Unlikely Hero (Gideon, Part 1)

July 9, 2023

Series: Judges

The cycle of restoration to God, contentment with God, abandonment of God, and judgment by God continues in Judges 6. After seven years of judgment, God sends an angel to call Gideon to be the judge of Israel. The angel finds Gideon hiding in the winepress yet calls him a mighty man of valor. Is Gideon the unlikely hero Israel needs? Or is there another unlikely hero in the story?