[1000 silverlings]

And this is supposed to mean something

No more than any of the other incidences of Divine Providence mentioned in the bible, say of Lot being saved at Sodom and Gomorrah, Hanukka, Noah and the 8 souls saved, Rahab being spared, etcetera, etcetera.

I have a missionary friend who was preaching in a tiny village in Peru one evening, and left just minutes before guerrillas of the Shining Path came in looking for him. He left Peru but has since gone back. I'm sure it was "just fate" that he still lives. lol.

[Kitty Mittens]

I'm Thankful our Lord spared the Missionaries and their Flocks you wrote of in your Post #13,491, and your Missionary Friend in Peru.

Great is the Lord, and Greatly to be Praised. (Ps.48:1)

[kosta50]

No more than any of the other incidences of Divine Providence mentioned in the bible, say of Lot being saved at Sodom and Gomorrah, Hanukka, Noah and the 8 souls saved, Rahab being spared

That's mythology.

I have a missionary friend who was preaching in a tiny village in Peru one evening, and left just minutes before guerrillas of the Shining Path came in looking for him. He left Peru but has since gone back. I'm sure it was "just fate" that he still lives

Yeah, that reminds me: when a patient recovers, God saved him; when he dies, the doctor killed him.

Your friend lived, simply because it wasn't his time to go yet. That much is certain.