I understand that the movie 300 is a bloody Rated R movie, but I do believe it resembles the old testament battles quite well. I do not recommend seeing it. Some things are best kept in words. Anyway the reason why I mentioned the movie was that the army I’m mentioning has the same amount people in it, 300.

Ah Gideon. Up until last night I had little more then a Sunday school view of the story. Gideon lays a fleece it gets wet, Gideon has to many army men, Gideon shrink the number by making the men drink, Gideon now only has 300 versus like a million, Gideon and his 300 blow some trumpets and the million kill themselves. So the story goes. Wow, what’s that got to do with us today, whats that got to do with me?.. Absolutely nothing. Just kidding! Going deeper into the story one will find it is chalk full of truth that will shake your core and raise your spirit. I will reveal these mysteries now

List of things in the story (will go through them later)

Gideon
Midianites
Barley Loaf
Sword of the Lord / Sword of Gideon
Baal
Oreb
Zeeb
Jordan River
Wet Fleece in the morning / Dry ground
Dry Fleece in the morning, Wet Ground
Unleavened Bread
Rock
Fire
Staff
# 300
300 split into 3 armies
Trumpets
Breaking Jars
Confusion in the Midianite Army
Winepress
Threshing floor by winepress
Destruction of Israelites crops and animals killed
Israelites Fearing other Gods
Israelites Sin
Men drinking water from their hands like dogs get to go
Men drinking water from their knees don’t get to go
Unbelieveing fearful men don’t get to go

Ok, a whole bunch of stuff.

So let me make some sense of all this and show the picture God is trying to paint for us today. Read Judges  6 -7.  First we have Israel sinning and Midianites take them out by taking out their crops and killin their animals. How did they sin, they feared other God’s. Baal being one of them. Baal is a God (demon head) over Midian. Midian if you remember are the descedants of Abrahams second wife Keturah (name means sacrifice). First God does not want a sacrifice but wants obedience. Thought the only way to win his bride back was Jesus giving himself as a sacrifice because we could never obey. Jesus gave unto God the obedience desired and obeyed to he grave and satisfied for eternity the what Holiness demands so love can give. Anywho,  so now we have a people Israel fearing and giving mind to a false god that had set itself against the God of Isaac (name meaning laughter) Interesting. As in the days of Jesus so were the days of Gideon (what I think). The religious system (satan’s system) had taken over and were oppressing the people by stealing the fruit of their labors and not to mention sin was still not atoned for and no hope, bad, bad dismal. So sin and death,lots of it in both situations.

Ok, now here is Gideon (meaning hewer [might warrior]) he was threshing wheat by a winepress (did this to hide from Midinaites). An angel popped up and told Gideon he was going to rise up and kick the Midians out. Of course he humbly replies that he is a weakly from the smallest tribe. Well Gideon goes and bakes some unleavened bread and broth and lies it on a rock and gave it to the angel. The angel takes his staff and touches the rock, a fire consumes the bread a broth. (Picture of Christ ).

Next we have Sheep skin getting wet and ground around dry, then the sheep skin dry and the ground around wet. Symbolic of the first and later rains I think.

Ok now we have a huge natural army made of men. It wasn’t lining up with what God had in mind. To many men might make Israel believe it was man that got the victory and not God. So He told Gideon to release any fearful men. Now Gideon is down to a small army, but that army size still not lining up with what God wanted. Then God says to have the men drink water from a pool and how they drank pick the lucky few that drink correctly.  The ones that drank like a dog from the hands to there mouths were the ones, anyone that either got into the pool and slurped or even just bent down and slurped weren’t the ones. Slurping to me isn’t very passionate it’s careful drinking. Now getting down like a dog and grabbing that water with your hands and bringing to your mouth to me shows passion, water goes everywhere. The violent take the Kingdom. Now we have exactly 300 men left! I highly doubt this number was by chance. I think it takes more faith sometimes to try to believe chaos and chance then to believe God is structured and has a meaning for almost everything.

So now we have a huge army broken down to a meaningful number 300 a prophetic number. This army was divided into 3 groups and surrounded the Midian camp. Right before the trumpet attack, a man in the group had a dream about a Barley loaf rolling into the Midian camp and knocking over the tent. Barley is the outside part of the wheat. The wheat is the inside part of the wheat.  Barley is taking first, the first fruits of the crop. Tada! Jesus is the first fruits!! and the wheat is us.  So we have three groups (three days in the grave) surrounds the Midians (enemy, Satan) and a big’ol Barley loaf (Jesus) comes crashing in a drives them out. And guess what! After the trumpet blow the enemy was thrown into confusion and started hacking themselves up and then bolted away. Then Gideon and the 300 chased them with there princes Oreb, Zeeb across the Jordan and killed them.  Oreb mean raven (ravens feast on the flesh of the world (Noah’s raven didn’t return to the boat of life [Jesus] but found flesh of the world to live on). Zeeb means wolf. Jesus sent us as sheep against wolves. Wolf is essential the enemy /  Satan and his princes.  Good stuff Aye.

Jesus already kicked them out of the authority position in heaven. They come back as liars saying they have authority they don’t! Good old Oreb and Zeeb and those Midians with their god Baal are still lingering around and are sitting in positions in the heavenly places that we need to be at.  They keep those positions by making you believe that you are less then what Jesus has made and called you to be. Violent takers of the Kingdom of God! Go take it.

Have a great day!