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Hannah’s Poem and Power Reversals – Firstborn E6

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The Theme of the Test

Hannah asks God for a son and says she will give him up if he gives it to her. She's like Abraham when he finally passed the test. The theme of the test is this awkward where like, is God doing that to be mean? Did he set this person up just to be cruel? If you're trying to get someone to fail, we call it a trap. But if you are giving someone the opportunity to grow in patience, endurance, in virtue, and loyalty, then the same scenario that looks the same from the outside could actually be a test.

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