Hey, this is Tyler at Bible Project. I record and mix the podcast. We've been exploring a theme

called the Chaos Dragon, and because it's such a big theme, we've decided to do two separate

question and response episodes about it. We're currently taking questions for the first Q&R

and we'd love to hear from you. Just record your question by September 13th and send it into us

at infoatbibleproject.com. Let us know your name and where you're from and try to keep your question

to about 20 seconds. And please transcribe your question when you email it in. That's a huge help

to our team. We're so looking forward to hearing from you. Here's the episode.

We're exploring the theme of the Sea Dragon in the Bible. The Dragon is a symbol representing chaos

and death. These are forces that God controls and subdues when He orders creation in Genesis chapter 1.

And then these are forces that God appoints, both angels and humans, to rule over on God's behalf.

But the story of the Bible is about how God's creatures don't rule over the chaos, and it's

dead to become chaos monsters themselves. The snake in the garden that deceives Adam and Eve

is a spiritual being becoming a snakey monster. Adam and Eve's son Cain becomes a snakey monster.

In the School of Exodus, King Pharaoh is depicted as a snakey monster. But behind all of this is

this prophecy that a future human will not be overcome by the snake, but instead will crush the head

of the snake. In today's episode, we're going to look at a story in the School of Judges. It's the

story of the prophetess Deborah. She's a human mouthpiece for God. She embodies God's rule over the

people judging and leading them, and she loves to sit under a tree between high place and house of

God on the mountain of fruitfulness. Deborah is a new Eve tasked with striking down the bad

guys of the story, who are a crafty king and a snakey commander. But the story's not just about

Deborah. It's also about a non-Israelite woman, a canine named JL. Through the female prophet,

God's going to raise up a female deliverer. JL lures the snakey commander into her tents,

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