those who solved his riddle because of his wife telling it unto them. As the result of his wife telling them the riddle, he was angry with her, so angry that he reasoned he would be better off without her, so he left his baggage behind and went back home to live without her. At the end of his life, he destroyed a temple of a heathen government.
The spirit of the LORD came upon Saul. I Samuel 10:6 tells of "the Spirit of the LORD" coming upon Saul In the future for a specific purpose, to equip him for service as a ruler, prophet, and king. Saul was to go to the Hill of God, and then go into the city where he would meet prophets coming down from the high place, and prophesy with them. Through the Holy Spirit, these offices when given
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This was when the Spirit of God came upon him, a spirit of prophecy, turning him into another man. He was given another heart which equipped him to rule and prophesy as the king, and he prophesied among the prophets that met him.
The Spirit of God, which is the same Spirit of the LORD, came upon Saul once again, when he heard about the cruelty that the Ammonites thought to do unto the residents of Jabesh-gilead (I Samuel 11:6). Saul then gathered an army together, went to the Ammonites, and fought against them in the early morning hours, scattering them where no two men stood together. After this battle, Saul was made a king.
When the Spirit of the LORD came upon David Samuel secretly anointed David, not among a number of folks awaiting his anointing, but among his brothers (I Samuel 16:13,14). David received the mental and intestinal fortitude, the knowledge and wisdom to rule, and the gift of prophesy that was given Saul, and David would become king not only to Judah but later to all Israel. The Spirit of the Lord, however, left Saul and left him without the ability to be a righteous king. By God's permission, he became with an evil spirit that troubled him and would be his downfall from being king. Nothing is indicative that it was Satan that troubled him, as it could be any evil spirit, but
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Asa then went about to rid the idols in the land and renew the altar of the Lord. As a result, there was no more war till the twenty-fifth year of his reign, because he did not rely on the Lord. In his thirty-ninth year of reigning his feet became diseased and yet he would not seek the Lord but sought doctors. He died in his forty-first year of being king.
The Spirit of God came upon Zechariah (II Chronicles 24:20) in the Spirit of prophecy as He did other Old Testaments saints, and equipping them for service. Zechariah stood above the people, meaning he stood on some sort of platform to elevate him above the people. There he prophesied unto them the Word of the Lord, that if their hearts are not right and forsake the LORD then the LORD would forsake them. They left the house of the LORD, and indeed they were forsaken.
So you see, the Holy Spirit came upon the Old Testament leaders for a specific purpose. In general, the indwelling Would have to wait till Pentecost, although there were exceptions. See Genesis 41:38; Numbers
Loving God and hating his own mother kept David strong. David loved God, he prayed every night to God. He hated his mother so much he wanted to outthink her tricks, he did. He used different tactics like over exaggerating his pain when he got beat, putting a wet cloth over his mouth when his mother put cleaning products in a room with him. David kept counting time in his head in order to make the time pass faster.
This continued conflict would take off between Amnon (David’s firstborn and primary heir) and Absalom (David’s third son). 2 Samuel 13 tells the grisly tale that reads almost like a disturbed soap opera. Amnon raped Absalom’s sister, Tamar and, in revenge, Absalom kills Amnon. Once Absalom returned to Jerusalem, the ticking time bomb was set. Everything exploded when Absalom formed a coalition and turned it into a coup against King David. The Bible says, “And Absalom rose up early, and stood beside the way of the gate: and it was so, that when any man that had a controversy with the king for judgement, then Absalom called unto him… and Absalom said unto him, See, thy matters are good and right; but there is no man deputed of the king to hear thee.” Eventually, Absalom’s coalitions (forces) reached Jerusalem causing David to
The book of 1 Samuel, a part of the Old Testament, sparks the dawn of the United Kingdom of Israel by telling of its first king, Saul. Samuel is one of the first talked about pre-literary prophets in the bible perhaps because he anointed the first king of the United Kingdom. He is a prophet by definition because he possessed the ability to converse with the almighty Yahweh. Samuel and Saul are key players to the rise of the kingdom but Saul runs into trouble and disobeys God, which leads him to his own inevitable demise.
