Garden To Garden | 1 Samuel—Big Strong Man [Omair Akhtar]

“Then they asked for a king, and God gave them Saul…” Along with the launching of Israel’s monarchy are our hopes and dreams of a Big Strong Man who will heroically save us from all of our problems. The intersecting and conflicting vocations of Samuel as Prophet and Saul as King speak volumes about the many (often harmful) ways we pursue and protect power, highlighting all the more how bold and bizarre it is to hail Jesus as King and the fulfillment of Israel’s monarchy.