But God had a special purpose in this for His special nation, Israel. Now go and attack Amalek: God could have judged Amalek directly as He did the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah. The hundreds of years of hardened unrepentant hearts made them guiltier, not less guilty.Ĭ. In fact, it was time that the Amalekites were mercifully given as an opportunity to repent and they did not repent. Only the blood of Jesus Christ can erase sin, not time. But before God, time cannot atone for sin. Among men, time should erase sin and the years should make us more forgiving to one another. Though this happened more than 400 years before, God still held it against the Amalekites because time does not erase sin before God. God hates it when the strong take cruel advantage over the weak, especially when the weak are His people. They did this for no reasons except violence and greed. When the nation was weak and vulnerable the Amalekites attacked the weakest and most vulnerable of the nation (Deuteronomy 25:18). The Amalekites committed a terrible sin against Israel. Hundreds of years before, the LORD said He would bring this kind of judgment against Amalek: Then the LORD said to Moses, “Write this for a memorial in the book and recount it in the hearing of Joshua, that I will utterly blot out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven.” And Moses built an altar and called its name, The-LORD-Is-My-Banner for he said, “Because the LORD has sworn: the LORD will have war with Amalek from generation to generation” (Exodus 17:14-16). Centuries before this the Amalekites were the first people to attack Israel after their escape from Egypt (Exodus 17). How he ambushed him on the way when he came up from Egypt: This explains why the Amalekites should be judged so completely. The idea of total, complete judgment is certainly stressed.ī. Utterly destroy: This Hebrew verb ( heherim) is used seven times in this account. God clearly told Samuel to tell Saul to bring a total judgment against the Amalekites. utterly destroy all that they have, and do not spare them. The message was clear: punish Amalek for what he did to Israel…. Samuel also said to Saul: This was a message from the spiritual leader of Israel to the political and military leader of Israel. But kill both man and woman, infant and nursing child, ox and sheep, camel and donkey.’”Ī. Now go and attack Amalek, and utterly destroy all that they have, and do not spare them.
Thus says the LORD of hosts: ‘I will punish Amalek for what he did to Israel, how he ambushed him on the way when he came up from Egypt. Now therefore, heed the voice of the words of the LORD. Samuel also said to Saul, “The LORD sent me to anoint you king over His people, over Israel. (1-3) A clear, radical command: destroy Amalek. Send us feedback.1 Samuel 15 – God Rejects Saul as King A. These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'bewildered.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. 2022 Come to think of it, the Road & Track editors were a bit bewildered too. Rachel Swan, San Francisco Chronicle, 10 Feb.
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