The Glory Days: Saul, David, and Solomon

White Horse Inn

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🗓️ 18 June 2023

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Though the Israelites recalled the monarchy as their “glory days,” even their most noteworthy kings were messy, complicated, and oftentimes disappointing in their actions. So why do we need their stories? In this episode of White Horse Inn, hosts Michael Horton, Justin Holcomb, Bob Hiller, and Walter Strickland wrestle with the challenges and significance of the first three monarchs in Israel’s history: Saul, David, and Solomon.

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0:00.0	Behold, your sons do not walk in your ways.
0:05.0	Now a point for us a king to judge us like all the nations.
0:10.0	Good night.
0:11.0	You know how the kings were judging all the nations at that time?
0:15.0	But the thing displeased Samuel when they said,
0:18.0	give us a king to judge us and Samuel prayed to the Lord
0:21.0	and the Lord said to Samuel, obey the voice of the people.
0:25.0	Gosh, just amazing.
0:27.0	Samuel obey the voice of the people.
0:29.0	And all they say to you for they have not rejected you,
0:31.0	but they have rejected me from being king over them.
0:34.0	What an amazing thing.
0:36.0	I know I'm just repeating what you said,
0:38.0	but it's just worth underscoring.
0:40.0	God mercifully uses their sin,
0:45.0	their sinful rejection of him as king
0:48.0	to give them a human king through whom the Messiah will come.
0:54.0	And there's laws for this in Deuteronomy.
0:56.0	Deuteronomy 17 verses 14 through 20 talk about kingship
1:01.0	and I mean it's amazing the list is there
1:04.0	because when you start looking at the king stuff,
1:06.0	I mean Jesus is saying, okay, this is what it looks like.
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