CHAPTER 4 A UNITED KINGDOM 1 2 SAMUEL 1 2 KINGS

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CHAPTER 4A UNITED KINGDOM12 SAMUEL 12 KINGS

• WHAT IS AN ORACLE?
• MESSAGES FROM GOD THAT CONTAIN WARNINGS AND
  PROMISES !

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WHO WAS SAMUEL?

• HE WAS A PROPHET AND JUDGE IN ISRAEL
• HE HAD AUTHORITY TO APPOINT A KING IN ISRAEL
• HE OPPOSED A KING RULING ISRAEL
• HE WANTED A THEOCRACY
• A NATION RULED BY GOD!
• HIS MOTHER HANNAHMADE A VOW TO GOD TO OFFER
  HER SON AS A CONSECRATED PERSON!

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MONARCHY and DYNASTYIN ISRAEL

• 1ST KING---SAUL--- APPOINTED BY SAMUEL
• 2ND KING---DAVID--- APPOINTED BY SAMUEL
• 3RD KING---SOLOMON---SON OF DAVID

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KING SAUL

• TRAGIC SHORT REIGN THAT ENDED WITH SAUL KILLING
  HIMSELF.
• DAVID MARRIED SAULS DAUGHTER MICHAL

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KING DAVID

• RULED UNITED ISRAEL FOR 40 YEARS.
• HE BROUGHT THE ARK OF THE COVENANT INTO THE
  CITY OF JERUSALEM.
• JERUSALEM WAS CALLEDTHE CITY OF DAVID

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KING SOLOMON

• SON OF DAVID and BATHSHEBA
• BUILT A GREAT TEMPLE TO HOUSE THE ARK OF THE
  COVENANT.
• ASKED GOD FOR THE GIFT OF WISDOM AND RECEIVED IT
  BECAUSE GOD WAS PLEASED BY HIS REQUEST.
• HIS SON REHOBOAM SUCCEEDED HIM WHEN HE DIED.

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ANOINTED ONE

• EACH KING OF ISRAEL WAS A MASHIAH OR
  ANOINTED ONE
• FROM MASHIAH WE GET MESSIAH
• GREEK WORD FOR ANOINTED ONE IS
• CHRISTOS
• JESUS IS THECHRISTOS ORCHRIST
• JESUS IS THE ANOINTED ONE