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 We're going to look at Judges again.

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 We're back into Judges for three weeks over the holiday period.

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 Judges is both incredibly depressing and also incredibly encouraging.

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 So it's depressing in the sense that we just see over and over again the rebellion of God's people.

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 And the thing about it is it's pathetically unoriginal.

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 But it inevitably brings God's people to their knees as a nation.

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 On the other hand it's encouraging because we observe the Lord's dealings with his people.

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 And as our sin is pathetically unoriginal, then God's dealings with his people is endlessly resourceful.

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 It's unexpected and displays repeatedly God's faithfulness and grace, which is the dominant thing we see through this book of Judges.

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 The story of Deborah and Barak is the fourth cycle in the story.

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 It happens two generations later if we take, and there's good reason to do so, if we take 40 years as a generation rather than literally 40 years.

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 Regardless of that, the story of Deborah and Barak is an intriguing drama.

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 And what we have in chapter 4 and 5 is the same story told in two very, very different ways.

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 So chapter 4 is a very measured matter-of-fact historical narrative, almost devoid of emotion.

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 And then chapter 5, it's hard to think of how it could be even more different than it is.

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 We've got extravagant picture language, extravagant descriptions.

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 We've got brutal pictures in chapter 5 that aren't there in chapter 4.

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 And chapter 5, as it were, puts the flesh on the factual skeleton of chapter 4.

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 And then among all that, then there are twists and turns and subplots.

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 And what those things do is they suck us into the world of illusion.

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 A world of illusion that had trapped God's people in Deborah's day.

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 And it makes us think about what's really real.

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 The characters, likewise.

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 We meet characters and they invite us to form conclusions.

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 But then no sooner do we start to form a conclusion than we get told that our conclusion probably is wrong.

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 And that conclusion is actually an illusion.

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 And again, making us as God's people today question what's really real for us.

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 And I'm going to use a line this morning repeatedly I picked up a couple of weeks ago at the conference.

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 When it comes to this sort of stuff, nothing is as it seems.

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 Nothing is as it seems for God's people in God's world.

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 So let's dive into the text and ask the question, who is the enemy in this story?

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 Who is the enemy or the villain?

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 And the obvious option would be King Jebin and his military commander Sisera.

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 Now what we know about Jebin is he was a Syrian king, reigned at Hazor, the largest city in the region.

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 And so most probably Jebin was the king of a military coalition of Canaanites.

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 Sisera was the commander, a very powerful coalition army.

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 And as an army with the latest, the very, very latest technology, iron chariots.

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 In other words, the story is telling us this is such a formidable military force that it's beyond conception that it could be defeated by anything the Israelites could throw up against it.

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 Huge tactical imbalance.

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 Huge military superiority to the Canaanites.

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 And added to that, there was deep hatred towards these northern tribes of Israel because just over 100 years earlier, when Joshua occupied the land, Hazor was the only city that Joshua and his people burned to the ground.

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 It was totally decimated as a sort of public humiliation of the Canaanites.

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 Eventually it was rebuilt and became really powerful and influential again.

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 There's a lot of scores to settle here and perhaps that explains why this particular period of time was so brutal under Sisera.

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 Perhaps they're the enemy because they're just ravaging through the country seeking revenge for something that happened 100 years ago.

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 And it was a severe revenge.

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 But things aren't as they seem.

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 Because the reality is that God's people are their own worst enemy.

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 The cruelty of Sisera caused them to beg God for deliverance.

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 But as you read the story there, something sort of just slips through.

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 It took them 20 years to beg for deliverance.

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 To get to the point of desperation and turning back to God.

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 That's a long time.

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 A long time to decide, well, okay, look, all the other options have gone.

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 Now we've got, in a sense, nothing left but to go back to God.

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 Once again, you see, the real enemy was their bad hearts.

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 Look at verse 1 again.

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 We've got this repeated cycle.

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 And the people of Israel again, again, did what was evil in the sight of the Lord.

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 If we look over to chapter 5, verse 8, and we get the detail of that statement.

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 Remember I said chapter 5 comes with all the emotion and the depth and the flesh.

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 Well, chapter 5, verse 8 puts it like this.

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 When new gods were chosen.

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 When new gods were chosen.

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 Then war was in the gates.

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 So, what's described in a sort of formal way in chapter 4, verse 1, we get the reality of it.

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 Chapter 5, verse 8.

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 This people of God had abandoned their covenant God.

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 The God who had brought them to himself, who had loved them, who had made them a special people, who had brought them into his special promised land.

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 They had just turned around and abandoned him.

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 Even while they were in the place that God meant for them, they abandoned him.

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 And decided to choose to pursue the good life through worshipping local Canaanite gods.

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 And that was a particularly vile expression of worship that involved child sacrifice and engaging with temple prostitutes, male and female.

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 And the idea was that if you had regular sex with them, then your ground would grow good crops and you would be secure and your family would flourish.

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 I mean, it wasn't just as if it was a little bit to the left of center.

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 It was a huge choice they made to turn their back on the Lord.

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 And the direct consequence, look at verse 2.

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 Again, we see something very, very strong in verse 2.

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 And the Lord sold them into the hand of King Jebon of Canaan.

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 The word there is a word for God signing a contract.

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 God actually signed a contract with this Canaanite king for the punishment of his people.

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 It's a very formal statement.

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 And you can't help thinking that.

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 Once that contract has been signed, then in a sense what happens in history is just coincidental.

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 Because we see the unseen hand of God at work in that word.

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 And that fits with Judges chapter 3.

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 Flip back to chapter 3 verse 1.

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 And something that I think we often get overlooked in Judges.

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 Because it says in chapter 3 verse 1.

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 Now these are the nations that the Lord left.

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 Okay, the unseen hand of God.

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 The Lord left.

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 Why?

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 To test Israel by them.

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 And jump down to verse 4.

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 They were, at least among them the Canaanites.

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 Verse 4.

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 They were for the testing of Israel to know whether Israel would obey the commandments of the Lord,

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 which he commanded their fathers by the hand of Moses.

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 In the very next verse.

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 So the people of Israel lived among the Canaanites.

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 Verse 6.

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 Their daughters they took to themselves for wives,

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 and their own daughters they gave to their sons and served their gods.

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 The Canaanites were told, again,

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 the unseen hand of God was that were there to test the faithfulness of his people.

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 And guess what?

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 They failed spectacularly.

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 Instead of being a distinctive reflection of Yahweh, their covenant God,

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 to the Canaanites out there,

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 they became a distinctive reflection of the Canaanites to Yahweh up there.

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 They had become enslaved within the Promised Land.

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 In God's own place, they had become enslaved.

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 If you look again at chapter 5, verse 6 and 7,

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 and we see something of what that enslavement looked like,

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 it's hard to know exactly what these verses mean,

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 but it seems to be that ordinary life, as it was known,

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 had ceased to be.

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 The whole system had collapsed

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 and become immobile.

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 Rather than the Canaanites producing the good life,

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 it had just led them in to death and destruction as a nation.

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 How sad is that?

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 And here's another illusion.

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 Their bad hearts

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 deceived them into a situation

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 where there was nothing more

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 than an illusion of intimacy with God.

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 Yes, we're God's people.

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 We're in God's special place, the Promised Land.

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 But it was just an illusion

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 of intimacy with God.

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 Trapped by their own hearts.

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 It's not Cicera

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 they most need deliverance from,

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 but their bad hearts.

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 Again, you see,

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 things are not as they seem.

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 Okay, let's meet the other characters

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 in the drama

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 and ask then, as Marty asked,

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 who's the saviour?

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 Who's the hero?

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 And we get three contenders.

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 The most obvious one, I think, is Deborah,

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 given that she holds the title to this.

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 And Deborah, we see in chapter 4,

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 well, she just pops up.

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 Now, you might expect

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 if she's the soon-to-be heroine,

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 then we might get some sort of special introduction.

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 But no, Deborah just appears.

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 But then again,

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 as soon as we start to think about Deborah,

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 then she just appears,

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 but then she's really, really unique

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 in her culture.

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 She's a prophetess and judge.

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 In other words,

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 Deborah was an important social

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 and religious leader

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 in the nation.

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 And I think it's interesting

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 that, again,

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 her cultural uniqueness,

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 her formidable character,

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 is highlighted by this contrast.

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 Her husband's mentioned,

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 but just stays in the background.

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 She's presented as a formidable,

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 godly woman,

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 called into a very, very unusual role

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 by the Lord.

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 And I think, by contrast, cleverly,

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 the writer's saying,

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 well, okay,

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 if we look at Deborah,

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 we're actually being told something

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 about the men

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 who are behind Deborah.

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 She exposes, in a sense,

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 the ineptitude,

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 the failure of the men

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 to fulfill their role

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 as godly leaders.

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 So Deborah is presented

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 as both a unique,

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 formidable servant of the Lord,

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 but it's also saying much more

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 to us than just about Deborah.

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 Anyway, verse 4 and 5,

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 a deputation comes to Deborah

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 to get her advice

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 on what to do

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 in response to their suffering.

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 Again, you see,

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 an action that would normally be,

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 brings shame to the men.

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 To be advised by a woman

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 in the culture of the day

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 was shameful in the extreme.

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 But they're so desperate,

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 they don't seem to even realize that.

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 They come to Deborah

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 seeking her advice.

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 And Deborah

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 doesn't take a backward step.

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 She tasks Barak

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 quite probably

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 an existing local

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 resistance unit,

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 militia commander

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 or something like that.

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 Anyway,

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 he's tasked with raising

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 a force of 10,000 fighters

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 to take on Sisera.

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 And they were to deploy

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 to the foothills

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 of Mount Tabor,

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 a 140-meter hill

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 at the north end

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 of the Esdralen Valley.

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 So they're to sit up there

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 and await the order

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 to attack.

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 Now,

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 militarily,

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 we just need to feel for Barak.

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 Because I think militarily,

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 this would have felt

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 like a suicide mission.

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 At best,

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 if you look at chapter 5,

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 verse 8,

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 again,

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 we get another little clue.

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 The end of verse 8,

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 was shield or spear

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 to be seen among

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 the 40,000 in Israel?

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 I think what that's telling us

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 is that because the Canaanites

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 had such a ruthless

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 subjection of the land

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 that Barak's 10,000 men,

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 at best,

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 were only very,

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 very lightly armed.

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 They couldn't hide

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 heavy weapons

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 from the Canaanites.

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 So at best,

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 they probably just had swords,

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 maybe a few daggers,

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 but most likely,

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 crude farm implements

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 that were sort of

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 commandeered for weapons.

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 And this up against

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 the most mechanized army

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 in the world at the time.

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 900 chariots,

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 a rapid deployment

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 mobile strike force.

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 They had no heavy weapons

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 to engage the chariots.

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 And most likely,

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 very little training

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 and probably

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 no combat experience.

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 Militarily, as I say,

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 this would have felt

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 like a suicide mission.

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 Yet Deborah

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 assures Barak

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 of complete victory.

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 Not just a possible victory

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 or a shade of victory,

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 but a complete victory.

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 Confident in God's promise.

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 And look at verse 9

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 of chapter 4

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 and see again

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 how things are never

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 as they seem.

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 Chapter 9, verse 4,

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 she said,

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 I will surely go with you.

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 I'll come back to this

00:16:05.460 --> 00:16:05.700
 in a minute.

00:16:05.700 --> 00:16:06.300
 Nevertheless,

00:16:07.580 --> 00:16:09.320
 the road on which

00:16:09.320 --> 00:16:09.900
 you are going

00:16:09.900 --> 00:16:11.120
 will not lead to your glory

00:16:11.120 --> 00:16:12.280
 for the Lord will

00:16:12.280 --> 00:16:15.360
 sell Sisera

00:16:15.360 --> 00:16:17.540
 into the hand of a woman.

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 The Lord's got his pen

00:16:19.640 --> 00:16:20.180
 out again

00:16:20.180 --> 00:16:21.259
 and he's about to

00:16:21.259 --> 00:16:22.320
 reverse the contract

00:16:22.320 --> 00:16:23.140
 that he had written

00:16:23.140 --> 00:16:24.460
 with Sisera and Jeban.

00:16:26.620 --> 00:16:27.480
 And now the Lord's

00:16:27.480 --> 00:16:28.259
 going to put a different

00:16:28.259 --> 00:16:30.200
 contract in place.

00:16:30.420 --> 00:16:31.500
 A contract that will

00:16:31.500 --> 00:16:32.560
 just as surely

00:16:32.560 --> 00:16:33.980
 be the undoing

00:16:33.980 --> 00:16:34.660
 of Sisera.

00:16:35.700 --> 00:16:37.100
 the unseen

00:16:37.100 --> 00:16:38.000
 hand of God.

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 Again,

00:16:39.800 --> 00:16:41.200
 nothing is

00:16:41.200 --> 00:16:42.100
 as it seems.

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 So it appears

00:16:47.560 --> 00:16:48.100
 that Deborah

00:16:48.100 --> 00:16:49.180
 is going to

00:16:49.180 --> 00:16:50.340
 be the hero

00:16:50.340 --> 00:16:51.040
 and get the glory.

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 But again,

00:16:52.140 --> 00:16:52.860
 things are not

00:16:52.860 --> 00:16:53.660
 as they first seemed.

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 Glory,

00:16:54.440 --> 00:16:55.100
 verse 9,

00:16:55.620 --> 00:16:56.200
 glory will go

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 to a woman.

