Join me tonight in our continuing
study of the book of Judges. We're in Judges chapter 12. and we're gonna probably get
through these last few verses of Judges chapter 12. In them,
there are three judges mentioned. Not much is said about them,
but we're gonna find out that they are a type and a shadow
and a picture of him who is the real judge, the real giver of
security that a judge can. In this book, in the 12th chapter,
of the book of Judges. Turn there with me if you would,
and I want to read with verse 7, and then we'll read down through
that chapter. And Jephthah judged Israel six years. Then died Jephthah
the Gileadite, and was buried in one of the cities of Gilead.
And after him, Ibsen of Bethlehem judged Israel, and
he had 30 sons and 30 daughters, whom he sent abroad and took
in 30 daughters from abroad for his sons. And they judged Israel,
he judged Israel seven years. Then died Ibsen, and he was buried
at Bethlehem. And after him, Elion, a Zebulonite,
judged Israel, and he judged Israel 10 years. Elion the Zebulonite
died and was buried in a highland in the country of Zebulon. And
after him was Abdon, the son of Hillel, a Pyrrhotonite, judged
Israel, and he had 40 sons and 30 nephews, and they rode on
three-scoring 10 asscolts, and he judged Israel eight years. And Abdon, the son of Hillel,
the Pyrrhotonite, died and was buried in Pyrrhoton in the land
of Ephraim, in the Mount of the Amalekites. Well, when we add
these four judges up, the time that they judged and the time
that they brought peace to Israel, we find that there was, in those
four judges, there's 31 years of peace that they brought to
Israel. They had peace in all their borders. And yet we find, if we just travel
one more verse of scripture into the 13th chapter in verse one,
we find here that during all that time, it seems like they
were continuing to prepare or had prepared these thoughts. For it tells us in Judges chapter
13 and verse one, and the children of Israel did evil again in the
sight of the Lord, and the Lord delivered them into the hand
of the Philistines 40 years. So we have four judges, God used
him to bring 31 years of peace and security to Israel. And then
we have during that whole time that there was the plotting and
planning and probably even the under the table worship of false
gods. And then it tells us here that
they did evil again in the sight of the Lord and the Lord delivered
them. But let us look here at this
section of scripture that we have tonight, and that's in Judges
chapter 12, verses 8 through 15, and we find some wonderful
pictures in that section of scripture with regard to our Savior, the
Lord Jesus. Now, these judges that God brought
upon Israel, brought to Israel, these four judges, and we've
had a number of them before this time, we have the word of the
Lord shared in the book of Judges chapter 2. We're just going to
go back a little bit to Judges chapter 2 and in verse 16, Judges
chapter 2 and verse 16, we have there some wonderful similarities
given us about these four judges and the rest of the judges with
regard to one who truly is the judge, the Lord Jesus. In Judges
chapter 2 and verse 16, nevertheless the Lord raised up judges. So
those judges were raised up the Lord. They were not on a volunteer
system. They were not elected. The Lord
raised them up. He raised exactly who he wanted
to raise up. He kept them giving peace to
Israel exactly the amount of right time. They died at the
appointed time. They were buried in the appointed
time. And the next judge came up and we find here, just as
this, the Lord raised up judges, which delivered them out of the
hand of those that spoiled them. What a statement we have here.
And then, and they, yet they would not hearken unto their
judges. But they went a-whoring after
other gods and bowed themselves unto them, and they turned quickly
out of the way which their fathers walked in, obeying the commandments
of the Lord. But they did Not so. And when the Lord raised
them up judges, then the Lord was with the judge and delivered
them out of the hand of the enemies. All the days of the judge for
it repented the Lord because of their groanings by reason
of them that oppressed them and vexed them." So we have here
that the, it is mentioned that the responsibility of these judges
was that they delivered the people. They gave, deliverance at the
appointed way that the Lord would deal with them. And then in chapter
3 and verse 9, let's look at that verse as we think about
this passage of scripture, a real type and a shadow of the Lord.
