Deuteronomy 33:20 About Gad he said: "Blessed is He Who enlarges Gad's domain!
(Moses' next blessing in his farewell to God's people goes to Gad, whose name means good fortune and a troop is coming. The Lord granted Gad an enlarged territory that lay directly east of the Jordan River and north of the Dead Sea, in what is known as Trans Jordan today, the area that lies to the east of the Jordan River. When Israel's army later marched into the Promised Land, Gad became part of the two and half tribes, along with Reuben and Manasseh, that settled just east of the Promised Land, making their allotment directly adjoining the enemy territory to their east. Gad's early allotment was a testimony to the people's good fortune in arriving at the Promised Land and a warning that a troop was coming that would be a force against the pagan inhabitants of the land. Like Gad, we often ask the Lord to allow us to settle in places that are different from where He was leading us. Even there, even when we don't move on into His promised place, He still protects us, enlarging and blessing our settlement there, and gives us a place of purpose and standing. The Lord also uses us, like Gad, in a defensive position, as a buttress against the enemy that would invade and overtake His people.)
Gad lives there like a lion,tearing at arm or head."
(As a barrier against the adjacent Moabites and Ammonites to his east, Gad served as a fearless protector of the eastern border of the Promised Land,
destroying both the leadership, the head, and the collective strength, the arm, of the enemy. As God's protective barrier against the enemy's encroachment into our lives, we are also called to fearlessly destroy the enemy leadership of the Moabite and Ammonite forces that come against us and to tear away the strength of the enemy that comes against God's people.)
