Gideons Army
By James Rule
The Spirit of the Lord said, "Gideon and his army are a type of the end-time
army that I am preparing who will go forth in the fulness of Christ, the fulness
of the Spirit's anointing, preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and delivering
My people. What you read of in Judges chapters 6 and 7 is a type of the end-time
called out group whom I the Lord am calling out and preparing.
In Judges chapter 6 you will read in My Word that Israel My people were found
to be in sin, that is, they "did evil in the sight of the LORD:" (Judges 6:1).
So to says the Lord, has My people who call themselves the church of Jesus
Christ done evil in My sight. For in the ways of man have they gone, and My ways
have they forsaken. They have forsaken the fountains of living waters, yea, they
have forsaken the LORD, the fountain of living waters. (Jer. 17:13).
The Spirit of the Lord spoke again and said, That like as I delivered Israel
into the hand of Midian seven years, so have I delivered many in My church into
the hand of the enemy. And like as Israel found herself in great distress, with
the enemy encamped against them, destroying the increase of the land, and being
greatly impoverished (Judges. 6:2-6); so to is My church and people in these
last days. Because they have done evil in My sight and sinned in all the ways
that Israel did, and because they have done as Israel, in that "every man did
that which was right in his eyes" (Judges. 17:6); so to have I repaid them,
saith the LORD with the wages of sin, for as a man soweth, so shall he reap,
saith the LORD! (Gal. 6:7). The Spirit spake and said, That the pattern and
cycle of sin and evil you read of in My Word in the book of Judges, is a perfect
picture of the lives of multitudes who profess the name of Jesus and make up My
church. If you would know of their state, or even your state, then read in My
Word the history of Israel in Judges; for saith the Lord, Know ye not that all
these things happened unto them for examples: and they are written for your
admonition, upon whom the ends of the world are come. (I Cor. 10:11) After
this the Spirit revealed that in the last days the church of Jesus Christ would
come again to the end of itself, and like the children of Israel it will cry out
unto the LORD for deliverance from her enemies (Judges. 6:6).
Once again the Spirit spoke and said, That like as I then heard My people cry,
so again in these last days have I heard the cry of My church, and I will send
forth deliverers to judge and deliver My people. The Spirit then revealed that
these judges and deliverers will have a supernatural calling, and that calling
will be the same as it was for Gideon. The Spirit said, That like as Israel
heard My Voice through the prophet, so to will My Voice be heard by the Gideon's
army I am calling and perfecting, for I will speak to them with My "prophetic
word", yea the deeper Word and mysteries of God, which will declare unto them My
ways and My truth wherein they shall walk, and be enabled to be prepared.
The Spirit said, That like as the angel of the LORD appeared to Gideon, so to
will I reveal Myself to My Gideon's army, for they will know Me in a
supernatural and direct way; yea, they will know that I AM is the God of
miracles; yea, that the LORD hath sent them; yea, that he will be with them
and they shall smite the enemy as one man (Judges. 6:7-23).
The Spirit spoke and said, Hear My people the Word of the LORD. As I called
Gideon to go forth before the great battle to throw down the altar of Baal, and
cut down the grove that is by it (Judges. 6:25-32); so to hath the Spirit called
His end-time Gideon's to do the same. The Spirit said, That as it was with
Gideon so it must be with you. You must throw down, you must cut down all
the ungodly altars and groves of man's doctrines and ways that inhabit your
lives. And though you may fear the wrath of father, mother, family, friends,
brethren and the religious institutions of Christendom; yet saith the Lord, like
Gideon you must do this, for only then will you be enabled to meet the great
conflicts that lie ahead. The Spirit showed very forcefully that this will be a
painful process but it has to be done. For the Spirit speaks expressly that
"now also the axe is laid unto the root of the trees" (Lk. 3:6).
Then again the Spirit of the Lord spoke and said, That the end-time Gideon's
army are to learn a lesson from Gideon. Gideon, the Spirit said, asked of Me a
fleece to know if I had really called him to save Israel by Mine hand. I would
have you to know that My Word in Judges 6 and 7 is to be received by faith, as
I reveal and bring it forth now, for have not I called you to walk by faith and
not by sight? (2 Cor. 5:7) Believe ye My Word and ye shall prosper, saith the
Lord.
