Male Dereliction (Part C)

The women you gotta be said yeah call Deborah that's not stories about noncompetition we get sucked into that one make a marriage struggle compete with each other. That's that's friction rubbing against each other the wrong way opposite directions. Not so much of yourselves but opposite of God.

God did not say that Adam you need a competitor. This is cross reference radio with our pastor and teacher.

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Nevertheless, there will be no glory for you in the journey you are you are taking stop right there.

She got it she understood. This is a chance for glory know God's glory black you got this chance. Don't throw it away. Lad throws it away. Nonetheless, she says, for Yahweh will sell Sisera into the hand of a woman, and Deborah arose and went with Bharat to K dish fine.

I'll go because the people on the mother, the people got a win if that's what it takes to blow it and by the way, Sisera is really bad guy, a woman is going to take him out are not you that's again not an insult but it's a male-dominated society. The roles are clearly defined, it clear and if you if you move to the left or right of them so was the violation of the clear assignment so she rebukes him. That's what this is.

She doesn't, you know, crush him, she less than events do that for because they will forever that will be in back of his mind. He was told that the victory over Cicero would be given he would not share in the fullness of it that God wanted him to. That scares me. God has a plan for your life or yeah well I don't know what it is all the time. Not all not the details, and I but I want every much of it is I don't want to be negligent. I think I think Deborah was alert to you little disturbed by this Hebrews chapter 11 where I mention it will remember Baraga not ours is in some and what more shall I say for the time would fail me to tell of Gideon and Baraga and Samson and Jeff the also of David and Samuel and the prophets, so it says what time would fail me to tell of Gideon and Baraga every man's man would stop there. In his thinking and reading that verse and say I don't want to be like Samson. I don't want to be like Mark of of those names listed those two men I I don't want to be like black box. If I fail, for whatever reasons I still see that I'm not crushed at the mercy of God took these men and still said the heroes of faith. What an encouragement. If you failed serving governmental or female. What an encouragement. If you have come up short.

God still puts your name in this list with David and Samuel encouraging because of you going to do anything with the Lord you going to fail.

Bharat would've assumed that Deborah was talking about herself when she said the victory will go to a woman. Those are the exact words I will just read it again.

She said the Lord will sell Sisera into the hand of a woman. Now the thought we would get well that's Deborah she's going to get the credit is not how it's going to play out catching us all by surprise when we get down to verses 18 to 22.

Oswald Chambers has something to say about how God fashions us I think is pretty insightfully since we are not quite prepared for the blows, which must come if we are going to be turned into the shape of the vision we have seen what we are not what God wants us to be were not willing to have the vision battered into shape and use an and use by God. The battering's always come in commonplace ways and through commonplace people in this going to come through Giles. She's commonplace person. Verse 10 and borrower called Zebulon and Naphtali to K dish and he went out with 10,000 men under his command, and Deborah went up with him.

There's another zinger for the men for the women you gotta resend yeah call Deborah but that's not the stories about noncompetition we get sucked into that one make a marriage struggle compete with each other you it's it's you you that's that's friction rubbing against each other of the wrong way opposite directions. Not so much of yourselves but opposite of God. God did not say that Adam you need a competitor. Baraga list 10,000 men from his own tribe and and Zebulun. That's significant. That means he had some poll question God was doing this we never can count God out, but that's not going to work if he has no one to work with, and that's why people cry out for Savior for deliver. In Israel they were doing. And of course in Judges all the time later, the other tribes will join in.

Benjamin and Ephraim Manasseh East Issachar, they will knock the numbers up to 40,004 tribes will refuse to show up again. The men being negligent failing Ruben – are in Manasseh Manasseh West will go to battle Manasseh East will not least on the Jordan side of the side of the Jordan.

They will not show up and Deborah will rebuke them when she writes her new chapter 5 we get to chapter 5 she doesn't forget that she puts it into son is going into writing into history. Verse 11. Now Hebrew, the Canaanite, the son of the Hebrew, the Kenite of the children of whole bad the father-in-law of Moses separated himself from the Canaanites of the Kenite's that is and pitched his tent near the Terabithia tree of his AI is NAM which is beside K dish yeah these names, they break the flow. I mean the mines going to get decent games like speed bumps all over the place.

Speed bump that in the low man I don't know what the flag is a way when there's a wreck, don't shoot at anyway that's what it does to me. While this is a big part of the story. Actually, this Heber you know if you just casually read.

Use it wisely put his name in their well it is his wife that ultimately brings down Sisera woman whom Deborah prophesied would get the victory over Cicero but these are the Kenite's they go back to the days of Moses with his father-in-law and they they they stayed with the Jews and the Jews traveled to the wilderness. The Kenite's are right there with them, but Heber decide you know I don't like my clan anymore. I'm going to leave them any packs up his clan and he moves away and he lines up with the enemies of God's people, which in this case is of Jaden with Cicero's general and that's how they get into the story.

