as distinct.25 Therefore, these passages do not lend support to the notion that each individual member of the old covenant remnant was indwelt by the Spirit. When Samuel anoints Saul king over Israel (1 Sam 10:1), he tells him that, “the Spirit of Yahweh will rush upon you” (10:6, the same expression used of Samson), which is just what happens (10:10). This text does not recount Saul’s conversion (even though Samuel tells Saul in v. 6 that he will be “changed to another man”).26 The Old Testament
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