"Then Gideon built an altar there unto theLord, and called it Jehovahshalom: unto this day it is yet in Ophrah of the Abiezrites"(v.24).
This altar is especial because as the Spirit tells it is to be found in Ophrah of the Abiezrites 'unto this day.'
Jehovah shalom the name of the place and it translates as 'God my peace', which passes all understanding, and is unto this day.('And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus-'Phi.4:7)
The angel of the Lord tells Gideon in what manner he was to make his presentation."Take the flesh and the unleavened cakes, and lay them upon this rock, and pour out the broth. And he did so./ Then the angel of theLordput 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".
Three articles are mentioned,"And Gideon went in, and made ready a kid, and unleavened cakes of an ephah of flour: the flesh he put in a basket, and he put the broth in a pot, and brought it out unto him under the oak, and presented it(v.19)'.
Fire was from God."Then the angel of theLordput 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." It made Gideon realize what it was to see God 'face to face'.
In vv.22-23 an example of Theophany and the word of God is represented by the Angel of the Lord. Gideon has the assurance that his life became entirely new'. If any man is in Christ he is a new creation' is the idea the Spirit wants us to know."Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new(2 Co.5:17)".
The Spirit sets the rock symbolically with which every article also acquire appropriate spiritual significance.
"Then Gideon built an altar there unto theLord, and called it Jehovahshalom: unto this day it is yet in Ophrah of the Abiezrites"(v.24).
This altar is especial because as the Spirit tells it is to be found in Ophrah of the Abiezrites 'unto this day.'
Jehovah shalom the name of the place and it translates as 'God my peace', which passes all understanding, and is unto this day.('And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus-'Phi.4:7)
The angel of the Lord tells Gideon in what manner he was to make his presentation."Take the flesh and the unleavened cakes, and lay them upon this rock, and pour out the broth. And he did so./ Then the angel of theLordput 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".
Three articles are mentioned,"And Gideon went in, and made ready a kid, and unleavened cakes of an ephah of flour: the flesh he put in a basket, and he put the broth in a pot, and brought it out unto him under the oak, and presented it(v.19)'.
Fire was from God."Then the angel of theLordput 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." It made Gideon realize what it was to see God 'face to face'.
In vv.22-23 an example of Theophany and the word of God is represented by the Angel of the Lord. Gideon has the assurance that his life became entirely new'. If any man is in Christ he is a new creation' is the idea the Spirit wants us to know."Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new(2 Co.5:17)".
The Spirit sets the rock symbolically with which every article also acquire appropriate spiritual significance.
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