Study Number 31 JEHOVAH TSEBOATH - THE GOD OF HOSTS - ARMIES (CONT)

Deborah and the God of the Armies of Israel.
In Judges 4 King Jabin, the Canaanite, was harassing Israel because they did evil in the eyes of the Lord.
Jabin’s commander, Sisera, was a military genius. He commanded an army with 900 chariots. This was a huge army for that day. It would be like having 900 tanks today.

But Sisera did not take into consideration the God of Deborah, the only female Judge ever to rule over Israel. She understood and had a Revelation of JEHOVAH TSEBOATH. The LORD commanded the heavenly host and would fight for His people if they cried out to Him.

The NIV for Judges 4: 4-7 says,”Deborah, a prophetess, the wife of Lappidoth, was leadinga Israel at that time. 5She held court under the Palm of Deborah between Ramah and Bethel in the hill country of Ephraim, and the Israelites came to her to have their disputes decided. 6She sent for Barak son of Abinoam from Kedesh in Naphtali and said to him, “The Lord, the God of Israel, commands you: ‘Go, take with you ten thousand men of Naphtali and Zebulun and lead the way to Mount Tabor. 7I will lure Sisera, the commander of Jabin’s army, with his chariots and his troops to the Kishon River and give him into your hands.’”
Deborah and Barak and their army on Mount Tabor
Barak didn’t have a single chariot to his name. He didn’t even have a big army either. All he had was a woman telling him, “You can do it.” Deborah was a bold woman with great confidence in God, THe LORD of the Armies of Israel.
Across the valley at the Brook Kishon was Sisera and his 900 chariots. They looked out and saw Deborah and Barak’s pathetic little army on Mount Tabor.
Then Sisera commanded his men to attack in the valley which was flat and good for his chariof Hostsots.

Barak and his meager band charged down into the valley with their clubs and primitive weapons. They put their trust in JEHOVAH TSEBOATH. Suddenly, it began to rain. It bucketed down and flooded very quickly. The chariots of Sisera were soon bogged to the axles. Sisera ran from the Battle field. Barak had won. Deborah sang a song of Poetic Revelation.
In the Middle of the Battle always put your confidence in JEHOVAH TSEBOATH.