March 27 Reading

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The Back to the Bible OT and NT Together Reading Plan

Index of OT + NT Together

Judges 1-3; Luke 4.1-30
King James Version with Web Encyclopedia links: Judges 1; Judges 2; Judges 3;Luke 4

Three Burials
Pick the Version from Today's reading from Judges 1-2
The information below was compiled from the Daily Bible in Chronological Order.
There were three burials.
DEATH OF JOSHUA Judges 2.8-9; Joshua 24.29-30
DEATH OF ELEAZAR Joshua 24.33
JOSEPH BONES BURIED Joshua 24.32

Just because a tribe receive an allotment of land did NOT mean that the land could be occupied immediately. In Joshua's lifetime some of the land were conquered during his lifetime. But after his lifetime other lands were conquered. This is seen as Additional Conquests
JUDAH AND SIMEON JOIN FORCES Judges 1.1-10; 16-19
CALEB TAKES TERRITORY Joshua 15.13-14;
GIFT TO CALEB'S DAUGHTER Judges 1.11-15; Joshua 15.15-19
EPHRAIM CAPTURES BETHEL Judges 1.22-28

While Joshua was a book of victory, Judges was a book of defeat. the people could not possess the remaining cities, and villages in some cases. Note that despite the conquest there were also failures to reach victory. a list is given below.

Apostasy and the Judges
In Judges 2.8-3.6. There is this cycle that the people go through. first they sin, God punishes them by allowing oppression by the inhabitant of the land. The people repent of their sins and then God raise up a judge to rescue the. Then the vicious cycle repeats itself. This is very similar in the Christian life. We sin, God allows us affliction in our life, we repent, God delivers us.

Failure to Complete Conquests
FAILURE OF EASTERN TRIBES Joshua 13.13
FAILUR OF EPHRAIM Joshua 16.10; Judges 1.29
FAILURE OF MANASSEH Joshua 17.11-13; Judges 1.27-28
FAILURE OF JUDAH joshua 15.63
FAILURE OF BENJAMIN Judges 1.21
FAILURE OF ZEBULUN Judges 1.30
FAILURE OF ASHER Judges 1.32-32
FAILURE OF NAOHTHALI Judges 1.33
FAILURE OF DANITES JUDGES 1.34-36
FAILURES BREACH CONTRACT Judges 2.1-5

In the Christian Life, we have the victory because of what Jesus did on the cross, but on a day by experience some of us live DEFEATED life, we even wallow in sin. This is what we see in Judges 1.

Division of the Land
Tribal Lands

Apostasy and the Judges
In Judges 3.1-6. There is a cycle of sin and restoration that everyone goes through. First they sin, God punishes them by allowing oppression by the inhabitant of the land. The people repent of their sins and then God raise up a judge to rescue the. Then the vicious cycle repeats itself. This is very similar in the Christian life. We sin, God allows us affliction in our life, we repent, God delivers us.

Othniel, Ehud, and Shamgar
In Judges 3.7-11, the people are oppressed by the Mesopotomites and delivered by Othniel.
In Judges 3.12-25, the people are oppressed by the Moabites and are delivered by Ehud killing Eglon, the king of Moab.
In Judges 3.26-32, the people are oppressed again by the Moabites and are delivered this time by Shamgar.

Judges 1, with Commentaries, verse by verse
Judges 2, with Commentaries, verse by verse

Other Links
OT Gateway Links on Judges
Introduction to Judges by Malik
Malik Argument of Judges
Israel's Dark Age by Deffinbaugh
Dr. Thomas Constable Study Notes is a PDF file, open with Adobe Acrobatic Reader
Zeisler on Judges, scroll down
Spurgeon on Judges
Biblebb.com Website
Ritchie on Judges - 9 sermons

With the Word Commentary-Warren Wiersbe
Wycliffe Bible Commentary
Keil & Delitzsch Commentaries on the Old Testament
Expositor's Bible Commentary
Pulpit Bible Commentary
J. Vernon McGee Commentaries
Evangelical Commentary on the Old Testament
The Commentary Page

Luke 4.1-30 with Commentaries, verse by verse

The Temptation of Jesus Luke 4.1-13; Matthew 4.1-11; Mark 1.12-14
Jesus was led by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted for forty days. The number forty is a sign for testimg. We must point out emphatically that temptation is NOT sin, but YIELDING to temptation is SIN. Martin Luther said: I cannot stop the birds flying over my head, but I can stop them from building their nests in my hair. So it is with temptation. Jesus was tempted yet He did not yield to temptation. How do you resist temptation? FILL YOUR MIND WITH GOD' WORD. I mean to MEMORIZE SCRIPTURE. If you notice in all the instances when Satan tempted Jesus, He QUOTED scripture back at Satan! He did rationalize with Satan as we do when we are tempted. According to some commentaries, Satan probably tempted him in the later days of the 40 days when he was in the wilderness. So that was when Jesus would be the most vulnerable. Jesus quoted from Deiteronomy 4.4; 6.13 and 6.10. The first temptation has to do with food, since Jesus was fasting for forty days, The second and third to do with power. Temptation would be only useful to the devil if it attractive to the one being tempted! Temptation usually comes in forms of money, sex and power or some variations thereof. In verse 13 said he (the devil) left him until an opportune time. Satan was waiting to tempt Jesus again. We are to flee from temptation! A perfect example was when Joseph fled from Potiphar's wife (Genesis 39), we are to FLEE youthful lusts 2Timothy 2.22, we are to resist the devil 1Peter 5.8-9! What does the word FLEE mean"? it means to RUN away not to walk away, it is a verb of action!!! Jesus was tempted as we were yet He did not sin and He is our High Priest interceding on our behalf (Heb 4.15-16).15For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who has been tempted in every way, just as we are–yet was without sin. 16Let us then approach the throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need.
Jesus was rejected at Nazareth (v. 14-30). The application is sometimes it ivery difficult to witness in your own home if you are the only Christian there!

Here is a link to memorize Scripture
Deffinbaugh on the Baptism and Temptation of the Messiah
Temptation

More Links in Luke
IVP Commentary on Luke
Introduction to Luke-Malik
Argument for the Gospel of Luke-Malik
Deffinbaugh on Luke
Lightfoot on Luke
Ritchie on Luke
Dr. Thomas Constable Study Notes is a PDF file, open with Adobe Acrobatic Reader
Sermons on Luke by Ryle, Spurgeon, and Whitefield
John Piper Sermons on Luke

More Commentary Links for the New Testamant
Expositor's Bible Commentary
Pulpit Bible Commentary on the New Testament
With the Word Commentary NT-Warren Wiersbe
The New Commentary
Through the Bible-Matt-Acts-J. Vernon McGee
Benson's Commentary on the NT-Matt-Acts
Evangelical Commentary on the New Testament

Jesus Saves
This Posting is NOT a commentary of the passages read today but it is a devotional. Please send a comment if something spoke to you today from the passages, links or thoughts that I have shared with you.