Hannah’s Poem and Power Reversals • Firstborn Ep. 6

Hannah was an oppressed woman, scorned by her husband’s rival wife because of her barrenness. But the way she prayed and trusted Yahweh through this hardship became a remarkable example of how God works through the lowly to subvert human notions of power and status. In this episode, join Tim and Jon as they trace the theme of the firstborn in the scroll of Samuel.

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[@ChristinewithaC]

Really insightful! Your conversation reminded me of how I got my son’s name. It’s Reuben Samuel. Reuben was the firstborn son of Jacob means “behold a son” , Samuel as you guys discussed was Hannah’s son she prayed for, meaning “asked of God”. I didn’t have a rival, but hadn’t been able to conceive so I prayed and cried out to God. God finally opened my womb. My husband and I had been married 7 years when our son was born in answer to my prayers. That’s why I named him Reuben Samuel, “behold a son, asked of God.”

[@marianerinocidad9402]

Ruyyyyyyyeyyytee

[@lory2223]

Beautiful Glory to God ❤

[@Letusprayforamerica]

I believe the Lord will do the same for my husband and I we have been married over 8 years now

[@lory2223]

@@Letusprayforamerica I stand in prayer and belief with you that the Lord may shine his face up on you and that you find favor in His eyes and that your womb be open to conceive and give birth to 2 beautiful healthy children and more as your heart desires for the Glory of the Lord in Jesus Name Amen Amen. Stay in love my beloved!

[@ChristinewithaC]

@@Letusprayforamerica Keep looking up! I know it's hard, but God is able!

[@stephenbrannen]

I can't BELIEVE y'all didn't bring up Mary's Magnificat in this episode. I mean, fantastic stuff all around--I love your work. But please tap into more of the 1,500 years of classical Christian emphases where possible!

[@barberuvdayear]

These series are awesome very informative and I enjoy the angles in which y’all approach the story… 💯💈🙏

[@hannahcree]

My mother named me Hannah after Hannah in the Bible because I was her miracle baby that God let her conceive.

[@lorimorrison6539]

She's even giving over her security in old age! Yay for Hannah!

[@lwani1500]

🙂🙂Jesus Christ is coming back sooner than you think, be ready and prepare to go with him!... Even if you think you are the worst of sinners this is for you.. Pray this prayer, be saved and be a child of God 🙂🙂 Salvation prayer Holy Father I come to you and I pray today, I surrender my life, my body, my spirit and my soul to you With my heart I believe in you Jesus Christ I believe you died for me I'm a sinner, forgive all my sins Wash me with your precious blood Come into my heart, save my soul today Be my Lord and personal Savior My Reedemer, my Savior I accept you today, in Jesus' name Meditate every minute on his verses and word to overcome challenges of this world until he comes

[@jaxsax8535]

HALLELUJAH JESUS I TRUST IN YOU FROM LEBANON BEIRUT BIG LARGE HOLYSPIRIT LEBANESE LOVE 🇱🇧♥️🌲♥️

[@seanheart9001]

Great podcast! Thank you. Glory to God, Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit. Amen❤

[@ugommaokorie1660]

Really enjoyed this episode! Thank you both and your wonderful team. These podcast episodes always help me to slow down and think more carefully about the text and the hyperlinks within it.

[@wallacel1181]

Silver and gold lessons being learned. Keep doing “your” thing! Love the way you take your time with the Old Testament.

[@nathanscouch]

KEY TAKEAWAYS Although Hannah’s name means “favor,” she appeared to be less favored by God than her counterpart. Penninah had multiple children, and Hannah was barren. They aren’t siblings, but the two wives are set up as rivals in the pattern we’ve seen through multiple iterations of sibling rivalry. Hannah’s prayer links her to both Sarah and Abraham. She is like Sarah in her prolonged barrenness, and she is like Abraham who had to give up his son Isaac. However, the narrator is calling attention to a big difference here-Yahweh had to demand Abraham’s son Isaac, but Hannah willingly offers her son to Yahweh. Hannah’s poem is a prophetic foretelling of God’s future deliverance of humanity from sin and death. The poem is full of examples of how Yahweh maintains order in the cosmos by upsetting human ideas of order and reversing human power structures.

[@celizbish]

Is there anyway to listen to these podcasts with out the music in the background???

