Peter Barnes | Judges 4-5
SERMON NOTES
THE DEADLY FEMALE OF THE SPECIES
(Judges 4-5; part 2)
1. Rescue takes place despite division within Israel.
– Ephraim, Benjamin, Zebulun, and Issachar join in, with Naphtali (5:14-15a, 18) but Reuben, Gad, Dan, and Asher dither (5:15b-17)
– Meroz (a town in Naphtali) is cursed for doing nothing (5:23); Jonathan Edwards preached on this in 1739 against those who did nothing during the revival
– no neutrality (Matt.12:30; 1 Cor.16:22; Luke 14:18)
2. Rescue is of God.
– 5:20-21
3. Rescue can take on a violent form.
– 4:16-24; this is celebrated in 5:21-24. Jael is like Mary! (Luke 1:28, 42)
– see Psalm 83:9-10, 17-18 where this is celebrated
4. Rest.
– 5:31
– lesson is like Esther 4:14