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In Strong’s, Gad would be number 1410h, and troop would be number 1409h. The idea with both Gad and troop is one of power. Power to attack and from that attack to gain profit; fortune. In the unredeemed state, this is a deadly attribute for it seeks solely to fulfill the self and not the commands of Yahweh. The down trodden within us (Leah, Zilpah) foresees thoughts that attempt to convince oneself that there is enough fortitude (Gad, troop) in the human soul to overcome. This is always a failing concept, but it must be exhausted within each soul in order to overcome. It is quite literally the Egypt mentality in each soul.

Now for Isayah 65:11:

Again, we have the word troop (gad, gawd) being used and for the second time we can see the atmosphere in which it is used. Both the troop (fortune) and Meni (“weighing out,” “money”) are attributed to the forsaking of Yahweh Himself. It is in this verse we are exposed to the roots of the worship of fortune and money; the worship of “gawd.” Like the illustration of the birth of Gad through Leah and Ziplah (“weary, tears”), the unredeemed mind is given over to the worship of the material world (the Egypt in all) and must be removed from bondage, into the wilderness (the destitute drought in the conscience that is intended to lead away from materiality), into the
promised land (the stable, clean conscience freed from the material, sound in the spiritual). Being one of the twelve tribes (mind faculties); Gad (power) must be redeemed within each soul of the chosen children, in order to serve Mighty Yahweh and not the ego (the adversary – the snake). If mathematics were applied, it would be equations as such:

Gawd (God) = worship of fortune an money;
Gad (Gawd) = unredeemed power in the conscience.

1 Corinthians 10:19-22 sums it up very sufficiently:

“What am I saying then? That an el (idol) is anything, or what offered to elohiym (idols) is anything? But the things that the gentiles (unclean) sacrifice, they sacrifice to demons (serpents) and not to Yahweh; and I do not want you to have fellowship with demons. You cannot drink the cup of Yahweh and the cup of demons. You cannot partake of Yahweh’s table and the table of demons. Do we provoke Yahweh to jealously (righteous wrath) Are we stronger than He?”

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