1. God’s ____________ Despised, _______________ Things Desired (vv. 8-12a).
2. Sudden and Utter ____________________ Declared (vv. 12b-14).
3. The Way of Returning and ____________ (vv. 15-18).
1. The _____________________ of God’s ______________ in the New Exodus (v. 1).
2. The __________________ of God’s Kingdom in the New _______________ (vv. 1b-2).
3. The ____________ and ______________ resulting from the New Exodus (vv. 3-4).
The opening of 1 Samuel reads with a real serenity that stands in deliberate contrast to the degeneracy just left behind in Judges. ‘Shiloh’ itself carries at least four distinct meanings across Scripture, converging on rest. Christ is that Shiloh, the rest his people are still waiting to enter fully at the end.