Speaker 1: Ladies and gentlemen, Welcome to Sunday Service, episode fifty four.
Speaker 2: I am your host, Josh Monday.
Speaker 1: If you know me, I'm a Christian rapper, devoted husband, father,
Speaker 1: and army veteran. Thank you guys so much for joining
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Speaker 1: appreciate you guys allowing me to do this show. And yes,
Speaker 1: so this is the fifty fourth episode. Awesome, So we're
Speaker 1: moving right along and Second Samuel we'll be in Second
Speaker 1: Samuel three. And so today I got to go down
Speaker 1: to La again and do another show out in La.
Speaker 2: So I got to do a live show again on
Speaker 2: the show.
Speaker 1: It's called Apollo the Original, and this one is actually
Speaker 1: going to be on high school college Secret Societies. It's
Speaker 1: a pretty pretty interesting episode when it comes out. I'll
Speaker 1: let you I'll let you guys know. I'll keep you
Speaker 1: guys posted and if you guys could definitely watch the episode.
Speaker 1: I did do also on his show about Biblical cosmology,
Speaker 1: just to kind of get the numbers kind of ringing
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Speaker 1: on these bigger shows. Still, you know that way I
Speaker 1: could bring more people to listening to the Bible studies
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Speaker 1: engaged with the Word of God that might not be
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Speaker 1: like to shout out you guys for commenting whoever commented
Speaker 1: last week and on Sunday Service last week we had
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Speaker 2: I really appreciate you.
Speaker 1: You said you missed a few episodes, but now you
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Speaker 1: episode with Apaola was awesome. That's the episode I'm speaking about, guys,
Speaker 1: said Angela Kelly. Thank you for going over there checking
Speaker 1: it out. And j con forty four to twenty. Yes, cool,
Speaker 1: I think that you. On Wednesday service, you said that
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Speaker 2: So NRM Benz.
Speaker 1: Paul brings up some most difficult Oh that's NICKI, NICKI,
Speaker 1: how's it going. Paul brings up some of the most
Speaker 1: difficult and controversy to topics of the church. Modern US
Speaker 1: theology has promoted Israel as a nation state as equal
Speaker 1: to spiritual Israel. But the promise to Abraham Abraham was
Speaker 1: not a Jew, but a gentile, for whom his belief
Speaker 1: was accounted to him as righteous. Amen to that, Nikki,
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Speaker 1: I agree with you, and you know, it's kind of
Speaker 1: people have mixed opinions on that, but yet very great points.
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Speaker 1: Angela Kelly, once again, thank you, really appreciate you.
Speaker 2: I used to live.
Speaker 1: Eminem rock and roll, and I can't listen to second
Speaker 1: in music anymore me neither. The music disrupts my soul. Now,
Speaker 1: God is good. Have a wonderful weekend.
Speaker 2: Yeah. Yeah, I know.
Speaker 1: I'm a rapper as well too. You know, I'm a
Speaker 1: rap artist and I used to be. I don't really
Speaker 1: do it anymore as much, but I put out you know,
Speaker 1: about nine songs, and yeah, I can listen to that
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Speaker 2: This and that and all that.
Speaker 1: And now I'm the same way Angela, definitely same exact way,
Speaker 1: know there. I appreciate your comment. Please cover the book
Speaker 1: at Enoch. Yeah, all glory to God.
Speaker 2: Yeah.
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Speaker 2: J Con forty four to twenty. Thank you everyone, Thank God,
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Speaker 2: Thank you, And now let me just go ahead and
Speaker 2: do that.
Speaker 1: The intro for Second Samuel Chapter three, The House of
Speaker 1: David Strengthened. Second Samuel three teaches us the complexities of
Speaker 1: human relationships, the importance of loyalty, and the destructive potential
Speaker 1: of unchecked revenge. Even in the midst of strife, we
Speaker 1: see God's divine hand moving as David, despite being wronged,
Speaker 1: maintains integrity and fairness. This chapter ultimately serves as a
Speaker 1: lesson in leadership and the power of forgiveness over revenge.
Speaker 2: Okay, so.
Speaker 1: Excuse me, So we have that going on, So let's
Speaker 1: go ahead and pull up Second Samuel real quick, let
Speaker 1: me just share the screen.
Speaker 2: Pull this up. This is Second Samuel three.
Speaker 1: Okay, so we're in Second Samuel chapter three, reading out
Speaker 1: of the New King James version. Just let you guys know,
Speaker 1: and the title for this is actually going to be
Speaker 1: Joe ab Kills Abner. Before we start, I want to
Speaker 1: let you guys know something. So at this time, David
Speaker 1: is reigning. He is the king of Judah right, which
Speaker 1: is like the South right, So he is.
Speaker 2: The king of Judah.
Speaker 1: He's not the king over all of Israel yet because
Speaker 1: Saul's dynasty is still trying to reign in the north.
Speaker 1: So David has been king over the South or Judah
Speaker 1: for seven and a half a half years. Now, okay,
Speaker 1: just let you guys know up to this point, So
Speaker 1: let me go ahead and start Second Samuel three, verse one.
Speaker 1: Now there was a long war between the House of
Speaker 1: Saul and the House of David. But David grew stronger
Speaker 1: and stronger, and the House of Sault grew weaker and weaker.
Speaker 1: Sons of David. Sons were born to David in Hebron.
Speaker 1: His firstborn was Amin Amnon of Ahnom the the Jezreelites.
Speaker 1: His second Chilib by Abigail, the widow of Nebal the Karmelite.
Speaker 1: The third Absalom, the son of Macaw, the daughter of Talmai,
Speaker 1: king of Jashir. The fourth Ajanav, son of Hageth, the
Speaker 1: fifth Shephatah, son of Abbatol, and the sixth uh eh
Speaker 1: Reim by David's wife Iglau. These were born to David
Speaker 1: and Hebron. So we'll stop there real quick. So if
Speaker 1: you know not, David has six kids from six different women.
Speaker 1: And it's kind of interesting that we're not hearing, you know.
Speaker 1: Sometimes you know, you hear certain things like when you
Speaker 1: read that, like you know, and God was you know,
Speaker 1: grieved by David for having six different women or whatever,
Speaker 1: you know, So you don't see that. So it's kind
Speaker 1: of interesting that it doesn't say like God disapproved or
Speaker 1: God scoffed that David. But I do want to point
Speaker 1: something out that having six children from six different women,
Speaker 1: whether it which I don't think God approves of, whether
Speaker 1: it was back in the day or not, it still
Speaker 1: doesn't work for a family. And I'm gonna show you,
Speaker 1: guys what happened with David.
Speaker 2: You know.
Speaker 1: So, David's first unnamed son with Bathsheba, died in infancy
Speaker 1: as a punishment for david sin with Bathsheba, which is
Speaker 1: going to be later his Her firstborn Amnin, was killed
Speaker 1: by his half brother as Absalom after uh this this
Speaker 1: word I.
Speaker 2: Don't want to use, after.
Speaker 1: Sleeping with their sister tomorrow, Okay, Absalom. Another son died
Speaker 1: from wounds received in battle after leading a rebellion against David.
Speaker 1: The unnamed son Khalib or Daniel. The second son is
Speaker 1: not mentioned beyond his birth Later ab Jannah, another son,
Speaker 1: was executed by King Solomon for attempting to claim the throne.
Speaker 1: Shepptah and I Threem. The two sons are mentioned in
Speaker 1: the lineage, but their fates are not detailed in scripture,
Speaker 1: so you have unnamed son died as.
Speaker 2: An infant, Khalib or Daniel.
Speaker 1: Little is known about the second son of David with Abigail.
Speaker 1: David's firstborn son was Amnon. He was killed by his
Speaker 1: half brother Absalom for sleeping with their sister Tomorrow. Absalom
Speaker 1: David's third son, who died after his rebellion against David.
Speaker 1: Ada Jannah, the fourth son, who attempted to unsurp the
Speaker 1: throne and was later executed by King Solomon. Okay, then
Speaker 1: uh uh i Reem and Shipta, the second that their
Speaker 1: fate was not recorded, doesn't detail what happened in the Bible.
Speaker 1: So you kind of see a problem here. You don't
Speaker 1: see David with one woman, you know, king and a
Speaker 1: queen and they just have all the children are theirs
Speaker 1: and they're taking care of them. You kind of see
Speaker 1: a lot of chaos happening, right. So, even though the
Speaker 1: Bible does not say, hey, you know, God disapproved of
Speaker 1: him being with these other women or anything like that, uh,
Speaker 1: you kind of see the chaos that ends up happening
Speaker 1: with David and his children.
Speaker 2: Okay, I don't know what's up with the.
Speaker 1: Other two, but and then you know some are little
Speaker 1: is known about the second son, but the other ones.
Speaker 2: You see what happened.
Speaker 1: So I believe that when you have a family of
Speaker 1: a man and a woman only, and then you marry
Speaker 1: and then you have children, if you have a better chance,
Speaker 1: not saying that it always happens, but you kind of
Speaker 1: have a better chance of your children doing better in life,
Speaker 1: especially if the father and the mother stay together, don't divorce,
Speaker 1: and they take care of their children the correct way,
Speaker 1: the godly way. The father is the head of the home.
Speaker 1: He's a spiritual leader. The wife is also strong as
Speaker 1: well in the Bible, and then both of them get
Speaker 1: together and then the wife submits to the husband. Not
Speaker 1: saying that she should submit to a jerk or someone
Speaker 1: that's trying to rule over her or be a crazy psycho.
Speaker 1: I'm just saying that a godly man that reads the
Speaker 1: Bible and that's a spiritual leader, the wife should submit.
Speaker 1: They get along and they're in love, and the children
Speaker 1: that they'll end up doing a lot better.
Speaker 2: Now, sometimes they do veer off and do things.
Speaker 1: I'm not saying that it's always perfect, but they have
Speaker 1: a better chance of this type of stuff, not happening.
Speaker 1: If that makes sense. Okay, So let's go ahead and
Speaker 1: check out what my notes say about this. It says,
Speaker 1: the House of David grows stronger. Now, the war between
Speaker 1: the House of Saul and the House of David was
Speaker 1: long and drawn out, with David growing stronger and the
Speaker 1: House of Saul becoming weaker. This verse sets the stage
Speaker 1: for the unfolding events of emphasizing the gradual shift in power.
Speaker 1: And let's go ahead and check out what the phrase
Speaker 1: the House of David gets stronger refers to the significant
Speaker 1: period in the biblical narrative with the dynasty of King
Speaker 1: David solidifies its power and influence over Israel. This theme
Speaker 1: is primarily drawn from the books of First and Second Samuel,
Speaker 1: which detailed the trends transition of leadership between Saul to David,
Speaker 1: and the subsequent establishment.
Speaker 2: Of David's rule.
Speaker 1: All right, So that's all I want to go over,
Speaker 1: is just kind of the biblical definition of that. So
Speaker 1: you understand, all right, So let's go ahead and read.
Speaker 1: Now Abner joins forces with David. All right, So it says,
Speaker 1: now it was so why there was a war between
Speaker 1: the House of Saul and the House of David that
Speaker 1: Abner was strengthened his hold on the House of Saul,
Speaker 1: and Saul had a concubine whose name was.
Speaker 2: Ris Paul, the daughter of Ahi.
Speaker 1: So Izbashev said to Abner, why have you gone in
Speaker 1: my father's concubine. So and just let you guys know,
Speaker 1: let me just pause there that when you sleep with
Speaker 1: the king's concubine, it's like you saying I conquered that king,
Speaker 1: even if the king is dead. So Abner is one
Speaker 1: of the Abner is one of the uh military leaders.
Speaker 1: Let me just let me just make sure I'm correct
Speaker 1: on this. I believe one of the military leaders for
Speaker 1: Saul's army.
Speaker 2: Abner.
Speaker 4: Yeah, yeah, sorry, guys, Abner was Okay.
Speaker 1: So Abner was the son of Ner and the captain
Speaker 1: of King Saul's army.
Speaker 2: So that's what it was.
Speaker 1: I didn't want to say military leader. I wanted to
Speaker 1: say it correctly. He was a captain of Saul's army.
Speaker 1: King Saul's army in the Bible, a key figure in
Speaker 1: the early years of King David's reign. After Saul's death,
Speaker 1: Abner installed Ishbath, Saul's son. Okay, so that's what's going on.
Speaker 1: So what is happening here is Saul had a concubine
Speaker 1: whose name was Rispa, the daughter of Ayah, and ish Isbasheth,
Speaker 1: who was the one that was put in power. He's
Speaker 1: like the king said to Abner, why have you gone
Speaker 1: into my father's concubine. And like I said, it is
Speaker 1: a even though Saul is already dead. It's kind of
Speaker 1: like him getting one up on Saul basically. So let's
Speaker 1: see what it says here in verse eight. Then Abner
Speaker 1: became very angry at the words of Ishabeth and said,
Speaker 1: am I a dog's head that belongs to Judah? Today
Speaker 1: I show loyalty to the house of Saul, your father,
Speaker 1: and to his brothers and to his friends. And you
Speaker 1: have delivered, and I have delivered you into the hand
Speaker 1: of David. And you charged me today with a fault
Speaker 1: concerning this woman. May God do so to Abner and
Speaker 1: more also, if I do not do for David, as
Speaker 1: for the Lord has sworn to him to transfer the
Speaker 1: kingdom from the house of Salt and set up the
Speaker 1: throne of David over Israel and over Judah, from Dan
Speaker 1: to Brasheva. And he could answer Abner, and he could
Speaker 1: not answer Abner another word because he feared him. So
Speaker 1: Abner is the captain of the military, obviously, So Abner
Speaker 1: can actually fight, and he can get down.
Speaker 2: And you're gonna learn a.
Speaker 1: Little bit what Abner did back in Second Samuel eighteen
Speaker 1: through thirty two. All right, that's gonna come up in
Speaker 1: a second here. So all right, so it says, then
Speaker 1: Abner sent messengers on his bealf to David, saying who's
Speaker 1: in the land, Who is this the land? Who's is
Speaker 1: the land? Saying also make your covenant with me, and
Speaker 1: indeed my hands shall be with you to bring all
Speaker 1: Israel to you. Okay, So let's stop there real quick.
