Judges 6:25 And it came to pass the same night, that the Lord said unto him, Take thy father's young bullock, even the second bullock of seven years old, and throw down the altar of Baal that thy father hath, and cut down the grove that is by it.
If Gideon’s father were to react in a revengeful way by attacking him, in response to him carrying out God’s command, Gideon would be forced into the most uncomfortable position of possibly having to fight his own dad for the sake of truth and duty, and he being the man of valor that he was, the whole episode could end in a manner that wasn’t cute at all.
Furthermore, The Lord had specified that he use his father’s bullock to do the terrible work. Now, under normal circumstances, any other bullock could have been used, since the first work to be accomplished was to throw down the altar. But God had stipulated that Gideon should use his father’s own bullock, which would cost his dad a lot of money because of its value.
Reformation would have to begin at Gideon’s own house, because the very reason why the Hebrews were being harassed by the Midianites was because the idolatry that had overspread the land was being practiced in his own home. His own father had instituted a form of idolatry that had led the men of his town into very, gross errors. Therefore, the cancer must be cut out at its roots, and in doing so Gideon would be required to start at his own front door, which would put him in one of the most precarious situations that can arise in families.
Judges 6:27 Then Gideon took ten men of his servants, and did as the Lord had said unto him: and so it was, because he feared his father's household, and the men of the city, that he could not do it by day, that he did it by night.
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