deborah bible study pdf

If we think about Deborah based on her name she is quite an appealing role model.

And she dwelt [sat] under the palm tree of Deborah between Ramah and Bethel, in mount Ephraim; and the children of Israel came up to her for judgment (Judg. It is Barak though who emerges from that tabernacle like Christ from the tomb.

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Wickedness may seem everlasting but it will be conquered. By Barak assembling his men upon Mount Tabor, Sisera was encouraged to bring all his chariots out upon the flat plains of Jezreel that lie at the foot of the mount, just as Deborah predicted. I shall use it in my Sunday School teaching.

A name usually indicated the person’s character or their prophetic destiny.

The relief and joy experienced by the faithful must have been tremendous. Sisera means ‘battle array’ and it is this ‘seed of the serpent’ which wages war rather than Jabin, ‘the serpent’ itself. The men with Barak then slaughtered the enemy but they were not alone for again we can ascertain from the song (e.g., Judges 5:8) that men of faith from other tribes numbering in total another 30,000 arrived on the scene and helped their brethren. Have broadened my understanding and thinking.

So how tragic it was that Hazor with its warriors equipped with chariots was allowed to rise up again.Women were very vulnerable in these violent times and the words of her “wise ladies” to Sisera’s mother when her son fails to return from the battlefield are very telling: “To every man a damsel or two” (Judges 5:30).

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SMALL GROUP STUDY GUIDE PAGE 2 biblical character background bible reference: Judges 4 & 5 Deborah is a strong and heroic Old Testament figure for women. Their plight looked to continue as they had no iron for weaponry whi1st Jabin’s general, Sisera, commanded an army that included nine hundred iron chariots.The people were in this sorry state because they had turned away from their God and the Lord had “sold them” (a sad familiar phrase in Judges) into the hand of the Gentile king of the north.
With Sisera asleep she now, with much faith in the Lord, courageously hit him with a tent mallet.

There could be no delay in this praise and thanksgiving.The conclusion of the song is a cry for all generations: “So let all thine enemies perish, O Lord: but let them that love him be as the sun when he goeth forth in his might” (Judges 5:31). (5:7) Because of Deborah, Israel was given new life and nurturing.

Jabin the King of Canaan terrorised the northern regions of the land and the tribes of Zebulun and Naphtali suffered particularly.

5 0 obj So it was that by faith and God’s blessing that the people of God overcame the enemy comprehensively.Remarkably, Sisera escaped the carnage and ran for his life. However, in faith, she struck him again and he fell at her feet.

The song (Judges 5:26,27) indicates that this brute was only stunned by the initial blow and so he must have staggered to his feet. There is a resurrection to newness of life and a new age of righteousness and peace.Great! The wonderful plea he makes to her, “If thou wilt go with me, then I will go: but if thou wilt not go with me, then I will not go” (Judges 4:8) is not to be misunderstood as an expression of weakness but rather as one indicative of his understanding and faith.

Barak agrees to do this but only after he has been reassured that Deborah will be accompanying him. The chariots of Sisera were rendered useless by the torrents that overflowed the plains of Jezreel.

The name ‘Jael’ means ‘mountain goat’ and so we see her like this unobtrusive, shy animal being sure footed in an effort to be in the spiritual heights. Jael then smote him once more and pinned his head to the ground. His wife Jael must have been much aggrieved by this change of comradeship.With both Barak and Sisera’s armies in position and set according to the Lord’s will, we read of Deborah’s battle cry: “Up; for this is the day in which the Lord hath delivered Sisera into thine hand: is not the Lord gone out before thee?” (Judges 4 verse 14).