Judges 6:11 Meaning and Explanation
“And there came an angel of the LORD, and sat under an oak which was in Ophrah, that pertained unto Joash the Abiezrite: and his son Gideon threshed wheat by the winepress, to hide it from the Midianites.”
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What Does Judges 6:11 Mean?
The scene shifts to a single man. The angel of the Lord comes and sits beneath an oak in Ophrah, on land belonging to Joash. Nearby, his son Gideon is threshing wheat, not on an open threshing floor where the wind could carry off the chaff, but hidden down in a winepress, to keep the precious grain from Midianite eyes.
The detail is full of pathos and hope. Gideon is doing fearful, cramped work in a place never meant for it, a portrait of a whole nation living in hiding. Yet heaven draws near to exactly this discouraged man at his ordinary, anxious labor. God's call so often comes not to the strong in their triumph but to the fearful in their hiding place.
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What does Judges 6:11 mean?
The angel of the Lord comes to Ophrah and finds Gideon secretly threshing wheat in a winepress.