Samuel?
a. Now this shall be a sign to you: Since the fulfillment of the judgment would be many years away (in the days of Solomon), God gave Eli an immediate sign to demonstrate His truthfulness. Eli’s sons will die in one day; Eli will see this and know the judgment of God has come against his house.
b. Then I will raise up for Myself a faithful priest: Who is the faithful priest predicted here? He was a great priest, because he did according to what is in [God’s] heart and in [God’s] mind. He was a blessed priest because God said of him, I will build him a sure house, and he will walk before My anointed forever.
· This promise was partially fulfilled in Samuel because he functioned as a godly priest, effectively replacing the ungodly sons of Eli.
· The promise was partially fulfilled in Zadok, in the days of Solomon, because he replaced Eli’s family line in the priesthood.
· The promise was ultimately fulfilled in Jesus Christ because He is a priest forever in the order of Melchizedek (Hebrews 7:12-17).
c. Everyone who is left in your house will come and bow down to him for a piece of silver: This is a fitting judgment since much of the sin of Eli’s sons was greed and stealing from God’s people. Instead of receiving the priestly portions that were rightfully theirs, Eli’s family would one day be reduced to begging. (Guzik)
“Now this shall be a sign to you”
Notice how the Lord gives a prediction! We might ask, why? I believe it’s to give us a chance to repent! Our sign may be our conscience or admonishment from a brother or sister in Christ.
When king David was confronted with his sins he repented on the spot and said, I have sinned against the Lord.
Let this be a lesson for us, when we catch ourselves sinning, repent immediately!
Don’t wait, because we don’t know what tomorrow will bring.
Blessings
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