The Lord is awe-inspiring, fearsome, fascinating, intriguing, majestic, and full of splendor: breathtaking! Here is what I saw of him and what came to my heart and mind in 1 Samuel 4:22,
"The Glory has departed from Israel, for the ark of God has been captured."
When the wife of Phinehas, the son of the high priest Eli, gave birth, it happened when her husband was killed and the ark was captured by the Philistines. Just as she was dying herself, she named the boy "Ichabod" which means "no glory."
While she was certainly right that Israel had lost the glory of God, I'm not sure her explanation as to why was accurate. To be sure, the ark of God had been captured by the Philistines. However, God was angry with Israel and particularly with the house of Eli.
Here is God's accusation of Eli and his family, "Why do you scorn my sacrifice and offering that I prescribed for my dwelling? Why do you honor your sons more than me by fattening yourselves on the choice parts of every offering made by my people Israel?... The time is coming when I will cut short your strength and the strength of your priestly house, so that no one in it will reach old age, and you will see distress in my dwelling. Although good will be done to Israel, no one in your family line will ever reach old age. Every one of you that I do not cut off from serving at my altar I will spare only to destroy your sight and sap your strength, and all your descendants will die in the prime of life." 1 Samuel 2:31-33.
The people of Israel and particularly the religious leaders treated the things of God with contempt.
There may be a message in here for us today...
Anything of the Lord capture your heart from Scripture today? Share what moved you about him from your Bible reading today. I'd love to hear from you!
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"The Glory has departed from Israel, for the ark of God has been captured."
When the wife of Phinehas, the son of the high priest Eli, gave birth, it happened when her husband was killed and the ark was captured by the Philistines. Just as she was dying herself, she named the boy "Ichabod" which means "no glory."
While she was certainly right that Israel had lost the glory of God, I'm not sure her explanation as to why was accurate. To be sure, the ark of God had been captured by the Philistines. However, God was angry with Israel and particularly with the house of Eli.
Here is God's accusation of Eli and his family, "Why do you scorn my sacrifice and offering that I prescribed for my dwelling? Why do you honor your sons more than me by fattening yourselves on the choice parts of every offering made by my people Israel?... The time is coming when I will cut short your strength and the strength of your priestly house, so that no one in it will reach old age, and you will see distress in my dwelling. Although good will be done to Israel, no one in your family line will ever reach old age. Every one of you that I do not cut off from serving at my altar I will spare only to destroy your sight and sap your strength, and all your descendants will die in the prime of life." 1 Samuel 2:31-33.
The people of Israel and particularly the religious leaders treated the things of God with contempt.
There may be a message in here for us today...
Anything of the Lord capture your heart from Scripture today? Share what moved you about him from your Bible reading today. I'd love to hear from you!
If you have someone you would like to receive these ruminations, send me their email address. I'm happy to add them to the list. If you are receiving this and would like to be removed from the list, just respond and let me know.
Trevor Fisk
trevor.fisk@gmail.com
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