Significant Characters In The Old Testament

Within the Old Testament there significant characters that go through a reversal of fortune and the similarities between each of their stories. For most the reversal of fortune happens after being chosen and anointed by God and take over the role that he had destined for them. Some of these significant characters are Moses, Gideon, and David. Accordingly, their experiences are similar in their portrayal and the description and their status in life. Consequently, one notices that they would doubt themselves on whether they could carry out what God wanted when he called upon them. God called upon Moses after he heard the cries of his chosen people and chose Moses as the leader that will lead them from out Egypt. From the text, it says that

He was an insignificant character that lived in an even more insignificant tribe and happened to be chosen by God to save the Israelites from the Midianites, characterized as a major judge of the Bible. The judges were in place to keep the order and the purity of the customs set forth by God in the covenant. The prophet came to Gideon and told him that through him God will deliver Israel. At first, Gideon too doubted himself and proved himself to God after he refused to be king and declared God would be the ruler over Israel. After accepting God’s words and with God’s guidance was incredibly successful in beating the Midianites. After defeating the Midianites, he went on to defeat other groups and became a very skilled military strategist. His fortune altered when he disobeyed God and went against his rule about worshiping other gods. Gideon decided to use ban/ spoils of war from the Midianites and use their jewelry to make idols. Ultimately, due to his arrogance, he became a hypocrite. Formally referred to as “the one who cuts down forbidden objects” Gideon started worshipping the same idols. Not only did this have an effect on him, it also had an effect on his lineage. Where his son Abimelech committed fratricidal to lay claim to being kin, which ended with him being killed and the tower of Shechem being burned down by

David the youngest son of Jesse. Was cloaked in the “Spirit of Yahweh” after Saul’s transgressions against the covenant, resulting in God asking Samuel to find a new king. David was a shepherd who was able to get access to Saul court because of his musical ability. The “Spirit of Yahweh” presence is apparent when David goes to slay Goliath, a 9ft soldier from Goth with one stone and a sling shot. Also after the two murder attempts by Saul. After Saul’s death David gains the throne and God promises to make his name great and give rest to his chosen people from the wickedness around them. He ruled over God’s people as could be described as the golden age of Israel. Yet David as well as Moses and Gideon have done before, disobeys God with breaking two commandments: “Thou shalt not covet your neighbor's wife” and “Thou shalt not kill” when he fathered a son with Bathsheba and had her husband killed. Consequently i result in the death of his newborn son, as well as his son Absalom murdered his first son Amon after