But, If Not - The Miracle Of Dunkirk

Ken Anderson · Nov 23, 2017

“If it be so, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and he will deliver us out of thine hand, O king.
But if not, be it known unto thee, O king, that we will not serve thy gods, nor worship the golden image which thou hast set up.”
– Daniel 3:17-18 (KJV)
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In 1940, in the early part of World War II, the German forces were inflicting heavy casualties on the Allied Forces of Britain and France. As the powerful Nazi troops swept across Europe, the 350,000 soldiers of the Allied Army were forced to retreat. Finally they ran out of space to retreat and were trapped on a beach, against the sea, across the English Channel at Dunkirk, France. The German troops had the Allied Army completely surrounded with the sea at their backs, much like the Israelites when Pharaoh had them pinned against the Red Sea. The German Air Force dropped leaflets on the British Forces telling them to surrender and that there was no hope of escape.

All of England knew of the plight of their soldiers and were awaiting news of the almost certain annihilation of the 350,00 brave men. Late in the night of May 25, a simple three word cryptic message was transmitted across the airwaves of England from the commander of the British Army at Dunkirk. The message was, “But-If-Not”. In a matter of hours, without any formal organization, thousands of English citizens got in their private boats and began heading across the English Channel towards their trapped soldiers. The boats were of every kind imaginable; from small fishing boats, trawlers, larger private boats, and even an Olympic racing yacht. At the risk of their own lives from the dangerous waters and certain enemy fire, they raced to the beaches of Dunkirk and began evacuating the weary soldiers. By the next day all the troops had been rescued in what historians now call the “Miracle at Dunkirk”.
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That was 1940. Seventy years later, what about us here in America? Would our populace (or Britain) know the word well enough to respond in a similar fashion?
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Source: Acts 242 Study

Babs Hunt · Nov 24, 2017

No, I don't think they would.

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