Contradictions and Paradoxes in Judges 6:21

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Judges 6:21 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Judges 6:21. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the author of the Book of Judges, God sent an angel to show Gideon a miracle by making fire come out of a rock to burn the food Gideon offered, and then the angel disappeared. This was to show Gideon that God was really with him and would help him.

Judges 6:21: Then the angel of the LORD put forth the end of the staff that [was] in his hand, and touched the flesh and the unleavened cakes; and there rose up fire out of the rock, and consumed the flesh and the unleavened cakes. Then the angel of the LORD departed out of his sight.

Contradiction with Acts 2:3

In Acts 2:3, flames of fire represent the presence of the Holy Spirit and empowerment, in contrast to the consuming fire of judgment in Judges 6:21.

Acts 2:3: And there appeared unto them cloven tongues like as of fire, and it sat upon each of them.

Contradiction with Jeremiah 23:29

Here, fire represents the Word of God that refines and convicts, differing from the destructive fire seen in Judges 6:21.

Jeremiah 23:29: [Is] not my word like as a fire? saith the LORD; and like a hammer [that] breaketh the rock in pieces?

Contradiction with Hebrews 12:29

This verse describes God as a consuming fire in a context of purification and holiness, not the physical consumption of offerings as in Judges 6:21.

Hebrews 12:29: For our God [is] a consuming fire.

Contradiction with 1 Kings 19:12

This portrays God's presence as a still small voice, contrasting with the dramatic fire manifestation in Judges 6:21.

1 Kings 19:12: And after the earthquake a fire; [but] the LORD [was] not in the fire: and after the fire a still small voice.

Contradiction with Exodus 3:2

Here, the fire in the burning bush is not consuming, unlike the consuming fire of the offering in Judges 6:21.

Exodus 3:2: And the angel of the LORD appeared unto him in a flame of fire out of the midst of a bush: and he looked, and, behold, the bush burned with fire, and the bush [was] not consumed.
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