Speaker 1: So Abner's defection. So Abner, the commander of Sal's armored
Speaker 1: defects to David after falling after a falling out with
Speaker 1: ishbas Is Shabeth. It's hard to say. His name is
Speaker 1: Sho cheth is ba Cheth Okay, Sorry. His decision is
Speaker 1: driven by personal grievances and political calculations, yet it plays
Speaker 1: a crucial role in God's plan to establish David as king.
Speaker 1: All right, so let's go ahead and continue tewod Samuel three,
Speaker 1: verse thirteen, And David said, good I will make a
Speaker 1: covenant with you, but one thing I require of you.
Speaker 1: You shall not see my face unless you first bring
Speaker 1: McCall Saul's daughter when you come to see my face.
Speaker 1: So as you as you remember, McCall was David's first
Speaker 1: wife that Saul uh set him up with. He said
Speaker 1: that she was going to be a thorn in his side.
Speaker 1: And what happened is McCall loved David, but all that
Speaker 1: those issues happened between Saul and David.
Speaker 2: So David left and McCall ended up.
Speaker 1: Saw what Saul did is said, I don't know, I
Speaker 1: don't care if you love David, you're gonna be with
Speaker 1: somebody else. So he set up McCall with somebody else
Speaker 1: because he obviously didn't want the call to be with
Speaker 1: David anymore. So now David is saying, look uh. David
Speaker 1: said good. I will make it covenant with you, but
Speaker 1: one thing I required to you. You shall see my
Speaker 1: face unless you bring first bring McCall Saul's daughter when
Speaker 1: you come. When you come, see my face. So David
Speaker 1: sent messengers. The issue ispo Cheth, Saul's son, saying give
Speaker 1: me give me my wife McCall, whom I bethralled to
Speaker 1: myself for one hundred foreskin of the Philistines, and it's
Speaker 1: just chef and is Seth sent and took her from
Speaker 1: her husband, from Patil, the son of Leish. Then her
Speaker 1: husband went along with her to Bhim, weeping behind her.
Speaker 1: So Abner said to him, go return, and he returned.
Speaker 1: Oh man, now he is not obviously, Uh, he was
Speaker 1: weeping because McCall. I think she was beautiful, you know
Speaker 1: she was, she was she was pretty, you know, so
Speaker 1: and he was probably in love, you know, that's his wife.
Speaker 1: But Abner, the captain, which was he's kind of a
Speaker 1: probably a strong military man, told him, uh, son of
Speaker 1: Lish Pettil Poltil, to.
Speaker 2: Go return, and he returned.
Speaker 1: So stop following her because David will probably end up
Speaker 1: killing you.
Speaker 2: So go and return.
Speaker 1: So he left and returned, right, So, uh, let's go
Speaker 1: ahead and check out this portion from my notes. It
Speaker 1: says David's response to Abner's overture. Overture is marked by
Speaker 1: wisdom and diplomacy. He demands the return of his wife
Speaker 1: McCall as a condition for peace, demonstrating his strategic acumen
Speaker 1: and the commitment to rightful claims. So you see David's
Speaker 1: diplomacy being used there, which is awesome. And let's check
Speaker 1: out if there's anything deeper on that. David, the second
Speaker 1: kingdis Jill, is renowned not only as a military proudness
Speaker 1: poetic contributions to the songs, but also for his diplomatic acumen.
Speaker 1: His reign is recorded in the books of Samuel, Kings
Speaker 1: and chronicles, showcases a leader who skillfully navigated the complex
Speaker 1: political landscape of the ancient Near East. David's diplomacy was
Speaker 1: instrument in uniting the tribes of Israel and establishing a strong,
Speaker 1: centralized kingdom.
Speaker 2: Okay, so we have that. Awesome.
Speaker 1: Also he unified Israel, which is going to happen here
Speaker 1: pretty soon. So now we're going to be in Second
Speaker 1: Samuel three, verse seventeen. Now Abner had communicated with the
Speaker 1: elders of Israel, saying, in time past you were seeking
Speaker 1: for David to be king over you. Now then do it,
Speaker 1: for the Lord has spoken to David, saying, by the
Speaker 1: hand of my servant David, I will save my people
Speaker 1: Israel from the hand of the Philistines and the hand
Speaker 1: of all their enemies. And Abner, who spoke in the
Speaker 1: hearing of Benjamin. Then Abner also went to speak in
Speaker 1: the hearing of David in Hebron that all seemed good
Speaker 1: to Israel and the whole house of Benjamin. So Abner
Speaker 1: and twenty men with him came to David at Hebron,
Speaker 1: and David made a feast for Abner and the men
Speaker 1: who were with him. Then Abner said to David, I
Speaker 1: will rise, I will arise and go and gather all
Speaker 1: Israel to my lord the King, and they may make
Speaker 1: a covenant with you, that you may reign over all
Speaker 1: that your heart desires. So David sent Abner away and
Speaker 1: he went in peace. So it sounds good, right, sounds
Speaker 1: like everything's kosher. But there's a problem, And I'm gonna
Speaker 1: go over the problem right here before we read Second
Speaker 1: Samuel three. So back in second Samuel, back in second
Speaker 1: Samuel two, verses eighteen through thirty two. Problem happened, all right,
Speaker 1: So Abner killed a shield during a battle as described
Speaker 1: in the biblical account of Samuel two verses eighteen through
Speaker 1: thirty two, which we're gonna.
Speaker 2: Read really quick. Okay, let me go ahead and read
Speaker 2: that really fast for you guys. So we know why
Speaker 2: Joe ab ends up doing what he does.
Speaker 1: Okay, So second Samuel two, and we're gonna be eighteen
Speaker 1: through thirty two.
Speaker 2: All right, it says.
Speaker 1: Now the three sons of Zara were there, Joe ab
Speaker 1: and A and a Shield. And as Sheel was as
Speaker 1: fleet of foot as a wild gazelle. So as Shield
Speaker 1: pursued Abner, and in going he did not turn to
Speaker 1: the right hand or to the left from following Abner.
Speaker 1: Then Abner looked behind him and said, are you as Siel?
Speaker 1: And he answered I am. And Abner said to him,
Speaker 1: turn aside to your right hand and to your left,
Speaker 1: and lay hold on one of the young men, and
Speaker 1: take his armor for yourself. But as Shield would not
Speaker 1: turn aside, then follow from following him. So Abner said
Speaker 1: again to a Shield, turn aside from following me. Why
Speaker 1: should I strike you to the ground? How could I
Speaker 1: face your brother Joe abb However, he refused to turn aside.
Speaker 1: Therefore Abner struck him in the stomach with the blunt
Speaker 1: end of a spear, so that the spear came out
Speaker 1: of his back. He fell down there and died on
Speaker 1: the spot.
Speaker 2: So that was as many.
Speaker 1: So it was that as many as came to the
Speaker 1: place where a shield fell down and died stood still.
Speaker 1: Joe Abb and Abashi also pursued Abner, and the sun
Speaker 1: was going down when they came to the hill and Amah,
Speaker 1: which is before Goya and the road of wilderness a gibbeon.
Speaker 1: Now the children of Benjamin gathered together behind Abner and
Speaker 1: became a unit and took their stand on top of
Speaker 1: a hill. Then Abner called to Joe ab and said,
Speaker 1: shall the sword devour forever? Do you not know what
Speaker 1: it will be that will be better to the It'll
Speaker 1: be bitter to the later end. How will it be
Speaker 1: then until you tell the people to return for pursuing
Speaker 1: their brethren. And Joeb said, as God lives. Unless you
Speaker 1: had spoken surely, then by mourning all the people would
Speaker 1: have given up pursuing their brethren. So joeab blew a trumpet,
Speaker 1: and all the people stood still and did not pursue
Speaker 1: Israel anymore, nor did they fight anymore. Then Abner and
Speaker 1: his men went all throughout the night through the plane
Speaker 1: crossed over the Jordan and went through all Bithron and
Speaker 1: came Domineum. So Joe ab returned from pursuing Abner, and
Speaker 1: when he had gathered all the people together. There were
Speaker 1: missing of David's servants nineteen men and as shield. But
Speaker 1: the servants of David had struck down and Benjamin and
Speaker 1: Abner's men three hundred and sixty who died when they
Speaker 1: took up a shield and buried him in the father's tomb,
Speaker 1: which is in Bethlehem. And Joe Ab, it says, and
Speaker 1: Joe Ab sorry, Benjamin had struck down in Benjamin and
Speaker 1: Abner's men three hundred men, so they took a shield
Speaker 1: and buried him in his father's tomb, which was in Bethlehem.
Speaker 1: And Joeab and his men went all night and they
Speaker 1: came to Hebron at daybreak. So that way you get
Speaker 1: some context of what's going on with what's about to
Speaker 1: happen right here. So Abner killed Joe AB's brother, all right,
Speaker 1: and when that happens, that is going to affect you tremendously,
Speaker 1: right because my brother, If something happened to my brother,
Speaker 1: it would definitely affect me tremendously. So what we have
Speaker 1: here is Joe AB's revenge. Joe Ab murders Abner is
Speaker 1: what the title for this is. So you're gonna see
Speaker 1: what happens. So it says Second Samuel three, verse twenty two.
Speaker 1: At that moment, the servants of David and Joe Abb
Speaker 1: came from a raid and brought much spoil with them.
Speaker 1: But Abner was not with David in hebron for he
Speaker 1: had sent him away and he had gone in peace.
Speaker 1: Then Joe Ab and all the troops who were with
Speaker 1: him had come, and they told Joe Ab saying, Abner
Speaker 1: the son of Ner came to the king and he
Speaker 1: sent him away, and he has gone in peace. Then
Speaker 1: Joe ab the son of Ner, or sorry, Joe Abb,
Speaker 1: came to the king and said, what have you done? Look,
Speaker 1: Abner came to you. Why is it that you sent
Speaker 1: him away? And he has gone already gone. Surely you
Speaker 1: realize that Abner, the son of Aner came to deceive you,
Speaker 1: to know that you're going out and you're coming in,
Speaker 1: and to know all that you are doing. Now, I'm
Speaker 1: just gonna let you guys know that he has no
Speaker 1: proof of what he's saying. Right there, he is saying
Speaker 1: that he's deceiving you because he probably.
Speaker 2: Thinks that.
Speaker 1: He probably thinks that's dynasty wouldn't come over and do that, right,
Speaker 1: So he probably thinks he's deceiving him, but he doesn't
Speaker 1: have any proof of that, so he's kind of he's
Speaker 1: lying to David right here, so he's probably just assuming
Speaker 1: that he's going to be deceiving him. It doesn't have
Speaker 1: proof of it. And it says in Second Samuel three,
Speaker 1: verse twenty six, and when Joe ab had gone from
Speaker 1: David's presence, he said, messengers after Abner who brought him
Speaker 1: back from the Well of Sarah, but David did not
Speaker 1: know it, so David didn't send any them to go
Speaker 1: get Abner. Okay, this is coming straight from Joe ab Now,
Speaker 1: when Abner had returned to Hebron, this is verse twenty seven. Now, Now,
Speaker 1: when Abner had returned to Hebron, Joe ab took him
Speaker 1: aside in the gate to speak with them privately, and
Speaker 1: there stabbed him in the stomach and then he died
Speaker 1: for the blood of a shield his brother. Okay, so
Speaker 1: this is all behind the scenes. Okay, this is not
Speaker 1: something that he did that David said to do. But
Speaker 1: this causes a lot of problems because Abner was trying
Speaker 1: to bring people there to make peace with obviously David,
Speaker 1: and also for everybody to swear in David as the
Speaker 1: king of all of Israel. So let's see what it
Speaker 1: says here in Tewod Samuel three, verse twenty eight. Afterward,
Speaker 1: when David heard it, he said, my kingdom and I
Speaker 1: are guiltiless before the Lord forever of the blood of Abner,
Speaker 1: the son of Nerd. Let it rest on the head
Speaker 1: of Joab and all the father's house, and.
Speaker 2: Let there be failed to be.
Speaker 1: Let there never fail to be the house of Joab
Speaker 1: one of one who has a discharge, or is a
Speaker 1: leper who leans on a staff or falls by the sword,
Speaker 1: who lacks bread. So Joab and Abshai, his brother killed
Speaker 1: Abner because he had killed the brother Ashil and a
Speaker 1: Gibeon in the battle. So which is what we would
Speaker 1: just went over. So we already kind of went over
Speaker 1: those verses. But we'll we'll go ahead and check out
Speaker 1: joe AB's revenge. Here it says Joeab David's MILLI tell
Speaker 1: you this is in my notes. David's military commander murders
Speaker 1: Abner and retaliation for his brother of Shil's death. This
Speaker 1: act of vengeance complicates the political landscape and highlights the
Speaker 1: challenges David's face. David faces in unifying the kingdom the
Speaker 1: north and the south right, So it's.
Speaker 2: Kind of interesting that that happened.
Speaker 1: And uh, let's uh dig a little deeper. Joeab, the
Speaker 1: son of ZIAI, was a prominent military commander in the
Speaker 1: service of King David, known for his strategic acumen and
Speaker 1: fierce loyalty to David. Joab's life was marked by a
Speaker 1: series of complex and often violent actions, including acts of revenge,
Speaker 1: that played significant roles in the political and military landscape
Speaker 1: of David's landscape of Israel during David's reign. Joe Ab
Speaker 1: was a nephew of King David, being the son of
Speaker 1: David's sister ZIAI, which I didn't know that.
Speaker 2: That's very interesting. He first rose to prominence as a military.
Speaker 1: Leader during David's campaign against Thebu side it's capturing Jerusalem
Speaker 1: and establishing establishing it as a capital of Israel. Joe
Speaker 1: AB's position as commander of David's army was solidified through
Speaker 1: his military success and his unwavering support for David during
Speaker 1: times of eternal strife. We already read about the murder
Speaker 1: of Abner, all right, and there's going to be some
Speaker 1: more stuff in Second Samuel twenty which I don't want
Speaker 1: to go over looks like Joe Ab kind of because
Speaker 1: I don't want to give you, guys.
Speaker 2: Any spoiler alerts.
Speaker 1: So conclusion, Joe AB's life and actions serve as a
Speaker 1: complex narrative of loyalty, ambition, and the consequences of revenge
Speaker 1: within the biblical history of Israel. His account is a
Speaker 1: testament of the intricate interplay of personal motives and divine
Speaker 1: providence in the unfolding of God's plan for his people. Now, right,
Speaker 1: so we have that, and all right, now let's go
Speaker 1: ahead and continue. We're in Second Samuel three, verse thirty one. Okay, cool, perfect,
Speaker 1: all right, Verse thirty one. Second Samuel three, verse thirty one.
