DEBORAH

Q5)a. WE ARE MARRIED TO GOD AND TO HIS WORD. WHEN WE DISOBEY HIS WORD, AND PUT EVERYTHING ELSE FIRST, WE DIVORCE HIM IN THE SENSE THAT WE HAVE GIVEN TO EVERYTHING ELSE BUT HIM. I ANSWERED THIS ONCE UNDER A POST. OH I THINK I'M SO SMART!!!! HAPPY LOVE TO U ALL, IN JESUS NAME,

Q6)a. PEAVE I THE LAND FOR 40 YEARS. "SUBDUED". b. GIDEONS LEADERSHIP KEEPS ISRAEL PEACEFUL AND WITHOUT INVASIONS. WE GET TO READ AND LEARN FROM HIS MISTAKES.

Q)5a. WE, THE PEOPLE OF GOD, ARE MARRIED TO HIM, AND THAT MEANS HE COMES FIRST, IN THOUGHT, IN PRAYER, IN IDOL. WHEN THIS IS NOT DONE THEN WE PROSTITUTE OURSELVES, MEANING THAT WE GIVE OF OURSELVES TO EVERYTHING ELSE , WHICH MAKES US MATERIALISTIC, SELFISH, GREEDY, AND THEN OF NO TRUE SPRITUALITY.

Q4)a. A SNARE IS A TRAP. Q4)b. THE EPHOD WAS SO BEAUTIFUL THAT IT BECAME A SYMBOL OF WORSHIP WHICH GIDEON PLACED IN HIS TOWN. AN IDOL GOD SO TO SPEAK. Q4)c. HISTORY BEGAN TO REPEAT ITSELF, AS THE EXAMPLE WITH GIDEON'S FATHER, BAEL WITH THE ALTER. Q4)d. ENTRAPMENTS, ARE WHAT WE STILL HAVE TODAY. GIDEON WAS NOT SATISFIED WITH WHAT THE LORD GAVE TO HIM. HE HAD TO MAKE A REGUEST, HIS REGUEST WAS GREED. YOU CAN NOT SERVE BOTH GOD AND MONEY, EX: MATTHEW:6:24.

Q3-a) THE EPHOD IS A WELL MADE GARMENT FOR A HIGH PRIEST. Q3- FABRIC OF THE FINEST LINENS, MADE BY THE BEST CRAFTSMEN, WITH COLORED YARNS AND WITH JEWELRY , ONYX, AND GOLD FILIGREES. KNOW TODAY AS "VERY HIGH END" MEANING, THE BEST OF THE BEST WEALTH CAN OFFER.

Q-1b) THE PEOPLE STILL SEE GIDEON AS THE SAVIOR NOT GOD. THEY WANTED SOMETHING , TANGIBLE, THAT THEY COULD WORSHIP.

Q-1a) FOR GIDEON THIS WOULD BE A STATE OF TRESON, AS GIDEON KNEW THAT HE WAS THE WARRIOR SENT BY GOD TO BATTLE WITH THE HELP OF GOD.

Q-1) THE LORD IS THE ONLY TRUE GOD AND KING AND HE TOLD THE PEOPLE THIS. GIDEON POINTS THEM TO GOD. GIDEON ALREADY KNEW THIS BY WHAT GOD HAD SHOWED HIM, AS THIS WAS GOD'S RULE

Q5. GIDEON WAS AN AVENGER, AND THE "AVENGER OF BLOOD SHALL PUT THE MURDERER TO DEATH" UNDER THE LAWS OF THIS TIME IN THE OLD TESTAMENT. HE WAS JUST IN THE TIMES OF THE OLD TESTAMENT AND ITS LAW AND THE CITIES OF REFUGE. IN THE NEW TESTAMENT JESUS IS TELLING US TO LIVE IN PEACE AND IN HARMONY, AND HE WILL BE THE BEFORE AND THE AFTER JUDGE. ROMANS 12:21 DO NOT BE OVERCOME BY EVIL, BUT OVER COME EVIL WITH GOOD. ARE PRESENT SUFFERINGS ARE NOT WORTHY, NOR SHOULD BE COMPARED,TO THE GLORY THAT WILL BE REVEALED TO US.

