Parallels in Samuel: Samuel to John & David to Christ

Samuel & John, Prophets of a New Era
In Samuel‟s times are found the corrupt priesthood
of Eli sons, Hophni and Phineas, who took more than
the allotted share of offerings brought into the
temple. They were also quick to take liberty with
the ladies coming into God‟s house. Atop this mess
presided their father who did naught to end these
vile practices. The son‟s of Samuel were little better
than Eli sons. So the people asked a king. This was a
major departure from the Judges structure
established by Moses and Joshua.
In the time of John by parables, types, and prophesy
Jesus & John told the existing rulers that their reign
was up. The apex of this was in 70AD with
destruction of the temple and the second diaspora.
Samuel was God's agent upon earth to appoint David
as heir to the kingdom of Israel. So also John was
God's agent to appoint David's son, Jesus, Mt1:1, as
heir to the Kingdom of God. The book of Acts (1:22)
summarizes this point: 'Beginning from the baptism
of John, unto that same day that Jesus was taken up
from us. „Samuel presided over the rise of David and
the fall of disobedient Saul. John presided over the
rise of the true high priest, Jesus, and the fall of the
Temple rulers. “But when he saw many of the
Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his baptism, he
said to them, "Brood of vipers! Who warned you to
flee from the wrath to come? Therefore bear fruits
worthy of repentance, and do not think to say to
yourselves, 'We have Abraham as our father.' For I
say to you that God is able to raise up children to
Abraham from these stones. And even now the axe is
laid to the root of the trees. Therefore every tree
which does not bear good fruit is cut down and
thrown into the fire. (Mat3:7-10) But the Pharisees
and lawyers rejected the will of God for themselves,
not having been baptized by John, Luke 7:30.
Likewise Samuel was a bright shining light sent to
reprove a corrupt priesthood administration: "For I
have told Eli that I will judge his house forever for
the iniquity which he knows, because his sons made
themselves vile, and he did not restrain them. And
therefore I have sworn to the house of Eli that the
iniquity of Eli's house shall not be atoned for by
sacrifice or offering forever." 1Sam3:13-14 Now this
shall be a sign to you that will come upon your two
sons, on Hophni and Phineas: in one day they shall
die, both of them. Then I will raise up for Myself a
faithful priest who shall do according to what is in
My heart and in My mind. I will build him a sure
house, and he shall walk before My anointed forever.
And it shall come to pass that everyone who is left in
your house will come and bow down to him for a
piece of silver and a morsel of bread, and say,
"Please, put me in one of the priestly positions, that
I may eat a piece of bread."'" 1Sam2:34-36
Samuel - David & John - Jesus, June 2017 Otis Armstrong
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