Speaker 1: It's David's mourning of Abner. Then David said to Joe Ab,
Speaker 1: to all the people who were with him, tear your clothes,
Speaker 1: gird yourself with sackcloth, and mourn for Abner. The king
Speaker 1: followed the coffin. So they buried Abner and hebron and
Speaker 1: the king lifted up his voice and wept at the
Speaker 1: grave of Abner, and all the people wept. And the
Speaker 1: king is saying a lambnate over Abner, and said, should
Speaker 1: Abner die as a fool dies, your hands were not bound,
Speaker 1: nor your feet put in fetters. As a man falls
Speaker 1: before wicked men, so you fell. Then all the people
Speaker 1: wept over him again. Verse thirty five is next. It says,
Speaker 1: and when all the people came to persuade David to
Speaker 1: eat food while it was still day, David took an oath, saying, God,
Speaker 1: do so to me, and more also, if I taste
Speaker 1: bread or anything.
Speaker 2: Else till the sun goes down.
Speaker 1: Now all the people took note of it and pleased them,
Speaker 1: since whatever the king did pleased all the people. For
Speaker 1: the people in all Israel understood that that day that
Speaker 1: it had not been the king's intent to kill Abner,
Speaker 1: the son of Ner. Then the king said to his servants,
Speaker 1: do you not know that a prince and a great
Speaker 1: man has fallen this day in Israel? And I am
Speaker 1: weak today through annoyed though annoyed king, and all these men,
Speaker 1: the sons of Zarah are too harsh for me. The
Speaker 1: Lord shall.
Speaker 2: Repay the evil due according to his wickedness. Because to us.
Speaker 1: We kind of understand, like, oh, I understand why Joab
Speaker 1: would do that. But you got to understand that Abner
Speaker 1: when he killed Joab's brother. It was self defense. The
Speaker 1: guy kept following him, right, and he kept on and
Speaker 1: Abner kept telling him to leave. He doesn't want to
Speaker 1: kill him, right, He gave him two chances, and he
Speaker 1: kept following him. He actually told him to go get
Speaker 1: the armor, and he didn't end up doing that.
Speaker 2: He just ended up following him. Still. You know, So Joe.
Speaker 1: AB's brother gets gets slayed by Abner. But that is
Speaker 1: during battle. Okay, they're fighting and a lot of men
Speaker 1: got he lost a lot of men, Okay, so during
Speaker 1: that battle, so obviously he's going to be on the defensive.
Speaker 1: And he's also this is self defense when he when
Speaker 1: he killed his uh, Joe AB's brother. But Joe Ab,
Speaker 1: Joe Ab did it out of revenge, which is different, right,
Speaker 1: That's different. That's why, Uh, that's why David is calling
Speaker 1: it a wickedness because now if David the King would
Speaker 1: have spoken to God, and God would have would have
Speaker 1: told David, hey, don't trust Abner. You need to have
Speaker 1: Joe app take care of Abner, then that's different. It's
Speaker 1: coming from the Lord, right, But that's not what happened.
Speaker 1: Joe Ab took it upon himself. Uh used the act
Speaker 1: of vengeance, and he complicated the political lands escape for David,
Speaker 1: which is not cool. And then it made more challenges
Speaker 1: for David as he's trying to unify the kingdom, which
Speaker 1: is not good.
Speaker 2: Right.
Speaker 1: That's causing problems for David and also causing problems because
Speaker 1: he wants to try to unify the North in the South,
Speaker 1: and it's very hard to do that when you have
Speaker 1: job over here taking out Abner.
Speaker 2: So David saying that he's going.
Speaker 1: To be repaid, the evildoer will be repaid according to
Speaker 1: his wickedness.
Speaker 2: Right.
Speaker 1: So, okay, we're done with chapter three and we have
Speaker 1: some practical applications. One of them is trusting God's timing.
Speaker 1: Just as David's rise to power was gradual, we must
Speaker 1: trust in God's timing and remain patient as his plans
Speaker 1: unfold in our lives.
Speaker 2: So David, like I said, he reigned in Judah for
Speaker 2: seven and a half years up to this point.
Speaker 1: Okay, but it was even longer that he was told
Speaker 1: that he was going to be king. I don't know
Speaker 1: exactly the length of time up to this point, but
Speaker 1: he waited at least seven and a half years.
Speaker 2: So sometimes we would trust.
Speaker 1: God's timing, remain patient, right, so as God's plan is
Speaker 1: going to unfold in.
Speaker 2: Our lives secret reconciliation.
Speaker 1: Like David, we should pursue peace and reconciliation even with
Speaker 1: those who have opposed us, recognizing the potential for God's
Speaker 1: purposes to be fulfilled through restore relationships. Guard against personal
Speaker 1: ambition after the story warns us of the dangers of
Speaker 1: allowing personal ambition to drive our decisions, reminding us to
Speaker 1: seek God's will above our own desires.
Speaker 2: So that's what I mean.
Speaker 1: I think that if David would have went to God
Speaker 1: and asked him about Abner, and God would have responded
Speaker 1: to not trust Abner, then that's different. But no, that's
Speaker 1: not what happened. Joe av took it upon himself to
Speaker 1: take out vengeance, and that's.
Speaker 2: Not what we should do.
Speaker 1: We should wait for God's will and we know God's
Speaker 1: purpose right, and then, yeah, God's will above our own desires.
Speaker 1: So respond with integrity is the next one. David's response
Speaker 1: to Abner's death teaches us the importance of maintaining integrity
Speaker 1: and righteousness even when faced with betrayal or injustice. Okay,
Speaker 1: so let's go ahead and check out some additional scriptures
Speaker 1: that connect. We got Proverbs sixteen, verse nine. A man's
Speaker 1: heart plans his course, but the Lord determines his steps.
Speaker 1: This verse echoes the theme of God's sovereignty over human
Speaker 1: plans seen in Tewod Samuel chapter three, Romans.
Speaker 2: Twelve, verse eighteen.
Speaker 1: If it is possible on your part, live at peace
Speaker 1: with everyone, This New Testament exhortation aligns with David's effort
Speaker 1: to establish peace with Abder. Next one we have is
Speaker 1: James Chapter one, nineteen through twenty. Everyone should be quick
Speaker 1: to listen, slow to speak, and slow to anger, for
Speaker 1: man's anger does not belong about the righteousness, does not
Speaker 1: bring about the righteousness that God desires. Joe AB's actions
Speaker 1: contrasts with his teaching, highlighting the need for self control.
Speaker 2: So there we go.
Speaker 1: Now we are done with chapter three. We're going to
Speaker 1: be in chapter four. Now there we go, Second Samuel,
Speaker 1: chapter four. Let me pull it up on my screen
Speaker 1: as well. All right, so let me read the introduction.
Speaker 1: We have a Tewod Samuel four, chapter four introduction, the
Speaker 1: murder of Ish Boss Cheth. And I won't be saying
Speaker 1: that word for until I read Second Samuel again.
Speaker 2: Because it says that he.
Speaker 1: Gets murdered here, so I don't probably want to hear
Speaker 1: that name again. It's so hard for me to pronounce
Speaker 1: it says the tragic events, and Second Samuel four reminds
Speaker 1: us that the shortcuts to power often lead to downfall.
Speaker 1: Instead of rewarding the murderers of Ishbosheth, David enacted divine justice,
Speaker 1: underlying the importance of righteousness and integrity even in challenging situations.
Speaker 1: This teaches us that true leadership doesn't compromise on doesn't
Speaker 1: compromise on values and principles for temporary gains. A great
Speaker 1: introduction there, and let's go ahead.
Speaker 2: And start.
Speaker 1: Second Samuel for four chapter one. When Saul's Sun heard
Speaker 1: that Abner had died in Hebron, he lost heart and
Speaker 1: all Israel was troubled. Now Salsun had two men who
Speaker 1: were captains of troops. The name of one was Banah,
Speaker 1: and the name of the other is Racab, the sons
Speaker 1: of Remen and Beathite. The Barathite of the children of
Speaker 1: Benjamin from Barroth also was part of Benjamin because the
Speaker 1: Beathites fled to get him in and had been sojourners
Speaker 1: until this day. Jonathan's Saul's son had a son who
Speaker 1: was lame in his feet.
Speaker 2: He was five years.
Speaker 1: Old when he heard when the news about Saul and
Speaker 1: Jonathan came from Israel, about Jonathan and Saul dying. And
Speaker 1: his nurse took him up and fled, And it happened
Speaker 1: as she made haste to flee, he had fell and
Speaker 1: became lame. His name was me Basheth. Then the sons
Speaker 1: of Remen, the Bethelite, Racab and Banah set out and
Speaker 1: came at about the heat of the day to the
Speaker 1: house of Eshabeth, who was lying on his bed at noon.
Speaker 1: And they came there all the way into the house,
Speaker 1: and as though to get wheat, and they stabbed him
Speaker 1: in the stomach.
Speaker 2: Then recab.
Speaker 1: But now his brother escaped, for when they came into
Speaker 1: the house, he was lying on his bed in his bedroom.
Speaker 1: Then they struck him and killed him, beheaded him and
Speaker 1: took his head, and all and where all night escaping
Speaker 1: through the plane. And they brought the head of Isabeth
Speaker 1: to David at hebron and said and said to the King,
Speaker 1: here's the head of Eshabeth, the son of saw your enemy,
Speaker 1: who sought your life. And the lord was has avenged
Speaker 1: my lord the king this day saw and his descendants.
Speaker 2: Whoa dang. I don't know if.
Speaker 1: We'll see what David's going to say about that. So
Speaker 1: let's go ahead and check out the context of political
Speaker 1: turmoil here. In the first chapter, it says after Saul's death,
Speaker 1: Israel was divided, with Eshabeth ruling over Israel and David
Speaker 1: over Judah. The division set the stage for the events
Speaker 1: and second Samuel four the act of betrayal banal Racab
Speaker 1: captains of Ishabeth's rating bands assassinate him while he is resting,
Speaker 1: demonstrating a lack of loyalty and integrity. So that's what
Speaker 1: goes on, you know, we just read that between five
Speaker 1: and chapter eight. The act of betrayals a recurring theme
Speaker 1: throughout the Bible, often depicted as a grievous sin that
Speaker 1: disrupts relationships and leads to significant consequences. Betrayal involves a
Speaker 1: breach of trust and loyalty, typically by someone close to
Speaker 1: the victim, and is considered a profound moral falling failing sorry.
Speaker 1: And then in chapter eight or verse eight, the murders
Speaker 1: believe that they would be rewarded by David for their treachery.
Speaker 1: Highlighting how human ambition can lead to moral blindness.
Speaker 2: So what they're thinking.
Speaker 1: Is, will kill him, says David's going to be reigning anyways,
Speaker 1: we might so just kill him and bring David his
Speaker 1: head because maybe, you know.
Speaker 2: They probably think that.
Speaker 1: That David's going to take care of them now and
Speaker 1: accept them into his army or something. Let's see what
Speaker 1: David's response is. Second Samuel four, verse nine. But David
Speaker 1: answered Recab and Banah his brother, the sons of Rimon Baathiet,
Speaker 1: and said to them, as the Lord lives, who has
Speaker 1: redeemed my life from all adversity. When someone told me saying,
Speaker 1: look Saul is dead, thinking we have brought good news,
Speaker 1: I arrested him and had him executed by Ziglag, the
Speaker 1: one who thought I would give him reward for his news.
Speaker 1: How much more, when wicked men have killed a righteous
Speaker 1: person in his own house on his bed, therefore shall
Speaker 1: I not require his blood at your hand and remove
Speaker 1: you from the earth. So David commanded his young men,
Speaker 1: and they executed them, cut off their hands and feet, wow,
Speaker 1: and hang them by the pool, and hebron But they
Speaker 1: took the head of ishboth and buried it in the
Speaker 1: tomb of Abner in hebron Wow. Okay, so you see
Speaker 1: how David kind of had a more righteous response.
Speaker 2: Right.
Speaker 1: He's not gonna take the head and say, yeah, I
Speaker 1: appreciate you, will, come on, you can join my army
Speaker 1: like maybe like the Pagans would do.
Speaker 2: He handles it in a different way.
Speaker 1: And David condemns the murder of ishboth here this is
Speaker 1: in my notes, emphasizing that he does not condone such
Speaker 1: acts of treachery, instead seeks justice. And David has had
Speaker 1: some righteous responses throughout the Bible, sparing Saul's life right
Speaker 1: in First Samuel twenty four, and.
Speaker 2: A couple times, right he.
Speaker 1: In Abigail's intervention, he did accept her intervention without going
Speaker 1: in there and trying to kill and First Samuel twenty five,
Speaker 1: verses thirty two and thirty three, Second Samuel one. David's
Speaker 1: response to the death of Saul. He takes out the
Speaker 1: respect for God's judgment, right, So when he takes when
Speaker 1: he takes out the people that killed Saul, like he's
Speaker 1: saying here. So there's a lot of different times that
Speaker 1: David has had the correct response, right, So all right,
Speaker 1: just want a righteous response is what it's saying God's
Speaker 1: sovereignty and justice. This chapter underscores that God's justice prevails,
Speaker 1: and he uses David to uphold righteousness even when others
Speaker 1: act wickedly. So this chapter is super quick, even the
Speaker 1: when I was, even when I was studying this with
Speaker 1: the pastor that he read over this chapter super quick.
Speaker 1: Three takes a little while because there's more deep in
Speaker 1: depth stuff in chapter three.
Speaker 2: Chapter four is kind of a quick little story, real quick.
Speaker 1: Kind of goes fast, right, so perfect, Now, I do
Speaker 1: have some notes for second Samuel five. I want to
Speaker 1: go to real quick, perfect all right, So let me
Speaker 1: just go over some practical applications for this chapter. Integrity
Speaker 1: in leadership, Like David, we should uphold integrity and righteousness.
Speaker 2: Even when others around.
Speaker 1: Us act deceitfully. Okay, so you see that David has integrity. Right,
Speaker 1: He's not going to just accept that guy's head and say,
Speaker 1: all right, perfect, come join my military. Now he acts righteously.
Speaker 1: Trust in God's justice in times of injustice. Trust that
Speaker 1: God sees all and will bring about his justice and
Speaker 1: his perfect timing.