[@sinahaase9923]

What happened to all the videos? I really miss them

[@waeda01]

😂 that was some good sarcasm. I hope alot a husband's hear this lol. Thanks for everything you guys do. I am actually learning the bible in a way that is memorable to me! ❤️

[@Gospelogian]

One of my favorite verses is this one: “The Lord brings poverty and gives wealth; he humbles and he exalts.” ‭‭1 Samuel‬ ‭2‬:‭7‬ ‭

[@carolynbillington9018]

You guys have brought so much of the 1st born pattern out. Thanks for this depth

[@macsam8778]

... wow! Jacob, his chosen of the wives, like Rachel and Leah's story... wow! Judah and Joseph's positions in God's plan for His creations.

[@lorimorrison6539]

Hagar mocked Sarah the same way Coral did and for the same reason, that they had gotten pregnant by the same husband, and the other was barren. I feel their heaviness was more that, because at least they both had the love of the husband, not like poor Leah!

[@dorothygriffiths649]

God doesn't set anyone up to fail. Please revisit that comment. God allows things or open the door for stuff to happen in our lives because He already knows what our response will be. He draws nearer to us to offer help when we ask. Sometimes we're so enveloped in ourselves we refuse to ask for help. In many instances God puts us in a situation where in we need to or must ask for help to let us understand that we are not independent of others. neither should we operate in a vacuum- as some like to behave.

[@macsam8778]

That sarcastic note that Tim mentioned about Elkanah, I totally got and made me think deeper into the scroll... meditating on the word!

[@aniyhak1490]

Thank you for this very powerful conversation. 🙏 ♥️♥️🥰🥰 Glory to God Amen!

[@roslynsmith132]

I believe when God does something for you so special it truly opened you up to a new boldness in God

[@fromthewrath2come]

So important to understand these foundational principles in the Hebrew Scriptures. These principles established in the Old run all the way through the new. The Bible has internal integrity.

[@johnsebesta7351]

So interesting that my immediate family has so many parallels to the Bible. I am the 4th of my family and my testimony is one of curses and blessings. The first born of my immediate family turned out to be very evil. He stole all the money from my parents that have passed on. Money was his downfall and his god. My testimony is on KZbin called rapture apocalypse testimony 2018. If someone wrote my complete story, it would sell millions because God was with me always and I believe it was because I am the 4th born.

[@fobos9289]

May God bring peace to all your family, healing and love! God bless!

[@stunnedmulletblah9714]

My mother , who always resented and I believe hated me, named me Samamtha. Legally. Then two months later changed my name to Belinda. Look up what Belinda means. Unreal. I have a question regarding my name. Do I go by the first name I had, or the second one I got lumbered with ? Do nicknames change the situation?

[@favouragu4724]

Samantha means (God heard), and Belinda means (Beautiful). Make your choice.

[@fobos9289]

Although is hard and painful when we feel our parents have hurt us it is necessary to forgive and ask God to clean us up of any wanted and residual hatred (i wont assume you hate your mother from your post but if you say she resented you is safe to say that there are other residual damage from that within you, please dont understand that im judging you since i had a similar experience with my own mother). Regardless God chose for us our parents and He also made them as they are, sometimes what we feel as animosity towards us is trully a hurt or pain that they have/had in their hearts that not only hurts them but everyone around. Are we going to perpetrate and preserve the same hurt or are we going to choose to heal? Since we are made out of the cloth of our parents, when we harbor ill feelings or resentment towards them, in a way, in many ways, we are holding that resentment toward ourselves (since they are part of us) and we can easily pass that resentment to our children as well. Lets pray that God may heal our heart and our parents hearts and bring peace to our lives. Lets ask forgiveness for our bitterness and commit to love one another as Jesus loves us. Wouldnt that be beautiful, to start healing from the inside? God bless you and all your family, in Jesus name, amen! God bless you sister!

[@raymillgate2911]

Very informative on hove God deals with those that are to be a leader for his chosen people.

[@steveaird9347]

Why do people view this and listen and not leave a like

[@lorimorrison6539]

What do you mean by Bible studies?

[@cainhodgson8425]

20 mins in and I'm about to leave

[@jonathanhightower6179]

Where can I find the interlude songs used in the podcast?

[@christ-Revealed]

, yes in numerous situations God elevates the lowly but that is what, you should focus on the why. Why was cain rejected, he brought crop sacrifice for his sanctification, ishmael was the firstborn of the bondswoman, esau hated his birthright and man was made in the image of christ as colossians calls him the first born of all creation. So the theme is God has kept double portion according to the right of the firstborn in deut. But it is not a seal deal, if you dont do what is needed to be done, God will take that right and give the next person

[@voidremoved]

Says who?

