Sam Bailey – Deborah and Barak – Class 4 – The Tribes – The Tribes’ Response (Judges 5)

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So the title for tonight’s study
is The Tribes, The Tribes

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response.
As an introduction to this

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study, we’ll ask our brother
John Riddle to come forward and

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read for us Judges chapter 5,
verses 1 to 18.

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And after that we’ll ask our
brother Sam to come forward.

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Well, good evening, dear
brothers and sisters in the Lord

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Jesus Christ and young people.
It’s lovely to be back here and

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to spend a couple of days mixing
and rubbing shoulders with a

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number of the members, spending
time at the zoo and that wasn’t

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Phil in Rosie’s place.
And to be able to catch up with

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the Callaghan’s as well.
So it was lovely to have run

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around in obviously tonight’s
meal at the at Jim.

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And is it Abby’s place?
Sorry Laura’s man, my brain is

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useless.
I’m so sorry, Laura.

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So it was lovely to have a meal
out and to enjoy company.

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So as you can see, we’ve been
racing left and right and up and

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down and so looking forward to
continue to do that for the rest

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of the week.
All right, so where are we at in

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our studies?
Well, we’ve been taken on a

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journey back in history to see
the times of Deborah and

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Bayrack.
Obviously, a time of bloodshed

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and violence marked by a lack of
faithless leadership.

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And as such of of that they,
they, they fell it into disarray

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and turned to idols and God sold
them into the hand of Jabe and

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King Kanan, who mightily
oppressed them.

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And so in the distress, they
sought God’s help in their

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activities.
And of course.

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God’s going to.
Work through the remarkable

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woman in this chapter, both
Deborah and jail, and it’s going

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to bring about a work amongst
the nation inspiring Bayrac to

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step forward in his, in his
God-given role as the judge who

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was appointed and to lead the
nation and to take captivity

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captive.
And we’ll have a little bit of a

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look at that in our exhortation
in terms of the title.

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But we see a woman, Deborah,
stand.

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Up who was the the support, the
nourisher of the nation, the

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mother in Israel to stand up and
guide a failing nation to

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inspire change.
And we left Bayrack on the

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battlefield, coming across the
gruesome scene with jail with a

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hammer dangling down her side,
covered in blood, opening the

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tent door and ushering Bayrack
in and saying.

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Have a look in there.
Because in here is, I think, the

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man that you seek, right?
It must have been.

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Such a shock.
And such a sight.

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And so he.
Comes into the tent.

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And as we said in our final
closing it remarks we saw him

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understand for the first time
has not.

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Yahweh gone out.
Before thee.

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And he sees that Yahweh will
sell Sisera into the hand of a

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woman, and he.
It all dawns on him that God is

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in control.
That God has the power, That

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God.
Can work with anyone and he

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comes into an understanding of
all of this and it says

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therefore in verse. 23 of Judges
Chapter 4.

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So God subdued.
On that day, Jabin the king of

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Canaan.
Before the children of Israel.

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In the.
Hand of the Children.

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Of Israel prospered and
prevailed against Jabin king of

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Canaan, until they had destroyed
Jabin king of Canaan.

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Now, brothers.
And sisters, we could read that

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very quickly and skip the
significance of that few verses

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because brothers and sisters
who.

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Has Beiraq been fighting?
Bairat wasn’t.

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Fighting Jabin, King of Canaan
as such in this story.

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In the previous few verses, who
had been fighting?

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The answer was he’d been been
fighting Sistra and his entire

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army.
Why does the record now say so?

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God subdued.
On that day, Jabin, king of

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Canaan.
Well, you see, I.

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Think what happens next is
remarkable BC the battle against

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Sisera was actually just a
prelude to the main event.

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It was the the the battle
against Sisera was the main

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course dessert remained and it
was the dessert that was

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reserved for Jabin, king of
Canaan.

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Because you see, what now
happens is Bayrak.

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Seized God’s hand amongst the
nation.

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And now he’s inspired beyond
belief to rally the troops to

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take back the entire territory
that Jabin had stolen.

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And that they might.
Seize their inheritance.

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That the appearance had failed
to grasp.

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And so Javen, as a catalyst now
sees the opportunity to finish

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once and for all what his
parents had failed to achieve.

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And so it says in the record,
the hand of the children of

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Israel prospered and prevailed.
And really means, like it says

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in the margin, was going as they
were going.

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They went and it was hard, and
it was hard against Jaber, king

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of Canaan.
Why?

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You see, because the initial
battle had been won, but the

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war.
Was not over and the Bairak now

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with the with the help of the
nation of Israel that now joined

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him, now reverses the 20 year
oppression that they had been

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mightily oppressed by.
And Bairak led his people from

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being a hesitant commander to
being the ultimate leader to

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overthrow Jaber, King of Canaan.
It didn’t end brothers and

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sisters and young people with
sisters death.

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It ended when they finally had
taken all their faithless

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parents had failed to take.
But I want you to notice

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something remarkable.
Because this is true leadership.

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Brothers, sisters, you read
carefully what it says in verse

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23 and 24 again.
So God subdued.

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On that day.
You see, they now could see

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God’s hand, and he subdued the
Jabin king of Canaan before who?

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Before the children of Israel
and the hand of the children of

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Israel prospered.
You see, this wasn’t Bairak.

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Brothers and sisters and young
people course Bayreq’s there,

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course Deborah’s there.
But Bayreq’s leadership had now

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inspired a nation to stand up
themselves and to take control.

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See the power of what we’re
reading in Genesis in Judges

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chapter 4.
You see, where’s Bayreq in the

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verse?
The answer was well, he was

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leading them.
But the record?

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Wants to point out for us that
Bayreq had learnt his lesson on

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what leadership was all about.
Then the children of Israel

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understood.
Their role in what it was all

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about, because they stepped
forward like Bayrek, could step

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forward and execute exactly what
God wanted.

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Bayrek had learned the
fundamental lesson of true

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leadership, hadn’t he?
That true leadership is all

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about service, not glory.
He had led his people, Deborah

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and Yahweh taught Bairek on that
day that in order for God to be

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honoured, for order God to be
glorified, self, human pride and

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human achievement had to be
taken to a back seat and.

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Thrown under the bus, brought
under subjection so that others

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might be motivated to lead, so
that others might take their

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role and responsibility, so that
others might understand the

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purpose of God.
You see, true leadership is

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about service, not glory.
And to Bayrack’s credit, buzzing

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sisters and young people, he
understood that for the first

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time.
Wasn’t about him.

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Bayrack took the whole thing.
Was about him at the beginning.

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But now everything was obvious
and motivated by Yahweh’s

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deliverance on that day.
He steps aside as He leads the

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nation and they take their
position.

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It’s a remarkable story, isn’t
it, by the sisters?

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Of what true leadership can
really do and inspire.

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And so now Deborah and Bayrick
come back in Judges chapter.

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Five after the the battle
against Jabin, king of Canaan,

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after they had seized their
inheritance and Deborah and

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Bayrack sing a song fully
inspired by their.

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Victory over both Sisera and all
his hosts, and narrow against

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over Jabin and his entire
empire.

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Having secured all that
territory, they come back to

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open their mouth and to praise
their God and to.

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Bless the people that had
offered themselves willingly in

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God’s service and this song.
Is a both song of praise.

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Praise to God for what He
accomplished.

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It was a song of thanks, thanks
to the brethren who volunteered

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and jeopardised their lives.
It’s going to be a song of

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reprimand where reprimanding
those who refused and ignored to

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help their brethren.
It’s going to be a song of

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blessing to bless jail for her
courage and her zeal.

