Hey, thanks for joining us day after day as we are journeying through scripture together.

We're in the midst of First Samuel. Today we're talking about chapters 7 through 9.

Yesterday we talked about the ark. We talked about it going to the Philistines, coming back to the Israelites.

What's next, CJ? So we kind of mentioned already that First Samuel is sort of in between what we learn about with the judges, and it's also headed towards kingship.

And here I think we see the four S's that we talked about in the book of judges, sin, suffering, supplication, and salvation.

So the Philistines oppressing the Israelites is a consequence of their sin, so then Israel suffers.

But then they repent, and Samuel, being the judge here, talking on behalf of the people,

supplicates the Lord, and then God delivers them.

All right. And so that's in chapter 7.

In chapter 8, there seems to be a little bit of like a change in scenery or we're switching gears.

Yep, exactly.

And again, going back to judges a little bit, we remember how the book of judges

flirts with the idea of kingship.

It's kind of bubbling under the surface.

And in 1st Samuel 8 is where we see Israel

explicitly as a whole begging for a king, whereas before in judges it was kind of local and it

depended on the person and the judge. But here Israel as a whole seems to want a king.

And I think the reason why they want a king is because Samuel is old, and they trust him, but kind of like Eli's sons. Samuel's sons don't seem to be the best sort of guys. So Israel's thinking, well, what's next? And Hannah's song, we already referenced as well, anticipates kingship in the book of Samuel, but on God's terms.

So we see that God exalts the horn of his anointed.

God will raise up and will bring down.

Everything's up to God and his power.

But here it seems like people are trying to pull kingship towards them rather than letting

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