Elul's Tribe: Gad and Good Fortune

All right. So, the last anointing that we'll get into tonight before we pray into the new month is the tribe of the month. And as you can see, it's got a lot of great anointings. You've got the Yod, which means a divine spark, a divine energy. You have what we just discovered with the Virgin Virgo. And then the deliverance. Think about that with the month of Elul, the last month before He comes to deliver us from the world. This is pretty amazing stuff. And now we get into the tribe of the month, which is Gad, which means good fortune. So again, when we look at the anointings of the month, the tribe, the letter, the constellation, these are all to give inspiration for this month. And this month is for good fortune, is what Gad means. It's very, very amazing that goes into a lot of understandings here. First off, for all of us here on the earth today, we're looking for the good fortune of the righteous rendered verdict. That's why Gad is in Elul and not in any other month, because of the good fortune going into the feast days to get the righteous rendered verdicts for all of us at Messiah's second coming events. Elul will be the last month before He returns, and we won't have good fortune when He returns as well. So, looking at it from our standpoint and a prophetic standpoint, this month means good fortune. We want to have good fortune now, and we want to have good fortune the month before He returns, before He delivers the baby from the labor pains. So, let's look at this tribe as we get more inspiration for this month.

Gad is the first of two sons of the patriarch Jacob and Zilpah, who was Leah's handmaid, and the seventh overall son. Think about that, the seventh overall son. Think about that. So, before the seventh day comes, which is the return of the Messiah, the 7,000th year, the Feast of Trumpets will begin that. Then we have this in this month. We have the seventh son that leads into that, which is pretty interesting. He is the father of the tribe of Gad. The month of Gad has a favorable anointing, as his name means good fortune. So, when Gad was born, Leah proclaimed, "Good fortune has come." Hence, the anointing of the tribe of Elul is good fortune. So again, the tribes, the name of the tribes all came out how the women felt, how Leah felt, how Rachel felt when they had the baby. So, whenever they had the son, then the way that they felt is what they named him. So, Gad's name means good fortune because that's what she said, "Good fortune has come." Hence, the anointing of the tribe of Elul is good fortune. When we combine the anointing of the month of Elul, repentance, and the tribe of Gad, which means good fortune, it illustrates that when we repent, good fortune comes, and thus is the month of Elul.

The tribe of Gad were valiant warriors that had great strength of mind and friendly temperaments. The tribe of Gad was a member of the northern kingdom until the kingdom was conquered by Assyria in 723 BC, and the population was deported. From that time forward, the tribe of Gad has been counted as one of the 10 lost tribes of Israel. If one's not familiar with the tribe of Gad, you can see it here on... in Jordan of today, or Amman today. Remember the three tribes told, or the two tribes and the half-tribe of Manasseh petitioned Moses to stay in the land of Jordan of today, that area of Jordan and Assyria, because of the pastures and all their livestock and things like that. Moses petitioned to the Lord, and the Lord granted that petition by these two and a half tribes. So that's why you see Gad where it is, not really in the promised land, if you will. It's really in Jordan, so to speak. Elohim allowed Moses to allot the land to the tribe of Gad on the eastern side of the Jordan River. The tribes of Reuben and half of Manasseh also inherited their allotment of land on the eastern side of the Jordan River as well. Gad's land was the central region of all three allotments, east of Ephraim and west of Manasseh. So again, that's where the allotment is for the tribe of Gad.

The prophet Elijah, the prophet Elijah is the most well-known person who was from the tribe of Gad. The life of Elijah is one of the most amazing testimonies in the Holy Scriptures and was one of the two people who were enraptured in the heavens without dying, with Enoch being the other. It is written, "Then it happened, as they continued on and talked, that suddenly a chariot of fire appeared with horses of fire, and separated the two of them; and Elijah went up by a whirlwind into heaven." Most believers are aware of the many miracles that Elijah accomplished in his life, including his most famous, as he challenged the prophets of Baal on Mount Carmel, proclaiming, "How long will you waver between two opinions? If Yahweh is Elohim, follow Him. But if Baal is God, then follow him." And that's exactly what the prophet would say today to the Jews and the Christians. Subsequently, Elohim answered Elijah and divinely substantiated who is the one true Elohim. At the time of sacrifice, the prophet Elijah stepped forward and prayed, "Lord, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, let it be known today that You are God in Israel and that I am Your servant, and have done all of these things at Your command. Answer me, Lord. Answer me, so these people will know that You, Lord, are God, and that You are turning their hearts back again." Then the fire of the Lord fell and burned up the sacrifice, the wood, the stones, and the soil, and also licked up the water in the trench. When all of the people saw this, they fell prostrate and cried, "The Lord, He is God! The Lord, He is God!" Then Elijah commanded them, "Seize the prophets! Do not let anyone get away!" They seized them, and Elijah had them brought down to the Kishon Valley, and they slaughtered them, about 400 Baal prophets.

In the book of Revelation, we find two witnesses who prophesy about the testimony of Yeshua and the Word of Elohim, ordained by Yahweh with authority to power to shut heaven, turn the waters into blood, strike the earth with plagues as often as they desire. It is the widely held belief that one of the witnesses is Elijah. The prophet Malachi testifies, "Thus says the Lord: 'Remember the Law of Moses, My servant, which I commanded Him in Horeb for all Israel, with the statutes and judgments. Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the Lord. And he will turn the hearts of the fathers to the children and the hearts of the children to their fathers, lest I come and strike the earth with a curse.'" The prophet validates that Elijah is one of the witnesses in the book of Revelation.

Here are Jacob and Moses' blessings upon Gad and the tribe of Gad. Genesis: "And of Gad he said: 'Blessed is he who enlarges Gad; he lies down like a lion, and tears the arm and the crown of his head. He provided the first part for himself, because a lawgiver's portion was reserved there; he came with the heads of the people; he administered the justice of the Lord and his judgments with Israel.'" Deuteronomy 33:20-21: "And of Gad he said: 'Blessed is he who enlarges Gad; He dwells as a lion, and tears the arm and the crown of his head. He provided the first part for himself, because a lawgiver's portion was reserved there; He came with the heads of the people; He administered the justice of the Lord and His judgments with Israel.'"