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 It doesn't actually say

00:16:58.620 --> 00:16:59.640
 glory will come to me,

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 Deborah.

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 It just says glory

00:17:00.620 --> 00:17:01.500
 will go to a woman.

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 And so we're left

00:17:03.480 --> 00:17:04.340
 hanging at that point

00:17:04.340 --> 00:17:04.920
 in the story.

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 Then is Barak.

00:17:06.860 --> 00:17:07.620
 He's obviously

00:17:07.620 --> 00:17:08.720
 got to be a contender

00:17:08.720 --> 00:17:09.460
 as well for the

00:17:09.460 --> 00:17:10.080
 Saviour Award.

00:17:11.600 --> 00:17:12.580
 But then we run

00:17:12.580 --> 00:17:13.819
 into some trouble

00:17:13.819 --> 00:17:15.880
 because his response

00:17:15.880 --> 00:17:16.660
 to Deborah

00:17:16.660 --> 00:17:17.539
 initially

00:17:17.539 --> 00:17:18.740
 usually means

00:17:18.740 --> 00:17:19.519
 that he's labeled

00:17:19.519 --> 00:17:21.440
 as a faithless coward.

00:17:22.880 --> 00:17:23.480
 Poor old Barak

00:17:23.480 --> 00:17:24.220
 comes up for a bit

00:17:24.220 --> 00:17:24.759
 of a hiding

00:17:24.759 --> 00:17:26.120
 when people

00:17:26.120 --> 00:17:26.840
 will consider him.

00:17:28.279 --> 00:17:29.000
 And so the argument

00:17:29.000 --> 00:17:29.880
 is that

00:17:29.880 --> 00:17:31.180
 when Barak says,

00:17:31.380 --> 00:17:32.180
 off you go

00:17:32.180 --> 00:17:32.740
 and take on

00:17:32.740 --> 00:17:33.620
 the Canaanites,

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 and Barak says,

00:17:34.419 --> 00:17:34.779
 well actually

00:17:34.779 --> 00:17:35.500
 I'm not going to go

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 if you won't go with me.

00:17:37.159 --> 00:17:37.939
 That argument

00:17:37.939 --> 00:17:38.579
 is usually that,

00:17:38.819 --> 00:17:38.979
 well,

00:17:39.619 --> 00:17:40.919
 Barak knows

00:17:40.919 --> 00:17:41.639
 jolly well

00:17:41.639 --> 00:17:42.099
 that there's going

00:17:42.099 --> 00:17:43.059
 to be inevitable defeat.

00:17:43.199 --> 00:17:43.739
 And so he wants

00:17:43.739 --> 00:17:44.659
 Deborah there

00:17:44.659 --> 00:17:45.399
 as a fall guy.

00:17:45.459 --> 00:17:46.019
 He wants Deborah

00:17:46.019 --> 00:17:46.979
 there to sort of

00:17:46.979 --> 00:17:48.119
 blame in the event

00:17:48.119 --> 00:17:49.219
 that things go

00:17:49.219 --> 00:17:49.859
 pear-shaped.

00:17:53.479 --> 00:17:54.119
 And then

00:17:54.119 --> 00:17:55.039
 Deborah's response

00:17:55.039 --> 00:17:55.619
 to him

00:17:55.619 --> 00:17:58.019
 is seen to be

00:17:58.019 --> 00:17:58.500
 punishment

00:17:58.500 --> 00:17:59.220
 and public

00:17:59.220 --> 00:17:59.940
 humiliation.

00:18:00.160 --> 00:18:00.259
 Well,

00:18:00.319 --> 00:18:01.119
 because you're

00:18:01.119 --> 00:18:02.059
 faithless,

00:18:02.220 --> 00:18:03.839
 then I'm telling you

00:18:03.839 --> 00:18:04.420
 now that you won't

00:18:04.420 --> 00:18:05.000
 get any glory

00:18:05.000 --> 00:18:05.480
 for this.

00:18:07.160 --> 00:18:07.920
 That's not actually

00:18:07.920 --> 00:18:08.420
 what the Hebrew

00:18:08.420 --> 00:18:09.059
 says really.

00:18:09.720 --> 00:18:10.240
 There's a better

00:18:10.240 --> 00:18:10.779
 alternative.

00:18:12.380 --> 00:18:13.579
 And that alternative

00:18:13.579 --> 00:18:14.319
 also explains

00:18:14.319 --> 00:18:15.099
 why Barak

00:18:15.099 --> 00:18:15.619
 is actually

00:18:15.619 --> 00:18:16.140
 included

00:18:16.140 --> 00:18:17.359
 in the gallery

00:18:17.359 --> 00:18:18.059
 of faithful

00:18:18.059 --> 00:18:18.559
 servants

00:18:18.559 --> 00:18:19.380
 in Hebrews 11.

00:18:20.680 --> 00:18:21.059
 And here's

00:18:21.059 --> 00:18:21.500
 the alternative.

00:18:22.039 --> 00:18:23.059
 I think Barak's

00:18:23.059 --> 00:18:23.619
 response

00:18:23.619 --> 00:18:24.359
 is meant to

00:18:24.359 --> 00:18:24.839
 echo

00:18:24.839 --> 00:18:25.819
 the response

00:18:25.819 --> 00:18:26.420
 of Moses.

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 Remember when

00:18:27.019 --> 00:18:27.700
 Moses was set

00:18:27.700 --> 00:18:28.140
 aside by the

00:18:28.140 --> 00:18:28.500
 Lord to go

00:18:28.500 --> 00:18:29.319
 up and rescue

00:18:29.319 --> 00:18:29.680
 his people

00:18:29.680 --> 00:18:30.660
 from Egypt.

00:18:31.759 --> 00:18:32.600
 Moses also

00:18:32.600 --> 00:18:33.460
 expressed an

00:18:33.460 --> 00:18:34.680
 incredible sense

00:18:34.680 --> 00:18:35.400
 of inability

00:18:35.400 --> 00:18:36.160
 and caution

00:18:36.160 --> 00:18:36.920
 and fear.

00:18:37.700 --> 00:18:38.039
 And Moses

00:18:38.039 --> 00:18:38.460
 said to the

00:18:38.460 --> 00:18:38.539
 Lord,

00:18:38.660 --> 00:18:39.660
 unless you

00:18:39.660 --> 00:18:40.340
 go up with

00:18:40.340 --> 00:18:40.660
 me,

00:18:41.400 --> 00:18:42.240
 I won't go.

00:18:42.380 --> 00:18:43.019
 I won't do it.

00:18:43.900 --> 00:18:44.340
 And the Lord

00:18:44.340 --> 00:18:44.960
 said to Moses

00:18:44.960 --> 00:18:45.319
 actually,

00:18:45.500 --> 00:18:45.680
 yes,

00:18:45.720 --> 00:18:46.220
 I'll go with

00:18:46.220 --> 00:18:46.380
 you.

00:18:47.340 --> 00:18:47.759
 There's a

00:18:47.759 --> 00:18:48.580
 parallel here.

00:18:48.860 --> 00:18:49.240
 So I actually

00:18:49.240 --> 00:18:50.420
 think Barak's

00:18:50.420 --> 00:18:51.160
 statement here

00:18:51.160 --> 00:18:52.059
 is actually a

00:18:52.059 --> 00:18:52.600
 statement of

00:18:52.600 --> 00:18:53.019
 faith,

00:18:53.180 --> 00:18:53.680
 not a statement

00:18:53.680 --> 00:18:54.340
 of cowardice.

00:18:57.700 --> 00:19:00.819
 So Barak

00:19:00.819 --> 00:19:01.420
 is actually

00:19:01.420 --> 00:19:01.960
 expressing

00:19:01.960 --> 00:19:02.900
 supreme

00:19:02.900 --> 00:19:03.740
 confidence

00:19:03.740 --> 00:19:04.200
 in the

00:19:04.200 --> 00:19:04.640
 success

00:19:04.640 --> 00:19:04.980
 of his

00:19:04.980 --> 00:19:05.460
 task

00:19:05.460 --> 00:19:06.500
 in spite

00:19:06.500 --> 00:19:06.740
 of his

00:19:06.740 --> 00:19:06.900
 own

00:19:06.900 --> 00:19:07.460
 inability

00:19:07.460 --> 00:19:08.779
 if the

00:19:08.779 --> 00:19:09.220
 Lord's

00:19:09.220 --> 00:19:09.759
 representative,

00:19:10.039 --> 00:19:10.279
 which in

00:19:10.279 --> 00:19:10.920
 this case

00:19:10.920 --> 00:19:11.920
 is Deborah,

00:19:12.440 --> 00:19:13.180
 goes with

00:19:13.180 --> 00:19:13.539
 him as a

00:19:13.539 --> 00:19:13.940
 sign that

00:19:13.940 --> 00:19:14.299
 God is

00:19:14.299 --> 00:19:14.700
 going with

00:19:14.700 --> 00:19:14.840
 him.

00:19:17.000 --> 00:19:17.360
 And then

00:19:17.360 --> 00:19:17.799
 Deborah's

00:19:17.799 --> 00:19:18.740
 response in

00:19:18.740 --> 00:19:19.080
 the Hebrew

00:19:19.080 --> 00:19:20.059
 is just a

00:19:20.059 --> 00:19:21.039
 statement of

00:19:21.039 --> 00:19:21.720
 God's plan,

00:19:21.819 --> 00:19:22.420
 not censure.

00:19:23.340 --> 00:19:23.539
 Okay,

00:19:23.640 --> 00:19:24.039
 so I'm

00:19:24.039 --> 00:19:24.340
 going to go

00:19:24.340 --> 00:19:24.680
 up with

00:19:24.680 --> 00:19:24.799
 you,

00:19:24.860 --> 00:19:25.180
 but you

00:19:25.180 --> 00:19:25.500
 should know

00:19:25.500 --> 00:19:25.900
 this ahead

00:19:25.900 --> 00:19:26.280
 of time,

00:19:26.400 --> 00:19:26.700
 Barak,

00:19:27.320 --> 00:19:29.340
 you should

00:19:29.340 --> 00:19:30.140
 know that

00:19:30.140 --> 00:19:30.820
 this mission

00:19:30.820 --> 00:19:31.440
 you're setting

00:19:31.440 --> 00:19:32.140
 out on

00:19:32.140 --> 00:19:33.080
 will not

00:19:33.080 --> 00:19:33.740
 bring glory

00:19:33.740 --> 00:19:34.180
 to you.

00:19:34.780 --> 00:19:35.220
 If you read

00:19:35.220 --> 00:19:35.640
 in brackets

00:19:35.640 --> 00:19:36.040
 in between,

00:19:36.140 --> 00:19:36.540
 in fact,

00:19:37.140 --> 00:19:37.420
 you will

00:19:37.420 --> 00:19:38.000
 experience

00:19:38.000 --> 00:19:38.700
 shame

00:19:38.700 --> 00:19:41.420
 because a

00:19:41.420 --> 00:19:41.860
 woman will

00:19:41.860 --> 00:19:42.180
 get the

00:19:42.180 --> 00:19:42.880
 credit for

00:19:42.880 --> 00:19:43.480
 this particular

00:19:43.480 --> 00:19:44.080
 mission that

00:19:44.080 --> 00:19:44.360
 you're going

00:19:44.360 --> 00:19:44.680
 to lead.

00:19:47.759 --> 00:19:48.320
 Now at

00:19:48.320 --> 00:19:48.840
 that point,

00:19:48.920 --> 00:19:49.500
 I think we

00:19:49.500 --> 00:19:50.560
 see why

00:19:50.560 --> 00:19:51.400
 Barak's

00:19:51.400 --> 00:19:52.660
 included in

00:19:52.660 --> 00:19:53.060
 the gallery

00:19:53.060 --> 00:19:53.600
 of faith

00:19:53.600 --> 00:19:54.000
 in Hebrews

00:19:54.000 --> 00:19:54.320
 11,

00:19:54.400 --> 00:19:55.400
 because he

00:19:55.400 --> 00:19:55.759
 could have

00:19:55.759 --> 00:19:56.580
 then backtracked

00:19:56.580 --> 00:19:56.740
 and said,

00:19:56.840 --> 00:19:57.120
 well actually,

00:19:57.320 --> 00:19:58.019
 okay,

00:19:58.180 --> 00:19:58.740
 second thoughts

00:19:58.740 --> 00:19:58.980
 Deborah,

00:19:59.040 --> 00:19:59.300
 you just

00:19:59.300 --> 00:19:59.780
 stay here

00:19:59.780 --> 00:20:00.640
 because I

00:20:00.640 --> 00:20:01.300
 actually do

00:20:01.300 --> 00:20:01.820
 really want

00:20:01.820 --> 00:20:02.140
 the glory

00:20:02.140 --> 00:20:02.519
 for this,

00:20:02.820 --> 00:20:03.100
 so you

00:20:03.100 --> 00:20:03.480
 stay here,

00:20:03.660 --> 00:20:04.000
 I'll go

00:20:04.000 --> 00:20:04.259
 and do,

00:20:04.420 --> 00:20:05.000
 we'll reverse

00:20:05.000 --> 00:20:05.300
 back,

00:20:05.440 --> 00:20:06.420
 we'll re-have

00:20:06.420 --> 00:20:07.140
 this conversation

00:20:07.140 --> 00:20:08.000
 and you

00:20:08.000 --> 00:20:08.400
 stay here

00:20:08.400 --> 00:20:08.820
 and I'll

00:20:08.820 --> 00:20:09.160
 go and do

00:20:09.160 --> 00:20:09.300
 it,

00:20:09.400 --> 00:20:09.519
 yep,

00:20:09.660 --> 00:20:09.860
 and I'll

00:20:09.860 --> 00:20:10.060
 get the

00:20:10.060 --> 00:20:10.200
 credit.

