A PEEK AT THE BEGINNING OF THE 1,000 YEAR MILLENNIUM
05-07-17 This
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The brightness
of our revelations depends upon the correctness of our doctrines (our building
blocks)
AN BRIEF SYNOPSIS OF NEARING
END-TIME EVENTS
SYMBOLS: Gideon’s chosen army of
10,000 Israelite soldiers/warriors represents all saved, imputed for
righteousness, born-again saints.
The composite Midianite army represents all
unsaved peoples.
1. The
rapture of the 300 Israelite
(Christian) combat soldiers/warriors (shepherds) up to the top ridge of the
valley to stand (James 4:7)
encircling the valley below (Judg 7:8; 1 Thes 4:17; Rev 12:5), while the 9,700
support soldiers/warriors (sheep) are sent to their “behind-the lines” tents
acting as support troops (Judg 7:8; Rev 12:6,14).
2. In total complete blinding fear, 120,000 of the invading
Midianite army of 135,000 soldiers/warriors kill each other (essentially, self-destruct) in the dark of night
in terrorized response to the sudden appearance and the sound of “the glory which shall be revealed
in us” (Rom 8:18; 2 Thes 1:7,10,12), as it is being revealed in
us (Judg 7:21,22), thereby bringing to an end the Great
Tribulation.
3. The remaining 15,000
Midianite soldiers/warriors flee out of
THE MEN AMONG THORNS
(Judg 8:4-7) And Gideon [Heb: feller: to fell a tree: cut down, hew down] [a type of Jesus
Christ] came to
1. Commentary: the people of Succoth were Israelites from the tribe
of Gad who, along with the tribe of Reuben and the half-tribe of Manasseh, had
declined Joshua’s offer to enter into and dwell in The Promised Land and
instead had homesteaded immediately east of the Jordan river – in the wilderness. Symbolically, these
two and one-half tribes of professing/believing Jews had declined an invitation
to dwell in the synagogue/church/heaven.
2. Commentary: “now in thine hand” = the princes
of Succoth were Jews who chose not to live in
THE MEN OF STONY PLACES
(Judg
8:8,9)
And he [Gideon] went up thence to Penuel [Heb: the face of God /// to turn away
(back)] [living farther eastward away from God], and spake unto them likewise: and the men of Penuel answered
him as the men of Succoth had answered him. And he spake also unto the men of Penuel, saying, When I
come again in peace, I will break down this tower [Heb: a tower (from its height): castle, pulpit] [i.e., pride] [1,2].
1. (2
Co 10:4,5) (For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through
God to the pulling down of strong holds
[Gk: fortified, a castle; fig. arguments];)
Casting down imaginations, and every
high thing that exalteth itself
against the knowledge of God, and
bringing into captivity every
thought [i.e., disobedient
spirits: fallen angels, unclean spirits, demons, and devils dwelling within us]
to the obedience of Christ;
2. (1 Tim 4:1,2) Now
the Spirit speaketh expressly [Gk: distinctly] [with great emphasis],
that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and
doctrines of devils; Speaking lies in hypocrisy [Gk: acting under a feigned part; deceit];
having their conscience [Gk: moral consciousness: completely] seared with a hot iron [Gk: branded (cauterized), rendered
unsensitive];
(Judg
8:10-12)
Now Zebah and Zalmunna were
in Karkor, and their hosts with them, about fifteen thousand men [15,000 Midianite
warriors], all that were left of all the hosts of the children of the
east: for there fell an hundred and twenty thousand men [120,000 Midianite warriors] that drew sword. And Gideon went up
[farther eastward, deeper into the
wilderness] by the way of them that
dwelt in tents on the east of Nobah and Jogbehah, and smote the host [unexpectedly]: for the host was
[thought itself] secure [Heb: safe]. And when Zebah [Heb:
sacrifice] and Zalmunna [Heb: withheld] fled, he pursued after them, and took [Heb: captured] the two
kings of Midian, Zebah and Zalmunna, and discomfited [Heb: caused to shudder with terror, fear:
quake, trembling] all the host.
JUDGMENT:
THE MEN AMONG THORNS (men of
little understanding)
(Judg
8:13-16)
And Gideon the son of Joash returned from battle before the sun was up [i.e., before the full
power of the Millennium began], And caught a young man of
the men of Succoth [Why did Gideon
circle back and return to Succoth first?] [1], and enquired of him: and he [the
young man] described unto him the
princes of Succoth, and the elders thereof, even threescore and seventeen men [77 elders]. And he came unto the men of Succoth, and
said, Behold Zebah and Zalmunna, with whom ye did upbraid me [“scoffed at me” Amplif. Bible], saying, Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna now in thine hand, that we
should give bread unto thy men that
are weary? And he took the elders of the city, and thorns of
the wilderness and briers [2,3], and with them he taught [Heb: caused to know (understand), made
submissive] the men of Succoth.
1. (1
Pet 4:17) For the time is come that judgment
must begin at the house of God: and if it first begin
at us, what shall the end be of
them that obey not the gospel of God?
2. (Mark
4:18,19) And these are they which are sown among thorns; such as hear the word,
And the cares [Gk: distractions] of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, and
the lusts of other things entering in [i.e., thorns invade our bodies], choke [Gk: strangle
completely] the word, and it becometh unfruitful [Gk:
barren].
3. (Luke
8:14) And that which fell among thorns are they, which, when they have heard, go forth, and
are choked with cares and riches and pleasures of this
life, and bring no fruit to perfection [Gk: to completion (maturity): to ripen].
JUDGMENT:
THE MEN OF STONY PLACES (men
of no understanding)
(Judg
8:17)
And he [Gideon] beat down [Heb: tore down: cast down, destroyed, overthrew, pulled down] the tower of Penuel, and slew [Heb: killed, put to death, slaughtered] the men of the city [1].
1. Commentary: Why were the men of Penuel
“killed” rather than “taught?” Answer: because the men of
Penuel, men of stony places, had “no root” (Mat 13:21; Mark 4:6;
Luke 8:13) of Jesus Christ (Isa
11:1,10; Rom 15:12; Rev 5:5; 22:16) embedded
within them, and consequently they were
killed (utterly destroyed) because
they had no understanding
[“likewise,” as the “way side” people: Mark 4:15-17]. Whereas, within the men of
Succoth, men among thorns, the root of Jesus
Christ was embedded and watered [i.e., took root]. The men of Succoth, among
thorns, were saved but remained immature and had little understanding.
They were not fully matured (developed) and were therefore unable to bring
forth any ripe fruit, so Father
God caused them to be taught,
(threshed – separating the chaff from the seed), rather severely with the
thorns and briars of the wilderness, so that they would most definitely learn, remember…, and bear fruit
for Father God.
Amen