At an altar, someone or something dies. When Gideon finally stopped his vocabulary of doubt in Judges 6:11-15, he built an altar and called it Jehovah-shalom. "Shalom" means peace, and peace is cessation of againstness. We start with God the same way Gideon did. Then we go forth in the strong courage that God is with us and, if need be, He clothes Himself with us t help us complete the task at hand. Judges 6. VF-0489. © Copyright 1986