00:20:10.300 --> 00:20:10.400
 No,

00:20:10.580 --> 00:20:10.780
 Barak

00:20:10.780 --> 00:20:11.180
 doesn't do

00:20:11.180 --> 00:20:11.280
 that,

00:20:11.320 --> 00:20:11.600
 he just

00:20:11.600 --> 00:20:12.160
 accepts

00:20:12.160 --> 00:20:12.940
 the situation.

00:20:15.900 --> 00:20:16.200
 And I

00:20:16.200 --> 00:20:16.980
 think thereby

00:20:16.980 --> 00:20:18.460
 displaying the

00:20:18.460 --> 00:20:18.840
 sort of

00:20:18.840 --> 00:20:19.340
 faith in

00:20:19.340 --> 00:20:19.680
 God's

00:20:19.680 --> 00:20:20.580
 promises and

00:20:20.580 --> 00:20:21.360
 the type of

00:20:21.360 --> 00:20:21.820
 leadership

00:20:21.820 --> 00:20:23.080
 that God

00:20:23.080 --> 00:20:23.980
 wanted to see

00:20:23.980 --> 00:20:24.360
 among his

00:20:24.360 --> 00:20:24.600
 people,

00:20:24.599 --> 00:20:25.179
 a leadership

00:20:25.179 --> 00:20:25.879
 that was

00:20:25.879 --> 00:20:26.899
 about concern

00:20:26.899 --> 00:20:27.439
 for God's

00:20:27.439 --> 00:20:27.740
 glory,

00:20:27.859 --> 00:20:28.219
 not his

00:20:28.219 --> 00:20:28.419
 own

00:20:28.419 --> 00:20:28.980
 reputation.

00:20:30.879 --> 00:20:31.159
 And then

00:20:31.159 --> 00:20:31.759
 moving on,

00:20:31.839 --> 00:20:32.939
 verse 12

00:20:32.939 --> 00:20:33.480
 through 16,

00:20:33.859 --> 00:20:34.240
 the story

00:20:34.240 --> 00:20:34.799
 just continues,

00:20:34.980 --> 00:20:35.699
 the complete

00:20:35.699 --> 00:20:37.019
 destruction of

00:20:37.019 --> 00:20:37.599
 the Canaanite

00:20:37.599 --> 00:20:38.859
 army and

00:20:38.859 --> 00:20:39.339
 in fact,

00:20:39.719 --> 00:20:40.480
 complete destruction

00:20:40.480 --> 00:20:41.159
 of Canaanite

00:20:41.159 --> 00:20:42.279
 domination for

00:20:42.279 --> 00:20:42.559
 the next

00:20:42.559 --> 00:20:42.939
 couple of

00:20:42.939 --> 00:20:43.599
 hundred years,

00:20:43.819 --> 00:20:44.539
 such was the

00:20:44.539 --> 00:20:45.439
 size of the

00:20:45.439 --> 00:20:45.779
 defeat.

00:20:47.599 --> 00:20:48.039
 But again,

00:20:48.179 --> 00:20:48.599
 tucked in

00:20:48.599 --> 00:20:49.939
 there is that

00:20:49.939 --> 00:20:50.539
 notion of

00:20:50.539 --> 00:20:51.059
 things aren't

00:20:51.059 --> 00:20:51.579
 as they seem.

00:20:53.119 --> 00:20:53.899
 Barak actually

00:20:53.900 --> 00:20:54.560
 led the

00:20:54.560 --> 00:20:55.080
 army on

00:20:55.080 --> 00:20:55.220
 the

00:20:55.220 --> 00:20:55.640
 battlefield,

00:20:56.320 --> 00:20:58.100
 actually saw

00:20:58.100 --> 00:20:58.680
 the victory,

00:20:59.400 --> 00:21:01.160
 but didn't

00:21:01.160 --> 00:21:01.560
 get the

00:21:01.560 --> 00:21:02.460
 normal benefits

00:21:02.460 --> 00:21:03.340
 of such a

00:21:03.340 --> 00:21:03.900
 great victory.

00:21:05.400 --> 00:21:05.759
 And so we

00:21:05.759 --> 00:21:06.120
 come to

00:21:06.120 --> 00:21:06.519
 Jael,

00:21:06.980 --> 00:21:07.460
 the third

00:21:07.460 --> 00:21:08.360
 contender for

00:21:08.360 --> 00:21:09.300
 heroine.

00:21:11.180 --> 00:21:11.440
 Now,

00:21:11.780 --> 00:21:12.140
 Jael

00:21:12.140 --> 00:21:14.300
 isn't actually

00:21:14.300 --> 00:21:15.160
 presented initially

00:21:15.160 --> 00:21:15.759
 as a major

00:21:15.759 --> 00:21:16.600
 character at all.

00:21:16.599 --> 00:21:19.939
 but she

00:21:19.939 --> 00:21:20.619
 becomes a key

00:21:20.619 --> 00:21:21.319
 player in the

00:21:21.319 --> 00:21:22.959
 story because

00:21:22.959 --> 00:21:23.579
 she's the one

00:21:23.579 --> 00:21:24.339
 who actually

00:21:24.339 --> 00:21:26.719
 kills Sisera and

00:21:26.719 --> 00:21:27.819
 actually fulfills

00:21:27.819 --> 00:21:28.539
 God's promise.

00:21:30.159 --> 00:21:30.939
 But again,

00:21:31.019 --> 00:21:31.519
 we see another

00:21:31.519 --> 00:21:32.339
 parallel through

00:21:32.339 --> 00:21:32.819
 the judges,

00:21:32.899 --> 00:21:33.219
 and that is

00:21:33.219 --> 00:21:34.219
 Jael is very

00:21:34.219 --> 00:21:35.259
 much likened to

00:21:35.259 --> 00:21:35.679
 Ehud.

00:21:37.000 --> 00:21:37.779
 She's a very

00:21:37.779 --> 00:21:38.799
 unsavory

00:21:38.799 --> 00:21:39.639
 character.

00:21:41.439 --> 00:21:42.599
 Her weapons

00:21:42.599 --> 00:21:43.439
 were seduction,

00:21:43.440 --> 00:21:44.080
 and that's

00:21:44.080 --> 00:21:44.440
 how we should

00:21:44.440 --> 00:21:45.380
 read how she

00:21:45.380 --> 00:21:47.940
 got Sisera into

00:21:47.940 --> 00:21:48.400
 her tent.

00:21:48.620 --> 00:21:49.279
 She was a

00:21:49.279 --> 00:21:50.019
 seductress,

00:21:50.420 --> 00:21:51.660
 smooth words,

00:21:52.019 --> 00:21:52.779
 lolling him into

00:21:52.779 --> 00:21:53.380
 a sense of

00:21:53.380 --> 00:21:54.220
 false security.

00:21:57.480 --> 00:21:58.059
 Deceit,

00:21:58.299 --> 00:21:58.980
 lies,

00:22:00.120 --> 00:22:00.940
 breaking every

00:22:00.940 --> 00:22:01.500
 rule in the

00:22:01.500 --> 00:22:02.200
 book in terms

00:22:02.200 --> 00:22:02.920
 of cultural

00:22:02.920 --> 00:22:04.160
 hospitality and

00:22:04.160 --> 00:22:04.660
 integrity.

00:22:04.660 --> 00:22:08.960
 And she

00:22:08.960 --> 00:22:10.400
 lures Sisera to

00:22:10.400 --> 00:22:11.259
 a horribly

00:22:11.259 --> 00:22:12.800
 violent death.

00:22:13.259 --> 00:22:13.980
 Every bit

00:22:13.980 --> 00:22:17.019
 is jarring

00:22:17.019 --> 00:22:17.920
 on us as

00:22:17.920 --> 00:22:20.980
 what do you

00:22:20.980 --> 00:22:21.220
 call them,

00:22:21.340 --> 00:22:22.320
 run the king

00:22:22.320 --> 00:22:23.840
 through.

00:22:23.840 --> 00:22:24.160
 Yep.

00:22:26.540 --> 00:22:27.220
 But again,

00:22:27.300 --> 00:22:27.460
 you see,

00:22:27.519 --> 00:22:28.080
 things are not

00:22:28.080 --> 00:22:28.680
 as they seem.

00:22:29.500 --> 00:22:30.279
 Jael gets the

00:22:30.279 --> 00:22:30.860
 credit for

00:22:30.860 --> 00:22:31.820
 killing Sisera,

00:22:31.819 --> 00:22:34.659
 but if you

00:22:34.659 --> 00:22:34.919
 look at

00:22:34.919 --> 00:22:35.659
 chapter 5,

00:22:35.740 --> 00:22:36.500
 verse 24

00:22:36.500 --> 00:22:37.439
 through 27,

00:22:37.819 --> 00:22:38.220
 she gets the

00:22:38.220 --> 00:22:38.599
 credit for

00:22:38.599 --> 00:22:39.339
 killing Sisera,

00:22:39.839 --> 00:22:41.159
 but she

00:22:41.159 --> 00:22:41.919
 doesn't get the

00:22:41.919 --> 00:22:42.339
 credit for

00:22:42.339 --> 00:22:43.200
 delivering God's

00:22:43.200 --> 00:22:43.480
 people.

00:22:43.720 --> 00:22:43.980
 Look at

00:22:43.980 --> 00:22:44.519
 chapter 5,

00:22:44.559 --> 00:22:45.460
 verse 24

00:22:45.460 --> 00:22:46.079
 to 27,

00:22:46.179 --> 00:22:46.460
 and it's

00:22:46.460 --> 00:22:47.039
 graphic and

00:22:47.039 --> 00:22:47.619
 it's gruesome.

00:22:48.500 --> 00:22:49.299
 Most blessed

00:22:49.299 --> 00:22:50.159
 of women be

00:22:50.159 --> 00:22:50.439
 jailed.

00:22:50.480 --> 00:22:50.859
 Now how can

00:22:50.859 --> 00:22:51.339
 somebody like

00:22:51.339 --> 00:22:51.899
 that be called

00:22:51.899 --> 00:22:52.559
 most blessed

00:22:52.559 --> 00:22:53.000
 of women?

00:22:53.659 --> 00:22:54.339
 The wife of

00:22:54.339 --> 00:22:54.659
 Heber,

00:22:54.759 --> 00:22:55.299
 the Kenite,

00:22:55.439 --> 00:22:56.099
 of tent-dwelling

00:22:56.099 --> 00:22:56.439
 women,

00:22:56.539 --> 00:22:57.240
 most blessed.

00:22:58.179 --> 00:22:58.759
 He asked

00:22:58.759 --> 00:22:59.379
 water and she

00:22:59.379 --> 00:23:00.019
 gave him milk.

00:23:00.960 --> 00:23:01.339
 Deception.

00:23:01.819 --> 00:23:03.539
 She brought

00:23:03.539 --> 00:23:04.119
 him curds

00:23:04.119 --> 00:23:04.359
 and a

00:23:04.359 --> 00:23:04.659
 nobles'

00:23:04.839 --> 00:23:05.099
 bowl.

00:23:05.799 --> 00:23:06.279
 Seduction.

00:23:06.700 --> 00:23:07.059
 She sent

00:23:07.059 --> 00:23:07.839
 her hand

00:23:07.839 --> 00:23:09.439
 to the

00:23:09.439 --> 00:23:09.980
 tent peg

00:23:09.980 --> 00:23:11.019
 and her

00:23:11.019 --> 00:23:11.480
 right hand

00:23:11.480 --> 00:23:11.720
 to the

00:23:11.720 --> 00:23:12.159
 workman's

00:23:12.159 --> 00:23:12.539
 mallet.

00:23:13.599 --> 00:23:13.879
 This is

00:23:13.879 --> 00:23:14.500
 just gruesome.

00:23:15.079 --> 00:23:15.639
 She struck

00:23:15.639 --> 00:23:16.099
 Sisera.

00:23:16.639 --> 00:23:17.220
 She crushed

00:23:17.220 --> 00:23:17.679
 his head.

00:23:18.819 --> 00:23:19.220
 This has

00:23:19.220 --> 00:23:19.960
 been spun

00:23:19.960 --> 00:23:20.599
 out for us.

00:23:20.779 --> 00:23:21.379
 We're meant

00:23:21.379 --> 00:23:21.799
 to feel

00:23:21.799 --> 00:23:22.819
 every gory

00:23:22.819 --> 00:23:23.519
 detail.

00:23:24.599 --> 00:23:25.039
 It's like

00:23:25.039 --> 00:23:26.079
 the old-fashioned

00:23:26.079 --> 00:23:26.799
 slow-mo.

00:23:29.019 --> 00:23:30.019
 She shattered

00:23:30.019 --> 00:23:30.639
 and pierced

00:23:30.639 --> 00:23:31.159
 his temple.

00:23:31.819 --> 00:23:33.539
 Between her

00:23:33.539 --> 00:23:34.439
 feet he sank.

00:23:35.119 --> 00:23:36.119
 He fell.

00:23:37.119 --> 00:23:37.599
 He lay

00:23:37.599 --> 00:23:37.980
 still.

