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The story of Dagon is one of the most amusing stories to me. It is of course comical that this statue falls on his face before the ark of God. (For those unaware, the ark of the covenant was a container that had the ten commandments in it. It contained the word of God and clearly God's presence was with it in a special way.) The story of Dagon reminds me of something that I don't often recognize. There are other powers in this world. God says that there is no other god besides Him, but in our culture we often take it further to ignore Satan and his demons. We sterilize our understanding of the spiritual. Whether Dagon was only a statue, or a demon was present with it is immaterial. God does not simply ignore it. Instead He forces it to bow to him and ultimately breaks it of it's strength. In our lives it is tempting to ignore Satan, but acting like he isn't there only helps his purpose. Instead, as God's children we recognize his limited power, and when he tempts us or tries to drive us away from God, we put him in his place.
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