Speaker 2: Okay.
Speaker 1: Trust in God's justice, avoid misguided ambition, evaluate your motives,
Speaker 1: and ensure that your ambitions align with God's will, avoiding
Speaker 1: actions that compromise our integrity. That happens a lot in life. Right,
Speaker 1: that's great words of advice. Evaluate your motives and ensure
Speaker 1: that our ambitions aligned with God's will and actions. Avoid
Speaker 1: actions that compromise our integrity.
Speaker 2: That's so good. I'm gonna just take a picture of
Speaker 2: it so that I have it for later. Evaluate. I'm sorry.
Speaker 1: Responding to betrayal. When face with betrayal, seek God's guidance
Speaker 1: to respond with wisdom and righteousness rather than retaliation. Definitely okay,
Speaker 1: When face with betrayal, seek God's guidance.
Speaker 2: Right, pray to God.
Speaker 1: So when something happens to you, you got to pray
Speaker 1: to God because you don't want to act emotionally, and
Speaker 1: you don't want to try to get revenge, and you
Speaker 1: don't want to do certain things I can put you
Speaker 1: in jail.
Speaker 2: You need to seek God right because he'll.
Speaker 1: Give you guidance, because you know, if that's Some people
Speaker 1: divulge to me information about their relationships with their wives,
Speaker 1: and and you know, obviously I try to tell them
Speaker 1: not to react in a bad way. You know, when
Speaker 1: things happen with other men, trying to get involved with
Speaker 1: your wife or something.
Speaker 2: Try to tell them to not.
Speaker 1: React when betrayal happens, to seek guidance from God and
Speaker 1: to make sure that you handle it like how Jesus
Speaker 1: wants you to handle it. That's how I have to
Speaker 1: tell people. Now, I do tell them. Obviously I'm a
Speaker 1: human and you're a human, and that's the way we
Speaker 1: react that way naturally. But we have to understand the
Speaker 1: most important thing is for us to get to Heaven right.
Speaker 1: We want to make sure that we seek the Kingdom
Speaker 1: of God.
Speaker 2: First.
Speaker 1: We love God more than we love our wives. We
Speaker 1: love God more than we love our life. We love
Speaker 1: God more than we love anything. And the way that
Speaker 1: we show that is by our actions. So when somebody
Speaker 1: does something to you, like betrayal or something that's really bad,
Speaker 1: your actions determine whether you are fully you know, mature
Speaker 1: and in Christ, or whether you're still immature in Christ
Speaker 1: and you're gonna just act on emotion.
Speaker 2: So yes, this is really really a great advice.
Speaker 1: So when Facebook betrayal, seek God's guidance to respond with
Speaker 1: wisdom and righteousness rather than retaliation.
Speaker 2: Everybody needs to hear that.
Speaker 1: Including me, because that's a really really good another great
Speaker 1: word of advice. There some connecting scriptures.
Speaker 2: We have.
Speaker 1: Additional scriptures that connect would be Proverbs twenty one, verse three.
Speaker 1: To do righteousness and justice is more desirable to the
Speaker 1: Lord than sacrifice. Okay, obedience and justice is more desirable
Speaker 1: to the Lord than sacrifice. Proverbs twenty one three, and
Speaker 1: then Romans twelve, verse nineteen, do not avenge yourselfs beloved,
Speaker 1: but leave room for God's wrath, for it has written
Speaker 1: vengeance's mind. I will repay, says the Lord.
Speaker 2: All right.
Speaker 1: Then we also have Psalms seven, verse twenty eight, for
Speaker 1: the Lord loves justice and will not forsake his saints.
Speaker 1: They are preserved forever.
Speaker 2: But the offspring of the wicked will be cut off.
Speaker 2: All right. I love that.
Speaker 1: We will not forsake his saints. And that's not talking
Speaker 1: about saints like the Catholic Church saints. We those that
Speaker 1: are saved. We are all saints. Okay, we got to
Speaker 1: understand that Biblically, we are all saints. If we are
Speaker 1: saved and born again, we don't need to wait for
Speaker 1: someone that's a priest to confirm us as a saint. Right,
Speaker 1: all right, let's go ahead and continue. I'll go to
Speaker 1: a second Samuel chapter five on here, and then also
Speaker 1: second Chamuel chapter five, so I can go over the intro.
Speaker 2: All right.
Speaker 1: So finally we have David anointing King of Israel Second
Speaker 1: Samuel five and bodies the profound transition of David from
Speaker 1: a fugitive to a respectful king. His patience, obedience, and
Speaker 1: reliance on God for directions stands out, ultimately leading to
Speaker 1: his success. David's life shows us that faith coupled with
Speaker 1: humility and obedience paves the way for God's blessing. Just
Speaker 1: as David transformed Jerusalem into a place of glory and honor,
Speaker 1: God can work wonders in our lives, transforming our trials
Speaker 1: into triumphs.
Speaker 2: Man, that's really awesome.
Speaker 1: David shows us that faith coupled with humility and obedience
Speaker 1: paves the way for God's blessing. I like that part
Speaker 1: as well, I really do.
Speaker 2: I'm going to take a picture of that too.
Speaker 1: When I see certain things, I like to kind of
Speaker 1: some great knowledge, you know, we should live like that,
Speaker 1: have faith coupled with humility and obedience. It'll pave the
Speaker 1: way for God's blessings.
Speaker 2: Right, Love that all right?
Speaker 1: So let's go ahead and start Second Samuel five, Verse one,
Speaker 1: David reigns over all Israel. Then all the tribes of
Speaker 1: Israel came to David at Hebron and spoke saying, indeed,
Speaker 1: we are your bone and your flesh. Also in time
Speaker 1: passed when Saul was king over us, you were the
Speaker 1: one who led Israel out and brought them in. And
Speaker 1: the Lord said to you you shall you shall shepherd
Speaker 1: my people Israel and be a ruler over Israel. Therefore,
Speaker 1: all the elders of Israel came to the king at Hebron,
Speaker 1: and King David made a covenant with them at Hebron
Speaker 1: before the Lord, and they anointed.
Speaker 2: David king over Israel.
Speaker 1: David was thirty years old when he began to reign,
Speaker 1: and he reigned forty years. In Hebron, he reigned over
Speaker 1: Judah seven years and six months, which I told you guys,
Speaker 1: he reigned for seven and a half years, and in
Speaker 1: Jerusalem he reigned thirty three years over all Israel and
Speaker 1: Judah thirty three years. Interesting because Jesus lived thirty three
Speaker 1: years before he started his ministry, right, and the conquest
Speaker 1: of Jerusalem. Actually, you know, let me read my notes.
Speaker 1: Here it says, David anointed as king. Then all the
Speaker 1: tribes of Israel came to David at Hebron and said,
Speaker 1: here we are your own flesh and blood. This moment
Speaker 1: signifies the unity of Israel under David's leadership and the fulfillment.
Speaker 2: Of God's promise. Let's look a little deeper in this
Speaker 2: did I click that.
Speaker 1: David's anointing as king is a pivotal event in the
Speaker 1: biblical narrative, mark in the transition from the rule of
Speaker 1: Saul to the establishment of the Davidic dynasty. This event
Speaker 1: is recorded in the books of First Samuel on Second Samuel,
Speaker 1: and it highlights God's sovereign choice and the unfolding of
Speaker 1: his divine plan for Israel. So the first annoying occurred
Speaker 1: in First Samuel sixteen, after God rejects Saul as king
Speaker 1: due to his disobedience.
Speaker 2: What you guys already know about, right, So.
Speaker 1: The significance, let's see what the significance of this David's
Speaker 1: anoying is a significant is significant for several reasons. It
Speaker 1: underscores the theme of divine election, as God chooses David, a
Speaker 1: shepherd boy over more outwardly impressive brothers over Saul, the
Speaker 1: people's choice. David's annoying also for shadows the coming of
Speaker 1: the Messiah, as the Davidic line is essential to the
Speaker 1: Messianic prophecy. The annoying signifies the empowerment of the Holy Spirit,
Speaker 1: which equips David for his role as king. Throughout his reign,
Speaker 1: David is known as a man after God's own heart,
Speaker 1: despite his imperfections, and his annoying sets the stage for
Speaker 1: the establishment of a kingdom that would ultimately lead to
Speaker 1: the birth of Jesus Christ, the son of David. Amen
Speaker 1: to that. So let's go ahead and go back. And
Speaker 1: also David's covenant with Israel and King David made a
Speaker 1: covenant with them at Hebron before the Lord, and they
Speaker 1: anointed him king over Israel. David's leadership is rooted in
Speaker 1: a covenant relationship, emphasizing the importance of commitment and accountability.
Speaker 1: And let's go ahead and continue the conquest of Jerusalem.
Speaker 1: Tewod Samuel five, verse six. And the king and his
Speaker 1: men went to Israel went to Jerusalem against the Jebusites,
Speaker 1: the inhabitants of the land, who spoke to David saying,
Speaker 1: you shall not come in here, but the blind and
Speaker 1: the lame will repel you, thinking David cannot come in here. Nevertheless,
Speaker 1: David took the stronghold of Zion, that is the city
Speaker 1: of David.
Speaker 2: Is what it says here.
Speaker 1: And one thing I want to tell you is Bethlehem
Speaker 1: is called the city of David. And also Jerusalem is
Speaker 1: also called the City of David right here, Okay, so
Speaker 1: there's no conflict there. Just so David called Jerusalem the
Speaker 1: city of David because he conquered it, and then they
Speaker 1: called Bethlehem the city of David because that's where David
Speaker 1: was born. Okay, Bethlehem is called the city of David
Speaker 1: in the New Testament. Jerusalem is called the city of
Speaker 1: David in the Old Testament.
Speaker 2: All right, So.
Speaker 1: Conquest to Jerusalem, David captures the fortress of Zion, that
Speaker 1: is the city of David. This strategic victory establishes Jerusalem
Speaker 1: as the political and spiritual center over Israel, over Israel,
Speaker 1: and it says that the I'll just read a little
Speaker 1: further into the conquest of Jerusalem. It's a significant event
Speaker 1: in Biblical history, marking the transition of the city into
Speaker 1: the hands of the Israelites under King David. This event
Speaker 1: is pivotal in understanding Jerusalem as the political and spiritual
Speaker 1: center of Israel. What's the historical context. Jerusalem, known as
Speaker 1: Jebis at the time, was inhabited by the Jebusites, a
Speaker 1: Canaanite tribe. The city was strategically located on a hill,
Speaker 1: making a formidable fortress. Despite its central location in the
Speaker 1: Promised Land, Jerusalem remained unconquered during the initial Israelite settlement
Speaker 1: under Joshua. The Jebusites continued to inhabit the city, as
Speaker 1: noted in Joshua fifteen, verse sixty three, but the descendants
Speaker 1: of Judah could not drive them out. The Jebisides who
Speaker 1: lived in Jerusalem, so to this day, the Jebisites lived
Speaker 1: there with the descendants of Judah. That's what spoke about
Speaker 1: in Joshua fifteen sixty three. David's conquests and the conquest
Speaker 1: of Jerusalem is detailed in Tewod Samuel five, verses six
Speaker 1: through ten and First Chronicles eleven, verses four through nine.
Speaker 1: After being annoyed King over all Israel, Da sought to
Speaker 1: establish a capital that was centrally located and politically neutral.
Speaker 1: Jerusalem situated on the border between the tribes of Benjamin
Speaker 1: and Judah was the ideal choice, and Saku Samuel five
Speaker 1: six to seven recounts the event. Now, the king and
Speaker 1: his men marched to Jerusalem against the Jebisites who inhabited
Speaker 1: the land, and the Jebisites said to David, you will
Speaker 1: never get in here. Even the blind and lame can
Speaker 1: repel you, thinking David cannot give get in here. Nevertheless,
Speaker 1: David captured the fortress of Zion, that is, the.
Speaker 2: City of David.
Speaker 1: David's men, led by Joe Ab access the city throughout
Speaker 1: the water shaft as a strategic move, which we're probably
Speaker 1: gonna be Yeah, we're gonna be hearing that now. So
Speaker 1: I don't really want to read that because I don't
Speaker 1: want to ruin it for you guys, But I'll go here.
Speaker 1: The legacy the conquest of Jerusalem set the stage for
Speaker 1: the central role and the biblical history. It became the
Speaker 1: site of Solomon's Temple, the center of Jewish worship, and
Speaker 1: latter the focal point of Jesus' ministry and crucifixion. Jerusalem
Speaker 1: remains a city of profound religious significance, revered by Jews, Christians,
Speaker 1: and Muslims.
Speaker 2: Alike.
Speaker 1: So very interesting there. Good, good to kind of learn
Speaker 1: the historical context as you're reading.
Speaker 2: Okay, here we go.
Speaker 1: We're in second Samuel five, verse eight. Now David said,
Speaker 1: on that day, whoever climbs up by the way of
Speaker 1: the water shaft and defeats the Jebusites, the lame and
Speaker 1: the blind, who who were hated by David soul, he
Speaker 1: shall be a chief and captain. Therefore they say, the
Speaker 1: blind and the lame shall not come into this house.
Speaker 2: Into the house.
Speaker 1: Then, now David said, oh yeah, I'm sorry. Then David
Speaker 1: dwelt in the stronghold and called it the city of David.
Speaker 2: And David built.
Speaker 1: All around from the milo and inward. So David went
Speaker 1: on and became great, and the Lord God of Hosts
Speaker 1: was with him. We have David growing power, and David
Speaker 1: became greater and greater, for the Lord, God of Hosts
Speaker 1: was with him. That's in Second Samuel five, verse ten,
Speaker 1: which we just read. David's success is attributed to God's
Speaker 1: presence in favor, highlighting the necessity of divine support and leadership. David,
Speaker 1: the son of Jesse is known one of the prominent
Speaker 1: figures in the Bible, best known for his rise from
Speaker 1: humble beginnings to become the king of Israel. His journey
Speaker 1: to power is marked by divine favor, military proudness, and
Speaker 1: political acumen, as chronicled and the books First Samuel, Tewond Samuel,
Speaker 1: and First Chronicles. Okay, so I just want to tell
Speaker 1: you guys that give you guys a little history on that,
Speaker 1: all right, So let's go out and continue Second Samuel five,
Speaker 1: verse eleven. Then Haram, king of Tyree, sent messages to
Speaker 1: David and cedar trees and carpenters and masons, and they
Speaker 1: built David a house. So David knew that the Lord
Speaker 1: had established him as a as king over Israel, and
Speaker 1: he had exalted his kingdom for the sake of his
Speaker 1: people Israel. And David took more concubines and wives from
Speaker 1: Jerusalem after he had come from Hebron. Also more sons
Speaker 1: and daughters were born to David. Now that now their names, uh,
Speaker 1: Now these are the names of those who were born
Speaker 1: to him in Jerusalem. Shama show show Abab, Nathan, Solomon,
Speaker 1: ibpar Elishua, uh Nakha, Jepiah, Elishama, Elieida, and Ela, Eliphat.
