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There is much more to Saul’s distress than merely that he was being tormented or that YHVH was using this spirit to bring the man to repentance. It wasn’t only that YHVH sent a ‘ra’ah’ spirit to Saul but doing so had a purpose. The reign of David was part of that purpose.

There is much more to Saul’s distress than merely that he was being tormented or that YHVH was using this spirit to bring the man to repentance. It wasn’t only that YHVH sent a ‘ra’ah’ spirit to Saul but doing so had a purpose. The reign of David was part of that purpose.

David will now be introduced into Israel’s story. The contrast between him and Saul will be stunning, being exact opposites of each other. One obedient, the other rebellious. One repentant after committing sin; the other unrepentant. One a servant, the other wanting to be served. One gracious, the other malicious.

Did you know YHVH is merciful to His people? Did you know He is in the business of trying to have a relationship with each of us, and that when we mess up, He comes looking for us, to give us another chance? He did that for Saul, too. After Saul’s second failure, Israel will also now get a merciful second chance to have a righteous King through Saul’s replacement, David. But there will be a struggle to get to that glorious Kingdom. God willing, we will study that struggle next.

Saul, now the first King of Israel, will not become a dynastic King because he usurped YHVH’s place as the Sovereign of Israel by inadvertently doing what a King-Priest, a Melchizedek, would do – offering a sacrifice to finish his coronation, crowning himself.

Saul missed the opportunity to have his Kingly lineage established by taking control of the situation instead of letting YHVH be in control. This is a warning for the rest of us.

This is the first of 2 parts explaining why Saul failed to receive the Kingdom; why God ripped it away from him. There is more behind this than scholars tell you, and it shows us more about what to expect from the coming son of perdition!

The revealing of Saul was an important prophecy because the son of perdition will be revealed in the end of days and Saul’s anointing shows us what to look for when the Antichrist is revealed.