24Indeed, all the prophets from Samuel on, as many as have spoken, have foretold these days.

Samuel was certainly born for such a time as this…for these days…such a crucial time in history, when God is stirring the church and America is shaking off its moorings.  We know he is so special…

Which brings us to…Eisenhower???  

What we know about Samuel is not much, but we sense that he will be a man of precise, wise judgments, and patiently applied skill and accuracy.  We trust that he will be filled with godly courage and of course, revelation.  Our little resident hero, Judah, is a “guts and glory” kind of guy, but Samuel’s character made me think of a different kind of hero.  I felt that the Lord had spoken to this little man being a man of peace, and I was reminded of Eisenhower, who was the Supreme Allied Commander back in 1945.  He oversaw the famous invasion of Normandy, the beginning of the end of World War II.  He personally took responsibility for the riskiest, most crucial military action probably the world has ever known, and he did it out of no personal ambition.  He risked and spent hundreds of thousands of lives because he had the foresight to know that he was battling the reign of evil on the earth, and the cost of not winning was too great.  Later, he would be the commander when American armies discovered the horrors of the “Final Solution” as they liberated the Nazi death camps.  I think he had supernatural eyes, some divine revelation the battle of good vs. evil in the politics of man, to do what he did.  That must have been the reason he broke ties with his parents’ Jehovah Witness religion and its pacifism, and opened his Bible to Ps. 33:12 and II Chron. 7:14 on the two occasions of his inaugurations as president.  His rise to power was unique in that he never actually experienced combat, but was promoted based on character and genius, finally being placed by God in that epicly strategic position at the turn of history’s tide.  He was a man of peace, truly hating war for the rest of his life, but having known how and when to fight the good fight.  Thus…Samuel Eisenhower.  Hopefully that explains it a little more…  Now all you Chicagoans can rest easy, knowing he’s not named after an expressway.  :)