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Judges 8
Judges 8:1 And the men of Ephraim said unto him, Why hast thou served us thus,
that thou calledst us not, when thou wentest to fight with the Midianites? And
they did chide with him sharply.
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Gideon done as God told him. Don't forget this. God didn't say call
Ephraim.
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Chide = This was the beginning of the strife which ended in
the division of the kingdom (1 Kings 12)
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Ephraim = Great Britain
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Midianites are the Arabians. Abraham and Keturah son
2 And he said unto them, What have I done now in comparison of you? Is not the
gleaning of the grapes of Ephraim better than the vintage of Abi-ezer?
3 God hath delivered into your hands the princes of Midian,
Oreb and Zeeb: and
what was I able to do in comparison of you? Then their anger was abated toward
him, when he had said that.
4 And Gideon came to Jordan, and passed over, he, and the
three hundred men that
were with him, faint, yet pursuing them.
5 And he said unto the men of Succoth, Give, I pray you, loaves of bread unto
the people that follow me; for they be faint, and I am pursuing after Zebah and
Zalmunna, kings of Midian.
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The men of Succoth were of Israel.
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Gideon and his army needed food
and water and the Succoth was too afraid to help them. They were
afraid of the Midian. Look at our Government, most are afraid to do
what's right. They go with the one world order.
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Look at our government? Most will not do anything to help the people. They follow the one
world order.
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Gideon went with only 300 men. Why?
God wants you to know He will take care of the wicked.
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The number 300
means, The strength of the
Holy Spirit of the Almighty God. (Act 2)
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Numbers 13, 14 = Israel going to
promised land. We are about to
enter the Millennium, The Lords Day.
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In the last days, the very elect (from all
tribes of Israel and all
races) is going to help God
directly in His work. What a glorious time is ahead. His
goodness will let the very elect, being the first fruits, that
would suffer for Him in the near future and bring this age
into "the millennium" which is the Lord's day.
(Roman 11) (Ephesians 1)
6 And the princes of Succoth said, Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna now in
thine hand, that we should give bread unto thine army?
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Zebah and Zalmunna, (deprived of protection),
the two "kings" of Midian who commanded the great invasion of
Palestine, and who finally fell by the hand of Gideon himself.
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Karkor, (foundation), the place in which Zebah
and Zalmunna were again routed by Gideon, must have been on the east of Jordan.
7 And Gideon said, Therefore when the Lord hath delivered Zebah and Zalmunna
into mine hand, then I will tear your flesh with the thorns of the wilderness
and with briers.
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Notice what will happen in the last days to all that help bring in
the one world order?
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Gideon said, Therefore when the Lord hath delivered Zebah and Zalmunna
into mine hand, then I will tear your flesh with the thorns of the wilderness
and with briers.
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Zebah and Zalmunna, (deprived of protection),
the two "kings" of Midian who commanded the great invasion of
Palestine, and who finally fell by the hand of Gideon himself.
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We do not believe the USA will go down until the 6th trump. Once
Satan's 10 kings and Satan's angel setup in Jerusalem. The next 2 1/2 months, Satan
will setup in Jerusalem, we will go into a one world order.
(Rev 13)
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Good study Rev 13
8 And he went up thence to Penuel, and spake unto them likewise: and the men of
Penuel answered him as the men of Succoth had answered him.
9 And he spake also unto the men of Penuel, saying, When I come again in peace,
I will break down this tower.
10 Now Zebah and Zalmunna were in Karkor, and their hosts with them, about
fifteen thousand men, all that were left of all the hosts of the children of the
east: for there fell an hundred and twenty thousand men that drew sword.
11 And Gideon went up by the way of them that dwelt in tents on the east of
Nobah and Jogbehah, and smote the host: for the host was secure.
12 And when Zebah and Zalmunna fled, he pursued after them, and took the two
kings of Midian, Zebah and Zalmunna, and discomfited all the host.
13 And Gideon the son of Joash returned from battle before the sun was up,
14 And caught a young man of the men of Succoth, and enquired of him: and he
described unto him the princes of Succoth, and the elders thereof, even
threescore and seventeen men.
