So God subdued on that day Jabin the king of Canaan before the children of Israel.
Women could prophesy in the meetings of the early church (1 Corinthians 11:5). Just because He has excluded women from the authoritative leadership of churches as elders (1 Timothy 2:12) does not mean they can do nothing. This limitation has led some to conclude that there are more divine restrictions on the ministry of women in the New Testament than there were in the Old. However the opposite is true. Women could not be priests under the Mosaic Covenant, but they are priests under the New Covenant (1 Peter 2:9; Revelation 1:6). God has excluded men from some ministries too, such as being mothers. This is one of the greatest and most influential ministries any human being can have. "The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world." [Note: William Ross Wallace, John o’ London’s Treasure Trove. Cited in The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations, p. 557.] Normally God chose to use men as prophets both in Old Testament times and in the early church. However in both periods He occasionally selected women for this ministry. If it were not for the ministry of women, God’s work throughout history would have suffered greatly. Think of Amy Carmichael, Fanny Crosby, Wetherill Johnson, Elisabeth Elliot, Isobel Kuhn, and countless others, who have advanced and blessed the church.