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OBAMA'S DEBORAH
Now Deborah, a prophetess, the wife of Lapidoth, was judging Israel at that time. And she would sit under the palm tree of Deborah between Ramah and Bethel in the mountains of Ephraim. And the children of Israel came to her for judgment. Then she sent and called for Barak the son of Abinaom from Kedesh in Naphtali, and said to him , "has not the LORD GOD of Israel commanded, Go and deploy Troops at mount Tabor; take with you ten thousand men of the sons of Naphtali and of the sons Zebulon; and against you I will deploy Sisera, the commander of Jabin's army,with his chariots and his multitude at the river Kishon; and I will deliver him into your hand? " And Barak said to her "If you will not go with me, then I will not go! " Judges 4:4-8
"So she said, "I will surely go with you nevertheless there will be no glory for you in the journey you are taking, for the Lord will sell Sisera into the hands of a woman" vs 9.
Deborah was the fourth Judge after Othniel, Ehud, Shamgar, in which Barak also came into prominence.
Israel at that time sinned against God as usual so sold them into the hands of Jabin king of Canaan and for twenty years Israel was under oppression. With the help of Deborah and Barak, Israel was delivered by God from king Jabin of Canaan.
In our days something that is more than a coincidence is happening to the most popular democracy in the world. The United States of America has just elected a new President- Obama Barak Hussein; as the 44th President. He has been campaigning and clamoring for change.
Could the Barak that worked with the fourth judge of Israel by synonymous with the forty fourth President of the United State of America? If Barak Obama assumes office as the commander in chief of the Armed Forces of the United States of America; who presumably will be his judge or in this case his Deborah, his guide, his conscience and his voice? To my own understanding of the prophetic times, Barak Obama's Deborah is the church, the church should be recognized as his Deborah.
Deborah challenged Barak's indecision and cowardice. So also the church should decide for Obama Barak.
There are so many people that could stand in the position of a Deborah in the life of Barak Obama:
(1). The Church universal
(2). The Church local
(3). The US congress
(4). The Whole of America
(5). The Whole of the World: though "vox populei vox dei "doesn't always apply. Its not always that the voice of the people is the voice God. Sometimes it may take only one voice in a Nation in the likes of Moses meeting Pharaoh, Elijah meeting Ahab, John the Baptist meeting Herod. And there is every possibility of his wife Mitchel acting in the capacity of a Deborah too. This, we could see more visibly in the life of Martin Luther the German reformer whose wife told him that he's acting as if God is dead, out of timidity of fulfilling God's purpose for his life and people. This challenge pushed him into the reformation with full swing.
Barak Obama's book "Audacity of Hope" was derived from his pastor's sermon "The Audacity to Hope".
Anyway, in whatever we are doing we need a Deborah as much as a Deborah needs a Barak.
