The initial battle for Israel is over, but there is more fighting to be done. Just like the heroes of legend and popular media, Gideon is on a journey, and as the war wraps up, he takes those final steps of the hero’s journey. Coming home. And just as with every other hero who completes the Hero’s Journey, Gideon returns home to find that while his home had not changed, he himself has. And in this change there is a trap and a warning about the treachery of men’s hearts when a man is thrust into fame.
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S3 E45 – The Hero’s Homecoming – Judges 8
