Jael Warrior Woman
Priscilla Van Sutphin
California USA
Dec 9, 2008
Judges 4:6-10 NKJV
6 Then she sent and called for Barak the son of Abinoam 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 of Zebulun; 7 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'?" 8 And Barak said to her, "If you will go with me, then I will go; but if you will not go with me, I will not go!"
Now understand, GOD TOLD Barak to go, and told him through Deborah that God would deliver Sisera into his hands, but he was not willing to go without Deborah! This is a bit strange, faithless,…so Deborah through the Spirit of God says:
9 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 hand of a woman." Then Deborah arose and went with Barak to Kedesh. 10 And Barak called Zebulun and Naphtali to Kedesh; he went up with ten thousand men under his command, and Deborah went up with him.
OT:6943 Qedesh (keh'-desh); from OT:6942; a sanctum; Kedesh, the name of four places in Palestine: KJV - Kedesh.
OT:6942 qadash (kaw-dash'); a primitive root; to be (causatively, make, pronounce or observe as) clean (ceremonially or morally): KJV - appoint, bid, consecrate, dedicate, defile, hallow, (be, keep) holy (-er, place), keep, prepare, proclaim, purify, sanctify (-ied oneself,), wholly.
Judges 4:14-18 NKJV Then Deborah said to Barak, "Up! For this is the day in which the Lord has delivered Sisera into your hand. Has not the Lord gone out before you?" So Barak went down from Mount Tabor with ten thousand men following him. 15 And the Lord routed Sisera and all his chariots and all his army with the edge of the sword before Barak; and Sisera alighted from his chariot and fled away on foot. 16 But Barak pursued the chariots and the army as far as Harosheth Hagoyim, and all the army of Sisera fell by the edge of the sword; not a man was left.
OT:2800 Charosheth (khar-o'-sheth); the same as OT:2799; Charosheth, a place in Palestine: KJV - Harosheth.
OT:2799 charosheth (khar-o'-sheth); from OT:2790; mechanical work:KJV - carving, cutting. And Hagoyim means GENTILES.
Kishon – means winding and root means to set a snare.
17 However, Sisera had fled away on foot to the tent of Jael, the wife of Heber the Kenite; for there was peace between Jabin king of Hazor and the house of Heber the Kenite. 18 And Jael went out to meet Sisera, and said to him, "Turn aside, my lord, turn aside to me; do not fear." And when he had turned aside with her into the tent, she covered him with a blanket.
OT:3278 Ya`el (yaw-ale'); the same as OT:3277;
Jael, a Canaanite:
KJV - Jael.
OT:3277 ya`el (yaw-ale'); from OT:3276; an ibex
(as climbing):
KJV - wild goat. OT:3276 lu^y* ya`al (yaw-al'); a primitive root;
properly, to ascend; figuratively, to be valuable (objectively: useful, subjectively:
benefited): KJV - Xat all, set forward, can do good, (be, have) profit, (able).
19 Then he said to her, "Please give me a little water to drink, for I am thirsty." So she opened a jug of milk, gave him a drink, and covered him. 20 And he said to her, "Stand at the door of the tent, and if any man comes and inquires of you, and says, 'Is there any man here?' you shall say, 'No.'"
He asks for water, but she gives him milk which has more sustenance, but which also makes sleepy. Then she covers him, and he asks of her to guard him and deny he’s there. Jael is a descendent of Moses’ father in law, a Kenite.
21 Then Jael, Heber's wife, took a tent peg and took a hammer in her hand, and went softly to him and drove the peg into his temple, and it went down into the ground; for he was fast asleep and weary. So he died. 22 And then, as Barak pursued Sisera, Jael came out to meet him, and said to him, "Come, I will show you the man whom you seek." And when he went into her tent, there lay Sisera, dead with the peg in his temple.
23 So on that day God subdued Jabin king of Canaan in the presence of the children of Israel. 24 And the hand of the children of Israel grew stronger and stronger against Jabin king of Canaan, until they had destroyed Jabin king of Canaan.
Judges 5:6-8 NKJV "In the days of Shamgar, son of Anath, In the days of Jael, The highways were deserted, And the travelers walked along the byways. 7 Village life ceased, it ceased in Israel, Until I, Deborah, arose, arose a mother in Israel. 8 They chose new gods; Then there was war in the gates; Not a shield or spear was seen among forty thousand in Israel.
