Judges chapters 4-5 talk about Sisera, Barak, Deberah, and Jael. Normally this would not be a chapter that would completely stand out in my mind. However, several years ago my brother gave me some CDs titled "Follow the Rabbi" by Ray Vander Laan. When you break down the meanings of the names listed in these chapters, the meaning takes on a whole new idea.
Deborah- Honey Bee
Sisera- Snake
Barak- Lightning
Jael- Yahweh is God
Now look at the lives and use these names. Lightning asked Honey Bee to go into battle with him against Snake. "Very well," she replied, "I will go with you. But since you have made this choice, you will receive no honor. For the LORD's victory over Sisera will be at the hands of a woman." So Lightning went into battle against Snake and defeated his troops. Meanwhile, Snake ran into the tent of Yahweh is God. As he laid down to rest Yahweh is God drove a tent peg right through Snake's temple into the ground and so he died.
Isn't this just awesome. If anyone had been paying attention to the names and what they meant they would have known so much more about what was going to happen. Genesis 3:15, God curses Satan and said, "From now on, you and the woman will be enemies, and your offspring and her offspring will be enemies. He will crush your head, and you will strike his heel." If Sisera had known history and known what his name stood for he would have never tried to find refuge in the house of a woman whose name was Yahweh is God.
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