The fall of the once-great Samuel.
Chapter 17 - talking of great feats of faith is easy, and exciting others with such stories is commonplace. Yet I would imagine to be standing in front of the foe itself and to pull out a declaration like verse 45 would be a station few have achieved or will. In verse 47 we know that military action is not how God saves - something that many of the Jews of the N.T. apparently did not understand.
Chapter 18 - verse 10, along with 19:9, are pretty protruding evidences that something of the original text was changed. How and why would God, who is only righteousness, send an evil spirit upon someone?
24-end - A few things. In chapters 24 and 26 David refers to Saul as "the Lord's anointed". Even though he has committed so many grave sins, his anointing cannot be undone, as with every anointing. The spirit that accompanies the anointing and is the gateway to the necessary revelation and direction concerning the anointing is what is withdrawn - but David is still hesitant to kill who he knows is anointed of the Lord. In chapter 28, Saul seeks a woman with a familiar spirit, after having decreed their exile a while ago. He thus returns to his years-old former sin - a temptation that Satan has not withheld in these days, necessitating a constant remembrance of the reason why the sin was put away in the first place. I personally believe that the vision described in these verses was from the adversary to fill Saul with fear and hopelessness - which is exactly what happened, to the point where Saul killed himself before the battle was over. Thus, I do not believe that Samuel was somehow brought back from the dead (most likely from the presence of God) by a woman who's power came from Satan. Perhaps there is more detail that is not given in the text.
Chapter 17 - talking of great feats of faith is easy, and exciting others with such stories is commonplace. Yet I would imagine to be standing in front of the foe itself and to pull out a declaration like verse 45 would be a station few have achieved or will. In verse 47 we know that military action is not how God saves - something that many of the Jews of the N.T. apparently did not understand.
Chapter 18 - verse 10, along with 19:9, are pretty protruding evidences that something of the original text was changed. How and why would God, who is only righteousness, send an evil spirit upon someone?
24-end - A few things. In chapters 24 and 26 David refers to Saul as "the Lord's anointed". Even though he has committed so many grave sins, his anointing cannot be undone, as with every anointing. The spirit that accompanies the anointing and is the gateway to the necessary revelation and direction concerning the anointing is what is withdrawn - but David is still hesitant to kill who he knows is anointed of the Lord. In chapter 28, Saul seeks a woman with a familiar spirit, after having decreed their exile a while ago. He thus returns to his years-old former sin - a temptation that Satan has not withheld in these days, necessitating a constant remembrance of the reason why the sin was put away in the first place. I personally believe that the vision described in these verses was from the adversary to fill Saul with fear and hopelessness - which is exactly what happened, to the point where Saul killed himself before the battle was over. Thus, I do not believe that Samuel was somehow brought back from the dead (most likely from the presence of God) by a woman who's power came from Satan. Perhaps there is more detail that is not given in the text.
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