Speaker 2: Alphalett. Sorry, so Yeah, very interesting. So I don't know
Speaker 2: what happened to the other sons. I'll have to read
Speaker 2: about them.
Speaker 1: Well, we know about Solomon and Nathan, but I have
Speaker 1: to I have to see what it's what it what
Speaker 1: the Bible meant about.
Speaker 2: The other sons. We'll see a name. Let me see
Speaker 2: if let me see if there's a there's kind of
Speaker 2: a list like I had earlier, of his other sons,
Speaker 2: all of.
Speaker 3: List of all of David's sons, sons in Hebron, I'm
Speaker 3: on kill you.
Speaker 1: Sons born in Jerusalem is Samal show, Nathan and Solomon.
Speaker 1: Other sons born in Jerusalem, ignorant Lucia Elliott. Wow, he
Speaker 1: has a lot of sons. Wow, so we have Yeah,
Speaker 1: so I don't really have a list of what happens
Speaker 1: to the other sons, but I'm sure we'll find out
Speaker 1: as we read. All Right, So now we're going to
Speaker 1: talk about the Philistines defeated. This is going to be
Speaker 1: two Samuel five, verse seventeen. Now, when the Philistines heard
Speaker 1: that they had annointed David king over Israel, all the
Speaker 1: Philistines went up to search for David, and David heard
Speaker 1: of it and went down to the stronghold. The Philistines
Speaker 1: also went and deployed themselves in the valley of Rafayem.
Speaker 2: Rapaem.
Speaker 1: Are you know they're giants, So that's really interesting that
Speaker 1: that they posted up in the valley of Raphaim. So
Speaker 1: David inquired to the Lord, saying, shall I go up
Speaker 1: against the Philistines? Will you deliver them into my hand?
Speaker 1: And the Lord said that David go up, for I
Speaker 1: will I will doubtless deliver the Philistines into your hand. Okay,
Speaker 1: so David has reassurance from the Lord. All right, It's
Speaker 1: it's good that David went to get the Lord first
Speaker 1: before he acted, right. So it says here in my
Speaker 1: notes that David inquired to the Lord, shall I.
Speaker 2: Go up against the Philistines?
Speaker 1: Will you deliver them into my hand? David's reliance on
Speaker 1: God's guidance in battle demonstrates his dependence on divine wisdom.
Speaker 1: So yeah, I love how David does that. And God
Speaker 1: cannot lie. So if he tells you that I will
Speaker 1: I will deliver the Philistines into your hand, that's what
Speaker 1: is going to happen, right, And David knows that. So
Speaker 1: let's go and continue. For Samuel five verse twenty. So
Speaker 1: David went to bail Parizin, and David defeated them there,
Speaker 1: and he said, the Lord has broken through my enemies
Speaker 1: before me, like a breakthrough of water. Therefore he called
Speaker 1: the name of that place bail Prasine. And they left
Speaker 1: their images there, and David and his men carried them away.
Speaker 1: Then the Philistines went up once again and deployed themselves
Speaker 1: in the valley of Raphaem. Therefore David inquired to the Lord,
Speaker 1: and he said, you shall not go up, circle around
Speaker 1: behind them, and come upon them in front of the
Speaker 1: mobray tree, And it shall be when you hear the
Speaker 1: sound of the marching in the tops of the mulberry trees,
Speaker 1: then you shall advance quickly, for then the Lord will
Speaker 1: go out before you to strike the camp of the Philistines.
Speaker 1: And David did so, and the Lord commanded him as
Speaker 1: the Lord commanded him, and he drove back the Philistines
Speaker 1: from Ghibba as.
Speaker 2: Far as Gazir.
Speaker 1: So the way that the Lord speaks there, I think
Speaker 1: is very interesting. Right it says, for then the Lord
Speaker 1: will go out before you to strike the camp of
Speaker 1: the Philistines. So what does that mean? Like, what does
Speaker 1: it mean for him to strike the camp of the Philistines.
Speaker 1: Does that mean that the Lord ends up sending angels
Speaker 1: to strike the Philistines?
Speaker 2: I mean, I wonder what that means. I could look
Speaker 2: up a good.
Speaker 1: Good Okay, So I just want to look this up
Speaker 1: real quick. Sick can't second Samuel five twenty four. God
Speaker 1: giving David's specific unusual signal the sound of marching in
Speaker 1: the top of Mobish is a divine instruction of attack
Speaker 1: the Philistines. This verse teaches the importance of seeking God's guidance,
Speaker 1: being attentive to his timing and directions, and actively participating
Speaker 1: in faith by acting for his promises even when the
Speaker 1: instructions seemed unconventional. The sound to signify that God was
Speaker 1: going ahead of Israel to grant them victory. So what
Speaker 1: does that mean though God's just seemed to instruction, Yeah,
Speaker 1: divine confirmation that God's a God's army.
Speaker 2: Sound.
Speaker 1: The sound was not just the wind. It was described
Speaker 1: as the sound of marching, implying an unseen divine army
Speaker 1: that was striking the enemy's camp. Oh wow, Okay, this
Speaker 1: is pretty cool interpretation of the signal, defining confirmation the
Speaker 1: sound was God's way of confirming that he was actively
Speaker 1: involved in battle, preparing the way for Israel's advance.
Speaker 2: So that's what it was.
Speaker 1: It was a divine army that came instruct the Philistines.
Speaker 1: Can you imagine being the Philistines and a divine army
Speaker 1: comes and attacks you, wouldn't you kind of think twice
Speaker 1: about going back and trying to fight David and the
Speaker 1: Israelites After you are in the Valley of Raphaim, which
Speaker 1: is like the Valley of the Dead, and then all
Speaker 1: of a sudden, God brings his divine army to come
Speaker 1: and attack you. Psychological warfare. The noise, possibly confusing and terrifying,
Speaker 1: would have created panic among the Philistine ranks, giving the
Speaker 1: Israelites an advantage. Key principles from the verse. God's instruction
Speaker 1: often involves specific timing, and God's people must wait for
Speaker 1: a signal rather than acting prematurely. While God provides the victory,
Speaker 1: his people must be ready to act in faith and
Speaker 1: be willing to follow his lead even when it requires
Speaker 1: seemingly strange or difficult strategy. God's presence the passage underscores
Speaker 1: that God fights for his people and his active presence
Speaker 1: is the source of their victory, spiritual readiness. When God's
Speaker 1: spirit is at work, or when there are signs of
Speaker 1: God's movement, it should awaken believers to be prepared to
Speaker 1: move forward in faith. How interesting they're yeah, very very
Speaker 1: interesting stuff. I like to dig a little deeper there,
Speaker 1: because I'm like, what does that mean that the Lord
Speaker 1: will go out before you to strike the camp with
Speaker 1: the Philistines? Is he literally going out there to strike
Speaker 1: the camp? And it sounds like he might have brought
Speaker 1: an army. Okay, so all right, and I did have
Speaker 1: what did I have? Abide in me and in you.
Speaker 1: As the branch cannot bear fruit by itself unless it
Speaker 1: abides in the vine, neither can you. Unless you abide
Speaker 1: in me. I am the vine. You are the branches.
Speaker 1: Whoever abides in me, I in him, it is he is,
Speaker 1: it is that bears much fruit. For apart from me,
Speaker 1: you can do nothing. That's in John fifteen, verses four
Speaker 1: through five. That's one that's a connecting scripture. And then
Speaker 1: also we have some practical applications.
Speaker 2: Let's go over those real quick.
Speaker 1: Seek unity, just as David united the tribes of Israel,
Speaker 1: strive to foster unity in your community and I'm not
Speaker 1: trying to RhE in there, okay, I'm not trying to
Speaker 1: wrap here. Foster unity in your community and relationships, okay,
Speaker 1: seek unity. Honor commitments. Follow David's example by honoring your
Speaker 1: commitments and covenants, whether in marriage, work, or faith. Prioritize
Speaker 1: God's guidance is another one in decision making. Seek God's
Speaker 1: wisdom and direction, as David did before engaging in battle.
Speaker 1: Acknowledge God's role and success. Recognize and give thanks to
Speaker 1: God's hand in your achievements and growth. Establish a spiritual center.
Speaker 1: Make your home or heart a place where God is
Speaker 1: honored and His presence is central. Okay, And just let
Speaker 1: you know these Even the pastors that were preaching on
Speaker 1: these subjects that I was kind of studying, they kind
Speaker 1: of go through these chapters fairly quickly, right, So just
Speaker 1: letting you know that there's there's some good meat here,
Speaker 1: but it kind of it kind of goes faster because
Speaker 1: it's kind of like stories than commentary. So okay, some
Speaker 1: connection scriptures would be First Samuel sixteen, verse thirteen. David's
Speaker 1: initial anointing by Samuel foreshadow his future kingship, which we
Speaker 1: kind of talked about, earlier. Psalm's twenty three a psalm
Speaker 1: of David reflecting his trust in God's guidance and provision.
Speaker 1: Proverbs three, verses five through six. Encouragement and trust in
Speaker 1: the Lord, and seek his guidance in all your ways.
Speaker 1: Pheasians four or verse three, a call to maintain unity
Speaker 1: and spirit three bond of peace. Let's go ahead and
Speaker 1: go to a Pheasians four verse three and see what
Speaker 1: it says. A Pheasians four verse three says, I will
Speaker 1: start it too, with all lowliness and gentleness, with long suffering,
Speaker 1: bearing with one another in love, endeavoring to keep the
Speaker 1: unity of the spirit in the bond of peace. So
Speaker 1: a call to maintain unity and spirit through the bond
Speaker 1: of piece is what it says here in my notes. Okay,
Speaker 1: so we have that, and then David's Psalm twenty three.
Speaker 4: Let's go ahead and check that out real quick.
Speaker 1: The Lord, the Lord, the shepherd of his people, Psalm
Speaker 1: twenty three says. This is a verse one. The Lord
Speaker 1: is my shepherd. I shall not want. He makes me
Speaker 1: lie down in green pastwards, he leads me beside the
Speaker 1: still waters. He restores my soul. He leads me in
Speaker 1: the past of righteousness for his name's sake. Yeah, though
Speaker 1: I walk through the valley of the shadow of.
Speaker 2: Death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me.
Speaker 1: Your rod and your staff they comfort me. You prepare
Speaker 1: a table before me in the presence of my enemies.
Speaker 1: You anoint my head with oil. My cup runs over. Surely,
Speaker 1: goodness and mercy shall follow me and all the days
Speaker 1: of my life, and I will dwell in the House
Speaker 1: of the Lord forever.
Speaker 2: Very awesome.
Speaker 1: I love that it's reflecting his trust in God's guidance
Speaker 1: and provision.
Speaker 2: There. Perfect, Okay, cool, So.
Speaker 1: We're kind of done with moving right along here, I
Speaker 1: mean with chapter five. We're moving right along to chapter
Speaker 1: six here.
Speaker 4: Okay, what's going on here? No, we want to have
Speaker 4: we want to go to chapter six. Man, I don't
Speaker 4: know why, but okay, let's try this. Yeah, my my phone.
Speaker 1: Is a little bit slow right now. Yep, that's what
Speaker 1: I want. I want six.
Speaker 2: There we go.
Speaker 1: Perfect, All right, So we're gonna go ahead and read
Speaker 1: the introduction to chapter six.
Speaker 2: Go back to here. Boom, bring that up. Okay, So.
Speaker 1: David fetches the art. The account of Second Samuel six
Speaker 1: teaches us the importance of respecting the holiness of God
Speaker 1: and following his laws with utmost obedien. It also illustrates
Speaker 1: the magnitude of genuine worship, genuine worship and how it
Speaker 1: can lead to divine blessings. Even though David was a king,
Speaker 1: he humbled himself before God, teaching us to put our
Speaker 1: status aside when it comes to praising the Lord. All right,
Speaker 1: so let's go ahead and start with two Samuel sixth,
Speaker 1: verse one, The Ark brought to Jerusalem.
Speaker 2: Again.
Speaker 1: David gathered all the choice men of Israel. Thirty thousand
Speaker 1: and David arose and went with all the people who
Speaker 1: were with him, bailed Judah Belley Judah to bring up
Speaker 1: from the Ark of God, whose name is called by
Speaker 1: the name the Lord of Host, who dwells between the Cheruboom.
Speaker 1: So let's see what's going on here. The ark's significance,
Speaker 1: The Ark of the Covenant represented God's presence among his people.
Speaker 1: David's desire to bring it to Jerusalem highlights the importance
Speaker 1: of God's presence in the life of Israel. So the
Speaker 1: ARC's significance, let's go ahead and pull that up real quick,
Speaker 1: so you guys know why he's even doing this. The
Speaker 1: Ark of the Covenant holds a central place in biblical
Speaker 1: history and theology, symbolizing God's presence, covenant.
Speaker 2: And holiness.
Speaker 1: It is first introduced in the Book of Exodus as
Speaker 1: a sacred chest built by the Israelites under the direction
Speaker 1: of Moses following God's specific instructions. The ark was constructed
Speaker 1: from acacia wood and overlaid in pure gold, featuring a
Speaker 1: gold lid. Notice the mercy seat with two cherubooms facing
Speaker 1: each other. The arc is primarily seen as a tangible
Speaker 1: representation of God's presence among his people and Exodus twenty five,
Speaker 1: verse twenty two, God declares, and I will meet with
Speaker 1: you there above the mercy seat, between the two cherryboom
Speaker 1: that are over the Ark of the Testimony, or the
Speaker 1: Ark of the Covenant. I will speak to you about
Speaker 1: all that I command you regarding the Israelites. This verse
Speaker 1: underscores the arc as a focal point of divine communication
Speaker 1: and guidance. The ark also signifies the covenant between God
Speaker 1: and Israel. It housed the two stone tablets of the
Speaker 1: Ten Commandments, which are described as the Tablets of the
Speaker 1: Covenant Deuonomy nine to nine. These tablets represent God's law
Speaker 1: and his covenanial relationship between his chosen people. The ark
Speaker 1: therefore serves as a constant reminder of the Israelites' obligations
Speaker 1: to uphold God's commandments holiness and reverence. The ARC's holiness
Speaker 1: is emphasized throughout the scripture. It is kept Sorry, let
Speaker 1: me just I clicked off that the ARC's holiness is
Speaker 1: emphasized throughout scripture. It is kept in the most holy
Speaker 1: place in the Tabernacle on later the temple, where the
Speaker 1: high priests could where only the high priests could enter
Speaker 1: once a year on the day atonement. The arcs sanctify
Speaker 1: is further highlighted in the account of Zaw, who was
Speaker 1: struck dead for touching it inappropriately Second Samuel six through seven.
