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exults in their confusion, as in the case of Saul. He had suffered Satan
to lead him a willing captive, and now Satan spreads before Saul a
correct description of his fate. By giving Saul a correct statement of
his end, through the woman of Endor, Satan opens a way for Israel to
be instructed by his Satanic cunning, that they may, in their rebellion
against God, learn of him, and by thus doing, sever the last link which
would hold them to God.
Saul knew that in this last act, of consulting the witch of Endor,
he cut the last shred which held him to God. He knew that if he had
not before willfully separated himself from God, this act sealed that
separation, and made it final. He had made an agreement with death
and a covenant with hell. The cup of his iniquity was full.
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