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Deborah
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Theme: Behind the “historical facts” of any event is the “theological truth” — God has providentially arranged the events.
In chapter four, we have the events of Deborah’s Judgeship described, but in chapter five, we are told of God’s hand being behind it all.
Theme: Behind the “historical facts” of any event is the “theological truth” — God has providentially arranged the events.
In chapter four, we have the events of Deborah’s Judgeship described, but in chapter five, we are told of God’s hand being behind it all.
Date: 07/09/2017 File Name: Judges_06.wpd
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Date: 07/09/2017 File Name: Judges_06.wpd
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I’m going to approach the story of Deborah as if it were multi-act play with five scenes.
The cast of characters in this drama is as follows:
I’m going to approach the story of Deborah as if it were multi-act play with five scenes.
The cast of characters in this drama is as follows:
Jabin: King of Hazor in Canaan; a tyrant
• Deborah: a Jewish judge; a woman of faith and courage
Deborah: a Jewish judge; a woman of faith and courage
Barak: a reluctant Jewish general
• Barak: a reluctant Jewish general
Sisera: captain of Jabin’s army
• Sisera: captain of Jabin’s army
• Heber: a Kenite neighbor, at peace with Jabin
Heber: a Kenite neighbor, at peace with Jabin
• Jael: wife of Heber; handy with a hammer
Jael: wife of Heber; handy with a hammer
Jehovah God: in charge of wars and weather
• Jehovah God: in charge of wars and weather
Now let the drama unfold.
I. ACT ONE: A TRAGIC SITUATION ()
I. ACT ONE: A TRAGIC SITUATION ()
“After Ehud died, the Israelites once again did evil in the eyes of the LORD. 2 So the LORD sold them into the hands of Jabin, a king of Canaan, who reigned in Hazor.
The commander of his army was Sisera, who lived in Harosheth Haggoyim.
3 Because he had nine hundred iron chariots and had cruelly oppressed the Israelites for twenty years, they cried to the LORD for help.”
(, NIV84)
1. Jabin is the key person in act one
a. he is a Canaanite ruler God raised up to discipline the people of Israel
2. for eighty years, the Jews had enjoyed rest because of the leadership of Ehud, the longest period of peace recorded in the Book of Judges
longest period of peace recorded in the Book of Judges
a. but no sooner was this godly judge dead than the people lapsed back into idolatry, and God had to punish them ()
and God had to punish them ()
b.
Israel as portrayed in the Book of Judges illustrates the difference between “religious reformation” and “spiritual revival”
“religious reformation” and “spiritual revival”
1) reformation temporarily changes outward conduct while revival permanently alters inward character
alters inward character
2) when Ehud removed the idols and commanded the people to worship only Jehovah, they obeyed him; but when that constraint was removed, the people obeyed their own desires
Jehovah, they obeyed him; but when that constraint was removed, the people obeyed their own desires
ILLUS.
The nation of Israel was like the man in Jesus’ parable () who got rid of one demon, cleaned house, and then ended up with seven worse demons.
who got rid of one demon, cleaned house, and then ended up with seven worse demons.
3) the empty heart is prey to every form of evil
3. Canaan was made up of a number of city-states, each of which was ruled by a king
a. “Jabin” was the the King of Hazor, and he is also called “King of Canaan”
1) it’s possible that he was the head of a confederacy of Canaanite kings
2) Joshua had burned Hazor (), but the Canaanites had rebuilt it and occupied it
occupied it
b.
with his large army and his 900 chariots of iron, Jabin was securely in control of the coast and much of the are south and west of the Sea of Galilee
coast and much of the are south and west of the Sea of Galilee
1) this would have been the land settled by the Israelite tribes of Zebulun, Isachar, and Naphtali
and Naphtali
4. as you read the narrative, however, you get the impression that Sisera, captain of Jabin’s army, was the real power in the land
Jabin’s army, was the real power in the land
a. Jabin isn’t even mentioned in Deborah’s song in !
5. once again, the people of Israel cried out to God, not to forgive their sins but to relieve their suffering
their suffering
II.
ACT TWO: A DIVINE REVELATION ()
“Deborah, a prophetess, the wife of Lappidoth, was leading Israel at that time.
5 She held court under the Palm of Deborah between Ramah and Bethel in the hill country of Ephraim, and the Israelites came to her to have their disputes decided.”
(, NIV84)
1. God had raised up a courageous woman named Deborah to be the Judge in the land
a. Deborah is unique in the history of Israel
1) she is the only woman in the Bible who was placed at the height of political power by the common consent of the people
power by the common consent of the people
2) some Bible historians have referred to her as the Joan of Arc of Israel
a) everything in the text reveals her to be a woman of great dignity, great
a) everything in the text reveals her to be a woman of great dignity, great authority, great wisdom, and great spiritual insight
authority, great wisdom, and great spiritual insight
2. she is both a Judge and a Prophetess which alludes to both her political and spiritual leadership among the Israelites
leadership among the Israelites
a. like many of the other Judges we are not told about Deborah’s background or how she rose to such an exalted position in Israel
she rose to such an exalted position in Israel
1) her husbands name is Lapidoth
2) Rabbinic tradition say that was a keeper of the Tabernacle lamps
b. a clue to her ministry is found in Deborah’s Song in
“Village life in Israel ceased, ceased until I, Deborah, arose, arose a mother in Israel.”
(, NIV84)
1) the sense is that Deborah became known as a wise counselor — a mother to Israel — and her fame began to spread among the people
Israel — and her fame began to spread among the people
2) in time she becomes a respected community leader deciding disputes among the people because she trusted God implicitly
the people because she trusted God implicitly
3. in time, when Israel needed a deliverer, God chose this woman to lead his people
a. Deborah summons Barak, one of Israel’s most capable military men to assemble and lead the Israelite army and draw Sisera’s troops into a trap near Mount Tabor
and lead the Israelite army and draw Sisera’s troops into a trap near Mount Tabor
b. it was there the Lord would defeat them
1) Mount Tabor lies at the juncture of where the tribal territories of Zebulun, Naphtali, and Issachar, meet, and is not far from the Kishon River
Naphtali, and Issachar, meet, and is not far from the Kishon River
2) if Barak would lead the Israelite army toward Mount Tabor, God would draw Sisera and his troops toward the Kishon River, where God would give Barak the victory
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