Judges 6


Judges 6, Gideon
                                                                                                                          
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After a lapse of some years, the Midianites appear again as the enemies of the Israelites, oppressing them for seven years, but are finally defeated with great slaughter by Gideon

The Midianites are described as true Arabs, and possessed cattle and flocks and camels as the sand of the seashore for multitude. The spoil taken in the war of both Moses and of Gideon is remarkable.
 
Judges 6:1 And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the Lord: and the Lord delivered them into the hand of Midian seven years.
  • The children of Israel are the 12 tribes of Israel. The Christians nations today, they did evil in the sight of the Lord
  • Midianites are the Arabians Nations
  • The Lord delivered the children of Israel into the hand of Midian for seven years.
  • Why? Because of their evil ways.
  • In the book of Hosea chapters 2, 4, 7, 8. 9 gives a pretty good glance at the sad state of His people in this day. God says, Israel (the 12 Christian Nations) has slideth back as a backslider, they are half-baked; strangers have taken over their power, and they are no longer young and don't even realize it.
    Hosea 7:8-9 The Christian Nations don't study to understand God's Word; they are half baked; strangers have taken over their power, and they are no longer young and don't even realize it.
  • Our Studies are from Smith's Bible Dictionary By William Smith, L.L.D, Number In Scripture by EW Bullinger's and King James Bible, The Strong's Concordance and  EW Bullinger's and  Companion Bible, King James Bible With Side Notes By Dr. E.W. Bullinger.
2 And the hand of Midian prevailed against Israel: and because of the Midianites the children of Israel made them the dens which are in the mountains, and caves, and strong holds.
  • The Arabians Nations took all they had. The book of Joel
  • Midian = Midianites are the Arabians Nations 
  • Euphrates is the borders between Truth and Baal (Babylon means confusion)
  • Israel = 12 tribes of Israel, The Christian nations
3 And so it was, when Israel had sown, that the Midianites came up, and the Amalekites, and the children of the east, even they came up against them;
  • 6th vial, Kings of the East, Rev 16:12 here we see we are to watch these nations. Because these things will happen right up to the 6th vial. Dan 11
  • Here's the nations that comes up against the Christian nations with the help of the leaders of the earth
  • Leaders = Revelation 18:9  And the kings of the earth, who have committed fornication and lived deliciously with her, shall bewail her, and lament for her, when they shall see the smoke of her burning,
  • Midianites,  the Arabians Nations 
  • Amalekites were of Amalek, Russia
  • Kings of the east, The word east is two words = Kedem and Mizrach, look up in your Smith's Bible Dictionary By William Smith
  • Kedem = The Arabia Nations that join the East side of the great river Euphrates, Palestine, Arabia, Mesopotamia and Babylonia, Parts of Turkey, parts Syria, parts Iraq, Libya, Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan (Rev 16). (Rev 16, Dan 11).
  • Mizrach = China
  • This has nothing to do with the people that live in these countries that Love the Lord. (John 3:16)
  • The Midianites were of son of Abraham and Keturah progenitor of the Midianites, or Arabians dwelling principally in the desert north of the peninsula of Arabia.
  • 1st stage the Gnawer The Conspiracy against God's children, deception of their lies, false teaching, ripping people off, new laws to enforce the people to do things against their religious beliefs, corona-virus vaccines mandates, they fine and tax businesses right out of business.
