The Original “300”
The year was 480 BC when King Leonidas and 300 Spartan soldiers defended the pass at Thermopylae to their death; against King Xerxes and the massive Persian army. It was said to the Spartans that the arrows of the Persians would blot out the sun. Their response is legendary stuff; “Then we will fight in the shade.”
700 years before King Leonidas and the famous Spartan warriors there was a man who thought he was the weakest of the least of his fathers household. His name was Gideon and he too led “The original 300” men into battle against an overwhelming army of Midianites. They defeated the enemy not with sword or spear for their weapons of warfare were not carnal but mighty in God.
