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2 Samuel 7:12-13(NKJV)

When your days are fulfilled and you rest with your fathers, I will set up your seed after you, who will come from your body, and I will establish his kingdom. He shall build a house for My name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever.

Acts 13:22(NKJV)

And When He had removed him. He raised up for them David as king, to whom also He gave testimony and said, “I have found David the son of Jesse, a man after My Own heart, who will do all My will.”

• The author of the book of 2 Samuel is uncertain. Samuel probably wrote portions of the book. It is possible that Abiathar the priest, Nathan the prophet, and Gad the seer also contributed to this book.

• Between 931 – 722 B.C.

• King David the forerunner of the Messiah

• The book of 2 Samuel describes the history of the forty-year period of David’s reign over the nation of Israel.
• The first portion of the book (chapters 1-4) describes his reign over Judah and the remaining chapters (5-24) his reign over all of Israel.
• Chapters 1-10 show David’s triumphs and chapters 11-24 his troubles.

• David Appointed King of Judah: 2 Samuel 1:1-4:12
  • 2 Samuel 2:4(NKJV) Then the men of Judah came, and there they anointed David king over the house of Judah…
  • 1 Kings 2:11(NKJV) The period that David reigned over Israel was forty years; seven years he reigned in Hebron, and in Jerusalem he reigned thirty-three years.
• David’s Kingship: 2 Samuel 5:1-24:25
  • 2 Samuel 5:3(NKJV) Therefore, all the elders of Israel came to the king at Hebron, and King David made a covenant with them at Hebron before the LORD. And they anointed David king over Israel.
  • 2 Samuel 5:12(NKJV) So David knew that the LORD had established him as king over Israel, and that He had exalted His kingdom for the sake of His people Israel. David’s Reign as King
  • David’s Reign as King

• Christ in the book of 2 Samuel
  • King David the forerunner for the Messiah
    • 2 Samuel 7:12-13(NKJV) When your days are fulfilled and you rest with your fathers, I will set up your seed after you, who will come from your body, and I will establish his kingdom. He shall build a house for My name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever.
    • Revelation 22:16(NKJV) “I, Jesus, have sent My angel to testify to you these things in the churches. I am the Root and the Offspring of David, the Bright and Morning Star.”
  • David’s combining of the offices of prophet, priest, and king speak of Jesus as our Prophet, Priest, and King of Kings

Ruth 3:13(NKJV)

Stay this night, and in the morning, it shall be that if he will perform the duty of a close

relative (kinsman-redeemer) for you -good; let him do it. But if he does not want to

perform the duty for you, then I will perform the duty for you, as the LORD lives! Lie down

until morning.”

• The author for the book of Ruth is unknown. Jewish tradition ascribes it to Samuel

• Ruth 1:1(NKJV) Now it came to pass, in the days when the judges ruled, that there was a famine in the land. And a certain man of Bethlehem, Judah, went to dwell in the country of Moab, he and his wife and his two sons.
• The days when the judges ruled
• Different beliefs on the date (1150-1100 B.C.) or (1050-1 000 B.C.)

• God’s sovereign intervention brings universal redemption
• Kinsman-redeemer

• The book of Ruth is written to demonstrate the sovereignty, mercy, and love of God. It begins with famine, death, and loss but ends in redemption and fruitfulness.
• The book of Ruth was historically read during the Feast of Harvest because much of the story takes place during the harvesting of barley.

• Naomi’s Departure and Return: Ruth 1:1-22
  • Ruth 1:1(NKJV)Now it came to pass, in the days when the judges ruled, that there was a famine in the land. And a certain man of Bethlehem, Judah, went to dwell in the country of Moab, he and his wife and his two Sons.
  • Ruth 1:6(NKJV) Then she arose with her daughters-in-law that she might return from the country of Moab, for she had heard in the country of Moab that the LORD had visited His people by giving them bread.
    • “Visited His People means that God came to the aid of His People
  • Ruth 1:22(NKJV) So, Naomi returned, and Ruth the Moabitess her daughter-in-law with her, who returned from the country of Moab. Now they came to Bethlehem at the beginning of barley harvest.
• Ruth the Young Moabite: Ruth 2:1-3:18
  • Ruth 2:6(NKJV) So, the servant who was in charge of the reapers answered and said, “It is the young Moabite woman who came back with Naomi from the country of Moab.
• Boaz Redeems Ruth: Ruth 4:1-22
  • Ruth 4:13(NKJV) So, Boaz took Ruth, and she became his wife; and when he went in to her, the LORD gave her conception, and she bore a son.
• Christ in the Book of Ruth
  • Boaz as a type of Christ functioning in the role of the kinsman-redeemer paying the full price of freedom
    • Jesus turning our mourning into dancing
      • Bitterness into Better-ness
  • Ruth a Moabite in the genealogy of Jesus (Matthew 1:5) Great-Grandmother of David

Judges 2:7-10 (NKJV)

So, the people served the LORD all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders

who outlived Joshua, who had seen all the great works of the Lord Which He had done

for Israel. Now Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of the LORD, died when he was one hundred

and ten years old. And they buried him within the border of his inheritance at Timnathheres, in the

mountains of Ephraim, on the north side of Mount Gaash. When all that generation had been gathered to their fathers, another generation arose after them who did not know the LORD nor the work which He had done for Israel.

