04/02/21 FOLLOW THE LEADER #3 (1 Sam.14:6-23)

1.READ (WHAT Does It SAY?) PLEASE, check it out for yourself!

2.EXAMINE (WHAT Did & Does It MEAN?)

BACKGROUND (1 Sam.13)

13:2 — BRAND-NEW King Saul chose 3,000 troops and assigned 1,000 to Jonathan, his young son and commander.

13:5 — The Philistines prepared to attack Israel with ~30,000 chariots, ~60,000 horsemen and “a multitude” of troops! [ NO word for “million” in OT Heb. or NT Grk. !? ]

HEBREWS: DIVIDED! In TROUBLE! (13:6-7) Scripture says they were HARD PRESSED, HIDING (in Caves, Holes, Rocks, Tombs and Cisterns); Deserting, Defecting, Scattering; ALL TREMBLING!

Jesus said, “… No city or house DIVIDED against itself will stand.” (Mat.12:25)

The Israelites were facing perhaps the MOST DESPERATE circumstances ever—even darker than those we face in America today!