"A PROPHECY TO GAD"

MF Blume
JANUARY 10, 1999


Gene 49:19  Gad, a troop shall overcome him: but he shall overcome at the last.

Mark 5:1-15  And they came over unto the other side of the sea, into the country of the Gadarenes. And when he was come out of the ship, immediately there met him out of the tombs a man with an unclean spirit, Who had [his] dwelling among the tombs; and no man could bind him, no, not with chains: Because that he had been often bound with fetters and chains, and the chains had been plucked asunder by him, and the fetters broken in pieces: neither could any [man] tame him. And always, night and day, he was in the mountains, and in the tombs, crying, and cutting himself with stones. But when he saw Jesus afar off, he ran and worshipped him, And cried with a loud voice, and said, What have I to do with thee, Jesus, [thou] Son of the most high God? I adjure thee by God, that thou torment me not. For he said unto him, Come out of the man, [thou] unclean spirit. And he asked him, What [is] thy name? And he answered, saying, My name [is] Legion: for we are many. And he besought him much that he would not send them away out of the country. Now there was there nigh unto the mountains a great herd of swine feeding. And all the devils besought him, saying, Send us into the swine, that we may enter into them. And forthwith Jesus gave them leave. And the unclean spirits went out, and entered into the swine: and the herd ran violently down a steep place into the sea, (they were about two thousand;) and were choked in the sea. And they that fed the swine fled, and told [it] in the city, and in the country. And they went out to see what it was that was done. And they come to Jesus, and see him that was possessed with the devil, and had the legion, sitting, and clothed, and in his right mind: and they were afraid.



Gad and the demoniac of Gadara have much in common. The beginning state of Gad's prophecy was being overcome. Legion We know the man had thousands of demons in him because when Jesus cast them out of the man, they went into "two thousand swine."
Mark 5:13  And forthwith Jesus gave them leave. And the unclean spirits went out, and entered into the swine: and the herd ran violently down a steep place into the sea, (they were about two thousand;) and were choked in the sea.
Legion is the name of a TROOP of soldiers. Thank God that a prophecy came forth long ago to Gad. Not only was the demoniac captured by a troop, as Gad was foretold to experience, but the region where the demoniac lived was called the country of the "Gadarenes." So here you have a prophecy given to Gad that a troop would overcome him, but he would overcome at the last, and a demon possessed man overcome by an army of devils called legion, in a region called "Reward at the end", who was set free from devils and overcame their bondage in the end of his story.

We all have a story.

At least two thousand demons were in that man. He gives us strength to overcome!

The demoniac of Gadara dwelt among the mountains and tombs.

Notice that in Isaiah 65, God said he stretched out his hand to a people who were rebels. Verse 7 says:
Isai 65:7  Your iniquities, and the iniquities of your fathers together, saith the LORD, which have burned incense upon the mountains, and blasphemed me upon the hills: therefore will I measure their former work into their bosom.
Graves and mountains. They are isolated, and actually feel better than other people. It was the devils causing nobody to come that way. Holiness is not a "better than thou" attitude. Satan knew God's plan: So Satan seeks to confound that. Notice the self-centredness. In Isaiah 65, Israel dwelt in graves and mountains. God wanted to use Israel, by making them holy so that He could flow through Israel in a world of heathen nations. Daniel told the king that the dream spoke of him as the tree.


Nebuchadnezzar became demon possessed.

The demoniac was riven from the populous into the mountains and tombs. Notice the point about preparing a table for that troop, and furnishing drink for that number. But God looked deep into the hearts of these rebels. New wine is in the cluster. God can take a life bound by sin and forgive those sins and forget the former troubles.
Isai 65:17  For, behold, I create new heavens and a new earth: and the former shall not be remembered, nor come into mind
I believe there is literally going to be a new heaven and new earth one day, but right now, immediately after God forgives our troubles and remembers them no more, it is a new heaven and a new earth for that person! The man was changed. Yes, the demoniac overcame in the end. Satan knows God's purpose and seeks to isolate potential vessels for the Lord.

I ministered to you today some truths to show you the PURPOSE of God putting you in a world in which you can be used by God to bless people.

A prophecy to Gad!


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