He has an alliance of friendship. There, that should not be. He's on the wrong team. What Israel was doing to God by abandoning God and going gravitating to idols. So did Heber. The Kenite and this this tree is also mentioned in Joshua chapter 19 and must've been a nice specimen anyway.

Verse 12 and they reported to Cicero that Bharat, the son of Noam had gone up to Mount Tabor minimum. That's the proper pronunciation of that speedbump. Verse 13 so Sisera gathered together all his chariots 900 chariots of iron and all the people who were with him from you can name the place if you want to the river to Sean, is this giant mechanized army facing them. Unbeknownst to Heber the Kenite betrayed his people switch teams to the enemy of God's people. Unbeknownst to him, he set up the defeat of his newfound friends by bringing his wife with him and he just didn't see it coming.

He is probably on the battlefield or in the enemy's camp because he's not going to be home when this unfolds. What the Jewish people or anybody else what they did not know is that God was going to send the rains and those rains would be chariot traps, like it was in the sea that parted when Moses took the people through and Pharaoh's chariots got bogged down. The Jewish people went across on dry land.

The Bible tells us, but by the time chariots got up to not let the water seeped seep up or Alaric did it, and they got bogged down until the waves came, crushed, and drowned them all. Romans 28. We know that all things work together for good to those who love God and those who according to his called according to his purposes. Verse 14 then Deborah set the bar up for this is the day in which Yahweh has delivered Sisera into your hand is not Yahweh going out before you embark went down from Mount Tabor war with 10,000 men following him.

You gotta like that. Alexi just up. She's a mother. Indeed she's just got a perky idea.

Get the impression the way the historian is captured and I believe as it happened and what was he doing the risen up Bobby snoring or sleeping sleeping and stored.

Anyway, no indecisive leadership on her part. No time for that verse 15 and Yahweh router Sisera and all his chariots and all his army the edge of the sword before borrowing.

Sisera alighted from his chariot and fled away on foot as significant out Judges 5 verses 2020 verse 20 and 22.

Let me just turn their greed, but you love when you just open the Bible and turn right to where you want it it's it's wonderful. They fought from the heavens, the stars from their courses fought against Sisera.

The torrent of Kishore and swept them away, that ancient torrent. The torrent of Kishore and all my soul March on and strengthen then the horses hooves pounded galloping galloping of his steeds and then exists continues to build the story that part about the rain so the torrent sweeping down. That's what bogged the chariots wheels we see will see God throughout Scripture. Of course, use nature, which is his creation to to win victories for his people and that is what's going on here. This chariot gets bogged down. That's why he gets off of it and now he's running because of the chariot was rolling the way it should roll.

Nobody could outrun it he could get away without being caught in that plan failed. He didn't see this coming.

When he got up in the morning verse 16. But Bharat pursue the chariots and the Army as far as Horace Sheth you you you go again, and all the army of Sisera fell by the edge of the sword, not a man was left. This is the time stamp for us and tells us it's in the summer months the dry season. Otherwise, he never would've put his chariots in place where the rains would've bogged them down anything you didn't see coming.

Verse 17. However, Sisera had fled away on foot that's emphasized second time and said to the 10 of Gile, wife of Heber, the Kenite, there was peace between Jacob and King of his aura and the house of Heber. The Kenite so that Kenite is being emphasized.

Also, because these not supposed to be on that team and that's why it's significant to the story but this chariot is lost and now is exhausted. That's the idea of emphasizing he's now on foot is not in retreat. He's running for his life.

There's a difference scattered from his forces is all alone is going to be exhausted and dehydrated when he comes to the tent of Gile. As it says. However, verse 17 Sisera fled away on foot to the tent of Gile maybe had dined there in the past, but now he thinks he's amongst friends is wrong. Verse 18 and Gile went out to meet Sisera and said to him turn aside my Lord turn aside to me.

Do not fear when you turn aside with her into the tent. She covered him with a blanket again. Her husband, this is likely her tent living in separate quarters for separate tent from her husband and to invite him and led to the shelter of his tent was a bold move. You'd have to be up an ally under severe circumstances to make such an invitation. He was desperate in care about any of that.

But she knew by looking at him this two ways to look at it.

Is she know him already. Does she not know well if she did not know him. She knew he was by how he was dressed in every age, you could tell those who are people of means versus those who are not, and I believe she did know who he was, but she sees him and recognizing that if he is on the run as commander of Jaden's armies than the Jews. A winning. That's a big part of the story because she's not going to say was going to happen to me if I harbor the defeated Gen. guess what's going to happen to me is mentioned but but if I hand over his head in some form so it is still attached to his body, then I'm a hero, she reasons this because that's the story unfolds for us. This is a wise move on her part two in an instant. Deduce that the battle did not go in favor of the enemy. The Jews have broken the chains of the Canaanites and she acts on it. Verse 19 and she said to her, and he said to her, please give me a little water to drink, for I am thirsty so she opened the jug of milk gave him a drink and covered him while his guard is completely down. He got the blanket. He's in the tent. He thinks he safe amongst friends milk instead of water for me it works. If I can't sleep. I go have some milk and warm milk.

