Compare Helaman 16:6 and John 7:20. In what way was Samuel like the Savior? “Not only did the prophets of Old Testament times believe in Christ and worship the Father in his name but they also lived in such a way that each could say of the promised Messiah, as did Moses, he shall be ‘like unto me’ (Deuteronomy 18:15). From Adam to Malachi, their lives constituted marvelous prophetic types of the life of Christ” (McConkie, Gospel Symbolism, 146).
Can you think of other ways Samuel’s life was like the Savior’s?