PROCLAMATION
“And the Philistines fought, and Israel was smitten … And
the ark of God was taken; and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were
slain.” 1 Samuel 4:10-11
EXPLANATION
These
words were written under the influence of The Holy Spirit of God by the prophet
Samuel. The Israelites went out to fight against the Philistines and
were defeated. (1 Samuel 4:1-2) The
elders of Israel asked why The Lord allowed them to be defeated, and then they
sent for the ark of covenant so that The Lord could go with them into battle.
(1 Samuel 4:3) When the people brought
the ark of the covenant to them, the sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, came
with the ark. (1 Samuel 4:4) Eli’s sons
did not know The Lord although they ministered in the temple. (1 Samuel 2:12-17) Again Israel fought against the Philistines,
and again they were defeated. This time
the ark was captured and both of Eli’s sons were killed. (1 Samuel 4:10-11) Eli the priest fell over backwards, broke his
neck and died when he heard that his sons had died and that the ark had been
captured. (1 Samuel 4:15-18) Eli’s
daughter-in-law, the wife of Phinehas, was near the end of her pregnancy and
she went into labor when she heard that her husband and father-in-law were both
dead. She died during childbirth but delivered
a son whom she named Ichabod saying, “The glory of The Lord is departed from
Israel, for the ark of God is taken.” (1 Samuel 4:19-21)
APPLICATION
Everybody carrying a Bible is not a man of God. For whatever reason, some men pretend to be
men, prophet, or priest of God and they mislead God’s people. (Matthew 24:11
and 2 Peter 2:1) That is why we a taught
to compare everything that we hear to The Word of God before we accept it as
truth. (1 John 4:1) That is also why we
should read and study The Word of God so that we can rightly divide the word of
truth. The Lord God will deal with those
who pretend to be His servants. (Revelation 20:10)
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