Thus everything now turned upon “God's emergency man” who was rapidly being fitted for the grave position that he was to fill. The priesthood must be deposed from its former position of privilege and honor as the link between the Lord and His people. The king was in mind, though not yet called; Samuel was to be the medium of communication meanwhile. To some extent he was to hold Moses's place of mediator. The spotless ephod was not only symbolic of the personal purity of the one whom the Lord had chosen, it also spoke of the peculiar place that he must occupy as filling the awful gap created
by a corrupt priesthood.
Blessed be God, He is never without resources. If one order of things breaks down, bringing sorrow upon men rather than blessing, He creates another. The subsequent history will show us the miserable failure of kingship. In whatever position God may place man, and however highly He may favor him, failure quickly follows. We must learn from this that there is but One whom God can trust—our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. He is our rest and confidence today and forever.