t>. Yahoo! is not affiliated with the authors of this page or responsible for its content.
A SPECTACULAR OVERVIEW OF THE HOLY SCRIPTURES






A SPECTACULAR
OVERVIEW
OF THE
HOLY SCRIPTURES

Part Two:
Joshua, Judges, Ruth
and the Monarchy
(1, 2 Samuel; 1, 2 Kings;
Poetry; 1, 2 Chronicles)




(2007)
With Charles P. Schmitt, D. Min, D.D.

17


JOSHUA




MORE THAN CONQUERORS


This is an account by Joshua of the conquest of the inheritance, Canaan Land. The
book covers 25 yearsfrom the crossing of Jordan to the death of Joshua.
Canaan is a picture of individual saints (and also a picture of the Church) coming into the
inheritance of God and possessing all that has been given to us by God in Christ!
(Joshua 1:15b) It is possessing our possessions! It is coming into our confessions! It is
rest (1:15a) over against frustration and defeat (Hebrews 4)!

JOSHUAS JOURNAL OF FAITH FOLLOWS THIS OUTLINE

I. ENTERING THE LAND (Chapters 15)

THE CROSSING OF THE JORDAN: The crisis at the
Jordan that brought Gods people into rest was as real as the
crisis at the Red Sea that brought them into redemption.

II CONQUERING THE LAND (Chapters 612)AS A WHOLE
(11:23)

THREE CRUSHING CAMPAIGNS
A. Against the Center (Chapters 69), as a wedge
between North and South.
B. Against the South (Chapter 10)
C. Against the North (Chapter 11)
Appendix of conquered kings (Chapter 12)


III. POSSESSING THE LAND (Chapters 1322)EACH
INDIVIDUAL PART (13:1)
[These chapters are the title-deeds of the inheritances of the Tribes of Israel.]

A. The Allocations of the Tribes (Chapters 1319)
1. The Eastbank TribesChapter 13
2. Judah (and Caleb)Chapters 14 and 15
3. JosephChapters 1617
4. The Seven Remaining TribesChapters 18, 19
B. The Cities of RefugeChapter 20
C. The Cities of the LevitesChapter 21
D. The Altar of WitnessChapter 22

CONCLUSION: Joshuas FarewellChapters 2324 (Note 24:2526)





18

JUDGES




SEASONS OF REVIVAL


Judges refers, not only to 12 magistrates, but to 12 revivalists whom God raised up
for Israel again and again in its darkest hours. Judges covers over 300 years from 1395
BC. and 1095 BC. from the death of Joshua to the start of the monarchy in Israel.

The author of Judges is unknown, but from the closing references, there was no king in
Israel (17:6; 18:1; 19:1; 21:25) we conclude Judges was written at the beginning of the
monarchy to show the need for a kingly leadership in Israel.

To the 12 judges mentioned in this book, we add two final ones from I Samuel: Eli and
Samuel, the final judge.

I.
INTRODUCTION The Cycles of Decay among Gods people: the need for
revival! (Judges 1:13:6). See particularly 2:719, the whole book in a nutshell.


II.
THE TWELVE JUDGES (3:716:31) The revivalists God used were, at times,
men and women who were fragile vessels of clay. Their sole resource was the
anointing of the Holy Spirit. But at times they evidenced imperfections and disorders
and even unconquered sin in their lives. Perhaps these biographies are given to us for
our own encouragement and wisdom in this hour

(1)
1
st
Judge OTHNIEL of Judah (3:711): Lion of God; 1394 BC.; defeated
Mesopotamia. A man who possibly struggled with being related to the great
Caleb (as nephew3:9, 10)

(2)
2
nd
Judge EHUD of Benjamin (3:1230): Strong;
1336 BC.; defeated Moab a man who had what was
thought of as a natural disability (3:15).

(3)
3
rd
Judge SHAMGAR (3:31); 1316 BC; defeated the
Philistines a man with not much in his hands.

(4)
4
th
Judge DEBORAH of Ephraim (4:15:31); a
Bee and Barak; 1296 BC.; defeated Jaban of Canaan
a woman in a mans world who desired to serve God (4:4).

(5)
5
th
Judge GIDEON of Manasseh (6:18:32) 1249
B.C.; defeated Midian a frightened, unbelieving man
(6:11, 15)
[Abimelech: 8:339:56 the arm of flesh cannot serve
God!] 1209 BC.


19
(6)
6
th
Judge TOLA of Issachar; Worm (10:1, 2); 1206 BC; Judged for 23
years.

(7)
7
th
Judge JAIR of Gad; He will enlighten (10:350); 1183 B.C.

(8)
8
th
Judge JEPHTHAH of Gad; He will open (10:612:7); 1161 B.C. A
man from a corrupt family background (11:1).

(9)
9
th
Judge IBZAN of Judah; his name means Great Fatigue (12:810);
1137 B.C.

