ESTABLISHMENT OF THE KINGDOM

Then Samuel, with the horn of oil in hand,

anointed him in the midset of his brothers; and
from that day on,the spirit of the Lord rushed
upon David.(1 Sam 16:13)
Does the Lord so delight in holacaust and
sacrifices as in obedience to the command
of the Lord? Obedience is better than
sacrifice,and submission than the fat of
rams(1 Sam. 15:22)
ROLE OF SAMUEL
God wills that we depend on him and that we follow his way, but there
are times when we insist on doing things our way. This destroys our
relationship with God and others and often brings misery to others and
ourselves as well.

The chapter on establishment of the Monarchy describes how God chose Saul
as the first king of monarchy and how Saul failed to live up to it.
God chose Samuel to pave the way for the establishment of the kingdom of
Israel and Judah. Samuel's mission was to look for the king who would rule
over the tribes of Israel. Samuel was a judge able to
deliver Israel from impending foreign threat.
He was also a seer or a wise man of God consulted by the people when they
faced problem (1 Sam. 9). With the growing religious problems in Israel,
Samuel acted as the spiritual leader of the people.
He acted as spokesperson by delivering God’s message (1
Sam 8)and constantly reminding the people of their
covenant with Yahweh (1 Sam 7:3).
Samuel was the faithful prophet of the Lord (1 Sam 7:3) to
whom the Lord revealed himself and the word of Samuel
came to pass to all Israel.(1 Sam 3:21)
NEED FOR A KING
 Israel faced problems, both from within and from outside the country. The danger
within Israel that threatened the religious life of the people was infidelity to their
convenant with Yahweh. In their worship of Yahweh they adopted pagan rituals of
the Canaanite worship of the God, Baal.

The problem from outside the country was the imminent danger that the Philistines
would take over their land. The Philistines had been a threat to the Israelites since the
time of Samson. As the time went on the Philistines became bolder and better
prepared for battle. When the Philistines were fully ready, they waged war againts
the Israelites and defeated them (1 Sam. 4:1-3).
Besides losing the battle against the Philistines, Israel suffered a greater loss in
the capture of the Ark of the Covenant by the Philistines. The Ark was uniquely
valuable for the Israelites because, aside from the tablets of the Ten
Commandments that it contained, the people believed that Yahweh was so
invisibly enthroned in a special way in the Ark that they addressed it at times as
Lord. The Philistines captured the Ark and put it in their temple, Ashdod,
beside their God, Dragon (1 Sam 5:1-2).
For the Istraelites it was a sacrilege to threat the Ark of the Covenant in the same
way as the false of God the Philistines. Without the Ark of the Covenant in Shiloh,
the Israelites felt lost and abandoned. '' Gone is the glory from Israel because the ark
of God had been captured'' (1 Sam 4:22).
But plagues began to strike the Philistines throughout their land. After seven months the
Israelites were allowed to retrieve the Ark from the Philistines and they rejoiced with the
return of the Ark. Samuel taught the people a lesson of this incident. "If you wish with
your whole heart to return to the Lord, put away your foreign gods and devote yourselves
to the Lord, and worship him alone. Then he will deliver you from the power of the
Philistines" (1 Sam 7:3).
“We have sinned against the Lord”(1 Sam 7:6)
With the continuing power of the Philistines, and many Israelites drifting away
from faith, it was inevitable that Israel would seek a king who could unite the
twelve tribes into one nation and make them like other nations (1 Sam 8:5). Israel
begged Samuel for a king. But Samuel, a God-fearing and just man, rejected the
idea of an earthly king. For him God was the only king, a king who fought the
battles against Israel’s enemies.
 REQUEST FOR A KING

Samuel delivered the Lord’s warning that an earthly king would entice the people
away from God and would lead them to put their trust in military heroes and war
chariots. Such a king would become like the kings of other nations, who tax and
confiscate all the property of the people, take their sons for military service and
their daughters to serve in their palaces and make the people their slaves (1 Sam.
8:10-12).
But Samuel finally consented to the people’s request, though he stressed that
God must remain their only true king. Their earthly king must not commit the
same errors as foreign kings. The king of the tribes of Israel was to be God’s
instrument through whom God would work out his ultimate plan of salvation
and deliverance.
ANOINTING OF SAUL
God revealed the king of Israel to Samuel. You would be the leader of his
people and would protect them from their foreign oppressors. "At this time
tomorrow I will send you a man from the Land of Benjamin whom you are to
anoint as commander of my people Israel. He shall save my people from the
clutches of the Philistines, for i have witness their misery and accepted their
cry of help" (1 Sam. 9:16). This man who would be the first king of Israel
was Saul. Samuel anointed him.
Samuel poured oil on Saul's head saying. "The Lord
has anointed your commander over his heritage. You
are to govern the Lord's people Israel, and to save
them from the grass of their enemies round about" (1
Sam. 10:1). He admonished Saul and the people to
remain faithful to the laws of God (1 Sam. 12:13-16)
 RISE AND FALL OF SAUL

