WHO IS THE ARK OF THE COVENANT-CAN THIS UNDERSTANDING VASTLY STRENGTHEN OUR MILITARY AS ITDID JOSHUA

“May GOD thy gold REFINETill ALL SUCCESS BE NOBLENESS,And EVERY GAIN DIVINE.”America the BeautifulHOW IMPORTANT IS A GOOD UNDERSTANDING OF THE ARK OF THE COVENANT, AND HOW JOSHUA USED IT, TO CONQUER THE LAND OF ISRAEL, TO OUR AMERICAN MILITARY OF TODAY?WE WILL TAKE A DEEP DIVE INTO THE UNDERSTANDING OF THE ARK OF THE COVENANT HOW IT CAN VASTLY STRENGTHEN OUR MILITARY. DOES OUR AMERICAN MILITARY BELIEVE THE FOLLOWING VERSE ANY LONGER?Proverbs 21: [31] The horse(CALVARY-F-47) is PREPARED AGAINSTthe DAY of battle: but SAFETY is of the LORD.SEE HOW JOSHUA, KING DAVID, KING HEZEKIAH, GENERAL GEORGE WASHINGTON, AND ABRAHAM LINCOLN BELIEVED THIS VERSE IN THIS MESSAGE BY THEIR ACTIONS. ABRAHAM LINCOLN:“Whereas it is the DUTY of NATIONSas well as of MENto OWN their “DEPENDANCE”UPON the OVERRULING POWER of GOD, to CONFESS their sins and transgressions in humble sorrow, yet with ASSURED HOPE that GENUINE REPENTANCE will LEAD to MERCY and PARDON, and to RECOGNIZEthe SUBLIME TRUTH, ANNOUNCEDin the Holy Scriptures and PROVENby all history, that THOSE NATIONS“ONLY”are BLESSED whose God is the Lord;And, insomuch as WE KNOWthat by HISDIVINE LAWNATIONS, like individuals, are subjected to punishments and chastisements in this world, may we not JUSTLY FEARthat the awful calamity of civil war which now desolates the land MAY BEbut a PUNISHMENTinflicted upon us forour presumptuous sins, to the needful end of our NATIONAL REFORMATIONas a whole people?GEORGE WASHINGTON:WHEN ENCAMPED AT VALLEY FORGE IN WINTER OF 1177-1778 GENERAL WASHINGTON, AMIDST MUCH HARDSHIP ASK HIS ARMY CHAPLAINS TO DO THE FOLLOWING:“Tomorrow being the day set apart by the honorable Congress for public thanksgiving and praise, and duty calling us all devoutly to express our grateful acknowledgments to God for the manifold blessings he has granted us, the General directs that the army remain in its present quarters, and that the chaplains perform divine service with their several regiments and brigades; and earnestly exhorts all officers and soldiers, whose absence is not indispensably necessary, to attend with reverence the solemnities of the day.AFTER THE FINAL VICTORIOUS BATTLE AT YORKTOWN IN 1781 GEORGE WASHINGTON, COMMANDED:“Divine service is to be performed tomorrow in the several brigades and divisions. The Commander-in-chief earnestly recommends that the troops not on duty should universally attend, with that seriousness of deportment and gratitude of heart, which the recognition of such reiterated and astonishing interpositions of Providence demand of us. IN THIS MESSAGE WE DISCUSS THE IMPORTANCE OF THE ARK OF THE COVENANT IN JOSHUA’S GREAT MILITARY VICTORIES IN TAKING OVER 7 NATIONS IN THE LAND CANNAN WHICH WOULD BECOME ISRAEL. WHAT EVER HAPPENED TO THE 10 COMMANDMENTS AT THE TIME OF JOSHUA?WHO IS THE LORD OF HOSTS IN THE OLD TESTAMENT?WE WILL UNPACK THIS VERSE:[16] O (1)LORD of hosts, (2)God of Israel, that (3)dwellest between the cherubims, (4)thou art the God, even (5)thou alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth: thou hast made heaven and earth. KING DAVID SHOULD BE THE EXAMPLE TO OUR AMERICAN MILITARY: WHAT WAS HIS MOTIVATION IN SLEWING GOLIATH?LET US FIND OUT:1 Sam. 37: [47] And all this assembly SHALL KNOW that the LORD SAVETH NOT with SWORD and SPEAR: for the battle is the LORD's, and HE will GIVE YOU into our hands.[46] This day will the LORD deliver thee into mine hand; and I will smite thee, and take thine head from thee; and I will give the carcases of the host of the Philistines this day unto the fowls of the air, and to the wild beasts of the earth; that ALL the EARTHMAY KNOW that there is a God in Israel.