By David Watson
Israel had a problem—the Philistines. In 1 Samuel 4:2, we read, “Israel was defeated by the Philistines, who killed about four thousand men on the field of battle.” The elders of Israel, then, wanted to know why God didn’t give them victory. What happened? One might think in such a case they would have inquired of God through practices such as prayer, fasting, and prophecy. Instead, however, they went the Bond-villain route hatched a plan to unleash a secret weapon: “Let us bring the ark of the covenant from Shiloh, so that he may come among us and save us from the power of our enemies” (4:3). Operation Ark Bomb was thus born. Continue Reading……
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