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And it’s going to be a finally,
at the very end of petition,

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requesting for God’s enemies to
be annihilated to the support

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all those who fight to seize
their inheritance.

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That’s really the breakdown.
Of the song Buzzing Sisters.

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Praise, thanks, reprimand,
blessing, and petition.

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And so we’re introduced in verse
2 to the theme of volunteer

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leadership.
And in verse three to five,

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we’re going to see the.
Power of God’s.

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Presence like in times of old,
like in.

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Past times and then verses 6 to
8, we’re going to see the

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context.
That have arrived that the

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battles.
Nestled.

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Within what was it like during
the time?

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So what was it so remarkable
about their work?

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And their achievement?
Then we’re going to see the

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blessing that Deborah gives and
Bayrack gives for those that

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volunteered and the cursing.
Therefore, in verses 15 to 20,

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three of those.
That did not the slackers that

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chose to ignore the call.
And verses 24 to 27 is the

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blessing feat for Jail’s heroic.
Actions.

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Verses 28 to 30 is the picture
of the ultimate.

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Destruction of sister.
‘S mum, which we’ll consider on

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Thursday night, and then finally
the summary that God might

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totally support.
All.

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Those who fought their enemies.
And so we pick up the story in

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this song in verse one then sang
Deborah and Bayrek, the son of

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Ebenoam on that on that day
saying praise ye Yahweh for the

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avenging of Israel when the
people willingly offered

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themselves Jeno.
We’ll come back to this.

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If you want this breakdown,
we’ll put it up at the end.

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OK, So I’ll carry on.
Otherwise we might be here a bit

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later than we need to and I want
to stick to time tonight if we

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can so.
There’s a connection between the

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leadership and the volunteers
and for.

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How it work?
You see so.

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Praise Yahweh for the avenging
of Israel when the people

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willingly offered themselves.
And it’s better translated.

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For the revealing of leadership
in.

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Israel for the volunteering.
Of the people.

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It’s better translated that way
for the.

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Revealing of leadership.
In Israel for the volunteering

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of the people.
And so hopefully you can see

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that I’m not just making it up
that this whole thing’s about

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leadership, because Deborah’s
telling us exactly that.

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That was a challenge.
That was the issue.

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It’s all about leadership and
what God did on this in this

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particular occasion is reveal
the leadership.

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That was required amongst the
people and they responded by

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volunteering and Deborah sees
these two things.

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Go hand in hand together.
As to.

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How this victory?
Was actually encompassed.

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And she wants to thank.
Or they both want to thank

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Yahweh.
That in this leadership vacuum

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that God had supported people to
stand up, to inspire one another

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so that they volunteered and a
response amongst His people

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occurred.
And what was the thing that she

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was so thankful?
For.

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Outside of just God, but that
the people willingly.

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Offered.
Themselves, you see, it was when

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leadership was restored and
demonstrated that faithful

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examples also came up of courage
and that stirred a response

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amongst.
The people that willingly gave

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themselves.
And I want you to notice

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something about my sisters.
Look what she sees when the

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people she praised the Yahweh
for the avenging of Israel, when

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the people willingly offered
themselves, you see?

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We’ve got to read that a little
bit.

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Carefully, because it means more
than what it sees.

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Because when it sees.
They offered themselves, they

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didn’t just volunteer.
What does it mean that they

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offered themselves?
They didn’t just volunteer, it

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means they volunteered their
lives.

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That’s what it really means.
They volunteered their they

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willingly offered themselves.
They put themselves up.

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As a.
Sacrifice they willingly gave.

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Themselves, says Deborah and
Bayrick.

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And the point, brothers and
sisters, is that Deborah and

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Bayrack and Jail’s example had
inspired others to stand up in

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the to join that fight to
eradicate Jabin’s army and

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restore the the control of the
territory that they had lost.

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And I want you to notice
carefully who.

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Deborah and Bayrack are singing
the song to Who are they singing

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the song to?
Verse 3 here O ye kings.

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And give ear.
O ye Princess.

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Even I, I will sing unto Yahweh,
I will sing praise to Yahweh,

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Elohim of Israel.
Who’s she singing to?

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To kings and to Princess.
Now hang on a minute, there’s no

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kings in Israel.
At this time.

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Therefore, there’s no Princess.
In Israel at this time.

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So who’s she singing?
To brother and sisters.

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Well, I think that Deborah and
Bayrak were singing.

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Not.
To the people of Israel, but a

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warning to every.
Other neighbouring oppressive

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nation that.
Their kings and their Princess

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might listen up to what was
about to hit them next.

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They wanted them and all the
enemies of Yahweh to stand up

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and be ready.
Because.

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Oh boy, this was coming to their
territory next.

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They wanted to inspire all the
others tribes across the nation

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of Israel to fulfil the mission
that they’d failed to finish and

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Joshua 23 and Judges won to
seize their inheritance

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completely.
Deborah and Babrik wanted to put

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the.
Kings and Princess of the

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Philistines, the Canaanites, the
Sidonians and the Hivites on

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notice because their days were
numbered.

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Do you know?
That’s true.

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You know how I know that’s true,
brothers and sisters?

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You turn to the last.
Verse of this song look what

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Deborah says is he finishes the
song so.

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Let all thine enemies perish, O
Yahweh.

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But let them that love him be as
the.

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Son.
When he goes forth.

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In his might you see this song
wasn’t a song sung to the nation

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of Israel.
This.

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Was a song sung to all the
nations around them as a warning

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to what was about to be seen on
their back door.

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If only this inspiration might
occur that Judah and Benjamin

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might continue the fight, and
that all the rest of the nations

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might now roll back on their
inheritances.

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And they’re singing to Yahweh
Elohim of Israel, the memorial

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name of Yahweh, the memorial
name that represented God’s

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faithfulness to maintain His
promises and the fact that He

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would protect His people from
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Yahweh Elohim of Israel given at
the burning Bush that Israel

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would never.
Be consumed and so now, brothers

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and sisters.
Deborah and Bayrek address God

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Himself.
Verse 4.

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Yahweh, they say.
When thou wintest out of Seer,

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when thou marchest out of the
field of Edom, the earth

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trembled, and the heavens
dropped in the clouds, though

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they.
‘D also dropped water, and the

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mountains mounted from before
Yahweh, even that Sinai from

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before Yahweh.
Elohim of Israel and Deborah now

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builds a picture.
Of what had happened as God.

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Arrives at Mount Tabor and yet
in a way, brothers and sisters,

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as we saw in our last class,
she’s.

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Alluding to another.
Song of another remarkable

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leader in Israel and the song of
Moses in Deuteronian, chapter

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33.
I want you to come back with me

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now to Deuteronomy chapter 33,
and I’m going to show you.

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How Deborah is using the Song of
Moses.

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And the and the environment and
the context to which Moses sings

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the song in the way in which
Deborah sees how this all links

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as part of God’s purpose.
Deuteronomy 33 what’s the

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context of Deuteronomy 33
doesn’t says this well, Jeremy

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32 has got Moses just finishing
singing the nation and and just

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talking about the situation at
the end of the wilderness

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wanderings on the borders of the
promised land and he’s just

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finished telling them what was
going to happen.

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He’s been telling them about
their deliverance from Egypt,

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the way in which God provided
for provided for them and the

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food and how that he brought
them into a fruitful land and

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the promotion therefore of
Israel was going to.

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Be as the head of the nations
and that they were going to ride

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on the high places of the earth
as Yahweh’s people.

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And that’s the point of chapter
32 is look at what God can do

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for you.
And he turns in Jeremy 33 and he

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turns to bless the people.
Look what he says in verse one.

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And this is the blessing
wherewith Moses the man of God

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blesses the children of Israel
before his death.