We'll get to that here. When the children of Israel cried
unto the Lord, the Lord raised up a deliverer to the children
of Israel who delivered them. Now that just took me back to
the words that Pastor Mahan shared with me in a message before I
was saved. He said that we have a Savior
who is actually, we have a Savior that is actually a Savior. He saves because he's a Savior. He actually does that. He's not
making us fit for salvation. He's not putting us in a position
that we can raise our hand, but He is the Savior that actually
saves His people from their sins. We also find out that He's the
Redeemer that actually redeems His people from their sins. So
He's an actual Savior. He is the Savior, and we have
that type here in the book of the Judges, that the judges that
God raised up and delivered out of the misery of the oppression
God raised up and delivered them, up a deliverer that delivered
them. So we have a deliverer that delivered them. Now it's
interesting to me to find out that that word deliver and deliverer
found in this verse of scripture is often translated to the word
savior. And so let's look at a few verses
of scripture that share with us this, that these judges represented,
were, a Deliverer that delivered the people from their problems.
And we find with regard to the Lord Jesus Christ that He is
a Savior that actually saves His people. He is a Deliverer
that actually delivers His people. It's a promise. He's going to
carry it to the end. In 2 Samuel chapter 22, you join
me in 2 Samuel chapter 22, we have these words recorded and
they share a lot about what the Lord said about himself in the
Old Testament. In the book of 2 Samuel chapter
22, now any thought that anybody had that was positive about the
Lord was given to them by the Lord. We're not going to come
up with spiritual understanding about the Lord until he gives
us that, shares with us that. So in this verse of scripture,
it says, the God of my rock, in him will I trust. He is my
shield and the horn of my salvation. He is the deliverer. That word
salvation there is the same word that we find over in the book
of Judges. And we also go down here, it
says my high tower and my refuge, my savior. So he is the deliverer
that delivers his people. He's the savior that saves his
people. And as we look at these four judges and all the judges
of Israel, we're gonna find out that the Lord typified and pictured
in them the true deliverer, and that's the Lord Jesus Christ.
And then it tells us there in verse 11 of the same chapter,
in verse 11 it says, and he rode upon a cherub and did, excuse
me, chapter 22 in verse, Yeah. I'll have to look that up. But
in that passage of scripture, it says what they were worshiping
was no deliver. You know, as we follow Israel
there in the book of Judges, when they went after strange
gods, when they went after Baal, there was no deliverance in that.
They were put into bondage, really, with that. And the things that
they would do to try to appease this god of Baal or whoever they
were worshiping was far worse. The Lord did not demand anything
from us. He demanded it from his son,
the Lord Jesus, and we're the recipients of the fulfillment
of that demand. In the book of Isaiah chapter
45, Isaiah chapter 45, We have these words left for us to ponder
and to consider. As we think about these judges,
they're deliverers. He would deliver them and they
would be delivered. The Lord was in it in such a
capacity that there was not any possibility that these judges
would not deliver. Now, when they died and the children
of Israel went on and committed great sin against God, sometimes
as we find here, going into the chapter 13 of the book of Judges,
that for 40 years they're going to be oppressed by the Philistines
before he raises up another judge. In the book of Isaiah, chapter
45 and verse 21, we read this. Tell ye, and bring them near,
yea, let them take counsel together, who hath declared this from the
ancient time, who hath told it from that time. Have not I the
Lord? And there is no God else beside
me, a just God and a Saviour, there is none beside me. A just
God, justice will be served and a savior. He will save his people
from their sins. And he has a savior that actually
saves his people. He doesn't make it possible.
He doesn't make a savable. He saves his people from their
sins. So as those judges were a type
and a shadow and a picture of this great judge, the Lord Jesus,
We find that they were used of God to deliver the children of
Israel out of the problems that they had, the oppression that
they had, the enemies that they had, and God delivered them.
In the book of Isaiah, again, chapter 49, if you'd turn there
with me, Isaiah 49, we also find this word, and it's been translated
here once again, as Savior. The word deliver and deliverer. Here in the book of Isaiah 49
and verse 26, and I will feed them that oppress thee with their
own flesh, and they shall be drunken with their own blood,
as with sweet wine, and all the flesh shall know that I, the
Lord, am thy savior, the deliverer. I will deliver them in a great
deliverance, the Savior and thy Redeemer, the mighty one of Jacob."
He redeems, and he knows who he redeems. He redeems in type
and shadow. He redeemed Israel, but the church
is the redeemed ones. He truly is their Redeemer, our
Redeemer. But He's also the Savior. He
is the deliverer. He takes us from a state of sin
and translates us into the kingdom of His dear Son. So we have here
the beautiful statement made in these four judges right close
together, these four that are mentioned there in chapter 12
of the book of Judges. They're a picture. They're a
shadow. type of the Lord Jesus Christ being the true judge,
the true deliverer, the true savior, and they were an example
in their day and time. In the book of Hebrews, the book
of Hebrews, we often are led to see the real judge through
all these types and shadows, truly of good things to come.
