The Lesson of Dagon

# 72 – Today's Du-votional comes from 1Sa 5:1 Then the Philistines took the ark of God and brought it from Ebenezer to Ashdod. 2 When the Philistines took the ark of God, they brought it into the temple of Dagon and set it by Dagon. 3 And when the people of Ashdod arose early in the morning, there was Dagon, fallen on its face to the earth before the ark of the LORD. So they took Dagon and set it in its place again. ( 1 Sa 5:1-3) Don't you just love this story! God allows the ark of the covenant to be captured by the Philistines because the Israelites had given themselves up to idolatry. The Philistines set the ark next to the image of their chief deity. Dagon. Dagon is half man and half fish, and this ark of the covenant was to be a reminder of the supremacy of their god. Ha! The next morning they go out to the temple and lo and behold, Dagon is in the dirt and on its face before the ark of the covenant. And the people react in much the same way you and I would react, “oops Dagon fall down,” So they set it back up again, perhaps making sure it was perfectly level and secure so it wouldn't happen again. They didn't make the connection that the God of Israel is the one true God! The fall of Dagon reminds me of what is said in Isa 19:1b, “The idols of Egypt will totter at His presence, And the heart of Egypt will melt in its midst. Dagon, tottered and fell before the presence of God, and this will be the case for all who do not acknowledge Jesus Christ as Lord. Php 2:10 says, “that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of those in heaven, and of those on earth, and of those under the earth,” Bow now and live, to wait until judgment day is too late. And don't be lulled into a false sense of security. You don't know how much time you have left on this earth. Repent now, today, while you still have time. You don't get a second chance Heb 9:27 says, “And as it is appointed for men to die once, but after this the judgment,