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And what does he say?
And he said, Yahweh came from

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Mount Sinai and rose up from
from seer unto them.

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He shined forth from Mount Poran
and came with 10,000 of his

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Saints, and from his right hand
went a fiery law for them.

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Yeah, he loved the people.
All his Saints are in thy hand,

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and they sat down at thy feet,
everyone.

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Shall receive.
Of thy words.

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And So what Moses does, brother,
sisters, is he blesses the

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people.
He says, oh, I see Israel about

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to embark upon the escapades
amongst the nation right there.

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They are on the borders of the
promised land and he sees them

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about to burst out.
He says to them, he says, oh,

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you’re this.
I see this working in exactly

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the same way as they came out of
Egypt.

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They.
They’re going to burst forth in.

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Full glory even as Yahweh came
from Mount Sier and descended

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upon Mount Sinai, and he came
with 10,000 of Saints in full

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glory to give.
Them the fiery law.

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Now we see brothers and sisters.
Why?

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Perhaps God asks Bayrak to go
and collect.

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Why 10,000 men and go up to the
top of mount table?

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Why did God ask Bairac to
collect?

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10,000 men.
The answer was brothers and

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sisters, is that debut and
Bairac saw what transpired as

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the nation left the bondage of
Egypt and they threw off the

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shackles of the Pharaoh that had
oppressed them and pursued

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across the wilderness into
seizing their inheritance.

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As this flood that came out and
the majesty and the splendor

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that came as Yahweh was seen and
his Saints was going to be seen

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once more amongst the nation to
save his people and that God

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would restore his law amongst
them once again.

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That’s how they received the
song.

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You see the parallel as stark,
isn’t it?

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Here’s the similarities to the
Exodus.

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You see Judges chapter 4 and
verse 3.

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The people’s deliverance occurs
from bondage and oppression.

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It’s exactly the same in the
time of Moses.

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There was a.
Reluctance of a leader to

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respond, just as it was in the
time of Bairek, and as with

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Moses and Aaron, there was
therefore the support that would

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be provided for them in the
wilderness by the Kenites, in

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exactly the same way as the
story of Judges.

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She saw that there would be a
deliverance from horsemen and

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Chariots and Chariots being
rendered useless by water, just

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like it was.
In the Exodus.

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And that God’s promise of
deliverance would actually

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happen.
And there was foretold, just

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like it had.
Done during the time of Moses,

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as in the time of Bay Rack, and
now there was complete.

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Destruction.
On that battlefield, there was

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not a man left.
Quote UN quote.

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Exodus 14 verse 28.
You couldn’t.

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Miss it, mother and sisters.
See Deborah and Bayrack.

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See all of the story of Judges
4:00 and 5:00 as a repeat.

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A rinse and repeat by God of the
events of Yahweh’s majestic

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deliverance in the establishment
of His Kingdom and law and order

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being put once more amongst His
people.

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It’s remark.
Wasn’t Mother sisters what

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Deborah and Bayrack could see as
they looked at the story?

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We see it all.
Over again.

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That God will always look out
for his people and back in the

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story in Judges chapter. 5.
Deborah and Bayrack look back at

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the nation and I wanted to
compare both the state that they

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saw that Yahweh would create
and.

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Manage for them.
Versus the state that they had

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been in, and you couldn’t get a
more stark contrast, could you?

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Because they come back and
judges chapter 4 and verse 6

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when they go in the days of
Shamgar the son of Anath and the

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days of jail, the highways are
unoccupied.

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The travellers walk through
byways, leadership ceased.

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Or the inhabitants of the
villages.

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The word villages as chief or
rulers.

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There was no rulership.
Seen.

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In.
Israel.

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They ceased all over the land.
Until that I, Deborah, arose.

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I arose a mother.
In Israel there was no one to be

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seen, no volunteers, no people,
no Saints, no. 10,000 men, no.

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Yahweh manifesto no.
It was a.

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Disaster.
What they saw Highways were

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empty, no travellers could be
seen.

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Everyone was hiding.
It was so bad that any form of

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leadership had ceased until.
Deborah stood up.

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The mother in Israel, as we’ve
already looked at before.

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The nourisher of the nation and
so Deborah saw that need for

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leadership.
Examples of faith were trying to

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stand stand up sham guard stood
up and sloon men Ihad had stood

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up, but the nation had fallen
into disarray.

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No one following the people were
unresponsive.

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Why?
Why were they unresponsible?

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Verse 8.
Says well, they’d chosen new

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gods they went following Yahweh
Elohim of Israel they’d chosen.

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New Gods.
And there was.

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War in the gates They’d chosen
new gods.

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They’d disregarded the warning
of Moses and Jeremy. 32 verses

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16 to 21 where he had said to.
Them you be careful else and not

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don’t turn to idolatry, else
there’ll be war amongst you.

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And sure enough, bang, here it
was.

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War was now there in their
gates, brothers and.

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Sisters is a massive lesson.
For us isn’t there and that.

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If we’re not.
Contributing to our ecclesias

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and volunteering.
We have to ask ourselves the

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question, why not?
If we’re not doing anything in

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our ecclesia, you have to ask
the question, why not?

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Do you know the number one
reason why we often don’t

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volunteer?
Is quite simply, we’re serving

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ourselves.
We’re not serving others and

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we’ve got to remove self and
we’ve got to serve.

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We’ve got to check which God
we’re actually serving.

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What are we doing?
In Aracleses, other sisters and

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young people, if we’re not
contributing to Aracleses and

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the answer is we’re choosing new
gods and there will be war in

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the gate.
There’s another reason for the

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reluctance to volunteer.
What does it say in verse 8?

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They chose new gods.
There was war in the gates.

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Was there a shield or a spear?
Seen amongst 40,000 in Israel.

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They had no.
Weapons of war, as we said they

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were.
Fighting tanks with toothpicks.

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Why was there no.
Why was there no weapons of war

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amongst the nation?
We know why.

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Because they’re chosen other
gods, but there’s a fool.

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Because in the face of this sort
of opposition in challenge, they

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stepped up to show great
leadership and gave of

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themselves.
They gave their lives willingly.

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And look at who these people
were.

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Bell and Sisters verse 9 sees my
heart.

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Is toward the governors of
Israel that offered themselves

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willingly among the people.
Bless ye Yahweh, who were these

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00:27:06,160 –> 00:27:09,400
willing volunteers.
My heart is towards every word

440
00:27:09,400 –> 00:27:13,320
for governors means to cut or to
engrave, or to inscribe or to

441
00:27:13,320 –> 00:27:16,800
mark out.
It’s probably better translated

442
00:27:16,800 –> 00:27:21,960
the law givers.
It’s the same word in in verse

443
00:27:21,960 –> 00:27:25,600
14 when we’re given more detail
when he says in verse 14 or she

444
00:27:25,600 –> 00:27:29,760
says those.
That handle the pen of the

445
00:27:29,760 –> 00:27:33,000
writer.
Those that.

446
00:27:33,000 –> 00:27:36,840
Handle the pen of the writer.
Who were these people?

447
00:27:37,640 –> 00:27:40,000
We see?
These were the scribes.

448
00:27:40,600 –> 00:27:43,680
Who, like Israel, were the
recorders?

449
00:27:44,200 –> 00:27:46,840
Of history.
And therefore we’re the.

450
00:27:46,840 –> 00:27:50,240
Bible students of the law and an
understanding of the truth.

451
00:27:50,400 –> 00:27:53,600
These are the ones that kept the
record of the history and that

452
00:27:53,600 –> 00:27:57,760
wrote out the law and expounded
its message for the people.

