The church system is antithetical to genuine fellowship. If the leadership is a one man band and only he “ministers” then why would we imagine that they would not reproduce after their own kind? A multitude of starving folks, starving from lack of edification, starving from genuine fellowship centered around a common passion…..Jesus.
Genuine saints are driven in the depths of their spirits to find others who have the same overarching passion as they do. The saint is not looking to “make friends,” like the world, they are seeking the called out ones. When they find them, these folks from a thousand different backgrounds, they find not friends, but genuine brothers and sisters, centered around a common beating heart. It is the heart of our heavenly Father and it beats with the rhythm of the Kingdom. Our hearts beat together as one and the bond is unbreakable.
1Sa 2:8 He raises up the poor out of the dust, and lifts up the beggar from the ash heap, to set them among princes, and to make them inherit the throne of glory:
This is part of the magnificent prayer of Hannah. Hannah of course was without child in. Year after year she had prayed and wept before the Lord for a child. Year after year she was mocked and ridiculed by her husbands other wife. We come across Hannah in the temple, praying with all of her heart, being watched by Eli. It is no wonder that he mistakes Hannah for being drunk for he and his sons were so far removed from genuine prayer and worship.
Eli and his wicked sons represent the dying and corrupt nature of our modern day Christendom. Hannah’s rival certainly represents the mockers of Gods people. Hannah herself represents the hope of the remnant Church on earth who have not bowed down their heads to Baal. And Samuel, the answer to all of Hannah’s prayers represents the end time prophets of God who will speak the truth in love to a dying world and replace an old and corrupt system, fattened by the cares and the riches of this world.
Hannah says in her prayer that the Lord “raises the poor from the dust and lifts the beggar from the ash heap to set them among princes and makes them to inherit the throne of glory.” In another Scripture we are told that the Lord raises up the foolish things of this world to confound the wise. God’s remnant saints on the earth at this time are mocked by the religious who represent a dying system. The Lord Himself who set the world upon it’s pillars will guard the feet of His saints and will cause the wicked to be silent in darkness. He raises up His servants from the dust and and from the ash heaps and causes them to walk in high and lofty places. He will exalt the horn of His anointed. Keep praying saints, keep weeping like Hannah, for the wicked priesthood of Eli will fall and God will raise up His own Royal priesthood for His own purposes in these latter days.
A Call To The Remnant 