46 – The Prophesies Of Hannah For The End Of The Age

NOTE: THE TRANSCRIPT IS NOT EXACTLY LIKE THE RECORDING.

Knowledge and practice of the Kingdom and its Law, the understanding of the history of Israel and the Messiah and the works of the Apostles are not everything we need to enter the Kingdom. Hannah’s attitude and character is as important as these. One without the other is useless.

Hannah is the most important prophetic type for YHVH’s people to study because she symbolizes all the characteristics of those who keep the commandments and have the testimony of Yeshua . Thus, her life is symbolic and prophetic for YHVH’s people of all times, but most specifically for us at the end of the age who desire to enter YHVH’s Kingdom.

1 Samuel 1:3  This man [Elkanah, Hannah’s husband] went up out of his city from year to year to worship and to sacrifice to Yahweh of Armies in Shiloh…

Shiloh was still standing. The “year to year” reference is for the annual Passover Feast. Passover is the only one of the seven which requires the individual involvement in the sacrifice. The head of the household brought the lamb and sacrificed it himself. The other Feasts’ sacrifices were sacrificed and prepared only by the Priesthood.

Elkanah was one of YHVH’s remnant. His worship from year to year in the place of YHVH’s name appears to have fulfilled worshiping YHVH in Spirit and in Truth, according to John 4:23. His obedience to go to the place of YHVH’s name and his gentleness and love toward his family, especially Hannah, demonstrate this. In this way, he personifies YHVH Yeshua’s attitude toward us.

1 Samuel 1:3  …The two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, priests to Yahweh, were there. 

Take note of the two sons of Eli because their failure was pivotal in the loss of the Ark of the Covenant and the tabernacle at Shiloh. Hophni and Phineas were just more corrupt priests in the hundreds of years long corrupt priesthood. We will be told their abominations toward YHVH in the coming chapters.

1 Samuel 1:4  When the day came that Elkanah sacrificed, he gave to Peninnah his wife, and to all her sons and her daughters, portions; 

All members of the family are required to eat the Passover meal.

1 Samuel 1:5  but to Hannah he gave a double portion, for he loved Hannah, but Yahweh had shut up her womb. 

Elkanah’s other reason for giving Hannah a double portion, besides that he loved her, will be explained in the next verse.

The double portion belongs to YHVH’s Firstborn – Israel, and according to Exodus 4:22, Israel is YHVH’s Firstborn. Israel, the remnant Bride which YHVH loves more than the others who call themselves by His name, are those who Yeshua will take with Him into His Kingdom. These are is His covenant people. Hannah symbolizes righteous Israel that will enter in. Her most important attributes are her humility and righteousness. She symbolizes the Righteous Woman of Revelation 12. I will have more on that in a minute.

1 Samuel 1:6  Her [Hannah’s] rival [Peninnah] provoked her [Hannah] severely, to irritate her [Hannah], because Yahweh had shut up her womb. 

We will discover the reason YHVH shut up Hannah’s womb in this teaching but she had no idea why and that she was punished for it by Peninnah, Elkanah’s second wife, was outrageous and disgraceful. This is what religion produces. Arrogance, gloating, pride and wickedness. Religion it will be that produces those who, when they persecute YHVH’s righteous woman, will think they are doing Him a service.

John 16:2  They will put you out of the synagogues. Yes, the time comes that whoever kills you will think that he offers service to God.

Peninnah’s actions were produced from jealousy. The more she pointed out Hannah’s failings to Elkanah and their children (who also probably taunted Hannah), the more she drove Elkanah TO Hannah. 

Hannah would have had much dismay over her barrenness. For women of that time, this was an issue of security first and foremost. It wasn’t even so much about husbandly affection. A husband could divorce his wife after the first year for not bearing a child. A woman divorced because she was barren would be a woman who likely would never marry again. She would never have the security of a home again. And that would have suited Peninnah just fine.

1 Samuel 1:7  As he did so year by year, when she went up to Yahweh’s house. Her rival [Peninnah] provoked her; therefore she [Hannah] wept, and didn’t eat. 

Imagine sitting at the Feast table, the joyous occasion of renewing the annual Passover covenant,  about to eat the sacrificial Passover lamb only to be provoked to tears.

1 Samuel 1:8  Elkanah her husband said to her, “Hannah, why do you weep? Why don’t you eat? Why is your heart grieved? Am I not better to you than ten sons?” 