15 And he came unto the men of Succoth, and said, Behold Zebah and Zalmunna,
with whom ye did upbraid me, saying, Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna now in
thine hand, that we should give bread unto thy men that are weary?
16 And he took the elders of the city, and thorns of the wilderness and briers,
and with them he taught the men of Succoth.
17 And he beat down the tower of Penuel, and slew the men of the city.
18 Then said he unto Zebah and Zalmunna, What manner of men were they whom ye
slew at Tabor? And they answered, As thou art, so were they; each one resembled
the children of a king.
19 And he said, They were my brethren, even the sons of my mother: as the Lord
liveth, if ye had saved them alive, I would not slay you.
20 And he said unto Jether his firstborn, Up, and slay them. But the youth drew
not his sword: for he feared, because he was yet a youth.
21 Then Zebah and Zalmunna said, Rise thou, and fall upon us: for as the man is,
so is his strength. And Gideon arose, and slew Zebah and Zalmunna, and took away
the ornaments that were on their camels' necks.
22 Then the men of Israel said unto Gideon, Rule thou over us, both thou, and
thy son, and thy son's son also: for thou hast delivered us from the hand of
Midian.
23 And Gideon said unto them,
I will not rule over you, neither shall my son
rule over you: the Lord shall rule over you.
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In the last days = Christ Will reign over all
people
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7th trump, Revelation 11:15
And the seventh angel sounded; and there were great voices in
heaven, saying, The kingdoms of this world are become the
kingdoms of our Lord, and of his Christ; and he shall reign for
ever and ever.
24 And Gideon said unto them, I would desire a request of you, that ye would
give me every man the earrings of his prey. (For they had golden earrings,
because they were Ishmaelites.)
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Earrings = Hebrew word Nezem, Any ring worn in ear or nose =
a nose ring in Gen, 24:47.
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Because = This parenthetical remark solves the difficulty of Gen
37:25,28,36,39:1
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Ishmael and Midian were half brothers, sons of Abraham by Hagar and
Keturah Gen 16:11-12,, GEN 25;1-2.
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Midianites were Ishmaelites, but all Ishmaelites were not Midianites.
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The sons of Ishmael peopled the north and west of the Arabian
peninsula, and eventually formed the chief element of the Arab
nation, the wandering Bedouin tribes. They are now mostly
Mohammedans who look to him as their spiritual father, as the Jews
look to Abraham. Their language, which is generally acknowledged to
have been the Arabic community so called, has been adopted with
insignificant exceptions throughout Arabia. The term "Ishmaelite"
occur on three occasions.
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God renewed his promise respecting Ishmael. He does not again appear
in the narrative until the weaning of Isaac. At the great feast made
in celebration of the weaning, "Sarah saw the son of Hagar the
Egyptian, which she had borne unto Abraham, mocking," and urged
Abraham to cast him and his mother out. Comforted by the renewal of
God's promise to make of Ishmael a great nation, Abraham sent them
away, and they departed and wandered in the wilderness of Beersheba.
His mother took Ishmael a wife out of the land of Egypt." from the
Smith Bible Dictionary.
25 And they answered, We will willingly give them. And they spread a garment,
and did cast therein every man the earrings of his prey.
26 And the weight of the golden earrings that he requested was a thousand and
seven hundred shekels of gold; beside ornaments, and collars, and purple raiment
that was on the kings of Midian, and beside the chains that were about their
camels' necks.
27 And Gideon made an ephod thereof, and put it in his city, even in Ophrah: and
all Israel went thither a whoring after it: which
thing became a snare unto
Gideon, and to his house.
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Ephod = Probably the priests were lax in restoring the
worship of the true God.
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So that Gideon would have meant well and desired to judge well.
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Compare Judges 17:5, where Micah made another. The reason given
being that "there was no king, and every man did what was right in
his own eyes", 17:6; and 18:5, where it was used to "ask counsel";
and for the same reason, 18:1.
