https://drhreflections.com/2026/05/25/a-word-from-the-lord-was-rare-%e2%88%99%e2%88%99%e2%88%99/Dr H Reflectionsen2026-05-25T05:11:00+00:00A Word From The Lord Was Rare ∙∙∙Promises, Bible, God, Faith, Jesus, Sin, Scriptures, Forgiveness, Prayer, Active listening, 1 Samuel 2:12, Samuel did not yet know the LORD, I am about to do a shocking thing in Israel, 1 Samuel 3:1, 1 Samuel 3:1-11, Listening is far more persuasive than speaking, 1 Samuel 3:7, 1 Samuel 3:9, Matthew 7:23, Habakkuk 3:16, A Word From The Lord Was Rare∙, Speak your servant is listening, Eli realized it was the LORD who was calling the boy, Go back to bed, A Contrast of Samuel’s Devotion vs Eli’s Failure, Will The Father’s words to Samuel were both dreadful and terrifying, Were infrequent, I didn’t call you, If you want others to listen, stop talking, The Power of Listening: A Lesson in Persuasion, Now in those days messages from the LORD were very rare, Pose thought-provoking questions and then let silence take over, Samuel’s Devotion, Intentional listing, Eli’s Failure, 1 Samuel 3:10, The Father’s words to Samuel were both dreadful and terrifying, It is all too easy to serve the Lord without truly knowing Him, Samuel He was being shaped for his future role as a prophet a chosen messenger of the Lord, A Shocking Revelation, The Transition to a New Era, 2 Kings 21:12, Samuel had never heard the Father speak to him before, The nation was on the cusp of collapse, Stay alert and ready to listen, Eli’s sons were worthless men who neither knew nor respected the Lord, The Father’s Timing, The Father’s timing is intentional and that His voice comes when we are ready to hear it, The Father had prepared his servant to receive and pass on his horrific message of judgment, I trembled inside when I heard this, The Father’s silence should not be mistaken for absence or indifference, Jeremiah 19:3, His silence is a season of preparation, His perspective is always the wisest in the room, Samuel was no ordinary individualhttps://drhreflections.com/2026/05/24/the-chimeras-are-coming-%e2%88%99%e2%88%99/Dr H Reflectionsen2026-05-24T05:11:00+00:00The Chimeras are Coming ∙∙Promises, Bible, God, Faith, Jesus, Sin, Scriptures, Forgiveness, Chimera, Antichrist, The Antichrist, Prayer, Peace and safety, 1 Thessalonians 5:4-5, I saw a fourth beast, Daniel 7:7, Revelation 13:2, 1 Thessalonians 5:3, Revelation 13:1-2, Sudden destruction will come upon them, A beast rising up, John 14, Composite beast, Revelation 13:4-8, The beast and the Dragon, Who is as great as the beast, All the people the world worshiped the beast, The beast was allowed to wage war, A Call to Awareness, Ancient Near East Mythology, The Chimeras are Coming, Chimeras in Scripture, This beast looked like a leopard but it had the feet of a bear and the mouth of a lion!, They also worshiped the beast, Ezekiel 1:14, The beast had feet of a bear and a mouth of a lion, Ancient Ancient Near East, The vision of the beast in Revelation offers a stark warning against deception, Then I saw a beast rising up out of the sea, The World’s Response to the Beast, And the beast was allowed to wage war against God’s holy people and to conquer them, Experimental Chimera, They worshiped the dragon for giving the beast such power, Communism and the Conscience of the West, And the dragon gave the beast his own power and throne and great authority, Chimeras are hybrids formed by combining distinct species, The Vision of the Beast in Revelation, a fantastical creature, The Antichrist will come disguised as the great humanitarian, The Antichrist’s rise to power is marked by deception and manipulation, The Use of Imagery to Convey the Inexpressible, Chimeras in Mythology and Modern Science, The Antichrist’s Strategy, The beast looked like a leopard, Ancient cultures relied on vivid concrete imagery to express abstract metaphysical concepts, Bishop Fulton J Sheen, Symbolism of the Cherubim, He spoke terrible words of blasphemy, The composite cherubim serve as a visual representation of God’s divine attributes, Deifying any new Caesar who might succeed in bringing the world unity and peace