Her weeping interrupted the seder! This is uncontrollable weeping caused by the evil Peninnah who was likely happy to have caused Hannah such grief. Elkanah was trying to be a peacemaker but instead of asking Hannah to just go ahead and be happy with only himself, he should have scolded Peninnah. He should have stopped her provocations. But he didn’t. He put the burden of handling it all on Hannah.

1 Samuel 1:9  So Hannah rose up after they had finished eating and drinking in Shiloh…

Hannah obeyed her husband and ate the meal with him through her tears. Remember her tears. They are prophetic of great sorrow but also occasion for joy.

1 Samuel 1:9  Now Eli the priest was sitting on his seat by the doorpost of Yahweh’s temple. 

For the first time in scripture, we read the Hebrew word “haykal”, Strong’s H1964, which is “temple” in English, in association with the Tabernacle at Shiloh. The Tabernacle now sat as a permanent structure, not a moveable one. It had been built with block walls. It was a temple. The “mishkan”, the tent of meeting was still made of cloth and animals skins. Solomon’s temple would replace the cloth and animals skins with stone walls.

Hannah’s Prayer Of Anguish

1 Samuel 1:10  She [Hannah] was in bitterness of soul, and prayed to Yahweh, weeping bitterly. 

After eating that meal, Hannah went to pray over the bitterness in her soul and because of this prayer, her life was about to change. But also, this pertains to YHVH’s remnant end times people who will return with weeping. I earlier said I would show you how Hannah’s tears were both prophetic of great sorrow but also occasion for joy. The tears pertain to us in the end of days. 

Jeremiah 31:9  They will come with weeping. I will lead them with petitions. I will cause them to walk by rivers of waters, in a straight way in which they won’t stumble; for I am a father to Israel. Ephraim is my firstborn. 

Jeremiah 50:4  “In those days, and in that time,” says Yahweh, “the children of Israel will come, they and the children of Judah together; they will go on their way weeping, and will seek Yahweh their God. 

Joel 2:12  “Yet even now,” says Yahweh, “turn to me with all your heart, and with fasting, and with weeping, and with mourning.” 

The promise which turns weeping into joy comes from Isaiah.

Isaiah 61:7  Instead of your shame you will have double. Instead of dishonor, they will rejoice in their portion. Therefore in their land, they will possess double. Everlasting joy will be to them. 

Their portion will be like Hannah’s – a double portion.

Isaiah 61:8  “For I, Yahweh, love justice. I hate robbery and iniquity…

Hannah desired the justice which would shut up her enemy, Peninnah. To that end, Hannah finally did something which would bring about the end of her suffering.  

1 Samuel 1:11  She vowed a vow, and said, “Yahweh of Armies, if you will indeed look at the affliction of your servant, and remember me, and not forget your servant, but will give to your servant a boy, then I will give him to Yahweh all the days of his life, and no razor shall come on his head.” 

Those were the words YHVH wanted to hear from Hannah! These are the words YHVH wants to hear from us in the end of days:

Luke 13:35  Behold, your house is left unto you desolate: and verily I say unto you, Ye shall not see me, until the time come when ye shall say, Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord.

Hannah needed to give a son to YHVH for a specific purpose which I will reveal in a minute, and it is the reason YHVH kept her womb barren – desolate.

YHVH’s woman’s womb is still barren – desolate. First of all, the first wife never bore children to Him. Second, the current woman is a Betrothed, she is not yet married. Her covenant is not in place for the entering into the Kingdom with Yeshua.

This is where Hannah’s relationship with YHVH symbolizes what should be our relationship with YHVH in the end of days. First, is our acknowledgement of Him as the highest. Hannah  acknowledged Him as the Commander in Chief, YHVH of Armies, because Israel was in an ongoing war with the Philistines, so “YHVH of Armies” was how Israelites referenced Him. Hannah knew YHVH of Armies personally. She had a personal relationship with Him. Hannah was filled with YHVH’s Holy Spirit. She never fought with Peninnah or sought to do her harm. She did not even defend herself against Peninnah.

Second, she called herself YHVH’s servant, another indicator of her personal status with YHVH. When she, or we, call ourselves YHVH’s servant, it is submission to His will. Her request was for a son whom she could give back to YHVH for His service, and this son would be a Nazirite from birth. Hannah would give a freewill offering of her Firstborn son without YHVH asking as He had done with Manoah’s wife, Samson’s mother. We are to give the freewill offering of ourselves as YHVH’s servants. Our reward will be the birth of a son for the Kingdom (Revelation 12:5).

