Do you understand Righteousness and Obedience well enough to sort this out?
I am going to ask a Trick Question:
1 Samuel 22:6-23
My summary: David had taken refuge with the priests at Nob. Doeg the Edomite tells King Saul. The King goes to Nob and orders the execution of the priests there. None of King Saul's men would obey him and kill the priests. Except for Doeg, who kills all of the priests except Abiathar (who escapes).
Who did God's will, Saul's men who refused to kill the priests or Doeg, who did kill them?
1 Samuel 3:11-14
11 Then the Lord said to Samuel: “Behold, I will do something in Israel at which both ears of everyone who hears it will tingle. 12 In that day I will perform against Eli all that I have spoken concerning his house, from beginning to end. 13 For I have told him that I will judge his house forever for the iniquity which he knows, because his sons made themselves vile, and he did not restrain them. 14 And therefore I have sworn to the house of Eli that the iniquity of Eli’s house shall not be atoned for by sacrifice or offering forever.”
And finally,
1 Kings 2:26-27:
26 And to Abiathar the priest the king said, “Go to Anathoth, to your own fields, for [a]you are deserving of death; but I will not put you to death at this time, because you carried the ark of the Lord God before my father David, and because you were afflicted every time my father was afflicted.” 27 So Solomon removed Abiathar from being priest to the Lord, that he might fulfill the word of the Lord which He spoke concerning the house of Eli at Shiloh.
So, did Doeg the Edomite commit a righteous act when he obeyed the King, who was in rebellion against God?
I have been thinking about this for a while and thought it might be a good subject for my first thread.
BTW...I'm still working on that blog about Good and Evil. I submitted it to a friend with a seminary degree and was given some advice and pointers.
I have posted it.
I am going to ask a Trick Question:
1 Samuel 22:6-23
My summary: David had taken refuge with the priests at Nob. Doeg the Edomite tells King Saul. The King goes to Nob and orders the execution of the priests there. None of King Saul's men would obey him and kill the priests. Except for Doeg, who kills all of the priests except Abiathar (who escapes).
Who did God's will, Saul's men who refused to kill the priests or Doeg, who did kill them?
1 Samuel 3:11-14
11 Then the Lord said to Samuel: “Behold, I will do something in Israel at which both ears of everyone who hears it will tingle. 12 In that day I will perform against Eli all that I have spoken concerning his house, from beginning to end. 13 For I have told him that I will judge his house forever for the iniquity which he knows, because his sons made themselves vile, and he did not restrain them. 14 And therefore I have sworn to the house of Eli that the iniquity of Eli’s house shall not be atoned for by sacrifice or offering forever.”
And finally,
1 Kings 2:26-27:
26 And to Abiathar the priest the king said, “Go to Anathoth, to your own fields, for [a]you are deserving of death; but I will not put you to death at this time, because you carried the ark of the Lord God before my father David, and because you were afflicted every time my father was afflicted.” 27 So Solomon removed Abiathar from being priest to the Lord, that he might fulfill the word of the Lord which He spoke concerning the house of Eli at Shiloh.
So, did Doeg the Edomite commit a righteous act when he obeyed the King, who was in rebellion against God?
I have been thinking about this for a while and thought it might be a good subject for my first thread.
BTW...I'm still working on that blog about Good and Evil. I submitted it to a friend with a seminary degree and was given some advice and pointers.
I have posted it.
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