Then the Spirit of the LORD pointed to Judges 6, verses 33-35 and said, That
even as the call of Gideon went out to Israel, even so My call has gone out in
the last days for Gideon's army. For many years I have been calling to Spirit
baptized people in My church, telling them, revealing to them in one way or
another, that the enemy has come in like a flood and I have called to My
people to gather for the battle. The Spirit then revealed that the "32,000" have
heard and gathered; but the Lord has a mighty work of preparation and
separation that must happen. The Spirit said, Do you understand the meaning
of My Word in Judges 7:2-7? Do you not know that all who have received the
Spirit in this great latter day outpouring are called, but by no means will the
majority be chosen. The Spirit then showed why that the Lord will pass over
the majority of His Spirit filled people. Like as the 32,000 gathered together
with Gideon, so to the multitudes of Spirit baptized believers today are relying
on their size, their numbers, in order to defeat the enemy. The Spirit said,
That My Word is filled with examples whereby I used one man, one woman, one
small group of people to defeat the enemy. Have you not read of Jonathan,
Samson, Deborah; David, Abraham and Moses? And what of the Lord Jesus
Himself, Paul, Peter, John and My apostolic church. He said, that My people
are trusting in their large numbers, their abilities, their organizations, their
programs, their united churches, and they have sinned as David did when he
numbered the army of Israel, wherein then I visited great judgment upon them
(2 Sam. 24). Even now, saith the Lord, do many of those who have the call to
Gideon's army think and act this way; but if it would be so, then like Israel
they would only "vaunt themselves against Me, saying, Mine own hand hath saved
me." (Judges. 7:2). The Spirit then said, That many will not receive this for it
will strike at the very heart of their pride, but My Word shall stand; and even
now many have been rejected for this very fact! It is not by might, nor by
power, but by My Spirit, saith the LORD!
cont...
By James Rule
The Spirit of the Lord said, "Gideon and his army are a type of the end-time
army that I am preparing who will go forth in the fulness of Christ, the fulness
of the Spirit's anointing, preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and delivering
My people. What you read of in Judges chapters 6 and 7 is a type of the end-time
called out group whom I the Lord am calling out and preparing.
In Judges chapter 6 you will read in My Word that Israel My people were found
to be in sin, that is, they "did evil in the sight of the LORD:" (Judges 6:1).
So to says the Lord, has My people who call themselves the church of Jesus
Christ done evil in My sight. For in the ways of man have they gone, and My ways
have they forsaken. They have forsaken the fountains of living waters, yea, they
have forsaken the LORD, the fountain of living waters. (Jer. 17:13).
The Spirit of the Lord spoke again and said, That like as I delivered Israel
into the hand of Midian seven years, so have I delivered many in My church into
the hand of the enemy. And like as Israel found herself in great distress, with
the enemy encamped against them, destroying the increase of the land, and being
greatly impoverished (Judges. 6:2-6); so to is My church and people in these
last days. Because they have done evil in My sight and sinned in all the ways
that Israel did, and because they have done as Israel, in that "every man did
that which was right in his eyes" (Judges. 17:6); so to have I repaid them,
saith the LORD with the wages of sin, for as a man soweth, so shall he reap,
saith the LORD! (Gal. 6:7). The Spirit spake and said, That the pattern and
cycle of sin and evil you read of in My Word in the book of Judges, is a perfect
picture of the lives of multitudes who profess the name of Jesus and make up My
church. If you would know of their state, or even your state, then read in My
Word the history of Israel in Judges; for saith the Lord, Know ye not that all
these things happened unto them for examples: and they are written for your
admonition, upon whom the ends of the world are come. (I Cor. 10:11) After
this the Spirit revealed that in the last days the church of Jesus Christ would
come again to the end of itself, and like the children of Israel it will cry out
unto the LORD for deliverance from her enemies (Judges. 6:6).
