Showing posts with label Saul. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Saul. Show all posts
Wednesday, October 9, 2019
MSS - The Golden Age Begins
Morning Scripture Study - 1 Samuel 11-12
From Rock Bottom the only way to go is up. God's Presence left the people due to their great sin, and in these chapters we see the beginning of the process to It's return. Like Joseph being sold into slavery, God will use Israel's sin of asking for a king to bring about a great thing.
Monday, October 7, 2019
MSS - Samuel Anoints Saul
MORNING SCRIPTURE STUDY - 1 SAMUEL 9-10
Jay doesn't know it yet, but today's passage sets up a lot of things that happen afterwards. That sounds like an obvious statement as it leaves my head and arrives as this text, but bear with me. One example - this passage presents Saul as a shy, humble, and considerate - even empathetic - character, yet we who've read ahead in the story know how that gets contrasted. We have an opportunity for some deep insight into the character of man, as presented to us through Saul. I don't spoil these things for Jay, leaving them prepared for when we get to those contrasting moments in forthcoming studies. We do discuss Samuel fulfilling Deuteronomy 18 though.
Jay doesn't know it yet, but today's passage sets up a lot of things that happen afterwards. That sounds like an obvious statement as it leaves my head and arrives as this text, but bear with me. One example - this passage presents Saul as a shy, humble, and considerate - even empathetic - character, yet we who've read ahead in the story know how that gets contrasted. We have an opportunity for some deep insight into the character of man, as presented to us through Saul. I don't spoil these things for Jay, leaving them prepared for when we get to those contrasting moments in forthcoming studies. We do discuss Samuel fulfilling Deuteronomy 18 though.
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