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magine crouching down along the King upon the mountaintop is a thought
battle line at the Valley of Elah. Eliab that thrills our souls with joyous victory!
Iand Abinadab are just down the line The angels declared the reality of that
attempting to put on a brave face. Sham- future day: “Men of Galilee, why do you
mah, however, has shrunk to the ground, stand gazing up into heaven? This same
his knees knocking in terror. And it is no Jesus, who was taken up from you into
wonder, because out in the valley below heaven, will so come in like manner as you
a monster of a man awaits. With a soul saw Him go into heaven” (Act 1:11). If
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as black as his teeth, Goliath is spew- you have been reading along through this
ing out blasphemous words. His cold series of articles, then you have considered
threats promise suffering, enslavement with me the glory and power of His return
and subjugation. His vile proclamations through the heavens. But as the scene
produce doubts that penetrate to the heart. reaches terra firma, let us contemplate
Would the Lord allow His people to be the ruin it will bring to His enemies, the
so destroyed by the Philistines? Then a rescue of His people, and the renewal of
small figure, undeterred and unashamed, the earth. Indeed, the Lion of the tribe of
walks forward to vanquish the oppressor. Judah will roar!
On that day, one stone from David’s sling The prophet Joel foretold the arrival of
vanquished the giant of gloom and turned the Lord to the battlefield: “Let the nations
the dread of defeat into the exultation of be wakened, and come up to the Valley of
deliverance. In a future day, just the touch Jehoshaphat; for there I will sit to judge
of the foot of the True King upon this
earth will end all battles and transform 1 Bible quotations in this article are from the
our world. The horizon of the Lord and NKJV.

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