Northside Podcast

In our first class in the book of Judges we do some necessary introduction looking at the outline of the book, the chronology/dating of the book and some of the author's arguments in Judges.

Jesus' disciples are amazed at his resolute determination to head towards Jerusalem, the place of his eventual suffering and death. Along the way, King Jesus stops his royal procession to heal a blind beggar, showing his disciples what it means to rule in God's kingdom.

When the rich young ruler asks Jesus what he must do to inherit eternal life, Jesus' answer causes the man to go away sorrowful. Jesus says that it's as impossible for a rich man to enter the kingdom as it is for a camel to walk through the eye of a needle. But with God, nothing is impossible!

Mary moves from skeptical to resigned to amazed and in doing so provides us with one of the great songs in all of scriptures, the Magnificat. In it Mary magnifies the Lord for he is Saviour and He is able to save because He is powerful, holy, merciful and faithful.

Israel has reentered the land and with the help of Zerubbabel, Ezra and Nehemiah have rebuilt the temple, the walls and the city. However shortly after we see that they are beginning to fall back into the same sins that led them into exile in the first place. There is still a further deliverance yet to come.