Hello, Bonnie, you are right that the Psalms absolutely belong. Psalms shows us how to be worshippers like the book of Proverbs teaches us how to be wise. In Psalms 137:2 I would suggest that not only were they not willing to sing for their captors because it was the Lord’s song but also that they were so sorrowful that didn’t have the heart use them. They didn’t get rid of their incitements, they had hope that one day again they would have occasion to use them, so they laid them aside (hung on a willow) for at the present time they had no use for them; God turned their, feasting into mourning and their songs into weeping (Amos. 8:10). Negative psalm have its place because if the Psalms were only filled with positive messages that only show…
The passage then tells of how in Samuel’s adulthood he made his sons judges over Israel and Saul king of Israel. God kept…
Deuteronomy 32:4 says “He is the Rock, his works are perfect, and all his ways are just. A faithful God who does no wrong, upright and just is he.” Metaphors about God and Jesus abound in The Bible. God is commonly referred to as a rock, as in this example.…
At first, it seemed as though Saul did well, in reality he failed to completely destroy the Amelekites. Through a series of questions, counterquestion, and answers, Saul finally came to realize his sin—he feared the people rather than God. The agent who brought about resolution in this section is Samuel, who brutally destroyed Agag. Special significance should be given to the final outcome—The Lord regretted making Saul king (v. 35). The author emphasized the fact that the Lord regretted making Saul king.…
The Davidic Covenant: God’s would send a Savoir through King David’s line to save mankind from their sin. God keeps all his promises no matter what happens. In II Samuel 7:8-16, God told David that he would be king, and he would make his offspring great. God fulfills his promise by sending the Messiah, Jesus Christ, who was born in the line of King David. Jesus is the eternal King and Ruler of all mankind.…
2 Samuel 7 shows God requesting a house from David and asks for David’s future son to build it in exchange for making his future son king: “...I will raise up your offspring after you...and I will establish his kingdom. He shall build a house for my name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom for ever” (2 Samuel 7:12-13). The agreement made between David and God, during David’s reign, presents a differentiated aspect compared to Saul’s reign and God’s full endorsement towards David being king. Due to the agreement, there is also a kinetic aspect in this situation because the house that is being built for God plays a role as the bloodline of King David. The promise to David, that there is an heir, creates his dynasty and his future lineage.…
This essay focuses on the first three kings of Israel and why Israel wanted a king. The other questions it will address is why was Saul chosen and later rejected, what made David a better king than Saul, and what happened during Solomon’s rain that led to the division of Israel after his death. First is why did Israel feel they needed a king. Up until this time they had the prophets and the Judges that God had raised up to lead and protect them.…
Samuel was Israel’s spiritual advisor a prophet sent by God. There was no king over Israel at the time of Samuel (the priest). The Israelites wanted to be like the other nations with a ruler to govern, guide them, to protect and fight their battles. Samuel sons was not worthy to rule the Israelites, they were drunkards, dishonest, and a no nonsense type of judgement. (“1 Samuel 8:5 5 and said unto him, behold, thou art old, and thy sons walk not in thy ways: now make us a king to judge us like all the nations)” KJV.…
In 1 Samuel 8 people asked him for a king for his sons had a flaw that is also a flaw in kingship, “They took bribes and prevented justice.” (Samuel). This shows that power in any government can corrupt it. Even though the judge system isn’t kingship, it still shows flaw in every government. After Samuels’s people asked for a king he goes to god and asks for a king, in which god tells Samuel “[…] they have not rejected you, but they have rejected me from being king over them.…
During this time David seeked God in any area he could. David remained a student of God, and remained teachable. Saul was a broken and hurt man that was willing to do the same to the others. This lesson was ordered by God to teach David about brokenness and a humble attitude. With the Lord beside him, David managed to never get angry or acted out because of how Saul was treating him.…
Biblical Allusions “Viva La Vida” alludes to a parable given by Jesus about a fool who built his house on sand and a man who built his house on rock. The song says “And I discovered that my castles stand. Upon pillars of salt, pillars of sand” because in the Bible the fool did not listen to Jesus and built his house on sand and it fell when rain came unlike the man’s house built on rock (salt). Pillars of salt is also a reference to Genesis 19:26, in which Lot’s wife was told if she looked back she would be turned into a pillar of salt, which she did and was, as promised, turned into a pillar of salt.…
Including Samuel is a documentary about the experiences of many individuals with disabilities in the traditional education system within the United States. While focusing on inclusion and the environment of schools with individuals with disabilities in mind, the film explores many interesting viewpoints on the subject. In the main spotlight of the documentary lies Samuel, a boy born with a disability and his families efforts to allow him to grow up in an integrated school system. While this family struggles with many of the daily issues of having a son with disabilities, their efforts were immortalized in this documentary. It was incredibly interesting to see this documentary from the viewpoint of my own life, growing up in a traditional…
Historically, an allegorical approach to the Song of Solomon dominated Jewish and Christian interpretations of the book (Osborne 232). An allegory is a literary device that conveys an abstract message in pictures (Elwell 1: 55). Hill simplifies the definition by saying, “allegory says one thing but conveys a deeper or hidden meaning” (472). Why would such an approach be taken? For early Christians, viewing the book literally would be contrary to the asceticism that they encouraged, where total abstinence from intercourse was deemed virtuous (Longman 294).…
Saul was a man who played a major part in the early Jewish Nations history as they were coming into their own as a nation and changing leadership styles. He was the first King and brought in new way of leadership for the nation and being a first of anything is not always good nor is it bad either. It just depends on what you’re the first for. In Moses day being the first born of Egypt on two different occasions meant you could be killed, Pharaoh killed the entire Jewish nations first born and then later God killed the Egyptians fist born as they left.…
King David was anointed at a young age by God to become the ruler of Israel. However King David was still subjected to physical, cognitive and socio-emotional development through his entire life-span just like all of us. He may have been labeled the “man after God’s heart”, but like us, he was not without his flaws, most of which were related to his need for continued maturation in his development as well as within his faith walk with God. During David’s adolescents his physique was depicted as, “…ruddy, with a fine appearance and handsome features, (1 Samuel 16:12, New International Version [NIV]).…