Research Paper On Gideon

Gideon, the son of Joash the Abiezrite, was a prophet chosen by the Lord, to rescue Israel from the oppression of the Midianites. For seven years, the Midianites devastated the Israelites harvests and slaughtered all their livestock. While Gideon was pressing wheat in a winepress, the angel of the Lord appeared to him. God told Gideon that he would be with him and give him the strength of a mighty warrior. Gideon, lacking in faith, declared to God that he was weak and least among the tribes and within his family. He was reluctant to believe that God was with him, because he felt abandoned by the Lord for the prior seven years. Gideon asked God for signs and of course God obliged. God set a rock a blaze and the fire consumed Gideon’s meat offering. After providing two more signs, Gideon finally agreed to accept the Lord’s will. The Lord reduced Gideon’s 32,000 men to a mere 300, and as the Israelites attacked, the Midianites turned their swords on one another. Gideon rescued the Israelites from the hand of the Midianites. Gideon grew old, married many wives, and had even more children. Peace among Israel lasted during his lifetime, but …show more content…
The Israelite people defy the Lord and disobey God’s law. The worship of Baal continues, which clearly leads to catastrophe and devastation. Yet the Lord God, once again, hears the cry of his people, and he forgives and rescues them from their suffering. Time and time again, God’s chosen fail in their faith, yet God makes his awesome power known to his people, in hopes that they will turn from their ignorant and defying ways. God defeats the Midianites through Gideon and 300 men in order to establish the mighty works being done. Despite all of this, the Israelites return to their idolatrous ways. There can be no grander message than the one that says God forgives his people of their evil