00:23:38.399 --> 00:23:38.899
 Between her

00:23:38.899 --> 00:23:39.720
 feet he sank.

00:23:40.399 --> 00:23:40.939
 He fell.

00:23:42.619 --> 00:23:43.119
 He says it

00:23:43.119 --> 00:23:43.500
 for a third

00:23:43.500 --> 00:23:43.839
 time.

00:23:44.259 --> 00:23:44.980
 Where he sank,

00:23:45.539 --> 00:23:46.259
 there he fell.

00:23:47.759 --> 00:23:48.399
 Dead.

00:23:48.399 --> 00:23:48.460
 Dead.

00:23:53.240 --> 00:23:54.119
 Pretty blood

00:23:54.119 --> 00:23:54.819
 Thursday account,

00:23:54.919 --> 00:23:55.200
 isn't it?

00:23:55.200 --> 00:23:55.779
 jail.

00:23:55.779 --> 00:23:56.819
 Jail,

00:23:56.819 --> 00:24:00.100
 however,

00:24:00.160 --> 00:24:00.539
 is only

00:24:00.539 --> 00:24:01.319
 significant

00:24:01.319 --> 00:24:02.880
 in that,

00:24:03.240 --> 00:24:03.840
 like Ehud,

00:24:04.640 --> 00:24:05.440
 she delivers

00:24:05.440 --> 00:24:06.100
 the decisive

00:24:06.100 --> 00:24:07.000
 blow by

00:24:07.000 --> 00:24:07.620
 which God

00:24:07.620 --> 00:24:08.900
 completes the

00:24:08.900 --> 00:24:09.440
 deliverance

00:24:09.440 --> 00:24:10.180
 of his

00:24:10.180 --> 00:24:10.480
 people.

00:24:15.120 --> 00:24:15.860
 And it

00:24:15.860 --> 00:24:16.480
 has to be

00:24:16.480 --> 00:24:16.960
 like that

00:24:16.960 --> 00:24:18.180
 because the

00:24:18.180 --> 00:24:18.480
 real

00:24:18.480 --> 00:24:19.200
 deliverer

00:24:19.200 --> 00:24:19.799
 is God.

00:24:19.799 --> 00:24:19.839
 God,

00:24:20.599 --> 00:24:22.359
 the real

00:24:22.359 --> 00:24:23.099
 deliverer is

00:24:23.099 --> 00:24:23.359
 God.

00:24:23.460 --> 00:24:24.139
 It's totally

00:24:24.139 --> 00:24:24.919
 clear when we

00:24:24.919 --> 00:24:25.539
 now move into

00:24:25.539 --> 00:24:26.399
 Deborah's song,

00:24:27.139 --> 00:24:29.059
 it's totally

00:24:29.059 --> 00:24:30.579
 clear that

00:24:30.579 --> 00:24:31.919
 Deborah doesn't

00:24:31.919 --> 00:24:32.559
 think for a

00:24:32.559 --> 00:24:33.599
 moment that

00:24:33.599 --> 00:24:34.319
 she's front and

00:24:34.319 --> 00:24:35.359
 center in this

00:24:35.359 --> 00:24:36.079
 great deliverance.

00:24:37.099 --> 00:24:38.259
 Deborah is

00:24:38.259 --> 00:24:39.220
 singing God's

00:24:39.220 --> 00:24:39.859
 praises because

00:24:39.859 --> 00:24:41.019
 she knows that

00:24:41.019 --> 00:24:41.680
 God was the

00:24:41.680 --> 00:24:43.180
 great deliverer.

00:24:43.759 --> 00:24:44.519
 Chapter 5,

00:24:44.559 --> 00:24:44.980
 verse 2,

00:24:45.740 --> 00:24:46.660
 she recognizes

00:24:46.660 --> 00:24:47.640
 there that

00:24:47.640 --> 00:24:48.279
 God's people

00:24:48.279 --> 00:24:48.799
 play their

00:24:48.799 --> 00:24:49.120
 part,

00:24:49.380 --> 00:24:49.680
 that the

00:24:49.680 --> 00:24:50.220
 leaders took

00:24:50.220 --> 00:24:50.640
 the lead in

00:24:50.640 --> 00:24:50.960
 Israel,

00:24:51.099 --> 00:24:51.440
 the people

00:24:51.440 --> 00:24:52.279
 offered

00:24:52.279 --> 00:24:52.700
 themselves

00:24:52.700 --> 00:24:53.120
 willingly.

00:24:53.620 --> 00:24:54.079
 Bless the

00:24:54.079 --> 00:24:54.299
 Lord.

00:24:54.400 --> 00:24:54.680
 So the

00:24:54.680 --> 00:24:56.039
 Lord used

00:24:56.039 --> 00:24:56.539
 his sinful

00:24:56.539 --> 00:24:57.160
 people in

00:24:57.160 --> 00:24:57.720
 this great

00:24:57.720 --> 00:24:58.240
 outcome.

00:24:59.940 --> 00:25:00.380
 The people

00:25:00.380 --> 00:25:01.279
 were sort

00:25:01.279 --> 00:25:02.019
 of rallying

00:25:02.019 --> 00:25:02.559
 to restore

00:25:02.559 --> 00:25:03.120
 the honor

00:25:03.120 --> 00:25:03.700
 of God

00:25:03.700 --> 00:25:04.500
 among his

00:25:04.500 --> 00:25:04.940
 own people.

00:25:05.299 --> 00:25:05.700
 But even

00:25:05.700 --> 00:25:06.180
 then there's

00:25:06.180 --> 00:25:07.400
 illusion and

00:25:07.400 --> 00:25:08.000
 things are

00:25:08.000 --> 00:25:08.299
 not as

00:25:08.299 --> 00:25:09.339
 we seem

00:25:09.339 --> 00:25:09.680
 because if

00:25:09.680 --> 00:25:09.980
 you look at

00:25:09.980 --> 00:25:10.640
 chapter 5,

00:25:10.700 --> 00:25:11.440
 verse 16,

00:25:11.880 --> 00:25:12.599
 through to 18,

00:25:12.680 --> 00:25:13.360
 and verse 23,

00:25:13.359 --> 00:25:15.579
 not all

00:25:15.579 --> 00:25:16.279
 God's people

00:25:16.279 --> 00:25:16.819
 were prepared

00:25:16.819 --> 00:25:17.299
 to fight

00:25:17.299 --> 00:25:17.759
 for God's

00:25:17.759 --> 00:25:17.979
 honor.

00:25:19.599 --> 00:25:20.500
 So not all

00:25:20.500 --> 00:25:20.939
 of God's

00:25:20.939 --> 00:25:21.299
 people were

00:25:21.299 --> 00:25:22.159
 so desperate

00:25:22.159 --> 00:25:22.819
 to rise up

00:25:22.819 --> 00:25:23.259
 against the

00:25:23.259 --> 00:25:23.839
 Canaanites

00:25:23.839 --> 00:25:24.859
 and restore

00:25:24.859 --> 00:25:25.279
 God's honor.

00:25:25.500 --> 00:25:25.859
 Some of them

00:25:25.859 --> 00:25:26.379
 actually stayed

00:25:26.379 --> 00:25:26.719
 at home.

00:25:27.059 --> 00:25:27.379
 Some of them

00:25:27.379 --> 00:25:28.240
 chose safety

00:25:28.240 --> 00:25:28.939
 and comfort

00:25:28.939 --> 00:25:31.339
 over God's

00:25:31.339 --> 00:25:31.579
 honor.

00:25:32.839 --> 00:25:33.259
 So again,

00:25:33.319 --> 00:25:34.219
 any illusion,

00:25:35.839 --> 00:25:36.559
 any thought

00:25:36.559 --> 00:25:37.119
 that there's

00:25:37.119 --> 00:25:37.839
 unity across

00:25:37.839 --> 00:25:38.539
 God's people

00:25:38.539 --> 00:25:39.240
 is just that,

00:25:39.319 --> 00:25:39.879
 an illusion.

00:25:42.059 --> 00:25:42.919
 Some chose

00:25:42.920 --> 00:25:43.340
 their own

00:25:43.340 --> 00:25:44.560
 comfort over

00:25:44.560 --> 00:25:45.259
 God's honor.

00:25:46.519 --> 00:25:46.960
 But look at

00:25:46.960 --> 00:25:47.680
 verse 4 and

00:25:47.680 --> 00:25:48.140
 5 of

00:25:48.140 --> 00:25:48.800
 chapter 5.

00:25:50.380 --> 00:25:50.960
 It was the

00:25:50.960 --> 00:25:51.920
 Lord who

00:25:51.920 --> 00:25:52.600
 orchestrated

00:25:52.600 --> 00:25:53.600
 the Canaanite

00:25:53.600 --> 00:25:55.080
 defeat using

00:25:55.080 --> 00:25:56.320
 an unseasonal

00:25:56.320 --> 00:25:57.200
 thunderstorm,

00:25:57.420 --> 00:25:57.980
 it would appear.

00:25:58.840 --> 00:25:59.640
 A thunderstorm

00:25:59.640 --> 00:26:01.600
 which turned

00:26:01.600 --> 00:26:02.140
 the normally

00:26:02.140 --> 00:26:02.779
 hard,

00:26:03.019 --> 00:26:03.340
 dry,

00:26:03.560 --> 00:26:04.660
 flat plains,

00:26:05.400 --> 00:26:06.200
 highly suitable

00:26:06.200 --> 00:26:07.539
 for a highly

00:26:07.539 --> 00:26:09.840
 mobile strike

00:26:09.840 --> 00:26:10.360
 force of

00:26:10.360 --> 00:26:10.920
 chariots,

00:26:10.920 --> 00:26:12.480
 turning that

00:26:12.480 --> 00:26:13.060
 into a

00:26:13.060 --> 00:26:13.340
 sort of

00:26:13.340 --> 00:26:13.759
 buggy

00:26:13.759 --> 00:26:14.380
 quagmire.

00:26:15.519 --> 00:26:16.400
 Imagine 900

00:26:16.400 --> 00:26:17.900
 iron chariots

00:26:17.900 --> 00:26:18.320
 and probably

00:26:18.320 --> 00:26:19.140
 at least two

00:26:19.140 --> 00:26:19.740
 if not four

00:26:19.740 --> 00:26:20.340
 horses per

00:26:20.340 --> 00:26:20.740
 chariot.

00:26:21.180 --> 00:26:21.420
 I mean,

00:26:21.460 --> 00:26:21.680
 it would

00:26:21.680 --> 00:26:22.080
 just have

00:26:22.080 --> 00:26:22.500
 turned into

00:26:22.500 --> 00:26:23.440
 a mud pie.

00:26:23.440 --> 00:26:29.559
 But importantly

00:26:29.559 --> 00:26:29.900
 you see,

00:26:29.980 --> 00:26:30.720
 the unseen

00:26:30.720 --> 00:26:31.340
 hand of

00:26:31.340 --> 00:26:31.759
 God in

00:26:31.759 --> 00:26:31.960
 this

00:26:31.960 --> 00:26:32.940
 unseasonal

00:26:32.940 --> 00:26:33.620
 thunderstorm

00:26:33.620 --> 00:26:35.740
 completely

00:26:35.740 --> 00:26:36.860
 reverses the

00:26:36.860 --> 00:26:37.440
 strategic

00:26:37.440 --> 00:26:38.200
 imbalance.

00:26:39.900 --> 00:26:40.059
 The

00:26:40.059 --> 00:26:41.140
 assets of

00:26:41.140 --> 00:26:41.660
 a 900

00:26:41.660 --> 00:26:42.400
 strong

00:26:42.400 --> 00:26:43.460
 rapid

00:26:43.460 --> 00:26:43.960
 deployment

00:26:43.960 --> 00:26:44.640
 force now

00:26:44.640 --> 00:26:46.000
 becomes a

00:26:46.000 --> 00:26:46.460
 liability.

00:26:47.860 --> 00:26:48.460
 And the

00:26:48.460 --> 00:26:49.279
 liability of

00:26:49.279 --> 00:26:50.400
 only 10,000

00:26:50.400 --> 00:26:51.240
 lightly armed

00:26:51.240 --> 00:26:51.900
 troops hiding

00:26:51.900 --> 00:26:52.340
 behind the

00:26:52.339 --> 00:26:52.779
 trees on

00:26:52.779 --> 00:26:53.699
 the hillside

00:26:53.699 --> 00:26:54.859
 now becomes

00:26:54.859 --> 00:26:55.939
 strategic

00:26:55.939 --> 00:26:56.559
 advantage.

00:27:01.819 --> 00:27:02.759
 And so

00:27:02.759 --> 00:27:03.179
 there's total

00:27:03.179 --> 00:27:03.599
 victory.

00:27:05.439 --> 00:27:05.980
 And Deborah

00:27:05.980 --> 00:27:07.659
 will settle

00:27:07.659 --> 00:27:08.279
 for nothing

00:27:08.279 --> 00:27:09.379
 less than

00:27:09.379 --> 00:27:10.299
 celebrating the

00:27:10.299 --> 00:27:10.720
 covenant

00:27:10.720 --> 00:27:11.740
 faithfulness of

00:27:11.740 --> 00:27:12.019
 God.