4 And they encamped against them, and destroyed the increase of the earth, till thou come unto Gaza, and left no sustenance for Israel, neither sheep, nor ox, nor ass.
  • They come in and try to take everything, they left no sustenance for the Christian Nations, neither sheep, nor ox, nor ass.
  • This is looking just like today, gas up, food up, etc... if you have any. 
  • Till thou come unto Gaza. Russia is at the borders of Israel now, Russia In Syria
  • Gaza, south-west part of Palestine, on the Mediterranean
  • Daniel 11:12 And when he hath taken away the multitude, his heart shall be lifted up; and he shall cast down many ten thousands: but he shall not be strengthened by it.
  • South-west of Gaza, Wars between Christian Nations and Satan's one world order.
  • We are going to see more wars before you hear the peace, peace, peace
  • Daniel 11:13 For the king of the north shall return, and shall set forth a multitude greater than the former, and shall certainly come after certain years with a great army and with much riches.
  • The king of the north shall return with a great army and riches. Judges 6-8, Ezekiel 38 -39
  • North = Russia and China said they are going to be the leaders of the one world order. Sept 2022
  • Russia and China are near Alaska, Iran against the nation Israel, etc..
  • North = Rev 13:2 Satan's one world order. Dan 7, the 4th world power
  • Russia along with China, and the kings of the east.  Judges 6  and Rev 16:12 the 6th vial
  • Many nations coming up against the tribe of Judah, the nation Israel and the Christian nations
  • 3rd stage the Devourer's the young locusts,  these are very evil,  You can hear their sound all around the world, they want to take over the world. They want to bring in Satan's one world order, under one god their god. (Joel 1-3) (Revelation 13:18, Bullinger's notes.) (Daniel 11:13) Stronger army with much riches..
5 For they came up with their cattle and their tents, and they came as grasshoppers for multitude; for both they and their camels were without number: and they entered into the land to destroy it.
  • Type of the last days = They entered the Christian Nations to destroy it = The book of Joel
  • Nahum 3:17 Thy crowned are as the locusts, and thy captains as the great grasshoppers, which camp in the hedges in the cold day, but when the sun ariseth they flee away, and their place is not known where they are.
  • Who's destroying our farm land, crime in our streets, millions of businesses going out of business, etc
  • Notice grasshoppers, the book of Joel
    2nd stage the Swarmer, the grasshoppers, the imago stage, their sounds comes out with peace, but what do they do?  A day of darkness and of gloominess.
    How does Satan's seed, Cain's sons, deceived the nations? By lies
    The Conspiracy is the deception of the end times. They almost bring in Satan's one world order. They try to control everything. They take all you have. Study the book of Joel.
  • 3rd stage of the locusts. 3rd stage the Devourer's the young locusts,  these are very evil,  You can hear their sounds all over the world. They want one god, their god. (Joel 1-3) (Revelation 13:18, Bullinger's notes.) (Daniel 11:13) Stronger army with much riches.
  • The word said, Wait on the Lord, don't be part of the one world order.
6 And Israel was greatly impoverished because of the Midianites; and the children of Israel cried unto the Lord.
  • Type of the Last days = Christian people crying out to the Lord, to help us
  • How many times do you pray saying how long Lord before you correct the wicked?
7 And it came to pass, when the children of Israel cried unto the Lord because of the Midianites,
 
