Jeff Cavins

But I think it's really important, Father, for people to understand where we just came from in the green period, the conquest and judges. Yeah, definitely. You know, we have to ask ourselves, Why would they want a king? Why would they want a king at this point?

But I think it's really important, Father, for people to understand where we just came from in the green period, the conquest and judges. Yeah, definitely. You know, we have to ask ourselves, Why would they want a king? Why would they want a king at this point?

But I think it's really important, Father, for people to understand where we just came from in the green period, the conquest and judges. Yeah, definitely. You know, we have to ask ourselves, Why would they want a king? Why would they want a king at this point?

And if you remember back in Judges, we have that spiral where they go from sin to servitude to supplication to salvation and then silence, and then they continue it. And so in the book of Judges, we see a ever-spiraling, out-of-control iniquity by the leaders of Israel. So in chapter 3 through 5, you have Othniel, Ehud, and Deborah. They're pretty good.

And if you remember back in Judges, we have that spiral where they go from sin to servitude to supplication to salvation and then silence, and then they continue it. And so in the book of Judges, we see a ever-spiraling, out-of-control iniquity by the leaders of Israel. So in chapter 3 through 5, you have Othniel, Ehud, and Deborah. They're pretty good.

And if you remember back in Judges, we have that spiral where they go from sin to servitude to supplication to salvation and then silence, and then they continue it. And so in the book of Judges, we see a ever-spiraling, out-of-control iniquity by the leaders of Israel. So in chapter 3 through 5, you have Othniel, Ehud, and Deborah. They're pretty good.

And then in chapters 6 through 9, we have Gideon, not so good. Then chapters 10 through 12, we have bad, Jephthah, the very terrible story. And then we have in chapters 13 through 16, Samson, it gets worse. And then chapters 17 and 18, Micah builds a private temple with his own priests and everything. And then chapters 19 through 21 of Judges, it just gets plain ugly.

And then in chapters 6 through 9, we have Gideon, not so good. Then chapters 10 through 12, we have bad, Jephthah, the very terrible story. And then we have in chapters 13 through 16, Samson, it gets worse. And then chapters 17 and 18, Micah builds a private temple with his own priests and everything. And then chapters 19 through 21 of Judges, it just gets plain ugly.

And then in chapters 6 through 9, we have Gideon, not so good. Then chapters 10 through 12, we have bad, Jephthah, the very terrible story. And then we have in chapters 13 through 16, Samson, it gets worse. And then chapters 17 and 18, Micah builds a private temple with his own priests and everything. And then chapters 19 through 21 of Judges, it just gets plain ugly.

And it's at the end of this, after we have heard for four times in Judges that Israel did not have a king and everyone did what was right in their own eyes.

And it's at the end of this, after we have heard for four times in Judges that Israel did not have a king and everyone did what was right in their own eyes.

And it's at the end of this, after we have heard for four times in Judges that Israel did not have a king and everyone did what was right in their own eyes.

Yeah. So what we're doing now is we're going to pick up in 1 Samuel, and the very first thing that people are going to encounter is that Samuel comes on the scene. He's a young boy. He grows up. And there is, in the background, a division in the country that is taking place, because back in Judges, a civil war really broke out, and the tribes were against Benjamin. because of what he did.

Yeah. So what we're doing now is we're going to pick up in 1 Samuel, and the very first thing that people are going to encounter is that Samuel comes on the scene. He's a young boy. He grows up. And there is, in the background, a division in the country that is taking place, because back in Judges, a civil war really broke out, and the tribes were against Benjamin. because of what he did.

Yeah. So what we're doing now is we're going to pick up in 1 Samuel, and the very first thing that people are going to encounter is that Samuel comes on the scene. He's a young boy. He grows up. And there is, in the background, a division in the country that is taking place, because back in Judges, a civil war really broke out, and the tribes were against Benjamin. because of what he did.

And then we have Samuel being really the leader, or some would say the 13th judge. And the people come to Samuel in chapter 8, and they said, "'Now appoint for us a king.'" They said this to Samuel, "'Appoint for us a king to govern us like all other nations.'" And at that point, Samuel was very upset. It says that the thing displeased Samuel when they said, give us a king to govern us.

And then we have Samuel being really the leader, or some would say the 13th judge. And the people come to Samuel in chapter 8, and they said, "'Now appoint for us a king.'" They said this to Samuel, "'Appoint for us a king to govern us like all other nations.'" And at that point, Samuel was very upset. It says that the thing displeased Samuel when they said, give us a king to govern us.

And then we have Samuel being really the leader, or some would say the 13th judge. And the people come to Samuel in chapter 8, and they said, "'Now appoint for us a king.'" They said this to Samuel, "'Appoint for us a king to govern us like all other nations.'" And at that point, Samuel was very upset. It says that the thing displeased Samuel when they said, give us a king to govern us.

And Samuel prayed to the Lord, and the Lord said to Samuel, no, listen. Listen to the voice of the people and all that they say to you, for they have not rejected you, but they have rejected me from being king over them. Now, I would have said, if I were God, I'd say, that's it. I'm done. I've tried. But God is saying, no,

And Samuel prayed to the Lord, and the Lord said to Samuel, no, listen. Listen to the voice of the people and all that they say to you, for they have not rejected you, but they have rejected me from being king over them. Now, I would have said, if I were God, I'd say, that's it. I'm done. I've tried. But God is saying, no,