00:27:12.819 --> 00:27:13.720
 His unseen

00:27:13.720 --> 00:27:15.179
 hand was

00:27:15.179 --> 00:27:16.519
 sovereignly seen

00:27:16.519 --> 00:27:17.859
 and felt in

00:27:17.859 --> 00:27:18.859
 every movement

00:27:18.859 --> 00:27:19.179
 of their

00:27:19.179 --> 00:27:19.699
 experience,

00:27:20.299 --> 00:27:21.199
 including their

00:27:21.200 --> 00:27:21.779
 suffering of

00:27:21.779 --> 00:27:22.460
 20 years.

00:27:25.900 --> 00:27:26.640
 But friends,

00:27:26.680 --> 00:27:26.900
 there's an

00:27:26.900 --> 00:27:27.539
 even bigger

00:27:27.539 --> 00:27:28.080
 picture to

00:27:28.080 --> 00:27:28.319
 end being

00:27:28.319 --> 00:27:28.960
 enjoyed here

00:27:28.960 --> 00:27:29.340
 in chapter

00:27:29.340 --> 00:27:29.799
 5,

00:27:29.840 --> 00:27:30.880
 verse 5.

00:27:31.620 --> 00:27:32.319
 And that's

00:27:32.319 --> 00:27:32.960
 the beauty

00:27:32.960 --> 00:27:33.680
 of poetry.

00:27:33.840 --> 00:27:34.580
 We soar to

00:27:34.580 --> 00:27:35.620
 lofty heights

00:27:35.620 --> 00:27:37.019
 and make

00:27:37.019 --> 00:27:37.880
 connections that

00:27:37.880 --> 00:27:38.360
 you can't

00:27:38.360 --> 00:27:39.640
 just make in

00:27:39.640 --> 00:27:40.559
 a factual

00:27:40.559 --> 00:27:41.279
 historical

00:27:41.279 --> 00:27:41.980
 narrative.

00:27:42.500 --> 00:27:42.779
 Chapter

00:27:42.779 --> 00:27:43.160
 5,

00:27:43.220 --> 00:27:43.640
 verse 5,

00:27:44.700 --> 00:27:45.620
 4 and 5.

00:27:45.619 --> 00:27:45.819
 Lord,

00:27:45.899 --> 00:27:46.139
 when you

00:27:46.139 --> 00:27:46.379
 went out

00:27:46.379 --> 00:27:46.579
 from

00:27:46.579 --> 00:27:47.099
 Seir,

00:27:47.279 --> 00:27:47.619
 when you

00:27:47.619 --> 00:27:47.959
 marched

00:27:47.959 --> 00:27:48.279
 from the

00:27:48.279 --> 00:27:48.939
 region of

00:27:48.939 --> 00:27:49.239
 Edom,

00:27:49.379 --> 00:27:49.779
 the earth

00:27:49.779 --> 00:27:50.219
 trembled,

00:27:50.279 --> 00:27:50.679
 the heavens

00:27:50.679 --> 00:27:51.139
 dropped,

00:27:51.219 --> 00:27:51.379
 yes,

00:27:51.419 --> 00:27:51.899
 the clouds

00:27:51.899 --> 00:27:52.559
 dropped water,

00:27:53.079 --> 00:27:53.739
 the mountains

00:27:53.739 --> 00:27:54.639
 quacked before

00:27:54.639 --> 00:27:55.019
 the Lord,

00:27:55.139 --> 00:27:56.219
 even Sinai

00:27:56.219 --> 00:27:57.979
 before the

00:27:57.979 --> 00:27:58.259
 Lord,

00:27:58.339 --> 00:27:58.639
 the God

00:27:58.639 --> 00:27:59.119
 of Israel.

00:28:01.199 --> 00:28:01.719
 Sinai

00:28:01.719 --> 00:28:02.319
 pops up

00:28:02.319 --> 00:28:02.659
 in there.

00:28:04.459 --> 00:28:04.759
 And I

00:28:04.759 --> 00:28:05.619
 think what

00:28:05.619 --> 00:28:05.959
 we're being

00:28:05.959 --> 00:28:07.019
 told here is

00:28:07.019 --> 00:28:07.259
 that we're

00:28:07.259 --> 00:28:08.659
 to read the

00:28:08.659 --> 00:28:09.359
 story of

00:28:09.359 --> 00:28:10.519
 Deborah and

00:28:10.519 --> 00:28:11.239
 deliverance from

00:28:11.239 --> 00:28:11.879
 the Canaanites

00:28:11.880 --> 00:28:13.360
 like another

00:28:13.360 --> 00:28:14.540
 Exodus event.

00:28:19.000 --> 00:28:19.600
 Remember,

00:28:19.960 --> 00:28:20.880
 through Moses,

00:28:21.360 --> 00:28:22.420
 God delivered

00:28:22.420 --> 00:28:23.060
 his people

00:28:23.060 --> 00:28:24.040
 from bondage

00:28:24.040 --> 00:28:24.600
 to sin,

00:28:24.780 --> 00:28:25.940
 from slavery

00:28:25.940 --> 00:28:26.480
 in Egypt,

00:28:26.940 --> 00:28:27.540
 and brought

00:28:27.540 --> 00:28:28.220
 them back to

00:28:28.220 --> 00:28:28.740
 himself for

00:28:28.740 --> 00:28:29.420
 new holiness

00:28:29.420 --> 00:28:30.080
 and obedience.

00:28:30.380 --> 00:28:30.560
 And do you

00:28:30.560 --> 00:28:30.920
 remember how

00:28:30.920 --> 00:28:31.260
 he did it?

00:28:31.880 --> 00:28:32.580
 He brought

00:28:32.580 --> 00:28:33.060
 them through

00:28:33.060 --> 00:28:33.440
 the Red

00:28:33.440 --> 00:28:33.800
 Sea.

00:28:34.100 --> 00:28:34.440
 And it was

00:28:34.440 --> 00:28:35.380
 the water

00:28:35.380 --> 00:28:36.280
 that destroyed

00:28:36.280 --> 00:28:37.580
 the Egyptian

00:28:37.580 --> 00:28:38.260
 army in

00:28:38.260 --> 00:28:38.780
 totality.

00:28:39.540 --> 00:28:39.980
 The Lord

00:28:39.980 --> 00:28:40.740
 swept them

00:28:40.740 --> 00:28:41.180
 away as

00:28:41.180 --> 00:28:41.460
 well.

00:28:41.880 --> 00:28:43.500
 As a

00:28:43.500 --> 00:28:44.780
 demonstration

00:28:44.780 --> 00:28:45.280
 of his

00:28:45.280 --> 00:28:45.680
 sovereignty

00:28:45.680 --> 00:28:46.000
 and his

00:28:46.000 --> 00:28:47.740
 power and

00:28:47.740 --> 00:28:48.460
 his faithfulness

00:28:48.460 --> 00:28:48.700
 to his

00:28:48.700 --> 00:28:48.980
 people.

00:28:52.320 --> 00:28:52.580
 And you

00:28:52.580 --> 00:28:52.780
 remember,

00:28:52.940 --> 00:28:53.420
 after that

00:28:53.420 --> 00:28:53.700
 event,

00:28:54.160 --> 00:28:54.860
 Miriam got

00:28:54.860 --> 00:28:55.280
 alongside

00:28:55.280 --> 00:28:56.180
 Moses and

00:28:56.180 --> 00:28:56.640
 she wrote

00:28:56.640 --> 00:28:57.120
 a beautiful

00:28:57.120 --> 00:28:57.620
 song,

00:28:57.880 --> 00:28:58.120
 Exodus

00:28:58.120 --> 00:28:58.940
 chapter 15,

00:28:59.160 --> 00:28:59.980
 to celebrate

00:28:59.980 --> 00:29:00.800
 God's

00:29:00.800 --> 00:29:01.420
 sovereignty and

00:29:01.420 --> 00:29:01.740
 God's

00:29:01.740 --> 00:29:02.400
 faithfulness to

00:29:02.400 --> 00:29:02.520
 him.

00:29:03.220 --> 00:29:04.460
 This is a

00:29:04.460 --> 00:29:05.100
 very, very

00:29:05.100 --> 00:29:05.860
 close parallel.

00:29:06.740 --> 00:29:07.080
 And we're

00:29:07.080 --> 00:29:07.420
 meant to

00:29:07.420 --> 00:29:07.940
 see it like

00:29:07.940 --> 00:29:08.240
 that.

00:29:09.620 --> 00:29:10.360
 A parallel

00:29:10.360 --> 00:29:11.640
 song to

00:29:11.640 --> 00:29:12.480
 the faithfulness

00:29:12.480 --> 00:29:13.060
 of God.

00:29:13.540 --> 00:29:14.200
 Because once

00:29:14.200 --> 00:29:14.740
 again, you

00:29:14.740 --> 00:29:15.440
 see, their

00:29:15.440 --> 00:29:16.460
 faithful God

00:29:16.460 --> 00:29:17.300
 has pursued

00:29:17.300 --> 00:29:18.100
 his people

00:29:18.100 --> 00:29:20.759
 even into

00:29:20.759 --> 00:29:21.700
 the darkness

00:29:21.700 --> 00:29:22.400
 of their

00:29:22.400 --> 00:29:25.240
 sin and

00:29:25.240 --> 00:29:25.759
 brought them

00:29:25.759 --> 00:29:26.160
 back to

00:29:26.160 --> 00:29:26.620
 himself.

00:29:28.540 --> 00:29:29.060
 Determined

00:29:29.060 --> 00:29:30.040
 that they

00:29:30.040 --> 00:29:30.720
 would enjoy

00:29:30.720 --> 00:29:31.160
 the good

00:29:31.160 --> 00:29:31.759
 life that

00:29:31.759 --> 00:29:32.200
 only he

00:29:32.200 --> 00:29:32.820
 can deliver

00:29:32.820 --> 00:29:33.300
 to them,

00:29:33.560 --> 00:29:34.020
 that he

00:29:34.020 --> 00:29:34.880
 intends to

00:29:34.880 --> 00:29:35.400
 deliver to

00:29:35.400 --> 00:29:36.060
 them, in

00:29:36.060 --> 00:29:36.759
 spite of

00:29:36.759 --> 00:29:36.920
 their

00:29:36.920 --> 00:29:37.540
 determination

00:29:37.540 --> 00:29:37.900
 to turn

00:29:37.900 --> 00:29:38.360
 away from

00:29:38.359 --> 00:29:38.559
 it.

00:29:41.459 --> 00:29:42.139
 What a

00:29:42.139 --> 00:29:42.959
 picture of

00:29:42.959 --> 00:29:43.339
 God's

00:29:43.339 --> 00:29:44.119
 faithfulness.

00:29:45.079 --> 00:29:45.740
 What a

00:29:45.740 --> 00:29:46.240
 picture of

00:29:46.240 --> 00:29:46.539
 God's

00:29:46.539 --> 00:29:47.179
 faithfulness.

00:29:48.719 --> 00:29:49.419
 And it

00:29:49.419 --> 00:29:50.019
 dwarfs us

00:29:50.019 --> 00:29:51.259
 in comparison

00:29:51.259 --> 00:29:51.659
 to the

00:29:51.659 --> 00:29:52.419
 majesty and

00:29:52.419 --> 00:29:53.219
 the splendor

00:29:53.219 --> 00:29:53.759
 of God.

00:29:55.039 --> 00:29:55.740
 And before

00:29:55.740 --> 00:29:56.559
 him, here

00:29:56.559 --> 00:29:57.039
 we are,

00:29:57.740 --> 00:29:58.500
 sinful people,

00:29:58.639 --> 00:29:59.179
 even as we're

00:29:59.179 --> 00:30:00.000
 in God's

00:30:00.000 --> 00:30:00.439
 place,

00:30:01.359 --> 00:30:01.879
 constantly

00:30:01.879 --> 00:30:02.639
 wanting to

00:30:02.639 --> 00:30:03.279
 turn away

00:30:03.279 --> 00:30:04.799
 and find

00:30:04.799 --> 00:30:05.519
 something better,

00:30:05.519 --> 00:30:06.500
 even as we're

00:30:06.500 --> 00:30:08.259
 enjoying the

00:30:08.259 --> 00:30:09.319
 best that

00:30:09.319 --> 00:30:09.859
 the Lord has

00:30:09.859 --> 00:30:10.519
 to offer us.

00:30:11.879 --> 00:30:12.500
 What a

00:30:12.500 --> 00:30:12.859
 picture.

00:30:14.680 --> 00:30:15.119
 Depressing

00:30:15.119 --> 00:30:16.960
 and encouraging.

00:30:20.700 --> 00:30:21.440
 Nothing will

00:30:21.440 --> 00:30:22.200
 do for

00:30:22.200 --> 00:30:22.799
 Deborah and

00:30:22.799 --> 00:30:23.680
 Barak but

00:30:23.680 --> 00:30:24.279
 to sing to

00:30:24.279 --> 00:30:24.639
 the Lord.

00:30:25.579 --> 00:30:26.339
 Verse 3,

00:30:26.500 --> 00:30:27.019
 Hear, O

00:30:27.019 --> 00:30:27.759
 kings, give

00:30:27.759 --> 00:30:28.460
 ear, O

00:30:28.460 --> 00:30:29.059
 princess, to

00:30:29.059 --> 00:30:29.539
 the Lord I

00:30:29.539 --> 00:30:29.920
 will sing.

00:30:30.279 --> 00:30:30.799
 I will make

00:30:30.799 --> 00:30:31.480
 melody to the

00:30:31.480 --> 00:30:31.839
 Lord, the

00:30:31.839 --> 00:30:32.180
 God of

00:30:32.180 --> 00:30:32.460
 Israel.