453
00:27:59,320 –> 00:28:01,280
Why is that fascinating?
Bill and systems?

454
00:28:01,280 –> 00:28:06,880
Well, what’s fascinating about
that is that the governors put

455
00:28:06,880 –> 00:28:13,600
down their pens pens to pick up
swords.

456
00:28:15,560 –> 00:28:17,200
Just in case you were wondering
what we were talking about.

457
00:28:17,960 –> 00:28:21,560
They put down their pens to pick
up swords for the sake of the

458
00:28:21,560 –> 00:28:26,960
tree, and they did this to stand
up for what was right against

459
00:28:26,960 –> 00:28:30,120
Sisra and his army.
To get rid of the surrounding

460
00:28:30,120 –> 00:28:33,360
tribes and the residue of
Jabin’s iron grip and restore

461
00:28:33,360 –> 00:28:39,200
the land and its territory back
to its rightful owners in the

462
00:28:39,200 –> 00:28:43,240
magnificent spirit of their
willingness to offer their lives

463
00:28:43,240 –> 00:28:45,640
and sacrifice of God and their
brethren.

464
00:28:45,640 –> 00:28:47,960
Is is something that was
amazing.

465
00:28:49,920 –> 00:28:52,840
They understood the need for
sacrifice.

466
00:28:54,200 –> 00:28:56,040
But I want to notice something
else about these governors.

467
00:28:56,040 –> 00:28:58,640
Look at this they they offered
themselves, and look what it

468
00:28:58,640 –> 00:29:03,520
sees in the word among.
The people Do you know what that

469
00:29:03,520 –> 00:29:05,680
word is?
One single word in the Hebrew

470
00:29:05,680 –> 00:29:09,520
that means they offered
themselves as a unit.

471
00:29:10,400 –> 00:29:13,440
They offered themselves as a
congregation.

472
00:29:14,600 –> 00:29:16,600
What’s the point of the record,
brothers and sisters?

473
00:29:16,720 –> 00:29:20,560
Well, the point of the record is
that this group of scribes and

474
00:29:20,560 –> 00:29:26,400
Bible students came and gave
themselves as a unified

475
00:29:26,400 –> 00:29:30,480
congregation.
They’d agreed as a group to

476
00:29:30,480 –> 00:29:34,200
respond and with a common.
Purpose and a common.

477
00:29:34,200 –> 00:29:38,600
Goal together they marched, at
Bayrak’s request to assist in

478
00:29:38,600 –> 00:29:42,760
the destruction of Sisera and
Jabin prepared to give their.

479
00:29:42,760 –> 00:29:51,760
Lives as an offering for the
cause this spirit is what made

480
00:29:51,760 –> 00:29:57,440
Deborah and Bayrak sing their
hearts out and to call out to

481
00:29:57,600 –> 00:30:01,400
everyone in Israel to have a.
Look at these wonderful examples

482
00:30:01,400 –> 00:30:07,800
who willingly gave their lives.
And Deborah Bayrick now.

483
00:30:08,080 –> 00:30:11,160
Call to all the classes of
Israel so that they might

484
00:30:11,160 –> 00:30:14,040
understand now the freedom and
acknowledge the freedom that

485
00:30:14,040 –> 00:30:17,560
they all now experienced from
being bound and bondage and not

486
00:30:17,560 –> 00:30:20,720
able to walk around to now.
That now they say to all.

487
00:30:20,720 –> 00:30:23,160
Those that ride and those that
sit and those that walk.

488
00:30:23,160 –> 00:30:26,120
You you guys that have got
freedom, I want you to now

489
00:30:26,120 –> 00:30:30,440
understand where this came from.
I want you to attribute.

490
00:30:30,440 –> 00:30:34,680
The freedom and praise those who
have volunteered and look at the

491
00:30:34,680 –> 00:30:37,160
classes.
That’s that they called out.

492
00:30:37,960 –> 00:30:41,400
To the upper class, to the rich,
and to the travellers, there’s

493
00:30:41,400 –> 00:30:43,840
three.
Classes in verse 10 speak ye

494
00:30:44,200 –> 00:30:49,360
that ride on white asses, that
ride on these costly animals,

495
00:30:49,440 –> 00:30:53,320
the upper class, the ones that
are riding around and enjoying

496
00:30:53,320 –> 00:30:58,200
that freedom, the horse riders,
the pony club people.

497
00:30:59,120 –> 00:31:02,520
Sorry, you’ve got ponies.
I’ve got one but I’m not one of

498
00:31:02,520 –> 00:31:07,440
these, but these are the but
those that ride on white horses.

499
00:31:07,440 –> 00:31:09,800
I’ve got a Gray 1 so long way up
so it’s all good.

500
00:31:10,600 –> 00:31:15,800
The rich, the second class,
Those that sit in judgement.

501
00:31:15,800 –> 00:31:19,320
Actually the word judgements.
Better translated garments.

502
00:31:20,120 –> 00:31:22,680
Those that sit on garments.
These are the ones that were

503
00:31:22,680 –> 00:31:25,280
resting.
At home on the splendid tapestry

504
00:31:25,280 –> 00:31:33,480
and carpets, the rich in their
sealed houses, and those that

505
00:31:33,480 –> 00:31:35,720
walk by the way.
This is the travellers, those

506
00:31:35,720 –> 00:31:38,160
the common people that walked
around the around the world,

507
00:31:38,200 –> 00:31:40,840
around all over Israel.
Now the freedom that they could

508
00:31:40,840 –> 00:31:43,800
experience the riding, the
sitting and The Walking.

509
00:31:44,000 –> 00:31:45,040
They had a.
Freedom now.

510
00:31:45,040 –> 00:31:48,080
And they were all now to ponder
why.

511
00:31:48,640 –> 00:31:53,800
They were free, and so they say
in verse 11.

512
00:31:54,320 –> 00:31:56,520
They that are delivered.
From the noise of the arches in

513
00:31:56,520 –> 00:31:59,040
the places of the drawing of
water, there shall they rehearse

514
00:31:59,040 –> 00:32:01,880
the righteous acts of Yahweh,
even the righteous acts towards

515
00:32:01,880 –> 00:32:03,520
the inhabitants.
Of his villages.

516
00:32:03,920 –> 00:32:08,920
In Israel and this verse has
puzzled many of the translators.

517
00:32:10,480 –> 00:32:12,720
And so trying to piece it
together, I think it’s it’s

518
00:32:12,840 –> 00:32:14,120
it’s.
Quite difficult, but I think in

519
00:32:14,120 –> 00:32:18,080
the context the best.
Way to translate that sort of

520
00:32:18,080 –> 00:32:25,840
reads as best as as this.
From the sound of those who have

521
00:32:25,840 –> 00:32:32,960
been liberated at the watering
holes, there they celebrate and

522
00:32:32,960 –> 00:32:36,200
recall the righteous acts of
Yahweh.

523
00:32:36,560 –> 00:32:40,200
The.
Righteous acts of leaders in

524
00:32:40,400 –> 00:32:42,680
Israel.
I think that’s the best way.

525
00:32:42,680 –> 00:32:45,520
To translate that verse and what
Deborah and Babe are trying to

526
00:32:45,520 –> 00:32:48,080
say.
That the sound of everyone

527
00:32:48,080 –> 00:32:51,560
singing was supposed to be done
at the meeting place where they

528
00:32:51,640 –> 00:32:54,520
all got together at the watering
holes and they could there

529
00:32:54,520 –> 00:32:58,280
celebrate and recall the the
wonderful things that got the

530
00:32:58,280 –> 00:33:02,040
righteous acts that Yahweh had
done and the righteous acts of

531
00:33:02,040 –> 00:33:04,920
the leaders in Israel was both
God’s acts and those that had

532
00:33:05,040 –> 00:33:09,360
volunteered.
You see, the whole nation had

533
00:33:09,360 –> 00:33:14,120
good reason to reflect as the
leaders and warriors returned

534
00:33:14,120 –> 00:33:17,800
home to consider the mighty
acts.

