Fr. Mike highlights the life of Ruth, and what seems to be the first day of hope she's had in a long time. Sometimes it takes a long time to catch a glimmer of hope in the darkness of our lives, but Ruth reminds us that no matter what we've been through, God is always with us. Today's readings are Judges 4-5, Ruth 2, and Psalm 134. For the complete reading plan, visit ascensionpress.com/bibleinayear. Please note: The Bible contains adult themes that may not be suitable for children - parental discretion is advised.
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Hi, my name is Father Mike Schmitz, and you're listening to the Bible in a Year podcast, where we encounter God's voice and live life through the lens of Scripture. The Bible in a Year podcast is brought to you by Ascension.
Using the Great Adventure Bible timeline, we'll read all the way from Genesis to Revelation, discovering how the story of salvation unfolds and how we fit into that story today. Today is day 90. Oh my gosh, you guys, what a phenomenal day.
Chapter 2: What are today's Bible readings?
milestone that is three months if every month had 30 days and day 90 we're reading judges chapters four and five ruth chapter two following her story for just a short story but a powerful important story and we're praying today from psalm 134 as always i'm reading from the revised standard version second catholic edition i'm always using the great adventure bible from ascension if you want to get your own
Bible in a Year reading plan, you can visit ascensionpress.com slash Bible in a Year. You also can subscribe in your podcast app to receive daily episodes. Once again, this is day 90. Judges 4 and 5, I already gave the disclaimer yesterday, but it is a violent book and it is... All the things the judges do are not always great.
They do fight for the people and they do make decisions that are their best judgment. But sometimes their best judgment, we would say, could be better. Ruth's story is going to continue as she and Naomi have gone back to Bethlehem. Her mother-in-law, Naomi, back to her mother-in-law's homeland. And here is Ruth and Naomi destitute and hoping that the Lord will care for them.
But today, once again, starting with Judges chapter 4 and chapter 5. The book of Judges chapter four, Deborah and Barak. And the sons of Israel again did what was evil in the sight of the Lord after Ehud died. And the Lord sold them into the hand of Jabin, king of Canaan, who reigned in Hazor. The commander of his army was Sisera, who dwelt in Herosheth-hakoim.
Chapter 3: Who are Deborah and Barak in the Book of Judges?
Then the sons of Israel cried to the Lord for help, for he had 900 chariots of iron, and they oppressed the sons of Israel cruelly for 20 years. Now, Deborah, a prophetess, the wife of Lapidoth, was judging Israel at the time. She used to sit under the palm of Deborah between Ramah and Bethel in the hill country of Ephraim, and the sons of Israel came up to her for judgment.
She sent and summoned Barak, the son of Abinoam from Kadesh in Naphtali and said to him, the Lord, the God of Israel commands you, go gather your men at Mount Tabor, taking 10,000 from the tribe of Naphtali and the tribe of Zebulun. and I will draw out Sisera, the general of Jebin's army, to meet you by the river Kishon with his chariots and his troops, and I will give him into your hand.
The rock said to her, If you will go with me, I will go, but if you will not go with me, I will not go.
and she said i will surely go with you nevertheless the road on which you are going will not lead to your glory for the lord will sell sisera into the hand of a woman then deborah arose and went with barak to kadesh and barak summoned zebulun and naphtali to kadesh and ten thousand men went up at his heels and deborah went up with him
now heber the kenite had separated from the kenites the descendants of hochab the father-in-law of moses and had pitched his tent as far away as the oak in zananim which is near kadesh when cicero is told that barak the son of abinoam had gone up to mount tabor
Sisera called out all his chariots, nine hundred chariots of iron, and all the men who were with him, from Harosheth Kagoim to the river Kishon. And Deborah said to Barak, Up, for this is the day in which the Lord has given Sisera into your hand. Does not the Lord go out before you? So Barak went down from Mount Tabor with 10,000 men following him.
