Hi, John, I'll try to give you a call over the next couple of days...
I was struck by the description of Saul as 'a handsome young man' (9v2). Often, God chose the unlikely people to do His will, e.g. the youngest. It seems a little strange that here God chose someone photogenic... I'll have to think about that one...
(12v24, 25) Time and again the people of God are told the same message - "Follow God and you'll be blessed. Reject God and you will lose that blessing." But time and again they turn from God, and forget what He has done for them. Even with a king, the people of God will not be perfected. Only in Christ, the perfect king, are we made the perfect people.
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Yes: it would be great to talk.
I reckon there was a sense of irony in God's photogenic choice. God gave the people what they asked for. He gave them a King, a popular idol, and let them find out how hollow he was.
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