A Kingdom Picture

Jdg 7:19-21 ESV
(19) So Gideon and the hundred men who were with him came to the outskirts of the camp at the beginning of the middle watch, when they had just set the watch. And they blew the trumpets and smashed the jars that were in their hands.
(20) Then the three companies blew the trumpets and broke the jars. They held in their left hands the torches, and in their right hands the trumpets to blow. And they cried out, "A sword for the LORD and for Gideon!"
(21) Every man stood in his place around the camp, and all the army ran. They cried out and fled.

Again, I love the hidden pictures in scripture. This one speaks to me as a Kingdom picture. There are eschatological overtones all through this chapter, but as the Kingdom progresses in power we see everything ties in to the last days move of God in His people.

The jars are us - this isn't really a stretch. Jars in that day were made of clay, as we are. We have the light of the Word in us - it should burn as a torch. The trumpet is the voice of God (Rev 4:1). In these last days as the people of God wake up, we begin to live more in the Spirit than ever before. When we live in the Spirit as a people, the clay jars will shatter and the torches of the Word will explode in brightness. The world will be able to hear - loud and clear - the voice of God. This will be a time when the enemies of God flee, and those who were in bondage are set free.