While the book of Judges is certainly in parts an exceedingly gloomy book, it will in fact light up our hearts with the sunshine of glory and hope, for the simple reason that one of its most prominent topics—perhaps the most prominent topic in the whole book—is the topic of salvation. Time and time again we shall be told that the Lord raised up deliverers, and the Lord saved his people. The stories of salvation come from long ago. They concern men and women in very different situations and conditions from ours; salvation for them certainly meant something considerably less than it means for us. But as we hear over and over again from this book how God saved them out of the hands of their enemies, we shall recognize at once that the God who stands behind this book of Judges is the very same God whom we know. One of the brightest glories in his character is that he is a Saviour God and delights to save his people.

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