For The Lord And For Gideon A Hero's Journey

The end of this passage reaches the climax of the story, and identifies the true Hero. Not only has the hero of the story reduced the number of those entering the battle against the outnumbering foe, but He will be the victor against the Israel’s enemies. After, receiving full assurance from the Lord, the confident and strategic Gideon mounts his attack against the armies of the Midianites and Amalekites. The view of Gideon has now changed, he is now identified as a masterful militaristic figure, who instructs his army. Gideon strategically divides his army into regiments, placing trumpets and empty jars with torches in their hands. Gideon instructs his army to do exactly as he does. “When I and all who are with me blow our trumpets, then from all around blow yours and shout, ‘For the Lord and for Gideon’” (Jud. 7:18).
However, as we continue to look at passage verse twenty-two states, “When the three hundred trumpets sounded, the Lord caused the men throughout the camp to turn on each other with their swords.” Even the one percent that remained of Gideon’s original army, did not draw a sword against their enemy. As we look at the irony of Gideon’s word “a sword for the Lord and a sword for Gideon,” we witness that only swords drawn in this battles were the swords that belonged to the enemies of Israel, which they drew on themselves. Therefore, continuing the idea of reductionism, the story identifies that the Lord is the “HERO,” He alone is sovereign and powerful vanquishing His people’s