God Loves Impossible Odds
Backgrounder on Judges 6-8:
Gideon, Israel’s fifth judge, receives
severe God’s call while hiding in a wine-
press secretly threshing wheat.
Midian’s oppression is indeed
and Gideon is God’s man
to lead the people in throwing off
that yoke of bondage – a task
Gideon is not anxious to accept!
But once convinced of his calling
through two miraculous signs,
Gideon leads a humble army of
300 men, equipped only with
torches and trumpets, in a stunning
victory against the mighty Midianite
forces. Israel’s weapons and
unusual battle plan leave no room
for doubt: The victory is the Lord’s.
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