However, we do not have to worry. The Lord shall defend Himself, for He is the one and only living God who is Almighty. No other followers of other religions can boast about their RELATIONSHIP with their God(s), for our God is an awesome God and He reigns from heaven above. No other followers of other religions can proclaim the love of their god(s). HE IS ALIVE! No other name can proclaim the things that God proclaims in the Bible. If God can promise us that no weapon formed against us shall prosper in Isaiah 54:17, for sure He can do it for Himself. No matter what the authorities try, they can never stand against our God Almighty.
After the Philistines captured the Covenant Box, they carried it from Ebenezer to their city of Ashdod, they took it into the temple of their god Dagon, and set it up beside his statue. Early the next morning the people of Ashdod saw that the statue of Dagon had fallen face downward on the ground in front of the LORD's Covenant Box. So they lifted it up and put it back in its place. Early the following morning they saw that the statue had again fallen down in front of the Covenant Box. This time its head and both its arms were broken off and were lying in the doorway; only the body was left. (That is why even today the priests of Dagon and all his worshipers in Ashdod step over that place and do not walk on it.). The LORD punished the people of Ashdod severely and terrified them. He punished them and the people in the surrounding territory by causing them to have tumors. When they saw what was happening, they said, "The God of Israel is punishing us and our god Dagon. We can't let the Covenant Box stay here any longer."
1 Samuel 7:2-7
