GIDEON As in the day of Midian Isaiah 9:4, 5     The Jewish nation had been waiting for the Messiah, the Commander who would have liberated them from the power of oppressors. Such expectation could to be justified with a certain record in the book of prophet Isaiah. This record announced the birth of a child with the highly promising names: Wonderful, Counsellor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. This descendant would has sat down upon the throne of David, to establish the kingdom, and to uphold it with justice and with righteousness as the government of the universal peace. This work would be supported with power of Jehovah of Hosts – Omnipotent God. This kingdom, once established, it would be eternal. (Isa. 9:6,7; Luke 1:31-33). Before the establishment of the longed-for Kingdom, the promised Messiah would to overthrow the powers oppressing throughout the centuries all peoples by their despotic rules. These powers had to be broken "as in the day of Midian." Israelites, and among them even the Lord Jesus disciples, they supposed that future liberation from under the power oppressors concerned exclusively to their nation. (Luke. 24:21; Acts 1:6). In fact, this prophecy relates to liberation of the whole redeemed mankind. "The whole ...more