Judges 8.1 - 21 - The Final Defeat of Midian by Gideon

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A Judge by Judge Bible Study -  21 January 2018

Archdale church of Christ – Russ McCullough

Lesson #9 – Judges 8.1 – 8.21

1.     Who has a complaint and what was it?

2.     How was Gideon accused?

3.     What two rhetorical questions does Gideon now ask of his accusers?

4.     What is the “gleaning of the grape?”

5.     What is the “vintage” in comparison?

6.     What 3^rd rhetorical question does Gideon now ask?

7.     After these 3 rhetorical questions were asked and answered, what happened to the wrath of the Eprhriamites?

8.     What does Gideon now do per vs. 4?  In what condition was his army?

9.     To where did Gideon go and what did he ask of those people?

10. Who was Gideon pursuing?

11.  Geography: Succoth is E_______ of the Jordan and NE of the D__________ S________.

12. What was their reply?  Today, we would call this P________________.

13. How did Gideon respond to their terseness?

14. Where did Gideon go next to ask this same question?

15. Geography: Penuel is due E___________ of S________________.

16. What was the response of the Penuelites?

17. How did Gideon respond to them?

18. Where was the combined Midian army of Zebah and Zalmunna?

19. Geography: Karkor is slightly N___________ of Penuel.

20. How many men of Midian were left?  How many had already fallen?

21. Where did Gideon attack?  What was the disposition of the enemy?

22. Gideon attack formation went first N__________ and E______ a considerable ways into the Arabian desert to N___________, swung around to the S_______ and W_______ to J_____________, then swung around to the N______ W_________ to attack the enemy at K__________ which is next to P______________.

23. The two kings did what when attacked?  What happened to them?  What result of this came upon their army?

24. Verse 8.13 - What two words does the King James add here to the text?  The original Hebrew says literally; “the H__________ from the A____________ of..”  The S____________, the S__________ and the A__________ versions model the O___________ Hebrew, while the KJV T____________ the meaning of the places name.  The word translated “before” in the KJV means in Hebrew, min maaleh, which means B___ A___________.

25. As Gideon arrived at Succoth, he captured a Y_____________ man and did what with him?  What intel did Gideon receive from this young man?

26. What does Gideon now do with the leaders of Succoth?

27. What does he now do with Penuel?

28. What question does Gideon now ask of Zebah and Zalmunna?  To whom is he referring?  (6.2)

29. What order does Gideon now give to his first born son?

30. What was Jether’s reaction?  Why?

31. What does Gideon now do?  What did he take?

How does the Holy Spirit remember Gideon?  (Hebrews 11)

ANSWER GRID:

Who has a complaint and what was it?

Ephraim, “Why were we left out?”

2.     How was Gideon accused?

Fiercely

3.     What two rhetorical questions does Gideon now ask of his accusers?

a.     “What have I done in comparison with you?”

b.     “Is not the gleaning of the grapes of Ephraim better than the (vintage) of Abiezer?”

4.     What is the “gleaning of the grape?”

The very last left overs in the corner of the field for the poor

5.     What is the “vintage” in comparison?

The very best first fruits

6.     What 3^rd rhetorical question does Gideon now ask?

“What have I been able to do in comparison with you?”

7.     After these 3 rhetorical questions were asked and answered, what happened to the wrath of the Eprhriamites?

It subsided

8.     What does Gideon now do per vs. 4?  In what condition was his army?

Crossed over Jordan with his 300 men.  “Exhausted yet pursuing.”

9.     To where did Gideon go and what did he ask of those people?

Succoth.  He asked for bread for he and his men.

10. Who was Gideon pursuing?

Zebah and Zalmunna, kings of Midian

11.  Geography: Succoth is E_______ of the Jordan and NE of the D__________ S________.

East.  Dead Sea.

12. What was their reply?  Today, we would call this P________________.

No, you haven’t won as yet.  No reward until success.  Quid Pro Quo.  Pragmatism.

13. How did Gideon respond to their terseness?

When I win I will return and flay your bodies with the thorns of the wilderness.

