Gideon part 1

 

Q: What was Gideon doing when the angel of the Lord first appeared to him?

A: Threshing wheat in a winepress to hide it from the Midianites.

Q: What controverial action did Gideon take at night under God's command before gathering his army?

A: He tore down his father's  altar to Baal and cut down the Asherah pole beside it.

Q: In Gideon's first sign invoving a fleece of wool, what did he ask God to do?

A: Make the fleece wet with dew while the ground all around it remained.