(10) 10
th
Judge ELON of Zebulon; Magnificent Oak (12:11, 12); 1130 B.C.

(11) 11
th
Judge ABDON of Ephraim whose name means Servile 12:1315
1120 B.C.

(12) 12
th
Judge SAMSON; Sun Like (13:116:31); 1141 B.C. Deliverer from
the Philistines. The grievous story of a man who knew the upon of the Spirit
for service, but not the within of the Spirit for holiness! A man of moral
weakness.

[APPENDIX: Chapters 1721 a proper introduction to I, II Samuel (see 21:25).























20

RUTH




BACKGROUND

The date of Ruth is around 1185 B.C.during the overlapping
judgeships of Jair and Eli, during the early years of Samuel. (Ruth 1:1).
The story of Ruth may have been written by David or Solomon. (Ruth
4:22). Ruth is the story of how a Gentile women, with no natural
qualifications, was brought into the BIRTHRIGHT, the Messiahs line.
(Ruth, Chapter 4)

I.
THE DECISION OF RUTHChapter 1

II THE DEVOTION OF RUTHChapter 2

III. THE REDEMPTION OF RUTHChapter 3

IV. THE REWARD OF RUTHChapter 4















21


FIRST & SECOND SAMUEL




DAVIDTHE MAN OF GOD














CHAPTER 1: The Birth and Dedication of Samuel

Hannah was barren (1:1011)
Samuel was a gift from God (1:20)
Samuel was given back to God (1:2728)

CHAPTER 2: The Two Types of Sons (2:12, 17, 18, 26)

CHAPTER 3: The Call of Samuel (3:1, 1921)

CHAPTER 47: The Tragic Story of The Ark (4:11; 7:12) essential to the history of David.

CHAPTER 815: The Rise and Fall of King Saul what it means to be a man after Gods own heart.

CHAPTER 16: The Seventeen-Year-Old David Anointed

CHAPTER 17: David Defeats Goliath
FIRST SAMUEL

THEME: First Samuel closes the age of the Judges and opens the era of the Monarchy.
DATES: First Samuel covers near a centuryfrom 1105 B.C. (the birth of Samuel) thru
1010 B.C. (the death of Saul)
HISTORY: First Samuel cover three pieces of vital history:
(1) The history of Eli and Samuel, the two final Judges (1 Samuel, Chapters 18)
(2) The coronation and collapse of Israels first King, Saul (1 Samuel, Chapters 931)
(3) The emerging of David, the Lords sovereign choice (1 Samuel, Chapters 1631)

22

CHAPTER 18: David Becomes Jonathans Friend and Sauls Enemy

CHAPTER 1931: Davids Seven Years of Great Tribulation David experiences deep sorrows. WHY?










I. DAVIDS REIGN AS KING OVER JUDAH (2 Samuel 14)

II. DAVIDS REIGN AS KING OVER ALL ISRAEL (2 Samuel 524)

DAVIDS CONQUEST of Jerusalem (Chapter 5)
DAVIDS RECOVERY of the Ark (Chapter 6)
DAVIDS DYNASTY ESTABLISHED (Chapter 7)
DAVIDS MILITARY VICTORIES (Chapters 810)
DAVIDS GREAT SIN (Chapters 1112)
DAVIDS FAMILY FAILURES (Chapters 1320)
DAVIDS CONCLUDING YEARS (Chapters 2124)

SECOND SAMUEL

THEME: Second Samuel is the story of Davids reign as king.
DATES: From 1003 B.C. (beginning of Davids reign) to 970 B.C. (end of Davids reign)

23

THE KINGS OF ISRAEL
AND JUDAH


I, II KINGS (Originally one book)

COMPLIER: The complier of the work is not named in Scripture. Jewish tradition attributes
the compiling of I, II Kings to Jeremiah.

CONTENTS:

1. I, II Kings covers the history of both Judah and Israel together under Solomons reign
(I Kings 1-11).

2. Also covered is the division between the two southern tribes of Judah and Benjamin under
Rehoboam, Solomons son, and the ten northern tribes of Israel under Jeroboam the son of Nebat.
(I Kings 12-14).

3. Also covered is the history of all the successive kings of Israel up to the time of its captivity to
Assyria in 721 B.C. (through II Kings 15).

4. Also covered is the corresponding history of all the successive kings of Judah up to the time of its
captivity to Babylon in 588 B.C. (through II Kings 25).

5. This history, a time of deep apostasy, sees the rise of the various prophets of God sent to Israel,
and sent to Judah and sent to the surrounding Gentile nations. These prophets begin with Elijah and
Elisha and progress to those others whose writings we now have in the Old Testament canon, the
writings of the major and minor prophets.

THE KINGS OF ISRAEL & JUDAH
(From I, II Samuel & I, II Kings & I, II Chronicles)

NAME
LENGTH
DATES OF REIGN
REFERENCE
Saul
40 years
1050-1010
I Sam.; I Chron. 9, 1