Genesis 14:14
When Abram heard that his kinsman had been taken captive, he led forth his trained men, born in his house, 318 of them, and went in pursuit as far as Dan.
Abram had 318 men ready to rock n roll. He did not have to scramble when the crap hit the fan. He had planned ahead. He had men he had trained. He had equipped them for the catastrophe so that when it came, he called up the troops. He did not have a standing army and he did not have a castrated crew. He trained them and trusted them not to use their skills against him and he trusted the Lord enough not to keep a corps on constant standby.
*as an interesting historical side note, the traditionally accepted number of bishops who attended the First Council of Nicaea is 318. That may be a simple historical oddity or coincidence, but it is a striking one. 318 is an interesting number. It is interesting in that it is so specific and yet not immediately associated with anything else. That is, until the Council of Nicaea. It will forever live rent free in my mind as a correlation. The one will always make the think of the other. Trained men ready to rock n roll defending the deity of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.
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