[@voidremoved]

Very liberalistic teaching of why Cain's offering was rejected. Nobody knows why God rejected Cain's offer. Some people speculate but it is unclear and undefined in Scripture. I don't focus on it at all. Very liberalistic of you to tell God what he will do, who he will take from, who he will give to and why.

[@christ-Revealed]

@@voidremoved when he has already established in his eternal word that the right of double portion belongs to the first born, but social gospel ministries here want to make it all about the lowly and oppressed. Cains sacrifice was grain, there is no offering that brings you into Gods space that doesnt involve blood, you dont need to be a rocket scientist to know that

[@christ-Revealed]

@@voidremoved plentora of bible passages. Unless you want to do the muslim thing and start asking for literal statements.

[@fromthewrath2come]

It might be helpful for you to watch " God's Response to Human Power Structures" by The Bible Project

[@Baker.B.Drew07]

1 Chronicles 6 Samuel is a Levite, "Ephrathiate" refers to the family location in 1 Samuel 1. A depth of God's grace is revealed in this truth. Samuel descends from a remnant of those who were involved in but were spared / survived Korah's rebellion. Now thru Samuel, his descends end up serving in King Davids court as Psalmist God is so good, keep studying!

[@Juancoromina8539]

Maybe you need a Jewish Christians 41:53 perspective in your conversations of God's word especially with regards to Jewish culture. But thank you for your podcast I learn a lot from them.

[@melissawolfe1659]

Love this! ❤️

[@therdinazinastina3000]

20:00 I have a different perspective on what Hannah's husband is really saying here. I've been through infertility. My husband felt hopeless throughout the whole thing. He did everything he could to help me get better and to stop crying. He read Hannah's husband as someone who is trying everything in his power to help her. He wants her to get pregnant. He wants her to stop being sad. I think what he was trying to say is "Please let my love be enough. Let my love be enough for you." It is a terrible feeling not to be able to help when your loved one is hurting.

[@Mistfall254]

Ironically it's my b'day lol

[@anal.mendoza]

May the Lord bless you all from Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic! Thanks for sharing this episode!

[@Juancoromina8539]

I think you are putting American culture into a Middle Eastern culture. I believe the husband of Hannah is reminding her that she is loved by him even if she doesn't have children.

[@Juancoromina8539]

Maybe you need to ask a Jew haw he sees this story. It looks like God is speaking to Hanna through her husband that his love is still favored.

[@TheCreepypro]

may we follow hannah's example with the help of our Lord

[@itoshechisho8397]

Background music is so distracting Dial it down a bit

[@roslynsmith132]

She couldn't have children. I think is why she was so bold because her wildest dream came completely true.

[@waeda01]

What are these hyperlinks you speak of?

[@rickytavilla4259]

How the story has the same meaning with metaphor,then the next one has another element of depth to it

[@Divinecounseling12]

1st

[@Just_acknowledge]

Amen ❤

[@loveispain..]

Beautiful explainations.

[@atmalewis1513]

Thanks for showing the themes and power reversals in the OT. "A glowing hyperlink" Love it! I have learned a lot about reversals through Dr Michael Heiser which helps my understanding of how God works His plan with humans.

[@joNarramore-Mamula]

Most often I value your presentations but I turned off this one. Tim you need to go solo

[@sunshinelove6802]

🙏💜💜

[@yourheinness9275]

The shear depths that you guys plumb is fantastic. It’s like looking into a diamond and just keep turning it to see all the fastests and then looking even deeper into the dimensions of it. May YHWH bless you both.

[@Juancoromina8539]

It sounds like Mary's song in Luke.

[@aking4477]

❤

[@elizabethespinoza660]

Love what Yeshua is doing with His Word Thru both Glory to Our Father Son and His Spirit

[@veugeler72]

Engagement

[@inNYCC]

🙏🏿

[@miked2436]

Awesome

[@mohammadabrar6006]

And certainly did We create man from an extract of clay. Then We placed him as a sperm-drop in a firm lodging [i.e., the womb]. Then We made the sperm-drop into a clinging clot, and We made the clot into a lump [of flesh], and We made [from] the lump, bones, and We covered the bones with flesh; then We developed him into another creation. So blessed is Allah, the best of creators. Al Quran 23:12-14

[@dorothygriffiths649]

Careful! She's not awesome! Only God is.