Though Saul's genealogy alone disqualified him from being the promised king of Israel, his volitional disobedience stripped the kingdom from him. In his place, the Lord chose David, and the balance of 1 Samuel develops the broad contrast between Saul and David. Though rejected, Saul continued to reign over Israel for many more years, and this circumstance facilitated David's preparation for the throne. By divine design, the purifying fires of unjust suffering were to teach David what it meant to rule Israel as Yahweh's king. But more than merely David's personal preparation for the kingship, his years under Saul's persecution were crucial to God's developing revelation of redemption in Christ. David, the singularly great king of Israel, was to find his own ultimate importance in a son to come from him. God intended the manner of David's ascent to the throne - through patient, enduring righteousness in the midst of persecution and unjust suffering - to provide a portrait of how His promised kingdom would be established in His Son - the greater David.
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