“And they gave Hebron unto Caleb, as Moses said: and he expelled thence the three sons of Anak” ―Judges 1:20.
HEBRON means fellowship or communion. It speaks of that happy state which is the inheritance of the man of faith, who, by overcoming all difficulties, puts fellowship with God above every other good, and refuses to be kept out of its enjoyment by the hosts of evil—the world-rulers of this darkness, the wicked spirits in the heavenlies, who seek to hinder the believer from the present possession of the privileges which are his in Christ Jesus (see Ephesians 6:12, in any critical translation). Of old the Anakim under the command of Arba had held this citadel and called it the city of Arba. But faith expelled the giants who defied the will of God and turned a scene of idolatrous rites and wicked revels into a place for communion with God. These powerful enemies typified the wicked spirits against which the believer is called to battle today. No foe can withstand him who dons the whole armor of God and defies them in the power of the Holy Spirit.
“Stand not in fear, thy adversaries counting,
Dare every peril, save to disobey;
Thou shalt march on, all obstacles surmounting,
For I, the Strong, will open up the way.
Wherefore go gladly to the task assigned thee,
Having My promise, needing nothing more
Than just to know, where’er the future find thee,
In all thy journeying I go before.”
—Frank J. Exley, D.D.