Informative Speech On Deborah

Announcer: Good Evening, America! Tonight we have a very special segment brought to you from deep in the mountains of Ephraim, between Ramah and Beth-El (Mindel). Let's hear it for the wise judge, prophetess, and warrior woman—Deborah!

(While playing tension-filled, fast-paced music, the screen zooms out from the talk show's empty headquarters to the picturesque Washington D.C. skyline, then to the whole county, the satellite pans towards Israel and zooms back in at triple the speed, where we finally we meet up with our host

Kyla: Hello and welcome to "The Old Testament: Real People, Real Places, Real Stories", I'm your host, Kyla Weckel and today we will be joined by the lovely Deborah. She will answer our questions as we take the time

4:8), is this true?

Deborah: Not necessarily, but misogyny definitely played a role in how events unraveled. He asked me to go with him not because he didn’t trust me, but because he lacked faith. After the battle, he claimed no fame, as there was no glory in winning a battle next to a woman's side and as I directly said to him, "But because of the course you are taking, the honor will not be yours, for the Lord will deliver Sisera into the hands of a woman." (Judg.4:9)

Kyla: What exactly were the Lord's instruction's to you, for our viewers at home?

Deborah: I was told to summon Barak, who was an Israelite warrior and have him take ten thousand troops up to Mount Tabor to face Sisera, Jabin's general, and his army of nine hundred iron chariots in defiance (Telushkin)

Kyla: That’s a terrifying experience, is that normal for a judge to

Jael, why did you kill Sisera? I could understand an act of patriotism, of necessity, or of vengeance from almost anyone else, but you knew nothing of this man, correct?(Core 8) His clan and yours bear no previous ties, he was out to make peace with you, and there was no blood to be requited. He was a guilty man, so I am not protesting his murder; however, I do question, why were you the one to do it (Judg. 4:17)?

Jael: Because, as seemingly daunting a task it may seem, God chose me—as executioner. I don’t have the gift of sight as Deborah, but that doesn’t mean that The Lord hasn’t guided me as well. I was put in the time and space that I am to make sure that no others would be harmed by Sisera. Kyla, when I drove the mallet through his temple, it was as if my hand was being held up by his strength, God's. (Judg. 4

Deborah: You see, I made the decision that I would invite Jael here today to show the world that she is just as essential to the story as I.(Core 13)

Kyla: And I thank you for opening our eyes to that. So, Jael there was no part of you that felt you had been committing murder at that time, you just knew for fact that god had willed it