Saul, at the beginning of his reign, showed willingness to obey Samuel and to
have Samuel’s approval. He also possessed the divine charisma when the spirit
of the Lord rushed upon him and enabled him to deliver the Israelites from their
enemies. The people liked him because he was a great warrior who protected the
Israelites from the Ammonites (1 Sam. 11:1-11) and won a number of battles
against the Philistines.
However, Saul's success made him proud and he began to follow his own ways.
Deliberately rejecting God, as the one true God, Saul did not carry out God's laws in his
actions. He did not seek God's inspira tion in making decisions and in his actions, and
did not judge according to the will of God. Rather, Saul became an ambitious self-
centered man who did things his own way. He wanted to please himself more than God.
As a result the Lord regretted making Saul king, for Saul failed to keep the
commandments of the Lord (1 Sam. 15:10-11).

“I regret having made Saul king, for he has turned from me and has not kept my
command” (1 Sam. 15:10-11). Samuel, too, withdrew his support from Saul.
God then instructed Samuel to look for the next king of Israel. He was told to go to
the family of Jesse of Bethlehem. Samuel con fronted each of Jesse's grown-up sons
but God chose none. Samuel asked Jesse if he had any other son. David the youngest,
a shepherd boy, was called from the fields. Samuel anointed David as king, the son
whose internal spirit pleased God.

Samuel, with the horn of oil in hand, anointed him (David) in the midst of his brothers
and from that day on, the spirit of the Lord rushed upon David (1 Sam. 16:13).
SAUL AND DAVID
The Lord was displeased with Saul, so the spirit of the Lord departed from him and an
evil spirit troubled him.
Saul became fond of David and made him his armor bearer .(1 Sam.16:21).

Goliath,a philistine of monstrous size, challenge the Israelite warriors to a fight.

David a simple shepherd boy armed only with a slingshot accepted the challenge of
Goliath.

After a battle against the Philistines, the women of Israel greeted Saul and David with
their song “saul has slain his thousands and David his ten thousands” (1 Sam . 18:7)

In spite of Saul’s jealousy , however a deep friendship developed between Saul’s son,
Jonathan, and David (1 Sam,18:3).
When Jonathan learned of his father’s evil plot to kill David,he advised his friend to leave
in order to avoid Saul’s wrath
Saul tried one last time to defeat the Philistines,but his forces were overcome.
“Women of Israel,weep over saul,who clothed you in scarlet and in finery,who decked
your attire with ornaments of gold.
More precious have I held love for you than love for women” (2 Sam, 1:24,26).
INTEGRATION
 DOCTRINE

The Lord is the true God, the creator and source of

all things on whom the world depends for its
existence and well-being. God cares, loves and
constantly protects each one of us.

We are his creatures, called to share his love as

adopted sons and daughters in Jesus Christ. This is
our true nature as formed in his image and likeness.
 MORALS

As adopted sons and daughters of God in Jesus Christ we are called to freely
acknowledge our dependents on him ang to follow his will being our creator he
knows what is best for us.

Sin is doing what we want againts our authentic good the

good of others and the will of God.

We sin when we follow our selfish desires and passions not are
what God wills for us.
God will us to grow mature responsible person dedicated to serve others when we
reject Gods will we bring suffering of our selves and on others some of our
suffering are direct consequences of the sinful acts we have done.

However through the empowering love of spirit the Lord continues to love us
and to inspire us to respond to his call of conversion and transformation.

Acknowledging God’s tremendous love helps to strengthen us and lead us

back to the path of an authentic moral life in the spirit of service to others.
 WORSHIP

When we follow our private interests rather than those of the Lord,we destroy our
relationship with him and with our neighbor.

Repentance is the sign that we acknowledge our need to be reconciled to God and
others.When we approach the Sacrament of Reconciliation,we recieve God's
forgiveness and at the same time we are recinciled with the Church community
that we have also offended with out sins.
Psalm 32 is the prayer of thanksgiving of a repentant sinner for his experience
of God's forgiveness after the confession of sins.”Then I declared my sin to
you; my guilt I did not hide.I said, ‘I confess my faults to the Lord and you
took away the guilt to my sin” (Ps. 32:5).

The Lord forgives all our sins and calls us to lead a life of holiness.True repentance
includes a firm decision not to fall back into our evil and sinful ways and to relate
as sons and daughters to our heavenly Father and brothers and sisters to one
another, and thus grow in maturity as loving Christians.
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