1 Samuel 2:1-11
Hannah's Song of Thankfulness... [ Continue Reading ]
Hannah's Song of Thankfulness... [ Continue Reading ]
And Hannah prayed and said, in an exaltation of spirit brought about by the Holy Ghost, MY HEART REJOICETH IN THE LORD, MINE HORN IS EXALTED IN THE LORD, said of vigorous courage and consciousness of power; MY MOUTH IS ENLARGED OVER MINE ENEMIES, being opened widely to praise the salvation of the Lo... [ Continue Reading ]
There is none holy as the Lord; for there is none beside Thee, His holiness being the reflection of His majesty; NEITHER IS THERE ANY ROCK LIKE OUR GOD, in whom the believers may always place their trust with firm confidence, Deuteronomy 32:4.... [ Continue Reading ]
Talk no more so exceeding proudly, these words being addressed to the godless, to the enemies of Jehovah; LET NOT ARROGANCY COME OUT OF YOUR MOUTH, anything which savors of impertinence against Jehovah; FOR THE LORD IS A GOD OF KNOWLEDGE, an omniscient God, AND BY HIM ACTIONS ARE WEIGHED, or, all Hi... [ Continue Reading ]
The bows of the mighty men are broken, all human power being helpless before Him, AND THEY THAT STUMBLED ARE GIRDED WITH STRENGTH, prepared for battle by virtue of their trust in Jehovah.... [ Continue Reading ]
They that were full have hired out themselves for bread, having been reduced to the most pitiful straits; AND THEY THAT WERE HUNGRY CEASED, receiving the food which they need by the mercy of God, SO THAT THE BARREN HATH BORN SEVEN, Psalms 113:9; AND SHE THAT HATH MANY CHILDREN IS WAXED FEEBLE, havin... [ Continue Reading ]
The Lord killeth and maketh alive, sending danger and distress, but also delivering those that trust in Him, Psalms 30:3; HE BRINGETH DOWN TO THE GRAVE AND BRINGETH UP, extricating His children from deadly sorrow, from extreme misfortune, and placing them in safety and joy.... [ Continue Reading ]
The Lord maketh poor and maketh rich, for in His hands are all the treasures of the world; HE BRINGETH LOW AND LIFTETH UP.... [ Continue Reading ]
He raiseth up the poor out of the dust and lifteth up the beggar from the dunghill, from the deepest dishonor and disgrace, in which one is, as it were, trodden under foot, TO SET THEM AMONG PRINCES, on seats of honor, such as are occupied by the nobility, AND TO MAKE THEM INHERIT THE THRONE OF GLOR... [ Continue Reading ]
He will keep the feet of His saints, to guard them from tottering and falling, AND THE WICKED SHALL BE SILENT IN DARKNESS, deprived of the light of God's mercy; FOR BY STRENGTH SHALL NO MAN PREVAIL; it is impossible for man, in his own might, to defy the storms of life.... [ Continue Reading ]
The adversaries of the Lord shall be broken to pieces for Jehovah will destroy and annihilate those who lift up their voices to challenge Him; OUT OF HEAVEN SHALL HE THUNDER UPON THEM, as a warning of the nearness of His judgment; THE LORD SHALL JUDGE THE ENDS OF THE EARTH; AND HE SHALL GIVE STRENGT... [ Continue Reading ]
And Elkanah, with his household, went to Ramah to his house. And the child, Samuel, DID MINISTER UNTO THE LORD BEFORE ELI, THE PRIEST.... [ Continue Reading ]
Now the sons of Eli were sons of Belial, worthless, profitless rascals; THEY KNEW NOT THE LORD, they did not fear Him, they had no faith in Him.... [ Continue Reading ]
The Wicked Practices of Eli's Sons... [ Continue Reading ]
And the priest's custom with the people was that, when any man offered sacrifice, the priest's servant came, while the flesh was in seething, with a flesh-hook of three teeth, a trident, or three-pronged fork, IN HIS HAND;... [ Continue Reading ]
and he struck it into the pan, or kettle, or caldron, or pot; all that the flesh-hook brought up the priest took for himself. That was the greedy conduct of the priests in the preparation of the sacrificial meal after the sacrifice proper had been brought. This manner of acting had already become th... [ Continue Reading ]
Also before they burned the fat, before the sacrifice proper, which included the fat, Leviticus 3:3, THE PRIEST'S SERVANT CAME, AND SAID TO THE MAN THAT SACRIFICED, GIVE FLESH TO ROAST FOR THE PRIEST, for they did not want boiled meat all the time; FOR HE WILL NOT HAVE SODDEN FLESH OF' THEE, BUT RAW... [ Continue Reading ]
And if any man said unto him, Let them not fail to burn the fat presently, that is, he was about to have the fat of his offering burned, according to law, AND THEN TAKE AS MUCH AS THY SOUL DESIRETH; THEN HE, the priests' servant, WOULD ANSWER HIM, NAY; BUT THOU SHALT GIVE IT ME NOW; AND IF NOT, I WI... [ Continue Reading ]
Wherefore the sin of the young men was very great before the Lord, it was an outrage equivalent to sacrilege; FOR MEN ABHORRED THE OFFERING OF THE LORD, they despised and blasphemed it as a form of graft in holy places. That is the height of corruption in the Church, when the servants of the sanctua... [ Continue Reading ]
HANNAH BLESSED BY THE LORD... [ Continue Reading ]
But Samuel ministered before the Lord, being a child, girded with a linen ephod, a garment for the shoulders patterned after the ephod of the high priest, worn by all priests as a sign of their calling.... [ Continue Reading ]
