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36 So Gideon said to God, “If You will save Israel by my hand as You have said—
37 look, I shall put a fleece of wool on the threshing floor; if there is *DEW ON THE FLEECE ONLY,*and it is *DRY ON ALL THE GROUND,* then I shall know that You will save Israel by my hand, as You have said.”
38 And it was so. When he rose early the next morning and squeezed the fleece together, he wrung the dew out of the fleece, a bowlful of water.
39 Then Gideon said to God, “Do not be angry with me, but let me speak just once more: Let me test, I pray, just once more with the fleece; let it now be *DRY ONLY ON THE FLEECE,* but *ON ALL THE GROUND* let there be dew.’
40 And God did so that night. It was dry on the fleece only, but there was dew on all the ground.”

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Most have probably heard the story of Gideon’s Fleece, I’m sure. How many times have you, or someone you know, “Thrown out a fleece” when you or they needed a sign from God to be assured of His guidance? But beyond that, hidden in this story is a beautiful picture of what Jesus did for us on the cross.

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This story is recorded in Judges 6. You no doubt noticed the phrases in bold and CAPITALIZED letters.  These highlight Gideon’s two requests.

His first was: 1.  Dew on the fleece, ground dry. 2.  Fleece dry, ground wet with dew. Right?

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Jesus gained total and complete victory over all the forces of evil by His death on the cross!  HALLELUJAH!!!

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…and that’s the REAL meaning of Gideon’s fleece.