The Promise Judges 6:7- 16

New Living Translation Chapter 6

7 When they cried out to the LORD because of Midian, 8 the LORD sent a prophet to the Israelites. He said, “This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: I brought you up out of slavery in Egypt. 9 I rescued you from the Egyptians and from all who oppressed you. I drove out your enemies and gave you their land. 10 I told you, ‘I am the LORD your God. You must not worship the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you now live.’ But you have not listened to me.”

11 Then the angel of the LORD came and sat beneath the great tree at Ophrah, which belonged to Joash of the clan of Abiezer. Gideon son of Joash was threshing wheat at the bottom of a winepress to hide the grain from the Midianites. 12 The angel of the LORD appeared to him and said, “Mighty hero, the LORD is with you!”

13 “Sir,” Gideon replied, “if the LORD is with us, why has all this happened to us? And where are all the miracles our ancestors told us about? Didn’t they say, ‘The LORD brought us up out of Egypt’? But now the LORD has abandoned us and handed us over to the Midianites.”

14 Then the LORD turned to him and said, “Go with the strength you have, and rescue Israel from the Midianites. I am sending you!”

15 “But Lord,” Gideon replied, “how can I rescue Israel? My clan is the weakest in the whole tribe of Manasseh, and I am the least in my entire family!”

16 The LORD said to him, “I will be with you. And you will destroy the Midianites as if you were fighting against one man.”

The Man

Manasseh was the firstborn son of Joseph, older brother of Ephraim. Jacob had a famous son, if you read the end of Genesis there is a novella about a man named Joseph who was special. His sons were the leaders of the tribes. thats why there is no tribe of Joseph

The Lexham Bible Dictionary Etymology The name “Manasseh,” chosen -by Joseph, plays on the Hebrew word meaning “to forget”: “God has made me forget all my hardship and all my father’s house” (Gen 41:51 ESV).

The Bible says very little about the Man Manasseh. The most notable moment in the narrative comes when he loses his birthright to his younger brother in Gen 48:1-20 (this is a common them in the Bible)

The Tribe

The tribe of Manasseh is mentioned frequently in accounts of Israel’s wilderness wanderings, conquest, and settlement in the promised land

The tribe itself with both sections control the Largest section of Land

The tribes of Manasseh and Ephraim often are identified jointly as the tribe of Joseph and then the lines of who is what gets a little confused

The Blessing of of Joseph is in Genesis 49 is one of a Fruitful bough by a spring. what a blessing is that

A Mighty one. The Rock of Israel. What a blessing this would be to hear from A parent

Manasseh the first son of Joseph his name means forget the troubles i have been in. Joseph wanted to forget his old life and the troubles he had been in.Ephrim the younger brother stole the blessing and said he would be greater than manasseh and that manasseh was a half tribe small not much over looked. and Giedoen said he was the weakest after the weakest tribe. But God said I will let you fight middian as 1 man.

midians army 135,000.

Hebrews 6:9-13

9 Dear friends, even though we are talking this way, we really don’t believe it applies to you. We are confident that you are meant for better things, things that come with salvation. 10 For God is not unjust. He will not forget how hard you have worked for him and how you have shown your love to him by caring for other believers, as you still do. 11 Our great desire is that you will keep on loving others as long as life lasts, in order to make certain that what you hope for will come true. 12 Then you will not become spiritually dull and indifferent. Instead, you will follow the example of those who are going to inherit God’s promises because of their faith and endurance.

God’s Promises Bring Hope

13 For example, there was God’s promise to Abraham. Since there was no one greater to swear by, God took an oath in his own name, saying:

14 “I will certainly bless you,

and I will multiply your descendants beyond number.”

15 Then Abraham waited patiently, and he received what God had promised.