1Sa 2:8 | KingComments | STEP | In these verses all is about the LORD, about what He does. Hannah looks beyond the death and the grave and points to the life and the resurrection. This is special in the Old Testament ( ). All blessings of the LORD are based on the death and the resurrection of Christ. All who know that they are dead of themselves are given life in Him. They may know that they died and rose with Him. In the resurrection all the promises of God are fulfilled. Abraham also learned this and believed: “He considered that God is able to raise [people] even from the dead” ( ). The LORD has made rich and poor, that men may be dependent on one another ( ). This also applies spiritually. Those who are rich, that is, those who know their spiritual riches, owe it to God. Those who are poor look up to God. To accept this distinction from the hand of God makes us grateful and content (cf. ). This keeps the rich for pride and the poor for discouragement. Rich and poor need each other. The distinction in the position we take is also made by God. In the realm of peace God will show the great end results of His actions. Those who are now small and poor will then have a place of honor. Examples of this we see in Joseph who from a slave and a prisoner becomes a ruler ( ) and in Lazarus who is a beggar on earth, but in heaven gets a place in Abraham’s bosom ( ). Hannah sings of Him as the Almighty. We see this in the way the LORD has founded the earth. The foundation or pillars upon which He has set the earth is His Word, for He upholds the universe “by the word of His power” ( ). The earth rests on foundations which bear the earth by the power which He gives to it. If the foundations of the earth are His, the righteous has nothing to fear. With the omnipotence which becomes manifest in the keeping of His creation, the LORD also keeps the feet of His godly ones. How could man’s power ever stand up to the omnipotence of that great God? He keeps the feet of His godly ones on the way to the inheritance He promised them, that they may not stumble or slip ( ). He keeps the inheritance for His godly ones and keeps His godly ones for the inheritance ( ). But from the wicked who oppress and persecute the righteous, God will take away the light of His grace, so that they shall perish in darkness. The power of the wicked can do nothing against the omnipotence of God.

‏ 1 Samuel 2:8

The Omnipotence of the LORD

In these verses all is about the LORD, about what He does. Hannah looks beyond the death and the grave and points to the life and the resurrection. This is special in the Old Testament (Deu 32:39a). All blessings of the LORD are based on the death and the resurrection of Christ. All who know that they are dead of themselves are given life in Him. They may know that they died and rose with Him. In the resurrection all the promises of God are fulfilled. Abraham also learned this and believed: “He considered that God is able to raise [people] even from the dead” (Heb 11:19a).

The LORD has made rich and poor, that men may be dependent on one another (Pro 22:2). This also applies spiritually. Those who are rich, that is, those who know their spiritual riches, owe it to God. Those who are poor look up to God. To accept this distinction from the hand of God makes us grateful and content (cf. Jam 1:9-10). This keeps the rich for pride and the poor for discouragement. Rich and poor need each other. The distinction in the position we take is also made by God.

In the realm of peace God will show the great end results of His actions. Those who are now small and poor will then have a place of honor. Examples of this we see in Joseph who from a slave and a prisoner becomes a ruler (Gen 41:14 ; 38-44) and in Lazarus who is a beggar on earth, but in heaven gets a place in Abraham’s bosom (Lk 16:20-22).

Hannah sings of Him as the Almighty. We see this in the way the LORD has founded the earth. The foundation or pillars upon which He has set the earth is His Word, for He upholds the universe “by the word of His power” (Heb 1:3). The earth rests on foundations which bear the earth by the power which He gives to it. If the foundations of the earth are His, the righteous has nothing to fear.

With the omnipotence which becomes manifest in the keeping of His creation, the LORD also keeps the feet of His godly ones. How could man’s power ever stand up to the omnipotence of that great God? He keeps the feet of His godly ones on the way to the inheritance He promised them, that they may not stumble or slip (Psa 116:8 ; Psa 121:3). He keeps the inheritance for His godly ones and keeps His godly ones for the inheritance (1Pet 1:4-5). But from the wicked who oppress and persecute the righteous, God will take away the light of His grace, so that they shall perish in darkness. The power of the wicked can do nothing against the omnipotence of God.