Thus Deborah’s prophecy was fulfilled that God would give Sisera into the hands of a woman because Barak was not willing to go without her. Remember how when Moses was not willing to go alone, and God told him his brother Aaron would go with him?
Remember how it angered God, and God came down to kill Moses, but then Zipporah performed a circumcision on her son and threw the skin at the feet of her husband and God relented of killing Moses? It does not please God when we shrink from FAITH; when we are consumed with doubt, hesitation or suspicion in his FAITHFULNESS to fulfill His word to us.
And in the song of Deborah it says that in the days of Jael, the highways were deserted, and village life had ceased till DEBORAH arose a mother in Israel. The people had chosen NEW GODS thus there was WAR in the gates: and they were weaponless…not a shield or spear was seen…among 40,000 it says. Do you see any parallels to what is happening now in our nation. How they want to take away the guns so we cannot defend ourselves, and how we have given ourselves over to other gods?
Judges 5:24-27 NKJV "Most blessed among women is Jael, The wife of Heber the Kenite; Blessed is she among women in tents. 25 He asked for water, she gave milk; She brought out cream in a lordly bowl. 26 She stretched her hand to the tent peg, Her right hand to the workmen's hammer; She pounded Sisera, she pierced his head,
She split and struck through his temple.
27 At her feet he sank, he fell, he lay still; At her feet he sank, he fell; Where he sank, there he fell dead. 28 "The mother of Sisera looked through the window, And cried out through the lattice 'Why is his chariot so long in coming? Why tarries the clatter of his chariots?' 29 Her wisest ladies answered her, Yes, she answered herself, 30 'Are they not finding and dividing the spoil: To every man a girl or two; For Sisera, plunder of dyed garments, Plunder of garments embroidered and dyed, Two pieces of dyed embroidery for the neck of the looter?'
The song later boasts in Jael again, how she slew Sisera, and the greedy loot he thought to have would not be there. All his soldiers were killed despite the lack of weapons in Israel, and despite the lack of male confidence in God’s directives, that GOD wrought VICTORY even in that hour, through the hands of a woman.
31 "Thus let all Your enemies perish, O Lord! But let those who love Him be like the sun when it comes out in full strength." So the land had rest for forty years.
I love this commentary, let those who LOVE HIM…who obey HIM, be like the SUN when it comes out in full strength, in other words, BRIGHT & GLORIOUS.
It will again be so in this hour, like Isaiah says, Arise and shine, for your light has come and the glory of the Lord is risen upon you!
Priscilla Van Sutphin
tearsofthefather@sbcglobal.net
Vermillion
Priscilla Van Sutphin
Dec 5th, 2008
The Lord spoke to me Vermillion.
CHINA RED "China red" is another name for the pigment vermilion, which is the traditional red pigment of Chinese art. Chinese name chops are printed with a red cinnabar paste, and vermilion (or cinnabar) is the pigment used in Chinese red lacquer. Cinnabar also has significance in Taoist culture, and was regarded as the color of life and eternity. [from Wikipedia]
Ecclesiastes 3:11 NKJV He has made everything beautiful in its time. Also He has put eternity in their hearts, except that no one can find out the work that God does from beginning to end.
Isaiah 57:15 NKJV For thus says the High and Lofty One Who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy: "I dwell in the high and holy place, With him who has a contrite and humble spirit, To revive the spirit of the humble, And to revive the heart of the contrite ones.
God has put eternity in the hearts of all mankind. The Chinese
language is partly based on biblical things. There is a site you can look at to
see that. http://www.dare2design.nl/genesissite/genesis.php?item=chinese_intro
.
God also had someone give me some books and among them was a tiny book from a missionary
who was in Peking [now Beijing] and in that city was a temple, I believe it was
called the blue temple. And inside it was an altar to the one and only God. There
is some controversy about the language origins of the Genesis site on some other
pages saying it is not correct interpretation, but skeptics abound in the cyber
world.
“My blood paid for the sins of the WHOLE WORLD, not just for yours, not just for those who already know Me, but for those who are yet to come to know Me. There is nothing I cannot do. There is no one I cannot save. As the violence increases, do not think in terms of retaliation and rage. I have taught you to love your enemies, and to pray for those who spitefully use you. I did also say, be wise as serpents and innocent as doves. Wisdom is to get MY opinion before you make yours.