Speaker 1: This incident illustrates the necessity of reverence and obedience to
Speaker 1: God's instruction regarding holy objects. The arc also played a
Speaker 1: significant role in Israel's military and political life. It was
Speaker 1: carried into battle as a symbol of God's power and favor,
Speaker 1: as seen in the conquests of Jericho and Joshua six
Speaker 1: Versus six to seven. However, the misuse of the arc
Speaker 1: is as a mere talesman as in the battle against
Speaker 1: the Philistine led to its capture and subsequent defeat over Israel.
Speaker 1: First Samuel four, verses three through eleven. This event served
Speaker 1: as a lesson that God's present cannot be manipulated for
Speaker 1: human purposes. That was back when Saul was like, we
Speaker 1: need to get the Ark of the Covenant so that
Speaker 1: it can help us, and they were basically thinking that
Speaker 1: the Ark of the Covenant was like a rabbit's foot
Speaker 1: or like a good luckture, and not what it's actually
Speaker 1: appropriately supposed to be used for. The and the Temple.
Speaker 1: King Solomon placed the Arc in the newly built temple
Speaker 1: in Jerusalem, signifying the establishment of a permanent dwelling place
Speaker 1: for God's presence among his people. First Kings eight, verses
Speaker 1: six to eleven. During the dedication of the temple, the
Speaker 1: glory of the Lord filled the house, further affirming the
Speaker 1: Ark's role and the set as the center of worship
Speaker 1: and divine presence.
Speaker 2: The ARC's disappearance.
Speaker 1: And legacy, the fate of the Ark after the Babylonian
Speaker 1: conquests of Jerusalem remains as a mystery. As mentioned in
Speaker 1: mentioned among the items is taken in Babylon in Second
Speaker 1: King twenty five thirty five are thirteen through seventeen. In
Speaker 1: the New Testament, the arc is alluded to in the
Speaker 1: Book of Hebrews, where it is described as part of
Speaker 1: the earthly sanctuary that foreshadows the greater reality of Christ
Speaker 1: atoning work Hebrews nine, verses three through five. The Ark's
Speaker 1: legacy continues to inspire reverence for God's holiness and the
Speaker 1: importance of his covenant, and the assurements of his people,
Speaker 1: and the assurance of His presence with his people. Okay,
Speaker 1: So I just wanted to go over that, so you
Speaker 1: know what's going on with the Ark of the Covenant,
Speaker 1: just in case you guys don't remember what I said
Speaker 1: before about it, or for people that are new to
Speaker 1: the study, Let's go out and continue tewod Samuel six,
Speaker 1: verse three. Now, so they set the Ark of God
Speaker 1: on a new cart and brought it out to the
Speaker 1: house of Abinadab and which was on the hill, and
Speaker 1: Isael and a heel.
Speaker 2: The sons of Abinadab drove the new cart.
Speaker 1: And they brought it out of the house of Abinadab,
Speaker 1: which was on the hill. Accompanying the Ark of God,
Speaker 1: and Ohio went before the ark. Then David and all
Speaker 1: the House of Israel played music before the Lord on
Speaker 1: all kinds of instruments of fir wood, on harps, string
Speaker 1: instruments and tambourines and systems, and on symbols. And that's
Speaker 1: very interesting because some people would would say not to
Speaker 1: play music, you know, some some churches say not to
Speaker 1: play music, you know, with instruments. So that's very interesting
Speaker 1: that David did that. And let me go back here,
Speaker 1: and now we're going to talk about the reverence for
Speaker 1: God's holiness, which is Second Samuel two versus six, six
Speaker 1: through seven.
Speaker 2: We're going to read that here.
Speaker 1: And when they came to Nikkan's threshing floor, Uzah put
Speaker 1: his hand on the Ark of God and it took
Speaker 1: hold of it, for the oxen stumbled. Then the anger
Speaker 1: that then the anger of the Lord was aroused against Uzab,
Speaker 1: and God struck him there for his heir, and he
Speaker 1: died by the ark of God. And David became angry
Speaker 1: because the Lord's outbreak against Uzah. And he called the
Speaker 1: name of the place perez Uzaal to day wow. So
Speaker 1: David became angry because the Lord's outbreak against Uzzah. So wow, okay,
Speaker 1: so we have a reverence for God's holiness.
Speaker 2: So it says.
Speaker 1: Za's death for touching the arc serves as a sobering
Speaker 1: reminder of God's holiness and the need for reverence in
Speaker 1: our approach to him. So reverence for God's holiness. Reverence
Speaker 1: for God's holiness is a central theme throughout the Bible.
Speaker 1: I need to read this to you, guys, because this
Speaker 1: needs to kind of be explained a little bit, because
Speaker 1: if not, we're going to take that as dang, God
Speaker 1: just straight kill them.
Speaker 2: Man. The ark was about the fall, So let me
Speaker 2: just read some of this.
Speaker 1: So, reverence for God's holiness is a central theme throughout
Speaker 1: the Bible, emphasizing the profound respect, awe, and veneration due
Speaker 1: to God because of his perfect and transcending nature. God's
Speaker 1: holiness is an intrinsic is intrinsic to his character, setting
Speaker 1: him apart from all creation and underscoring his purity and
Speaker 1: righteousness and majesty.
Speaker 2: All right, So.
Speaker 1: Reverence for God's holiness was profound. As profound implications for
Speaker 1: a believer's life, it calls for a posture of humility,
Speaker 1: recognizing the vast golf between God's holiness and human sinfulness.
Speaker 1: Now there is a giant golf between us and God.
Speaker 1: But guess who fulfills that golf and causes a bridge
Speaker 1: between us and God. Well, Jesus Christ, right, So that's
Speaker 1: really awesome. So Jesus is actually our bridge between us
Speaker 1: and God. He covers that giant golf between us, and then,
Speaker 1: in summary, reverence for God's holiness is a foundational aspect
Speaker 1: of biblical faith, shaping the believer's understanding of God's worship
Speaker 1: and daily conduct conduct. It's a response to the divine
Speaker 1: majesty and purity of God, calling for a life of holiness, worship,
Speaker 1: and obedience. So there's a little there that kind of
Speaker 1: explains about what we'll go ahead and continue.
Speaker 2: Second Samuel six, verse nine.
Speaker 1: David was afraid of the Lord that day, and he said,
Speaker 1: how can the ark of the Lord come to me?
Speaker 1: So David would not move the ark of the Lord
Speaker 1: with him into the city of David. But David took
Speaker 1: it aside into the house of obed Edium that the
Speaker 1: get tight. The ark of the Lord remained in the
Speaker 1: house of obed Edium. The get tight three months, and
Speaker 1: the Lord blessed odem oh dead Edium and his household.
Speaker 1: So David started getting nervous, like, how are we gonna
Speaker 1: move the Ark of the Covenant because with these oxens
Speaker 1: walk in, Like, what if the arc of the Covenent's
Speaker 1: gonna fall and someone else grabs it, You're gonna end
Speaker 1: up killing them too.
Speaker 2: So David got a little afraid.
Speaker 1: There it looks like, and he just left the Ark
Speaker 1: of the Covenant at the closest house, you know.
Speaker 2: And let's see what. Let's see what. Yeah, this goes
Speaker 2: to fourteen. Okay, we'll go and continue reading.
Speaker 1: So we have Second Samuel six, verse twelve. Now it
Speaker 1: was told King David saying, the Lord has blessed the
Speaker 1: house of obed Edom and all that belongs to him
Speaker 1: because of the Ark of God. So David went and
Speaker 1: brought up the Ark of God from the house of
Speaker 1: oh dead Edom to the city of David with gladness.
Speaker 2: And it was.
Speaker 1: When those bearing the Ark of the Lord had gone
Speaker 1: six paces, then he sacrificed oxen and fat and sheep.
Speaker 1: Then David danced before the Lord with all his might,
Speaker 1: and David was wearing a linen ephod. So David and
Speaker 1: all the house of Israel brought up the ark of
Speaker 1: the Lord with shouting and with the sound of trumpet.
Speaker 1: So all right, so we have joyful worship going on here.
Speaker 1: So David's exuberant worship as he danced before the Lord
Speaker 1: exemplifies the joy and freedom found in God's presence.
Speaker 2: So wow. Now it was told that David saying, the
Speaker 2: Lord has blessed the house of.
Speaker 1: Edom, So I guess, and all that belongs to him
Speaker 1: because the Ark of God. So David went and brought
Speaker 1: out up the Ark of God from the house. So
Speaker 1: I guess God blessed the house. David found out about that,
Speaker 1: so he goes and then he gets the arc, so
Speaker 1: I guess God.
Speaker 2: David was waiting for that, for him to go in
Speaker 2: and get it.
Speaker 1: So David went, brought up the Ark of the God
Speaker 1: out of the house and meet him to the city
Speaker 1: of David with gladness. So it was when those bearing
Speaker 1: the Ark of God had gone six paces, he sacrificed
Speaker 1: oxen and fat and sheep. So David kind of wasn't
Speaker 1: afraid of the Lord anymore at that point, obviously, because
Speaker 1: he was waiting for them, I guess, for them for
Speaker 1: the house to be blessed. Once he heard that, he
Speaker 1: went and he took the ark of the covenant. Very
Speaker 1: interesting portion there looks like obedience in worship. I don't
Speaker 1: know why my notes went all the way back to
Speaker 1: Second Samuel sixty three, but before we continue.
Speaker 2: I'll read it real quick.
Speaker 1: The initial failure to transport the arc correctly contrasts with
Speaker 1: the later successful attempt with God's instruction were followed. Oh okay,
Speaker 1: I see. So obedience in worship says here. Obedience and
Speaker 1: worship refers to the act of adhering to God's commands
Speaker 1: and instructions as an integral part of worship. It is
Speaker 1: a demonstratent of reverence, love, and submission to God, acknowledging
Speaker 1: his sovereignty and holiness. Obedience is not merely about external rituals,
Speaker 1: but involves a heartfelt commitment to align one's life with
Speaker 1: God's will.
Speaker 2: Amen to that.
Speaker 1: Okay, So now we're gonna go ahead and read Second
Speaker 1: Samuel six verse sixteen. Now, as the ark of the
Speaker 1: Lord came into the city of David, McCall, saw's daughter
Speaker 1: looked through a window and saw King David leaping and
Speaker 1: ruling before the Lord, and she despised him in her heart.
Speaker 2: Oh wow, Now, remember.
Speaker 1: Real quick before we continue to seventeen that McCall had
Speaker 1: idols like an idol at her house above her bed
Speaker 1: back when David left. Okay, she had an idol that
Speaker 1: she put into the bed to act like it was David.
Speaker 2: Right, So she was idle worshiper Okay, I don't believe
Speaker 2: that she worshiped. Yeahweh.
Speaker 1: So it looks like she was looking out the window,
Speaker 1: saw David leaping and joyfully worshiping the Lord, and it
Speaker 1: says that she despised him in her heart. That's really interesting.
Speaker 1: So right here we have the cost of worship. Before
Speaker 1: we continue, I'll read what's in my notes about this situation.
Speaker 1: McCall's disdain for David's worship. Two Samuel six sixteen warns
Speaker 1: against pride and the danger of valuing human opinion over
Speaker 1: God's approval. The cost of worship in the Bible encompasses
Speaker 1: the sacrifices, offerings, and personal commitments required of believers as
Speaker 1: they approach God in reverence and devotion. Worship, as depicted
Speaker 1: and the Scripture, is not merely a ritualistic act, but
Speaker 1: a profound expression of faith and obedience, often demanding significant
Speaker 1: personal and communal investment.
Speaker 2: That's what that means, the cost of worship. Just so
Speaker 2: you guys know, King David.
Speaker 1: Exemplifies the principal costly worship in Second Samuel twenty four.
Speaker 1: That's in the future. I don't want to go over
Speaker 1: that because I don't want to give you guys any
Speaker 1: spoiler alerts. Okay, the cost of worship has illustrated throughout
Speaker 1: the Bible, calls believers to a life of sacrifice, obedience,
Speaker 1: and wholehearted devotion. It challenges individuals to evaluate their priorities, resources,
Speaker 1: and commitments in light of their relationship with God. Worship, therefore,
Speaker 1: is not merely an act performed in a specific place
Speaker 1: or time, but a continuous, costly offering to one's life
Speaker 1: in response to God's grace and love. We should all
Speaker 1: listen to that. That's definitely an important wisdom right there.
Speaker 1: All right, So let's go ahead and continue and see
Speaker 1: what happens. Tewod Samuel six, verse seventeen. So they brought
Speaker 1: the ark of the Lord, and it said it in
Speaker 1: its place in the midst of the tabernacle, and that
Speaker 1: David had erected for it. Then David offered burnt offerings
Speaker 1: and peace offerings before the Lord. And when David had
Speaker 1: finished offering burnt offerings and peace offerings, he blessed the
Speaker 1: people in the name of the Lord of Hosts. Then
Speaker 1: he distributed among all the people, among the whole multitude
Speaker 1: of Israel, both the women and the men, to everyone
Speaker 1: a loaf of bread, a piece of meat, and cake
Speaker 1: of raisins. So then the people departed everyone to his house.