535
00:33:18,080 –> 00:33:19,760
That Yahweh had achieved that
had.

536
00:33:19,760 –> 00:33:23,200
Performed amongst them and the
wonderful example that these

537
00:33:23,200 –> 00:33:28,200
warriors had given in standing.
Up for what was right and for

538
00:33:28,200 –> 00:33:32,120
fighting the cause so that the
nation might be liberated and to

539
00:33:32,120 –> 00:33:34,360
enjoy the freedom that they now
experienced.

540
00:33:35,520 –> 00:33:42,960
Then she sees shall the people
of Yahweh go down to the gates.

541
00:33:43,480 –> 00:33:46,600
And the transition is so, so
obvious, isn’t it?

542
00:33:46,600 –> 00:33:50,520
Between the fact and verse 8,
when there was war in the gates,

543
00:33:50,840 –> 00:33:55,200
now there’s freedom so that they
can easily travel to the gates.

544
00:33:56,040 –> 00:33:59,800
In verse 11 they can sing it to
the watering hogs outside and

545
00:33:59,800 –> 00:34:02,440
they can all now.
Meet the gate of the city, the

546
00:34:02,440 –> 00:34:08,040
place where everything happened,
because now they could go and

547
00:34:08,280 –> 00:34:12,719
inherit the cities that they had
lost.

548
00:34:13,400 –> 00:34:15,520
They truly had reason.
To sing to my brothers and

549
00:34:15,520 –> 00:34:19,320
sisters and young people for the
wonderful things that Yahweh had

550
00:34:19,320 –> 00:34:24,480
done.
But now Deborah and Bayrack turn

551
00:34:24,480 –> 00:34:28,679
their attention to the willing
volunteers, the the people’s

552
00:34:28,679 –> 00:34:31,120
response to the calling for
help.

553
00:34:31,120 –> 00:34:35,480
There were two types of
responses, brothers and sisters.

554
00:34:36,280 –> 00:34:40,520
There were those who came and
there were those that didn’t.

555
00:34:43,000 –> 00:34:48,400
And when the call came in verse
12 and 13, it came starkly

556
00:34:48,480 –> 00:34:51,320
awake.
Verse 12 awake Deborah awake,

557
00:34:51,320 –> 00:34:55,840
awake other song arise by rack
and lead thy captivity captive

558
00:34:56,159 –> 00:34:58,000
their son of Amandol.
And then what happens?

559
00:34:58,000 –> 00:35:03,320
His verse 13 Then he made him
that remaineth have dominion

560
00:35:03,320 –> 00:35:04,880
over the nobles among the
people.

561
00:35:04,880 –> 00:35:09,360
Yahweh made me have dominion.
Over the mighty and you see this

562
00:35:09,360 –> 00:35:11,920
is Bayrak now singing, I believe
of.

563
00:35:11,920 –> 00:35:17,160
What actually happened in the
story Bayrak was to lead those

564
00:35:17,480 –> 00:35:20,680
who were both shook and awake,
and Bayrak now was to lead those

565
00:35:20,840 –> 00:35:25,080
that had held them in captivity
and to lead them captive.

566
00:35:25,760 –> 00:35:28,840
God’s people had been held in
captivity by Jabin and by

567
00:35:28,840 –> 00:35:32,760
Sisera, and now the cool came to
take those that had held them

568
00:35:32,760 –> 00:35:38,640
captive, captive themselves.
And we saw this, well, sorry, we

569
00:35:38,640 –> 00:35:41,680
will see that this wonderful
expression in our final exhort

570
00:35:41,680 –> 00:35:44,480
captures the remarkable
symbology and work of our Lord

571
00:35:44,480 –> 00:35:50,080
Jesus Christ and how Paul says
it should drive us to respond in

572
00:35:50,080 –> 00:35:52,280
volunteering amongst our
ecclesias.

573
00:35:53,640 –> 00:35:57,120
So who did Bayrak lead?
Who did responded to the core?

574
00:35:57,120 –> 00:36:02,560
Well, verse 13 says it was him
that remaineth.

575
00:36:04,040 –> 00:36:08,120
Not everybody responded.
Only a portion of people came,

576
00:36:08,680 –> 00:36:10,160
but those people.
He sees.

577
00:36:10,160 –> 00:36:11,960
Look what it says.
They are noted.

578
00:36:12,240 –> 00:36:14,600
As calling.
The people.

579
00:36:15,360 –> 00:36:21,080
Of Yahweh, the people of Yahweh,
that’s who came.

580
00:36:22,160 –> 00:36:26,640
Yahweh made him that remainer
have dominion over the people.

581
00:36:26,640 –> 00:36:30,080
A remnant are going to come, a
faithful remnant who

582
00:36:30,080 –> 00:36:31,840
volunteered.
Who are going to put their?

583
00:36:31,840 –> 00:36:35,760
Life on the line to save their.
Brethren and brothers and

584
00:36:35,760 –> 00:36:41,600
sisters throughout time, this is
forever been true, hasn’t it?

585
00:36:42,280 –> 00:36:45,560
It’s always a remnant that has
responded and remained.

586
00:36:45,560 –> 00:36:48,480
Faithful to Yahweh have the
Levites who turn in Exodus

587
00:36:48,480 –> 00:36:52,240
chapter. 32 The Nethanim in the
time of Nehemiah Daniel and his

588
00:36:52,240 –> 00:36:54,760
three friends, and the friends
surrounding them in captivity.

589
00:36:54,760 –> 00:36:58,440
The remnant that came in the
exile is always a remnant that

590
00:36:58,440 –> 00:37:01,640
returns and that I’m motivated.
It’s not.

591
00:37:01,840 –> 00:37:05,840
Everybody.
So where did these people come

592
00:37:05,840 –> 00:37:09,200
from and what was their
motivation?

593
00:37:09,240 –> 00:37:19,680
Well, verse 14 says it came
first out of Ephraim, you see.

594
00:37:20,920 –> 00:37:25,760
It first came from the tribe of
Ephraim, but only a few of them.

595
00:37:25,760 –> 00:37:29,800
A root of them.
A root out of Ephraim, verse 14

596
00:37:29,800 –> 00:37:32,880
out of the root of Ephraim was
there a root of them against

597
00:37:32,880 –> 00:37:35,760
Amalek?
After the Benjamin among thy

598
00:37:35,760 –> 00:37:39,720
people, out of Maker came down
the governors, out of Zebulun,

599
00:37:39,720 –> 00:37:42,960
them that handled the pen, and
the Princess of Iska with

600
00:37:42,960 –> 00:37:45,480
Deborah, even Iska and also
Bayrich.

601
00:37:46,200 –> 00:37:50,280
And they were sent, or he was
sent on foot into the valley.

602
00:37:51,400 –> 00:37:54,120
But it was this, it was a
remnant of the tribe of Ephraim.

603
00:37:54,480 –> 00:37:57,960
It was a few who had been
instrumental that had taken

604
00:37:57,960 –> 00:38:01,840
their own inheritance.
There was a root of them against

605
00:38:01,840 –> 00:38:04,200
Amalek.
Why are we told that detail?

606
00:38:04,200 –> 00:38:06,480
Brill and sisters?
So we’re told that there was a

607
00:38:06,480 –> 00:38:11,040
group of men that were
constantly fighting Amalek

608
00:38:11,040 –> 00:38:13,120
amongst their own tribe and
their own inheritance.

