JUDGES 6: 11-31 The Angel of the Lord, came and sat under a Terebinth Tree which was in Ophrah; which belong to Joash, the Abiezrite, while his Son Gideon threshed wheat in the wine press in order to hide it from the Midianites. The Angel appeared to Gideon and said,to him; you mighty Man of Valor,
Gideon said to Him, O my Lord” if the Lord is with us, why then has all this happened to us? And where are all His Miracles, which our Father’s told us about. Saying did not the Lord bring us up from Egypt? But now the Lord has forsaken and delivered us into the hands of the Midianites, And the Lord turned to Him and said, go in this thy might and you shall save Israel. from the hand of the Midianites. Have I not sent you? Gideon said, O my Lord” how can I save Israel? indeed I am the weakest in Manasseh, and I am the least in my father’s house. Surly I will be with you, and you shall defeat the Midianites as one Man. Gideon said, If I have found favor in thy sight, then show me a sign; that it is you who speak to me, do not depart till I bring you on offering. So Gideon went and prepared a kid and unleavened bread, the meat he put in a basket; the broth in a pot; and he brought it to the Angel, the Angel of the Lord said to him, take the meat and the unleavened bread, and lay them on this rock and pour out the broth on it and he did. then the Angel of the Lord put out the end of the the staff that was in His hand and touch the meat and the unleavened bread and fire rose out of the rock and consumed the meat and the unleavened bread. and the Angel depart out of his sight.
Gideon perceived that He was the Angel of the Lord: Gideon said, O my Lord” I have seen the Angel of the Lord; face to face” then the Lord said unto him peace be with you; do not fear, you shall not die. Gideon built on alter there unto the Lord. And called it Jehovah Shalom. Then the Lord said unto him; Take your Father’s young bullock even the second bullock of seven years old; And through down the alter of Baal that thy father hath and the wooden image, that is by it and take the second bull and offer a burnt Sacrifice with the wood of the image that you have cut down. And Gideon took ten Men from AMONG his servant, AND DID AS THE Lord said. But because he fared his Father’s household, and the Men of the city, he did it by night. And when the Men of the city rose up early next morning, there was the alter of Baal, torn down; and the wooden image that was beside it was cut down. And the Second bull was being offered on the alter which had been built. When they inquired, they said, Gideon Joash Son.The Men of the City said to Joash; Bring your Son that he may die. Joash said to all who stood against him, Would you plead for Baal?Would YOU sAVE him? If he is god let him save himself; because his alter has been torn down. God is in control, no matter what is going on just look to Him for the answer.
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