#prophet samuel

[artandthebible]

The Ghost of Samuel Appears to the Witch of Endor

Artist: Gaspar de Crayer (Flemish,  1584-1669) 

Date: c. 1619

Medium: Oil painting

Collection: Groeningemuseum Museum, Bruges, Belgium

Description

A depiction of the biblical story of King Saul, who summons the spirit of the deceased prophet Samuel in Endor through a witch, in order to learn from the latter his impending tragic fate.  1 Samuel 28:7–20.

[joemerl]

[orthodoxadventure]

Prayer to Saint Samuel

Holy Prophet Samuel, you bore fruits of faith like Abraham, you shone with priesthood like Aaron, and you were a righteous judge of the people like Moses. Hear these prayers offered to you with humility.

Enlighten our minds and hearts so that we may always fulfill the commandments of God and our spiritual father, bear good fruits of repentance, and constantly examine our thoughts to cleanse them of sin. Do not let us fall into the passion of pride, and support our spiritual struggle.

Bring correction to the minds of judges to do what is right, not to seek gain or the face of the oppressed, stop lies and betrayal, reveal the truth about false witnesses, and bring justice to light.

Help us to understand the times we live in, not to be deceived by appearances, to have the vigilance not to fall into the trap of the world that weaves nets and temptations that are increasingly difficult to overcome. Give us the gift of speech so that we may speak what is useful for salvation, the gift of understanding the signs sent by God, the gift of seeing what is hidden so that mysteries may be revealed at the right time, unveil the veil of forgetfulness and all the spells and curses that prevent the fruitfulness of the womb and the mastery of wealth, and travel with us every day on the stormy sea of earthly life so that we may then rise with our souls to the much-desired Heaven, where you rejoice with the Holy Prophets, singing the glory of the Holy Trinity, now and forever and ever. Amen.

[doc-davey]

TW: Blood, Sword impalement, and G-d i guess

Saul’s peace (turmoil)

I have no idea why I made this after having a panic attack (it’s okay I’m fine- sort of… meh. I haven’t had one in years, and how ironic I wrote about Jonathan’s panic attack a week ago 😐) But I guess it’s the song I listened to right after. I really love this song. Especially the last chorus, toward the end, it always gives me Saul vibes, how he is dictated by those above him, left with little to no control even as a king. I don’t sympathize with Saul entirely, but from Saul’s pov, he’d see how Samuel and G-d gaslights him even when he tries to listen to every command, but they take advantage of the paranoia that he has always struggled with.

I’ve made that one of the main themes in the Book of Saul when I write how he explores the idea of control, because Saul throughout his life has hardly had a thought of his own. It seemed as though he gave his life at the fate of Samuel and the Lord.

Also, I attempted to draw G-d, as you can tell lmao. Ngl, I didn’t know how I wanted to depict Him, so I went with the generic biblically accurate angel route. Depicting G-d is going to be subjective, and so, I’ll just say this is how I imagine Him. He’s a big feathery thing to me, with lots of eyeballs, and arms.

I lowkey love it lol. Should I draw G-d more? Have Him bother Samuel and stuff while messing with Saul and forcing bro to dance lmao (I love those passages of Saul very entertaining, as in I like tormenting him because I love Saul angst)

But yeah, imma also start redrawing my David/Jonathan ref sheets so I can begin making something special for my anniversary in two months… oh boi 🥲

I think the cake this year is going to be very unserious lmao, deadass going to stick printed pics of David on the thing like a hear me out challenge.

Anyways… I still have yet to recover, my mental health is shit. Going to be less active, but I thought I was doing good lol.

Starting off 2025 strong 🎉🎉

[stephenlang-slang]

Stephen Lang with Alexander Uloom BTS House of David.

[artthatgivesmefeelings]

Gustave Dore [French. 1832 - 1883] The Calling of Samuel. 1877

[lionofchaeronea]

Anointing of David by Samuel, Félix-Joseph Barrias, 1842

[quotesfromscripture]

Saul gives in to pressure

Now he waited for seven days, until the appointed time that Samuel had set, but Samuel did not come to Gilgal; and the people were scattering from him. 

So Saul said, “Bring me the burnt offering and the peace offerings.” And he offered the burnt offering. But as soon as he finished offering the burnt offering, behold, Samuel came; and Saul went out to meet him and to greet him. 

But Samuel said, “What have you done?” 

And Saul said, “Since I saw that the people were scattering from me, and that you did not come at the appointed time, and that the Philistines were assembling at Michmash. I thought, ‘Now the Philistines will come down against me at Gilgal, and I have not asked the favor of the LORD.’ So I worked up the courage and offered the burnt offering.” 

- 1 Samuel 13:8-12 NASB (2020)