The news confirms My time table, so you are not to go ignorant, but know that I can let you know what’s going on without you’re watching the news, if you will just spend time with Me, waiting on Me. I am looking for those who WANT INTIMACY with ME. I want to pour out My Spirit. I have all power in heaven and earth and under the earth, so nothing is impossible for me.
I can convert the Muslim as easy as the pagan who thinks Lucifer is god. But I AM AN EXPERIENCE. That is why I send you out to make disciples of men. PREACH the Good NEWS and I will follow it with signs and wonders. Unless the water is poured out, it does not become wine. You pour out what I have given to you, and I will increase it as you use it more. Each day ask MY WILL for your life that day. Is there someone I can touch today LORD? you may ask. Maybe not that day, maybe another day. But if you ASK you will receive all you need to go forth. Do NOT be afraid of their faces. ONLY GO WHEN AND WHERE I TELL YOU TO GO. Do not move in presumption in this hour beloveds. Do not throw your pearls before swine, lest they trample you and grind you to dust. I will show you who to approach.
As you REACH OUT YOUR ARMS in LOVE, I will meet you in that place and pour out faith and power through you. I AM the VINE, you are the branches. Every branch who does not bear fruit, is cut off and trimmed so it can bear good fruit. Sow in tears and you will reap in JOY. Pray for those around you and watch what I do. STAND in the gap for them, bearing their burden with them, and I will come through. If any two agree as touching anything, IT WILL BE DONE, I said. BELIEVE and you will receive.
I WILL make your JOY complete as the days unfold before you. MUCH tribulation is at hand, but I AM WITH YOU, FIGHTING ALONG SIDE YOU. YOU WILL NEVER WALK ALONE. There are armies you can’t see fighting with you, awaiting your prayers, waiting for the orders to act. BELIEVE and RECEIVE. The page has been turned, and there is no turning back now. Time is in acceleration. LOOK TO ME, THE AUTHOR and the FINISHER of your faith. KEEP YOUR EYES ON HOW GREAT I AM. I AM THE ALMIGHTY ONE OF ISRAEL. I AM EMMANUEL, God with you. I AM the All SUFFICIENT ONE. There is nothing I cannot do. BELIEVE and RECEIVE.
Unbelief is STRONG and being pervaded in all the media, but I will reverse that. As MY SPIRIT is poured out, there will be a change in the news. Many mockers will be turned to believers. Your sons and daughters who have not believed you, and not believed fully in ME, will turn and BOW BEFORE ME. I WILL CHANGE THEIR HEARTS when they see what I do in YOU! So draw into ME, come away with ME. Be intimate with ME beloved, for I am drawing you closer to My heart, that you may be fully healed and delivered, and empowered with My GLORY!
Now I call on you whom I’ve given a heart for CHINA, that nation with the red flag of vermillion. I WILL CALL THOSE FROM SINON I SAID, and I AM CALLING TO THEM NOW. I ask you to pray for them. They represent 1/6th also of the world’s population and I am calling you to PRAY for their leaders, the women and children, the men and boys. Pray down the latter rain to INCREASE, for thousands are coming weekly, but more will come as you answer My call to pray. DANCE on the injustice done to your brothers and sisters there. Many have suffered greatly at the hands of tyrants. LOVE them as you love yourself. Cry out for that nation to arise to it’s calling, and cry out for THIS NATION to ARISE to IT’S CALLING as well.
Pray for REVERSALS in this nation. REPENT for the sins YOU KNOW OF. REPENT FOR THE DAMAGE THIS NATION has done to other nations. REPENT OF THE PRIDE of this nation. HUMBLE YOURSELVES and pray for an explosion in your government of the MOST HOLY SPIRIT. PRAY HE will enter into the secret places, the secret meetings, the public meetings, the House, the Senate in each state, the JUSTICE system. PRAY FOR AN EXPLOSION OF MY SPIRIT IN MY PEOPLE. CRY OUT FOR THEIR EYES TO BE OPENED! CRY OUT and SHOUT ALOUD TO THE ROCK OF YOUR SALVATION! For I am not deaf or dumb as some think. I AM NOT like statues made of wood and stone. I WILL HAVE MY WAY IN MY PEOPLE!”
