Judges 2:16 Then the LORD raised up judges, who saved them out of the hands of these raiders.

The Book of Judges traces the Israelites from the time of the death of Joshua to Samuel (who would anoint their first king).  Basically the people would drift away from God. Their enemies would beleaguer them. God would raise up someone who was appointed to lead them back or lead them against their enemies. (These leaders had various degrees of success, mostly depending on how well they followed God). The process would repeat itself.

I think a key point of the Bible is within this Book.  People find God, then they drift, God wants His people to come back to Him. The people encounter a person, situation or circumstance that causes them to repent and revival occurs.

That is probably why it is called RE-pent and Re-vival.  We end up doing it again and again.  We could just be penting and viving.

Which brings us to another key point of the Bible. God wants us to RE-turn to Him.  Good thing He has a lot of patience.