14. Where did Gideon go next to ask this same question?

Penuel

15. Geography: Penuel is due E___________ of S________________.

East.  Succoth.

16. What was the response of the Penuelites?

The same answer as he heard in Succoth.

17. How did Gideon respond to them?

I will break down this tower.

18. Where was the combined Midian army of Zebah and Zalmunna?

Karkor.

19. Geography: Karkor is slightly N___________ of Penuel.

Northeast.

20. How many men of Midian were left?  How many had already fallen?

15,000.  120,000.

21. Where did Gideon attack?  What was the disposition of the enemy?

By way of the tent dwellers east of Nobah and Jogbehah.  They felt secure.

22. Gideon attack formation went first N__________ and E______ a considerable ways into the Arabian desert to N___________, swung around to the S_______ and W_______ to J_____________, then swung around to the N______ W_________ to attack the enemy at K__________ which is next to P______________.

North and East.  Nobah.  South and West.  Jogbehah.  North West.  Karkor.  Penuel.

23. The two kings did what when attacked?  What happened to them?  What result of this came upon their army?

Fled.  They were captured.  Panic.

24. Verse 8.13 - What two words does the King James add here to the text?  The original Hebrew says literally; “the H__________ from the A____________ of..”  The S____________, the S__________ and the A__________ versions model the O___________ Hebrew, while the KJV T____________ the meaning of the places name.  The word translated “before” in the KJV means in Hebrew, min maaleh, which means B___ A___________.

Comes up.  Heres   Ascent.  Septuagint.  Syriac.  Arabic.  Original.  Translates.  By Ascent.

25. As Gideon arrived at Succoth, he captured a Y_____________ man and did what with him?  What intel did Gideon receive from this young man?

Young.  Question.  The names of 77 elders and leaders of Succoth.

26. What does Gideon now do with the leaders of Succoth?

Teaches them a lesson by flaying their flesh with the thorns of the wilderness.

27. What does he now do with Penuel?

Broke down their tower and killed the men of the city.

28. What question does Gideon now ask of Zebah and Zalmunna?  To whom is he referring?  (6.2)

“Where are the men whom you killed at Tabor?”  His family who was hiding in the caves of Mt. Tabor mentioned in Judges 6.1 – 2.

29. What order does Gideon now give to his first-born son?

To kill Zebah and Zalmunna.

30. What was Jether’s reaction?  Why?

He failed to comply.  He was young and afraid.

31. What does Gideon now do?  What did he take?

He rose up and killed Zebah and Zalmunna.  He took the crescent ornaments that were on the neck of their camels.

32. How does the Holy Spirit remember Gideon?  (Hebrews 11)

Gideon is in the “Hall of Faith.”

The Purpose of God - Ephesians 1.10 - 14 - 10 January 2018

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Ephesians

Paul’s Greatest Church Planting Success

 10 January 2018

Archdale church of Christ – Russ McCullough

Lesson #3 – Ephesians 1.11 - 14

1.     In whom do we receive what?

2.     Is predestination spoken here in the singular or the plural?

3.     This is according to whose purpose?

4.     Who is doing the work here?

5.     How is the truth conveyed?

6.     The gospel is linked to what?

7.     With what are we sealed?

8.     When and how are we thus sealed?

9.     This seal is also what regarding our inheritance?

10. Before we go further, just what is the PURPOSE God?

11.  The word translated “purpose” in Ephesians 1.11 is from the Greek word “P_______________” which according to Strong’s means; “A setting F____________, P_______________, I________________  (specifically the S___________________) as E______________ before God.”

12.  According to Thayer’s, the word “purpose” / P_______________ means; 1) “A setting F_________ of a thing, placing it in V____________, the S____________________; _____ Loaves of W________________ bread, corresponding to the _____ tribes of Israel, which loaves were O_____________ to God every S________________, and separated into ______ rows, lay for ______ days upon a table placed in the S_________________ or F____________  portion of the T______________ and afterwards of the T___________.  2) A P______________.”