Q4. THEY FELT A DOUBT OF GIDEON'S STRENGTH AND PURSUIT TO ACCOMPLISH WHAT HE HAD SET OUT TO DO, AND FELT THEY WOULD NOT BE SPARED IF THEY NOURISHED GIDEON AND HIS WARRIORS, AN THEIR WAS NO DEFEAT. THEY DID NOT SUPPORT HIS WORD AND THE WORD OF GOD. THEY BROKE A COVENANT WITH GOD AND DISOBEYED, AND THAT RESULTED IN THE DEATH OF BROTHERS OF GIDEON AND A NEXT GENERATION OF MONARCHY. WE SHOULD NOT FEAR THE GIFT OF SHARING. THE LORD WILL GIVE US MORE THEN WE EVER THINK POSSIBLE WHEN WE OFFER, IN TRUE FAITH AND LOVE, AND IN FELLOWSHIP AS HE PROCLAIMED. PSALM 83:9-12

Q.3) Gideon disolved the midianite army of 15,000, so he could protect his family his people from further attacks. In uncertainties, God reminds us that he is here to protect us and guide us and see us through when we are deaf and blind to his word. He is a faithful God.

4.2) THE EPHRAIMITES, IT SEEMS WANTED TO TASTE THE SEED OF VICTORY, AND WERE ANGRY THAT GIDEON, NOT TO MENTION THE LORD, DID NOT SEEK THEM OUT FIRST. IN ALL WE DO WE ARE VULNERABLE TO TEMPTATION AND SIN. FOR ME TO CONTINUE TO BE HUMBLE MYSELF TO THE LORD SAVIOR AND ASK FOR MERCY.

GIDEON ATTACKS WITH 3 COMPANIES AS TO GIVE THE ILLUSION THAT THE MIDIANITES ARE BEING ATTACKED FROM ALL SIDES . WHEN ATTTACKING LATE AT NIGHT, GIVES AN ELEMENT OF SURPRIZE AND OF CONFUSION. SOUNDING 300 SHOFARS IN MANY DIRECTIONS, ECHOS A HUGE SOUND, AND THE TORCHES ARE LIT AND THEN ARE BROKEN IN THE RIGHT TIME FOR THE PANIC EFFECT, AND AGAIN CONFUSION. THE LORD KNEW WHAT TO DO AND HELPED GIDEON SET FORTH THIS PLAN AS A TEAM.

Q6) ONLY GOD CAN INTERPRETEDREAMS ACCURATELY, AND HE DID THIS FOR THE ENEMY AS WELL AS FOR GIDEON, THE BARLEY BREAD SYMBOL OF STRENGTH, WHICH BROUGHT ENCOURAGEMENT AND FEARLESSNESS TO GIDEON.

Q5. I FIND NO ANSWER AT THIS TIME. WELL THE LAPPERS DID NOT LEAVE THEMSELVES VULNERBLE, FOR ATTACK.

Q4 OUR NARROW MINDNESS, THAT IS WHY. WERE A CONTROLLING WORLD, AND WE WANT TO BE IN CONTROL. THAT IS NOT OUR JOB. OUR JOB IS TO LISTEN, ASK, AND IN FAITH WE WILL BE GUIDED,ALSO.... I THINK THAT THE LAST SUPPER WAS BUILT ON A FORMAT OF THIS QUESTION. DID NOT THE LORD BASE HIS CHURCH ON PRAYER AND FELLOWSHIP TO ONE ANOTHER?

Q3. GOD TOLD GIDEON THT HE WOULD HELP HIM WITH HIS OWN HANDS, AND THAT WOULD NOT BE SEEN WITH A MASSIVE ARMY AS GIDEON HAD. THE PEOPLE NEEDED TO SEE THAT GOD AND GIDEON WERE SIDE BY SIDE,BE IT A BIG ARMY OR A SMALL ONE, THAT IT WAS DONE WITH HIS HANDS(FAITH).