Allow me to also point out that the Septuagint in this verse mentions her son will not drink wine.

1 Samuel 1:11  And she vowed a vow to the Lord, saying, O Lord God of Sabaoth, if thou welt indeed look upon the humiliation of thine handmaid, and remember me, and give to thine handmaid a man-child, then will I indeed dedicate him to thee till the day of his death; and he shall drink no wine nor strong drink, and no razor shall come upon his head. The Masoretic text from which the KJV is translated is incomplete.

1 Samuel 1:12  As she continued praying before Yahweh, Eli saw her mouth.
1 Samuel 1:13  Now Hannah spoke in her heart. Only her lips moved, but her voice was not heard. Therefore Eli thought she was drunk.
1 Samuel 1:14  Eli said to her, “How long will you be drunk? Get rid of your wine!” 

Eli’s rebuke is a hint to us of the corruption and winebibbing that went on at Shiloh. The wicked often show up for the Feast along with the righteous.

1 Samuel 1:15  Hannah answered, “No, my lord, I am a woman of a sorrowful spirit. I have not been drinking wine or strong drink, but I poured out my soul before Yahweh. 

The Feasts of YHVH had become occasions to drunkenness and who knows what else. Eli’s own sons frolicked with women at Shiloh and perhaps they, too, also drank too much.

1 Samuel 1:16  Don’t consider your servant a wicked woman; for I have been speaking out of the abundance of my complaint and my provocation.”
1 Samuel 1:17  Then Eli answered, “Go in peace; and may the God of Israel grant your petition that you have asked of him.” 

Eli must have been relieved that here was someone who was actually praying and not drunk! And he agreed that YHVH should grant Hannah’s request.

1 Samuel 1:18  She said, “Let your servant find favor in your sight.” So the woman went her way, and ate; and her facial expression wasn’t sad any more. 

After being wrongfully scolded by High Priest Eli, Hannah makes herself known to him with her gracious departure. She wanted him to remember her. It was a sign of faith that her prayer would be answered and she would return with her son in tow which Eli would necessarily have to accept for service in the temple.

She also changed her facial expression knowing full well YHVH had heard her prayer. It may be that she took Eli’s blessing as the sign from YHVH of Armies that she would bear a son.

1 Samuel 1:19  They rose up in the morning early, and worshiped before Yahweh, and returned, and came to their house to Ramah. Then Elkanah knew Hannah his wife; and Yahweh remembered her. 

The change in Hannah’s demeanor would have been perplexing to Peninnah. But a relief to Elkanah. Can you imagine the joy between Elkanah and Hannah when she announced her pregnancy?

The human gestation period is 40 weeks. Does that number ring a bell? Can you see what I am saying? Does it feel like a prophetic picture of the gestation period of YHVH’s Revelation 12 Woman? She will weep and travail for just 2 weeks short of the 42 months of Tribulation.

1 Samuel 1:20  When the time had come, Hannah conceived, and bore a son; and she named him Samuel, saying, “Because I have asked him of Yahweh.”

Now what does Peninnah have to brag about? Now what can she say to or about Hannah? Hannah has now been vindicated. She has had justice done for her by YHVH. Her persecutor would no longer persecute her. YHVH’s Revelation 12 Woman will have the same experience. Although persecuted heavily by the religious folk, the Peninnahs of that time, the Revelation 12 woman will get justice from YHVH. She will bear the Kingdom a son after which the religious people of the world won’t have any reason to continue the punishment.

However, unlike Hannah who just went home, the Revelation 12 woman will have to flee to the wilderness because she will realize her home is not in the scatterings around the earth. She will gather in the wilderness so her Groom can come to take her to her home.

Samuel’s name means God heard Hannah’s prayer.

H8050
שׁמוּאל
shemû’êl
shem-oo-ale’

From the passive participle of H8085 and H410; heard of God; Shemuel, the name of three Israelites: – Samuel, Shemuel.

Shemuel is a combination of ‘shama’, Strong’s 8085, and ‘el’, Strong’s H410.

H8085
שׁמע
shâma‛
shaw-mah’

A primitive root; to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively to tell, etc.): –  X attentively, call (gather) together, X carefully, X certainly, consent, consider, be content, declare, X diligently, discern, give ear, (cause to, let, make to) hear (-ken, tell), X indeed, listen, make (a) noise, (be) obedient, obey, perceive, (make a) proclaim (-ation), publish, regard, report, shew (forth), (make a) sound, X surely, tell, understand, whosoever [heareth], witness.