609
00:38:14,080 –> 00:38:19,160
They’ve been battling Amalek and
they choose to respond.

610
00:38:19,160 –> 00:38:24,720
If there was anyone busy, it was
these guys, and they stood up

611
00:38:26,280 –> 00:38:28,840
and realized the need of what
was going to be.

612
00:38:28,840 –> 00:38:31,520
Required.
They’re the 1st to come.

613
00:38:32,000 –> 00:38:34,960
Because they’ve got the
experience first hand in

614
00:38:34,960 –> 00:38:37,560
fighting against the Canaanites
out of the.

615
00:38:37,560 –> 00:38:41,440
Root of Amalek those that come
see they had seen the need and

616
00:38:41,440 –> 00:38:44,240
the benefits of removing and
eradicating the enemies from

617
00:38:44,240 –> 00:38:46,840
their own territories.
And so they are the first ones

618
00:38:46,840 –> 00:38:51,680
who respond to help those to
fight against the Canaanites and

619
00:38:51,680 –> 00:38:56,200
their example of leadership and
their experience now inspires

620
00:38:56,200 –> 00:39:00,160
and encourages the tribe of
Benjamin to join the and to join

621
00:39:00,160 –> 00:39:04,760
and respond because it says and
after thee Benjamin among thy

622
00:39:04,800 –> 00:39:07,960
people.
You see they stood up as a unit.

623
00:39:08,240 –> 00:39:11,640
Benjamin is an entire unit comes
as the same word in verse nine

624
00:39:11,920 –> 00:39:14,840
among the people they stand up
as a congregation.

625
00:39:14,840 –> 00:39:18,920
Benjamin come unified and one
accord to assist their brethren

626
00:39:19,920 –> 00:39:23,160
and not only hit.
Ephraim’s example encourage

627
00:39:23,160 –> 00:39:28,120
Benjamin who are South of them.
It also now conspires the half

628
00:39:28,120 –> 00:39:32,080
tribe of Manasseh next to them
on the West.

629
00:39:32,080 –> 00:39:35,640
Side of of Jordan.
Because from Mccur.

630
00:39:35,640 –> 00:39:40,840
It says came those down the
governors and out of.

631
00:39:40,840 –> 00:39:44,520
Zebulun then that handle the pen
from Mccur see.

632
00:39:44,760 –> 00:39:46,720
Manasseh has two inheritance,
one on the.

633
00:39:47,160 –> 00:39:49,160
Eastern side and one on the
western side.

634
00:39:49,160 –> 00:39:52,080
Only 1/2 is going to respond,
the other half is not.

635
00:39:53,000 –> 00:39:56,040
And so those that were living on
the western side of the river

636
00:39:56,040 –> 00:39:59,000
Jordan, those that were there
with Benjamin and with Ephraim

637
00:39:59,000 –> 00:40:02,600
and the half tribe of Manassa,
all come to respond.

638
00:40:03,440 –> 00:40:06,200
And Zebulun, they come forth,
the governors of those that

639
00:40:06,200 –> 00:40:08,800
handle the pen.
And whilst they weren’t weren’t

640
00:40:08,800 –> 00:40:12,200
necessarily rulers, brothers and
sisters in their tribe, the word

641
00:40:12,200 –> 00:40:16,640
for governors being the writers.
The example of Ephraim had

642
00:40:16,640 –> 00:40:21,320
inspired Bible students who
understood their history and

643
00:40:21,320 –> 00:40:25,120
appreciated the law.
They came.

644
00:40:25,880 –> 00:40:27,960
To fight.
Out the Canaanites.

645
00:40:28,360 –> 00:40:31,720
It was the inspired Bible
students who understood what

646
00:40:31,720 –> 00:40:36,040
needed to be done and.
They dropped the pen and pick up

647
00:40:36,040 –> 00:40:40,360
the sword.
Willing to respond to the call.

648
00:40:42,640 –> 00:40:44,120
This is what Bayrek had
mustered.

649
00:40:44,400 –> 00:40:47,120
This is who?
He had now encouraged and on.

650
00:40:47,120 –> 00:40:52,280
Foot this group 10,000 men.
Are going to March down Mount

651
00:40:52,280 –> 00:40:56,640
Table and begin a battle and
willingly offer themselves and

652
00:40:56,640 –> 00:41:00,240
their lives.
And Deborah had inspired.

653
00:41:00,600 –> 00:41:05,040
The leaders with Ithaca to be
with her and together they all

654
00:41:05,040 –> 00:41:08,160
assembled to take out.
Sisera and his army.

655
00:41:10,040 –> 00:41:11,760
No.
Brothers and sisters, it’s a

656
00:41:11,760 –> 00:41:17,760
remarkable response, isn’t it?
That cascades when true

657
00:41:17,760 –> 00:41:23,960
leadership often occurs.
You see, Deborah Stanza inspires

658
00:41:24,400 –> 00:41:28,960
Bairek inspires Ephraim.
Ephraim inspires Benjamin

659
00:41:28,960 –> 00:41:30,520
Benjamin.
Inspires the Half Tribe of

660
00:41:30,520 –> 00:41:32,320
America.
Zebulon com.

661
00:41:33,160 –> 00:41:37,040
And the Princess of Iska.
And you see, this is what

662
00:41:37,040 –> 00:41:38,800
leadership does.
It inspires.

663
00:41:38,800 –> 00:41:42,080
People to go with them, and they
assemble and go.

664
00:41:42,960 –> 00:41:46,560
The remarkable response of
courageous Ephraim sent an

665
00:41:46,560 –> 00:41:50,080
inspirational message to the
remnant of the faithful who

666
00:41:50,080 –> 00:41:53,480
rallied around Issacha and
Zebulun with Deborah and Bayrack

667
00:41:53,800 –> 00:42:00,560
and marched as a unified body in
mind and spirit and purpose into

668
00:42:00,560 –> 00:42:04,040
battle, volunteering their
lives.

669
00:42:04,040 –> 00:42:07,760
Brothers and sisters.
For the salvation of the people.

670
00:42:09,720 –> 00:42:11,640
How?
Could God not respond to that?

671
00:42:11,640 –> 00:42:13,960
Brothers and sisters, of course
he does.

672
00:42:15,280 –> 00:42:17,120
There’s a massive.
Lesson for us isn’t there,

673
00:42:17,120 –> 00:42:19,720
brothers and sisters?
How is our?

674
00:42:19,720 –> 00:42:27,160
Volunteering spirit When we’re
called to help, how do we

675
00:42:27,160 –> 00:42:29,080
respond?
When people stand up and call

676
00:42:29,080 –> 00:42:33,720
for assistance, do we have?
That kind.

677
00:42:34,600 –> 00:42:38,360
Of of volunteering spirit
amongst our ecclesians.

678
00:42:40,840 –> 00:42:42,360
How far?
Are we prepared to go?

679
00:42:43,120 –> 00:42:46,480
For the salvation of our
brothers and sisters, these

680
00:42:46,480 –> 00:42:48,240
people were going to give their.
Lives.

681
00:42:48,640 –> 00:42:52,600
How far are we prepared to go?
Can we give a bit more?

682
00:42:53,680 –> 00:42:57,720
Probably.
Do we have the hair my send me

683
00:42:57,720 –> 00:43:01,600
spirit or the hair?
My pleasing someone else.

684
00:43:05,560 –> 00:43:07,400
You see, leadership is all about
service.

