Eli The Priest & His Eli The Priest & His Sons Sons “My house shall be called a house of prayer for all the nations” (Mark 11:17)
Dec 14, 2015
Eli The Priest & His SonsEli The Priest & His Sons
“My house shall be called a house of prayer for all the nations” (Mark 11:17)
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Eli The Priest
Eli was the highest priest and judge in Israel.
His position was the highest and most responsible among the Jews.
He was looked up to as an example and therefore his actions had a great influence over the Jews.
Hophni and Phinehas
He had two sons, Hophni and Phinehas.
They were both priests serving in the temple but they weren’t following God’s commandments and they had many evil deeds.
Hophni and Phinehas didn’t have God’s fear in their hearts.
Eli’s Two Sons
Their father Eli didn’t discipline them nor correct their evil habits.
He didn’t exercise his authority as a parent and as a priest to teach his sons God’s ways and to stop them from doing evil because he didn’t want to upset them and he didn’t consider disciplining them as an important responsibility.
Lost Sense Holiness
From their childhood they
were used to serve in the
altar with their father.
As they grew older, instead
of becoming more
appreciative of God’s service,
they had lost all sense of its
holiness and significance.
Sacrifices Offering
Offering sacrifices was one of the most important responsibilities a priest had and God gave the most specific directions in offering sacrifices.
The people and the priests had to follow these directions with the utmost care because the sacrifices symbolized the death of Christ and His redemption to our sins.
In the “peace offering” for example, which was an expression of thanksgiving to God, the fat alone was to be burned upon the altar; a certain portion was reserved to the priest, but the greater part was returned to the person who submitted the offering, to be eaten by him and his friends in a sacrificial feast.
Evil Deeds
Instead of following these rules, Eli’s sons used to demand an additional portion from the sacrifice to themselves.
They refused to wait until the fat had been burned as an offering to God, and they persisted in claiming whatever portion they wanted and if the people refused they threatened to take it by force.
The Jews Got Upset
The Jews became very upset with those priests’ actions. As a result of that, many people stopped going to the altar to worship God and fulfill their commandments.
Therefore the service, which God had ordained, was neglected.
The people complained to Eli of his sons’ evil deeds and he could no longer remain silent. He gently talked to his sons and advised them not to do that again.
Samuel the ProphetThe two sons didn’t consider their father’s advice and continued on doing what they pleased to do.
Eli still permitted his sons to bring corruption into the holy alter of God.
God was angry with Eli and his sons.
Samuel the prophet, who was still a boy, was living in the temple with Eli the priest and one night Samuel heard a voice calling him.
God SpeaksSo he got up and went to Eli to ask him why he had called but Eli told him that he didn’t.
This was repeated three times and on the third time Eli told Samuel when he hears the voice calling him again to say “speak Lord for your servant hears”.
Then God spoke to Samuel and told him that he decided to kill Eli and his sons. Eli knew the judgment of the Lord and was sad but he knew that he deserved it.
God’s Punishment
There was a war at the
time and the Israelites were
defeated. Hophni and
Phinehas were killed in the
battle.
When Eli heard that his
sons died and the Ark of
Covenant was stolen, he fell
to the ground and died.
Conclusions & Applications
The message that we learn from this lesson is that we have to show clear love and respect for the house of God because it is the place where we meet with God and care to spend quality time with Him in it.
We have to be very conscious of the way we act inside the church because God is watching us and we don’t want to upset him.
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Q2 –As a consequence of Eli’s sons evil
deeds the people of Israel
Were happy and continued on going to the temple.
Were very upset and killed Eli and his sons.
Didn't care because they weren't influenced.
Were very upset and stopped going to the temple.
Q3 - Who told Eli the priest about God’s
plan for him?
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People of Israel
David
Samuel
His Sons
Q4 - God’s punishment was
Killing Eli's sons in the war and Eli died when he heard that.
Killing Eli and his sons in the war.
Killing only one son
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