Category Archives: Did the Old Testament Greats Understand God’s Plan?

Recap Part 44: Samuel, a servant of the Lord, and a prophet, served faithfully from birth till death. This man was a perfect example of what a Christian should do or how a Christian should serve throughout his/her life. How beautiful and fulfilling such a life might be. Knowing with certainty that you are heard […]

Recap Part 43: Nathan shares with David a story of a man that is mistreated. David, in an outrage, demands to know the man so he can be put to death. Nathan informs David that he is the man that has done evil in the sight of the Lord. David repented of this sin but […]

Part 42 Recap: David Sees a beautiful woman bathing from his rooftop and desires her. He calls her to him and sleeps with her. She later becomes pregnant by him. Uriah the woman’s husband comes home from war and will not go home to lay with her, so David sends him into the hottest battle […]

Recap Part 41: King David desires a house for the Lord, but is commanded: “I will set up thy seed after thee, which shall proceed out of thy bowels, and I will establish his kingdom. He shall build an house for my name, and I will stablish the throne of his kingdom for ever. I […]

Recap Part 40: “And David and all the house of Israel played before the Lord on all manner of instruments made of fir wood, even on harps, and on psalteries, and on timbrels, and on cornets, and on cymbals” (2 Samuel 6:5). “And David danced before the Lord with all his might; and David was […]

Recap of Part 39: We left off with Nabal, David’s servant, not giving David the respect he deserved and almost paying the ultimate price for it. “And David said to Abigail, Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, which sent thee this day to meet me: And blessed be thy advice, and blessed be thou, […]

Recap of Part 38: David prevailed over the Philistine with a sling and with a stone, and smote the Philistine, and slew him; but there was no sword in the hand of David. Therefore David ran, and stood upon the Philistine, and took his sword, and drew it out of the sheath thereof, and slew […]

Recap Part 37: “And the Lord said unto Samuel, Hearken unto the voice of the people in all that they say unto thee: for they have not rejected thee, but they have rejected me, that I should not reign over them” (1 Samuel 8:7). Samuel gives Israel their requested king; Saul. Saul fails God and […]

Recap Part 36: The Lord allowed Jephthah success. He defeated Ammon. “And he smote them from Aroer, even till thou come to Minnith, even twenty cities, and unto the plain of the vineyards, with a very great slaughter. Thus the children of Ammon were subdued before the children of Israel” (Judges 11:33). When Jephthah returned […]

Part 35 recap: Samson’s faith defeated the Philistines and aligned himself with God. He had ups and downs throughout his life, but in the end, he knew that God was most important to him. God also had a plan for Samson, he knew he would have a heart toward a Philistine woman, and he allowed […]