The document summarizes a Bible passage about Gideon's victory over the Midianites with the help of God. It describes how in Gideon's time, the Midianite army was vast like locusts or sand, but a man dreamed that a barley cake tumbled into their camp and destroyed it. His fellow understood this meant that God would deliver victory into Gideon's hand. The document explores themes of how God uses humble or unlikely things to defeat greater forces, and how prophecy can foretell and guide salvation.

1. Slide 1
The message in a barley
cake.
JUDGES 7:12-14
Judg 7:12-14
12) And the Midianites and the
Amalekites and all the children of
the east lay along in the valley
like grasshoppers for multitude;
and their camels were without
number, as the sand by the sea
side for multitude.
13) And when Gideon was come,
behold, there was a man that told
a dream unto his fellow, and said,
Behold, I dreamed a dream, and,
lo, a cake of barley bread tumbled
into the host of Midian, and came
unto a tent, and smote it that it
fell, and overturned it, that the
tent lay along.
14) And his fellow answered and
said, This is nothing else save the
sword of Gideon the son of Joash,
a man of Israel: for into his hand
hath God delivered Midian, and
all the host.
Slide 2
Promise becomes a boomerang.
12) …were without number, as the sand by the
sea side for multitude.
Israel perceives their destiny as achieved by the
enemy.
Promise becomes a boomerang.
12) …were without number, as
the sand by the sea side for
multitude.
Israel perceives their destiny as
achieved by the enemy.
Gen 22:17
17) That in blessing I will bless
thee, and in multiplying I will
multiply thy seed as the stars of
the heaven, and as the sand
which is upon the sea shore; and
thy seed shall possess the gate of
his enemies;

2. From God’s point of view the only
description that is accurate is:
“like grasshoppers”
Isa 40:22
It is he that sitteth upon the
circle of the earth, and the
inhabitants thereof are as
grasshoppers; that stretcheth out
the heavens as a curtain, and
spreadeth them out as a tent to
dwell in:
Nah 3:17
Thy crowned are as the locusts,
and thy captains as the great
grasshoppers, which camp in the
hedges in the cold day, but when
the sun ariseth they flee away,
and their place is not known
where they are.
Slide 3
Poor bread brigade.
13) …a cake of barley bread
• Great waters are no obstacle to simple barley.
• Great walls crumble in the presence of simple
barley.
• Barley may not look like an army but, when it’s
from God’s bakery it becomes the victor.
• All armies of the world are no match for God’s
loaf of barley bread.
Poor bread brigade.
13) …a cake of barleybread
Barley used to make bread by the
poor (Judg 7:13; 2King 4:42)
Barley used in offering of
Jealousy “to bring iniquity to
remembrance” Num 5:15
Absolom burned Joab’s field of
barley (2Sam 14:30)
After 40yrs in the wilderness the
children of Israel are ready to
take the land. However, it is
harvest time- as if Jordan wasn’t
a big enough problem already, in
harvest time it overflows its
banks. Just like a barley cake
from God can mow down an

3. army; the children of Israel walk
right through the Jordan.
Great waters are no obstacle to
simple barley
Israel’s first conquest as the army
of God is just after the miracle of
the Jordan. Now, General Joshua
replaces military mortars with
trumpets.
Their strategic plan is to march
silently around the city 6 days in
a row. Then on the 7th day they
make 7 laps around the city; then
as if they had just set the world
record for the longest one day
march, they sound their
trumpets.
Great walls crumble in the
presence of simple barley
David and Goliath (1Sam 17):
Goliath-
9 ½ foot tall
A helmet of brass
His coat of mail weighed 5,000
shekels of brass
Brass greaves on his legs
Spear like a weavers beam with a
600 shekel weigh spear head
David-
Armed with a staff in one hand,
and sling in the other, wearing a
fanny pack containing 5 pebbles.
Barleymay not look like an army
but, when it’s from God’s bakery
it becomes the victor.
Gideon, the timed farmer gets the
nomination to lead a band of
meager men against the might

4. military forces of the Midianites
and Amalekites.
All armies of the world are no
match for God’s loaf of barley
bread.
Slide 4
Pathetic demonstration of decorum.
13) …tumbled into the host…
The barley loaf was not invited or celebrated, but
that night when it came tumbling in it gave
warning to at least two men, I don’t know if they
made it out but they had warning of the
destruction destine for their camp.
Pathetic demonstrationof
decorum.
13) …tumbled into the host…
The power is in the preaching not
the package. A polished
presentation is commonly the
cover for lack of content.
Isa 30:10
Which say to the seers, See not;
and to the prophets, Prophesy not
unto us right things, speak unto
us smooth things, prophesy
deceits:
There is no smooth way to warn a
man he is standing under an
avalanche.
1Cor 1:18
For the preaching of the cross is
to them that perish foolishness;
but unto us which are saved it is
the power of God.
1Cor 2:4
And my speech and my preaching
was not with enticing words of
man's wisdom, but in

5. demonstration of the Spirit and of
power:
The barley loaf was not invited or
celebrated, but that night when it
came tumbling in it gave warning
to at least two men, I don’t know
if they made it out but they had
warning of the destruction
destine for their camp.
Slide 5
Prophesy demonstrates direction.
14) …the sword of Gideon…
Salvation in the temporal and eternal depends on
prophesy.
Prophesy demonstrates direction.
14) …the sword of Gideon…
John 15:19
If ye were of the world, the world
would love his own: but because
ye are not of the world, but I have
chosen you out of the world,
therefore the world hateth you.
John 15:23
He that hateth me hateth my
Father also.
Matt 5:16
Let your light so shine before
men, that they may see your good
works, and glorify your Father
which is in heaven.
Jude 1:3
Beloved, when I gave all diligence
to write unto you of the common
salvation, it was needful for me to
write unto you, and exhort you
that ye should earnestly contend
for the faith which was once
delivered unto the saints.
Jude 1:21-23

6. 21 Keep yourselves in the love of
God, looking for the mercy of our
Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal
life.
22 And of some have compassion,
making a difference:
23 And others save with fear,
pulling them out of the fire;
hating even the garment spotted
by the flesh.
Salvation in the temporal and
eternal depends on prophesy.
Slide 6
• When your future doesn’t look promising-
remember the Midianites were only a
multitude for a short while, Israel still exists.
• When the only resources God has put at your
disposal is barley- remember Gideon started
as a poor farmer.
• When you don’t feel capable or qualified to
carry God’s message- remember the barley
loaf tumbled in and was the last one
standing.