Archives for June 2023

So what was the purpose of Samuel establishing his sons as Judges? Did Samuel want to make sure one of his boys would be a national judge over Israel after he passed away? Maybe… I mean that does seem to be the natural aspiration a father would have for his progeny. Keep in mind that […]

“When Sh’mu’el grew old, he appointed his sons as judges over Isra’el.  His firstborn was named Yo’el, while his second son was named Aviyah; they were judges in Be’er-Sheva.”-1 Samuel 8:1 Many years had passed since Israel’s great victory over the Philistines when they were attacked while confessing and repenting of their sins at Mitzpah. […]

So let me remind you of the reason why we went on that huge theological detour about Systematic theology followed by my in-depth discussion on the “Sheep Pen” approach to interpreting Scripture in the first place. It all has to do with the modern academic view that the 4 books of Samuel and Kings were […]

Before we move on back to the text of 1 Samuel, I wanna share some closing thoughts on the Sheep Pen method of analyzing Scripture we’ve been discussing. First, let me make it clear this method is not about embracing tolerance as it’s defined by a lot of the liberal churches out there. You know […]

Yesterday, I talked about and debunked (quite nicely I would say) the notion that “Mighty God” is referring to the Messiah as the Almighty YEHOVAH Himself in human flesh. Now as much as I would like to move on and get back to the text of 1 Samuel, we can’t leave Isaiah 9:6 behind just […]