Never been a time when the Lord was not the judge, but we read
about him in the book of Hebrews chapter 12. You'll travel across
the Old Testament up to the New Testament here, Hebrews chapter
12, verse 18, The word says this, we'd like to read through verse
24. It says here in Hebrews 12, verse
18, for ye are not come unto the mount that might be touched,
and that burned with fire, nor unto blackness, and darkness,
and tempest. You're not brought there. Appreciate
Brother Lauren's lessons that he brought from the book of Galatians,
and we're not from that. We're not from Sinai. Sinai had
a demand, death. We are moved on. God has brought
us to another place. In verse 19, the sound of a trumpet,
the voice of words, which voice? They that heard entreated that
the word should not be spoken to them anymore, for they could
not endure that which was commanded. What a statement here. We have
them, it's shared about them. They could not endure that which
was commanded. And how true that is. There's
nobody can keep the commandments of God except his son, Jesus
Christ the righteous. He is the righteous one. He has
kept it all. And then he goes on to tell us,
it shall be stoned and thrust through with a dart. And so terrible
was the sight that Moses said, I exceedingly fear and quake."
My goodness, what a statement is made here with regard to Moses
in the presence of the Lord. And that is a term that we find,
we're to fear the Lord. That's reverence, respect him.
And ye are come to Mount, but ye are come to Mount Zion. and
unto the city of the living God, and heavenly Jerusalem, and to
innumerable company of angels, to the general assembly and church
of the firstborn." How many ways he expresses where we've been
brought to, and to the church that we have been brought into,
the general assembly and church of the firstborn, which are written
in heaven, and to the God, the judge of all, and to spirits
of just men made perfect. And to Jesus, the mediator of
the new covenant, that's where God brings his people, to the
Lord Jesus Christ, mediator of the new covenant, has nothing
to do with the old, has nothing to do with Sinai, has everything
to do with Mount Zion, has everything to do with grace, that speaketh
better things than that of Abel. See that ye refuse not him that
speaketh, for if they escape not who refused him that speak
on earth, Much more shall not we escape if we turn away from
him that speaketh from heaven, whose voice then shook the earth. But now he hath promised, saying,
Yet once more I shake not the earth only, but also the heavens. Jesus, in verse 24, Jesus the
mediator. And in verse 23, it tells us
here, to the general assembly and church of the firstborn,
which are written in heaven, to God, the judge of all, to
the spirits of just men made perfect. Now I know that the
Lord Jesus Christ judged his son on the cross. We know that
this judgment was righteous judgment. We know that the God who is the
judge will declare those that are innocent, innocent. Those
who are righteous, righteous. And he is a judge that will be
fair. He will be absolutely right.
He is not only, he talks about himself as being a just and a
justifier. So how gracious this is. He's
the one that has it all in his hands. He is the judge, as we
find here, of all. God, the judge. So these four,
plus the ones we've already gone through through the Old Testament,
we find out that these, they speak highly of our Savior, the
Lord Jesus, a judge that was raised up by God, a judge that
did what God commanded them to do, a judge that brought peace,
a judge that brought safety and security, and how many things
they picture with regard to the Savior that God gave to the church,
the Lord Jesus. And then it tells us that those
judges, they brought something that Israel was missing. Now, from time to time, he let
the judges give them this, but they often, we find so often,
they went and took away their own peace. the judge would bring
peace to the land. Those four judges that we've
just looked at here in Judges chapter 12, they brought 31 years
of peace. Some of those judges brought
40 years of peace. Some of them are very short as
we have here, but peace is great. Peace is wonderful. It beats
the alternative, all the pieces. And we find with regard to our
Savior, Book of Romans chapter five, we'd like to go over there
to the Book of Romans chapter five. And read that verse of
scripture that shares with us about having peace. Oh, to have
peace with God, to be at peace with God, no longer enmity with
God, but peace with God, to have a heart that is right with God.
I'm reminded of the man in the New Testament that Peter said,
I believe it was Peter said, your heart is not right with
God. but to have a heart that is right
with God. There are thousands upon thousands that could be
said as the Lord wrote about David, a man after my own heart. That heart is a new heart given
to us in that great transaction of the new birth. Here in the
book of Romans chapter five, Romans chapter five and verse
one, therefore being justified by faith, we have peace. The enmity has been taken. We
have been granted peace. We have peace with God. That's
so much better than just having a simple peace in this world.
