IMITATE THEIR FAITH/DEBORAH - "THE EARTH SHOOK, AND THE HEAVENS POURED" - Continue

 What would Barak and Deborah do as the enemy approached? If they remained on the slopes of Mount Tabor, they might have an advantage over the advancing Canaanites forces, for those chariots needed flat open country to fight effectively. But Baraj was going to fight as Jehovah directed, so he waited for word from Deborah. At last, the moment came. She said "Rise up, for this is the day that Jehovah will give Sisera into your hand. Is Jehovah not going out before you?" Next, we read: "Barak descended from Mount Tabor with 10,000 men following him." - JUDGES 4:14.

The forces of Israel charged down the mountain and out into the open, flat ground, heading right toward those fearsome machines of war. Did Jehovah go out before them, as Deborah had promised? The answer came very soon. "The earth shook, and the heavens poured," we read. Sisera's proud forces were thrown into confusion. And down came the rain! It came in such torrents, it seems that the ground was quickly swamped, Soon the heavy iron-bearing chariots were more of a liability than and asset. They sank into the mud and became hopelessly bogged down. -JUDGES 4:14, 15; 5:4. 

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