At this point in the Scriptures, there’s a new geopolitical reality forming you all need to be aware of. Israel has now divided itself into a number of loyalties and the foundation for what will become the great southern and northern divide is now forming right before our eyes. The tribe of Judah has become […]

So Chapter 8 opened with the tribal leaders of Ephraim feeling all huffy and puffy because Gideon didn’t bow down to them in his plans and actions. Plans he had received directly from the Lord by the way. The Ephraimites pretended they had no idea what was going (which was total BS) and were insulted […]

Let’s get our bearings here for a sec. So Gideon has successfully executed the first stage of his campaign to rid the Promised Land of the Midianites and Amalekites who came during the harvest season to steal Israel’s food supplies. Understand these invaders didn’t necessarily come because they had some kind of irrational hatred for […]

Gideon is one of the most important sections in the whole book of Judges. We’ve studied how God called this man who came from one of the poorest families in Israel and how in the beginning Gideon tested God. We saw how God in turn tested him back and then how with scarce military resources […]

“Now Zevach and Tzalmuna were in Karkor with their army, about 15,000 men, all that remained of the entire army of the people from the east; since 120,000 arms-bearing soldiers had fallen.”-Judges 8:10 Let’s talk for a second about the names of the two Midianite leaders Gideon was chasing down. The Scripture calls them Zevah […]