8 That the Lord sent a prophet unto the children of Israel, which said unto them, Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, I brought you up from Egypt, and brought you forth out of the house of bondage;
 
9 And I delivered you out of the hand of the Egyptians, and out of the hand of all that oppressed you, and drave them out from before you, and gave you their land;

10 And I said unto you, I am the Lord your God; fear not the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but ye have not obeyed My voice.
  • I am the Lord your God; fear not the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but ye have not obeyed My voice.
  • In the book of Hosea chapters 2, 4, 7, 8. 9 gives a pretty good glance at the sad state of His people in this day. God says, Israel (the 12 Christian Nations) has slideth back as a backslider, they are half-baked; strangers have taken over their power, and they are no longer young and don't even realize it.
    Hosea 7:8-9 The Christian Nations don't study to understand God's Word; they are half baked; strangers have taken over their power, and they are no longer young and don't even realize it.
11 And there came an angel of the Lord, and sat under an oak which was in Ophrah, that pertained unto Joash the Abi-ezrite: and his son Gideon threshed wheat by the winepress, to hide it from the Midianites.
  • An oak = the oak, as being well known.
  • Joash = God gave.
  • Gideon = cutter down.

12 And the angel of the Lord appeared unto him, and said unto him, The Lord is with thee, thou mighty man of valour.

  • Job 1:6 sons of God = angels
13 And Gideon said unto him, Oh My Lord, if the Lord be with us, why then is all this befallen us? and where be all his miracles which our fathers told us of, saying, Did not the Lord bring us up from Egypt? but now the Lord hath forsaken us, and delivered us into the hands of the Midianites.
  • Last days, 4th vial, The two witnesses will be here teaching God's word. Gathering the very elect. Zech 4
  • Gideon means cutter down
  • Israel did evil in the sight of the Lord
  • Judges 6:1 And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the Lord: and the Lord delivered them into the hand of Midian seven years.
14 And the Lord looked upon him, and said, Go in this thy might, and thou shalt save Israel from the hand of the Midianites: have not I sent thee?
  • The angels of The Lord, appeared to Gideon, thou shalt save Israel
  • It's not Gideon that save Israel its God that saved Israel.
  • God will use the two witnesses to bring us out of bondage, I believe 7 to 30 days before the 5th trump. Rev 11 and Zech 4.
  • Thy might =  His might lay in the knowledge of God's strength

15 And he said unto him, Oh My Lord, wherewith shall I save Israel? behold, my family is poor in Manasseh, and I am the least in my father's house.

  • Psalm 108:8 Gilead is mine; Manasseh is mine; Ephraim also is the strength of mine head; Judah is my lawgiver
  • 1 Kings 17:1 And Elijah the Tishbite, who was of the inhabitants of Gilead, said unto Ahab, As the LORD God of Israel liveth, before whom I stand, there shall not be dew nor rain these years, but according to my word.
  • Elijah = My God (El) is God
  • Elijah, who was of the inhabitants of Gilead
  • Tishbite means Sojourners
  • Gilead, area of ancient Palestine east of the Jordan River
  • Gideon family from the tribe of Manasseh = USA, Canada, and all gathering tribes
  • Ephraim the nation Great Britain became a Common wealth
  • Judah is my lawgiver, the tribe of Judah, the nation Israel
  • Israel = the tribes of Israel
  • Bible study USA the tribe of Manasseh
    1 King 18:21 And Elijah came unto all the people, and said, How long halt ye between two opinions? if the LORD be God, follow him: but if Baal, then follow him. And the people answered him not a word.

16 And the Lord said unto him, Surely I will be with thee, and thou shalt smite the Midianites as one man.

  • Who going to war with Israel? The Lord.
  • The Lord said unto him, Surely I will be with thee, and thou shalt smite the Midianites as one man
  • Midian means (strife), a son of Abraham and Keturah, The Midianites are described as true Arabs, and possessed cattle and flocks and camels as the sand of the seashore for multitude. The spoil taken in the war of both Moses and of Gideon is remarkable. We have here a wealthy Arab nation, living by plunder, delighting in finery; and, where forays were impossible, carrying on the traffic southward into Arabia, the land of gold - if not naturally, by trade and across to Chaldea, or into the rich plains of Egypt. By Smith Bible Dictionary.

17 And he said unto him, If now I have found grace in thy sight, then shew me a sign that thou talkest with me.

  • Gideon asking the Lord to shew him a sign that thou talkest with me

18 Depart not hence, I pray thee, until I come unto thee, and bring forth my present, and set it before thee. And he said, I will tarry until thou come again.

19 And Gideon went in, and made ready a kid, and unleavened cakes of an ephah of flour: the flesh he put in a basket, and he put the broth in a pot, and brought it out unto him under the oak, and presented it.

  • 1st thing Gideon done = Unleavened. For offering: sacrifice
  • Unleavened cakes = for Passover today
  • Ephah = About 6 cubits, or about 3 1/2 English yards.
  • A basket = the tray. Hebrew word sal, always connected with royalty, or sacrifice.
  • A pot = the pot.

20 And the angel of God said unto him, Take the flesh and the unleavened cakes, and lay them upon this rock, and pour out the broth. And he did so.

21 Then the angel of the Lord put forth the end of the staff that was in his hand, and touched the flesh and the unleavened cakes; and there rose up fire out of the rock, and consumed the flesh and the unleavened cakes. Then the angel of the Lord departed out of his sight.

