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“If the dew be on the fleece only, and it be dry upon all the earth beside…let it now be dry only upon the fleece, and upon all the ground let there be dew” (Judges 6:37, 39).
If you read about the way Gideon used the fleece, you will see that he put it out twice. The first time he asked that the dew be on the fleece, and all the ground be dry. When he put out the fleece, the next morning he was able to wring out a bowl full of water, but the ground was dry. Then, he asked that it be reversed. He asked that the fleece be dry, but dew on the ground, and God did that for him.
Have you ever wondered if there is a meaning to all this? The fleece is a picture of the Lord Jesus. During His life He was a “root out of a dry ground” (Isaiah 53:2). He was full of blessing, but everything around was dry. Then, at the cross, He became the dry fleece, for He could say, “My strength is dried up like a potsherd” (Psalm 22:15). But what was the result? Blessing for you and me, pictured by the dew on the ground. Everything in the Bible points to Christ.
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