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[3195.52 --> 3197.80] which takes place hundreds of years |
[3197.80 --> 3201.12] before the prophet Isaiah ever wrote Isaiah. |
[3203.82 --> 3207.30] It tells us how a prophet Samuel is told by God |
[3207.30 --> 3209.36] that a man named Saul will be king. |
[3209.92 --> 3211.18] And as part of being king, |
[3211.32 --> 3212.80] he goes through a series of events |
[3212.80 --> 3214.80] like what happens in Isaiah 42. |
[3214.80 --> 3218.48] And it's one of the passages that would set up the Israelites |
[3218.48 --> 3221.44] for believing in judgment rather than justice |
[3221.44 --> 3223.86] given to all nations. |
[3224.50 --> 3226.54] 1 Samuel 9, 15 to 17, |
[3226.82 --> 3230.16] God introduces Saul to Samuel, the prophet. |
[3230.34 --> 3231.34] And this is what we read. |
[3232.20 --> 3234.32] Now, the day before Saul came, |
[3234.52 --> 3236.50] the Lord had revealed this to Samuel. |
[3236.50 --> 3238.54] About this time tomorrow, |
[3238.96 --> 3241.46] I will send you a man from the land of Benjamin. |
[3242.28 --> 3244.34] Anoint him ruler over my people Israel. |
[3244.54 --> 3247.02] He will deliver them from the hand of the Philistines. |
[3247.72 --> 3248.90] I have looked on my people, |
[3249.08 --> 3250.58] for their cry has reached me. |
[3251.50 --> 3253.64] When Samuel caught sight of Saul, |
[3253.78 --> 3254.62] the Lord said to him, |
[3254.74 --> 3256.78] this is the man I spoke to you about. |
[3257.24 --> 3258.84] He will govern my people. |
[3258.84 --> 3263.22] And so the prophet Isaiah is told by God |
[3263.22 --> 3266.34] that he will send someone whom God has chosen, |
[3266.62 --> 3267.94] and this person will bring justice |
[3267.94 --> 3269.54] and save God's people. |
[3270.14 --> 3271.76] And in the case of 1 Samuel, |
[3271.90 --> 3273.34] the prophet Samuel is told |
[3273.34 --> 3275.32] about a person whom God has chosen, |
[3275.68 --> 3277.12] and he will rule God's people. |
[3278.48 --> 3279.90] The next point of similarity |
[3279.90 --> 3282.72] is that the Lord will pour out his spirit |
[3282.72 --> 3284.68] on his servant in Isaiah 42, |
[3284.68 --> 3287.14] and he will bring justice to the nations |
[3287.14 --> 3290.14] in verse 1 of Isaiah 42. |
[3290.64 --> 3291.34] And in two places, |
[3291.48 --> 3292.86] this happens to Saul. |
[3293.82 --> 3296.28] 1 Samuel 10, 10 says, |
[3296.74 --> 3298.82] when he and his servant arrived at Gibeah, |
[3299.22 --> 3300.64] a procession of prophets met him, |
[3300.78 --> 3303.12] and the spirit of God came powerfully upon him, |
[3303.44 --> 3305.28] and he joined them in their prophesying. |
[3306.86 --> 3309.98] And later, after Saul had been inaugurated publicly |
[3309.98 --> 3313.04] as king before the prophet in chapter 10, |
[3313.04 --> 3315.20] there is an invasion of Ammonites |
[3315.20 --> 3318.56] who are led by a king named Nachash, |
[3318.94 --> 3320.90] whose name means serpent. |
[3321.82 --> 3322.98] Now, a quick notice. |
[3323.40 --> 3324.86] The name truly does mean serpent, |
[3325.30 --> 3327.90] but I'm going to say snake from now on |
[3327.90 --> 3329.20] for the rest of the sermon, |
[3329.44 --> 3332.30] because I mixed up saying serpent and servant |
[3332.30 --> 3334.94] too many times practicing with Kevin and Chris, |
[3335.12 --> 3337.82] and I accidentally called Jesus the serpent of God, |
[3337.88 --> 3339.38] which is not true. |
[3339.38 --> 3343.62] And so, we will be saying snake today, |
[3343.90 --> 3345.92] but for the note takers, serpent. |
[3348.08 --> 3350.06] And that's going to come important later on. |
[3350.86 --> 3351.56] Back to Saul. |
[3352.44 --> 3354.06] When Saul hears of this evasion |
[3354.06 --> 3356.32] as the now king of Israel, |
[3357.84 --> 3360.24] it states in 1 Samuel 11, 6, |
[3360.48 --> 3362.10] when Saul heard their words, |
[3362.34 --> 3364.44] the spirit of God powerfully came upon him, |
[3364.68 --> 3366.26] and he burned with anger. |
[3366.26 --> 3369.26] Saul then goes on to fight Nachash, |
[3370.00 --> 3372.02] and this is what happens in chapter 11, verse 11. |
[3372.74 --> 3374.66] The next day, Saul separated his men |
[3374.66 --> 3375.68] into three divisions. |
[3376.44 --> 3377.80] During the last watch of the night, |
[3377.90 --> 3379.42] they broke into the camp of the Ammonites |
[3379.42 --> 3381.46] and slaughtered them all |
[3381.46 --> 3383.18] until the heat of the day. |
[3383.92 --> 3385.56] Those who survived were scattered |
[3385.56 --> 3387.94] so that no two of them were left together. |
[3390.48 --> 3393.42] You can see how their expectations could be shaped. |
[3393.42 --> 3396.84] This is a pattern set by the writing of 1 Samuel |
[3396.84 --> 3398.96] that God in the prophecy of Isaiah |
[3398.96 --> 3400.68] is using to tell Israel |
[3400.68 --> 3402.90] about the servant of the Lord |
[3402.90 --> 3406.54] and how he will arrive like the king Saul. |
[3407.66 --> 3411.20] And so, when Israel expects a warrior |
[3411.20 --> 3413.54] who will come and slaughter their oppressors, |
[3414.24 --> 3415.58] first the Babylonians, |
[3415.78 --> 3416.94] when Isaiah is writing this, |
[3417.04 --> 3418.02] and then later the Greeks, |
[3418.12 --> 3420.08] and then the Romans when Jesus arrives, |
[3420.08 --> 3425.18] and do it in the same manner as the Ammonites, |
[3425.52 --> 3427.16] their expectations, though wrong, |
[3427.96 --> 3429.30] are not unfounded. |
[3430.64 --> 3432.26] But with that idea in mind, |
[3432.76 --> 3434.86] the contrasting character of this servant |
[3434.86 --> 3437.12] in comparison with Saul's character, |
[3438.12 --> 3440.48] specifically Saul's character later on in his life, |
[3440.52 --> 3441.10] is shocking. |
[3441.94 --> 3443.58] These two men are nothing alike. |
[3444.60 --> 3446.94] What does Isaiah say about the servant of the Lord? |
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