The Spirit of Midian - History of Midian

Journey of the Sons of God to the Promised Land Today’s Focus: Spirit of Midian – History of Midian Scripture: Genesis 25:1,2,5; Exodus 2:15-3:1 Greetings Sons of God: Genesis 25:1,2: Then again Abraham took a wife and her name was Keturah. And she bare him Zimran, and Jokshan, and Medan and Midian, and Ishbak, and Shuah. So as we can see Midian was a son of Abraham through his wife Keturah but if you keep reading to Genesis 25:5 we see this: Genesis 25:5: And Abraham gave all that he had unto Isaac Now we know that Isaac was the child of promise from the Lord and we also see that Abraham had many more sons besides Isaac and Ishmael. Midian is one of those sons. The name Midian means “strife and contention”. The definition of strife is heated or bitter conflict. So when we examine the spirit of Midian we will examine the spirit of strife and contention. Now Midian is also the name of a people and place. Now let’s look at the importance of Midian. Exodus 2:15: Now when Pharoah hears this thing, he sought to slay Moses. But Moses fled from the face of Pharaoh, and dwelt in the land of Midian: and he sat down by a well So after killing the Egyptian Moses fled to Midian (strife and contention) and it would be in Midian that he would marry Zipporah and Jethro, the priest of Midian would become his father-in-law. It would be in Midian that Moses would learn how to be a shepherd (Exodus 3:1). He was taught by his father-in-law how to lead the flock and watch over (pastor) the flock of his father, sounds familiar, very important spiritual significance considering Moses would eventually be the one to lead the children of Israel out of Egypt and through the wilderness. So it sounds like Midian is a great place because everything that happened for Moses but in the next message we will look at the sin of the Midianites and see why it is a spirit that we as the sons of God must overcome if we are to prepare ourselves to enter into the Promised Land and receive our inheritance. Peace, Love and Grace, Calvin Calhoun, Jr.