Gad, a troop shall overcome him: but he shall overcome at the last.
Ver. 19. Gad, a troop shall overcome him: but.] This is every good Christian's case in the spiritual warfare; he conquers, Joh 16:33 but comes to it through many conflicts and counter buffs. He "made war upon the saints, and overcame them": Rev 13:7 for a season it may be, according to human conceit howsoever. But "they conquered and overcame him," according to the truth of the thing, "by the blood of the Lamb," Rev 12:11 in whom they do overcome, and "are more than conquerors." Rom 8:37 This was fulfilled in the tribe of Gad. 1Ch 5:18-20