Deliverance

My next Bible Study series will be "God Delivers", a study of the Book of Judges.  We will see the repeated cycles of Israel's disobedience -> God's Judgment -> Israel's misery and crying out to God -> God raising a judge (deliverer).  And then, the people of Israel would make moral compromises and the cycle starts all over again.  In all, there were either 12,13, or 14 judges (depending on whether Abimelech and/or Barak are included) in Judges, not counting Eli and Samuel.  This illustrates the gracious and faithful deliverance of God, over and over again.  Even prior to this, God had delivered Israel from Egypt and brought them to the Promised Land.  And, the end of Judges shows the utter depravity they fall into, pointing to the need for the ultimate deliverance:  Christ through the CROSS.