How a bible passage saved an army in the 1st World War.
#This is a true story...
In his book, d romance of d last crusade, Major Vivian Gilbert, aBritish Army Officer, describes an amazing event that was part of Gen.Edmund Allenby's 1917 conquest of Jerusalem during World War 1
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in the book, the Bible as History, Werner Keller quotes Gilbert...
"in the 1st World War, a Brigade major in Allenby's army in Palestinewas on one occasion searching the bible with the light of a candle, looking for a certain
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name.his Brigade had received orders to take a village that stood on a rocky prominence on the other side of a deep valley.
it was called Michmash and the name seemed somehow familiar.
the Brigade Major found the name in this passage of scripture, " And Saul and
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Jonathan his son and the people that were present with them, abode in Gibeah of Benjamin, but the Philistines encamped in MICHMASH" (1st Sam.13v16).
the Major then continued to read the account in 1 Sam, which goes onto tell how Jonathan and his armour bearer went out at
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night to spyout the Philistines: "And between the passages...
there was a sharprock on the one side and a sharp rock on the other side and the nameof the one was Bozez and the name of the other Seneh. (1 Sam.14v4).
in a miraculous turn of events, Jonathan and his side
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killed about 20 men on half an acre of land (V14),
it set off such confusion that whenthe rest of the 30,000 man Philistine army arrived on the scene, they thought they were surrounded by Saul's army and started killing each other (1 Sam 14v20)
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the tide of the battle turned, and the Lord saved Israel that day (V23).
Keller goes on to explain what happened next in the 1917 battle.
"the Brigade Major reflected that there must still exist this narrow path through the rocks, between the 2 spurs, and at the end
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of the half acre of land, he woke the commander and they read the passage through together once more.
patrols were sent out.
they finally found the pass, which was thinly held by the Turks, and which led past 2 jagged rocks, obviously Bozez and Seneh
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.up on top, beside Michmash, they could see by the light of the moon as mall flat field.the Brigadier altered his plan of attack, instead of deploying the whole Brigade, he sent 1 company through the pass under cover of darkness.
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the few Turks whom they met were overpowered without a sound, the cliffs were then scaled, and shortly before daybreak, the company had taken up a position on the half acre of land. the Turks woke up and took to their heels in disorder since they thought they were being
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surrounded by Allenby's army, d rest were all killed or taken prisoners.
d British troops were victorious in the 20th century by following d battle plan of Saul & Jonathan.
it is also amazing that Gen. Allenby's liberation of Jerusalem was prophesied by Daniel & Haggai
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in Dan. 12v12, Daniel had a vision that Jerusalem would be deliveredfrom its enemies in 1,335 days.
to understand bible prophesies, it is important to realize that a dayequals a year or a thousand years.
on the prophetic day for a yearscale, from the time Daniel wrote
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these words it brings us to 1917.
biblical scholars also point to Haggai prophesying the overthrow of Jerusalem on the 24 day of d 9th month (Haggai 2v18) .
on the Hebrew calendar, this is December 9th, the exact day that General Allenby was handed the keys to the Holy city
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ISNT OUR GOD GREAT? FROM EVALASTING TO EVALASTING, HE REMAINS THE SAME...
Halelluyah to His name forever in Jesus name--
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