A PERSPECTIVE OF THE END TIMES FOR CHRISTIANS ( PART II)

In this segment I will show you that God’s view point and mans view point are very different. It is the spiritual view point verses the natural or carnal view point that matters most. Man, without the spiritual perspective can only grasp what the outcome is without the understanding of why. I Samuel shows us what Saul, King of Israel, did but that is all it shows us. It shows us what the eyes can see. It shows us the consequences without showing us why it happened.

A PERSPECTIVE OF THE END TIMES FOR CHRISTIANS ( PART II)
In this segment I will show you that God’s view point and mans view point are very different. It is the spiritual view point verses the natural or carnal view point that matters most. Man, without the spiritual perspective can only grasp what the outcome is without the understanding of why. I Samuel shows us what Saul, King of Israel, did but that is all it shows us. It shows us what the eyes can see. It shows us the consequences without showing us why it happened. At the end of Saul’s life the Bible describes what happened to Saul but in II Chronicles it, also, gives the spiritual perspective of why Saul died.
It wasn’t because of the arrow the got him or the sword he fell on but it was, as shown in II Chronicles, his disobedience to God. That is why he died.
In today’s societies we look at the World through carnal eyes, with no spiritual understanding. We suffer the consequences and, yet, don’t understand why and most people blame it on God when, in fact, it is we who have turned away and, much like Saul, have suffered the consequences of walking away from God.
This understanding is paramount to understanding all that God has for the Christian and all that He planned for the God rejectors.
I Samuel 31:1 Now the Philistines fought against Israel: and the men of Israel fled from before the Philistines, and fell down slain in mount Gilboa.
2 And the Philistines followed hard upon Saul and upon his sons; and the Philistines slew Jonathan, and Abinadab, and Melchishua, Saul’s sons.
3 And the battle went sore against Saul, and the archers hit him; and he was sore wounded of the archers.
4 Then said Saul unto his armourbearer, Draw thy sword, and thrust me through therewith; lest these uncircumcised come and thrust me through, and abuse me. But his armourbearer would not; for he was sore afraid. Therefore Saul took a sword, and fell upon it.
5 And when his armourbearer saw that Saul was dead, he fell likewise upon his sword, and died with him.
6 So Saul died, and his three sons, and his armourbearer, and all his men, that same day together.
II Chronicles 10:1 Now the Philistines fought against Israel; and the men of Israel fled from before the Philistines, and fell down slain in mount Gilboa.
2 And the Philistines followed hard after Saul, and after his sons; and the Philistines slew Jonathan, and Abinadab, and Malchishua, the sons of Saul.
3 And the battle went sore against Saul, and the archers hit him, and he was wounded of the archers.
4 Then said Saul to his armourbearer, Draw thy sword, and thrust me through therewith; lest these uncircumcised come and abuse me. But his armourbearer would not; for he was sore afraid. So Saul took a sword, and fell upon it.
5 And when his armourbearer saw that Saul was dead, he fell likewise on the sword, and died.
6 So Saul died, and his three sons, and all his house died together.
7 And when all the men of Israel that were in the valley saw that they fled, and that Saul and his sons were dead, then they forsook their cities, and fled: and the Philistines came and dwelt in them.
8 And it came to pass on the morrow, when the Philistines came to strip the slain, that they found Saul and his sons fallen in mount Gilboa.
9 And when they had stripped him, they took his head, and his armour, and sent into the land of the Philistines round about, to carry tidings unto their idols, and to the people.
10 And they put his armour in the house of their gods, and fastened his head in the temple of Dagon.
11 And when all Jabeshgilead heard all that the Philistines had done to Saul,
12 They arose, all the valiant men, and took away the body of Saul, and the bodies of his sons, and brought them to Jabesh, and buried their bones under the oak in Jabesh, and fasted seven days.
13 So Saul died for his transgression which he committed against the LORD, even against the word of the LORD, which he kept not, and also for asking counsel of one that had a familiar spirit, to inquire of it;
14 And inquired not of the LORD: therefore he slew him, and turned the kingdom unto David the son of Jesse.