We're able to live out our lifetime in peace. This is so much better
to have peace with God that he would not be the... the righteous
judge, and we would hear the words, depart from me, because
you don't have the righteous judgment upon you. So therefore
being justified by faith, we have peace with God. We have
peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ. If we have peace
with the Father, we have peace with the Son, we have peace with
the Holy Spirit. All of these that make up God, in however
we can explain it, the Trinity. We have peace with the Godhead. He is not angry with his people
any longer. There is nothing that comes between
him and them. There's no sin that destroys
the fellowship. That's the problem if we look
at things physically. Those children of Israel had
some sort of peace for 31 years among four judges, and yet all
that time they're spending on spending their time looking out
for other idols. And I appreciate what it says
in 1 Thessalonians 1. That's one of the business deals
that God has for us. He takes the idols away from
us. We turn from dumb idols to the living God. So what a responsibility
of the Lord and what a blessing it gives to us. So not only is
he the judge, the savior, the deliverer, but he's also the
peace giver. He is Prince of Peace. We find
in the book of Hebrews 9 that the enemy that we have so much
trouble with, that God dealt with, is found in Hebrews 9,
verse 26. Hebrews 9, verse 26. This is truly the problem. This
is the enemy. that the Lord dealt with that
hindered us from ever coming to God, having a mind for God,
unable to do anything of service out of love for God or anything.
It was just impossible. We were bound in our sin. We
were without God, without Christ, and without hope in the world.
And here in the book of Hebrews chapter 9 verse 26, for then
must he often have suffered since the foundation of the world,
but now once in the end of the world hath he appeared to put
away sin by the sacrifice of himself. What was it that brought
the greatest separation? Sin. What was it that brought
the greatest recovery, the greatest putting back together, the forgiveness
of sin, the sacrifice of sin by his own self, he took care
of the sin issues. So there is peace with God through
the blood of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Every enemy, Christ
put away every enemy and the sin, sin, that great enemy that
we were born with, that great enemy that we lived with, And
we continue to, Christ has taken care of it. So he has taken care
of our sin. He's taking care of the sin nature.
You know, the Bible teaches us, and there was probably some real
problem people during the reign of these four judges. We know with Jephthah, there
was some people there that just did not like him. In fact, they
run him off. They were not kind people. And after he won the
battle, the Lord gave him the battle, they were upset with
him because he didn't come and ask him to share. And he's doing
what God said. He said, yes, I did ask you,
but you would not come. What a statement. There's always
those people that have such a attitude about them. And you know, I've
been around a lot of people that have a real attitude about Satan. You know, it's so enjoyable to
go through a Christian life. and find out that God took care
of Satan, and that Satan is God's Satan, and that he is not omnipotent,
he is not omniscient, he is not omnipresent, he is a created
being, and the Lord said, I've dealt with this one. So if you
turn with me to Hebrews chapter two, we have these words. Hebrews
chapter two, we have such a love for the Lord Jesus Christ and
such a respect and reverence for him. And then we find out
all that he's taken care of for us. He took care of every enemy
of the church, every enemy of God. And this great enemy, Hebrews
chapter two and verse 14, Hebrews chapter two and verse 14, we
have the four, As much then as the children are partakers of
flesh and blood, he also himself likewise took part of the same,
the God-man. He came, God, come in the flesh. In the beginning was the Word,
the Word was with God, and the Word was God. And then we read,
the Word dwelt among us, the Word tabernacled among us, the
Word was here, and he took upon himself flesh. Human being. He was a human being. God come
in the flesh. He never had any sin, but he
bore our sin. As it goes on, it tells us here,
likewise took part of the same, that through death, he might
destroy him that had power of death, that is the devil. So
the Lord is very successful at the cross. There wasn't one enemy
that went untouched by the Lord, by his blood. Sin was taken care
of. This enemy of the church was
taken care of. We read, In the book of Colossians
chapter two, as we look at this subject some more, how much did
those judges take care of when it came to bringing peace? Everything. They held back everything. Now,
they could not pay. but they could hold it back by
God's grace. Not only does the Lord hold it
back, but he paid and destroyed. Here in the book of Colossians
chapter two, Colossians chapter two, and there in verse 14, Colossians
2, 14, blotting out the handwriting of ordinances that was against
us. The Lord blotted them out, the ordinances that was against
us. What is that? We find that the law was against
us. It was not our helper, it was
our condemner, which was contrary to us. It declares the holiness
of God, and the holiness of God is contrary to our nature, and
took it out of the way, nailing it to the cross. And having spoiled
principalities and powers, he made a show of them openly, triumphing
over them in it. So all principalities and powers,
the Lord took care of at the cross. He put them aside. They
were our enemies, but they were taken away. He spoiled them. And we read, in greater is he
that's in you than he's in the world. And we also find out that
parable that the Lord spoke about a strong man having a house.
