Remember God's judgment on the enemy in Genesis 3: "I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your seed and her seed; her seed shall bruise you on the head and you shall bruise him on the heel." (3.15)
And the seed of the serpent in the form of false religion that sacrifices human children on altars to idols – the people who engage in that idolatry, the seed of the serpent have to be driven out of the Land.
The serpent's head will be bruised by the seed of the woman… That's one reason there are a few heads bruised in this book (9.53)… But, as we've seen, the mission to turn the Land into Eden is failing – Israel is more interested in coexisting/mixing with the religion of the serpent… and THIS section begins in CH 4 with those sad words, "Then after the death of Ehud, the sons of Israel again did evil in the sight of the LORD"
One aspect of the curse in Genesis CH 3 is discord – discord between people and the earth (nature) and discord between men and women. And THIS section on Deborah and Barak give us a glimpse of that discord resolved – at least temporarily suspended.
A delightful dynamic is set up where DISCORD is stilled and grace and shalom (flourishing) emerges. As we look at it I hope it kindles in us a HOPE for the future and a desire to see a foretaste of Eden even in our day – right here… a little glimpse of the delightful dynamic.
Let's look at: 1) Story/Song 2) Warrior/Worshiper and 3) Singing/Situating
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