Exile of the Chosen is the second book in the War of the Ages series by Sally Dillon.
Mark, the celestial watcher, is quivering with excitement clear to his wing tips as he records the stories of children who live through the most thrilling moments of Old Testament history. Such as Jedediah, a friend of the son of Ahab, who sees Elijah call down fire from heaven on Mount Carmel.
Or Zillah, daughter of Jedediah, who is captured and becomes a household slave by Naaman of Syria, a leper. Next we meet Miriam, Zillah’s niece, who wonders about the mystery child that Aunt Zillah, now back in her own land, keeps hidden away in the temple.
Then there is Daud, a dock thief who steals the belongings of the prophet Jonah, only to meet up with a horribly sick sea monster. In his terror Daud promises the God of Israel that if his life is spared, he will do whatever God wants.
Prophets and kings and scheming scoundrels come alive in vivid technicolor.
Sally Dillon’s retelling of these Bible stories is attention getting. Over and over we learn from these stories that when a person follows God’s way of living they are blessed and when they follow Satan’s way of living they lose the blessing.
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The other four books in this series are:
Survivors of the Dark Rebellion
Victory of the Warrior King
Champions of the King and
War of the Invisibles
If you enjoy good stories, I believe you will enjoy reading all 5 of these books in the series War of the Ages.
Here is a good quote to keep in mind; “You will be the same in five years as you are today except for the people you meet and the books you read.”
Published by Paul
Born March 14,1950- Swedish Hospital- Seattle, Washington, I was third child in a family that would eventually have 8 Children, as follows listed in order of oldest to youngest: Francie, David, me, Ruthie, Jonathan, Lawrence, Margi and Shirley Jean* Sadly, Ruthie and Shirley Jean are now deceased.
I am married to my dear wife Marthanne and the two of us tied the knot on April 4,1982. Marthanne has been and continues to be the highlight in my life ever since.
I can trace my love of reading books to my childhood and credit my parents who read books to us and encouraged a love for reading in all of us kids. When I was in 2nd or 3rd Grade, the school I attended had kids in grades 1-4 in one room and along the back wall of the room was a long row of books (our library) close to 150 different titles. That year I read every book in my room’s “library”.
Just before I turned 22 in 1972 I came to visit some friends in Maryland. My friend Brent had just become the manager of a Christian book store in Columbia Maryland and he invited me to work with him. I accepted the job and in 2017 retired from a 45-year career in the same bookstore and organization.
Reading books, selling books, meeting many amazing customers, and meeting interesting and delightful authors was an enriching experience I will always cherish.
One of the things that we did at the bookstore was have author events where the author would come to the store and our customers could meet the authors.
Several of the authors that were special highlights to me during my time at the bookstore include, Rosa Parks, Ben Carson, Barry Black, H.M.S Richards, Willie Jolley, Mark Batterson, Ted Wilson, C.D. Brooks and dozens more.
It was because of this passion I have of reading books, and my lifelong experience being around books and meeting these marvelous authors that prompted me to start this blog. I enjoy reading and posting my reviews of these books and I hope you find them as interesting and spiritually fulfilling as I do.
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