Speaker 1: So we offered offerings food. It looks like a bread,
Speaker 1: piece of meat, cake as raisins, and all the people
Speaker 1: departed everyone to his house. Very very very very interesting
Speaker 1: here that McCall did that. So we're going to see
Speaker 1: what happens when he returns to his house. This is
Speaker 1: going to be twod Samuel six, verse twenty. Then David
Speaker 1: returned to bless his household, and McCall that Daro Saul
Speaker 1: came out to meet David and said, how glorious was
Speaker 1: the King of Israel today uncovering himself today in the
Speaker 1: eyes of the maids and of his servants, as one
Speaker 1: of the base fellows shamelessly uncovers her himself. So David
Speaker 1: said to McCall, it was before the Lord who chose
Speaker 1: me instead of your father, and all his house to
Speaker 1: appoint me ruler over the people of the Lord over Israel. Therefore,
Speaker 1: I will play music before the Lord, and I will
Speaker 1: even be more undignified than this. And I will be
Speaker 1: even more undignified than this, and will be humble in
Speaker 1: my own sight.
Speaker 2: But as for the.
Speaker 1: Maid servants of whom you had spoken them by them,
Speaker 1: I will be held in honor. Therefore, McCall, the daughter
Speaker 1: of Saul, had no children to the day of her death.
Speaker 1: So looks like McCall. Looks like mccaull didn't have any children.
Speaker 1: It looks like McCall wasn't worshiping yahweh. It looks like, man,
Speaker 1: I just to me, that's what it looks like. She
Speaker 1: had idols and she I don't believe she was a believer.
Speaker 1: Might have been a mistake for David to go back
Speaker 1: and get his Saul's daughter. Sounds like, so okay, yeah,
Speaker 1: because you're unequally yoked and you're worshiping the Lord with
Speaker 1: joy and she's out the window looking in jealousy like,
Speaker 1: oh look what he's doing, despising it. So yeah, you're
Speaker 1: not equally yoked. So I don't believe that that was
Speaker 1: a good decision. For him to go back and get
Speaker 1: my call. But hey, you know, David was David, So
Speaker 1: all right, so let's go ahead and check out some
Speaker 1: practical applications for Second Samuel six. Approach God with reverence.
Speaker 1: Reflect on how you approach God and worship and prayer.
Speaker 1: Are you mindful of his holiness?
Speaker 2: Yeah? We have to be mindful of his holiness.
Speaker 1: And appreciate the fact that we're able to pray to
Speaker 1: God because we have Jesus as our bridge, and we
Speaker 1: can't always just be like, probly God in the name
Speaker 1: of Jesus, you know, I need I need this, I
Speaker 1: need that, and please give me money and whatever some
Speaker 1: people pray about. You know, we need to appreciate the
Speaker 1: fact that we need to be mindful of his holiness.
Speaker 1: And when we're praying to God, we don't pray to
Speaker 1: him like we're speaking to someone on the block, right.
Speaker 2: We're speaking to God.
Speaker 1: As we want to talk to him and be mindful
Speaker 1: of his holiness.
Speaker 2: Right.
Speaker 1: And I even need to understand that too, because sometimes
Speaker 1: when I'm praying to God, I pray as like God
Speaker 1: is just my friend. I need to be mindful of
Speaker 1: his holiness too, you know. So I got to take
Speaker 1: that too, so we all need to understand that. Reflect
Speaker 1: on how you approach God and worship and prayer. Are
Speaker 1: you mindful of His holiness? That's a question that you
Speaker 1: should think about and maybe study on and find out
Speaker 1: how you are about it. Embrace joy and worship. Allow
Speaker 1: yourself to express genuine joy and gratitude and worship, recognizing
Speaker 1: the freedom found in God's presence.
Speaker 2: Okay.
Speaker 1: Another one would be prioritize obedience. Ensure that your worship
Speaker 1: aligns with God's word, prioritizing obedience over personal preference.
Speaker 2: Okay.
Speaker 1: Obedience is vastly important, and sometimes we forget that, but
Speaker 1: that is so important. Value God approval. Seek God's approval
Speaker 1: above all else, even when it means facing criticism or
Speaker 1: misunderstanding from others. Even if you get criticized from your wife,
Speaker 1: even if you get criticized from your mom, your dad, whatever.
Speaker 2: Place God first, no matter what.
Speaker 1: You need to love God with all your heart, your mind,
Speaker 1: your soul. You need to love God more than your wife.
Speaker 1: You need to love God more than your children. You
Speaker 1: need to love God more than your mom, more than
Speaker 1: your dad, more than everybody on earth.
Speaker 2: Okay, we don't.
Speaker 1: Need That's why I said, we seek first the Kingdom
Speaker 1: of Heaven. No matter what, it only matters if you
Speaker 1: go to heaven when you die. It doesn't matter what
Speaker 1: you do on this earth. If you don't go to
Speaker 1: heaven when you die, you could do all the things,
Speaker 1: be spectacular, philanthropist, this, that rich businessman you know, gave
Speaker 1: all your wealth to the homeless, whatever, But if you
Speaker 1: don't go to heaven when you die, that's all that matters.
Speaker 2: You need to be with God in heaven when you die.
Speaker 2: We need to focus on that. That's why we seek
Speaker 2: first the kingdom of heaven.
Speaker 1: Okay, that's what it's saying here. Seek God's approval above
Speaker 1: all else, even when it means facing criticism or misunderstanding
Speaker 1: from others. Sometimes things happen where people might be in
Speaker 1: a lesser position than we are, and someone asks for
Speaker 1: money or you try to help them, and sometimes the
Speaker 1: wife might disagree, and sometimes the wife might say.
Speaker 2: No, we don't need to do that right now.
Speaker 1: Nah, man, you got to make sure that you don't
Speaker 1: want to fight with your wife over that, but you
Speaker 1: want to make sure that you do help the needy,
Speaker 1: right Jesus talks about that.
Speaker 2: So just gotta.
Speaker 1: Place God first, right, Seek God first and everything else
Speaker 1: will follow. That's the end of one of my verses
Speaker 1: on my song. And I believe that that is definitely
Speaker 1: what makes sense on that what I was just talking about.
Speaker 1: Seek God first, or seek the Kingdom Heaven first, and
Speaker 1: everything else will follow. All right, we have a connection
Speaker 1: connect Connecting additional scriptures would be Leviticus ten, verses one
Speaker 1: through three, the story of Nadab and Abihu, who were
Speaker 1: consumed by fire for offering unauthorized fire before the Lord.
Speaker 1: This is Aaron's two sons. They got consumed by fire
Speaker 1: for offering unauthorized fire before the Lord. Underscores the importance
Speaker 1: of reverence, excuse me, and obedience. That's a good verse,
Speaker 1: definitely to connect. We also have Psalms sixteen, verse eleven.
Speaker 1: You make known to me the path of life in
Speaker 1: your presence, and fullness of joy at your right hand,
Speaker 1: your pleasures forever more. This verse highlights the joy found
Speaker 1: in God's presence. Another one we have is John four,
Speaker 1: verses twenty three through twenty four.
Speaker 2: Let's go ahead and check.
Speaker 1: That one out.
Speaker 2: John four, verse twenty three through twenty four. Okay, twenty
Speaker 2: three through twenty four says.
Speaker 1: But the hour is coming, and now is when the
Speaker 1: true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth.
Speaker 1: But the Father is seeking such to worship him. God
Speaker 1: is spirit, and those who worship him must worship in
Speaker 1: spirit and truth. Jesus speaks of worshiping in spirit and truth,
Speaker 1: emphasizes his.
Speaker 2: Heart and authentically in worship. HM. So we'll go a
Speaker 2: little further back. So, like we Steve, you are a prophet.
Speaker 2: Our Father is.
Speaker 1: Worshiped on this mountain, and you Jews say that in
Speaker 1: Jerusalem is the place that you ought to worship.
Speaker 2: What is this? This is a.
Speaker 1: The Samaritan woman who meets her Messiah. Okay, that's what
Speaker 1: that's about. So that's John four twenty through twenty four.
Speaker 1: We just read where it says, woman, believe me, the
Speaker 1: hour is coming when you will neither that, when you
Speaker 1: will neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem worship the Father.
Speaker 2: You worship what you do not know? You know what we.
Speaker 1: Worship for salvation is of the Jews. But the hour
Speaker 1: is coming, and now is when the true worshipers will
Speaker 1: worship the Father and spirit and truth. For the Father
Speaker 1: is seeking such to worship him. God is Spirit and
Speaker 1: those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth.
Speaker 1: The woman said to him, I know the Messiah is coming,
Speaker 1: who is called Christ. When he comes, he will tell
Speaker 1: us all things. Jesus said to her, I who speak
Speaker 1: to you, am he.
Speaker 2: Wow. How powerful is that? Can you imagine being that woman?
Speaker 2: You'd be like, oh, I just met the Messiah right now? Wow? Awesome?
Speaker 1: So anyways, all right, so now we're gonna go ahead
Speaker 1: and go over tewod Samuel seven introduction. Second Samuel seven
Speaker 1: provides a profound message about God's grace, promises, and sovereignty.
Speaker 1: David's humility and receiving God's promise is an example for
Speaker 1: all believers. Instead of insisting on his initial plan, David
Speaker 1: humbly accepts God's plan, showing true obedience. This narrative also
Speaker 1: emphasizes the enduring love of God, who establishes a covenant
Speaker 1: with David that leads to the salvation of mankind through
Speaker 1: Jesus Christ. All right, so let's go ahead and Second
Speaker 1: Samuel seven eight. That's twelve to thirteen, so my notes
Speaker 1: won't start till then. Okay, we'll go ahead and read this,
Speaker 1: says God's covenant with David. Now it came to pass
Speaker 1: when the king this is second Samuel seven, verse one.
Speaker 1: To see you, guys, if you're following along. Now it
Speaker 1: came to pass when the king was dwelling in his house,
Speaker 1: and the Lord had given him for all his enemies
Speaker 1: all around that the king said to Nathan the prophet,
Speaker 1: see now I dwell in a house of cedar, but
Speaker 1: the ark of David, but the Ark of God dwells
Speaker 1: inside tent curtains. Then Nathan said to the King, go
Speaker 1: and so I know what part this is. Go do
Speaker 1: all that is in your heart, for the Lord is
Speaker 1: with you. But it happened that night that the word
Speaker 1: of the Lord came to Nathan's saying, go and tell
Speaker 1: my servant David.
Speaker 2: Thus says the Lord, would you build a house for
Speaker 2: me to dwell in?
Speaker 1: For I have not dwelt in a house since the
Speaker 1: time that I brought the children of Israel up up
Speaker 1: from Egypt, even to this day, but not but have
Speaker 1: moved about in a tent, in a tabernacle.
Speaker 2: Wherever I have moved about with all the children of Israel.
Speaker 1: Here I have ever spoken a word to anyone from
Speaker 1: the tribes of Israel whom I command to shepherd my
Speaker 1: people Israel, saying, why have you built me a house
Speaker 1: of cedar? For thus shall you say to my servant David,
Speaker 1: Thus says the Lord of Hosts, I took you from
Speaker 1: the sheepfold, from the following, from following the sheep, to
Speaker 1: be the ruler of my people over Israel. And I
Speaker 1: have been with you wherever you have gone, and have
Speaker 1: cut off all your enemies before you, and have made
Speaker 1: you a great name, like the name of the great
Speaker 1: men who are on the earth.
Speaker 2: Moreover, I will.
Speaker 1: Appoint a place for my people Israel, and will plant
Speaker 1: them that they may dwell in a place of their
Speaker 1: own and move no more, nor shall the sons of
Speaker 1: wickedness oppress them anymore as previously. Since that time I
Speaker 1: commanded judges to be over my people Israel, and have
Speaker 1: caused you to wrest from all your enemies. Also, the
Speaker 1: Lord tells you he will make you a house. All right,
Speaker 1: So let's go ahead and stop there. God's sovereignty and initiative,
Speaker 1: so God reminds David in two Samuel seven, verse eight,
Speaker 1: I took you from the pastor from following the flock.
Speaker 2: To be a ruler of my people.
Speaker 1: This highlights God's sovereign choice and initiative and established and
Speaker 1: establishing David's kingship. And then we're going to talk about
Speaker 1: the Dividic Covenant right here. In UH two Samuel seven,
Speaker 1: verse twelve, it says, when your days are fulfilled and
Speaker 1: you rest with your fathers, I will set up a
Speaker 1: seed after you, who will come from your body and
Speaker 1: will establish his kingdom. He shall build a house for
Speaker 1: my name, and I will establish the throne of his
Speaker 1: kingdom forever. I will be okay, So that there it
Speaker 1: is right there, So it says I will be his father,
Speaker 1: and he shall be my son. If he commits iniquity,
Speaker 1: I will chasten him with the rod of men, and
Speaker 1: the and the blows of sons of men. But my
Speaker 1: mercy shall not depart from him, as I took it
Speaker 1: from Saul, whom I removed from before you, and your
Speaker 1: house and your kingdom shall be established forever before you.
Speaker 1: Your throne shall be established forever. Wow. Okay, according to
Speaker 1: all these words and according to to to this vision.
Speaker 1: So Nathan spoke to David all right. The Davidic Covenant
Speaker 1: and verses twelve and thirteen state, when your days are
Speaker 1: fulfilled and you rest with your fathers, I will raise
Speaker 1: up an offspring after you, who will come from your body,
Speaker 1: and I will establish his kingdom. He will build a
Speaker 1: house from my name, and I will establish the throne
Speaker 1: of his kingdom forever. The covenant promises to the eternal
Speaker 1: dynasty through David's lineage. All right, So, the Davidic Covenant
Speaker 1: signifies a biblical promise found in the Old Testament, establishing
Speaker 1: God's enduring commitment to King David.
Speaker 2: And his descendants.
