JUDGES 2

THE ISRAELITES REBEL AGAINST GOD + GOD APPOINTS JUDGES

Because the Israelites fail to drive out the Canaanites, they become influenced by their corruption.

After Joshua’s death, the following generation did not know of God’s miraculous provision for the Israelites. The Israelites begin to worship Baal, a Canaanite god, abandoning their faith in the God of Israel. God is angered by the disobedience and rebellion of the Israelites.

God appoints judges to lead the Israelites and deliver them from their enemies, but the faithfulness of the Israelites is fleeting. Even after God provided a righteous leader for them, they fell back into their old rebellious ways.

Judges 2:16 - Then the Lord raised up judges, who saved them out of the hand of those who plundered them.