I simply left the airport, I stated I have to come right here – there was no manner I used to be going to overlook this opportunity to prepare dinner. I like Luke’s MO, the good raconteur who was impressed to offer his readers an vital addendum. Having initially written the third synoptic gospel, he would go on to critically doc the Acts of the Apostles which he began by making a veiled reference to his earlier work, “the previous treatise have I made, o Theophilus”. Somewhat over a yr in the past, I made some submissions in regards to the management archetypes of David and Saul. So it’s solely crucial that I share a sequel to these authentic ideas.
A few of my authentic ideas: “A king that might acceptable the very best of state assets to himself and his cronies whereas taxing them (residents) to excessive heavens with out commensurate supply of a social contract clause.” “Some ‘intellectuals’ swore that he was the very best factor for the reason that cedars of Lebanon.” “He repressed basic rights and spiritual freedoms; the civic area had so shrunk underneath Saul’s tyranny.” “Whose CV is riddled with falsehoods, misrepresentations and exaggerated achievements.” “He’s heavy on propaganda.” “Simply as he was over-hyped earlier than turning into king, he proved to be a spectacular failure in workplace.” “The general finest in oppression, junketing and looting the treasury dry however when it got here to delivering good governance, he was unavailable.” “You shall cry on that day due to the king you’ve got chosen.”
My views on Saul had been neither private nor partisan; I merely described him based mostly on the intelligence extrapolated from his file. Nothing he does surprises me, I’m acquainted with his sport. From his origin story, the very best factor they may say about him was his aesthetics, not his competence. I established in no unsure phrases that Saul was a pseudo-messiah – he was not touched by the sentiments of the folks’s infirmities. He was only a ceremonial king with no gravitas; the dearth of legitimacy hounded him from the start of his reign until its abrupt finish. The folks no ship am; they had been extra fascinated by no matter David did or stated. Think about being an incumbent king and listening to the folks you govern over dancing and singing: “Saul has killed a thousand enemies; David has killed ten thousand!” Saul wasn’t a prophet, his act of prophesying was circumstantial. It was so odd that individuals requested themselves what afterwards grew to become a well-known query that yr, “Is Saul now among the many prophets?”
Saul was not a priest, Samuel rebuked him twice for finishing up burnt choices with out authorisation. The second time when he tried to be intelligent by half, Samuel stated “Do you assume all God needs are sacrifices? Empty rituals only for present?” Saul, ever incorrigible, failed to understand that the hood doesn’t make the monk; obedience will all the time be higher than sacrifice.
Conversely, David wasn’t only a true king, he was additionally a prophet and a priest. David was so nice a king that Jesus throughout his time on earth would give utmost precedence to anybody who recognised him by his ancestral title, “Son of David”. As a prophet, David prophesied in regards to the resurrection of Jesus over a thousand years earlier than it occurred. As a priest, David is after the order of Melchizedek. That’s why when the ark of the covenant was being returned from Obededom’s crib to Jerusalem, the exact same metropolis the place Melchizedek as soon as dominated as a priest-king – David was outchea dressed as a excessive priest and looking out dapper in a linen ephod. Belief me, David is the true metropolis boy, he simply doesn’t brag about it. He blessed the folks and distributed parts to them as a result of he’s evidently a excessive priest who’s touched by the sentiments of their infirmities and he’s additionally relative to these he’s known as to redeem. Saul’s daughter, Michal, was clearly raised by a father who was heavy on aesthetics. No shock she was offended about how atypical David regarded over the enjoyment of getting the ark again.
The unlucky factor about Saul was that he knew he was in hassle and his reign was coming to an inglorious finish, but he was goading his followers. Saul had admitted to David privately that David can be king. God had already informed Samuel that he had rejected Saul. But Saul, ever stuffed with hubris, tried to cease David’s prophecy with propaganda. Until the very finish, Saul was so determined to get a co-sign from Samuel which he thought-about a type of legitimacy that he surreptitiously went to seek the advice of a witch at Endor for that goal.
Let me put you on sport; I solely ask that you just come by with some crucial considering. When Goliath was outchea smacking his gums for forty straight days a few worthy challenger, you’ll anticipate Saul to step ahead because the chief and go mano-a-mano with the opp however that doesn’t occur and it doesn’t encourage anybody else within the military to come back ahead. Nonetheless, David comes into play and takes care of enterprise – that blud don’t miss. You’d assume that ought to earn him a statue proper? No, it earned him a goal on his again! Riddle me this, how come a supposedly timid king who couldn’t face a large all of the sudden discovered braveness, to not even concern an APB however to personally lead 3,000 of the best army males to headhunt David? I then fooled round and located one thing quite intriguing: there was one other battle that broke out however there weren’t swords or spears within the arms of the military however surprisingly, Saul and his son had weapons. Then I found that there wasn’t a single blacksmith within the homeland such that everybody who needed to maintain their farm instruments akin to ploughshares, mattocks, axes and sickles sharp, needed to go to the Philistines territory to “refine” these instruments. What was much more fascinating is that this association is by design from the Philistines, they actually stated, “Lest they develop their weapons.”
This throws up an apparent query, what sort of king can be snug with such an association? Definitely, not a patriot as a result of this had gone past socio-economics; it bordered on nationwide safety. Out of the blue it clocked that when Saul was ‘topped’ king, the Philistines had been surprisingly quiet. On the flip, the very day David was topped king, the identical Philistines got here out of their numbers and unfold themselves within the Valley of Rephaim prepared for battle – ever earlier than David formally formulated his overseas coverage as a result of they knew that anybody prepared to tackle Goliath should definitely be a patriot, not a puppet. While you triangulate these blocks of circumstantial proof, you don’t should be a skilled intelligence operative or forensic psychologist to recommend that such a king could be Manchurian – an asset owned by the opps. Whilst you chew over that, let me share some OT: watch out of the white noise – a state of affairs the place ‘intellectuals’, international organisations and different nations change into not solely crucial however actively attempt to undermine good governance however are surprisingly quiet when you’re affected by unhealthy governance. Overlook in regards to the smokescreen of megaphone diplomacy, behind closed doorways – your particular person and collective success is a direct menace to their strategic pursuits.
Those that had been rooting for Saul ought to have requested themselves what Jonathan knew about Saul that made him voluntarily hand over his alternative to inherit his father’s throne however as a substitute, aligned with an outsider. About those that intentionally misled others into rooting for Saul, I wonder if the reputational harm they’ve suffered was value it. Immediately, plenty of them have change into a byword and a proverb, to be remembered as a type of who offered their souls for a morsel of cornbread.
A few of us have vowed to say the reality and nothing however the fact regardless of the luxurious overtures by Saul and his surrogates who’re prepared to pay a princely sum for us to assist him bear false witness. It’s righteousness that can exalt a nation, not propaganda – skulduggery is a reproach. My technology is presented for such a time as this; we’re patriots – not political jobbers. Since some elders like Eli are actually shifting humorous, God has bypassed them and put his phrase within the mouth of little Samuel. Certainly, out of the mouth of babes and sucklings hast God perfected reward. David is him; examined, accepted and trusted – na why we dey name am GOAT. The horse is ready for the day of battle however victory comes from God. That’s why a few of us won’t ever fold; we’re standing on enterprise. I informed them from the beginning, proper from the very begin. I informed them they had been gonna see this however for some purpose, they didn’t consider it – so right here we’re.