  • Unleavened cakes = for our Passover today
  • 1 Corinthians 5:3 For I verily, as absent in body, but present in spirit, have judged already, as though I were present, concerning him that hath so done this deed,
    4 In the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, when ye are gathered together, and my spirit, with the power of our Lord Jesus Christ,
    5 To deliver s
    uch an one unto Satan for the destruction of the flesh, that the spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus.
    6 Your glorying is not good. Know ye not that a little leaven leaveneth the whole lump?
    7 Purge out therefore the old leaven, that ye may be a new lump, as ye are unleavened. For even
    Christ our Passover is sacrificed for us:
  • Hebrews 12:29 For our God is a consuming fire.
  • Consuming fire NT:355 from NT:303 and a form of the alternate of NT:138; properly, to use up, destroy: KJV - consume.
  • Fire = to cleanse out all evil
  • Fire = Holy Spirit to warm your heart
  • Deut 4:24 For the Lord thy God is a consuming fire, even a jealous God.
    25 When thou shalt beget children, and children's children, and ye shall have remained long in the land, and shall corrupt yourselves, and make a graven image, or the likeness of any thing, and shall do evil in the sight of the Lord thy God, to provoke him to anger:

22 And when Gideon perceived that he was an angel of the Lord, Gideon said, Alas, O Lord God! for because I have seen an angel of the Lord face to face.

  • Gideon perceived that he was an angel of the Lord
  • Gideon said, Alas, O Lord God! for because = I have seen an angel of the Lord face to face.

23 And the Lord said unto him, Peace be unto thee; fear not: thou shalt not die.

24 Then Gideon built an altar there unto the Lord, and called it Jehovah-shalom: unto this day it is yet in Ophrah of the Abi-ezrites.

  • Gideon built an altar there unto the Lord, and called it Jehovah-shalom
  • Jehovah-shalom = God gives peace. One of God titles
25 And it came to pass the same night, that the Lord said unto him, Take thy father's young bullock, even the second bullock of seven years old, and throw down the altar of Baal that thy father hath, and cut down the grove that is by it:
  • 2nd thing God told Gideon to do. Tear down altar of Baal and build Altar unto The Lord
  • In the last day, Satan's one world order, Baal worshipped
  • The Lord said unto him, throw down the altar of Baal that thy father hath, and cut down the grove that is by it:
26 And build an altar unto the Lord thy God upon the top of this rock, in the ordered place, and take the second bullock, and offer a burnt sacrifice with the wood of the grove which thou shalt cut down.
  • God told Gideon to tear down Baal
  • Last days, the two witnesses, Satan's one world order
  • Rock = strong place.
  • Ordered place, or due order.
  • As = according as.
  • Last Days any time you teach God's word = you're a type of Gideon. You are tearing down Satan's altar of Baal and building the Altar unto The Lord
27 Then Gideon took ten men of his servants, and did as the Lord had said unto him: and so it was, because he feared his father's household, and the men of the city, that he could not do it by day, that he did it by night.
  • Ten, is the number for ordinal perfection, is one of the perfect number, the perfection of Divine order, commencing "to begin or start" , as it does, altogether new series of  numbers - the whole system - completeness of order, making the entire round of anything, it implies that nothing is wanting.
    Responsible and judgment
  • The Lord said, throw down the altar of Baal that thy father hath, and cut down the grove that is by it:
  • Notice he done this at night, because Gideon feared his father's household
  • In the last days, it's your family that will turn you in.
  • Why? They believe in the one world order and they will get MONEY.
  • Mark 13:12 Now the brother shall betray the brother to death, and the father the son; and children shall rise up against their parents, and shall cause them to be put to death.
  • Who's death = Satan
  • 1 Corinthians 15:26 The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death.
  • Hebrews 2:14 Forasmuch then as the children are partakers of flesh and blood, he also himself likewise took part of the same; that through death he might destroy him that had the power of death, that is, the devil;
  • Revelation 20:14 And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death.
  • Matthew 10:21 And the brother shall deliver up the brother to death, and the father the child: and the children shall rise up against their parents, and cause them to be put to death.
    22 And ye shall be hated of all men for my name's sake: but he that endureth to the end shall be saved.
28 And when the men of the city arose early in the morning, behold, the altar of Baal was cast down, and the grove was cut down that was by it, and the second bullock was offered upon the altar that was built.

29 And they said one to another, Who hath done this thing? And when they inquired and asked, they said, Gideon the son of Joash hath done this thing
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30 Then the men of the city said unto Joash, Bring out thy son, that he may die: because he hath cast down the altar of Baal, and because he hath cut down the grove that was by it.