Judges 2:16 (NKJV)

Nevertheless, the LORD raised up judges who delivered them out of the hand of

those who plundered them.

• The author is unknown
• It is believed that Samuel wrote a portion of the book of Judges

• About 1050-1000 B.C.

• Disobedience brings oppression
• Repentance
• God’s Provision of Deliverance

• The book of Judges tells of the history of the Israelites from the death of Joshua until the ministry of Samuel (approximately 350 years).
•  During this time the people repeatedly turned from following God. Their disobedience brought bondage and oppression.
• God raised up fifteen Judges to bring deliverance to His people. The best-known Judges are Deborah, Gideon, and Samson.
• The book of Judges covers 13 of the 15 Judges.

• Condition of the Israelites: Judges 1:1-3:6

Judges 2:17-18(NKJV)

Yet they would not listen to their judges, but they played the harlot with other gods,

and bowed down to them. They turned quickly from the way in which their fathers walked,

in obeying the commandments of the LORD; they did not do so. And when the LORD raised up judges for them, the LORD Was with the judge and delivered them out of the hand of their enemies all the days of the judge; for the LORD Was moved to pity by their groaning because of those who oppressed them and harassed them.

• Ruling Judges: Judges 3:7-16:31

• Idolatry and Civil War: Judges 17:1-21:25
  • The worship of foreign gods (Judges 17-18)
  • The attack on the tribe of Benjamin because of the Levite’s concubine (Judges 19-21)

• Christ as our deliver and righteous judge

2 Timothy 4:8(NKJV)

Finally, there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the

righteous Judge, will give to me on that Day, and not to me only but also to all who have

loved His appearing.

Acts 17:31(NKJV)

because He has appointed a day on which He will judge the world in righteousness by

the Man whom He has ordained. He has given assurance of this to all by raising Him from

the dead.

Joshua

Joshua 1:1-3(NKJV)

“Ater the death of Moses the servant of the LORD, it came to pass that the LORD

spoke to Joshua the son of Nun, Moses’ assistant, saying:

“Moses My servant is dead. Now, therefore. arise. go over this Jordan, you and all this

people, to the land which l am giving to them-the children of Israel.

“Every place that the sole of your foot will tread upon I have given you, as I said to

Moses.”

• It is believed that the majority of the book of Joshua was written by Joshua himself
• It is possible that a scribe recorded some of the events of the book of Joshua that actually occurred after his death

• 400-1375 B.C.

• The central theme of the book of Joshua is “Possessing the Inheritance”
• Victory through Faith

• The book of Joshua describes the conquest of the land promised to Abraham, the land of Canaan.
• Joshua’s name means “the Lord saves” or “the Lord is salvation”. The Greek translation of the name Joshua is Jesus.

Genesis 15:18-21(NKJV)

On the same day the Lord made a covenant with Abram, saying: “To your

descendants I have given this land, from the river of Egypt to the great river, the river

Euphrates-

the Kenites, the Kenezzites, the Kadmonites.

the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Rephaim,

the Amorites, the Canaanites, the Girgashites, and the Jebusites.

• Preparation for Possession: Joshua 1:1-5:15

Joshua 1:11(NKJV)

“Pass through the camp and command the people, saying, ‘Prepare provisions Tor

yourselves, for within three days you will cross over this Jordan, to go in to possess the

land which the LORD your God is giving you to possess.

• Circumcision of the Second Generation: Joshua 5:1-1
• The Conquest: Joshua 6:1-12:24

Joshua 10:40(NKJV)

So, Joshua conquered al the land: the mountain country and the South and the

lowland and the wilderness slopes, and all their kings; he left none remaining, but utterly

destroyed all that breathed, as the LORD God of Israel had commanded.

• The Division of the Land: Joshua 13:1-22:34

Joshua 21:43-45(NKJV)

So, the LORD gave to Israel all the land of which He had sworn to give to their fathers,

and they took possession of it and dwelt in it.

The LORD gave them rest all around, according to all that He had sworn to their

fathers. And not a man of all their enemies stood against them; the LORD delivered all

their enemies into their hand.

Not a word failed of any good thing which the LORD had spoken to the house of

Israel. All came to pass.

