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Post by gsmithb on Jun 19, 2014 1:46:15 GMT
The first account of asking of God was not 'if we should go up, it was who should go up first!' The second time that they ask council they did ask if they should go up but they still didn't rely on God to deliver them. They lost 40,000 in the two attacks. The Israelites were overconfident because of their numbers. They were inwardly guilty and overconfident so they had to be humbled before God would fight for them. This might also teach us that even though it might be a good cause, we might not be successful without God's help.
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Lee
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Post by Lee on Jun 19, 2014 2:16:28 GMT
These numbers are hard to imagine. I cant imagine 60,000 men littered among the country side. Below is a picture of Gibeah. (click on it to make larger)  |
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Post by Ben on Jun 19, 2014 16:58:03 GMT
Even these numbers will probably pale in comparison to the number of the dead after the battles of Armageddon. Still very hard for us to imagine, though.
"And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will give unto Gog a place there of graves in Israel, the valley of the passengers on the east of the sea: and it shall stop the noses of the passengers: and there shall they bury Gog and all his multitude: and they shall call it The valley of Hamon–gog. And seven months shall the house of Israel be burying of them, that they may cleanse the land." (Ezekiel 39:11-12)
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