And he said, how to take care of a strong man? Get a stronger
man. So we have the strong man came and took care of the problem.
He's the one who took care of sin. He's the one who took care
of death. He's the one who took care of
hell. He's the one that took care of the grave. He's the one
that took care of all our enemies. And one of them is Satan. Now, if he's about, if the Lord
permits him to be about, he's by permission. He is about. He is not running rampant. He
cannot look into your mind and say, this is what you have. He
can't put stuff in our mind. He's not that kind of being. We're made a little lower than
the angels and he was an angel that fell. but he is not our
master. And especially after we're saved,
he's not our master. He is the servant of God. He
is God's devil. He's God that has him on a chain.
In fact, it says in the book of Revelation chapter 20, let's
just read those two verses, Revelation chapter 20 and verse two. So
all the enemies were put at bay by those judges. They brought
deliverance. They brought peace. God granted
peace under these men that were raised up. And in the book of
Revelation chapter 20, Revelation chapter 20 in verse two, we read
this, and he laid hold on the dragon, the old serpent, which
is the devil and Satan and bound him a thousand years. Now, We look at the thousand
years here in the book of Revelation and find out that's not a number
that is defined. It's a number that we can't put
a definition to it. And so Satan has been bound.
Now there's some things in the Bible I don't understand about
him, but I realize this. God took care of him in Christ
Jesus. He is not omnipotent or omniscient
or omnipresent. He is limited by God and he's
God's devil. So he's taking care of that enemy.
Thank God. The next thing that we find with
regard to this, did you notice how many children a couple of
those judges had? Let's go back to the book of
Judges. Book of Judges there. It's just amazing. Now, when
we read the word nephews in that one verse of scripture, probably
should have been translated grandsons because it means son of son,
grandson. So it's not particularly a nephew. It's not gonna change the meaning
of the scripture, but here in the book of Judges chapter 12,
Judges chapter 12, and we read there in verse nine.
Now this judge, Ibzan had 30 sons and 30 daughters. And he took 30 daughters from
abroad. He sent 30 away and he's brought
in 30 daughters for his sons. Now, what can we see there with
regard to that wonderful statement? Well, I find out that these two
judges here, at least, had many sons, many daughters, and we
find that the next judge there, it says he judged Israel 10 years. And after him, Elion, and then
the next one down in verse 13, Abdon. He had 40 sons and 30
nephews. Now that probably should have
been translated 30 grandsons or sons of sons that rode on
these three score asses. What a number. How's that possible? Well, God's purpose, they have
this number of children and it just speaks so much. about the family of God, the
church. There is in the church a number
that no man can number. These judges share with us about
having so many children. Well, the true judge has a great
deal. Turn with me to the book of Hebrews
chapter two. Hebrews chapter two and verse
10. Let's notice that verse of scripture. As we think about
those judges having so many children, well, the true judge has Lots
of children. Now he knows the number, we don't
know the number. Here in the book of Hebrews chapter
two, Hebrews chapter two and verse 10, it shares with us,
and it became him for whom are all things, and by him, by whom
are all things, in bringing many sons unto glory. Many children
unto glory. What a type we have over here.
