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1 | God's role at Endor | 1 Sam 28:12 | freddie36 | 182832 | ||
The episode about the witch at Endor is peculiar to me for a couple of reasons. One is that when Saul sought the Lord’s guidance (vs. 5-6) God provided none. Yet when he went to the Medium God allowed Samuel to appear to him. Why would God use this means of communicating with Saul? When Saul tried the right ways God didn’t respond, yet when he uses the forbidden way he gets a response – it makes little sense. Ultimately, do these necromancers actually have a real ability to contact the dead, or should we see this episode as a one off example where God allowed his prophet to communicate from beyond the grave for a particular purpose (still leaving me with the question if he was going to communicate with Saul, why use this method and not the more conventional ways Saul had tried before). |
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2 | God's role at Endor | 1 Sam 28:12 | DocTrinsograce | 182848 | ||
Hi, Freddie... This topic is much discussed on the forum. Rather than bring out the whole debate again, please check out the search option. I imagine just about anything that could be said about it has been said about it here. In Him, Doc |
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3 | God's motives at Endor | 1 Sam 28:12 | freddie36 | 182868 | ||
I did look through the archive before I asked the question, but my question is a bit different from what was already posted. My concern is with God's motives. It seems that most agree that God was responsible for allowing some vision of Samuel to appeal to Saul. What I don't get is why God would do this after he refused to speak to Saul when he was using non-sinful methods to consult Him. | ||||||
4 | God's motives at Endor | 1 Sam 28:12 | mark d seyler | 182872 | ||
Hi Freddie, I don't think that we can know the reason why God allowed Samuel to speak to Saul. Saul had been asking for guidance, and Samuel did not give Saul guidance. Samuel simply pronounced God's judgment against Saul, but did not comply with Saul's request. So it's not like Saul was able to receive guidance through a medium while he couldn't on his own, but God did allow Samuel to come to him for the purpose of rebuke. Why? I don't know. I hope this helps anyway! Love in Christ, mark |
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