Moreover, his mother made him a little coat, an every-day garment, AND BROUGHT IT TO HIM FROM YEAR TO YEAR, WHEN SHE CAME UP WITH HER HUSBAND TO OFFER THE YEARLY SACRIFICE, a close connection thus being maintained between the home of the parents and the lad in the Tabernacle.... [ Continue Reading ]
And Eli blessed Elkanah and his wife and said, The Lord give thee seed of this woman for the loan which is lent to the Lord, or, instead of the begged one, Samuel, whom she begged from the Lord, in place of the gift which was asked for Jehovah. AND THEY WENT UNTO THEIR OWN HOME.... [ Continue Reading ]
And the Lord visited Hannah once more in merciful goodness, SO THAT SHE CONCEIVED AND BARE THREE SONS AND TWO DAUGHTERS. That was the Lord's reward for her pious confidence in Him. AND THE CHILD SAMUEL GREW BEFORE THE LORD, in wisdom and knowledge, which flowed from the fear of the Lord. That is a b... [ Continue Reading ]
Now Eli was very old and heard all that his sons did unto all Israel, as described above, AND HOW THEY LAY WITH THE WOMEN THAT ASSEMBLED AT THE DOOR OF THE TABERNACLE OF THE CONGREGATION, women who performed certain services in the court of the Tabernacle, Exodus 38:8, so that the Sanctuary was dese... [ Continue Reading ]
THE PROPHECY AGAINST ELI... [ Continue Reading ]
And he said unto them, Why do ye such things? For I hear of your evil dealings by all this people, the report of the wickedness having been brought to him.... [ Continue Reading ]
Nay, my sons; for it is no good report that I hear; ye make the Lord's people to transgress, for many took offense and followed the evil example set before them.... [ Continue Reading ]
If one man sin against another, the judge shall judge him, in case of transgressions between men, God, as the chief Judge, adjudicates the matter through the government instituted by Him; BUT IF A MAN SIN AGAINST THE LORD, WHO SHALL INTREAT FOR HIM, in that case no man can act as intercessor. NOTWIT... [ Continue Reading ]
And the child Samuel grew on, and was in favor both with the Lord and also with men, this being noted here once more by way of effective contrast.... [ Continue Reading ]
And there came a man of God, a prophet, UNTO ELI AND SAID UNTO HIM, THUS SAITH THE LORD, DID I PLAINLY APPEAR, reveal Myself, UNTO THE HOUSE OF THY FATHER, Aaron, through his direct ancestor Ithamar, the son of Aaron, WHEN THEY WERE IN EGYPT IN PHARAOH'S HOUSE?... [ Continue Reading ]
And did I choose him, rather, affirmatively, "I did choose him," Aaron, OUT OF ALL THE TRIBES OF ISRAEL TO BE MY PRIEST, TO OFFER UPON MINE ALTAR, TO BURN INCENSE, TO WEAR AN EPHOD BEFORE ME, Exodus 28:1; Numbers 16:5; Numbers 18:1. AND DID I GIVE UNTO THE HOUSE OF THY FATHER ALL THE OFFERINGS MADE... [ Continue Reading ]
Wherefore kick ye at My sacrifice and at Mine offering, treading them under foot, WHICH I HAVE COMMANDED IN MY HABITATION, in the Tabernacle (this was done by the contemptuous, blasphemous behavior of the priests), AND HONOREST THY SONS ABOVE ME, by not taking an energetic stand against them, TO MAK... [ Continue Reading ]
Wherefore the Lord God of Israel saith, I said indeed that thy house and the house of thy father should walk before Me forever, in performing the service of priests; for the; fact that Eli, of the family of Ithamar, was high priest at this time, was only a temporary arrangement, the descendants of P... [ Continue Reading ]
Behold, the days come, that I will cut off thine arm, the word here standing for might, power, influence, authority, AND THE ARM OF THY FATHER'S HOUSE, THAT THERE SHALL NOT BE AN OLD MAN IN THINE HOUSE, as long as the family existed, none of its members would reach a ripe old age.... [ Continue Reading ]
And thou shalt see an enemy in My habitation, in all the wealth which God shall give Israel, he would, so far as his own family was concerned, see distress and affliction for the inhabitants of the Tabernacle in all the blessings which the Lord would show His people, since they would not share in th... [ Continue Reading ]
And the man, the descendant, OF THINE WHOM I SHALL NOT CUT OFF FROM MINE ALTAR SHALL BE TO CONSUME THINE EYES AND TO GRIEVE THINE HEART; AND ALL THE INCREASE OF THINE HOUSE SHALL DIE IN THE FLOWER OF THEIR AGE. So there would always be a descendant of the house of Eli serving at the Tabernacle, to b... [ Continue Reading ]
And this shall be a sign unto thee, an earnest of the fulfilment of His threat, THAT SHALL COME UPON THY TWO SONS, ON HOPHNI AND PHINEHAS: IN ONE DAY THEY SHALL DIE BOTH OF THEM. That is the invariable consequence, when parents hold their peace at the sins of their children or venture only a faint o... [ Continue Reading ]
And I will raise Me up a faithful priest that shall do according to that which is in Mine heart and in My mind, one upon whom He could rely absolutely, and who would perform all his work exactly in the manner most pleasing to the Lord. AND I WILL BUILD HIM A SURE HOUSE; AND HE SHALL WALK BEFORE MINE... [ Continue Reading ]
And it shall come to pass that every one that is left in thine house shall come and crouch to him, in the position of a suppliant, with bended knee, FOR A PIECE OF SILVER AND A MORSEL OF BREAD, AND SHALL SAY, PUT ME, I PRAY THEE, INTO ONE OF THE PRIESTS' OFFICES THAT I MAY EAT A PIECE OF BREAD. He w... [ Continue Reading ]