Transcript Jehovah-shalom the lord is the peace

Then Gideon built an altar there unto the LORD, and called it
Jehovahshalom: unto this day it is yet in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.
Judges 6:24
January 24, 2010
Deaf Liberty Baptist Church
Rev. David B. Hanson
 Judges 6:1-6
 1And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of
the LORD: and the LORD delivered them into
the hand of Midian seven years.
 2And the hand of Midian prevailed against Israel:
and because of the Midianites the children of
Israel made them the dens which are in the
mountains, and caves, and strong holds.
 3And so it was, when Israel had sown, that the
Midianites came up, and the Amalekites, and the
children of the east, even they came up against
them;
 Judges 6:1-6
 4And they encamped against them, and destroyed
the increase of the earth, till thou come unto Gaza,
and left no sustenance for Israel, neither sheep, nor
ox, nor ass.
 5For they came up with their cattle and their tents,
and they came as grasshoppers for multitude; for
both they and their camels were without number:
and they entered into the land to destroy it.
 6And Israel was greatly impoverished because of the
Midianites; and the children of Israel cried unto the
LORD.
 1. Israel disobeyed the Lord.
 2. Israel was ruled by the Midianites for 7 years.
 3. Israel had 3 enemies:
 The Midianites (Midian was the son of Abraham and his concubine
Keturah)
 The Amalekites (Amalek was the son of Eliphaz and the grandson of
Esau)
 The Children of the East.
 4. Israel worshipped the gods of the Amorites (the Amorite
was the fourth son of Canaan and the grandson of Ham and
the great grandson of Noah)
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Amurru/Martu: a shepherd
Belu sadi: the lord of mountain
dur-hur-sag-ga sikil-a-ke: He who dwells on the pure mountain
kur-za-gan ti-[la]: who inhabits the shining mountain
 Judges 6:11-14
 11And there came an angel of the LORD, and sat
under an oak which was in Ophrah, that
pertained unto Joash the Abiezrite: and his son
Gideon threshed wheat by the winepress, to
hide it from the Midianites.
 12And the angel of the LORD appeared unto
him, and said unto him, The LORD is with thee,
thou mighty man of valour.
 Judges 6:11-14
 13And Gideon said unto him, Oh my Lord, if the
LORD be with us, why then is all this befallen
us? and where be all his miracles which our
fathers told us of, saying, Did not the LORD
bring us up from Egypt? but now the LORD hath
forsaken us, and delivered us into the hands of
the Midianites.
 14And the LORD looked upon him, and said, Go
in this thy might, and thou shalt save Israel from
the hand of the Midianites: have not I sent thee?
 1. Gideon was the son of Joash from the family
of Abiezer (the son of Manasseh and the
grandson of Joseph).
 2. 4 signs were revealed to Gideon:
 Fire on meat of goat and unleavened bread on the
rock
 Wet fleece of wool and dry ground
 Dry fleece of wool and wet ground
 A man’s dream about a loaf of bread knocking a tent
 Judges 6:22-24
 22And when Gideon perceived that he was an
angel of the LORD, Gideon said, Alas, O LORD
God! for because I have seen an angel of the
LORD face to face.
 23And the LORD said unto him, Peace be unto
thee; fear not: thou shalt not die.
 24Then Gideon built an altar there unto the
LORD, and called it Jehovahshalom: unto this
day it is yet in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.
 Judges 6:32
 Therefore on that day he called him Jerubbaal,
saying, Let Baal plead against him, because he
hath thrown down his altar.
 1. Gideon destroyed his father’s altar of Baal.
 2. Gideon built the altar of the Lord and put a
bullock on the altar.
 3. The people in the town named Gideon
Jerubbaal. It means “Let Baal fight him”.
 Judges 7:2
 And the LORD said unto Gideon, The people
that are with thee are too many for me to give
the Midianites into their hands, lest Israel vaunt
themselves against me, saying, Mine own hand
hath saved me.
 1. Gideon called 32,000 men from his father’s
relatives, and the tribes of Manasseh, Asher,
Zebulun, and Naphtali.
 2. God needed 300 men.
 Judges 7:20
 And the three companies
blew the trumpets, and
brake the pitchers, and held
the lamps in their left
hands, and the trumpets in
their right hands to blow
withal: and they cried, The
sword of the LORD, and of
Gideon.
 Ephesians 2:13-14
 13But now in Christ Jesus ye who sometimes
were far off are made nigh by the blood of
Christ.
 14For he is our peace, who hath made both one,
and hath broken down the middle wall of
partition between us;