BREAKING THE GIANT CODE
As with many of God’s parables and allegories, the real story is couched in figurative language. And what a story this is! It is one of five battles God’s people will need to fight and how they are promised victory in each one. Early in the Biblical record giants were...
Giants
Not all giants are counterparts. But there is a set in the Bible that are. Remember, one of the earmarks of counterparts is their dissimilarity, and that certainly is the case here. This study is not for the superficial student. It requires an openness of mind and...
The Expert
Ishbibenob, one of the sons of the giant, had a bronze spear weighing three hundred shekels. And he determined to kill David with a new sword he carried. But Abishai, the son of Zeruiah, came to his aid and struck the Philistine, and killed him. 2Sa 21:16-17One thing...
The Coach
And it happened after this there was again a battle with the Philistines at Gob. Then Sibbechai the Hushathite killed Saph, who was of the sons of the giant. 2Sa 21:18There is another type of advisor we are attracted to, the Coach. The Expert is just that, an expert....
The Entertainer
And there was again a battle in Gob with the Philistines; where Elhanan the son of Jaareoregim, a Bethlehemite, slew [Lahmi] the brother of Goliath the Gittite, the staff of whose spear was like a weaver’s beam. 2 Samuel 21:19 Mark Twain once said, “Before the...
The Interpreter
And there was yet a battle in Gath, where was a man of great stature, that had on every hand six fingers, and on every foot six toes, four and twenty in number; and he also was born to the giant. And when he defied Israel, Jonathan the son of Shimea the brother of...
The Friend
And he slew an Egyptian, a man of great stature [a goodly man], five cubits high; and in the Egyptian’s hand was a spear like a weaver’s beam; and he went down to him with a staff, and plucked the spear out of the Egyptian’s hand, and slew him with his own spear. 1Ch...
Giants
Not all giants are counterparts. But there is a set in the Bible that are. Remember, one of the earmarks of counterparts is their dissimilarity, and that certainly is the case here. This study is not for the superficial student. It requires an openness of mind and...