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You Can’t Mess with the Covenant Chest
1 Samuel 5: 1- 7: 1


When I used to read Bible stories to my young sons, they would sometimes ask, “Did that really happen?” As far as I remember, they did not ask that question about big events like the Israelites’ crossing of the Reed Sea (or Jesus’ resurrection) but about stories like this one, and I think they were onto something. The stories of the Reed Sea or the resurrection involve much more marvelous—even miraculous—events, yet they are told in a quite matter-of-fact way. You may or may not believe them, but it’s hard not to assume that the people who told the stories believed they were things that really happened...

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