tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27337216.post1128913147313072260..comments2023-10-18T10:11:15.934-05:00Comments on Adventures in Domesticity: RamblingCatherinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05977860195847730169noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27337216.post-41016643454780225522010-11-08T09:30:40.303-06:002010-11-08T09:30:40.303-06:00I think the interpretation you give is a valid one...I think the interpretation you give is a valid one. What gets me, though, is that what "Samuel" said was in accordance with what God had previously said. But, as my husband likes to say when I come up with these theological conundrums, "Would a God you can understand be worth your worship?" So, that's another mystery for me to ponder and read about. But it doesn't change the fact of Jesus and his work to save us - Thank God!!<br /><br />Thanks for visiting my blog!Catherinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05977860195847730169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27337216.post-44452323817983284642010-11-08T06:10:04.486-06:002010-11-08T06:10:04.486-06:00My husband and I were interested in this presentat...My husband and I were interested in this presentation we read recently to our children in our nightly Bible story. We had always assumed that Samuel was indeed talking to Saul, but we were probably wrong. The following makes a lot of sense.<br /><br />From The Bible Story by Arthur Maxwell (copyright 1955 by Herald and Review Publishing):<br /><br />“….In those days a woman who claimed to be able to talk with the dead was called a witch, and because this claim was false, God had said that such people should not be allowed to live in the land….<br />“….”Bring me up Samuel,” Saul said.<br />“Of course she could do no such thing. God would not have let a wicked woman disturb His sleeping prophet. The figure she said she saw was not Samuel, but an evil spirit that looked like Samuel.<br />“As for Saul, he did not see Samuel. He just believed what the woman told him. Then thinking he was talking to Samuel, he said, “I am sore distressed; for the Philistines make war with me, and God is departed from me,….therefore I have called thee…..”<br />“If Saul thought he was going to get some good advice or some encouraging word, he was mistaken. The voice that spoke to him, claiming to be Samuel, had nothing but evil tidings….<br /><br />Hope this helps.<br />Regards,<br />Joyce<br /><br />P.S. This is the second time I am typing this. The first time, the power went off just as I finished and I lost everything…Joycenoreply@blogger.com