The Attack of Amalek on Young Israel
Young people, Amalek is coming to attack you and to destroy you utterly. Are you ready to fight? Is your sword in your hand? Are you following Jesus, your brave captain? Is Jehovah your banner? According to the text Amalek came and fought with Israel at Rephidim. Amalek was a nation in southern Canaan made up of the descendants of Amalek, the grandson of Esau (see Gen. 14:7; Num. 13:29; Gen. 36:12). Thus Amalek was not just another heathen nation, but a people tracing their ancestry back to...