Yahweh appeared to Gideon in Ophrah. He sat down under an oak tree and said, “Yahweh is with you, O valiant warrior.” (Judges 6: 12) He meant it literally because He was with Gideon in Person at that moment, but it took Gideon by surprise since he was not a warrior. However, Yahweh saw what Gideon would become and declared that he was, in fact, a warrior.

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The Garden of Gethsemane

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Yahweh Appears to Gideon

Just as Yahweh told them He would do, He removed His protective hedge from around the Children of Israel because of their sins. They had not obeyed Him so they had to defend themselves. During Gideon’s day, God allowed Midian to invade Israel and steal their crops and flocks. Things were so bad that Gideon was forced to hide his wheat to keep the Midianites from taking it.

Yahweh appeared to Gideon in Ophrah. He sat down under an oak tree and said, “Yahweh is with you, O valiant warrior.” (Judges 6: 12) He meant it literally because He was with Gideon in Person at that moment, but it took Gideon by surprise since he was not a warrior. However, Yahweh saw what Gideon would become and declared that he was, in fact, a warrior.

Gideon did not realize he was talking to Yahweh in Person, and with a skeptical tone in his voice he asked, “O my lord, if Yahweh is with us, why has all this happened? And where are all His miracles which our fathers told us about…?” (Judges 6: 13)

Yahweh simply looked at him and told him to go and deliver Israel. Then He said, “Surely I will be with you, and you shall defeat Midian as one man.” (Judges 6: 16)

Gideon remained doubtful, but he did not want to offend the Man so he invited Him to stay and share a meal. Yahweh accepted his invitation, and He waited patiently while Gideon prepared meat and bread. When Gideon brought the meal to Yahweh, He told Gideon to place it on a nearby rock. Then Yahweh touched the food with the end of His staff, and fire came up out of the rock and consumed it. Immediately Yahweh vanished.

At that moment, Gideon knew he had been talking with Yahweh Himself. He said, “Alas, O Adonai Yahweh! For now I have seen Yahweh face to face.” (Judges 6: 22) Then Gideon heard Yahweh say these words: “Peace to you, do not fear; you shall not die.” (Judges 6: 23)

It took Gideon a little time to understand what Yahweh wanted him to do, and he needed constant reassurance. However, eventually Gideon delivered Israel from Midian under the miraculous guidance of Yahweh, and he turned the hearts and minds of the Children of Israel back to their God.

Commentary

The Theory of Evolution Makes No Sense

According to the theory of evolution, life developed gradually over eons through natural selection and random occurrences. The rate of change, says the theory, is so slow that it’s imperceptible. That’s why it’s virtually impossible to engage evolutionists in a serious discussion based on facts. They quickly point out that the rate of change is so sluggish that it can’t be detected empirically. Stated another way, they can’t prove their theory. Keep that in mind the next time an evolutionist tells you that you can’t prove the existence of God.

It’s Common Sense

Let’s assume that we’re hiking, and we find a piece of amber. Embedded inside that translucent rock we see an ant. As we stare at it in amazement, one of the kids asks, “How did that ant get trapped inside?”

That’s a great question. The theory of evolution would have us believe that the ant got stuck in sap from a tree, and over eons the sap turned into amber. Part of that explanation makes sense. After all, amber is tree sap that has hardened into rock, but we still don’t know how the ant got inside. Think about what happens under normal conditions when an ant gets stuck in tree sap. Over a short period of time, and I mean days at most, both the sap and the ant dissolve and turn into dust because they decompose very quickly.

For the ant to become embalmed in amber, several things had to happen simultaneously. First, there had to be a gushing flow of sap from the tree instead of a slow oozing. Second, so much sap had to pour out of the tree so quickly that the ant was completely engulfed in it. Third, a thick layer of sediment had to cover the sap immediately to prevent air from getting to it. Sealed under heavy sediment and not exposed to air, over time the amber turned into rock.

It takes tons of sediment to produce enough pressure to turn amber into rock, so I’m not talking about a normal event here, and I want to emphasize the speed at which these things had to have happened. If there had been any delay in sealing off the air, both the ant and the sap would have decomposed. If you doubt this, just think about how little time it takes for an animal carcass to disappear after it has been hit by a car. Scavengers and the forces of nature take care of it in a matter of days. Dead ants encounter a similar fate…under normal conditions.

The ant is forensic evidence that tells us there was a time on our planet when things didn’t change gradually. That evidence raises serious questions about the theory of evolution we were taught in high school and college because catastrophic events can produce results in minutes, hours, and days that wouldn’t occur under normal conditions in millions of years. In fact, catastrophe theory is becoming more and more popular each day because of the theory of evolution’s inability to explain simple things…like ants in amber. Keep this in mind. The theory of evolution is just that—theory. It’s not fact. In fact, it’s a fatally flawed theory.

Today’s Events Shaping Our World

U.S. and Western Hemisphere

The ACORN website doesn’t mention setting up brothels featuring underage girls who are brought into our country illegally to serve as sex slaves. Question: Didn’t the ACORN people who were caught on video actually break the law? If yes, then why simply fire the perpetrators? I’m sure Obama has an answer. I would love to know what it is.

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“I cannot tell a lie. I tamed the weather.”

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Israel and Middle East

“On your walls, O Jerusalem, I have appointed watchmen; all day and all night they will never keep silent. You who remind Yahweh, take no rest for yourselves; and give Him no rest until He establishes and makes Jerusalem a praise in the earth.”

Isaiah 62: 6-7

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Grand Ayatollah Ali Khamenei

“Grand” Ayatollah Ali Khamenei

“Harsh response.” What in the world could the “grand ayatollah” mean? Well, let’s see. He may mean

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hanging…

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or beating…

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or running over your arm with a car if you’re a child…

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or stoning if you’re a young girl or woman…

or homosexual rape—sorry, no pictures. If you think I’m kidding or exaggerating, click here or Google it. You never know what the “grand ayatollah” will think up to torture his enemies and people who disagree with him. That’s what scares me about a nuclear Iran. Who knows what they might decide to do. Their “religious leaders” can find a rationale to justify anything no matter how perverted it is. That leads me to this question. What is so grand about the grand ayatollah?

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The Clock is Ticking

China, Russia, India, and Asia-Pacific

Europe and Africa

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