By faith the walls of Jericho fell down after they were encircled for seven days. By faith the harlot Rahab did not perish with those who did not believe, when she had received the spies with peace. And what more shall I say? For the time would fail me to tell of Gideon and Barak and Samson and Jephthah, also of David and Samuel and the prophets:
Hebrews 11:30-32

who through faith subdued kingdoms, worked righteousness, obtained promises,
stopped the mouths of lions, quenched the violence of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, out of weakness were made strong, became valiant in battle, turned to flight the armies of the aliens. Women received their dead raised to life again.
Hebrews 11:33-35

Three Levels Of Interpretation
A Story For Israel

Gideon Is A Type Of Christ

Gideon’s Victory Is A Type For The Believer

Offering Consumed
Father’s Baal Altar Torn Down
22,000 Sent Home
9,700 Sent Home
300
Pitchers, Torches, Trumpets
Enemies Slay Each Other

Gideon Works In Three Stages
Stage 1 – His Calling And First Actions Judges 6:11-24

Stage 2 – The Judgement Of His Own House
Judges 6:25–Judges 7:18

Stage 3 – The Judgement Of The Enemy
Judges 7:19-Judges 8

Messianic Verses Concerning The Messiah

For You have broken the yoke of his burden And the staff of his shoulder, The rod of his oppressor, As in the day of Midian. Isaiah 9:4

For unto us a Child is born, Unto us a Son is given; And the government will be upon His shoulder. And His name will be called Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. Isaiah 9:6

The Antichrist
Therefore thus says the Lord God of hosts: “O My people, who dwell in Zion, do not be afraid of the Assyrian (AKA-The Anti-Christ). He shall strike you with a rod and lift up his staff against you, in the manner of Egypt. For yet a very little while and the indignation will cease, as will My anger in their destruction.”
Isaiah 10:24-25

And the Lord of hosts will stir up a scourge for him like the slaughter of Midian at the rock of Oreb; as His rod was on the sea, so will He lift it up in the manner of Egypt.
Isaiah 10:25

Gideon’s House Had Fallen
(Judges 6:15; 8:18)

Royal House Of David Had Fallen

Has not the Scripture said that the Christ comes from the seed of David and from the town of Bethlehem, where David was?”
John 7:42

Gideon Received Angelic Help (Judges 6:12)

Christ Received Angelic Help

Then an angel appeared to Him from heaven, strengthening Him.
Luke 22:43

Gideon Offered A Sacrifice That Was Acceptable To God (Judges 6:21)

Christ Was The Offering Acceptable To The Father

But this Man, after He had offered one sacrifice for sins forever, sat down at the right hand of God,
Heb. 10:12

Gideon’s Family Had Fallen Into Apostasy
(Judges 6:25)

The Jews Had Fallen Into Apostasy
(Matt. 23:2-38)

“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you travel land and sea to win one proselyte, and when he is won, you make him twice as much a son of hell as yourselves.
Matthew 23:15

The Brethren Of Gideon Sought To Kill Him
(Judges 6:29-30)

Christ’s Brethren Wanted To Kill Him

And the chief priests and the scribes sought how they might kill Him, for they feared the people.
Luke 22:2

Gideon Wanted To Atone for Israel At The Altar Of God Our Peace
(Judges 6:26)

Christ Is Our Peace Offering Before The Father

For He Himself is our peace, who has made both one, and has broken down the middle wall of separation,
Eph. 2:14

Gideon’s Victory Was A Type Of Christ’s Victory At Armageddon

Both Take Place In The Jezreel Valley

But the Spirit of the Lord came upon Gideon; then he blew the trumpet, and the Abiezrites gathered behind him. And he sent messengers throughout all Manasseh, who also gathered behind him. He also sent messengers to Asher,
Zebulun, and Naphtali; and they came up to meet them. So Gideon said to God, “If You will save Israel by my hand as You have said—
Judges 6:34-36

Behold, I tell you a mystery: We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed— in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.
1 Cor. 15:51-52

For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first. Then we who are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And thus we shall always be with the Lord.
1 Thess. 4:16-17

Twenty-Two Thousand Eliminated – Why?

Now therefore, proclaim in the hearing of the people, saying, ‘Whoever is fearful and afraid, let him turn and depart at once from Mount Gilead.’ ” And twenty-two thousand of the people returned, and ten thousand remained.
Judges 7:3

Because Of A Lack Of Faith And Courage

Another 9,700 Eliminated
Why?

Lack Of Watchfulness And Self-Control

So he brought the people down to the water. And the Lord said to Gideon, “Everyone who laps from the water with his tongue, as a dog laps, you shall set apart by himself; likewise everyone who gets down on his knees to drink.” And the number of those who lapped, putting
their hand to their mouth, was three hundred men; but all the rest of the people got down on their knees to drink water.
Judges 7:5-6

Thirty-Two Thousand Called
Judges 6:35
Only 300 Chosen

…For many are called, but few chosen.””
Matthew 20:16b

God Turned The Midianites
Against Themselves (Judges 7:22)

Gog Will Suffer A Similar Fate

I will call for a sword against Gog throughout all My mountains,” says the Lord God. “Every man’s sword will be against his brother.
Ezek. 38:21

Gideon Was Delivered Not By His Own Power, But By God’s Power

In The Day Of Christ, It Will Be Victory By God’s Power, Not Israel

So he answered and said to me: “This is the word of the Lord to Zerubbabel: ‘Not by might nor by power, but by My Spirit,’ Says the Lord
of hosts.
Zech. 4:6

Gideon’s Victory Made Him A Judge Over Israel For 40 Years (Judges 8:28)

Jesus Will Reign Over All For Eternity
Christ, Established In Power, Will Judge The Nations In Righteousness

Now I saw heaven opened, and behold, a white horse. And He who sat on him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness He judges and makes war. Revelation 19:11

Gideon’s Faithful 300 Participated With Him In Victory And Triumph

Believers Will Reign With Christ And Will Be Given Power Over
The Nations
(Psalms 149:4-9, Rev. 2:26)

For it is the God who commanded light to shine out of darkness, who has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ. But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellence of the power may be of God and not of us.
2 Corinthians 4:6-7

Feeling Unworthy, Inadequate, Hidden

Change Family Beliefs

Fleecing Leads To Trusting The Lord

Courage Of Gideon To Believe

Never Forget