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Gideon was an influential man to the people. With his faithfulness through out battle, they were able to conquer their enemy. Gideon was obedient therefore so were the people. Even when Gideon became puffed up they followed orders because of his position. Gideon had the influence to the extent that when he made this image out of the gold and set it up in ophrah the people did what he did "played harlot" and when he died the people forgot what the Lord had done. they had peace for 40 years dispite of the ups and downs gideon faced.

Praise The Lord Saints!!! Spiritual unfaithfulness was looked at as prostitution or adultery is The Body of Christ is refered as "bride" and if you understand that you see why the scripture reads" they played harlot with..." The concept of God's relationship to his people is similar to a bride to its groom. Personal, Intimate & Faithful. To make an image out of gold in our case things of this present world takes away that personal intimate faithful love and God being a jealous God will "divorce" you out of the relationship.(Punish you- not that you are not HIS child). Giving More time To Things of this world, for example jobs cars houses etc are just some of the spiritual adultery that we face. Yet, my GOd is so personal intimate and faithful HE IS ALWAYS THERE !!

A snare is a trap. He set his family and the people up for a "trap" they were misdirected into worshipping this idol and forgetting what God had allowed Gideon achieve. Gideon cut his life short and the favor on his family by making that decision. Even if we do not see sin for what it is God will let us be ignorant of it for a little while but eventually u will see the failure in your sin and he is so loving he provides a way out even while you are sinning. So even if you aren't aware it is still sin. The essence of the sin was they are woshipping idols. Serving a God that isn't the TRUE GOD ALMIGHTY Gideon's sin was making a golden image

An ephod in this text may have been a priestly garment made of the gold Gideon received from the people and what he took from the leaders he killed. It probaly looked like a statue. The image was too heavy to be worn so it was set up on something.

He asked for earrings from each of them. Taking money wasn't wrong but making an ephod was the sin. the sin began when they set it up in the city and played harlot there in Ophrah.

Gideon did not want to be ruler over the Isrealites because not only will that be treason,but that is trying to steal glory from GOD and that's worse than treason. It would have been like committing treason because you are betraying Our Lord & Savior by saying "I Did This & That ,giving credit to your self ¬ GOD. To their ignorance, they felt it was the norm to appoint him because he led them physically through battle, but IT WAS GOD ALL THE TIME .....PRAISE THE LORD!!

gideon slays Zebah & Zalmunna because they killed his brothers. In his day he would have been fulfilling his just obligation but in God's eye we are subject to the law, we are obligated to love our enemies. Iwrote this saying in the last forum but I once heard someone say "don't worry about your enemies God can get them far better than you can" And Our Father has ALL POWER so there is no need for me to waste my energy doing what GOD CAN DO !! PRAISE THE LORD!!

both the people of Succoth and Peniel refused to give food to Gideon's troops for fear that the Midianites will retaliate for giving aide. Gideon's reason for punishing these people was because they did not render aide. The people of Succoth & Peniel committed sin not because of gideon but they broke the covenant with God and the people. In that time i feel he was just because by them refusing aide thinking they were harming Gideon & his troops God allowed such punishment to take place because of their violation of his covenant.(God can get you far better than we can!smile) A situation that may apply to us today may be passing by needy person or turning people away when asking for aide(money transportaion shelter etc.)We are similar to the people of Succoth & Peniel

He must complete the task or for future reference it may come on future generations. That is why he must finish the remaining 15,000 in karkor. The problem with doing God's will half-way, first of all thats not what god wants so you can make our father angry with disobedience. Like parents today) also, you jepardize your sucess by half doing as i said before, it can come back to bite you. So its just best if you would skip the half -way attitude and please GOD by doing it right the first time obedience gets you far

gideon asked for their help in cutting off the remaining Midianites. They were angry because the weren't called in the beginning to battle. They wanted the reward from the defeat &their name be glorified for participating. The lesson is never become arrogant when God's work is being done . Remain humble thankful and let positve words pass your mouth when faced with arrogance. Praise The Lord!!!

Gideon divied the army to surround the camp to appear larger than they were --to confuse the midianites. The jars and trumpets &torches were another tactic to throw the enemy off. The jars were to break & disturb the enemy the torches were hid until the right time & the trumpets blew to make it seem as if they were surrounded by a large army. This strategy was sucessful first of all because the Spirit of the lord was with Gideon, but it was successful because the enemy was distracted & confused in the night so they began to kill one another. They fled, but they were captured & destroyed.

Good morning To All!! To answer the question the significance from "lappers" and "knealers" i believe that choosing the lappers, they were alert and aware of surroundings and better equipped to jump and leave if called suddenly. knealers werenot as ready.

I Think We demand they make sense first because we are crazy (lol) or because we lack confidence in GOD. It souldn't make sense if it made sense it is of this world and is carnal. I believe God allows signs to give you that strength in HIM but never demand a sign in order for us to get moving...no way. The danger in demanding signs before we move is that we place ourselves over GOD's Will and here you find yourself out of GOD's presence and into trouble. Remember GOD didn't have to choose you so humble yourself and submit and you will see victory and not defeat no matter what it looks like!! PRAY PRAY PRAY!!! That God remove that doubt and bring you to blind obedience and get with people who believe and will help you walk how god ordained and pray as well!!

God said the army was too big because he knew if they were to fight with the current number they would later boast that they defeated them with out the direction of the Lord. God knew that with the small number would restore their faith to HIM not in their own understanding. He would feel the pressure of making GOD angry, the pressure of leading an army to defeat instead of victory if he were to obey GOD. And like many of us he had the pressure of his peers and what they might say or think of him. Gideon was able to obey GOD fully with out the doubt of what was facing him was FAITH & BeING OBEDIENT eve when the odds look out of your favor. He saw no gain going opposite of GOD so all TRUST WAS IN GOD & That's The GOOD Thing!!

I Thank THe Lord FOr This Day!! I Believe That GOD WILL NOT SHOW A SIGN TO PROVE HE EXSIST....WE WOULD NOT NEED FAITH!! From What I read, I think that god will give signs or confirmations with a sign to strengthen your faith or to call you to full faith so that what he needs you to do can be done. We in our flesh may come up with excuses or allow our faith to wither when the task seems overwhelming.