Lanterna Rally

Author: W. Harris

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2018-01-21

Total Pages: 452

ISBN-13: 9780483543294

Excerpt from Homiletical Commentary: On the Books of Samuel But the compiler doubts Whether we have sufficient data at present for Settling the question. The history contained in the Book Of Samuel is the history of a great epoch in the history of the Jewish nation, and consequently of an epoch in the history Of the kingdom Of God upon the earth. In the language of Dr. Erdman, one of the authors of Dr. Lange's Commentary The theocracy was extri cated by Samuel's labours from the deep decline pictured in the first book, and in the Book of Judges, and under the guidance Of God was led by this great reformer into a new path of development. Without, under Samuel and the royal rule introduced by him, political freedom and independence of heathen powers were gradually achieved, and within, the internal theocratic covenant-relation between the people of Israel and their God was renewed and extended on the basis of the restored unity and order of political and national life by the union of the prophetic and royal oflices From the beginning of our books we see the great theocratic significance of the prophetic order in the history Of the kingdom of Israel; in the first place, as the organ of the Divine Spirit, and the medium of the Divine guidance and control. Samuel appears here as the true founder of the Old Testament prophetic order as a permanent public power alongside of the priesthood and the kingly office. Wordsworth says, The Book of Samuel occupies an unique place, and has a special value and interest, as revealing the kingdom of Christ. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.