And the Lord routed Sisera and all his chariots and all his army before Barak at the edge of the sword. And Sisera alighted from his chariot and fled away on foot. And Barak pursued the chariots and the army to Harosheth Hagawim. And all the army of Sisera fell by the edge of the sword. Not a man was left. Jael kills Sisera.
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Chapter 4: How did Jael contribute to the victory over Sisera?
But Sisera fled away on foot to the tent of Jael, the wife of Heber the Kenite, for there was peace between Jebian the king of Hazor and the house of Heber the Kenite. When Jael came out to meet Sisera and said to him, Turn aside, my lord, turn aside to me, have no fear. So he turned aside to her into the tent, and she covered him with a rug.
And he said to her, Please give me a little water to drink, for I am thirsty. So she opened a skin of milk and gave him a drink and covered him. And he said to her, Stand at the door of the tent, and if any man comes and asks you, Is anyone here? say, No.
But Jael, the wife of Heber, took a tent peg, and took a hammer in her hand, and went softly to him, and drove the peg into his temple, till it went down into the ground, as he was lying fast asleep from weariness. So he died. And behold, as Barak pursued Sisera, Jael went out to meet him, and said to him, Come, and I will show you the man whom you are seeking. So he went into her tent, and
And there lay Sisera dead, with the tent peg in his temple. So on that day God subdued Jabin the king of Canaan before the sons of Israel. And the hand of the sons of Israel bore harder and harder on Jabin the king of Canaan, until they destroyed Jabin king of Canaan. Chapter 5. The Song of Deborah
Chapter 5: What is the Song of Deborah about?
Then sang Deborah and Barak, the son of Abinoam, on that day, that the leaders took the lead in Israel, that the people offered themselves willingly, blessed the Lord. Hear, O kings, give ear, O princes, to the Lord I will sing. I will make melody to the Lord, the God of Israel.
Lord, when you went forth from Seir, when you marched from the region of Edom, the earth trembled and the heavens dropped. Yes, the clouds dropped water. The mountains quaked before the Lord, the one of Sinai before the Lord, the God of Israel. In the days of Shamgar, son of Anath, in the days of Jael, caravans ceased and travelers kept to the byways. The peasantry ceased in Israel.
They ceased until you arose, Deborah, arose as a mother in Israel.
when new gods were chosen then war was in the gates was shield or spear to be seen among forty thousand in israel my heart goes out to the commanders of israel who offered themselves willingly among the people bless the lord tell of it you who ride on tawny donkeys who sit on rich carpets and you who walk by the way to the sound of musicians at the watering places
There they repeat the triumphs of the Lord, the triumphs of his peasantry in Israel. Then down to the gates marched the people of the Lord. Awake, awake Deborah, awake, awake, utter a song. Arise Barak, lead away your captives, O son of Abinoam. Then down marched the remnant of the noble. The people of the Lord marched down for him against the mighty.
From Ephraim they set out there into the valley, following you, Benjamin, with your kinsmen. From Machir march down the commanders, and from Zebulun those who bear the marshal's staff. The princes of Issachar came with Deborah, and Issachar faithful to Barak. Into the valley they rushed forth at his heels. Among the clans of Reuben there were great searchings of heart.
Why did you tarry among the sheepfolds to hear the piping for the flocks?" Among the clans of Reuben there were great searchings of heart. Gilead stayed beyond the Jordan, and Dan, why did he abide with the ships? Asher sat still at the coast of the sea, settling down by his landings. Zebulun is a people that jeoparded their lives to the death, Naphtali too, on the heights of the field.
The kings came. They fought. Then fought the kings of Canaan at Tanakh by the waters of Megiddo. They got no spoils of silver. From heaven fought the stars. From their courses they fought against Sisera. The torrent Kishon swept them away. The onrushing torrent, the torrent of Kishon. March on, my soul, with might.
then loud beat the horses hoofs with the galloping galloping of his steeds curse miraz says the angel of the lord curse bitterly its inhabitants because they came not to the help of the lord to the help of the lord against the mighty Most blessed of women be Jael, the wife of Heber the Canite, of tent-dwelling women most blessed. He asked for water, and she gave him milk.
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