“‘The adversaries of the Lord shall be broken in pieces; from heaven He will thunder against them. The Lord will judge the ends of the earth. He will give strength to His King, and exalt the horn of His anointed.’” (1 Samuel 2:10)

Hannah, no doubt, was offering praise to God because those adversaries, which seemed to beset her, and to make it impossible for her to have a son, had been overthrown.

She was exulting in God because of her own personal deliverance. Hannah, however, whether she knew it or not, was speaking in no uncertain way about the final overthrow of all the adversaries of our Lord.

Read once again verse 10.

Once it was said: “‘Is Saul also among the prophets?’” (1 Samuel 10:11). As we read this verse in Samuel, we are overwhelmed with Hannah’s vision, and we ask: “Is Hannah also among the Prophets?”

What is it that Hannah said? There are four things in her words, four things which cover the Coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.

• “The adversaries of the Lord shall be broken in pieces.”

We all will agree to this. The Second Psalm, in speaking of the end of times and of Christ’s Advent, said, “‘You shall break them with a rod of iron; You shall dash them to pieces like a potter’s vessel’” (v. 6).

Surely the Lord Jesus Christ will overthrow the wicked one and all his followers.

Over in the Book of Revelation we read, “And the stars of heaven fell to the earth . . . Then the sky receded as a scroll when it is rolled up, and every mountain and island was moved out of its place. And the kings of the earth, the great men, the rich men, the commanders, the mighty men, every slave and every free man, hid themselves in the caves and in the rocks of the mountains, and said to the mountains and rocks, ‘Fall on us and hide us from the face of Him who sits on the throne and from the wrath of the Lamb! For the great day of His wrath has come, and who is able to stand?’” (6:13-17).

• “From heaven He will thunder against them.”

We all know that the Lord will descend from heaven, and that, with the breath of His lips and the forth-shining of His countenance, He will slay the wicked one. Saints, this very thing which Hannah speaks will be fulfilled when Christ comes in flaming fire, taking vengeance upon all who know not God, and that obey not the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ.

• “The Lord will judge the ends of the earth.”

Why, certainly, this is exactly what will happen at the Second Coming. The adversaries will be broken, the Lord thunders upon them from Heaven, and then He will set up His throne and rule the earth in righteousness. Read Paalm 46, and you will think you have the counterpart of Hannah’s words. In the next Psalm we read, “For God is the King of all the earth . . . God reigns over the nations; God sits on His holy throne” (Psalm 47:7, 8 ). In the Book of Acts it is said that the Lord will judge the earth in righteousness. He has given us a proof of this, in that He has raised up Christ from the dead.

• “He will give strength to His King, and exalt the horn of His Anointed.”

It is in the day when Christ shall return to sit upon the throne of David, that His Name and His glory shall cover the earth, as the waters cover the sea. Men will come from the ends of the earth as the representatives of nations, to worship the Lord of Hosts.

This exaltation of Christ among men is set forth in Isaiah 33:5-22.

Guard your heart. Teach your children. Watch and pray.