In last week’s teaching, we examined the Passover setting of Gideon’s calling and battle with the Midianites, Amalekites, and people of the East. When that battle was over, he returned to Sukkot and punished the 77 elders with thorns for not giving his little army bread and water to sustain them as they pursued the enemy: Then he took the elders of the city, and thorns of the wilderness and briers, and he disciplined (knew, yada) the men of Succoth with them. (Ju 8:16) Gideon “knew” the 77 elders of Sukkot with thorns. Seventy-seven in Hebrew gematria spells az, or goat. The goats were separated from the sheep in Israel. Soon, the Footsteps of Messiah will be be heard on the mountains with Good News for those expecting him and punishment for those living as though he will not return. This week we explore where those mountains could possibly be and the concept “Messiah is hidden in the north.”