13.  “P________________” is translated ________ times in the NT as “P_______________” and __________ times as “S_________________.”

a.      Romans 8.28 – 30 ____________________________________

1)    “Purpose” here is associated with F________________

2)    “Firstborn” is associated with “F_____________” in the OT

b.     Romans 9.8 – 13 ______________________________________

1)    “Purpose” is associated here with “E________________”

c.      Ephesians 1.10 – 14 ___________________________________

d.     Ephesians 3.7 – 11 _____________________________________

1)    “Purpose” here is associated with both the G____________ and God’s G______________

e.      II Timothy 1.8 – 14 _____________________________________

1)    “Purpose” here, again, is associated with G______________

f.       II Timothy 3.1- 16 ______________________________________

1)    “Purpose” here is associated with the S______________

g.     Hebrews 9.1 - 2 _______________________________________

1)    “Shewbread” is also referred to as the B___________ of the P______________.

2)    Leviticus 24.5 – 9 _________________________________

h.     Matthew 12.4 __________________________________________

i.       Matthew 2.26 _________________________________________

j.       Luke 6.4 ______________________________________________

14.  Jesus refers to Himself as the “B______________ of L_________”

a.      John 6.35 – 40 ____________________________________________

b.     John 6.49 – 51 ____________________________________________

c.      Luke 22.19 ______________________________________________

15. The “Bread of the Presence” was W____________ on the Day of P______________ which was __________ days after P_______________.

a.      Leviticus 23.15 – 21

CONCLUSION:

          The purpose of God is to be _________________ with man in C__________ who is the B_____________ of L____________.  The shadow of the P_____________ is the B__________of  the P______________, or the S________________ which was offered to God on the Day of ________________.  The reality of the P_________________ was given by God to man on the D_______ of P________________ in the form of B_____________ into C______________ for the R_______________ of sins and then to receive the G__________ of the Holy Spirit finalizing the P______________ of God with man, reconciling man to H_________________.  We memorialize His Presence in the Lord’s Supper every Lord’s Day.  I Corinthians 11.23 – 34

“…the Lord Jesus on the night when He was betrayed took bread, and when He had given thanks, he broke it, and said, “This is my Body which is broken for you.  Do this in remembrance of Me.”

ANSWERS

1. Him, inheritence
2. Plural
3. "Him who works all things"
4. God
5. Hearing
6. Salvation
7. The Holy Spirit
8. At our baptism into the Name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins per Acts 2.38
9. Guarantee / Earnest / Deposit / 
10. Write down what you believe to be God's purpose subject to further study
11. Prothesis, forth, proposal, intention, shew-bread, exposed
12. Prothesis, forth, view, shew-bread, 12, wheaten, 12, offered, Sabbath, 2, 7, sanctuary, front, tabernacle, temple
13. Prothesis, 6, purpose, 4, shew-bread
              a.1. first born
              a. 2. first fruits
              b. 1. election (plural as God is no respecter of persons)
              d. 1. Grace, gift
              e.1. Grace
              f.1. Scripture, Word, Logos, Christ
              g.1. Bread of the Presence
14. Bread of Life
15. Waved, Pentecost, 50, Passover
Conclusion:
Present, Christ, Bread, Life, Presence, Bread, Presence, shew-bread, Pentecost, presence, Day, Pentecost, baptism, Christ, remission, Gift, presence, Himself

Judges 4.11 - 5.31 - Deborah & Barak Part 2

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Judges

A Judge by Judge Bible Study -  31 December 2017

Archdale church of Christ – Russ McCullough

Lesson #6 – Judges 4.11 – 5.31

1.     When did Sisera call all his chariots? 

2.     How many chariots?  Of what were they made?  What came with them?

3.     Sisera’s men were from where to where?

4.     What does Deborah say to Barak?  The second sentence is a R______________ question.  What is the implied and imbedded answer?