00:30:32.879 --> 00:30:33.059
 And you

00:30:33.059 --> 00:30:33.900
 see, Deborah

00:30:33.900 --> 00:30:34.240
 in this

00:30:34.240 --> 00:30:35.359
 song is

00:30:35.359 --> 00:30:35.699
 putting

00:30:35.699 --> 00:30:36.399
 things back

00:30:36.399 --> 00:30:36.759
 how they

00:30:36.759 --> 00:30:37.199
 should be.

00:30:37.659 --> 00:30:38.419
 People all

00:30:38.419 --> 00:30:38.879
 around, the

00:30:38.879 --> 00:30:39.379
 nations all

00:30:39.379 --> 00:30:39.879
 around should

00:30:39.879 --> 00:30:40.279
 look at

00:30:40.279 --> 00:30:40.619
 God's

00:30:40.619 --> 00:30:41.379
 people and

00:30:41.379 --> 00:30:41.740
 when they

00:30:41.740 --> 00:30:42.279
 see God's

00:30:42.279 --> 00:30:43.000
 people, then

00:30:43.000 --> 00:30:43.299
 they should

00:30:43.299 --> 00:30:44.000
 see God.

00:30:46.839 --> 00:30:47.439
 That's not

00:30:47.439 --> 00:30:47.899
 what it's been

00:30:47.899 --> 00:30:48.500
 like for 20

00:30:48.500 --> 00:30:49.119
 years, but it

00:30:49.119 --> 00:30:49.719
 is now once

00:30:49.719 --> 00:30:51.139
 again with

00:30:51.139 --> 00:30:51.599
 Deborah's

00:30:51.599 --> 00:30:51.839
 song.

00:30:55.759 --> 00:30:56.500
 And Deborah

00:30:56.500 --> 00:30:57.039
 and Barak

00:30:57.039 --> 00:30:57.719
 land this

00:30:57.719 --> 00:30:59.019
 lesson with

00:30:59.019 --> 00:30:59.879
 disturbing

00:30:59.879 --> 00:31:01.419
 force in

00:31:01.419 --> 00:31:02.000
 the last

00:31:02.000 --> 00:31:03.539
 stanza of

00:31:03.539 --> 00:31:04.039
 the song.

00:31:04.039 --> 00:31:05.059
 It's a

00:31:05.059 --> 00:31:05.559
 very, very

00:31:05.559 --> 00:31:06.639
 left field

00:31:06.639 --> 00:31:07.240
 picture.

00:31:08.000 --> 00:31:08.759
 Chapter 5,

00:31:08.799 --> 00:31:09.659
 verse 27 to

00:31:09.659 --> 00:31:10.079
 31.

00:31:11.240 --> 00:31:12.180
 I pondered

00:31:12.180 --> 00:31:12.539
 this and

00:31:12.539 --> 00:31:12.980
 pondered this

00:31:12.980 --> 00:31:13.460
 for a long

00:31:13.460 --> 00:31:14.940
 time over

00:31:14.940 --> 00:31:15.259
 the last

00:31:15.259 --> 00:31:15.599
 couple of

00:31:15.599 --> 00:31:16.299
 weeks, and

00:31:16.299 --> 00:31:16.779
 I think

00:31:16.779 --> 00:31:17.339
 maybe I've

00:31:17.339 --> 00:31:17.599
 got it

00:31:17.599 --> 00:31:17.799
 right.

00:31:17.879 --> 00:31:18.019
 You'll

00:31:18.019 --> 00:31:18.240
 have to

00:31:18.240 --> 00:31:18.519
 be the

00:31:18.519 --> 00:31:18.960
 decider of

00:31:18.960 --> 00:31:19.299
 it.

00:31:21.000 --> 00:31:21.500
 I've got

00:31:21.500 --> 00:31:21.879
 nobody else

00:31:21.879 --> 00:31:22.259
 to blame.

00:31:22.720 --> 00:31:23.000
 Maybe

00:31:23.000 --> 00:31:23.279
 Bo.

00:31:24.859 --> 00:31:25.259
 Yeah,

00:31:25.319 --> 00:31:25.519
 Bo.

00:31:25.659 --> 00:31:26.000
 Bo will

00:31:26.000 --> 00:31:26.139
 do.

00:31:26.259 --> 00:31:26.399
 Yep.

00:31:27.759 --> 00:31:28.420
 Okay, so

00:31:28.420 --> 00:31:28.879
 what happens

00:31:28.879 --> 00:31:30.000
 in verse

00:31:30.000 --> 00:31:31.460
 27 is

00:31:31.460 --> 00:31:31.700
 that we

00:31:31.700 --> 00:31:32.140
 get this

00:31:32.140 --> 00:31:32.980
 gory,

00:31:33.200 --> 00:31:33.720
 repeated,

00:31:33.980 --> 00:31:34.559
 slow-mo

00:31:34.559 --> 00:31:35.180
 description

00:31:35.180 --> 00:31:36.019
 of

00:31:36.019 --> 00:31:36.420
 Sisera

00:31:36.420 --> 00:31:37.339
 dying.

00:31:38.920 --> 00:31:39.319
 And we're

00:31:39.319 --> 00:31:39.599
 meant to

00:31:39.599 --> 00:31:40.259
 just feel

00:31:40.259 --> 00:31:42.019
 the impact

00:31:42.019 --> 00:31:42.539
 of that.

00:31:43.160 --> 00:31:43.420
 And then

00:31:43.420 --> 00:31:44.119
 verse 28,

00:31:44.900 --> 00:31:46.119
 we transition

00:31:46.119 --> 00:31:47.740
 magically, as

00:31:47.740 --> 00:31:48.079
 only you can

00:31:48.079 --> 00:31:48.359
 do in

00:31:48.359 --> 00:31:49.579
 poetry, to

00:31:49.579 --> 00:31:49.880
 where?

00:31:50.720 --> 00:31:51.119
 To the

00:31:51.119 --> 00:31:51.880
 lounge room

00:31:51.880 --> 00:31:52.819
 where Sisera's

00:31:52.819 --> 00:31:53.480
 mother is

00:31:53.480 --> 00:31:53.960
 waiting for

00:31:53.960 --> 00:31:54.160
 him to

00:31:54.160 --> 00:31:54.799
 return from

00:31:54.799 --> 00:31:55.299
 campaign.

00:31:55.579 --> 00:31:56.000
 So follow

00:31:56.000 --> 00:31:56.440
 through with

00:31:56.440 --> 00:31:56.619
 me.

00:31:56.619 --> 00:31:58.339
 out of

00:31:58.339 --> 00:31:58.799
 the window

00:31:58.799 --> 00:31:59.479
 she peered.

00:32:00.379 --> 00:32:00.819
 Just a

00:32:00.819 --> 00:32:01.159
 sudden

00:32:01.159 --> 00:32:02.000
 transition.

00:32:02.539 --> 00:32:03.219
 Who's this

00:32:03.219 --> 00:32:03.559
 peering?

00:32:04.279 --> 00:32:04.859
 The mother

00:32:04.859 --> 00:32:05.619
 of Sisera

00:32:05.619 --> 00:32:06.699
 wailed

00:32:06.699 --> 00:32:07.199
 through the

00:32:07.199 --> 00:32:07.579
 lattice.

00:32:08.779 --> 00:32:09.459
 Why is

00:32:09.459 --> 00:32:10.039
 his chariot

00:32:10.039 --> 00:32:10.699
 so long

00:32:10.699 --> 00:32:11.159
 and coming?

00:32:12.279 --> 00:32:13.159
 Why tarry

00:32:13.159 --> 00:32:13.979
 the hoofbeats

00:32:13.979 --> 00:32:14.879
 of his

00:32:14.879 --> 00:32:15.500
 chariots?

00:32:16.839 --> 00:32:17.059
 Her

00:32:17.059 --> 00:32:17.479
 wisest

00:32:17.479 --> 00:32:18.179
 princesses

00:32:18.179 --> 00:32:18.519
 answer,

00:32:19.199 --> 00:32:19.619
 indeed she

00:32:19.619 --> 00:32:20.299
 answers herself,

00:32:21.099 --> 00:32:21.459
 have they

00:32:21.459 --> 00:32:22.259
 not found

00:32:22.259 --> 00:32:22.959
 and divided

00:32:22.959 --> 00:32:23.579
 the spoil?

00:32:24.000 --> 00:32:24.379
 A womb

00:32:24.379 --> 00:32:24.759
 or two

00:32:24.759 --> 00:32:25.199
 for every

00:32:25.199 --> 00:32:25.559
 man,

00:32:26.079 --> 00:32:26.519
 spoiled

00:32:26.519 --> 00:32:27.180
 of dyed

00:32:27.180 --> 00:32:28.519
 materials

00:32:28.519 --> 00:32:29.019
 for Sisera.

00:32:29.279 --> 00:32:29.599
 Spoiled

00:32:29.599 --> 00:32:29.960
 of dyed

00:32:29.960 --> 00:32:30.379
 materials

00:32:30.379 --> 00:32:31.079
 embroidered,

00:32:31.379 --> 00:32:31.859
 two pieces

00:32:31.859 --> 00:32:32.339
 of dyed

00:32:32.339 --> 00:32:32.619
 work

00:32:32.619 --> 00:32:33.180
 embroidered

00:32:33.180 --> 00:32:33.440
 for the

00:32:33.440 --> 00:32:33.660
 neck

00:32:33.660 --> 00:32:33.839
 as

00:32:33.839 --> 00:32:34.180
 spoil.

00:32:36.180 --> 00:32:37.200
 So what's

00:32:37.200 --> 00:32:37.440
 happening

00:32:37.440 --> 00:32:37.740
 here?

00:32:39.339 --> 00:32:40.099
 We're being

00:32:40.099 --> 00:32:41.279
 transported from

00:32:41.279 --> 00:32:42.000
 the grisly

00:32:42.000 --> 00:32:42.779
 reality of

00:32:42.779 --> 00:32:43.299
 Sisera's

00:32:43.299 --> 00:32:45.059
 death to

00:32:45.059 --> 00:32:45.619
 the palace

00:32:45.619 --> 00:32:46.019
 where his

00:32:46.019 --> 00:32:46.599
 mother and

00:32:46.599 --> 00:32:47.200
 family are

00:32:47.200 --> 00:32:48.180
 waiting for

00:32:48.180 --> 00:32:48.740
 his return.

00:32:49.660 --> 00:32:50.180
 She's wondering,

00:32:50.319 --> 00:32:50.819
 why is he

00:32:50.819 --> 00:32:51.019
 late?

00:32:51.200 --> 00:32:51.859
 Dinner's going

00:32:51.859 --> 00:32:52.059
 to get

00:32:52.059 --> 00:32:52.339
 cold.

00:32:52.339 --> 00:32:57.839
 And we're

00:32:57.839 --> 00:32:58.759
 again given

00:32:58.759 --> 00:33:00.240
 some insight

00:33:00.240 --> 00:33:01.079
 into illusion

00:33:01.079 --> 00:33:01.720
 and how

00:33:01.720 --> 00:33:02.159
 things are

00:33:02.159 --> 00:33:02.539
 not as

00:33:02.539 --> 00:33:03.000
 they seem.

00:33:05.000 --> 00:33:05.980
 She also

00:33:05.980 --> 00:33:06.480
 is living

00:33:06.480 --> 00:33:07.019
 under an

00:33:07.019 --> 00:33:07.319
 illusion.

00:33:08.959 --> 00:33:09.220
 Her

00:33:09.220 --> 00:33:09.759
 assumption

00:33:09.759 --> 00:33:10.919
 is that

00:33:10.919 --> 00:33:11.220
 this

00:33:11.220 --> 00:33:12.339
 powerful,

00:33:12.659 --> 00:33:13.039
 ruthless,

00:33:13.339 --> 00:33:14.099
 cruel son

00:33:14.099 --> 00:33:14.639
 of hers,

00:33:15.039 --> 00:33:15.299
 who has

00:33:15.299 --> 00:33:16.019
 always been

00:33:16.019 --> 00:33:16.740
 victorious and

00:33:16.740 --> 00:33:17.619
 who charged

00:33:17.619 --> 00:33:18.000
 out at the

00:33:18.000 --> 00:33:18.359
 head of the

00:33:18.359 --> 00:33:19.099
 most mechanized

00:33:19.099 --> 00:33:19.899
 army the

00:33:19.899 --> 00:33:20.500
 world had

00:33:20.500 --> 00:33:20.879
 seen at that

00:33:20.880 --> 00:33:21.160
 time,

00:33:21.400 --> 00:33:21.860
 that he'll

00:33:21.860 --> 00:33:22.260
 just come

00:33:22.260 --> 00:33:22.600
 home as

00:33:22.600 --> 00:33:23.000
 victor.

00:33:24.500 --> 00:33:25.040
 And so she

00:33:25.040 --> 00:33:25.240
 thinks,

00:33:25.320 --> 00:33:25.660
 well, if he's

00:33:25.660 --> 00:33:26.000
 not home

00:33:26.000 --> 00:33:26.380
 already,

00:33:26.960 --> 00:33:28.380
 then, well,

00:33:28.540 --> 00:33:29.240
 okay, let's

00:33:29.240 --> 00:33:29.860
 be honest,

00:33:29.960 --> 00:33:30.460
 boys will be

00:33:30.460 --> 00:33:30.800
 boys.