685
00:43:08,520 –> 00:43:12,560
It requires us to have a
volunteering spirit that is

686
00:43:12,560 –> 00:43:16,480
prepared to give because we know
and because we love and because

687
00:43:16,480 –> 00:43:19,160
we understand.
Just how much God has done for

688
00:43:19,160 –> 00:43:23,160
us.
We understand it’s good for the

689
00:43:23,160 –> 00:43:27,000
truth, we understand it enhances
God purpose and so therefore we

690
00:43:27,000 –> 00:43:31,360
serve, even, albeit reluctantly,
to give that God might be

691
00:43:31,360 –> 00:43:35,960
honoured.
God’s purpose is about people,

692
00:43:35,960 –> 00:43:39,200
brothers and sisters.
That requires volunteers.

693
00:43:41,720 –> 00:43:46,640
But not everyone will respond.
Not everyone responds at all

694
00:43:46,640 –> 00:43:48,320
times.
In fact, it didn’t happen here

695
00:43:48,320 –> 00:43:51,800
either, because now Deborah and
Bayrek turn to call out.

696
00:43:51,800 –> 00:43:56,400
The slackers who chose not to
come.

697
00:43:58,160 –> 00:44:00,160
And they’re going to.
Represent brother sisters.

698
00:44:00,200 –> 00:44:05,400
All the types of excuses.
And responses that we give when

699
00:44:05,400 –> 00:44:09,720
we decide not to respond to
stand up and volunteer and the.

700
00:44:09,720 –> 00:44:12,960
1st.
Ones are unfortunately the ones

701
00:44:12,960 –> 00:44:15,160
that should have been the
leaders Reuben.

702
00:44:15,800 –> 00:44:18,760
Here’s Reuben, Gad and the half
tribe of Manasseh.

703
00:44:19,200 –> 00:44:21,920
The 40,000 who went over armed
in front of Israel now are

704
00:44:21,920 –> 00:44:24,680
disasters because they choose.
To not come.

705
00:44:25,360 –> 00:44:28,280
Look what it sees the Reuben,
the first born of Jacob’s sons,

706
00:44:28,280 –> 00:44:30,760
ought to be the leaders now show
their lack of leadership and

707
00:44:30,760 –> 00:44:33,960
direction so it sees in the
record in verse 16 for the.

708
00:44:33,960 –> 00:44:37,520
Divisions of Reuben.
There was.

709
00:44:37,520 –> 00:44:42,840
Great searchings of Harp
brothers and sisters.

710
00:44:43,320 –> 00:44:46,880
There was great searchings of
Harp, the divisions of Reuben,

711
00:44:47,040 –> 00:44:51,200
the thoughts, the the intentions
or the resolutions.

712
00:44:52,080 –> 00:44:53,520
There were great.
Thoughts of heart.

713
00:44:53,760 –> 00:44:56,040
There were divisions that that
there were different groups

714
00:44:56,040 –> 00:44:58,240
having differing opinions of
whether they should or shouldn’t

715
00:44:58,240 –> 00:45:00,880
come.
And the point I think Deborah

716
00:45:00,880 –> 00:45:03,720
makes in this story is well that
had plenty of meetings about

717
00:45:03,720 –> 00:45:06,880
Bayreq’s request that held a
number of differing views

718
00:45:06,880 –> 00:45:09,440
amongst their community and some
wanted to respond.

719
00:45:09,440 –> 00:45:11,800
In fact, others were resolved
that they should go.

720
00:45:12,360 –> 00:45:14,520
They had great intentions to go,
but.

721
00:45:16,080 –> 00:45:21,920
When it came to it, they failed
to do anything at all and

722
00:45:21,920 –> 00:45:26,240
instead it says in verse 16, Why
a bodus thou among the

723
00:45:26,240 –> 00:45:29,080
sheepfolds, to hear the
bleatings of the flock.

724
00:45:29,080 –> 00:45:31,560
They remained.
There with the sheep.

725
00:45:33,080 –> 00:45:35,680
See, Reuben were renowned for
the great pastors, the

726
00:45:35,680 –> 00:45:38,920
magnificent flocks that they
had, but once they wanted to

727
00:45:38,920 –> 00:45:40,680
help, well at least.
Some of them wanted to.

728
00:45:41,680 –> 00:45:44,400
Life was pretty busy.
We got lots going on and look,

729
00:45:44,400 –> 00:45:46,440
we’ve got the sheet to look
after and there’s things that

730
00:45:46,440 –> 00:45:49,720
have to be done and oh look, we
should go.

731
00:45:49,880 –> 00:45:51,840
We really should go these things
on.

732
00:45:51,840 –> 00:45:56,000
We should be part of they wanted
to.

733
00:45:57,040 –> 00:46:01,320
They intended to, but they
failed.

734
00:46:01,320 –> 00:46:05,920
To your brothers and sisters,
it’s a great lesson.

735
00:46:05,920 –> 00:46:07,840
And that isn’t your brothers and
sisters warning.

736
00:46:07,840 –> 00:46:16,520
In fact, intention isn’t action.
Intention isn’t action.

737
00:46:16,560 –> 00:46:18,240
We’ve got to follow through,
brothers and sisters, and

738
00:46:18,240 –> 00:46:21,120
execute exactly what the call
is.

739
00:46:22,800 –> 00:46:27,080
Oh, and that wasn’t all Gilliad,
Dan and Asher.

740
00:46:27,080 –> 00:46:30,600
Well, they didn’t even have
intentions to respond to the

741
00:46:30,600 –> 00:46:34,200
call, Gilliad says.
Abode beyond Jordan, Dan

742
00:46:34,200 –> 00:46:37,080
remained in their ships.
Asher continued on the seashore

743
00:46:37,080 –> 00:46:40,640
and abode in his in his
breeches, so Gilead the.

744
00:46:40,760 –> 00:46:42,440
The other half tribe of Manassa
on the.

745
00:46:42,440 –> 00:46:46,160
East side of Jordan and it’s the
record, it says over beyond

746
00:46:46,200 –> 00:46:49,600
Jordan.
It’s a bit far for us to travel.

747
00:46:49,600 –> 00:46:54,360
I’m so sorry.
We’ve got a would be a bit of

748
00:46:54,360 –> 00:46:56,520
difficult for us to work out how
to get across and then and.

749
00:46:56,520 –> 00:46:58,880
Then we’re going to come all.
The way over to see you and it’s

750
00:46:58,880 –> 00:47:01,680
a bit, oh look, it’s a bit far
really for us at this point in

751
00:47:01,680 –> 00:47:02,600
time.
Thanks for the offer.

752
00:47:02,600 –> 00:47:06,200
But no, it’s not really
affecting us over here.

753
00:47:06,200 –> 00:47:08,200
We’ve actually quite comfy.
Thanks.

754
00:47:08,360 –> 00:47:13,800
It’s not our problem, Dan.
Dan remained in.

755
00:47:13,800 –> 00:47:16,000
Ships.
Their territory in the north.

756
00:47:16,000 –> 00:47:18,440
Was included all the seaports
and the coasts and the.

757
00:47:18,440 –> 00:47:20,800
Mediteration.
The tribe made their money from

758
00:47:20,800 –> 00:47:24,560
fishing.
Their livelihood was of more

759
00:47:24,560 –> 00:47:26,720
relevance to them.
So sorry.

760
00:47:27,560 –> 00:47:31,320
We’re we’re fishing today.
We’ll be fishing next week as

761
00:47:31,320 –> 00:47:32,840
well.
And the week after we look,

762
00:47:32,840 –> 00:47:34,400
we’re we’re too busy to come and
help.

763
00:47:36,160 –> 00:47:37,880
Look, the weather’s so good we
can’t listen.