H410
אל
‘êl
ale

Shortened from H352; strength; as adjective mighty; especially the Almighty (but used also of any deity): – God (god), X goodly, X great, idol, might (-y one), power, strong. Compare names in “-el.”

So Samuel’s name is the ‘shama’ of ‘el’, God. Samuel would spend his entire life listening to YHVH just as YHVH had listened to Hannah. That would become Samuel’s hallmark as a Judge and prophet; that he heard from YHVH and YHVH heard from him.

Samuel was not just a Judge of Israel. He was the forerunner and anointer of King David. John the Baptist, though his ministry was short, was the forerunner of Yeshua 2,000 years ago.

Samuel was not the last Judge of Israel. There were others in his time including his sons but he was the last Judge before the King period began.

Do you want to know how important Hannah is to YHVH’s Kingdom? I said earlier there was a reason that YHVH closed Hannah’s womb. He had a specific purpose in mind which He could only get by allowing her to suffer. In the end of days, YHVH has a specific purpose in mind and He will have His Betrothed to suffer like Hannah. Their sons will bring forth the Kingdom. Had Hannah not travailed, there would not have been anyone qualified to anoint David! How would we have a promise of a Messiah to rule and reign on earth without David and the covenant made with him by YHVH?

1 Samuel 1:21  The man Elkanah, and all his house, went up to offer to Yahweh the yearly sacrifice, and his vow.
1 Samuel 1:22  But Hannah didn’t go up; for she said to her husband, “Not until the child is weaned; then I will bring him, that he may appear before Yahweh, and stay there forever.” 

Men are required to appear before YHVH and they are to take their entire household with them but it exceptions can be made for women. Hannah took the Feast times to be alone with Samuel, to enjoy him as much as she could, before having to take him to the temple for YHVH’s service to fulfill her vow.

1 Samuel 1:23  Elkanah her husband said to her, “Do what seems good to you. Wait until you have weaned him; only may Yahweh establish his word.” So the woman waited and nursed her son, until she weaned him. 

Hannah delayed giving Samuel to the temple by Elkanah’s permission. It would have been last Passover when she prayed. She became pregnant and bore Samuel within that year. He is now only months old and unable to eat solid food or walk. He was not even yet a toddler.

It is unknown when weaning age was in the Bible. It is thought that Samuel was under 5 years old, perhaps as young as 2 years, when Hannah took him to Eli. I will show you why I think Samuel was 2 years old when he went to stay with Eli.

1 Samuel 1:24  When she had weaned him, she took him up with her, with three bulls…

Hannah took 3 bulls to the temple. One was for a thanksgiving offering. The other 2 were for YHVH as a gift to make up for the 2 years she kept Samuel with her.

1 Samuel 1:24  …and one ephah of meal, and a container of wine, and brought him to Yahweh’s house in Shiloh. The child was young.
1 Samuel 1:25  They killed the bull, and brought the child to Eli.
1 Samuel 1:26  She said, “Oh, my lord, as your soul lives, my lord, I am the woman who stood by you here, praying to Yahweh. 

She caused Eli to remember her.

1 Samuel 1:27  I prayed for this child; and Yahweh has given me my petition which I asked of him. 

And she caused Eli to remember that he had agreed that YHVh should grant her what she was praying for.

1 Samuel 1:28  Therefore I have also given him to Yahweh. As long as he lives he is given to Yahweh.” He worshiped Yahweh there. 

Let me take you to another scripture:

Revelation 12:1  A great sign was seen in heaven: a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and on her head a crown of twelve stars.
Revelation 12:2  She was with child. She cried out in pain, laboring to give birth.
Revelation 12:3  Another sign was seen in heaven. Behold, a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and on his heads seven crowns.
Revelation 12:4  His tail drew one third of the stars of the sky, and threw them to the earth. The dragon stood before the woman who was about to give birth, so that when she gave birth he might devour her child.
Revelation 12:5  She gave birth to a son, a male child, who is to rule all the nations with a rod of iron. Her child was caught up to God, and to his throne. 

Hannah’s son was delivered to YHVH’s temple in Shiloh. The Revelation 12 Woman’s son was delivered to the temple in Heaven.

How did Hannah finally arrive at praying the way she did? She got into travail over her place in Elkanah’s household which was marred by her barrenness. She asked for a son to give back to YHVH. The end times Woman will travail for her son that will be caught up to Heaven. 

Our travail will come to us like Hannah’s came to her: through persecution. But after the travail comes rejoicing.