Deborah In Judges 4
In Judges 4, we meet two women who God decided to use to advance His kingdom. We first meet Deborah in verse 4. She is described as a prophetess and a wife, and she sat up on a hill where Israelites would come ask her for judgement. In the Old Testament, she also could be referred to as a judge. At the time, a judge was a political, military, and religious leader.
The second woman we meet is Jael, a woman married to Heber the Kenite, an ally of Jabin the king of Hazor, or Canaan, the nation which had been oppressing the Israelites, God’s chosen people.
Deborah received a command from the Lord, which she repeated to fellow judge at the time, Barak. “Behold, the Lord, the God of Israel, has commanded, ‘Go and march to Mount Tabor, and …show more content…
Women have always been used to complete God’s plans. Jael was faithful to her God and the commands given and prophecies made. It would have been very easy for Jael not to have killed Sisera, and to have just let him hide elsewhere. We see in Judges 4:18 that she invited him to stay in her tent. Jael was seeking out what the Lord wished for her to do, and was bold enough to step out in faith that His plan would be fulfilled.
So let’s finish with Deborah. We know she was a wife, and a judge. We know from Judges 2:16,18 that “The Lord raised up judges who delivered them [Israel] from the hands of those who plundered them … When the Lord raised up judges for them, the Lord was with the judge and delivered them from the hand of their enemies…” Deborah received her position by divine appointment. God chose her for her position, as he did with every other judge he appointed. Deborah was of equal importance to someone like Barak, who would be considered her male counterpart.
Today we Christian women seem to hold the opinion that women cannot and should not hold political positions, particularly that of the presidency, due to Biblical reasons. This year, Texas CEO Cheryl Rios was quoted saying that she did not think that a woman could be president because of “different hormones” and “biblical sound reasoning”
The second woman we meet is Jael, a woman married to Heber the Kenite, an ally of Jabin the king of Hazor, or Canaan, the nation which had been oppressing the Israelites, God’s chosen people.
Deborah received a command from the Lord, which she repeated to fellow judge at the time, Barak. “Behold, the Lord, the God of Israel, has commanded, ‘Go and march to Mount Tabor, and …show more content…
Women have always been used to complete God’s plans. Jael was faithful to her God and the commands given and prophecies made. It would have been very easy for Jael not to have killed Sisera, and to have just let him hide elsewhere. We see in Judges 4:18 that she invited him to stay in her tent. Jael was seeking out what the Lord wished for her to do, and was bold enough to step out in faith that His plan would be fulfilled.
So let’s finish with Deborah. We know she was a wife, and a judge. We know from Judges 2:16,18 that “The Lord raised up judges who delivered them [Israel] from the hands of those who plundered them … When the Lord raised up judges for them, the Lord was with the judge and delivered them from the hand of their enemies…” Deborah received her position by divine appointment. God chose her for her position, as he did with every other judge he appointed. Deborah was of equal importance to someone like Barak, who would be considered her male counterpart.
Today we Christian women seem to hold the opinion that women cannot and should not hold political positions, particularly that of the presidency, due to Biblical reasons. This year, Texas CEO Cheryl Rios was quoted saying that she did not think that a woman could be president because of “different hormones” and “biblical sound reasoning”