MORE From Wikipedia
Vermilion, sometimes spelled vermillion, when found naturally-occurring, is an opaque orangish red pigment, used since antiquity, originally derived from the powdered mineral cinnabar. Chemically, the pigment is mercuric sulfide, HgS, and like all mercury compounds it is toxic. Its name is derived from the French vermeil which was used to mean any red dye, and which itself comes from vermiculum, a red dye made from the insect Kermes vermilio.[1] The words for the color red in Portuguese (vermelho) and Catalan (vermell) derive from this term. Today, vermilion is most commonly artificially produced by reacting mercury with molten sulfur. Most naturally produced vermilion comes from cinnabar mined in China, giving rise to its alternative name of China red.
There is evidence of the use of cinnabar pigment in India and China since prehistory. It was known to the Romans as minium and was their most valuable pigment, being used to color the faces of triumphant generals in imitation of the vermilion visage of the image of Jupiter Capitolinus in the Temple on the Capitoline Hill where the triumphant processions would conclude; Pliny the Elder records that it became so expensive that the price had to be fixed by the Roman government at 70 sesterces per pound[2], ten times more expensive than red ochre, due to the rarity of sources of pure cinnabar.
The synthesis of vermilion from mercury and sulfur may have been
invented by the Chinese; the earliest known description of the process dates from
the 8th century.
The synthetically-produced pigment was used throughout Europe from the 12th century,
mostly for illuminated manuscripts, although it remained prohibitively expensive,
often costing as much as gilding, until the 14th century when the technique for
synthesizing vermilion became more widely known in Europe. Synthetic vermilion was
regarded early on as superior to the pigment derived from natural cinnabar. In the
Dutch method of manufacturing vermilion used from the 17th century, which was a
modified version of the Chinese method, mercury and melted sulfur were mashed together
to make black mercury sulfide, which was heated in a retort.
This caused it to give off vapor which condensed as the bright red crystalline form of mercury sulfide, which was then scraped off and treated with a strong alkali solution to remove sulfur, then washed and ground under water. [4]
The names "cinnabar" and "vermilion" were used interchangeably to describe either the natural or manufactured pigment until the 17th century when vermilion became the more common name. By the late 18th century the name cinnabar was applied only to the unground natural mineral. "Chinese vermilion" was described in 1835 as a cinnabar so pure that it only had to be ground into powder to become a perfect vermilion. Chinese vermilion was considered of a more crimson tone than the vermilion manufactured in Europe from less pure cinnabar. European vermilion of the time was often cut with various materials due to its high cost; adulterants included brick dust, orpiment, iron oxide, Persian red, iodine scarlet, and red lead, an inexpensive bright lead oxide pigment that was too reactive to be trustworthy enough for use in art. [2]
Modern day
Vermilion has largely been replaced in painting by the pigment cadmium red, a pigment
that is less reactive due to the replacement of mercury with cadmium, especially
in certain applications such as watercolors. The last mainstream commercial source
in watercolors was from the Belgian artist's materials company Blockx, although
the pigment can still be obtained in oils, where it is considered more stable. Unlike
mercuric sulfide, cadmium sulfide is available in a large range of warm hues, including
hues obtained by the addition of selenium or zinc. The range is from lemon yellow
to a dull deep red, sometimes referred to as "cadmium purple".
Vermilion is also the name of the typical color of the natural ground pigment, which is a bright red tinged with orange. It is somewhat similar to the color scarlet. Vermilion is not on the color wheel since the color is mixed with a slight amount of grey. As with cadmium sulfide, mercuric sulfide can be found in a range from a bright orange-toned red to a duller slightly bluish red. The differences in hue are due to the range in the size of the ground particles. The larger the average crystal is, the duller and less orange-toned it appears. It has been theorized that the more coarsely ground "Chinese" form of vermilion is more permanent than the more orange "French" variety. It is also theorized that purification leads to increased stability, as with many other pigments.
Hindu women use vermilion along the hair parting line known as Sindoor, to signify that they are married. Hindu men often wear the vermilion on their forehead during religious ceremonies. Vermilion is part of all religious ceremonies and festivals.