The Lord commands Saul to completely and utterly destroy the Amalekites. Amalek was the grandson of Esau, and Esau is often used as a picture of the non-elect, whose lineage produced wicked nations. Elder Chris points out that in Exodus, the Amalekites attacked the Israelites from the rear. Now that Israel had a king and had become strong, the Lord commanded Saul to destroy them. But Saul did not fully carry out the Lord’s commandment. Elder Chris considers the nature of Amalek as a picture of wickedness, while also showing that the children of God must deal with the nature of sin within themselves. We are commanded to mortify our carnal desires and the deeds of the body. The problem with Saul was that his ego got the better of him. Elder Chris encourages us to always see ourselves as little, and to let the Lord exalt.