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“Then, try it. Dunk in the river seven times.” Naaman does as they urge, and his leprosy is healed. In gratitude, he sends the treasure from King Ben-Hadad to Elisha, but Elisha is a principled man. He replies, “I didn’t do this for money, and I don’t want your money.”

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Of Kings and Prophets
Mark Rutland
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“Samuel is a man of God who is a seer, so when Saul finds Samuel, he asks that Samuel would see where the donkeys are. The Lord shows Samuel, but beyond that he sees that Saul will be the next king. Samuel tells Saul, “Go home. Your father’s donkeys have returned. Your father is not worried about the donkeys anymore. He’s worried about you. Go home.”

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Of Kings and Prophets

“My conclusion is that God tricked the witch and Saul. “You want to deal with the dead? Here’s a dead prophet. You want to know what the truth is? Here it is. ”

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Of Kings and Prophets
Mark Rutland
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“Saul’s response is intriguing. He doesn’t even argue. He doesn’t deny it. He just says, “OK. I accept that. But we don’t have to tell everybody else. Just go out with me in front of “the elders of the tribes of Israel and have a prayer with me.” In other words, he is saying in essence,
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“Humility was Saul’s virtue. Impatience and carnality were among his weaknesses. As the sun starts to sink, Saul panics. The day is almost over. Saul, ever impatient, offers the sacrifice. When Samuel arrives, he says, “What are you doing?” Saul replies, “You didn’t come!” Samuel says, “I was on the way!””

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Of Kings and Prophets
Mark Rutland
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“This is important. Remember that terrible drunken orgy held by Belshazzar? The finger of God appeared in the sky and then wrote on a wall, “MENE, MENE, TEKEL, PARSIN… God has numbered the days of your reign and brought it to an end….You have been weighed on the scales and found wanting….Your kingdom is divided and given to the Medes and the Persians.”2 That’s the finger of God.”

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“This illustrates an important feature of prophetic confrontation. A prophet speaks the word of God. If a king resists, then judgment comes for far more than what the prophet was initially addressing. Resistance to God in one arena is answered with judgment for all that has been contrary to the will of God. This is why God’s judgments seem so vast in the lives of nations.”

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Of Kings and Prophets