Should’ve been Hillary?

24Aug08

Do you think Senator Obama made the right choice for V.P? Many think that it should have been Hillary. Well the Barak and Hillary saga led me to the book of Judges, chapter 5.

Bible verses link taken from http://www.biblegateway.com/

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1 After Ehud died, the Israelites once again did evil in the eyes of the LORD. 2
So the LORD sold them into the hands of Jabin, a king of Canaan, who reigned in Hazor. The commander of his army was Sisera, who lived in Harosheth Haggoyim. 3

Because he had nine hundred iron chariots and had cruelly oppressed the
Israelites for twenty years, they cried to the LORD for help.
4 Deborah, a prophetess, the wife of Lappidoth, was leading [a]
Israel at that time. 5 She held court under the Palm of Deborah between Ramah
and Bethel in the hill country of Ephraim, and the Israelites came to her to
have their disputes decided. 6

She sent for Barak son of Abinoam from Kedesh in Naphtali and said to him, “The LORD, the God of Israel, commands you: ‘Go, take with you ten thousand men of Naphtali and Zebulun and lead the way to Mount Tabor. 7 I will lure Sisera, the commander of Jabin’s army, with his chariots and his troops to the Kishon River and give him into your hands.’ ” 8 Barak said to her, “If you go with me, I will go; but if you don’t go with me, I won’t
go.” 9 “Very well,” Deborah said, “I will go with you. But because of the
way you are going about this, [b] the honor will not be yours, for the LORD will hand Sisera over to a woman.” So Deborah went with Barak to Kedesh, 10 where he summoned Zebulun and Naphtali.

Ten thousand men followed him, and Deborah also went with him.

11 Now Heber the Kenite had left the other Kenites, the descendants of Hobab, Moses’ brother-in-law, [c] and pitched his tent by the great tree in Zaanannim near Kedesh. 12 When they told Sisera that Barak son of Abinoam had gone up to Mount Tabor, 13 Sisera gathered together his nine hundred iron chariots and all the men with him, from Harosheth Haggoyim to the Kishon River. 14 Then Deborah said to Barak, “Go! This is the day the LORD has given Sisera into your hands. Has not the LORD gone ahead of you?” So Barak went down Mount Tabor, followed by ten thousand men. 15 At Barak’s advance, the LORD routed Sisera and all his chariots and army by the sword, and Sisera abandoned his chariot and fled on foot. 16 But Barak pursued the chariots and army as far as Harosheth Haggoyim. All the troops of Sisera fell by the sword; not a man was left.

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As you can see, Deborah and Barak worked together. Barak wanted Deborah to take the lead. Deborah said, “I will go with you. But because of the way you are going about this, [b] the honor will not be yours, for the LORD will hand Sisera over to a woman.”

Hmmm, does this sound like our modern day leaders? Should it have been a Barack and Hillary ticket? Was a woman too much? Denver would have been on fire this year, now Hillary has to get Denver fired up.

There would have been so much momentum going into the convention, but now? If these two would have worked together as Barak and Deborah did in the book of Judges, there would have been a sure victory. Because they worked together, they were successful at their mission, which was to conquer Jabin’s army. God handed them over to them. Now it is doubtful. Did Obama pick the homerun hitter?

We’ll see if this was the best choice. Will it backfire? Senator Biden looked pretty comfortable up there. Watch out Barack! Let’s hope this strategy works.

Again, pray before you vote! God will lead you. Is it McCain or Obama? Stay tuned…

Freya S. Williams
Author, Pray Before You Vote!

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