Prayer is the mightiest weapon that God has placed in our hands. It is the best weapon to use in every difficulty, and the surest remedy in every trouble. It is the key that unlocks the treasury of promises, and the hand that draws forth grace and help in time of need. It is the silver trumpet that God commands us to sound in all our necessity, and it is the cry He has promised always to listen to, just as a loving mother listens attentively to the voice of her child.
J.C. Ryle

THRESHING

THRESHING

THRESHING

  1. The removing or separating corn, &c form the straw # 1Ch 21:20
  2. WAS PERFORMED 2a) By a rod or staff

    # Isa 28:27

2b) By cart wheels # Isa 28:27,28 2c) By instruments with teeth # Isa 41:15 Am 1:3 2d) By the feet of horses and oxen # Isa 28:28 Ho 10:11 2Sa 24:22 3) Cattle employed in, not to be muzzled # De 25:4 1Co 9:9 1Ti 5:18 4) Continued until the vintage in years of abundance # Le 26:5 5) THE PLACE FOR 5a) Called the floor # Jud 6:37 Isa 21:10 5b) Called the threshing floor # Nu 18:27 2Sa 24:18 5c) Called the barn-floor # 2Ki 6:27 5d) Called the corn-floor # Ho 9:1 5e) Was large and roomy # Ge 50:10 5f) Generally on high ground # 1Ch 21:18 2Ch 3:1 5g) Sometimes beside the wine-press for concealment # Jud 6:11 5h) Used for winnowing the corn # Ru 3:2 5i) Often robbed # 1Sa 23:1 5j) The Jews slept on, during the time of # Ru 3:7 5k) Fulness of, promised as a blessing # Joe 2:24 5l) Scarcity in, a punishment # Ho 9:2 6) Followed by a winnowing with a shovel or fan # Isa 30:24 41:16 Mt 3:12 7) ILLUSTRATIVE 7a) Of the judgments of God # Isa 21:10 Jer 51:33 Hab 3:12 7b) Of the labours of ministers # 1Co 9:9,10 7c) Of the church in her conquests # Isa 41:15,16 Mic 4:13 7d) (Gathering the sheaves for,) of preparing the enemies of the Church for judgments # Mic 4:12 7e) (Dust made by,) of complete destruction # 2Ki 13:7 Isa 41:15 7f) (An instrument for, with teeth,) of the Church overcoming opposition # Isa 41:15