SAMUEL INDICATES CERTAIN SIGNS THAT SAUL WILL RECEIVE THAT WILL DEMONSTRATE THAT IT IS AS HE HAS SAID (1 SAMUEL 10:2). Matters were not just to be left there. A deliberately private anointing having taken place it was now necessary for Saul to be assured that God was with him and that Samuel's assu... [ Continue Reading ]
ALL THE SIGNS THAT SAMUEL GAVE HIM ARE FULFILLED (1 SAMUEL 10:9). We now learn that all the signs promised were fulfilled. The only detail given is of the last one, bringing out how important it was. 1 Samuel 10:9 ‘ And it was so, that, when he had turned his back to go from Samuel, God gave him... [ Continue Reading ]
SAUL'S UNCLE ASKS HIM ABOUT HIS SEARCH, BUT AS SAMUEL HAD CLEARLY WANTED, HE SAYS NOTHING ABOUT WHAT HE HAS BEEN TOLD ABOUT THE KINGSHIP (1 SAMUEL 10:14). This incident could have taken place either at Gibeah, or it could have taken place at a regular feast where all the male members of the family... [ Continue Reading ]
SAMUEL PUBLICLY DEMONSTRATES WHOM YHWH HAS CHOSEN TO BE THEIR KING BY USING THE SACRED LOT, AND SAUL IS ACCLAIMED AS KING (1 SAMUEL 10:17). The private preparation of the young man Saul for his role as war-leader and king of Israel has now taken place. Samuel is now sure that Saul is God's choice,... [ Continue Reading ]
SAUL RETURNS HOME AND BIDES HIS TIME, FINALLY PROVING HIMSELF BY DEFEATING THE AMMONITES AND AS A RESULT BEING ‘MADE KING BEFORE YHWH' (1 SAMUEL 10:26 TO 1 SAMUEL 11:15). Saul now returned home accompanied by those who would be his faithful supporters, and when others questioned his appointment he... [ Continue Reading ]