31 And Joash said unto all that stood against him,
Will ye plead for Baal? will ye save him? he that will plead for him, let him be put to death whilst it is yet morning: if he be a god, let him plead for himself, because one hath cast down his altar.

32 Therefore on that day he called him Jerubbaal, saying, Let Baal plead against him, because he hath thrown down his altar
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  • Jerubbaal = Let Baal plead
  • 1 Samuel 12:11 And the LORD sent Jerubbaal, and Bedan, and Jephthah, and Samuel, and delivered you out of the hand of your enemies on every side, and ye dwelled safe.
  • How did the men know Gideon done this?

33 Then all the Midianites and the Amalekites and the children of the east were gathered together, and went over, and pitched in the valley of Jezreel.

  • What did Gideon do? Now what cause this war? Gideon cast down the altar of Baal, the woman Jezebel in the last days. There god is Satan, just like some of the leaders today. (Rev 17)
  • Then the men of the city said unto Joash, Bring out thy son, that he may die: because he hath cast down the altar of Baal, and because he hath cut down the grove that was by it.
  • 6th vial = the kings of the east (Rev 16)
  • Am'alek = (dweller in a valley), grandson of Esau, and chieftain ("duke," Authorized Version) of Edom.
  • Esau, Edom is the nation Russia
  • Jezreel = God will sow; Jizreel, the name of two places in Palestine and of two Israelites
  • Midianites = The Arabia Nations that join the East side of the great river Euphrates, Palestine, Arabia, Mesopotamia and Babylonia, Parts of Turkey, parts Syria, parts Iraq, Libya, Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan
  • East =The Hebrew term kedem properly means that which is before or in front of a person, and was applied to the east form the custom of turning in that direction when describing the points of the compass, before, behind, the right and the left representing respectively east, west, south and north.
  • Mizrach = China
  • The coming out of Egypt. Exodus 8:1-12 The plagues.
  • Ezekiel 39 gives us a pretty good idea what will happen to the "kings of the east".

34 But the Spirit of the Lord came upon Gideon, and he blew a trumpet; and Abi-ezer was gathered after him.

  • Abi-ezer was of the tribe of Manasseh
  • Spirit = Hebrew word ruach = Holy Spirit
  • Came upon = clothed. Hebrew word labash, to put on so as to fill.
  • Gathered: gathered by proclamation.
35 And he sent messengers throughout all Manasseh; who also was gathered after him: and he sent messengers unto Asher, and unto Zebulun, and unto Naphtali; and they came up to meet them.
  • Manasseh = today USA, Canada and all gathering tribes
  • Asher = Sweden
  • Zebulun = France
  • Naphtali = Norway
  • 13 tribes of Israel
  • We're talking about the nations, there are good and bad in all nations
36 And Gideon said unto God, If thou wilt save Israel by mine hand, as thou hast said,

37 Behold, I will put a fleece of wool in the floor; and if the dew be on the fleece only, and it be dry upon all the earth beside, then shall I know that thou wilt save Israel by mine hand, as thou hast said.
  • Floor = threshing-floor.
38 And it was so: for he rose up early on the morrow, and thrust the fleece together, and wringed the dew out of the fleece, a bowl full of water.

39 And Gideon said unto God, Let not thine anger be hot against me, and I will speak but this once: let me prove, I pray thee, but this once with the fleece; let it now be dry only upon the fleece, and upon all the ground let there be dew.

40 And God did so that night: for it was dry upon the fleece only, and there was dew on all the ground.
 
Exactly 2520 years from the exile of Benjamin, Iceland became an independent nation.
 
  The first tribe to be conquered by the Assyrians was Manasseh, in 745 B.C. Exactly 2520 years later America became a nation on July 4, 1776.

(Leviticus. 26: 28-46) God warned Israel that if they persisted in continually breaking His Laws, not only would curses come upon them.

He would punish them for seven times, (a time being 360 years, seven times would be 2520 years) and would banish them from the land of Palestine and scatter them among the heathens (like lost sheep)

• Study the book: Abrahamic Covenant, (A study outline of the identity of God's people) By E. Raymond Capt - page 25
 
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