It looks like an impossibility to have that many children. How one man could have that? God wrote it, God said it, we're
just going to accept it. How that happened had so many
children, but what a representation he is of Christ who said that
here bringing many sons into glory to make the captain of
their salvation perfect through sufferings. The Lord has a family,
the Lord has a group, he has the elect, he has all those names
written down in the Lamb's Book of Life. And we find out that
there's a multitude that no man can number. Now we can number
the sons of this judge, and we can number the sons and daughters
of this judge, but the true judge, you cannot number. He knows the
number, but we don't. Turn with me, if you would, to
the book of Revelation chapter seven. The book of Revelation
chapter seven. In Revelation chapter seven,
we read these words. Before I mess it up, I wanna
read it. And it tells us here in Revelation
chapter seven, verse nine. Now this he beheld, John says,
after this I beheld and lo, a great multitude. The Lord has sons
and daughters, as it goes on down through here, of all nations
and kindreds. Did you notice there that that
one judge had 30 daughters and he sent them away and brought
30 daughters in to marry his sons? Well, those, Such a statement
about God saving Gentiles, bringing the Gentiles into the church,
the promise that he made from the very beginning. To Abraham,
all the nations of the world would be blessed. So he's going
to have sons and daughters, goes on to tell us here, all nations
and kindreds and people and tongues. Now that is the people that make
up his family, the children that he died for. Those that he had
many children stood before the throne and before the lamb clothed
in white robes and palms in their hands. They are the ones redeemed. They're the ones are crying,
peace, peace, peace. They're the ones that have those
palms in their hands. Hallelujah to the Lord. Hosanna
to God. So these judges share with us
a great number of people, but we also find out our judge, the
Lord Jesus, has a number of children that no man can number out of
every kindred people tongue, Jews and Gentiles, doesn't matter. He brings in the Gentiles from
afar. He saved Jews there in the book
of Acts chapter two, chapter four, he saved Jews there. And
yet we find he saved Gentiles. And so he has a large family.
And He's proud of them. He's proud of them. For the joy
that was set before Him, He endured the cross, despising the shame,
and is now set down at the right hand of the Father. For who?
For the church, for them, that great number, that great host.
So here's a man with how many sons and daughters? Here's a
man with how many sons and grandsons? And it tells us that they rode
on mules. Colts of asses. You know, in
that, they were demonstrating royalty, a very, very special
position that they had. And we find out with regard to
this that the Lord, in Revelation chapter one, Revelation chapter
one, we read this about the Lord's people. Revelation chapter one
and verse six, What did He make us? What did He make the church?
What did He make members of the church? What did He make those
children that He gathered in? those that he loved from before
the foundation of the world, those whose names were written
down in the Lamb's Book of Life, those on the right hand, he will
say to each and every one of them, welcome to the kingdom
prepared for you from the foundation of the world. I laid my life
down for you. I ransomed you. I purchased you.
I saved you. I have given you peace. There's
no longer any animosity between God and you and you and God.
What a blessing. And then it tells us here, that
we're royalty. We have royalty in the book of
Revelation chapter one and verse six. He made us kings and priests. A couple of translations says
king priests. Here, this translation says kings
and priests unto God and his father to whom be glory and dominion
forever and ever, amen. So we have royalty given to us. He is the royal one. He's the
royal seed. He is the savior. He's the king
of kings and Lord of lords. And as a result of him having
that position and that glory, he can give to his children royalty. And he has made us kings and
priests unto God and his father. So what a statement is found
even in these few short verses about these judges. They were
raised up by God. They were special. They did not
volunteer for this. They were called into this. They
did not get elected to this. They were called into this. The
Lord raised them up, brought peace to Israel. What a statement. He's been raised up. Our Savior's
been raised up for that purpose. He's been raised up as a judge.
He's been raised up as a redeemer in the covenant of grace. We
find that that, these, Judges brought peace, and we
find that this one, the Lord, brings peace that passeth all
understanding. Peace I give you, peace I have,
peace I give to you. It's a peace that passeth all
worldly understanding. Even in times of great distress,
He gives us that peace that passes the understanding of the natural
man. How can that happen? We find
out also that he has many children, and those children are royal
riders. They ride in a very spectacular
way, and yet it doesn't tell us that any of those children
came and usurped the position of their father when he passed
away. So this chapter has so much about
our Savior, though there are just a few words written about
each of them. We also find out that it speaks highly of the
Lord Jesus and all that he has for the church. And then, Lord
willing, We'll get on to chapter 13 next time as we go through
this book. We have to go through that, plow
that same field in chapter 13 verse 1 though. And they forgot
God and sinned and sinned again and they just were revealing
their natural inclination without God, without Christ, without
hope. in the world, they just go right
back. Even though they've cleaned up themselves, they'll go right
back, just like the dog to its vomit, and just like the pig
to its wallow, they'll go back. But those that are his will not.
And then he's gonna raise up another judge, and we're gonna
spend some time on this judge. His name is Samson, here in chapter
13. So if you'd like to read ahead,
by all means do. Thank you for joining us tonight.