CCF

• CCF


  Term 3
• Cycle of sin

  • Israel is delivered
  • Israel serve God
  • Israel falls into idolatry
  • Israel enslaved
• Deborah


  • Saved Israel from Canaanites ("Jabin")
  • Fought alongside Barak
• Gideon


  • Saved Israel from Midianites
  • Proved that God's ways are different from that of man's
• Israel cried to the Lord after 20 yrs


  Judge and prophet
• Samson


  • 3 rules: no alcohol, do not cut hair, do not go near dead body
• Samuel


  • Born to Hannah & Elkanah
  • His sons were corrupt priests
• Saul


  • Shepherd
  • Went to Ephraim to find a donkey and anointed him
  • Israel's first king
  • Doubted Samuel at first
  • Capable mediator
  • Won over Ammonites
  • God's choice
• Saul's Disobedience


  His failure as king
• Anointing = Sign that Saul was God's choice
• Early Reign of Saul: Prevented tribes from fighting each other, formed an army (uniting Israel)