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To: Roman_War_Criminal

The Old Testament has numerous battles. In Judges 7 the Lord told Gideon that he needed only 300 to defeat 10,000 Midianites. How did the Lord find the 300? “The LORD said, “Separate those who lap the water at the lake with their tongues like a dog from those who kneel to drink.” And the number of those who lapped the water with their hands to their mouths was three hundred men; all the others knelt to drink. Then the LORD said to Gideon, “With the three hundred men who lapped the water with their hands I will save you and deliver the Midianites into your hand. But all the others are to go home.”
Moral of the story: a small number of soldiers serving the Lord can defeat huge armies. Proof: Judges 7 above.


30 posted on 10/30/2023 11:02:05 AM PDT by Falconspeed ("Keep your fears to yourself, but share your courage with others." Robert Louis Stevenson.)
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To: Falconspeed

100% true.

We should never doubt anything He promises.


32 posted on 10/30/2023 11:07:00 AM PDT by Roman_War_Criminal (Jesus + Something = Nothing ; Jesus + Nothing = Everything )
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To: Falconspeed

“Moral of the story: a small number of soldiers serving the Lord can defeat huge armies.”


No, the moral is that a small number of RIGHTEOUS soldiers, etc. Why do you think that the passage directs Gideon to choose only those who didn’t kneel to get water? It is because Jews are not supposed to kneel to anyone or anything but G-d, Himself. THAT is the moral - that righteous people can accomplish incredible feats (with G-d’s help, of course).


46 posted on 10/30/2023 11:59:12 AM PDT by Ancesthntr (“The right to buy weapons is the right to be free.” ― A.E. Van Vogt, The Weapons Shops of Isher)
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