Archives for March 2022

“Adonai turned to him and said, ‘Go in this strength of yours and save Israel from the hands of Midyan. Haven’t I sent you?’”-Judges 6:14 In verse 14, we’re told the Angel of the Lord turned to Gideon and told him he was the chosen one to go and save Israel. But the original Hebrew […]

Yesterday I brought up and expounded on the question of why in the world aren’t miracles abounding in our day? That’s the one thing Judges Chapter 6 gives us the answer to. We’re told when the Israelites were obedient and faithful to God, miracles abounded. When they weren’t obedient, miracles ceased. This is why we […]

“‘Excuse me, sir,’ answered Gid‘on, ‘but if Adonai is with us, then why is all this happening to us? And where are all his miracles our ancestors told us about when they said, ‘Didn’t Adonai bring us up from Egypt?’ For now Adonai has abandoned us and handed us over to Midyan.’”-Judges 6:13 The Angel […]

“Then the angel of Adonai came and sat under the pistachio tree in ‘Ofrah that belonged to Yo’ash the Avi‘ezri. His son Gid‘on was threshing wheat in the winepress, in order to hide it from Midyan.”-Judges 6:11 When the Angel of the Lord appeared to Gideon, He did it in the same way He appeared […]

“The angel of Adonai appeared to him and said to him: ‘You valiant hero! Adonai is with you!’” -Judges 6:12 So we’re told the Angel of the Lord appeared to Gideon under an Oak, Pistachio or Terebinth tree depending on whatever English translation of the Bible you’re reading. It doesn’t really matter because that particular detail […]