Judges 7:25a

They also captured two of the Midianite leaders, Oreb and Zeeb. They killed Oreb at the rock of Oreb, and Zeeb at the winepress of Zeeb.

From Background Notes [BN] for February 8th& 9th written by Pastor Bob Brown:

From the book of Revelation we have additional connections between the winepress, judgment, and Jesus as God’s holy warrior:

19 The angel swung his sickle on the earth, gathered its grapes and threw them into the great winepress of God's wrath. 20 They were trampled in the winepress outside the city, and blood flowed out of the press, rising as high as the horses' bridles for a distance of 1,600 stadia (Revelation 14:19-20).

15 Out of his mouth comes a sharp sword with which to strike down the nations. "He will rule them with an iron scepter." He treads the winepress of the fury of the wrath of God Almighty. 16 On his robe and on his thigh he has this name written: KING OF KINGS AND LORD OF LORDS (Revelation 19:15-16).

And so when Judges places the setting “at the winepress of Zeeb” (7:25), the story of Gideon comes full circle. The sign of Gideon’s winepress foreshadowed the Day of Judgment on the enemies of Israel, the Midianites, who meet defeat at the hand of Gideon and his tribal allies in Israel. [BN,5]

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