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Then the angel of God came and sat under the oak that was in Ophrah, which belonged to Joash the Abiezrite as his son Gideon was hammering out wheat in the brandy press in array to retention it from the Midianites.
The angel of God emerged to him and said to him, “God is with you, O valiant knight.”
But God said to him, “Surely I will be with you, and you shall vanquish Midian for an man.”
One man has cornered your secure earth upside down. (See “The Burden of a Decision”) You were cozy adapting to Greek rule, and allowing those modern Hellenists to do what they wanted by the time you could live in peace. Matityahu has compelled the publish to the fore, and you now must judge.
Some of your fellow refugees are so vexed with the Chashmonaim that they can’t even consider his reasons. The tension in the hills is flammable, and you fear the spark of confrontation. Two Jews with spears and swords appear from the gloom; representatives of the Chashmonaim. They are looking for volunteers. The spark you feared is kindled. Voices are raised in pique against their “reckless” determination. The two strapping fellows calmly allow everybody to speak,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], and then they change the ecology of the chat by presenting a Twitter information from Matityahu: A simple quote from the bible, “Who is for God shall add me!” Everyone remembers Moshe’s dare to the Leviim later the Golden Calf. Everyone understands that the Chashmonaim, Kohanim, are from the Tribe of Levi. Matityahu has changed the conversation by focusing on God: “This is a fight for God!”
Then Gideon said to him, “O my god, whether God is with us, why then has all this occurred to us? And where are all His marvels which our dads told us about, saying, ‘Did not God bring us up from Egypt?’ But now God has forsook us and given us into the hand of Midian.”
Then Gideon built an altar there to God and labeled it The
The setting, lofty in the black hills, a bombard scalding, human desperate for message, guidance and leadership, is perfect for a story, and the older fighter complies. He opens his bible and reads the emulating story:
“Please do not leave from here, until I come back to You, and bring out my offering and lay it ahead You.” And He said, “I will remain until you return.”
Then Gideon went in and prepared a young goat and unleavened bread from an ephah of flour; he put the meat in a basket and the broth in a jug,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], and brought them out to him below the oak and presented them.
He said to Him, “O Lord, how shall I deliver Israel? Behold, my household is the least in Manasseh,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], and I am the youngest in my father’s house.”
Then the angel of God put out the end of the staff that was in his hand and touched the meat and the unleavened bread; and fire sprang up from the rock and wasted the meat and the unleavened bread. Then the angel of God vanished from his sight.
The angel of God said to him, “Take the beef and the unleavened cake and arrange them above this rock, and pour out the broth.” And he did so.
So Gideon said to Him, “If now I have base prefer in Your sight, then show me a sign that it is You who speak with me.
You look up by the T-shirts worn by either soldiers: Maccabbi: “Mi Kamocha Ba’eilim Hashem,” “Who amid the powers is like You, God.” This is a religious combat for the future of the Jewish people as Jews. Some are influenced. Some are menaced. Some are silently fuming against the religious followers, but all allow the young men to talk. One man asks the answer on everyone’s mind: Did Matityahu receive a sign from God? How do we understand this is what God wants? All silently ponder the momentous answer.
God said to him, “Peace to you, do not terror; you shall not die.”
When Gideon watched that he was the angel of God, he said, “Alas, O God, the Lord! For now I have seen the angel of the God face to face.”
The angel looked at him and said, “Go in this your strength and convey Israel from the hand of Midian. Have I not sent you?”