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第九十五天：2011年12月31日(Tevet 5,5772)

請讀：詩篇八十三篇

「摧毀敵人的陣營」

詩篇八十三篇將打敗米甸人的戰爭確認為一種模式，就是神希望我們去摧毀那些攻擊我們的敵人結構。在9-12節說：

「求你待他們，如待米甸，如在基順河待西西拉和耶賓一樣。他們在隱多珥滅亡，成了地上的糞土。求你叫他們的首領像俄立和西伊伯，叫他們的王子都像西巴和撒慕拿。他們說：我們要得神的住處，作為自己的產業。」

從這些經文中可得到三個重要的結論，首先而且是最重要的，就是神要將我們的敵人貶抑至無足輕重，祂對於抵制他們、或只是打敗他們並不感興趣，祂用一種方式「耗盡」他們，使他們變成完全不可能有任何的用處，或是再也無法去影響任何人。這就是我們可以期待發生的事，使我們在追趕敵人的事上能與祂一起行動。

其次，神希望摧毀敵人組織中所有的首領，根據9-12節經文，米甸軍隊有六個不同的首領，當基甸的軍隊在追趕貴族王子，俄立、西伊伯、西巴和撒慕拿時，底波拉的軍隊則在攻打前面的二個首領，就是西西拉和耶賓，而每一個米甸的首領都帶有一種不同層次的戰爭，這在每個名字當中都能看得出來：

A   西西拉—「作戰擺陣」(Battle array)

A   耶賓—「理解、分辨的人」(One who understands/discerns)

A   俄立—「烏鴉或掠奪」(Raven)

A   西伊伯—「狼」(Wolf)

A   西巴—「假的、或錯誤的祭壇」(False Altar)

A   撒慕拿—「極深的黑暗籠罩」(Covers in thick darkness)

由這個列表顯示出我們所需要看見的每一個仇敵的結構，而這些都是我們在作戰、戰勝、要追趕殲滅的對象，如果我們想在敵人攻擊我們當中去經歷安息的話，那麼每一個敵人都會有一個陣列情形是必須被追趕與摧毀的。

西西拉的陣列

西西拉是與米甸人結盟的迦南軍隊之將領，就是他在戰場上指揮擺陣來攻擊底波拉的。西西拉服侍夏瑣王耶賓(他的名字意思是「理解」)，而西西拉與耶賓這二個人共同策劃出一個戰略來攻擊以色列人，這戰略包括九百輛鐵戰車的優勢軍力。在士師記第四章中記載，神將祂的策略顯明給底波拉知道，幫助她來摧毀這股勢力，當底波拉的軍隊前進時(由巴拉所領導)，神徹底摧毀了西西拉的軍隊，然而西西拉逃脫了，並躲藏在雅億的帳棚中，但西西拉覺得他很安全，因為雅億以及她的家人都是米甸族的人，而米甸軍隊是與西西拉結盟的。然而西西拉並沒有意識到雅億的家族已經停止與米甸結盟，而改為與上帝的百姓結盟，因此當精疲力盡、毫不懷疑的西西拉沉睡在雅億的帳棚裡時，雅億拿出帳棚的橛子(釘子)釘入西西拉的太陽穴裡。

擊中要害

攻擊我們的敵人結構具有一種組織與戰略，意圖要讓人看到而且感覺到勢不可擋。當時機正確(底波拉來自以薩迦支派)、而且我們與神一起前進時，神就會摧毀敵人的陣列，只要我們與神繼續前進，我們可以確信的是，祂將會讓我們的敵人毫無機會得以逃脫與躲藏。雅億可能不是以色列人，但是神將她安置與連結在正確的位置及時間上，用她來摧毀西西拉。

繼續前進

我們就在一個必須勇往直前、直到我們看見敵人的結構被摧毀的時刻。在某些關卡上，看起來我們可能永遠無法摧毀牠們，因為牠們的結構是如此地龐大、有組織，然而只要我們與神一起前進，我們可以確信，沒有人可以逃離祂的審判。

釋放出帳棚釘子的聲音

我們在敬拜時經常會唱詩歌宣告「就像雅億一樣」，而用來描述雅億將帳棚釘子釘入西西拉的頭，其所使用的希伯來文是「Tekiah」，字面上的意思就是將帳棚釘子打入地面，而它也是號角的主要聲音，為一聲長號，那聲音是在宣告神已經立起祂的帳幕，並將祂的疆界設立在一個地區或結構。當我們向我們的生命、以及敵對我們的結構來吹出號角時，就會釋放出鐵鎚將釘子打進我們的仇敵裡。想學習更多有關羊角號聲音，並聆聽這些聲音，請點選以下網址http://blog.mightyshofar.com/?page_id=101.(附註)。

亞倫．佛比恩(Allen Faubion)牧師

錫安的榮耀國際事工(Glory Of Zion International)

《附註》：

羊角號是一種力量強大的樂器，因為它能釋放出強大的聲音，顯示出在特定的地點與時間神所打算要做的事。有三種基本聲音來傳達與宣告出這些目的，以下就是這些聲音的描述：

第一種號角聲為Tekiah(發音為teh-key-AH)，其相當於音樂的全音符，它是一個連續的聲音，延長為幾個節拍(至少為一個音樂節拍)，這聲音在宣告上帝的旨意計畫，在祂所要佔據的一個地區或領域，要來建立祂的公義疆界。

