Israel to be the ____ _____ in the form of an ___________________.

Answer 9

Kingdom of God

establish commonwealth of the earth

Question 10

In Canaan Israel ________ _______ the ____ ___ _____ that had established her as a nation and had brought her to the land.

Answer 10

quickly forgot

acts of God

Question 11

Consequently, Israel ______ ______ of her ____ _______ as God’s people.

Answer 11

lost sight

unique identity

Question 12

Israel settled down and attached herself to _____ ______, __ _______, _____________.

Answer 12

Canaans people
Canaans moral
Gods religious beliefs and practices

Question 13

Throughout the book of judges is the ______ ________ of the ____ ___ ____ in Israel.

Answer 13

fundamental issue

Lordship of God

Question 14

God’s _________ over Israel had been uniquely established by the covenant at ________ (Exodus 19-24), renewed by Moses on the _______ (Deuteronomy 29) and by Joshua at ___________(Joshua 24)

Answer 14

Kingship
Mt Saini
Moab
Shechem

Question 15

In the book of Judges, we see Israel __________________ again and again.

Answer 15

rejecting the kingship of the Lord

Question 16

The recurring indictment is “__________________________” (Judges 17:6)

Answer 16

In those days there was no king in Israel. Everyone did what was right in his own eyes.

Question 17

What we can learn from Deborah
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2.
3.

Answer 17

1. Even in male dominant culture God still had a place for women
2. When the battle is too tough for you God places the right person in your life
3. Sin is gory and messy