David's Rise to Power
Rhett Vorster
- This
- novel
- presents
- David
- as
- a
- living
- legend
- of
- Hebrew
- history,
- and
- this
- is
- a
- presentation
- of
- him
- from
- a
- Greek
- point
- of
- view:
- a
- view
- which
- found
- its
- way
- into
- the
- English
- language.
- David's
- rise
- to
- power
- starts
- with
- the
- story
- of
- a
- man
- of
- God
- named
- Samuel.
- As
- a
- child,
- Samuel
- lived
- in
- a
- house
- of
- worship.
- The
- Lord
- singled
- him
- out
- as
- a
- prophet,
- and
- the
- child's
- first
- prophecy
- was
- one
- of
- judgment
- on
- the
- corrupt
- priests.
- This
- was
- when
- Samuel's
- people,
- the
- people
- of
- Israel,
- got
- used
- to
- being
- in
- constant
- battles
- with
- their
- most
- famous
- enemy,
- the
- Philistines.
- The
- Philistines
- capture
- the
- ark
- of
- the
- covenant,
- Messiah's
- earthly
- gift
- to
- Israel,
- but
- when
- the
- Creator
- sends
- judgment,
- the
- Philistines
- return
- the
- ark.
- Samuel
- calls
- Israel
- to
- repentance,
- and
- then
- to
- victory
- over
- the
- Philistines.
- But
- that
- was
- not
- enough
- for
- Israel:
- wanting
- to
- be
- like
- other
- nations,
- they
- desired
- a
- king.
- Samuel
- is
- displeased
- by
- their
- demands,
- but
- God
- the
- Father
- tells
- him
- that
- it
- is
- not
- Samuel's
- leadership
- they
- are
- rejecting,
- but
- his
- own.
- After
- warning
- the
- people
- of
- what
- having
- a
- king
- would
- mean,
- Samuel
- anoints
- a
- man
- named
- Saul.
- Saul
- enjoys
- initial
- success,
- but
- then
- he
- makes
- a
- series
- of
- missteps:
- he
- presumptuously
- offers
- a
- sacrifice,
- he
- makes
- a
- foolish
- vow
- at
- the
- expense
- of
- his
- son
- Jonathan,
- and
- he
- disobeys
- the
- heavenly
- Father's
- direct
- command.
- That
- is
- how
- David
- shows
- up…and
- if
- you
- want
- to
- find
- out
- what
- happens
- next
- and
- how
- it
- all
- ended
- up,
- you
- must
- open
- this book!
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