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Joshua

Joshua1:7-9 – Joshua’s Royal Role




“Be strong and courageous”…with respect towhat? Inheritance of the Land, Keeping and doing Torah




Joshuaprepares us for a monarchy

Judges

Judges 2:16-19 - Israel's Cyclical Sin




LORD has pity at Israel’s oppressors, Raises up Judges to deliver them, People whore after other gods

1 Samuel

1 Samuel 2:30 - "Those who honor me I will honor"




-Just before Samuel is initiated as a prophet


-Contrast between Eli’s sons who don’t hear and listen


-God honors (כבד) those who honor him

2 Samuel

2 Samuel 7:8-16 - Covenant: David's House




-Great name, land, rest, offspring


-Everlasting dynasty

1 Kings

1 Kgs 2:3-4 - "Davidic Heir Keeps Covenant"




-Mosaic legislation = limitation and structures within which the right king operates

1 Kings

1 Kgs 8:56-61 - Solomon Praises YHWH Faithful




-God's presence promised (Moses) now realized


-Ppl of God there charged to faithfulness for "all the peoples of the earth" (Abraham)

2 Kings

2 Kgs 17:7-8, 19-20 - Why exile? Covenant Infid.




-LORD's assessment of Israel's history to date


-Feared other gods and walked as nations

2 Kings

2 Kgs 23:24-27 - Josiah's Shema Can't Stop Exile




-Only King to have explicitly followed Torah


-His good reforms couldn't stop judgment


-Need for a greater king

Kings - Hope or Despair?

-Davidic Promises in 2 Samuel 7: Everlasting


-YHWH Sovereign over history




Last 4 Verses - Jehoiachin released:


-Davidic king is alive, so are the promises


-As the king goes, so go the people


-Release from captivity is on the horizon

Theological Intent of Judges

Preparing the nation to see its need for godly leadership:




-Israel's national/spiritual health plummeting


-17-21 a "king" would be a solution


-Not any king...covenantally faithful king

Theological Intent of Ezra-Nehemiah

Unity of ppl of God in purpose throughout time:




-Lists returning from Exile - everyone!


-"Ezra" doesn't show up until chapt. 7


-Comm. involvement in building/celebration

Some Key Themes in Sam.-Kings

Sam:


Word-Prophet, Monarchy-King intertwined


YHWH King over history


YHWH is a Covenant making/keeping King


YHWH provides right kind of King in Anointed




Kings:


Prophetic Word vital to well-being of king/ppl


YHWH is King over history


YHWH est. Kingship through Covenant


Israel identity based on covenant loyalty