Saul bridged that chasm well as he was chosen by Yahweh primarily as a defender of his nation against continual threat from invasion. Nevertheless the introduction of the monarchy did not occur without criticism despite the subtle transition due to Saul's previous charismatic status. Incredible tension formed as underlined in I Samuel 7-15, stemming between early pro-monarchic sources and a later anti-monarchic one. The anti-monarchic sentiments (I Sam 8:7) revealed a reflective criticism of the monarchy, which is probably exilic in origin. I Sam 8:11-18 revealed the root of the criticism and the nature of the kingship in the ancient world. The pious were not the dissenters rather the rich farmers who did not wish to pay taxes to the centralised government. In Marx's ideology it is the Base economic loss which caused the religious or Super Structure criticism of the monarchy.
that since he alone had solved the sphinx's riddle, he was the one of the gods'
When confronted by the prophet Nathan, David was asked, “Why have you despised the word of the Lord by doing evil in His sight” (2 Samuel 12:9)? Oh, how those words must have cut deep into the man after God’s own heart. (1 Samuel 13:14) The revelation of his sin caused him to seek repentance; the deep-cleansing-healing-restoration kind. Aren’t you thankful for a merciful God? One Who is willing to bring the very same deep-cleansing-healing-restoration to anyone who has found themselves snagged by one
David is the first king that God chooses to lead His people (Saul was chosen by the Israelites). God makes a covenant with him that there will always be a descendant of his on the
In the eleventh century BCE Israel is divided into twelve tribes. The prophet Samuel is called upon to bring the people under one ruler or king and lead Israel into a monarchy. However this brings a major split and for the first time we find a military and political leader, the King, along with a spiritual leader, or the prophet. The prophet played the role of moral keeper and would make sure that the King was ruling justly and keeping the Law of God.
Before becoming a king, David is solely dependent on God. However, after realizing that kingship comes with many powers, David starts to rely on his will to overpower his judgment and knowledge of God and His will. Although it may seem like David’s sin begins at the moment he lays his eyes on the beautiful Bathsheba bathing on the rooftop, his sins actually begin many nights before when he makes decisions that turn his focus from the will of God to the will of self. Thus, David’s first sin of focusing on his own will, rather than God’s, leads to one sin after another which eventually causes a curse to fall upon David’s household.
The book of Zephaniah contains messages of divine judgment against Judah and Jerusalem, as well as against other nations. It addresses a rare concentration of references to central issues in the history of ancient Israel. Idolatry, violence, and deception abound in Judah when Zephaniah began prophesying. Zephaniah's prophesying made it clear that Yahweh would execute vengeance upon unrepentant wrongdoers. His adverse judgments would be visited not only upon Judah and Jerusalem, but also upon other peoples: the Philistines, Ammonites, Moabites, Ethiopians, and Assyrians. Significantly, Zephaniah, the prophet, never stands at the center of the book of Zephaniah; the word of Yahweh is at the center of the book. Zephaniah is mentioned only insofar as he is necessary for the interpretation of the text.
Isaiah lived during the time of Saul and David’s. Isaiah was a prophet, politician, and poet. He spoke of believing in any other god, other than the one and only would bring destruction. It is only throu...
During the time of the Judges, there was no central government, no one to fight for them, except God of course. To make matters worse, the judge heir apparent, Samuel’s sons, were corrupt. David did not do everything right, just as Saul did not do everything wrong. David is a researcher in the human condition. As Peterson points out, King David is a “character consisting of humility and adoration, sacrifice and courage, repentance and obedience, loyalty in the community, and love of God.”
In scripture, we can see that more than once Jesus cast out demons from people and had the power to shut their mouths. In Luke 11:14 one can see the power of Christ over demons, “And He was casting out a demon, and it was mute; when the demon had gone out, the mute man spoke; and the crowds were amazed.” Another place in scripture that we can see where evil gets its power from is in the book of Job. Satan had to ask for God’s permission to torment Job. We know by this that any authority Satan has, has been given to him by God. God has given him the authority over worldly things as mentioned in John 14:20; however, it is important to remember that Satan cannot do anything that is outside of God’s will and purposes. In 1 John 4:4 we are reminded that as long as we have Christ in us, we ...
Satan frequently characterizes “the tyranny of heaven” and employs negative diction in his depictions of both heaven and God (I.124). His negative portrayals of God and his kingdom highlight his utter dissatisfaction with being subservient to God and, from that, his desire for autonomy. In the exposition of the text, Satan’s emotions toward God make themselves apparent when Satan “throws his baleful eyes / That witnessed huge affliction and dismay / Mixed with obdúrate pride and steadfast hate” (I.56-58). Satan reveals himself to be furious with his continued subjugation to God as well as his inability to truly revenge himself against his subsequent punishment. According to Satan, God’s dissimulation of his power tempted Satan and others to rise
Part of the Spirit’s ministry includes His convicting of sin in the world, guiding people to truth, and leading them into righteousness. One of the first interactions the Holy Spirit has with humans is to draw the sinner