Therefore on that day he named him Jerubbaal, saying, Let Baal contend against him, because he has broken down his altar.
 Mark the twofold process of the Lord. He sends first a prophet, then an angel; the one to bring their sin home to their conscience, the other to raise up a deliverer. He loves to extricate His people from the wretched consequences of their failure, but He will have the evil owned first.
