In these last days, the Bible predicts a turning away from biblical truth.

In order to combat false teachings that are running rampant and a growing lack of biblical literacy,

Behold Israel provides weekly public readings of Scripture to equip you with the pure Word of God,

read in an international community with interaction and application.

Each week, we host different guests from all walks of life.

Our original readings can be found on our Behold Israel community channel on YouTube or on our

Facebook channel. These are audio versions created to make it convenient for your busy schedule.

Now on to our readings. And Shalom everybody, Pastor, Pastor Mike Goli here. I want us to stop

right now. Take a moment. Pray with me before we begin our public reading of scripture tonight.

Lord, bless your reading. Bless the listening. We pray for the situation in the Middle East with Iran and the people

of Iran, the region, the instability, the insecurity, the fear, the anxiety. Very similar.

We pray for all around the world, specifically the United States, in Minnesota, other cities, where there is the precipitation

of civil war.

And we ask, as we are standing in the vanguard, standing in the axiom of your will, that we would

think right, do right, react right, and lead people

to Jesus in every context that we interact with. And use this time now in Jesus' name, amen.

Amen. Okay, so we're going to do a pure PRS tonight, God's Word, Unleashed, and we're going to

continue our series. Right now, the Philistines have taken the Ark of God, and their God, Dagon,

is bowing down to it every day, and that's a problem. So they don't know what to do with this ark seems to be a liability, even though in the

ancient Near East mind, when you conquer a nation, you conquer their God, and therefore

your assumption is that your God is more powerful than theirs, but in this situation, it

didn't work out because of the Ark of the Covenant.

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