PROPHET IN 1 SAMUEL 2:27
25/06/13 23:11
From a question posted on the Facebook Bible Study Page:
QUESTION
Hello Brother Wayne,This is Billy Baker.Me an some others have a ? for you,we would like your take on 1 Samuel 2:27 And there came a man of God unto Eli. Some say it was Samuel,but I find that hard to believe.In charter 3 Samuel was but a boy.Thanks for your time and thoughts on this scripture,May God Bless your studies as well as your life in Jesus name,Amen
ANSWER
Hi Billy, its been a long time. I would have to agree with what your seeing about the prophet that came to Eli and Samuels age. While a child can be used by God, as a prophet, in 1 Samuel 3, we see Samuel’s first call as a prophet. He obviously never heard God’s voice in this prophetic way because he did not know it was God, thinking it was Eli. So the question is, who was this prophet?
From the first king of Israel (Saul) until the days both Israel and Judah were taken captive, there are a total of 30 prophets mentioned by name. Yet, there are many unnamed prophets as well.
A number of times we see groups of prophets mentioned, one such time would be 1 Samuel 19:20. The members of these groups were often called “sons of prophets” (2 Kings 2:3, 5, 7, 15; 4:1, 38; 5:22; 6:1; etc). These prophets are never named. It is quite possible that the prophet that came to Eli was one of these “son’s of prophets”.
On a side note, and a little off subject but relevant in these times. It’s interesting when we see the prophets of the Bible verses the professing prophets of today. Prophets are messengers of God in which they gave God’s opinion on public and sometimes personal events. Unlike the messages of those who profess to be prophets today, those messages being only of up lifting, we see the messages of God in those days being of Mercy (in healing and such), and of correction, and of warning, and of destruction to come. Most times, because their messages were one of correction and warning, the prophets, and their prophecies, were met with resistance. Today, most professing prophets are welcomed because their message is opposite of the true prophets which are kicked out.
In following this standard and looking at the pattern, we notice with the prophet Jehu (1 Kings 16) who foretold of the destruction of Baasha and his family, the message was that he “hast made my people Israel to sin, to provoke me to anger with their sins; Behold, I will take away the posterity of Baasha, and the posterity of his house; and will make thy house like the house of Jeroboam the son of Nebat.” (vs 2-3). Notice that we don’t see a next week you will be involved in a car crash that will kill 4 people. The essential element of Jehu's message points out the fault and declares Adonai's judgment upon it rather than the exact nature, or timing of the punishment. This is more like Amos than Nostradamus: openly clear about the essential theological message but vague on the detailed predictions.
There are true prophet’s today, unless one knows the signs to look for, they go unnoticed because most reject their word. The true prophets today are not called prophet, they are not labeled of themselves or of man; for God labels the prophet when He sends him into His work. As in the days of Scripture, because God changes not, true prophets rarely give an uplifting message but one of reproof and warning. Unfortunately, Jehoiakim (Jer 36) was typical of many spiritual leaders, even Christian leaders in our time, who would utterly destroy God’s message and His messengers if they could. Many have tried through the years, whether with a “scribe’s knife” or by “benign neglect,” to nullify a prophet’s effectiveness, but God’s message survives for those who seek to know His will.
QUESTION
Hello Brother Wayne,This is Billy Baker.Me an some others have a ? for you,we would like your take on 1 Samuel 2:27 And there came a man of God unto Eli. Some say it was Samuel,but I find that hard to believe.In charter 3 Samuel was but a boy.Thanks for your time and thoughts on this scripture,May God Bless your studies as well as your life in Jesus name,Amen
ANSWER
Hi Billy, its been a long time. I would have to agree with what your seeing about the prophet that came to Eli and Samuels age. While a child can be used by God, as a prophet, in 1 Samuel 3, we see Samuel’s first call as a prophet. He obviously never heard God’s voice in this prophetic way because he did not know it was God, thinking it was Eli. So the question is, who was this prophet?
From the first king of Israel (Saul) until the days both Israel and Judah were taken captive, there are a total of 30 prophets mentioned by name. Yet, there are many unnamed prophets as well.
A number of times we see groups of prophets mentioned, one such time would be 1 Samuel 19:20. The members of these groups were often called “sons of prophets” (2 Kings 2:3, 5, 7, 15; 4:1, 38; 5:22; 6:1; etc). These prophets are never named. It is quite possible that the prophet that came to Eli was one of these “son’s of prophets”.
On a side note, and a little off subject but relevant in these times. It’s interesting when we see the prophets of the Bible verses the professing prophets of today. Prophets are messengers of God in which they gave God’s opinion on public and sometimes personal events. Unlike the messages of those who profess to be prophets today, those messages being only of up lifting, we see the messages of God in those days being of Mercy (in healing and such), and of correction, and of warning, and of destruction to come. Most times, because their messages were one of correction and warning, the prophets, and their prophecies, were met with resistance. Today, most professing prophets are welcomed because their message is opposite of the true prophets which are kicked out.
In following this standard and looking at the pattern, we notice with the prophet Jehu (1 Kings 16) who foretold of the destruction of Baasha and his family, the message was that he “hast made my people Israel to sin, to provoke me to anger with their sins; Behold, I will take away the posterity of Baasha, and the posterity of his house; and will make thy house like the house of Jeroboam the son of Nebat.” (vs 2-3). Notice that we don’t see a next week you will be involved in a car crash that will kill 4 people. The essential element of Jehu's message points out the fault and declares Adonai's judgment upon it rather than the exact nature, or timing of the punishment. This is more like Amos than Nostradamus: openly clear about the essential theological message but vague on the detailed predictions.
There are true prophet’s today, unless one knows the signs to look for, they go unnoticed because most reject their word. The true prophets today are not called prophet, they are not labeled of themselves or of man; for God labels the prophet when He sends him into His work. As in the days of Scripture, because God changes not, true prophets rarely give an uplifting message but one of reproof and warning. Unfortunately, Jehoiakim (Jer 36) was typical of many spiritual leaders, even Christian leaders in our time, who would utterly destroy God’s message and His messengers if they could. Many have tried through the years, whether with a “scribe’s knife” or by “benign neglect,” to nullify a prophet’s effectiveness, but God’s message survives for those who seek to know His will.
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