And Joash said unto all that stood against him, Will ye plead for Baal? will ye save him? he that will plead for him, let him be put to death whilst it is yet morning: if he be a god, let him plead for himself, because one hath cast down his altar(v.31."
Here we have the kind of sophistry which Gideon's father adopts when he discovers a wrong word could put his son's life in danger. Apostasy of Israel metaphorically is in degrading 'the tree of righteousness' as a grove for pagan gods. "The trees of theLordare full of sap; the cedars of Lebanon, which he hath planted(Ps.104:16)." Ge.1:11-12. God commanded Gideon to offer his burnt offering,'with the wood of the grove which thou shalt cut down(v.26)'.
The Spirit holds symbols of tongues of fire and also mist significance of which is determined by the context. .Cutting down the grove of his father and using the idols of wood in fire signify jealousy of the Lord God. Gideon was to be created anew into a heroic mold and jealousy for his Holiness had to match as Jesus cleansed the temple of of the merchandise that had crept therein.In the Gospel we have this verse from the Psalms cited,"The zeal of thine house hath eaten me up( John 2:17)".
The Spirit uses the mode of inversion which in vv.36-40 serves a guide to the life of an overcomer where heroic mold of a Christian has nothing in himself to rely upon but the full armor of God holds everything. In denying oneself as Christ did redeems a saint from the earth which Gideon had to learn/ This is a far cry from the most useless bramble sending out fire to consume the olive tree in the fable of Jotham( Ch.9)
Then we have this v.34 pointing to the outpouring of the Holy Spirit. The Spirit this creates a parallel narrative using people(Moses Joshua Gideon) and consistently it taking further the Fellowship of God with Man (in which Seth would be in the image of his Son(Ge.5:3), and thus shall continue)
"Jerubbaal"
And Joash said unto all that stood against him, Will ye plead for Baal? will ye save him? he that will plead for him, let him be put to death whilst it is yet morning: if he be a god, let him plead for himself, because one hath cast down his altar(v.31."
Here we have the kind of sophistry which Gideon's father adopts when he discovers a wrong word could put his son's life in danger. Apostasy of Israel metaphorically is in degrading 'the tree of righteousness' as a grove for pagan gods. "The trees of theLordare full of sap; the cedars of Lebanon, which he hath planted(Ps.104:16)." Ge.1:11-12. God commanded Gideon to offer his burnt offering,'with the wood of the grove which thou shalt cut down(v.26)'.
The Spirit holds symbols of tongues of fire and also mist significance of which is determined by the context. .Cutting down the grove of his father and using the idols of wood in fire signify jealousy of the Lord God. Gideon was to be created anew into a heroic mold and jealousy for his Holiness had to match as Jesus cleansed the temple of of the merchandise that had crept therein.In the Gospel we have this verse from the Psalms cited,"The zeal of thine house hath eaten me up( John 2:17)".
The Spirit uses the mode of inversion which in vv.36-40 serves a guide to the life of an overcomer where heroic mold of a Christian has nothing in himself to rely upon but the full armor of God holds everything. In denying oneself as Christ did redeems a saint from the earth which Gideon had to learn/ This is a far cry from the most useless bramble sending out fire to consume the olive tree in the fable of Jotham( Ch.9)
Then we have this v.34 pointing to the outpouring of the Holy Spirit. The Spirit this creates a parallel narrative using people(Moses Joshua Gideon) and consistently it taking further the Fellowship of God with Man (in which Seth would be in the image of his Son(Ge.5:3), and thus shall continue)
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