1 Samuel 2;27:

1 Samuel 2:27 says, And there came a man of God unto Eli, and said unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Did I plainly appear unto the house of thy father, when they were in Egypt in Pharaoh’s house?  Since Eli's rebuke of his sons was too gentle, God sent a prophet to him to remind him of who God is.  If we see things going on in the church today that are not in accordance with God's teachings, we need to remind the people, especially the leaders if they are going along with it, of who God is.  Verse twenty-eight adds, And did I choose him out of all the tribes of Israel to be my priest, to offer upon mine altar, to burn incense, to wear an ephod before me? and did I give unto the house of thy father all the offerings made by fire of the children of Israel?  Eli was reminded that his ancestor in Egypt was chosen to be God's priest of all the people of Isreal, which would make Eli a descendent of Aaron.  As I have stated several times, we are not now a part of the ministry, or even a part of God's family by birth, but by answering God's call to salvation.  Still, before Jesus Christ came to redeem us, people of a certain family were chosen to be the priests.  Verse twenty-nine continues, Wherefore kick ye at my sacrifice and at mine offering, which I have commanded in my habitation; and honourest thy sons above me, to make yourselves fat with the chiefest of all the offerings of Israel my people?  The prophet then asked Eli why he kicked against God's law and his calling by putting his sons above God and them growing fat off sacrifices made to God. We cannot put anything, even family, ahead of God, and we certainly should never grow rich off things sacrificed to God.  Verse thirty declares, Wherefore the LORD God of Israel saith, I said indeed that thy house, and the house of thy father, should walk before me for ever: but now the LORD saith, Be it far from me; for them that honour me I will honour, and they that despise me shall be lightly esteemed.  The prophet then said that even though God had set Aaron's family aside for the ministry of the priesthood, He now was going to honor those who honored Him and not those who were born into the priesthood but who lightly esteemed God.  Today, God still calls people into the ministry, though we as followers of Christ are all a part of the priesthood of believers.  Verse thirty-one adds, Behold, the days come, that I will cut off thine arm, and the arm of thy father’s house, that there shall not be an old man in thine house.  God warned Eli that there was coming a day when his family would no longer be the priests by fact of their birth.  This occurred forever with the coming of Jesus Christ to be our everlasting sacrifice and to give us direct access to God without going through any religious leader.  Verse thirty-two continues, And thou shalt see an enemy in my habitation, in all the wealth which God shall give Israel: and there shall not be an old man in thine house for ever.  The prophet continued to warn Eli that his family would be cut off from the priesthood because of the actions of his sons in dishonoring God by their actions.  Verse thirty-three continues, And the man of thine, whom I shall not cut off from mine altar, shall be to consume thine eyes, and to grieve thine heart: and all the increase of thine house shall die in the flower of their age.  Eli was told that there was a man of his, but not his sons, from whom the priesthood would not be cut off.  God will never be without those to carry out His ministry as long as this world stands.  Verse thirty-fiour states, And this shall be a sign unto thee, that shall come upon thy two sons, on Hophni and Phinehas; in one day they shall die both of them.  God through His prophet said a sign of the truth of what He was saying was that Hophni and Phinehas would both die young for their sins against God.  Verse thirty-five adds, And I will raise me up a faithful priest, that shall do according to that which is in mine heart and in my mind: and I will build him a sure house; and he shall walk before mine anointed for ever.  God said He would raise up a faithful priest, and Matthew Henry says this was fulfilled first with Zadoc, of Eleazar's family, during the reign of Solomon, but was forever fulfilled by Jesus Christ.  Verse thirty-six continues, And it shall come to pass, that every one that is left in thine house shall come and crouch to him for a piece of silver and a morsel of bread, and shall say, Put me, I pray thee, into one of the priests’ offices, that I may eat a piece of bread.  The prophet said everyone left in Eli's house would be reduced to begging for bread