I'm told that works better but I preferred cold. This probably goats milk shield never were referred to, or add to it that it was good cream something type of yogurt, milk, whatever it was I wouldn't drink it because it was disgusting to me but some of you will drink and eat anything and you see what happened to him anyway. This is emphatic them. You know a lot of comedies want to say anything about it, is emphatic. You can't get away from it that she is mentioned here in Florida is brought up again in chapter 2 of chapter 5.

Pardon me in the song in verse 25. Yes, she's giving him a hospital hospitable reception she's receiving him in. He's asking for water because.dehydrated, but she gives him something that's going to help him sleep and he is going to rest in peace completely. Verse 20 and she said to her, and he said to her stand at the door of the tent, and if any man comes and inquires of you, and says is there any man here. You shall say no yes still given orders are buddy.

Verse 21 hope is you say please that's what really got her as nicely verse 21, and L. Heber, his wife took a tent peg and took a hammer in her hand, obviously, and went softly to him and drove the tent peg into his temple, and it went down into the ground, for he was fast asleep and weary, so he died and blood was gushing everywhere, escorting up photos said that foot considered that's pretty graphic to view asked me we've heard of driving stakes in the vampires with this is one into Sisera. Clearly she didn't share husband's opinion on alliances at that time women were largely responsible for pitching the tenants and breaking them down so she would've known with the pegs and hammers were she would have been familiar with this and this. That's not out of the question. It does seem comparing chapter 5 verses 26 and seven that it was not an instant blow it was a debilitating first blow initial blow but then it talks about how Sisera falls to her feet, so he should probably hear him and he was dead but not didn't die instantly resisted and got up and he drops again and then she drives it the pin. It would be a I never tried driving the state someone's skull and the temps practice.

It never will point out it was up.

I would imagine to get it to go into the ground. One strike is not easy for anyone. So I lean towards there was that initial blow. He was walking dead resisted little bit fell down died. She finished them off. That's just some of the details. You may say no. I think it was one blow went right through the development that's fine, but then you have to reconcile how it reads in verses 26 and seven of the next chapter. So this is what is going to say endeavor song about Gile judges five most blessed among women is Gile wife of Heber, the Kenite. Blessed is she among women intense like it or maybe hero see it are negative. The other Celia don't put I like the Deborah mentions her husband, the Kenite physician sticks that ohmmeter trader he's a trader and his wife wasn't with him. That's a interesting thought. Verse 22 and then Bharat pursued Sisera he doesn't know he's dead gel came out to meet him. She's Abigail, said income I would show you the man whom you see and when he went into the tent. There lay Sisera dead with the tent peg in his temple and and barks that grows colorful, it had to say man this is the prophecy. This is what Deborah said would happen. I don't know we don't know much about the mandala. However, you would done that is. I also find it interesting that few men would probably have wanted to face Cicero sword to sword or knife. The knife probably was a tough guy is the general in those days as in our days to the tough man so would've been suicidal for Gile to pull out a knife and stay on guard go to Bennett for the shares other means.

She uses the she wins.

So for this general to flee the battlefield is embarrassing for him to be killed while fleeing the battlefield is humiliating, but to be killed by a woman in that society was disgraceful and that's will get later in chapter 9. He says kill me.

Lesson will be said a woman kills me when Willie dropped the stone stone on Amalek and kills him. So anyway, we are that's the sad ending of Sisera. Verse 23. So on that day, God subdued Jaden, king of Canaan, in the presence of the children of Israel.

Verse 24 in the hand of the children of Israel grew stronger and stronger against shaven king of Canaan until they had destroyed shaven king of Canaan, so they won this massive victory battle with the war was not over Jaden.

The king was still in that fortified city of Hayes or the date they pulled his teeth and eventually they they finished them off so we have four stories in the book of Judges of women heroines to the shame of four men and it is of course the story Deborah leading the nation when Bharat should have for an instant moment comes at you little bit will know that is not a symptom. Anyway, the Gile slaying the traders of Deborah Gile as he slept and we have the unnamed woman who dropped the stone from the wall and killed wicked Abimelech and then we have the story of Delilah in the subduction of Samson's secret to his destruction. All of these are very insightful enough to get away from the dynamics of men and women is best to benefit from what the Bible records for us so we can have a chance against being overrun by these things. So next session will get to rejoicing whatever songs he gone goats, not the world rejoices the word she's going to rejoice with this move, thanks for tuning in to cross reference radio for this study in the book of Judges cross reference radio is the teaching ministry pastor Rick Gaston of Calvary Chapel in Mechanicsville, Virginia. If you'd like more information about this ministry, we invite you to visit our website cross reference radio.com you will find additional teachings from Pastor Rick available there, and we encourage you to subscribe to our podcast by doing so you will be notified of each new edition of cross reference radio. You can search for cross reference radio on your favorite podcast that work just follow the links and cross reference radio.com that's all the time we have for today. Join us next time to continue learning more from the book of Judges right here cross reference rate