28.12: 1 Samuel 31-2 Samuel 1: David Mourns His Enemy and His Best Friend

King Saul knew his days were numbered. He summoned Samuel from the dead only to hear that he and his sons would soon die. Saul wasn’t a very good king. The people wanted a king because they didn’t want God. Remember how the Book of Judges ended… In those days Israel had no king; all the people did whatever seemed right in their own eyes. Judges 21:25 NLT (c. 1375 BC) (Gee, we could almost say that regarding the world right now… in Last Days,  the world had no God, all the people did whatever seemed right in their  own eyes. That’s what it’s going to be like when God takes all the  Christians away in the Rapture! Will you get left behind?) Going on…. The people, Israelites, wanted a king and God delivered. (1043 BC) In the book of the prophet Hosea, written in 753 BC, God looks back at all the kings that ruled over Israel. He says… Hosea 13:11 NLTIn my anger I gave you kings,     and in my fury I took them away. As we go through the Old Testament in historical sequence, you’ll see  there were good kings, not so good kings, bad kings and horrible kings.  It all truly shows that going against God’s commandments leads to death and destruction. Thank God that, out of His Mercy and Grace, He gave us His Son and the King of kings to save us from ourselves! Here we end 1 Samuel and begin 2 Samuel. Once upon a time, it was all  one, long book or scroll. Scholars figure that Samuel wrote up until  his death in 1 Samuel 25, then the prophet Nathan, whom we’ll meet soon, wrote the rest. A fair warning, war is never pretty. Nevertheless, it is part of world history the stories must be told. Let’s dig in… Keep reading in my blog where there are links to dig deeper and watch the special video at the bottom…. If you want to reap all the benefits of salvation including the 1-way, non-stop ticket to Heaven then… https://giselleaguiar.com/how-to-invite-jesus-into-your-heart/  Soli D