28 Thus was Midian subdued before the children of Israel, so that they lifted up
their heads no more. And the country was in quietness forty years in the days of
Gideon.
29 And Jerubbaal the son of Joash went and dwelt in his own house.
30 And Gideon had threescore and ten sons of his body begotten: for
he had many
wives.
31 And his concubine that was in Shechem, she also bare him a son, whose name he
called Abimelech.
32 And Gideon the son of Joash died in a good old age, and was buried in the
sepulchre of Joash his father, in Ophrah of the Abi-ezrites.
33 And it came to pass, as soon as Gideon was dead, that the children of Israel
turned again, and went a whoring after Baalim, and made Baal-berith their god.
34 And the children of Israel remembered not the Lord their God, who had
delivered them out of the hands of all their enemies on every side:
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After the Millennium = Satan's shall be loosed out the the pit for
short season.
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Here we
see Satan's last stand against Christ.. How many still will
follow him?
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The number of whom is as the sand of the
sea = meaning you can't number them, they are so many.
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As the sand of the sea. Some will never
listen.
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Revelation 11 to
Rev 20 = What
happens after the Millennuim, after 1000 years?
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Revelation 20:7 And when the thousand years are expired,
Satan shall be loosed out of his prison,
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The
millennium is over.
Blindness has been removed from all the people by the teaching of
Christ and the elect.
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What did
Christ stated in John 9:41?
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John
9:41 Jesus said unto them, If ye were blind, ye should have no sin:
but now ye say, We see; therefore your sin remaineth.
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No
longer can ignorance be used as a cloak of innocence.
8 And shall go out to deceive the nations
which are in the four quarters of the earth, Gog and Magog, to
gather them together to battle: the number of whom is as the
sand of the sea.
Here we
see Satan's last stand against Christ.
9 And they went up on the breadth of the
earth, and compassed the camp of the saints about, and the
beloved city: and fire came down from God out of heaven, and
devoured them.
The camp
of the saints, no doubt, is in the millennial temple.
Built as
described by Ezekiel.
Note,
Satan's army does not enter into the camp, But only
surround it.
There
are no earthquakes or hailstones this time
10 And the devil that deceived them was
cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and
the false prophet are, and shall be tormented day and night for
ever and ever.
11 And I saw a great white throne, and him
that sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled
away; and there was found no place for them.
Final
judgment has come.
Christ
had returned for the millennium age.
Now it
is past.
There is
no place to hide and we see the full Godhead.
God,
return with all His glory and righteousness.
2 Peter 3:7 But the heavens and the earth, which are now,
by the same word are kept in store, reserved unto fire against the
day of judgment and
perdition of ungodly men
12 And I saw the dead, small and great,
stand before God; and the books were opened: and
another book
was opened, which is the book of life: and
the dead were judged
out of those things which were written in the books,
according
to their works.
Who are the Dead?
These still have their mortal soul means liable to die.
Dead means you are spiritually dead means you don't know God's word.
Without the Lord you are dead. They are dead to
the truth and
they
do not have an opportunity to have eternal life until, After the
teaching, or the end of the millennium.
Read about the dry
bones in (Ezekiel 37)
Luke 20:38
For He is not a God of the dead, but of the living: for all live
unto him.
At this time, the millennium is over and it
time for judgment.
Without the Lord you are dead. They are spiritual dead.
If you have worshipped Satan,
you will still
have your mortal soul, meaning liable to
die soul.
13 And the sea gave up the dead which
were in it; and death and hell delivered up the dead which were
in them: and they were judged every man according to their
works.
14 And death and hell were cast into the lake of
fire. This is the second death.
15 And whosoever was not
found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of
fire.
35 Neither shewed they kindness to the house of Jerubbaal, namely, Gideon,
according to all the goodness which he had shewed unto Israel.
• Exactly 2520 years from the exile
of Benjamin, Iceland became an independent nation.
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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
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Jeremiah 17:5 Thus saith the Lord; Cursed be the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh
his arm, and whose heart departeth from the Lord.
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