Fear Not, saith the KING OF GLORY JESUS
" Gideon said, Alas! O Lord G OD : for I have seen an angel of the L ORD face to face. The L ORD said, Peace be unto thee: fear not; thou shalt not die." — Judges 6:22, 23 [KJV] "Jesus is the same Lord over all, rich in mercy to all who call upon Him." —Romans 10:12 . There is no difference between Old Testament saints and New, in regard to the object of salvation; "Jesus the same yesterday, to-day, and for ever." Poor Gideon thought a sight of the Lord must surely be present death; for, saith the Lord, "There shall no man see Me and live." —Exodus 33:20 . But the Lord appeared to him, as the angel of the covenant, the Mediator, the interposer. Not in terrible majesty and fiery wrath, to strike him dead, but as the Saviour, the merciful one. This sight was attended with life to his soul and death to his fears. So Gideon found it, when he heard that ever-dear and most precious word, PEACE. This is ever the word of the bridegroo