Blessed are those who hear the word of God and obey it
Saul sentences his son, Jonathan, to death
As battles between the Israelites and the Philistines continued, Jonathan and his armor bearer, went up to a camp of the Philistines. Jonathan had complete trust in the Lord, to see that he prospered, and both of them took out twenty Philistines. The earth shook, and Saul’s […]
Saul Disobeys
The battle is raging on; the Israelites continue to fight against the Philistines, the nemesis. The place is Gilgal, where the Israelites meet to worship, and offer sacrifices to God. When the Philistines came against the Israelites with 30,000 chariots, 6,000 horsemen, and people that looked to be the number of sand […]
The people realize what they had done
During the first couple of years that Saul was king, things seemed to be going well for him. Most of the people respected Saul, he led his people in the rescue of Jabesh-gilead from the Ammonites, he also had Samuel and ultimately the Lord to guide him.
“This is what […]
Saul is anointed as king
Who was the man whom God would choose to lead Israel as their first human king?
Enter Saul…he was a fine young man, better looking than everyone else, and taller as well from his shoulders upward. We find Saul journeying through the land in search of his father’s lost donkeys, along with […]
Israel rejects God as their King
Eventually Samuel had two sons, Joel and Abiah, and he tried to make them judges of Israel after him. Now, Samuel was a great prophet before the Lord, but aparently, he wasn’t that great of a dad. The elders of Israel came to Samuel, told him that he was too […]