00:33:30.920 --> 00:33:31.820
 And so they

00:33:31.820 --> 00:33:32.260
 got a woman

00:33:32.260 --> 00:33:32.720
 to who that

00:33:32.720 --> 00:33:32.860
 is.

00:33:32.900 --> 00:33:33.300
 I take it

00:33:33.300 --> 00:33:33.560
 what they're

00:33:33.560 --> 00:33:34.100
 saying is that

00:33:34.100 --> 00:33:34.520
 Sisera and

00:33:34.520 --> 00:33:34.980
 his men are

00:33:34.980 --> 00:33:36.260
 busy raping

00:33:36.260 --> 00:33:36.960
 their newly

00:33:36.960 --> 00:33:38.220
 captive woman.

00:33:39.560 --> 00:33:40.060
 The result

00:33:40.060 --> 00:33:40.920
 of victory.

00:33:47.240 --> 00:33:47.840
 It doesn't

00:33:47.840 --> 00:33:48.600
 occur to her

00:33:48.599 --> 00:33:50.500
 that her

00:33:50.500 --> 00:33:51.459
 successful

00:33:51.459 --> 00:33:53.259
 son might

00:33:53.259 --> 00:33:53.719
 be dead.

00:33:56.199 --> 00:33:57.059
 She also

00:33:57.059 --> 00:33:57.959
 is living

00:33:57.959 --> 00:33:58.659
 under illusion.

00:33:59.839 --> 00:34:00.240
 Things are

00:34:00.240 --> 00:34:00.740
 not as they

00:34:00.740 --> 00:34:01.000
 seem.

00:34:02.559 --> 00:34:02.839
 And verse

00:34:02.839 --> 00:34:03.519
 31 then

00:34:03.519 --> 00:34:04.079
 sums up

00:34:04.079 --> 00:34:04.519
 the whole

00:34:04.519 --> 00:34:04.859
 song.

00:34:06.319 --> 00:34:06.879
 So may

00:34:06.879 --> 00:34:07.419
 all your

00:34:07.419 --> 00:34:08.159
 enemies perish,

00:34:08.259 --> 00:34:08.599
 O Lord,

00:34:09.079 --> 00:34:09.519
 but your

00:34:09.519 --> 00:34:10.319
 friends be

00:34:10.319 --> 00:34:10.699
 like the

00:34:10.699 --> 00:34:12.259
 sun as

00:34:12.259 --> 00:34:12.839
 he rises

00:34:12.839 --> 00:34:13.839
 in his

00:34:13.839 --> 00:34:14.159
 might.

00:34:14.159 --> 00:34:14.219
 Amen.

00:34:14.219 --> 00:34:14.279
 Amen.

00:34:18.599 --> 00:34:19.339
 The enemies

00:34:19.339 --> 00:34:20.059
 of God,

00:34:20.839 --> 00:34:22.000
 those who

00:34:22.000 --> 00:34:23.000
 reject him

00:34:23.000 --> 00:34:23.980
 and believe

00:34:23.980 --> 00:34:24.599
 they can find

00:34:24.599 --> 00:34:25.299
 a good life

00:34:25.299 --> 00:34:25.880
 apart from

00:34:25.880 --> 00:34:26.639
 serving and

00:34:26.639 --> 00:34:27.420
 worshipping him

00:34:27.420 --> 00:34:28.980
 will ultimately

00:34:28.980 --> 00:34:29.400
 perish.

00:34:29.500 --> 00:34:30.239
 The unseen

00:34:30.239 --> 00:34:31.219
 hand of God

00:34:31.219 --> 00:34:32.199
 will make

00:34:32.199 --> 00:34:32.699
 that happen.

00:34:34.179 --> 00:34:35.179
 Even though

00:34:35.179 --> 00:34:36.099
 they may

00:34:36.099 --> 00:34:36.679
 appear

00:34:36.679 --> 00:34:37.579
 invincible

00:34:37.579 --> 00:34:38.239
 now.

00:34:40.159 --> 00:34:40.960
 It will be

00:34:40.960 --> 00:34:41.500
 the friends

00:34:41.500 --> 00:34:42.019
 of God,

00:34:42.360 --> 00:34:42.940
 verse 31,

00:34:43.339 --> 00:34:43.920
 who will

00:34:43.920 --> 00:34:44.739
 ultimately be

00:34:44.739 --> 00:34:45.420
 seen to have

00:34:45.420 --> 00:34:46.139
 both light

00:34:46.139 --> 00:34:46.860
 and life

00:34:46.860 --> 00:34:47.280
 and a

00:34:47.280 --> 00:34:47.559
 future.

00:34:48.660 --> 00:34:48.920
 So my

00:34:48.920 --> 00:34:49.079
 friends,

00:34:49.160 --> 00:34:49.360
 I think

00:34:49.360 --> 00:34:50.700
 the main

00:34:50.700 --> 00:34:51.240
 message of

00:34:51.240 --> 00:34:52.200
 this is

00:34:52.200 --> 00:34:54.120
 don't live

00:34:54.120 --> 00:34:55.079
 under

00:34:55.079 --> 00:34:56.220
 an illusion.

00:35:00.620 --> 00:35:01.260
 Choose

00:35:01.260 --> 00:35:01.900
 to live

00:35:01.900 --> 00:35:03.240
 in God's

00:35:03.240 --> 00:35:03.760
 reality

00:35:03.760 --> 00:35:05.760
 of true

00:35:05.760 --> 00:35:06.240
 life

00:35:06.240 --> 00:35:07.300
 and true

00:35:07.300 --> 00:35:08.019
 satisfaction.

00:35:09.200 --> 00:35:09.800
 Don't be

00:35:09.800 --> 00:35:10.240
 easily

00:35:10.240 --> 00:35:10.960
 conned

00:35:10.960 --> 00:35:11.579
 by that

00:35:11.579 --> 00:35:12.320
 which offered

00:35:12.320 --> 00:35:13.160
 you all

00:35:13.160 --> 00:35:13.660
 around you

00:35:13.660 --> 00:35:13.940
 in this

00:35:13.940 --> 00:35:14.260
 world.

00:35:14.260 --> 00:35:16.420
 it might

00:35:16.420 --> 00:35:17.160
 give you

00:35:17.160 --> 00:35:18.820
 a false

00:35:18.820 --> 00:35:19.300
 security.

00:35:19.420 --> 00:35:19.620
 It might

00:35:19.620 --> 00:35:19.920
 give you

00:35:19.920 --> 00:35:20.660
 an illusion

00:35:20.660 --> 00:35:22.020
 of

00:35:22.020 --> 00:35:22.600
 intimacy

00:35:22.600 --> 00:35:23.820
 with God

00:35:23.820 --> 00:35:24.420
 because after

00:35:24.420 --> 00:35:24.800
 all my

00:35:24.800 --> 00:35:25.400
 life's going

00:35:25.400 --> 00:35:26.180
 well and

00:35:26.180 --> 00:35:26.600
 because my

00:35:26.600 --> 00:35:27.000
 life's going

00:35:27.000 --> 00:35:27.400
 well then

00:35:27.400 --> 00:35:27.840
 God must

00:35:27.840 --> 00:35:28.900
 be favorably

00:35:28.900 --> 00:35:29.440
 disposed

00:35:29.440 --> 00:35:30.060
 towards me.

00:35:32.760 --> 00:35:33.420
 Things are

00:35:33.420 --> 00:35:33.900
 not as they

00:35:33.900 --> 00:35:34.180
 seem.

00:35:37.100 --> 00:35:37.880
 Don't live

00:35:37.880 --> 00:35:38.580
 in illusion.

00:35:40.160 --> 00:35:40.900
 Live in

00:35:40.900 --> 00:35:41.380
 reality.

00:35:41.380 --> 00:35:45.220
 God's

00:35:45.220 --> 00:35:45.519
 the real

00:35:45.519 --> 00:35:45.960
 deliverer and

00:35:45.960 --> 00:35:46.099
 his

00:35:46.099 --> 00:35:46.720
 self-effacing

00:35:46.720 --> 00:35:47.400
 judges and

00:35:47.400 --> 00:35:48.280
 saviors whisper

00:35:48.280 --> 00:35:49.280
 beautifully of

00:35:49.280 --> 00:35:49.720
 Jesus.

00:35:50.780 --> 00:35:50.960
 It's

00:35:50.960 --> 00:35:51.640
 interesting in

00:35:51.640 --> 00:35:52.380
 chapter 5

00:35:52.380 --> 00:35:53.780
 verse 7

00:35:53.780 --> 00:35:54.539
 Deborah is

00:35:54.539 --> 00:35:55.019
 called the

00:35:55.019 --> 00:35:55.440
 mother of

00:35:55.440 --> 00:35:55.740
 Israel.

00:35:56.579 --> 00:35:56.940
 It's a

00:35:56.940 --> 00:35:57.500
 lovely term.

00:36:00.960 --> 00:36:01.480
 Again it

00:36:01.480 --> 00:36:01.840
 took me a

00:36:01.840 --> 00:36:02.180
 while I

00:36:02.180 --> 00:36:02.599
 think to

00:36:02.599 --> 00:36:03.720
 unpack this

00:36:03.720 --> 00:36:04.000
 on my

00:36:04.000 --> 00:36:04.360
 mind.

00:36:04.680 --> 00:36:06.380
 So Deborah

00:36:06.380 --> 00:36:06.960
 is the

00:36:06.960 --> 00:36:07.300
 mother of

00:36:07.300 --> 00:36:07.539
 Israel.

00:36:07.860 --> 00:36:08.039
 Why?

00:36:08.180 --> 00:36:08.579
 Because

00:36:08.579 --> 00:36:10.539
 she's the

00:36:10.539 --> 00:36:10.840
 one who

00:36:10.840 --> 00:36:11.699
 demonstrated a

00:36:11.699 --> 00:36:12.079
 mother's

00:36:12.079 --> 00:36:13.799
 grief for

00:36:13.799 --> 00:36:14.659
 the waywardness

00:36:14.659 --> 00:36:15.139
 of her

00:36:15.139 --> 00:36:16.099
 children, her

00:36:16.099 --> 00:36:16.719
 people, her

00:36:16.719 --> 00:36:17.079
 nation.

00:36:17.699 --> 00:36:18.059
 She's the

00:36:18.059 --> 00:36:18.380
 one who's

00:36:18.380 --> 00:36:19.179
 demonstrated a

00:36:19.179 --> 00:36:19.960
 mother's care,

00:36:20.639 --> 00:36:21.019
 a mother's

00:36:21.019 --> 00:36:23.519
 concern, a

00:36:23.519 --> 00:36:23.819
 mother's

00:36:23.819 --> 00:36:24.279
 concern to

00:36:24.279 --> 00:36:25.699
 protect, a

00:36:25.699 --> 00:36:26.000
 mother's

00:36:26.000 --> 00:36:27.119
 commitment to

00:36:27.119 --> 00:36:27.860
 her children in

00:36:27.860 --> 00:36:28.519
 spite of their

00:36:28.519 --> 00:36:29.159
 failings and

00:36:29.159 --> 00:36:30.119
 their waywardness.

00:36:33.960 --> 00:36:34.679
 And does

00:36:34.679 --> 00:36:35.539
 anything whisper

00:36:35.539 --> 00:36:36.380
 more of Jesus

00:36:36.380 --> 00:36:37.259
 than something

00:36:37.260 --> 00:36:37.820
 like that?

00:36:38.600 --> 00:36:39.020
 Remember in

00:36:39.020 --> 00:36:39.480
 Matthew chapter

00:36:39.480 --> 00:36:41.360
 23 verse 37

00:36:41.360 --> 00:36:41.660
 through to

00:36:41.660 --> 00:36:42.380
 39 Jesus

00:36:42.380 --> 00:36:42.900
 comes and

00:36:42.900 --> 00:36:43.400
 he looks down

00:36:43.400 --> 00:36:43.940
 in Jerusalem

00:36:43.940 --> 00:36:44.460
 and he says

00:36:44.460 --> 00:36:45.300
 ah Jerusalem

00:36:45.300 --> 00:36:45.840
 Jerusalem,

00:36:46.400 --> 00:36:47.820
 would that I

00:36:47.820 --> 00:36:48.600
 could sweep

00:36:48.600 --> 00:36:49.180
 you up and

00:36:49.180 --> 00:36:49.940
 bring you into

00:36:49.940 --> 00:36:50.680
 safety under

00:36:50.680 --> 00:36:51.280
 my wings.

00:36:53.360 --> 00:36:53.900
 Jesus was

00:36:53.900 --> 00:36:54.680
 expressing a

00:36:54.680 --> 00:36:55.460
 mother's concern

00:36:55.460 --> 00:36:55.820
 for his

00:36:55.820 --> 00:36:56.140
 people.

00:36:57.840 --> 00:36:58.820
 Such fierce

00:36:58.820 --> 00:37:00.500
 jealousy for

00:37:00.500 --> 00:37:00.920
 them in their

00:37:00.920 --> 00:37:02.480
 sin that he

00:37:02.480 --> 00:37:03.260
 would literally

00:37:03.260 --> 00:37:05.060
 die to

00:37:05.060 --> 00:37:05.660
 protect them

00:37:05.660 --> 00:37:06.060
 and deliver

00:37:06.060 --> 00:37:06.340
 them.

00:37:07.260 --> 00:37:09.900
 a truer

00:37:09.900 --> 00:37:10.800
 and better

00:37:10.800 --> 00:37:11.180
 Deborah.

