BIBLE{8:1} And it came to pass, when Samuel was old, that he made his sons judges over Israel. {8:2} Now the name of his firstborn was Joel; and the name of his second, Abiah: [they were] judges in Beer-sheba. {8:3} And his sons walked not in his ways, but turned aside after lucre, and took bribes, and perverted judgment. {8:4} Then all the elders of Israel gathered themselves together, and came to Samuel unto Ramah, {8:5} And said unto him, Behold, thou art old, and thy sons walk not in thy ways: now make us a king to judge us like all the nations.
{8:6} But the thing displeased Samuel, when they said, Give us a king to judge us. And Samuel prayed unto the LORD. {8:7} And the LORD said unto Samuel, Hearken unto the voice of the people in all that they say unto thee: for they have not rejected thee, but they have rejected me, that I should not reign over them. {8:8} According to all the works which they have done since the day that I brought them up out of Egypt even unto this day, wherewith they have forsaken me, and served other gods, so do they also unto thee. {8:9} Now therefore hearken unto their voice: howbeit yet protest solemnly unto them, and shew them the manner of the king that shall reign over them. {8:10} And Samuel told all the words of the LORD unto the people that asked of him a king. {8:11} And he said, This will be the manner of the king that shall reign over you: He will take your sons, and appoint [them] for himself, for his chariots, and to be his horsemen; and [some] shall run before his chariots. {8:12} And he will appoint him captains over thousands, and captains over fifties; and [will set them] to ear his ground, and to reap his harvest, and to make his instruments of war, and instruments of his chariots. {8:13} And he will take your daughters [to be] confectionaries, and [to be] cooks, and [to be] bakers. {8:14} And he will take your fields, and your vineyards, and your oliveyards, [even] the best [of them,] and give [them] to his servants. {8:15} And he will take the tenth of your seed, and of your vineyards, and give to his officers, and to his servants. {8:16} And he will take your menservants, and your maidservants, and your goodliest young men, and your asses, and put [them] to his work. {8:17} He will take the tenth of your sheep: and ye shall be his servants. {8:18} And ye shall cry out in that day because of your king which ye shall have chosen you; and the LORD will not hear you in that day. {8:19} Nevertheless the people refused to obey the voice of Samuel; and they said, Nay; but we will have a king over us; {8:20} That we also may be like all the nations; and that our king may judge us, and go out before us, and fight our battles. {8:21} And Samuel heard all the words of the people, and he rehearsed them in the ears of the LORD. {8:22} And the LORD said to Samuel, Hearken unto their voice, and make them a king. And Samuel said unto the men of Israel, Go ye every man unto his city. [Sam 8] NR [1] I said: “Think about what I already have told you about it; but the main causes for the deterioration of people are arrogance, sluggishness, self-love and born from it imperiousness. [2] Already during times of Samuel did the people started to become work shy. They started to become ashamed of certain types of work and hired servants and maidens to perform such. The rich property owners laid their hands in their laps and let the others work for them. Who performed the most work for them, were rewarded higher what was quite right; but at this opportunity the property owners developed into a kind of small rulers, who refused to even take the smallest of servant’s work into their hands, but they just ordered the servants and maidens to work, they themselves however did not moved one finger.
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Degeneration of humanity on account of free-will - issue of electing a Jewish king Samuel 812/8/2018 [7] I said: “Far from it. Not one human being is destined by Me to fall, but every human being will really be only a human being by his free will that is given to him by Me, and he needs to exercise himself, try himself and decide for himself as to what is good and true which I always faithfully revealed to him. But then it happens that people let themselves be captured all too soon by the enticements of the world in which – in a hidden manner – rules
the kingdom of Satan. They gradually forget Me, despite My continual warnings, ignore My commandments and finally trample them down. They change neighborly love into all selfishness, become lazy in all good works, and in this laziness they begin to think how they can manage to let all the other people work for them and let them blindly obey. [8] With these kind of thoughts they all too soon fall into various deceitful arts, committing them against their curious fellowmen and they very soon present themselves, through all kinds of false magic wonders and mysterious words, as prophets who are inspired by God. [9] The other people begin then to believe those loafers and think they are some sort of higher beings. They feel happy when they regularly can be with them and when they can bring them all kinds of offerings, and they finally ask the deceivers to put them under their protection. |
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