Once again the Spirit spoke and said, That like as I then heard My people cry,
so again in these last days have I heard the cry of My church, and I will send
forth deliverers to judge and deliver My people. The Spirit then revealed that
these judges and deliverers will have a supernatural calling, and that calling
will be the same as it was for Gideon. The Spirit said, That like as Israel
heard My Voice through the prophet, so to will My Voice be heard by the Gideon's
army I am calling and perfecting, for I will speak to them with My "prophetic
word", yea the deeper Word and mysteries of God, which will declare unto them My
ways and My truth wherein they shall walk, and be enabled to be prepared.
The Spirit said, That like as the angel of the LORD appeared to Gideon, so to
will I reveal Myself to My Gideon's army, for they will know Me in a
supernatural and direct way; yea, they will know that I AM is the God of
miracles; yea, that the LORD hath sent them; yea, that he will be with them
and they shall smite the enemy as one man (Judges. 6:7-23).
The Spirit spoke and said, Hear My people the Word of the LORD. As I called
Gideon to go forth before the great battle to throw down the altar of Baal, and
cut down the grove that is by it (Judges. 6:25-32); so to hath the Spirit called
His end-time Gideon's to do the same. The Spirit said, That as it was with
Gideon so it must be with you. You must throw down, you must cut down all
the ungodly altars and groves of man's doctrines and ways that inhabit your
lives. And though you may fear the wrath of father, mother, family, friends,
brethren and the religious institutions of Christendom; yet saith the Lord, like
Gideon you must do this, for only then will you be enabled to meet the great
conflicts that lie ahead. The Spirit showed very forcefully that this will be a
painful process but it has to be done. For the Spirit speaks expressly that
"now also the axe is laid unto the root of the trees" (Lk. 3:6).
Then again the Spirit of the Lord spoke and said, That the end-time Gideon's
army are to learn a lesson from Gideon. Gideon, the Spirit said, asked of Me a
fleece to know if I had really called him to save Israel by Mine hand. I would
have you to know that My Word in Judges 6 and 7 is to be received by faith, as
I reveal and bring it forth now, for have not I called you to walk by faith and
not by sight? (2 Cor. 5:7) Believe ye My Word and ye shall prosper, saith the
Lord.
Then the Spirit of the LORD pointed to Judges 6, verses 33-35 and said, That
even as the call of Gideon went out to Israel, even so My call has gone out in
the last days for Gideon's army. For many years I have been calling to Spirit
baptized people in My church, telling them, revealing to them in one way or
another, that the enemy has come in like a flood and I have called to My
people to gather for the battle. The Spirit then revealed that the "32,000" have
heard and gathered; but the Lord has a mighty work of preparation and
separation that must happen. The Spirit said, Do you understand the meaning
of My Word in Judges 7:2-7? Do you not know that all who have received the
Spirit in this great latter day outpouring are called, but by no means will the
majority be chosen. The Spirit then showed why that the Lord will pass over
the majority of His Spirit filled people. Like as the 32,000 gathered together
with Gideon, so to the multitudes of Spirit baptized believers today are relying
on their size, their numbers, in order to defeat the enemy. The Spirit said,
That My Word is filled with examples whereby I used one man, one woman, one
small group of people to defeat the enemy. Have you not read of Jonathan,
Samson, Deborah; David, Abraham and Moses? And what of the Lord Jesus
Himself, Paul, Peter, John and My apostolic church. He said, that My people
are trusting in their large numbers, their abilities, their organizations, their
programs, their united churches, and they have sinned as David did when he
numbered the army of Israel, wherein then I visited great judgment upon them
(2 Sam. 24). Even now, saith the Lord, do many of those who have the call to
Gideon's army think and act this way; but if it would be so, then like Israel
they would only "vaunt themselves against Me, saying, Mine own hand hath saved
me." (Judges. 7:2). The Spirit then said, That many will not receive this for it
will strike at the very heart of their pride, but My Word shall stand; and even
now many have been rejected for this very fact! It is not by might, nor by
power, but by My Spirit, saith the LORD!
cont...
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