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Judges 6 gets into the story of Gideon and shows how he was; like Moses living in the midst of enemies. In his case; he was hiding out in a threshingfloor with wheat when the Angel of the Lord met him. Like Moses he asks for a sign; and there was one of fire (in the case of Gideon consuming an offering which he brought). This story reminds us of what happened with Manoah and his wife before the birth of Samson later on in Judges where the husband was afraid he would die after the visitation-his unnamed wife straightened him out to the contrary as to what the Lord's intentions were (in that case she seemed to show more maturity).
In any case; later on in chapter 6; verses 36-40 Gideon puts God to the test twice more. First he asks about the fleece only having dew on it and the rest of the ground being dry; then he asks the opposite. After this and overhearing talk of a dream of the enemy of the victory of israel in Judges 7:13 he then had enough confidence to fight. This chapter also goes into the severe whittling down of fighting men to God's select choice of 300; then has a bizarre method to convince the enemy there are more fighters; much like the story of how Jericho was taken in the Book of Joshua. Let us summarize several points we see here and in other scriptures as well.
GOD'S LONG TERM GOALS. The Lord; it seems focused on some other nations when His people entered the Promised Land. The Midianites were later judged; as we can see from further study into these chapters of Judges because of Baal worship. We see further that Israel was under their servitude (interestingly 7 years the length of the Tribulation or Jacob's trouble to come) because of their direct disobedience in regard to worshipping God only. God therefore picked a chosen vessel who was poor and unknown (much like He picked David later on to be a mighty man of God). He would add to the conquest of land promised to Moses in time.
Judges 6 gets into the story of Gideon and shows how he was; like Moses living in the midst of enemies. In his case; he was hiding out in a threshingfloor with wheat when the Angel of the Lord met him. Like Moses he asks for a sign; and there was one of fire (in the case of Gideon consuming an offering which he brought). This story reminds us of what happened with Manoah and his wife before the birth of Samson later on in Judges where the husband was afraid he would die after the visitation-his unnamed wife straightened him out to the contrary as to what the Lord's intentions were (in that case she seemed to show more maturity).
In any case; later on in chapter 6; verses 36-40 Gideon puts God to the test twice more. First he asks about the fleece only having dew on it and the rest of the ground being dry; then he asks the opposite. After this and overhearing talk of a dream of the enemy of the victory of israel in Judges 7:13 he then had enough confidence to fight. This chapter also goes into the severe whittling down of fighting men to God's select choice of 300; then has a bizarre method to convince the enemy there are more fighters; much like the story of how Jericho was taken in the Book of Joshua. Let us summarize several points we see here and in other scriptures as well.
GOD'S LONG TERM GOALS. The Lord; it seems focused on some other nations when His people entered the Promised Land. The Midianites were later judged; as we can see from further study into these chapters of Judges because of Baal worship. We see further that Israel was under their servitude (interestingly 7 years the length of the Tribulation or Jacob's trouble to come) because of their direct disobedience in regard to worshipping God only. God therefore picked a chosen vessel who was poor and unknown (much like He picked David later on to be a mighty man of God). He would add to the conquest of land promised to Moses in time.
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