Beginning of the End - Ellen G. White

Chapter 61
Saul Rejected as King
This chapter is based on 1 Samuel 15.
Saul's errors were not yet beyond remedy. The Lord would give
him another opportunity to learn the lesson of unquestioning faith in
His word and obedience to His commands.
When Samuel had reproved him at Gilgal, Saul felt he had been
treated unjustly and made excuses for his mistake. Samuel loved
Saul as his own son, but Saul resented Samuel's rebuke and from
then on avoided him as far as possible.
But the Lord sent His servant with another message to Saul:
"Thus says the Lord of hosts: 'I will punish Amalek for what he did
to Israel, how he ambushed him on the way when he came up from
Egypt. Now go and attack Amalek, and utterly destroy all that they
have, and do not spare them. But kill both man and woman, infant
and nursing child, ox and sheep, camel and donkey.'" Through
Moses The Lord had pronounced sentence on the Amalekites. The
history of their cruelty toward Israel had been recorded with the
command, "You will blot out the remembrance of Amalek from
under heaven. You shall not forget." (Deuteronomy 25:19).
For four hundred years God had postponed execution of this
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