WHERE TRIBULATION COMES FROM
The word “tribulation” comes from the Latin word “tribulum.” A tribulum was a heavy wooden frame with iron spikes beneath it. This frame was drawn by oxen across the threshing floor so that the grain was separated from the chaff. During this early agricultural era, a device called a tribulum was used to beat grain in order to divide the wheat from the chaff. The Latin word “tribulare” means “to rub out corn, hence to afflict”. Our word “tribulation” has the same root as this agricultural instrument. Tribulation often threshes chaff from our lives, enabling us to become supremely happy. Dark velvet is often the material used to display brilliant diamonds. Days of despair have frequently formed a background for some of life’s greatest joys. Comfort can come from the caldron of calamity.
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