5.     What does Barak then do?  Despite this hesitancy, how do we know he had great leadership skills of some kind?

6.     What 3 things does the Lord do here now?

7.     What does Barak now do?  How good is his chariot to him?

8.     How many men in Sisera’s army lived to tell the story?

9.     Where did Sisera flee and why did he flee there?

10. What did Jael say to Sisera that caused him to stop running?

11. What did she cover him with?

12. What did he ask of Jael?  What did she do instead?

13. What instructions did he give her?

14. What did Jael do once Sisera fell asleep?

15. What did Jael then tell Barak once he showed up?

16. What 3 things happened in verse 23?

17. Who sings a duet in 5.1?

18. The song…

 ANSWER GRID

1.     When did Sisera call all his chariots?

WHEN HE WAS TOLD THAT BARAK THE SON OF ABI-NO-AM HAD GONE OUT TO MT. TABOR

2.     How many chariots?  Of what were they made?  What came with them?

900.  IRON.  ALL THE MEN TO DRIVE THEM

3.     Sisera’s men were from where to where?

HAROSHETH-HAGOYIM TO THE RIVER KISHON

4.     What does Deborah say to Barak?  The second sentence is a R______________ question.  What is the implied and imbedded answer?

“UP!  FOR THIS IS THE DAY IN WHICH THE LORD HAS GIVEN SISERA INTO YOUR HAND.  DOES NOT THE LORD GO OUT BEFORE YOU?”  RHETORICAL.  YES!

5.     What does Barak then do?  Despite this hesitancy, how do we know he had great leadership skills of some kind?

HE WENT DOWN FROM MT. TABOR WITH 10,000 MEN FOLLOWING HIM.  10,000 MEN FOLLOWED HIM INTO BATTLE!

6.     What 3 things does the Lord do here now?

A.   HE ROUTED SISERA

B.    HE ROUTED ALL HIS CHARIOTS

C.    HE ROUTED ALL HIS ARMY BEFORE BARAK WITH THE EDGE OF THE SWOARD.

7.     What does Sisera now do?  How good is his chariot to him?

SISERA DISMOUNT HIS CHARIOT AND FLEES ON FOOT.  NO GOOD AT ALL!

8.     How many men in Sisera’s army lived to tell the story?

ZERO, ZIP, NADDA…

9.     Where did Sisera flee and why did he flee there?

HE FLED TO THE TENT OF JAEL, WIFE OF HEBER THE KENITE

10. What did Jael say to Sisera that caused him to stop running?

“TURN ASIDE, MY LORD; TURN ASIDE TO ME; DO NOT BE AFRAID.”

11. What did she cover him with?

A RUG (A BEDOIN SITTING PAD)

12. What did he ask of Jael?  What did she do instead?

“PLEASE GIVE ME A LITTLE WATER TO DRINK, FOR I AM THIRSTY.”  SHE OPENED A SKIN OF MILK, GAVE HIM A DRINK, AND COVERED HIM.

13. What instructions did he give her?

“STAND AT THE OPENING OF THE TENT, AND IF ANY MAN COMES AND ASKS YOU, “IS ANYONE HERE?” SAY, “NO.”

14. What did Jael do once Sisera fell asleep?

SHE TOOK A TENT PEG AND A HAMMER AND DROVE THE TENT PEG INTO HIS TEMPLE ALL THE WAY INTO THE GROUND.

15. What did Jael then tell Barak once he showed up?

“COME, AND I WILL SHOW YOU THE MAN WHOM YOU ARE SEEKING.”