00:37:13.080 --> 00:37:14.960
 Barak is

00:37:14.960 --> 00:37:15.560
 prepared to

00:37:15.560 --> 00:37:16.100
 forgo his

00:37:16.100 --> 00:37:16.660
 reputation,

00:37:16.880 --> 00:37:17.480
 forgo any

00:37:17.480 --> 00:37:18.080
 glory that

00:37:18.080 --> 00:37:18.760
 might be

00:37:18.760 --> 00:37:19.480
 rightly claimed

00:37:19.480 --> 00:37:19.860
 by him,

00:37:20.180 --> 00:37:21.120
 even to the

00:37:21.120 --> 00:37:21.540
 point of being

00:37:21.540 --> 00:37:22.620
 shamed before

00:37:22.620 --> 00:37:23.140
 his people.

00:37:23.780 --> 00:37:24.120
 Why?

00:37:24.900 --> 00:37:25.700
 Because his

00:37:25.700 --> 00:37:27.140
 one focus was

00:37:27.140 --> 00:37:28.760
 God's glory

00:37:28.760 --> 00:37:29.580
 and the

00:37:29.580 --> 00:37:30.260
 deliverance of

00:37:30.260 --> 00:37:30.800
 God's people.

00:37:30.800 --> 00:37:32.800
 God's

00:37:32.800 --> 00:37:33.660
 people.

00:37:34.340 --> 00:37:35.200
 All he

00:37:35.200 --> 00:37:35.720
 wanted in

00:37:35.720 --> 00:37:36.519
 life was

00:37:36.519 --> 00:37:37.340
 not reputation

00:37:37.340 --> 00:37:38.580
 but to be

00:37:38.580 --> 00:37:39.680
 part of God's

00:37:39.680 --> 00:37:40.700
 salvation program

00:37:40.700 --> 00:37:41.080
 for his

00:37:41.080 --> 00:37:41.340
 people.

00:37:43.220 --> 00:37:44.039
 That would be

00:37:44.039 --> 00:37:44.780
 glory enough

00:37:44.780 --> 00:37:45.519
 for Barak.

00:37:46.980 --> 00:37:47.400
 And again,

00:37:47.620 --> 00:37:48.420
 what a beautiful

00:37:48.420 --> 00:37:49.340
 whisper of Jesus.

00:37:49.660 --> 00:37:50.260
 Philippians chapter

00:37:50.260 --> 00:37:51.280
 2 verses 5 to

00:37:51.280 --> 00:37:52.480
 11 talks about

00:37:52.480 --> 00:37:53.380
 how Jesus gave

00:37:53.380 --> 00:37:54.000
 up his glory,

00:37:54.140 --> 00:37:54.620
 gave up his

00:37:54.620 --> 00:37:55.220
 reputation,

00:37:55.660 --> 00:37:56.740
 accepted shame,

00:37:57.060 --> 00:37:57.740
 even to the

00:37:57.740 --> 00:37:58.740
 point of death.

00:37:58.739 --> 00:37:59.259
 Why?

00:38:00.879 --> 00:38:01.599
 Simply that he

00:38:01.599 --> 00:38:02.319
 might deliver

00:38:02.319 --> 00:38:03.500
 his people and

00:38:03.500 --> 00:38:04.279
 bring glory to

00:38:04.279 --> 00:38:04.779
 his father.

00:38:09.279 --> 00:38:09.859
 And you're

00:38:09.859 --> 00:38:10.359
 probably wondering

00:38:10.359 --> 00:38:10.819
 how is he going

00:38:10.819 --> 00:38:11.399
 to twist the

00:38:11.399 --> 00:38:11.979
 GL thing?

00:38:12.059 --> 00:38:12.439
 How is he going

00:38:12.439 --> 00:38:12.939
 to spin that

00:38:12.939 --> 00:38:13.099
 one?

00:38:14.939 --> 00:38:15.299
 Well, in

00:38:15.299 --> 00:38:16.059
 chapter 5 verse

00:38:16.059 --> 00:38:17.099
 24, GL is

00:38:17.099 --> 00:38:18.000
 described as the

00:38:18.000 --> 00:38:18.759
 most blessed of

00:38:18.759 --> 00:38:19.000
 women.

00:38:20.579 --> 00:38:21.219
 I think it

00:38:21.219 --> 00:38:21.979
 works like this.

00:38:23.319 --> 00:38:24.399
 She accepted

00:38:24.399 --> 00:38:26.099
 that extreme

00:38:26.099 --> 00:38:26.979
 violence,

00:38:27.299 --> 00:38:28.679
 extreme violence,

00:38:28.739 --> 00:38:29.959
 was required to

00:38:29.959 --> 00:38:30.879
 deliver God's

00:38:30.879 --> 00:38:31.859
 people from

00:38:31.859 --> 00:38:32.679
 their tormentor.

00:38:35.619 --> 00:38:36.699
 And so, we

00:38:36.699 --> 00:38:37.419
 have a picture of

00:38:37.419 --> 00:38:38.500
 GL prepared to

00:38:38.500 --> 00:38:39.739
 ruthlessly kill

00:38:39.739 --> 00:38:40.739
 off God's

00:38:41.659 --> 00:38:43.099
 enemy by nailing

00:38:43.099 --> 00:38:43.639
 him to the

00:38:43.639 --> 00:38:44.000
 ground.

00:38:46.359 --> 00:38:47.019
 And that made

00:38:47.019 --> 00:38:47.459
 me think of

00:38:47.459 --> 00:38:48.159
 Colossians chapter

00:38:48.159 --> 00:38:49.139
 2 verses 13

00:38:49.139 --> 00:38:49.819
 to 15 where

00:38:49.819 --> 00:38:50.459
 we're told that

00:38:50.459 --> 00:38:51.739
 Jesus acted with

00:38:52.500 --> 00:38:53.059
 a similar

00:38:53.059 --> 00:38:55.239
 ruthlessness to

00:38:55.239 --> 00:38:56.219
 destroy what

00:38:56.219 --> 00:38:58.759
 held us in

00:38:58.759 --> 00:39:00.480
 bondage and

00:39:00.480 --> 00:39:01.199
 tormented us.

00:39:01.339 --> 00:39:01.859
 That is in

00:39:01.859 --> 00:39:02.359
 Colossians is

00:39:02.359 --> 00:39:03.599
 told our record

00:39:03.599 --> 00:39:05.159
 of debt and

00:39:05.159 --> 00:39:05.759
 the ongoing

00:39:05.759 --> 00:39:06.599
 demands of the

00:39:06.599 --> 00:39:07.219
 law saying

00:39:07.219 --> 00:39:08.719
 guilty, guilty,

00:39:09.239 --> 00:39:10.439
 guilty, guilty.

00:39:12.439 --> 00:39:13.439
 And like

00:39:13.439 --> 00:39:15.599
 jail, Jesus

00:39:15.599 --> 00:39:17.500
 nailed our

00:39:17.500 --> 00:39:18.179
 deepest problem.

00:39:18.179 --> 00:39:21.079
 But again, you

00:39:21.079 --> 00:39:21.579
 see, things are

00:39:21.579 --> 00:39:21.960
 not as they

00:39:21.960 --> 00:39:22.179
 seem.

00:39:22.919 --> 00:39:23.699
 He did nail

00:39:23.699 --> 00:39:24.159
 our problem.

00:39:24.259 --> 00:39:24.639
 He did

00:39:24.639 --> 00:39:25.279
 deliver us.

00:39:26.139 --> 00:39:27.719
 Not by

00:39:27.719 --> 00:39:29.000
 inflicting

00:39:29.000 --> 00:39:31.179
 violence, but

00:39:31.179 --> 00:39:32.019
 by being the

00:39:32.019 --> 00:39:33.059
 victim of

00:39:33.059 --> 00:39:33.480
 extreme

00:39:33.480 --> 00:39:34.039
 violence.

00:39:36.199 --> 00:39:37.219
 The extreme

00:39:37.219 --> 00:39:37.879
 violence, the

00:39:37.879 --> 00:39:38.559
 violent death

00:39:38.559 --> 00:39:39.319
 needed to kill

00:39:39.319 --> 00:39:39.639
 off our

00:39:39.639 --> 00:39:40.299
 greatest enemy

00:39:40.299 --> 00:39:41.839
 by nailing the

00:39:41.839 --> 00:39:42.319
 law and its

00:39:42.319 --> 00:39:43.000
 demands to the

00:39:43.000 --> 00:39:43.339
 cross.

00:39:44.699 --> 00:39:45.399
 Again, a

00:39:45.399 --> 00:39:46.219
 beautiful picture,

00:39:46.399 --> 00:39:46.759
 a beautiful

00:39:46.759 --> 00:39:47.359
 whisper of the

00:39:47.360 --> 00:39:47.820
 Lord Jesus.

00:39:48.340 --> 00:39:48.760
 So friends,

00:39:49.760 --> 00:39:50.599
 don't mistake,

00:39:50.700 --> 00:39:51.200
 if you're not a

00:39:51.200 --> 00:39:51.740
 Christian here this

00:39:51.740 --> 00:39:52.559
 morning, don't

00:39:52.559 --> 00:39:53.280
 mistake the

00:39:53.280 --> 00:39:54.220
 self-effacing

00:39:54.220 --> 00:39:56.480
 Jesus for a

00:39:56.480 --> 00:39:57.079
 weak and

00:39:57.079 --> 00:39:57.740
 insignificant

00:39:57.740 --> 00:39:58.400
 Jesus.

00:40:01.200 --> 00:40:02.640
 Nothing is as

00:40:02.640 --> 00:40:03.140
 it seems.

00:40:06.079 --> 00:40:06.820
 Let's pray.

00:40:06.820 --> 00:40:11.860
 Lord, help us to

00:40:11.860 --> 00:40:12.460
 hear your word.

00:40:14.300 --> 00:40:15.059
 Help us to

00:40:15.059 --> 00:40:15.980
 appreciate the

00:40:15.980 --> 00:40:17.820
 complexity of

00:40:17.820 --> 00:40:18.320
 the way in which

00:40:18.320 --> 00:40:18.960
 it's been written

00:40:18.960 --> 00:40:21.220
 and the

00:40:21.220 --> 00:40:22.019
 beautiful pictures

00:40:22.019 --> 00:40:23.140
 it brings before

00:40:23.140 --> 00:40:23.600
 us.

00:40:25.600 --> 00:40:26.260
 Pictures, Lord,

00:40:26.360 --> 00:40:28.240
 that nail us in

00:40:28.240 --> 00:40:29.160
 our pathetic,

00:40:30.960 --> 00:40:31.559
 unoriginal

00:40:31.559 --> 00:40:32.960
 rebellion against

00:40:32.960 --> 00:40:33.260
 you.

00:40:33.260 --> 00:40:35.160
 and yet,

00:40:35.260 --> 00:40:35.840
 Lord, pictures

00:40:35.840 --> 00:40:37.040
 that show your

00:40:37.040 --> 00:40:42.380
 unexpected and

00:40:42.380 --> 00:40:43.440
 creative ways in

00:40:43.440 --> 00:40:44.380
 which you deliver

00:40:44.380 --> 00:40:44.780
 us, your

00:40:44.780 --> 00:40:45.060
 people.

00:40:45.700 --> 00:40:46.280
 Thank you, Lord,

00:40:46.300 --> 00:40:46.740
 that the most

00:40:46.740 --> 00:40:47.660
 unexpected, the

00:40:47.660 --> 00:40:48.740
 most creative way

00:40:48.740 --> 00:40:51.020
 is captured in

00:40:51.020 --> 00:40:51.700
 the person and

00:40:51.700 --> 00:40:52.160
 work of the

00:40:52.160 --> 00:40:52.620
 Lord Jesus.

00:40:53.540 --> 00:40:54.180
 Who would have

00:40:54.180 --> 00:40:54.760
 thought, Lord,

00:40:55.440 --> 00:40:56.680
 that you would

00:40:56.680 --> 00:40:57.780
 nail our deepest

00:40:57.780 --> 00:41:00.200
 problem at the

00:41:00.200 --> 00:41:01.720
 cost of the life

00:41:01.719 --> 00:41:02.599
 of your own

00:41:02.599 --> 00:41:02.839
 son.

00:41:05.379 --> 00:41:06.259
 We thank you,

00:41:06.339 --> 00:41:06.759
 Lord, that in

00:41:06.759 --> 00:41:07.259
 that you've

00:41:07.259 --> 00:41:07.939
 taken us from

00:41:07.939 --> 00:41:09.119
 illusion into

00:41:09.119 --> 00:41:09.579
 reality.

00:41:11.819 --> 00:41:12.639
 And we pray,

00:41:12.759 --> 00:41:13.159
 Lord, that we

00:41:13.159 --> 00:41:13.879
 might live

00:41:13.879 --> 00:41:17.179
 confidently every

00:41:17.179 --> 00:41:17.899
 single day

00:41:17.899 --> 00:41:20.679
 knowing that your

00:41:20.679 --> 00:41:21.679
 unseen hand

00:41:21.679 --> 00:41:23.639
 guides our every

00:41:23.639 --> 00:41:24.739
 move and our

00:41:24.739 --> 00:41:25.299
 every thought.

00:41:25.599 --> 00:41:26.099
 And I pray in

00:41:26.099 --> 00:41:26.639
 Jesus' name.

00:41:26.919 --> 00:41:27.179
 Amen.