1 Samuel 1:11 And she vowed a vow and said, “O Lord of hosts, if you will indeed look on the affliction of your servant and remember me and not forget your servant, but will give to your servant a son, then I will give him to the Lord all the days of his life, and no razor shall touch his head.”

1 Samuel 1:17 Then Eli answered, “Go in peace, and the God of Israel grant your petition that you have made to him.”

1 Samuel 1:22 But Hannah did not go up, for she said to her husband, “As soon as the child is weaned, I will bring him, so that he may appear in the presence of the Lord and dwell there forever.”

1 Samuel 1:24 And when she had weaned him, she took him up with her, along with a three-year-old bull, an ephah of flour, and a skin of wine, and she brought him to the house of the Lord at Shiloh. And the child was young.

1 Samuel 2

And Hannah prayed (read that if you are so led)

1 Samuel 3:4 Then the Lord called Samuel, and he said, “Here I am!”

1 Samuel 3:20 And all Israel from Dan to Beersheba knew that Samuel was established as a prophet of the Lord.

1 Samuel 7:3 Samuel Judges Israel

Acts 13:20 All this took about 450 years. And after that he gave them judges until Samuel the prophet.

May the Holy Spirit speak to you about the office of a prophet. AMEN

Psalm 41:9

Even my close friend in whom I trusted, who ate my bread, has lifted his heel against me.

John 13:18

I am not speaking of all of you; I know whom I have chosen. But the Scripture will be fulfilled, ‘He who ate my bread has lifted his heel against me.’

This is just one example of prophecy that was completed by Jesus Christ. So much of what was written by the prophets at God’s direction was meant to show us that Jesus of Nazareth is the Christ, the Anointed.

 And he said to them, “O foolish ones, and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken! Was it not necessary that the Christ should suffer these things and enter into his glory?” And beginning with Moses and all the Prophets, he interpreted to them in all the Scriptures the things concerning himself. Matt. 24

It was only after the life, death, resurrection and ascension that the Holy Spirit was sent to those who have placed their faith in Jesus Christ.

There is the prophetic, here is life in Christ.

We cannot make the journey from there to here without the Holy Spirit helping us putting all of it into context.

This journey is one of faith not intellect.