7. Midian Oppresses Israel (6.1-11)
Israel did EVIL in the sight of the LORD
The hand of Midian OVERPOWERED Israel
Midian would DEVOUR the produce of the land, and would leave no food, ox, or donkey
Israel CRIED out the LORD
The LORD sent a PROPHET
He reminded them of the EXODUS
He told them do not be AFRAID
He called them out for not OBEYING God’s voice

8. And the hand of Midian overpowered Israel, and because of Midian the people of Israel made for themselves homes and strongholds in the mountains and the caves (6.2)

9. Mighty Menacing Midianites
Descendants of Abraham by his wife Keturah following the death of Sarah.
Moses wife was a Midianite
They were quite prosperous when Israel conquered them (Number 31:32-54)
They didn’t continue as a national people after the rise of the Israelite kings

10. Now the angel of the LORD came and sat under a turpentine tree…while Gideon, son of Joash, was beating out wheat in the winepress to hide it from the Midinanites (6.11)

11. The Call of Gideon
An angel of the LORD comes to Gideon and calls upon to realize that the “LORD is with you…” ( )
If the LORD is with us, then why is all this happening? (6.13)
Where are his wonderful deeds?
The LORD has FORSAKEN us (6.13)