764
00:47:37,920 –> 00:47:45,480
You’ll understand, I’m sure.
Their brethren were dying

765
00:47:45,480 –> 00:47:48,640
brothers and sisters, but they
were too busy to help as

766
00:47:48,640 –> 00:47:51,920
disgraceful behaviour.
Brothers and sisters, but we can

767
00:47:51,920 –> 00:47:56,520
do it too, Asher.
Well, he continues on the

768
00:47:56,520 –> 00:47:58,440
seashore.
He had bowed in his breaches.

769
00:47:58,880 –> 00:48:00,240
They weren’t even out on their
boats.

770
00:48:00,240 –> 00:48:01,720
At least Dan were out on their
boats.

771
00:48:02,040 –> 00:48:03,800
These guys had bowed on the
seashore.

772
00:48:04,520 –> 00:48:07,800
They just refused to respond.
As they continued, they

773
00:48:07,800 –> 00:48:11,760
continued on the seashore to
dwell permanently.

774
00:48:12,040 –> 00:48:16,160
Ashley just kept on doing what
they’re doing and they just

775
00:48:16,160 –> 00:48:18,240
refused to even acknowledge that
there was even a problem.

776
00:48:18,840 –> 00:48:20,280
It’s not ours.
It’s not our battle.

777
00:48:20,360 –> 00:48:22,280
Life’s perfect where we are.
Sorry.

778
00:48:22,280 –> 00:48:23,680
This battle’s not ours.
It’s yours.

779
00:48:23,680 –> 00:48:28,720
Go away.
For these tribes, it was either

780
00:48:28,720 –> 00:48:33,200
too far to go, or life was too
busy, or employment was too

781
00:48:33,200 –> 00:48:35,200
more.
Important or it wasn’t really

782
00:48:35,200 –> 00:48:39,360
their battle to fight.
It wasn’t their problem and they

783
00:48:39,360 –> 00:48:44,120
show a complete and utter
disregard for the lack and lack

784
00:48:44,120 –> 00:48:47,560
of care and no concern, mother
and sisters, for the plight of

785
00:48:47,560 –> 00:48:54,160
their brethren whatsoever.
This is in stark contrast, says

786
00:48:54,160 –> 00:48:57,080
Deborah in verse 18.
To Zebulun and NAFTA lie, they

787
00:48:57,080 –> 00:49:01,680
say, a people that jeopardise
their own lives under the death

788
00:49:01,920 –> 00:49:04,960
in the high places of the field.
You couldn’t get a stark

789
00:49:04,960 –> 00:49:12,800
contrast, could you, brother?
Sisters, That’s the lesson,

790
00:49:12,800 –> 00:49:17,160
isn’t it?
We’re defined in these moments,

791
00:49:17,440 –> 00:49:22,400
aren’t we?
It’s when we’re busy that God

792
00:49:22,400 –> 00:49:26,640
tests us.
It is when we are tired that God

793
00:49:26,640 –> 00:49:30,280
tries us.
It is when we are stressed that

794
00:49:30,280 –> 00:49:35,320
we truly see.
Who we really are and how much

795
00:49:35,320 –> 00:49:38,760
we’re prepared to sacrifice for
one another.

796
00:49:40,760 –> 00:49:43,840
It is through these moments and
through trial and life, brothers

797
00:49:43,840 –> 00:49:50,800
and sisters, that God moulds and
shapes us and we find out what

798
00:49:50,800 –> 00:49:56,480
we really are made of.
We’ve got to give to others as

799
00:49:56,480 –> 00:50:01,680
we have been given by God.
God has called us brothers and

800
00:50:01,680 –> 00:50:05,880
sisters to respond, to assist
his brethren to fight against

801
00:50:05,880 –> 00:50:09,720
the enemies.
So how are you going to respond?

802
00:50:12,440 –> 00:50:14,880
You see, true leadership,
brothers and sisters, requires

803
00:50:14,880 –> 00:50:20,200
the ultimate spirit of love and
willing sacrifice, the spirit of

804
00:50:20,200 –> 00:50:27,040
a volunteer who stands up and
says, here am I see me.

805
00:50:30,440 –> 00:50:36,880
Because if we refuse to show
care or showed love or respect

806
00:50:36,880 –> 00:50:42,720
for our buzzing.
Sisters in need, we truly

807
00:50:42,720 –> 00:50:50,120
haven’t understood or
appreciated or valued the love

808
00:50:50,120 –> 00:50:54,120
that God has showed us.
You see, God gave his only

809
00:50:54,120 –> 00:51:01,160
begotten Son, who laid down his
life as a willing volunteer who

810
00:51:01,160 –> 00:51:04,920
jeopardised his life.
Brothers and sisters, that

811
00:51:04,920 –> 00:51:12,440
whilst we as yet sinners might
have the hope of salvation and

812
00:51:12,440 –> 00:51:18,240
eternal life.
And he left us not a request,

813
00:51:19,400 –> 00:51:22,800
not an option, not even a
suggestion.

814
00:51:22,800 –> 00:51:25,720
Brothers and sisters, he left us
a commandment.

815
00:51:27,880 –> 00:51:32,760
That we love one another as He
has loved us.

816
00:51:34,720 –> 00:51:37,440
How much do we value that?
Sacrifice brothers and sisters

817
00:51:38,320 –> 00:51:41,640
and young people.
How much does his example of

818
00:51:41,640 –> 00:51:44,160
leadership inspire you to
respond?

819
00:51:45,400 –> 00:51:50,120
Well, only you can answer that
question, but it demands an

820
00:51:50,520 –> 00:51:52,840
answer.
It’s your.

821
00:51:52,840 –> 00:51:55,840
Choice.
You have to make the right one,

822
00:51:57,600 –> 00:52:00,680
those remarkable brothers and
sisters, because through the

823
00:52:00,680 –> 00:52:04,320
work of two remarkable women,
God showed He would work with

824
00:52:04,680 –> 00:52:11,840
anyone to restore his promised
inheritance and through.

825
00:52:11,840 –> 00:52:14,240
The work of these wonderful 2
ladies.

826
00:52:14,640 –> 00:52:17,000
God.
Restores a land that was

827
00:52:17,000 –> 00:52:21,920
condensed with no no food, no
inheritance, nothing, to a land

828
00:52:21,920 –> 00:52:27,520
that flows with milk and honey,
because these two stood up a bee

829
00:52:27,560 –> 00:52:30,160
and a goat, and through
faithful.

830
00:52:30,160 –> 00:52:35,200
Service, the land is restored
and returned to a state that

831
00:52:35,200 –> 00:52:39,680
God’s blessings might more once
more be flowed down upon His

832
00:52:39,680 –> 00:52:41,280
people.
May, brothers and sisters, we be

833
00:52:41,280 –> 00:52:45,800
inspired and encouraged and
strengthened by these examples

834
00:52:45,800 –> 00:52:48,960
of faith who in their distress
and in their oppression, in

835
00:52:48,960 –> 00:52:51,120
their time of trial, they learnt
to trust.

836
00:52:51,120 –> 00:52:55,240
In their heavenly Father.
And who put their hand up to

837
00:52:55,240 –> 00:52:58,880
serve and help their brothers
and sisters, Brothers and

838
00:52:58,880 –> 00:53:02,080
sisters, they were weak.
Make enough and open minded

839
00:53:02,080 –> 00:53:04,880
enough to be.
Inspired by others, who then

840
00:53:04,880 –> 00:53:07,680
inspired the next generation,
who inspired the rest of their

841
00:53:07,680 –> 00:53:09,520
people and inspired others to
come.

842
00:53:10,400 –> 00:53:16,920
Let’s be those of the tribe who
respond to the call and not

843
00:53:16,920 –> 00:53:18,760
those who didn’t.