Bible Discussion Thread

Gideon was not ready to disobey God in making the ephod but was too zealous for God which he showed by mere fanaticism in making the ephod. He preassumed on his own to do a work which he thought was for God but sadly enough, God ever told him to do that so it eventually became a snare unto Isreal, he and his household. The major wrong Gideon did was that he refused to sharply rebuke the Isrealites when they went idolising the ephod he made. But a critical study of Judges 8:33,34 suggests that he restored Isreal and himself back to God. It was after his death that Isreal went back to idolatory again. Hebrews 11:32,33 also suggests that Gideon made it to heaven.