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I Samuel
Chapter
28 (Continued)
16~~Then
Samuel kept on replying,
"Why
the heck {stronger expletive here really}
therefore
do you 'ask me'
{sha'al - Saul's name means to ask - so Samuel cracks a pun - a
play on words}
since
Jehovah/God has departed from you {confirming this}.
Therefore,
He has become your enemy?"
{Note: Not all believers are the friends of God. Some believers are His enemy. That happens when the believer comes to detest God and His Word that they reject His teaching and His principals.}
{Note: Samuel will answer by flashing back to I Samuel 15 where Saul disobeyed God and His Word by NOT slaughtering ALL of the Amalekites and their property as Saul was commanded by God to do.}
{Samuel's
Sanctified 'I told you So'}
17~~
"And Jehovah/God
has
'carried out His purpose'
{idiom: 'asah - literally: "manufactured for Himself"
Saul was negative to grace so God had to remove him from the
way - David would be king}
as
He {God} spoke by me
{Samuel told this to Saul directly}.
For
Jehovah/God keeps on tearing the kingdom out of your hand
{qara` - imperfect tense - tense of Grace - little by little tearing it
many changes to truly rebound and recover but Saul did not in 15
years},
and
keeps on giving {nathan} it
to
your friend {rea`} . . . even to David."
{Note: This is a flashback to what Samuel prophesied to Saul 15 years earlier in Chapter 15:28.}
{Why
Did Saul Lose His Kingdom? Negative to Bible Doctrine}
18~~"As
{ka 'aher} you have not listened/
'heard,
listened, and obeyed' {shama`}
to
the voice of Jehovah/God
{means a reason is given for how Saul failed - Samuel is saying
Saul's books are closed - and he will die tomorrow
negative volition to the Word is the worst thing that can
happen to a believer in time},
nor
executed the 'heat of His anger' upon Amalek,
therefore
Jehovah/God
has
done/manufactured {`asah}
{out of His Justice and Righteousness}
this
doctrine/'doctrinal communication'/thing {dabar}
{refers to the doctrine of the sin unto death to reversionists}
unto
you this day."
19~~"Also
Jehovah/God
will
keep on giving Israel - with you -
into
the hand of the Philistines
{means this is a gradual process not all at once}.
And
tomorrow you and your sons
shall
be with me
{with Samuel - in Abraham's bosom -
means Saul and his sons will die tomorrow}.
Also
Jehovah/God also shall keep on giving
the
'army camp' {machaneh} of Israel
into
the hand of the Philistines."
{No
Doctrine So No Preparation For Impending Death}
20~~Then
Saul immediately/'hurried up' and
kept
on falling {took a while}
his
full length to the ground
{all 7 feet feel straight down (I Samuel 9:2) - almost like a knockout
in boxing},
and
was extremely frightened
{reversionists are lacking doctrine so are afraid of
news of their own death},
by
the 'doctrinal teachings'/words {dabar} of Samuel.
And
there was no strength in him
because
he had eaten no food/bread/rations {lechem}
all
the day nor all the night {24hours straight}.
{Note: Saul was weak in his soul and in his body at this point in time. Both are brought out here.}
{Verse
21-25 - Witch Turned Woman}
21~~And
the woman
{'ishshah - the witch of Endor was called by a more respectable
title of 'woman' instead of 'female servant of a demon' -
apparently seeing God's hand in this she became a believer}
kept
approaching Saul,
and
kept seeing that he was extremely agitated
{suffering from a case of hardness of heart like the Pharaoh of the
Exodus},
therefore
said unto him,
"Behold,
your 'female slave'
{shiphchah - idiom of respect for a female speaking with humility}
has
'heard, listened, and obeyed' {shama`} your voice
{in the recent past - the command for a séance},
and
'I have risked my life {nephesh} for you'
{idiom: 'I have placed my soul in your hands'}
by
listening to the words {dabar}
which
you spoke to me."
{Note: The first principal is you can not tell the spiritual status of a person by their hospitality. Unbelievers can be kind, thoughtful and considerate hosts (and believers can be rude and crude). But, the Witch of Endor was no longer demon possessed here and maybe even now is saved. She is no longer called the 'female slave of a demon'.}
22~~"Now
therefore, please/'I pray you',
'hear,
listen and obey {'shama}
{politely requesting he listen to what she has to say}
you
also to the voice of your 'female servant',
and
permit me to place
a
little bit of food before you.
And
you eat {'akal}
{imperative mood - an order - the weaker the man
the stronger the woman's compassion - really stepping
over the line with King Saul here actually},
that
there shall be to you strength,
when
you go on your way."
23~~But
he {Saul} kept on refusing,
and
continuously said,
"I
will not eat."
But
his servants,
together
with the woman,
kept
on urging {parats} him.
And
he 'heard, listened, and obeyed' {'shama}
to
their voice.
So
he got up from the earth,
and
sat upon the divan {mittah}
{a divan is a long backless bench along the length of wall
and is covered with cushions}.
24~~'Now
the woman had'
{idiom: literally 'And to the woman'}
{the former Witch of Endor still}
had
a 'stall-fed fatted calf' {marbeq `egel} in the house;
and
she hustled
{first success with Saul so her compassion kicks in even more},
and
slaughtered/sacrificed {zabach} it,
and
'vigorously seized' {laqach} flour,
and
kneaded/'hand-work mixed' it,
and
did bake unleavened cakes { matstsah}
{apparently in a hurry so no time to put in leaven and wait for
the dough to rise. Also very important message for Saul -
the calf - Sacrifice of Christ for us, unleavened bread is reminder
of the humanity of Christ - all reminders of GRACE to Saul who will
die tomorrow - last supper for a dying reverisionist}.
25~~And
she 'cheerfully brought' it before Saul,
and
before his servants
and
they did eat.
Then
they rose up,
and
went away that night.
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