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27101 Bible History Old Testament Vol. 3
Summary of the Book of Judges—Judah’s and Simeon’s Campaign—Spiritual and National Decay of Israel—“From Gilgal to Bochin.”
27102 Bible History Old Testament Vol. 3, p. 94.3 (Alfred Edersheim)
… declined—spiritually, in combining with the heathen around, and mingling their idolatrous rites with the service of Jehovah; and nationally, the war with …
27103 Bible History Old Testament Vol. 3, p. 95.1 (Alfred Edersheim)
… the spiritual character of the Judges from an Othniel and a Deborah down to Samson. The mission of these Judges was, as we have seen, chiefly local and always …
27104 Bible History Old Testament Vol. 3, p. 96.1 (Alfred Edersheim)
… through spiritual adultery. And thus the period of the Judges ends as every other period. It contains the germ of, and points to something better; but it is imperfect …
27105 Bible History Old Testament Vol. 3, p. 99.2 (Alfred Edersheim)
… of spiritual decay, He “came” from Gilgal to Bochim, not to announce the miraculous fall of a Jericho before the ark of Jehovah, but the continuance of the heathen …
27106 Bible History Old Testament Vol. 3, p. 106.1 (Alfred Edersheim)
… and spiritual adultery. Yet each period and each deliverance has its characteristic features and high points. The narrative opens as if to resume the thread …
27107 Bible History Old Testament Vol. 3, p. 116.1 (Alfred Edersheim)
… ancient spiritual faith of Israel seems still to linger amidst the decay around. And now, under the great oak by Ophrah, suddenly appeared a heavenly stranger …
27108 Bible History Old Testament Vol. 3, p. 118.1 (Alfred Edersheim)
… proper spiritual understanding of this, as of other Biblical narratives, if we were to transport into it our present knowledge, ideas, and views. Remembering …
27109 Bible History Old Testament Vol. 3, p. 127.2 (Alfred Edersheim)
… had spiritual discernment and strength sufficient to resist this temptation. He knew that he had only been called to a temporary work, and that the “rule” which …
27110 Bible History Old Testament Vol. 3, p. 128.1 (Alfred Edersheim)
… to spiritual deliverance of Israel. He had thrown down the altar of Baal; he had built up that of Jehovah, and offered on it accepted sacrifice. Shiloh was deserted …
27111 Bible History Old Testament Vol. 3, p. 129.1 (Alfred Edersheim)
… same spiritual misunderstanding which culminated in Gideon’s arrogating to himself high-priestly functions, had appeared almost immediately after …
27112 Bible History Old Testament Vol. 3, p. 137.2 (Alfred Edersheim)
… the spiritual Israel—.”
27113 Bible History Old Testament Vol. 3, p. 145.1 (Alfred Edersheim)
… the spiritual heroes, who “through faith subdued kingdoms, wrought righteousness, obtained promises?” The question cannot be dismissed with a summary answer …
27114 Bible History Old Testament Vol. 3, p. 145.2 (Alfred Edersheim)
… to spiritual adultery—no depth of degradation so low, that it would not descend to it! The history of—Israel was the history of Samson; his victories were like …
27115 Bible History Old Testament Vol. 3, p. 146.1 (Alfred Edersheim)
… was spiritual unfaithfulness. Thus, if the period of the Judges reached its highest point in Samson the Nazarite, it also sunk to its lowest in Samson the man …
27116 Bible History Old Testament Vol. 3, p. 148.1 (Alfred Edersheim)
… the spiritual history of God’s people. And so months of patient, obedient waiting ensued, when at last the promised child was born, and obtained the name of …
27117 Bible History Old Testament Vol. 3, p. 152.1 (Alfred Edersheim)
… his spiritual thirst, after the great conquest achieved for him:
27118 Bible History Old Testament Vol. 3, p. 163.1 (Alfred Edersheim)
… , its spiritual meaning and her motives would at once become luminous to Boaz. For such a man to know, was to do what God willed. Ruth was an Israelite indeed, brave …
27119 Bible History Old Testament Vol. 3, p. 163.3 (Alfred Edersheim)
… its spiritual meaning becomes luminous. In her weakness, Naomi had murmured; in her unbelief, she had complained; she had deemed herself forsaken of God and …
27120 Bible History Old Testament Vol. 4, p. 3.4 (Alfred Edersheim)
… new spiritual facts; otherwise spiritual advancement would not have kept pace with outward progress. But it is in the rhythm of these two that the real meaning …