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PRINCIPLES OF BIBLICAL HERMENETICS ; M. M. NINAN In these two verses we find the pattern for the entire book. Enemy Years of Bondage (Breach) Judge Deliverance and Rest (Promise) Scripture Mesopotamia 8 Othniel 40 3:7-11 Moab 18 Ehud 80 3:12-31 Canaan 20 Deborah 40 4:1-5:31 Midian 7 Gideon 40 6:1-8:28 Ammon 18 Jephthah 6 10:6-12:7 Philistia 40 Samson 20 13:1-16:31 (c) Breach of Promise Concerning Occupancy of Canaan God promised Abraham, Isaac and Jacob that their seed would inherit the land of Canaan, have dominion over their enemies, and also that their seed would possess the land for ‘an everlasting possession’ (Gen.17: 8; 48:4). Israel was to keep the sabbaths of the land every seventh year, plus the jubilee year, which was every fiftieth year (Lev.25:1-22). If they failed to do this, then the people, the cities, the sanctuaries and the land would be brought to desolation (Lev.26:14-46; 18:24-30; 20:22- 26; Deut.28: 56-68). This brought about the following calamities. God’s breach of promise ensued. The House of Israel was carried captive to Assyria about BC 721. The House of Judah was carried into Babylonian Captivity about BC 606, and this for a period of seventy years (Jer.25: 12; 29:10; Dan.9: 2). Time for them, out of the land, has been lost time! (d) Breach of Promise Concerning the Sceptre. The word to Jacob’s son, Judah, was that the sceptre would not depart until Shiloh came (Gen.49:8-12). In the Davidic Covenant this was reaffirmed: " David would never lack a man to sit on his throne" (2 Samuel 7; Psalm 89). 77
PRINCIPLES OF BIBLICAL HERMENETICS ; M. M. NINAN However when Zedekiah was dethroned, around BC 600 onwards for about 2600 years there was no King in Judah. Even when Christ was born he never sat in the throne of David though he was the legitimate heir to the throne. As we enter into the New Testament again we have clear gaps which most people find difficult to explain away. One obvious example is the (e) Second Coming of Jesus It is evident that the early Christian Community expected to see the Glorious second coming of Jesus within the same generation as theirs. In John 21:20-25, when Jesus talked to Peter about John, he said, ‘If I will that he tarry till I come’, the saying went abroad that John would not die but live to the second coming of Jesus. But this was postponed. How long? Every generation expected his coming. Jesus said, ‘I come quickly’, and ‘the time is at hand’. There ensued the whole Church Age which were not even known before. 78
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