John Luke Robertson

He says, you're drunk.

He totally passes off.

Which means even at this point, way earlier, even before the sons die and things go on, Eli is already...

not in line with God's will.

I was thinking too, it's, it,

What the text is kind of showing here is that God will raise up someone outside of the line.

Like that's what we see with Saul and David later is you've got Saul as king.

Jonathan should be next in line.

But whenever Saul's house is falling, God was raising up a new line.

And that's what happened here with the prophets.

Like in Israel's mind at this point,

Yeah, I had to note on this, this reading through the Bible that we've been doing through Genesis and Exodus and now, the thing that's been hopeful to me or encouraging to me is how many times God warns them before he causes a destruction or gives them the opportunity to repent because I think that that was one of my –

my notes on Eli here is one of the discussion questions in our, from the classes, what could have, what could Eli have done differently regarding his sons?

And we've already said, have that conversation, but God actually told him, gave him an opportunity to do that in chapter two, when the man of God or the elders came in and confronted him about the sons.

I think that prophecy or that prompting from God was God telling Eli, look,

I'm giving you a chance.

Do something about your sons, make it happen.

And then he doesn't.

And so in the next chapter, some time has passed and then Samuel gives that prophecy.

And I feel like that's God saying, it's not just talking to Eli, but talking to us and saying specifically, I gave Eli a chance.