The Bible Story - Volume IV - Chapter 64 - Basil Wolverton - 1964

Basil Wolverton

GOD'S FANTASTIC ARMY! WHEN Gideon saw fire spitting up out of the rock on which he had placed food for his strange guest, the young Israelite was quite startled. He stared in awe as the food was swiftly burned to cinders after his guest had merely touched the rock with his staff. When he looked up he was even more startled to find that the stranger had miraculously faded from view! (Judges 6:20-21.) Idolatry Must Go! Gideon realized then that God, and not some man, had commanded him to lead Israel to freedom from the Midianites. (Judges 6:11-16.) He fell face down by the flaming rock, fearful that he might be struck dead because he had come so close to God. "Do not be afraid," he heard the voice of God say. "You shall not die because of this close contact with your Creator. - Information Supplied By: Herbert W Armstrong Library