Joseph Mede's 1627 Clavis Apocalypse or Key of Revelation presents a fascinating discussion about the meaning of the names of the 12 tribes. He tries to say that the order of the names of the 12 tribes in Revelation has important significance.  He points out this order....

First Quaternion of the Sons of Leah.{	1. Judah 2. Rueben 3. Gad 4. Asher	Second Quaternion of the Sons of Leah. {	7. Simeon 8. Levi 9. Issachar 10. Zabulon
First Couple of the Sons of Rachel.{	5. Napthali 6. Manasseh	Second Couple of the Sons of Rachel.{	11. Joseph 12. Benjamin

Then he points out how the meaning of the names forms three significant sentences:

Judah: Confess God Rueben: Look, a son Gad: Assembly Asher: Blessed	The blessed assembly confesses to God by looking to the Son.
Naphtali: My struggle Manasseh: Forget Simeon: hearer, obey	They struggle with those who forget their obedience
Levi: Attached, adhere Issachar: reward Joseph: add Benjamin: Son of my right hand	Their adherence [to Messiah] adds the reward of eternal habitation with the Son of His right hand.

This is hinting at Armageddon.  Why?  Let me fill in some more.

While Mede said "Gad" means "assembly", it basically means either "troop" / "soldier" or "good fortune".  G'dood can mean a group of soldiers, so his interpretation was not completely without merit.  So let me substitute the more basic meaning and see what happens....

• The blessed fortunate soldier confesses/praises God, looking to the Son.
• He/They struggle with those who forget what they heard.
• Their adherence adds the reward of eternal habituation with the Son of His right hand.

When will the soldiers of the Messiah struggle with the disobedient?  At Armageddon, which can be considered to be built from the root word of "Gad".  In Hebrew, Armageddon is Har Megido, or Mount Megido, built from adding a MEM to the root "Gad".  Thus the name of the mountain can be considered to mean the Mountain of good fortunate in war, which is exactly what will happen there one day.

Shalom,

Joe