What cycle does the book of Judges describe for Israel?
The book of Judges describes a recurring cycle in Israel: a spiritual high under a righteous judge, followed by the judge's death, then national descent into sin and rejection; God raises another judge, bringing blessing and victory over enemies, then another decline. This cycle repeats up and down.
Les explains that Judges is the story of a nation on a roller coaster. Israel would go up to a spiritual high under a righteous, holy judge. When that judge died, the nation would go down into the depths of sin and rejection. God would then raise up another good judge, and Israel would come up again, be blessed, and be victorious over their enemies. Then down they went again—up and down repeatedly. God chastised them, but He never gave up on them.
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What is the book of Judges a story of?
The book of Judges is the story of a nation on a roller coaster: they rose to a spiritual high under a righteous judge, fell into sin and rejection when he died, were raised up again by another judge God provided, were blessed and victorious over their enemies, and then fell again.