Vessel

15 When Gideon heard the account of the dream and its interpretation, he bowed in worship. He returned to Israel’s camp and said, “Get up, for the LORD has handed the Midianite camp over to you.” 16 Then he divided the three hundred men into three companies and gave each of the men a ram’s horn in one hand and an empty pitcher with a torch inside it in the other hand.

17 “Watch me,” he said to them, “and do what I do. When I come to the outpost of the camp, do as I do. 18 When I and everyone with me blow our rams’ horns, you are also to blow your rams’ horns all around the camp. Then you will say, ‘For the LORD and for Gideon!’ ”

19 Gideon and the hundred men who were with him went to the outpost of the camp at the beginning of the middle watch after the sentries had been stationed. They blew their rams’ horns and broke the pitchers that were in their hands. 20 The three companies blew their rams’ horns and shattered their pitchers. They held their torches in their left hands and their rams’ horns to blow in their right hands, and they shouted, “A sword for the LORD and for Gideon!” 21 Each Israelite took his position around the camp, and the entire Midianite army began to run, and they cried out as they fled.

Christian Standard Bible. (2020). (Jdg 7:15–21). Nashville, TN: Holman Bible Publishers.

Lexham Theological Wordbook (θησαυρός)

θησαυρός (thēsauros). n. masc. repository, treasure, wealth. Valuable things; the place where these are kept.The primary meaning of this word is the place where something valuable is kept (

Matt 2:11

;

Mark 6:45

) but it may also refer to what is kept, the treasure (

Holman Treasury of Key Bible Words: 200 Greek and 200 Hebrew Words Defined and Explained (Vessel)

In ancient times, people used “vessels” or jars for many purposes—especially to contain liquids and food. Most of these were made of clay, which is ostrakinos in Greek. In ancient times, it was also a common practice to bury treasures or valuable items inside of clay jars. Two recent discoveries of biblical manuscripts—the Chester Beatty Papyrus, containing many portions of the Greek Old Testament and Greek New Testament, and the Dead Sea Scrolls—reveal that these manuscripts were hidden away in jars for nearly two thousand years. In addition to the dry climate, the jars helped to preserve the treasures within for over two millennia!

The clay pot was unearthed at the Menominee Reservation in Wisconsin, where it remained buried for at least 800 years. Its contents were miraculously preserved.

When experts carefully opened the 800-year-old clay pot, they discovered a stash of seeds. Archaeologists concluded that the seeds were most likely buried in the pot in order to store food supplies.

Promise. Declaration by one person to another that something will or will not be done, giving the person to whom it is made the right to expect the performance of whatever has been specified.

God is going to give you the victory Presence of God sounding the trumpet

Besides being a musical instrument, the shopar announced the presence and action of the Lord. In Exodus an extra loud trumpet blast announced God’s proclamation of the Ten Commandments and His epiphany to the people of Israel at Mount SinaiCarpenter, E. E., & Comfort, P. W. (2000). In Holman treasury of key Bible words: 200 Greek and 200 Hebrew words defined and explained (p. 194). Nashville, TN: Broadman & Holman Publishers. Used for war as well as the day of atonement Pot

Considered just ordinary household object. Nothing of real value excluding the treasure inside Normally these can be found severely worn and cracked in multiple places

Power of God

Torch inside the pot Had to be broken to be revealed

Christian Standard Bible Chapter 4

Additionally then, brothers and sisters, we ask and encourage you in the Lord Jesus, that as you have received instruction from us on how you should live and please God—as you are doing—do this even more. 2 For you know what commands we gave you through the Lord Jesus.

3 For this is God’s will, your sanctification: that you keep away from sexual immorality, 4 that each of you knows how to control his own body in holiness and honor, 5 not with lustful passions, like the Gentiles, who don’t know God. 6 This means one must not transgress against and take advantage of a brother or sister in this manner, because the Lord is an avenger of all these offenses, as we also previously told and warned you. 7 For God has not called us to impurity but to live in holiness. 8 Consequently, anyone who rejects this does not reject man, but God, who gives you his Holy Spirit.

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Christian Standard Bible (Chapter 4)

16 Therefore we do not give up. Even though our outer person is being destroyed, our inner person is being renewed day by day. 17 For our momentary light affliction is producing for us an absolutely incomparable eternal weight of glory. 18 So we do not focus on what is seen, but on what is unseen. For what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.