Defeated Enemies That Refuse to Stay Dead
Maclaren observes a profound truth about spiritual warfare through David's conflict with Hadad-ezer and the Ammonite coalition. The king of Zobah bore a name meaning...
This is historical examples on spiritual warfare and vigilance against recurring temptation, drawing on 2 Samuel 10:8-19.
Maclaren observes a profound truth about spiritual warfare through David's conflict with Hadad-ezer and the Ammonite coalition. The king of Zobah bore a name meaning 'Hadad [is] help'—invoking a false Syrian god as a banner against Israel's God. Yet the most penetrating insight concerns not the enemy's initial defeat, but his resurrection. When the same coalition resurfaces after crushing defeat, Maclaren draws back the curtain on a universal principle: 'Sins and vicious institutions, once defeated, have a terrible power of swift recovery.…
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