Angel Threshing Floor
Young s literal translation and the messenger putteth forth his hand to jerusalem to destroy it and jehovah repenteth concerning the evil and saith to the messenger who is destroying among the people enough now cease thy hand and the messenger of jehovah was near.
Angel threshing floor. The angel of adonai was then by the threshing floor of araunah the jebusite 2 samuel 24 15 16 so david bought the threshing floor and the oxen for 50 shekels of silver. 21 21 22 then david approached and when araunah looked and saw him he left the threshing floor and bowed down before david with his face to the ground. The angel of yahweh was by the threshing floor of araunah the jebusite. Not a soul more in jerusalem would die of the pestilence.
Then david lifted up his eyes and saw the angel of the lord standing between earth and heaven with his. 21 18 then the angel of the lord ordered gad to tell david to go up and build an altar to the lord on the threshing floor of araunah the jebusite. Then david built there an altar to adonai and offered burnt offerings and fellowship offerings. The angel of the lord came and sat down under the oak in ophrah that belonged to joash the abiezrite where his son gideon was threshing wheat in a winepress to keep it from the midianites.
The drawn sword which threatened death to the city and to the nation was suddenly thrust into its scabbard and all was still. But what a change. The threshing floor is mentioned in many places in the bible it is the place where the wheat is separated from the grain. But as he was about to destroy it the lord saw and was sorry over the calamity and said to the destroying angel it is enough.
David sees the angel stopped at the threshing floor of araunah and asks for god to stop the plague. New living translation then the angel of the lord came and sat beneath the great tree at ophrah which belonged to joash of the clan of abiezer. At the time the plague stops the angel of the lord was standing at the threshing floor of araunah the jebusite verse 16. The angel of the lord was then at the threshing floor of araunah the jebusite.
Second samuel 5 gives the account of david s capture of jerusalem which originally belonged to the jebusites. Toward the end of the third day the angel of the lord is about to destroy jerusalem but relents. A threshing floor is a smooth flat surface that was used in the process of harvesting grain. Above the threshing floor stood the angel of the lord.
Spiritual significance of threshing floor. Before there was machinery farmers used a threshing floor to separate the grain from the chaff. The sword of the lord rested and was quiet. But in biblical symbolism it also stands for a spot of purification and humiliation jesus was announced by john the baptist as.
David then buys the threshing floor builds an altar on the spot and offers sacrifices to god. The one who will baptize with the holy spirit and with fire.