Othniel

Throughout the first five books of the Old Testament, we see God’s people — the Israelites— taking shape as a nation. They are led out of captivity in Egypt by Moses. They wander through the wilderness where God gives them the law (the 10 commandments) and really teaches them what it means to belong to Him. After Moses, God shows His power through Joshua who leads the Israelites.

But then, we see God’s people turn away from Him.
They do this over and over again throughout the book of Judges. In fact, when you read the book closely, God’s people follow a pattern of actions over and over again.
This continues until the final judge ushers in the first king.

What about today? Judges were replaced by kings and kings were replaced by Jesus, so is the cycle from the judges over? It’s not!
God can use this cycle to draw the heart of a lost person to Himself.