• The Death of Joshua: Joshua 23:1-24:33

Joshua 23:14(NKJV)

“Behold, this day I am going the way of all the earth. And you know in all your hearts

and in all your souls that not one thing has failed of all the good things which the LORD

your God spoke concerning you. Al have come to pass for you; not one word of them has

failed.

Joshua 24:14, 15(NKJV)

“”Now therefore, fear the LORD, Serve Him in sinceriy and in truth, and put away the

gods which your fathers served on the other side of the River and in Egypt. Serve the

LORD!

And if it seems evil to you to serve the LORD, choose for yourselves this day whom

you will serve, whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of

the River, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you dwell. But as for me and my

house, we will serve the LORD.

• Christ in the book of Joshua
  • The very name of the book speaks of Jesus our savior as the name of Joshua means, “the Lord saves” or “the Lord is salvation.”
  • Christ revealed as the Commander of the Army of the Lord

Joshua 5:13-15(NKJV)

“And it came to pass, when Joshua was by Jericho, that he lifted his eyes and looked,

and behold, a Man stood opposite him with His sword drawn in His hand. And Joshua

went to Him and said to Him. “Are You for us or for our adversaries?”

So He said, “No, but as Commander of the army of the LORD I have now Come.

And Joshua fell on his face to the earth and worshiped, and said to Him, “What does

my Lord say to His servant?”

Then the Commander of the Lord’s army said to Joshua, “Take your sandal off your

foot, for the place where you stand is holy.” And Joshua did so.

 

• The Redemptive work of Christ on the Cross

Joshua 2:17, 18(NKJV)

So, the men said to her: “We will be blameless of this oath of yours which you have

made Us swear, unless, when we come into the land, you bind this line of scarlet cord in the window

through which you let us down, and unless you bring your father, your mother, your

brothers, and all your father’s household to your own home.

• Christ as a fulfillment of all of God’s Promises

Joshua 23:14(NKJV)

Behold, this day l am going the way of all the earth. And you know in all your hearts

and in all your souls that not one thing has failed of all the good things which the LORD

your God spoke Concerning you. All have come to pass for you; not one word of them has

failed.

Numbers 1:2-3 (NKJV)

Take a census of all the congregation of the children of Israel, by their familles, by

their fathers’ houses, according to the number of names, every male individually,

From twenty years old and above-all who aro able to go to war in lsrael. You and

Aaron shall number them by their armies.

 

• Moses

• About 1400 B.C. (shortly before his death)

• God’s guiding presence from Sinai to Trans-Jordan

• The book of Numbers tells of the preparation and journey to the promise land.
•  It describes the murmuring, complaining and disobedience of the Israelites that led to forty years of wandering in the wilderness.
• The Hebrew title for this book is “ln the Wilderness.”

• Instructions for Camping and Marching: Numbers 1:1-10:10
  • Numbers 2:2(NKJV) “Everyone of the children of Israel shall camp by his own standard, beside the emblems (flag or banner) of his father’s house; they shall camp some distance from the tabernacle of meeting.
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  • 1 Corinthians 14:40 Let all things be done decently and in order.
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North Camp	East Camp	South Camp	West Camp
Dan	Judah	Reuben	Ephraim
Asher	Issachar	Simeon	Manasseh
Naphtali	Zebulun	Gad	Benjamin
Total: 157,600	Total: 186,400	Total: 151,450	Total: 108,100

• Sinai to Moab: Numbers 10:11-21:35
  • Numbers 10:11-12 (NKJV) Now it came to pass on the twentieth day of the second month, in the second year, that the cloud was taken up from above the tabernacle of the Testimony. And the children of Israel set out from the Wilderness of Sinai on their journeys, then the cloud settled down in the Wilderness of Paran.
  • Spies sent out: Numbers 13:1-14:45
• Balaam and Balak: Numbers 22:1-25:18
  • Balak hires Balaam to come and curse the Israelites
• Instructions for Conquering and Possessing the Promise Land: Numbers 26:1-36:13
  • The appointing of a new leader: Joshua– Numbers 27:12-23
• Christ in the book of Numbers
  • Christ the Rock and Provider
    • Numbers 20:8(NKJV) Take the rod; you and your brother Aaron gather the congregation together. Speak to the rock before their eyes, and it will yield its water; thus you shall bring water for them out of the rock, and give drink to the congregation and their animals.”
    • 1 Corinthians 10:4(NKJV) and all drank the same spiritual drink. For they drank of that spiritual Rock that followed them, and that Rock was Christ.
  • King Jesus
    • Numbers 24:17(NKJV) I see Him, but not now; I behold Him, but not near; A Star shall come out of Jacob; A Scepter shall rise out of Israel, and batter the brow of Moab, and destroy all the sons of tumult.
      • Balaam’s prophecy concerning the future rule and reign of Jesus