Then the angel of the LORD came and sat down under the oak in Ophrah that belonged to Joash the Abiezrite, where his son Gideon was threshing wheat in a winepress to hide it from the Midianites.Yahweh’s angel came and sat under the oak which was in Ophrah, that belonged to Joash the Abiezrite. His son Gideon was beating out wheat in the wine press, to hide it from the Midianites.And there came an angel of the Lord, and sat under an oak which was in Ophrah, that pertained unto Joash the Abi–ezrite: and his son Gideon threshed wheat by the winepress, to hide it from the Midianites.And the angel of Jehovah came, and sat under the oak which was in Ophrah, that pertained unto Joash the Abiezrite: and his son Gideon was beating out wheat in the winepress, to hide it from the Midianites.
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… Judges chapter 6 beginning with the 11th verse. Now, the angel of the Lord came and sat under the oak at Ophrah, which belonged to Joash, the Abizrite, as his son Gideon was beating out wheat in the winepress to hide it from the Midianites. The angel of the Lord appeared to him and said to Gideon, The Lord is with you, you mighty warrior. Gideon answered him, But sir, if the Lord is with us, then why has all this happened to us? And where are all his wonderful deeds that our ancestors recounted to us, saying, Did not the Lord bring us up from Egypt? But now the Lord has cast us off and given us into the hand of Midian. Then the Lord turned to Gideon and said, Go in this might of yours and deliver Israel from the hand of Midian. I hereby commission you. Gideon responded, but sir, how can I deliver Israel? My clan is the weakest in Manasseh, and I'm the least in my family. …
… that he will come back if you just invite him back in and so we're gonna pick up this story at Judges chapter six, verse 11. God said, I can't leave my kids like this. I gotta send somebody to help them. So let's see who he finds. He says, then the angel of the Lord came and sat beneath the great tree at Orphan, at Orphan, these names in the Bible sometimes, I just make them up as I go because they are hard sometimes. At Orphan, which belonged to Joash of the clan of Abazir, Gideon son of Joash was threshing wheat at the bottom of a wine press to hide the grain from the Midianites. I want you to see what just happened. It tells us that Gideon is at the bottom of a wine press. And if you know anything about a wine press, these were underground. He was at the bottom of an underground hole and he was trying to make wheat. Now, if you know anything about making wheat, which probably nobody in this room does because you go buy Wonder Bread. …
… is where we pick up in Judges chapter six, beginning in verse 11, where it says this. It says, the angel of the Lord came and sat down under the oak in Ophrah that belonged to Joash, the Abba's right, where his son Gideon was threshing wheat in a wine press to keep it from the Midianites. So we're introduced to somebody in Judges chapter six. We're introduced to Gideon, who's where? He's in a wine press. What's he making in the wine press? Not wine, he's making wheat. Why? Because he's afraid that if the Midianites hear that he has food, they're going to steal it. So he's trying to keep the sandwich for himself. And we're introduced to the angel of the Lord, not an angel of the Lord, the angel of the Lord. Melech Yahweh in Hebrew. Melech Yahweh, melech meaning messenger, the word that's translated as angel. Messenger shows up over 200 times in the Old Testament. If you're thinking of a angel with the wings, angels in the Bible don't exactly have wings. …
… And how many of us know that we're believing God to work within our life in 2026? From the book of Judges, chapter 6, verse 11 through 14, the Bible says, Now the angel of the Lord came and sat under the terebinth tree, which was in Aphra, which belonged to Joash, while his son Gideon threshed wheat in the winepress in order to hide it from the Midianites. And the angel of the Lord appeared to him and said to him, The Lord is with you, you mighty man of valor. Gideon said to him, O my Lord, if the Lord is with us, why then has all this happened to us? And where are all his miracles which our fathers told us about saying, did not the Lord bring us up from Egypt? But now the Lord has forsaken us and delivered us into the hands of the Midianites. Then the Lord turned to him and said, go in this might of yours and you shall save Israel from the hand of the Midianites. Have I not sent you? So just a quick breakdown, you see Israel here was facing oppression from the Midianites for seven years. You see the children of Israel were doing evil things in the sight of the Lord and God delivered them into the hands of their enemies. …