16. What 3 things happened in verse 23 & 24?

A.   GOD SUBDUED JABIN THE KING OF CANAAN BEFORE THE PEOPLE OF ISRAEL

B.    THE HAND OF THE PEOPLE OF ISRAEL PRESSED HARDER AND HARDER AGAINST JABIN, KING OF CANAAN.

C.    ISRAEL DESTROYED JABIN, KING OF CANAAN.

17. Who sings a duet in 5.1?

DEBORAH & BARAK, SON OF ABI-NO-AM

18. The song…

Judges 3.31 - 4.10 - Deborah & Barak, Part 1

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Judges

A Judge by Judge Bible Study -  24 December 2017

Archdale church of Christ – Russ McCullough

Lesson #5 – Judges 3.31 – 4.10

1.     How many unimportant sentences are in God’s Word?

2.     Judges 3.31 mentions a “one verse” judge.  Who is he?  His name means D_________________.

3.     NOTE: We will render a new sermon very soon on this man.

4.     What did the people of Israel don once more?  What triggered this event?

5.     The Hebrew word for “sold” is MAKAR which means to “sell and / or to be given over to D______________.”   God did not sell Israel in order to make a P______________but to P________________ them at any C_________ regardless of the “R_____________ on I _______________.”

A.   Judges 2.14 __________________________________________

B.    Judges 3.8 ___________________________________________

C.    Judges 4.2 ___________________________________________

D.   Judges 4.9 ___________________________________________

E.    Judges 10.7 __________________________________________

F.     Deuteronomy 31.17 ____________________________________

G.   Psalms 106.34 – 46 ____________________________________

6.     Who did God next sell Israel to?

7.     His name means “I_______________” and may have been a continuous royal title like P__________ or C_____________.

8.     Jabin reigned in H_______________ which is about a 1/3 of the way from Haifa to D______________________.

9.     The commander of Jabin’s army was a man named S___________.  What his name actually meant is U__________________.  It may mean M_________________ or S____________ H______________.

10. He lived in H_________________ - h______________ which means “F__________________.”  A recent dig discovered a metallic relief picturing a woman with ear rings in the shape of C___________ W_____________.  It was located WSW of the Sea of G______________ very close to the Mediterranean Sea.

11. Why did Israel cry out to the Lord?

12.  How long did he oppress Israel?

13.  Who was judging Israel at this time?  Her name means B_______.  She was a P___________________.  Her husband’s name was L______________ whose name means T______________.

14. Where did Deborah sit and judge Israel?  Why did the people come up to her?

15. Who did she summon?  B__________ which means L_____________.  Who son was he?  A____________ which means F_____________ of P________________.  Where did he live?  K_____________________ which is located on the SSW coast of the Sea of G___________ and means roughly “H_________ C_____________.”

16. What is the answer to the rhetorical question of verse 6?  How does this reflect on the fact that Deborah was judge and not Barak?

17. Where was Barak to gather his army of _____________?  Mt. T___________ which is located about __________ miles WSW of the Sea of G______________.

18. From what 2 tribes was he to gather his army?

19. God promised to D__________ O_______ the enemy army by what river?  K______________.  The battle was fought in the J____________ Valley between M________________ and Mt. T____________.

20. What condition of going did Barak demand of Deborah?  Her reply?

21. The victory will not be credited to him but to whom? 

ANSWER CODE:

1.     None, Shamgar, Destroyer

2.     We will render a new lesson soon on the life of this man.

3.     Shamgar, Destroyer

4.     Evil, Death of Ehud

5.     Death, Profit, Preserve, Cost, Return, Investment

6.     Same word, “sold” is used 5 times in 5 verses in Judges, Prediction, Explanation

7.     Jabin

8.     Intelligent One, Pharaoh, Caesar

9.     Hazor, Damascus

10. Sisera, Unclear, Mediator, Swift Horse

11. Harosheth-hagoyim, Fortress, Chariot Wheels, Galilee

12. 900 Iron Chariots

13. Twenty years

14. Bee, Prophetess, Lappidoth, Torches

15. Between Ramah and Bethel, to render judgements between disputants

16. Barak, Lightning or Lightning Flash

17. Abinoam, Father of Pleasantness, Kedesh-naphtali, Galilee, Holy City

18. Has not God already asked Barak to go out?  Yes., Poorly

19. 10,000, Tabor, 10, Galilee

20. Zebulon & Naphtali

21. Draw Out, Kishon, Jezreel, Megiddo, Mt. Tabor

22. I won’t go unless you go with me, She did

23. The glory won’t go to him but to a woman