When God brought the Israelites to the promised land He was with them in every battle they won. There have been battles where God’s deliverance was so clearly evident to any observer they bear mentioning:
1. When Joshua entered Canaan God miraculously caused the walls of Jericho to fall so the city could be captured. Excavations at the site prove the biblical account.
2. Gideon with 300 men routed 10,000 Midianites. God had Gideon send all his men home save 300, which God used to defeat the enemy, to the glory of God.
3. In 701 B.C. King Hezekiah threw himself on God’s mercy when Sargon II of Assyria surrounded Jerusalem with the intent of destroying Israel. God sent His death angel to deliver Israel and 185,000 Assyrian troops were slain in a single night.
A death angel is just a regular old angel sent for the sole purpose of causing death on earth. All the angels in heaven can be used for this purpose and there are many millions of angels in heaven. The firepower of our God is beyond our comprehension.
4. When Israel was declared a nation on May 14, 1948, they were attacked the next day by the combined forces of Egypt, Jordan, Iraq, Syria and Lebanon. Israeli forces had a handful of rifles and sub-machine guns and very little ammunition. Four old artillery pieces were the only heavy weapons. Israel had one Piper Cub airplane. The mechanized Arab troops outnumbered the Israeli forces 40 to 1 and in equipment the advantage was 1,000 to one against Israel. This was about the same odds Gideon faced battling the Midianites. Lets face it, God wants a battle where He is vastly outnumbered so the victory will be to His glory. When the fighting ended Israel had won the war and gained 23% more territory.