Emphasis Preaching Journal

During World War II, as Hitler's armies raced across France, thousands of Allied troops dug in along the coast of northern France in a last-ditch effort to hold off the German forces. Trapped on the beaches of Dunkirk, they knew that they would soon be under attack by the Nazis. As the battle drew closer, the British troops sent a radio message across the English Channel. And the message was just three words: "And if not." Some wondered if that was some sort of a coded transmission. But instead it was a reference to the Old Testament story of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego.