... willing to heed their cries and played along. He played the ever-strong "boyfriend" who they always come back to in the end. God was not willing to let his people go easily. He withdrew from close contact with the people but stayed with them in spirit. He never recognized their kings as a representative of His word yet he chose their kings for them. Instead He spoke to them through his prophets where Samuel was the first. He basically defined the role of the kings to be the ones to govern the people and the role of the prophets to be the ones to reveal God's will to them. Before Samuel, there was Eli, a high priest during the time of the judges who, in the training of Hannah's son, demonstrated a clear understanding of God's purpose and call (1 Samuel 1,3). Yet his life ends in despair as God judged his ...

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