“Sh’mu’el went to Sha’ul; Sha’ul said to him, ‘May Adonai bless you! I have done what Adonai ordered.’  But Sh’mu’el answered, ‘If so, why do I hear sheep bleating and cows mooing?’  Sha’ul said, ‘They brought them from the ‘Amaleki, because the people spared the best of the sheep and cattle to sacrifice to Adonai […]

“Sh’mu’el got up early in the morning to meet Sha’ul; however, Sh’mu’el was told, ‘Sha’ul came to Karmel to set up a monument for himself there, but now he has left and is on his way down to Gilgal.’”-1 Samuel 15:12 Let me remind you that Saul’s life sets the pattern for the future anti-King […]

“Then the word of Adonai came to Sh’mu’el:  ‘I regret setting up Sha’ul as king, because he has turned back from following me and hasn’t obeyed my orders.” This made Sh’mu’el very sad, so that he cried to Adonai all night.’”-1 Samuel 15:10-11 So God has informed Samuel that he regrets setting up Saul as […]

Yesterday, I talked about how God does not experience the emotions of regret or repentance like we humans do. When we read the Bible, the words we use to describe God might make it seem like He feels the same things we do, like being sorry or feeling bad about something. But God is not […]

“Then the word of Adonai came to Sh’mu’el: ‘I regret setting up Sha’ul as king, because he has turned back from following me and hasn’t obeyed my orders.’ This made Sh’mu’el very sad, so that he cried to Adonai all night.”-1 Samuel 15:10-11 In verse 10, we’re told that God “regretted” setting up Saul as […]