Identifying Israel - Part 9
Israel in the Modern Era
By Jim Jester
Complete series available in book format: Will the Real Israel Please Stand Up?
The Tribe of Gad
There are not very many nations left of Europe to choose from: Germany, Belgium and Switzerland. Belgium and Switzerland are mixtures of district ethnic groups. Belgium is a mixture of Dutch and French and Switzerland is a mix of German-, French-, and Italian-speaking people. This leaves Germany as the most likely candidate for the modern Gadites. From Genesis 49:19:
Gad, a troop shall overcome him: but he shall overcome at the last.
Gad is the only Israelite tribe prophesied to be overcome in the latter days. Germany was indeed overrun by a troop of nations in World War II, yet they recovered after the war to be one of the foremost industrial powers of the world.