31:1
We now come to the final chapter of 1 Samuel, and the book will end with Saul’s death. David was anointed as king many chapters ago, and it will not be until 2 Samuel that he is actually king. This blog is called “Bible Musings”, so let me muse a little. We are anointed the day we believe, but like David when we spend an awful lot of this life dealing with evil, dealing with problems. Some of this evil and some of these problems are ones within ourselves, others are evil and problems belonging to other people. Whatever the case, we have to deal with it, and this is a hard battle, just as David has had a hard time within 1 Samuel. Here the Philistines are fought against Israel, and have inflicted many casualties.
31:2-4a
“Samuel’s” prophecy to Saul in chapter 28 is fulfilled. First of all Saul’s sons are killed, including Jonathan. It seems a little unfair that Jonathan dies, for he had helped David. Then Saul himself was mortally wounded. Knowing that his end was near, Saul instructed his armour bearer to kill him with his sword. Saul did not want to fall into the hands of the Philistines. He refers to them as “uncircumcised”, recognising that they were utterly godless. If he had only realised that he too was utterly godless, and repented of this then things might have been very different.
No comments:
Post a Comment