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Favorite Historical Passage

What is your favorite historical event in Scripture and why?

What an interesting question. While I would find that I read the Bible often enough, and I comprehend all that I am reading, I do not think I have a favorite story. I know quite a few people that do, but I never went around choosing my favorite.

After taking a few moments to think about it, there are two stories that really stand out to me: Abigail and David, and Saul/Paul. 

I enjoy the story of Abigail and David (and yes, I put the female's name first because she is the main character of this story) because of the promises and truths attributed to it. For example, when David was coming over to kill Abigail's husband at the time (Nabal), Abigail went against her husband's orders in order to follow what she believed was the right and moral thing to do because she recognized her husband's foolishness. I think it was really cool that even though David swore to kill Nabal himself, the love and genuineness of Abigail was able to change his mind. I love that, while I do not know if they felt like they liked each other before Nabal died or not, they were not married until after his passing. Just the story in general really means a lot to me. 

The second story I said I enjoyed was "Saul/Paul". When people first hear that they probably assume I am talking about the road to Damascus. While that is part of his story, that is not what I am referring to. I think it was so cool how God chose to use a man like him to change the way that different people looked at Christianity. Sometimes I will look at a person and think "They have the perfect life to be used for God, if only they were saved." Well, some may or may not have thought that about Paul, but God set out to change that one factor that would stop him. Once Paul realized the truth, he was able to use his time as a Pharisee to explain all the faults in that. He was able to use his Father's status as one of the Romans to get himself out of some trouble he would find himself in during his missionary journies. He had the knowledge, understanding, status, and then bravery. He was never afraid of killing Christians at first, but after that he was never afraid of dying a martyr's death as a Christian. He did not care what people here on earth did to him. 

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