7.1.26 – God's Forever Enemy: Amalek, Part 2
I originally had three confirmations about Amalek that I was supposed to write about. Then I landed in 1 Samuel 25 and 2 Samuel 1—and there is Amalek again. Make that four. Here goes part two. Amalek has a way of showing his ugly head over and over again. During the period of the judges, they raided alongside Midian and Ammon. They are described like locusts covering the land (Judg. 6:3–5). And each time they return, it is at the moment of maximum vulnerability—when Israel is weakest spiritually. That is the pattern. They do not fight when the fight is fair; they strike when the tail is exposed. Then comes 1 Samuel 15—the moment that changes everything. Not just for Saul, but for the next five hundred years of biblical history. By the time of Saul, the decree of Exodus 17 had been on record for centuries. Moses wrote it down. Joshua knew it. The elders knew it. And now Samuel comes to Saul with a command: "Thus says the LORD of hosts, 'I have noted what Amalek did to Israel in...