Deborah, A Mother of Israel
As I was pondering the anointing of Deborah, the Lord was showing me that Deborah not only was a prophetess, but she was also a Judge during the time Israel was living in Canaan, which was later known as Israel.
Deborah was called "a mother of Israel." For twenty years, she would sit under the palm tree, which means "righteousness," and she would intercede and stand in the gap for Israel. The palm tree was in-between two cities. The one city was Ramah, which means "the seat of high adultery" and the other city was Bethel, which means "the House of the Lord!" She lived in the valley of Ephraim, right in-between these two cities, and she interceded in that place of the seat of adultery and the house of God.
She was an intercessor, a Judge and a radical prophetess of the Lord. As a Judge, she would take care of all the civil jobs, etc. She worked in the realm of the secular and was handling disputes. She moved governmentally. She was also a tender of the lamps--she would light the lamps every day.
The Bible says that Deborah arose when the city gates were at war. Many times, the Lord raises women and men prophets in various places during times of war. We are in a season of war. Just like the Lord is bringing home end-time generals, so He is also raising up a whole new army of men and women, young and old, and putting them into place. I feel the Lord is saying that this is the time not only for the Esthers--the younger generation, but for the Annas and Simeons. It's also a time for the Deborahs--the mothers of Israel to come up into place.
Women, Deborahs, who have been in slavery for decades, are you willing to come up and be mothers? Are you really willing to come up and get the strategies of God? What is your destiny? Are you burning with calling and destiny in the midst of your spirit? Yet, because of religious legalism and wrong interpretation of the word of God, you believe that you are not allowed to preach.
But it says that the Lord appeared to Mary Magdalene and she was the first one to preach. You remember her, the one who had seven demons? He appeared first to a woman, and she went running with the good news as a radical evangelist preaching, "He has risen!"
You need to look at the Word. There is freedom through Jesus. There is freedom through the Word of God. Nothing should stop us from being able to move radically in the things of the Lord. There needs to be a cry that says how much of Holy Spirit is burning in you! ...(more)
- Sharnael Wolverton: "How to Give Every Religious Spirit that's Bugging You 'THE BOOT!'"
The ElijahList (May 11, 2008) - Jill Austin: For Twenty Years, Deborah was called 'a Mother in Israel'
By Jill Austin (May 11, 2008) - Tuning into God Through Julie True's "HEALING LOVE" Chuck Pierce's "INTERPRETING THE TIMES" and James Goll's "DREAM LANGUAGE"
The ElijahList (May 11, 2008) - Sid Roth/Kathie Walters: "Living In the Glory -This is the Year of Release For Your Ministry" July 18-19, 2008; Boone, NC
Paid Advertisement (May 10, 2008) - Chuck Pierce: Two Key Prophetic Words: "DANCE MY NEW DANCE! YOU CAN FLY!" and "An Exhortation, Encouragement and Prophecy that Will AWAKEN YOUR BONES!"
By Chuck Pierce (May 10, 2008)