Q2. GOD IS GIVING US SIGNS AND CONFIRMATIONS ALL THE TIME. THROUGH PRAYER I DO ASK, AND WHEN I PRAY I ALWAYS FEEL CONFIRMED, THAT HE HAS HEARD ME AND THAT HE HAS ANSWERED, WEATHER I SEE KNOWINGLY NOW OR LATER IS IRRELEVANT.

Q1. GIDEON'S FLEECE, NOT ONCE TO THE LORD BUT TWICE. THIS STILL GOES ON IN TODAY'S TIMES. I FIND MYSELF GUESTIONING MY BELOVED FATHER, WHEN IN FACT I KNOW HE HAS A PLAN FOR ME AND IT IS ALWAYS GOOD! REMEMBER THAT THE LORD CHOSE GIDEON AND THE LORD WILL CHOOSE THE LOWLY OVER THE MIGHTY TO ACT FOR HIM. Q2.AND Q3. THIS IS BELEIF, . GIDEON WAS OVERWHELMED AS WE WOULD BE. GOD WAS USE TO SHOWING AND PRODUCING MIRACLES AND SIGNS IN THIS TIME. Q4. PURE MANIPULATION. GOD NEED NOT BE TESTED, FOR IT IS ONLY THROUGH OUR SELFISH NEEDS THAT WE ASK, AND THROUGH HIS LOVE THAT HE FORGIVES.

GIDEON'S FATHER, JOSAHS, WAS A LEADER,IN HIS OWN RIGHT AND A MAN OF RICHES, WHO WORSHIPPED FALSE GODS, AND POSSIBLE A CONFUSED MAN OF TRUE BELIEFS. JUDGES 6:12. MIGHTY WARRIOR, MEANING TO BE OF UPPER CLASS, ARISTOCRATE. GIDEON'S ACTIONS, COULD OF MADE HIS FATHER SHAMED, IN HIS EYES. GIDEON FOUGHT WITH OBEDIENCE/DISOBEDENCE WITH THE LORD, UNTIL HIS TRUE FAITH FOR THE LORD WAS TRIUMPHANT. JOSAHS SAW THE UNALTERED STRENGTH IN HIS SON , THO HE WAS OF LOWER STATUS IN THE FAMILY RANKS {JUDGES6:15}, THE LORD MADE HIM A GREAT WARRIOR WITH A COMMISSION TO DELIVER ISRAEL WITH THE LORD'S HELP, HIS TRUE SUPERIOR FATHER. IN RETURN THAT MIGHT OF BROUGHT JOSAHS TO WORSHIP THE TRUE GOD.

GIDEON OBEYED A COMMANDMENT,PERIOD. THE LORD'S COMMANDMENT, AND IN RETURN THE LORD SHOWED GIDEON AND HIS FATHER HONOR. WHEN WE HONOR THE LORD FIRST IN RETURN HE MAKES EVERYTHING GOOD AND RIGHT.

Q-1)THE LORD ASKED GIDEON TO DO WHAT HE TOLD ISRAEL TO DO Q-2)THEN BUILD A PROPER ALTER TO HIM IN ITS PLACE Q-3)THE RISKS WERE THAT THE ISRAELITES WERE WILLING TO KILL ONE OF THEIR OWN FOR THE WORSHIP OF THE BAAL(IDOLS) Q-4)AT NIGHT, SO AS TO FOLLOW HIS TRUE GOD'S WISHES, AND THAT THE ENEMY WOULD BE ASLEEP.

WE ARE ALL DISCIPLES OF OUR LORD AND BECAUSE OF THE ORGINAL SIN BROUGHT ON TO THE EARTH, WE FALL INTO DISOBEDIENCE GUITE NATURALLY, AS THE CHANGE OF SEASONS. IT IS HOW WE LEARN AS SINNERS, TO BECOME BETTER DESCIPLES LIKE GIDEON. THE CLOSER TO GOD WE BECOME IN OUR DAILY LIVES THE RIGHT CHOICES WE MAKE, AND IT BECOMES A NATURAL PROCESS,TO SERVE OBEDIENTLY.