Contrast between Saul’s sacrifices, and those who hold fast God’s covenant. Saul’s offerings were not performed in accordance with the command of God, and so the kingdom of Israel would belong to another king.
But to those who keep the Sabbath, who do not profane it but hold fast to God’s covenant, God says he will “bring to my holy mountain, and make them joyful in my house of prayer; their burnt offerings and their sacrifices will be accepted on my altar“.
Our lives in this present age do not compare to the promise of what is to come, the new heaven and new earth, dwelling with God amongst us, as His people. Our lives today will determine whether we are found written in the Lamb’s book of life, able to enter the city lit by the glory of God. Let’s thirst after the water of life without price, so that we can share in the tree of life and in the holy city described in Revelation.