第二種號角聲為Shevarim(發音為sheh-vuh-REEM)，是由幾個短而快的音所構成，它們的功能就類似音樂的四分音符，它在宣告上帝的旨意計畫，是要突破障礙、並打破阻擋祂旨意之事。

第三種號角聲為Teruah(發音為tuh-ROO-ah），是一種警告的聲音，是要立刻喚醒、吸引、以及專注在神正在做的事情上。這聲音是由九個短音所構成，這聲音用來突然宣告神臨到現場的聲音。

第四種號角聲為Tekiah Gdolah(發音為gdole-AH)，這是一種特殊的Tekiah，它翻出來的意思是「大號」(great tekiah)，它是一個單一的長音，延長為幾個、甚至是很多個音樂節拍，是盡可能延長的單次的連貫聲音，因為它是一個如此威嚴的聲音，所以用來宣佈、及或結束一連串的羊角聲，Tekiah Gdolah在宣告神的榮耀與權柄完全徹底的擴張。

Day 95 of 100 Days: “Destroying the Array of the Enemy” Read: Ps. 83

Chuck Pierce 寫於 2011年12月30日 8:13

Psalm 83 identifies the defeat of Midian as the model for how God intends us to destroy enemy structures that war against us.  Verses 9-12 declare:

Do to them as you did to Midian,as you did to Sisera and Jabin at the river Kishon,

10   who perished at Endorand became like refuse on the ground.

11   Make their nobles like Oreb and Zeeb,all their princes like Zebah and Zalmunna,

12   who said, “Let us take possessionof the pasturelands of God.”  

Three important conclusions come from these verses.  First and foremost God wants to reduce our enemies to nothing.  He is not interested in neutralizing them or simply defeating them.  He wants to “waste” them in a way that makes it utterly impossible for them to be of any use or affect to anyone ever again.  This is what we can expect to occur provided we move with Him in the pursuit of our enemies. 

Second, God wants to destroy all the heads of enemy structures.  According to verses 9-12 the Midianite army had six different “heads” it.  Deborah’s army fought against the first two heads, Sisera and Jabin, while G

Gideon’s army pursued the nobles and princes, Oreb, Zeeb, Zebah, and Zalmunna.  Each Midianite head brought a different dimension to the battle.  This can be seen in the names of each:

• Sisera—“Battle array”
• Jabin—“One who understands/discerns”
• Oreb—“Raven”
• Zeeb—“Wolf”
• Zebah—“False Altar”
• Zalmunnah—“Covers in thick darkness”

This list reveals what we need to see about every enemy structure we battle, overcome, pursue to destruction.  Each enemy will have an array of things that must be pursued and destroyed if we want to experience rest from our enemies. 

Sisera’s Array

Sisera was the field general of the Caananite army in league with the Midianites.  He directed the battlefield array against Deborah. Sisera served the King of Hazor, Jabin (whose name meant “understands”).  Together these two, Sisera and Jabin, devised a strategy against Israel that included an overpowering force of 900 iron chariots.  In Judges 4 God revealed to Deborah His strategy to destroy this force.  When Deborah’s force (led by Barak) advanced, God completely destroyed Sisera’s army.  However Sisera escaped destruction and hid in the tent of Jael.  Sisera felt he was safe because Jael and her family were ethnic Midianites and the Midianite army was aligned with Sisera.  Sisera failed to realize that Jael’s family had abandoned its alignment with Midian to align with God’s people.  Thus while an exhausted unsuspecting Sisera slept confidently in Jael’s tent, Jael took a tent peg and hammered it into Sisera’s temple.

Hitting the Nail on the Head

Enemy structures come at us with a organization and strategy that is designed to look and feel overwhelming.  When the timing is right (Deborah was from the tribe of Issachar) and we advance with Him, God will destroy the enemy’s array.  As long as we keep advancing with God, we can be confident that He will leave no opportunity for our enemies to run and hide.  Jael may not have been a child of Israel but God positioned and aligned her to be at the right place and time to destroy Sisera.   

Keep Advancing

We are in a time when we must advance until we see enemy structures destroyed.  At certain points it may seem we can never destroy them because the array of their structures is so vast and ordered.  As long as we advance with the Lord we can be confident that nothing can escape His judgment.

Release the Sound of the Tent Peg

We have often worshipped with the song that declares “Just like Jael.”  The Hebrew word used to describe the action and sound of Jael driving the tent peg into Sisera’s head is the word “Tekiah.”  Literally it means to drive a tent peg into the ground.  It is also the primary sound of the shofar—an extended blast—that declares God has raised His tent and set His boundaries over an area or structure.  When we blow the shofar over our lives and over the structures that war against us, it releases the hammer that strikes the peg into our enemies.  To learn more about Shofar sounds and listen to them click on the following link: http://blog.mightyshofar.com/?page_id=101.

Allen Faubion

Pastor

Glory Of Zion International