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An unknown prophet told the Israelites that their wretched conditions were a result of their forgetting to give exclusive devotion to the one true God. Gideon is introduced in the story threshing grain secretly in a winepress, a pit in the ground, so the marauding Midianites did not see him.
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Gideon was a judge and a mighty man of war in Israel. He was the youngest of a poor family from the tribe of Manasseh. God called him to deliver Israel from the oppression of the Midianites (Judges 6:14-16). Gideon’s story is found in the book of Judges from chapters 6 to 8. He is the second judge after Samson, whose story takes up about three chap...
The name Gideon has Hebrew origin, meaning a feller of trees, a hewer or a great warrior (Judges 1:12).
The Israelites were not supposed to be like the surrounding nations in Canaan. God had commanded them to be different. And not to “bow down to their gods, nor serve them, nor do according to their works; but.. (to)...utterly overthrow them and completely break down their sacred pillars.” (Exodus 23:24). However, after the death of Joshua, the Israe...
Gideon the son of Joash was the man whom God chose to deliver Israel. During the wheat harvest, Gideon hid in a winepress to remove the wheat from its husks because he feared the Midianites. As Gideon was threshing wheat, the Angel of the Lord appeared to him and commissioned him to go and fight the Midianites. The Lord said unto him, “Go in this m...
He told God, “show me a sign that it is You who talks with me.” The sign that Gideon requested was that the Lord would accept his sacrifice. He quickly prepared a young goat and some unleavened bread and placed it on a rock as guided by the Angel (Judges 6:17). The angel of the Lord touched the sacrifice using the tip of his staff, and the sacrific...
Gideon’s family was as idolatrous as the rest of Israel. So as his first task, God commanded Gideon to destroy the altar of Baal that belonged to his father. Then he was to build an altar to God on the rock on which he had offered his sacrifice that was consumed by fire. Because Gideon feared the people who were so loyal to Baal, he decided to dest...
Even after all these encounters with God, Gideon was still timid and unsure of his calling. Gideon still needed assurance that God was going to save Israel through him. Gideon asked for another sign. He asked that the Lord make a fleece wet overnight while the ground remained dry, the Lord did it. But since the fleece naturally absorbs water in the...
It was a law in Israel that some men were to be excluded from war, this included those who were fearful (Deuteronomy 20:5-8). However, those who were fearful made up the majority of those who had joined Gideon. Gideon feared to exclude anyone because the army of the Midianites was so large, probably over 1 million soldiers. However, God asked Gideo...
At this point, Gideon could only trust in the guidance and power of the Lord. By all standards, the 300 men in his forces were very small compared to the great army of their enemies. The Amalekites and Midianites were, “as the sand by the seaside for multitudes” (Judges 7:12). Despite the odds, God gave Gideon encouragement for the coming victory. ...
God is not a respecter of persons, He can call and use anyone. Gideon was the weakest man from a weak family of the smallest tribe in Israel. Yet God chose him and used him to subdue a great enemy...God does not depend on numbers or strength to fight the enemy. He needs faithful people who are ready to be used by Him.Gideon invited his eldest son, Jether, to slay Zebah and Zalmunna, but being still young at the time, he did not have the confidence to carry out his father's request, so Zebah and Zalmunna called on Gideon to perform the deed himself.
The vast majority of those who volunteered for service in chapter 6 (verses 34-35) were sent back and did not engage in the main battle (7:1-8). We should also note that whatever the reason for the first general call to war, it was prompted by the Spirit of the LORD who came upon Gideon (6:34).
Aug 29, 2022 · Answer. Gideon was the fifth judge and renowned as the greatest of Israel. The account of his life is recorded in Judges 6:11—8:32. The backdrop for Gideon’s biography begins with the Israelites being ravaged by the Midianites as a consequence of Israel’s disobedience to God (Judges 6:1).
Jan 25, 2024 · Gideon, from the least of the least in terms of tribes, receives a call from God to take on the Midianites, a nomadic and huge group of people who depleted Israel’s supplies. This article will dive into the person of Gideon, what God does to make him an even more unlikely candidate to save Israel, and why it matters to us today.
Why did God choose Gideon to lead? While we don’t know exactly why God chose Gideon to lead, we do know that God chose unlikely heroes throughout the Bible. When God first appeared to him, Gideon was discouraged and doubtful.
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