What are the lessons behind the design and function of the seven-branched lampstand, called the menorah, that was in His tabernacle/temple and shown in the book of Revelation?
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https://hallel.info/wp-content/uploads/file/080920%201st%20Samuel%202.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 56:33 — )Subscribe: RSSMuch of 1st Samuel 2 contains Hannah’s prayer of praise to God. Then we hear about high priest Eli’s wicked sons and how their actions made people despise following God’s instructions. A prophet comes to Eli and gives God’s message that his priestly line […]
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1st Samuel 1
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The Book of Judges comes to an end with the seemingly bizarre account of Israel ganging up on an entire tribe of countrymen and women for the egregious acts of one town. Because the account, chronologically, fits with the events at the beginning of the book, this account is a fitting bookend to set up the spiritual drift detailed in the following historical books.