Speaker 1: This covenant is a foundational to understanding the Messianic expectations
Speaker 1: and the unfolding of God's redemptive plan through the lineage
Speaker 1: of David. The Davidic Covenant is primarily articulated in Second
Speaker 1: Samuel seven verses twelve through sixteen, and also First Chronicles
Speaker 1: seventeen eleven to fourteen and Second Samuel seven verses twelve
Speaker 1: through thirteen. God promises David, when your days are fulfilled
Speaker 1: and you rested your fathers, I will raise up your
Speaker 1: offspring after you, and you will come upon your own body,
Speaker 1: and I will establish his kingdom. He will be the
Speaker 1: house and for my name. Now I will establish the
Speaker 1: throne of his kingdom forever. This covenant assures David that
Speaker 1: his lineage will continue and his throne will be established
Speaker 1: eternally perpetual dynasty. The covenant guarantees that David's descendants will
Speaker 1: have a long lasting dynasty. This promise is not merely temporal,
Speaker 1: but extends into eternity, suggesting a future fulfillment beyond the
Speaker 1: immediate successor of David divine sonship and tewod Samuel seven,
Speaker 1: verse fourteen. God declares, I will be his father, and
Speaker 1: he will be my son. This establishes a unique relationship
Speaker 1: between God and the Davidic king, foreshadowing the ultimate fulfillment
Speaker 1: in Jesus Christ, who is both the son of David
Speaker 1: and the son of God. This is a great prophecy
Speaker 1: for people to understand, okay, unconditional promise. Unlike the other
Speaker 1: covenant that may have conditional elements, the Dividic Covenant is
Speaker 1: presented as an unconditional promise from God. Despite the failures
Speaker 1: and sins of David's descendants, God's commitment to his covenant
Speaker 1: remains steadfast Messianic expectation. The promise of an eternal kingdom
Speaker 1: through David's line sets the state for the Messianic hope
Speaker 1: that pre eminates.
Speaker 2: The Old Testament.
Speaker 1: Prophets like Isaiah and Jeremiah echo this expectation for shouting
Speaker 1: a future king who will reign with justice and righteousness.
Speaker 1: Isaiah nine verses six through seven, Jeremiah twenty three, verses
Speaker 1: five through six.
Speaker 2: Okay fulfillment in Christ.
Speaker 1: The New Testament writers identify Jesus Christ as the ultimate
Speaker 1: fulfillment of the Dividic Covenant, and Luke won Verses thirty
Speaker 1: two through thirty three, the angel Gabriel announces to marry.
Speaker 1: He will be great, and he will be called the
Speaker 1: Son of the Most High. The Lord God will give
Speaker 1: him the throne of his father David, and he will
Speaker 1: reign over the House of Jacob forever. His kingdom will
Speaker 1: never end. Jesus as the descendant of David, who fills
Speaker 1: this promise in an eternal kingdom, establishing his reign through
Speaker 1: his death, resurrection, and ascension. Theological significance the Dividic Covenant
Speaker 1: underscores God's sovereignty and faithfulness, and as a redemptive plan,
Speaker 1: it highlights the continually continuity of God's promise from the
Speaker 1: Old Testament to the New Testament, culmiating culminating into the
Speaker 1: person and the work of Jesus Christ. This covenant assures
Speaker 1: believers of the certainty of God's promise and the ultimate
Speaker 1: victory of his kingdom. Okay, very very important that we
Speaker 1: understand that, and then let's go ahead and continue. Or actually,
Speaker 1: in verse sixteen, God assures David, your house and your
Speaker 1: kingdom will reign forever before me, and your throwne will
Speaker 1: be established forever. This understores God's unwavering faithfulness to his promises.
Speaker 1: And let's go out and see what David's response is
Speaker 1: to God for saying this. We're going to read eighteen
Speaker 1: through twenty four here. Then King David went in and
Speaker 1: sat before the Lord, and he said, who am i,
Speaker 1: o Lord God? And what is my house that you
Speaker 1: have brought me this far? And yet this is a
Speaker 1: small thing in your sight, O Lord God. And you
Speaker 1: have also spoken of your servant's house for a while
Speaker 1: to come. Is this the manner of man, o Lord God?
Speaker 1: Now what more can David say to you? For you,
Speaker 1: Lord God, know your servant for your words sake, and
Speaker 1: according to your own heart, you have done all these
Speaker 1: great things to make your servant known them. Your servant
Speaker 1: know them. Therefore, you are great, o Lord God. For
Speaker 1: there is none like you, nor is there any god
Speaker 1: besides you, according to all you have heard with your ears,
Speaker 1: and who is like your peace, people like Israel, the
Speaker 1: one nation on the earth whom God went to redeem
Speaker 1: for himself as a people, to make for himself a name.
Speaker 1: To do for yourself great and awesome deeds for your
Speaker 1: land before your people, whom you redeem for yourself from Egypt,
Speaker 1: the nations and their gods. For you have made your people, Israel,
Speaker 1: your very own people forever, You Lord.
Speaker 2: Have become their God. Very interesting.
Speaker 1: David's response is going to be talked as Helmer. Response
Speaker 1: actually continues from twenty five to twenty nine. Let's continue
Speaker 1: two Samuel seven, verse twenty five. Now, oh Lord God,
Speaker 1: the word which you have spoken concerning your servant and
Speaker 1: concerning his house, establish it forever, and do as you
Speaker 1: have said. So let your name be magnified forever, saying,
Speaker 1: the Lord of Hosts is the God over Israel. And
Speaker 1: let the house of your servant David be established before you.
Speaker 1: For you, o, Lord of Hosts, God of Israel, have
Speaker 1: revealed this to your servant, saying, I will I will
Speaker 1: build a I will build you a house before your
Speaker 1: servant has fought found in his heart to pray this
Speaker 1: prayer to you. And now, O Lord God, you are God,
Speaker 1: and your words are true, and you have promised this
Speaker 1: goodness to your servant. Now, therefore, let it please you.
Speaker 1: Let it please you to bless the house of your servant,
Speaker 1: that it may continue before you forever. For you, O
Speaker 1: Lord God, have spoken it with your blessing. Let the
Speaker 1: house of your servant be blessed forever. So great responses
Speaker 1: there that David had, And let's go ahead and check
Speaker 1: out my notes and see what it says.
Speaker 2: David, the second.
Speaker 1: King of Israel, is renowned not only for his military
Speaker 1: proudness and leadership, but also has profound humility before God.
Speaker 1: This humility is most vividly illustrated in several key events
Speaker 1: throughout his life. As recorded in the Old Testament. Is
Speaker 1: anointed anointed by Samuel. David's journey to kingship began with
Speaker 1: a humble beginning, when the prophet Samuel was sent by
Speaker 1: God to anoint a new king from the sons of Jesse.
Speaker 1: David was initially overlooked. He was the youngest tending sheep
Speaker 1: in the fields, while his older brothers were presented to Samuel. However,
Speaker 1: God instructed Samuel, do not consider his appearance for his height,
Speaker 1: for I have rejected him.
Speaker 2: The Lord.
Speaker 1: Does not see a man as man does, for man
Speaker 1: sees the outward appearance, but the Lord sees the heart.
Speaker 1: David's anoying was a testament to his heart's humility and
Speaker 1: God's favor upon him. And then even when David went
Speaker 1: against Goliath, David's humility is further exemplified to his encounter
Speaker 1: with Golias. Despite being a young shepherd, David volunteered to
Speaker 1: fight the Philistine giant not out of arrogance, but with
Speaker 1: faith in God's deliverance. He declared to Goliath, you come
Speaker 1: against me with the sword and spear and javelin, But
Speaker 1: I come against you in the name of the Lord
Speaker 1: of Hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom
Speaker 1: you have defied on Samuel seventeen, verse forty five. David's
Speaker 1: alliance on God, rather than his strength, underscords his humble spirit,
Speaker 1: sparing Saul's life. We talked about that before the Ark
Speaker 1: of the Covenant. When David brought the Ark of the
Speaker 1: Covenant Jerusalem, he did so with great humility and joy,
Speaker 1: he danced before the Lord with all his might, wearing
Speaker 1: a linen epot, a simple garment. His wife, Pucalled criticized
Speaker 1: him for this, but David responded, it was before the
Speaker 1: Lord who chose me, rather than your father, to anyone
Speaker 1: or anyone from his house, when he appointed me ruler
Speaker 1: over the Lord of Israel, or over the Lord the
Speaker 1: Lord's people Israel. I will celebrate before the Lord Tewod
Speaker 1: Samuel six, verse twenty one. David's willingness to humble, to
Speaker 1: humble himself and worship regardless of other's opinions, demonstrates his
Speaker 1: devotion and humility before the Lord.
Speaker 3: And then.
Speaker 1: David's humility is perhaps most poignantly displayed in his response
Speaker 1: to his own sin, which we're going to read later.
Speaker 1: But after his adultery with Bathsheba and the arranged death
Speaker 1: of her husband or Uriah, the prophet Nathan confronted David.
Speaker 1: Unlike many kings who might react with denial or anger,
Speaker 1: David immediately confess, I have sinned against the Lord Tewod
Speaker 1: Samuel twelve, verse thirteen. His heart felt repentance is further
Speaker 1: captured in Psalms fifty one, where he pleads for mercy
Speaker 1: and cleansing, acknowledging his transgression and seeking the pure heart,
Speaker 1: and then census and plague. In another instance, David decisioned
Speaker 1: to conduct a census of Israel brought God's displeasure, resulting
Speaker 1: in a plague recognizing his error. I don't really want
Speaker 1: to talk about that because that's going to kind of
Speaker 1: ruin it. It's going to be in Second Samuel twenty four,
Speaker 1: verse ten. So David's life, marked by moments of profound humility,
Speaker 1: serves as a powerful example of a heart aligned with
Speaker 1: God's will. His responses to both triumph and failure really
Speaker 1: deep seated reverence for God and a commitment to righteousness,
Speaker 1: making him a man after God's own heart. Okay, So
Speaker 1: just want to go over that for.
Speaker 2: You guys, about David.
Speaker 1: So when we read further, you're going to see that.
Speaker 1: So that's going to be the end of chapter seven,
Speaker 1: and this will be the end of tonight's for you guys,
Speaker 1: maybe day or night tonight's study. But I will go
Speaker 1: over a few things before we end. I'm going to
Speaker 1: go over some teaching points, and then I'll go over
Speaker 1: some additional scriptures. That connect, and then I will go
Speaker 1: over some prayer to end the show. So God's sovereignty
Speaker 1: and initiative. So and second Samuel seven, verse eight, God
Speaker 1: reminds David, I took you from the pastor from following
Speaker 1: the flock to be a ruler over my people Israel.
Speaker 1: This highlights, Oh, you know what, I'm so sorry. I'm
Speaker 1: doing teaching points instead of practical applications. There all right,
Speaker 1: We're gonna do practical applications trusting God's promises. Just as
Speaker 1: God was faithful to the David, we can trust in
Speaker 1: his promises for our lives, knowing that He is sovereign
Speaker 1: and his plans are perfect.
Speaker 2: Okay.
Speaker 1: Another practical application would be embraced humility. Like David, we
Speaker 1: should approach God with humility, recognizing that we all have
Speaker 1: and are, recognizing that all we have and are is
Speaker 1: because of His grace. Next is legacy of faith. Consider
Speaker 1: the legacy you are building. Are you investing in things
Speaker 1: that have eternal significance like faith and obedience to God?
Speaker 1: Like I said, we need to invest in eternal significance,
Speaker 1: meaning we need to invest in our time, our efforts,
Speaker 1: everything in the Kingdom of God, not in the Kingdom
Speaker 1: of Josh, which is my name, right, not the Kingdom
Speaker 1: of Josh, or not the Kingdom of Mary, or not
Speaker 1: the Kingdom of Bill wherever's out there.
Speaker 4: Right.
Speaker 1: You want to build, we want to make sure we're
Speaker 1: doing it in God's kingdom. So we seek God first.
Speaker 1: Everything else will follow. Like I talked about earlier, a
Speaker 1: legacy of faith. Consider the legacy you are building. Oh,
Speaker 1: I already talked about that God's eternal kingdom. Reflect on
Speaker 1: the eternal nature of God's kingdom and how our lives
Speaker 1: can contribute to His purposes on earth. Okay, reflect on
Speaker 1: God's eternal kingdom. Amen to that.
Speaker 2: And then I'm gonna see if we have any additional
Speaker 2: scriptures to connect.
Speaker 1: Yes, we have. Psalms eighty nine, verses three through four.
Speaker 1: I have made a covenant with my chosen one. I
Speaker 1: have sworn to David, my servant, I will establish your
Speaker 1: offspring forever and build up your throne for all generations.
Speaker 1: That Psalms eighty nine, verses three through four. Let's make
Speaker 1: sure that's it, because I don't know if that's the
Speaker 1: full verse or explaining the verse.
Speaker 2: Alright, let's look it up. Psalms eighty nine three through
Speaker 2: four Psalms eighty nine.
Speaker 1: Yes, that is, I have made a covenant with my
Speaker 1: chosen borned to my servant, David, your seed, I will
Speaker 1: establish forever and build up your throne to all generations. Okay,
Speaker 1: Isaiah nine, verses six through seven, let's go there real quick.
Speaker 1: It's another additional scripture to connect, which we talked a
Speaker 1: little bit about earlier, but we didn't actually read the verse.
Speaker 1: So we have Isaiah nine, verses six through seven. It says,
Speaker 1: for unto us a child is born, unto us, a
Speaker 1: son is given, and the government will be upon his shoulders,
Speaker 1: and his name will be called wonderful counselor Mighty God,
Speaker 1: everlasting Father and Prince of peace. Of the increase of
Speaker 1: his government and peace, there will be no end upon
Speaker 1: the throne of David and over his kingdom to order
Speaker 1: it and establish it with judgment and justice from the
Speaker 1: time that time.
Speaker 2: Forward even forever.
Speaker 1: The zeal of the Lord of Hosts will perform this
Speaker 1: very very interesting versus there, speaking of Jesus.
Speaker 2: Right, that's the son that's born. Okay. And then Luke
Speaker 2: one twenty.
Speaker 1: Thirty two through thirty thirty two through thirty three, the
Speaker 1: Angel's announcement to Mary about Jesus' birth directly ties to
Speaker 1: the Dividic Covenant affirming Jesus as the fulfillment of God's
Speaker 1: promise to David. We already read that verse, so I
Speaker 1: don't need to go over it again.
Speaker 2: But yeah, so the.
Speaker 1: Angels announced it to Mary. Very very interesting stuff and
Speaker 1: I think it a.
Speaker 2: Yeah.
Speaker 1: So really appreciate you guys listening. Let me go ahead
Speaker 1: and stop the screen show real quick, so I appreciate
Speaker 1: you guys. I had a very very long day. I
Speaker 1: woke up this morning at six thirty. I drove all
Speaker 1: the way out to LA to do this show. It
Speaker 1: took me about two hours to get there. So I
Speaker 1: went there from I left at seven in the morning.
Speaker 1: I got there about nine fifteen. I recorded a show
Speaker 1: from about nine thirty all the way to twelve o'clock,
Speaker 1: so it was a long show. And then I drove
Speaker 1: from LA from twelve thirty all the way to three o'clock.
Speaker 1: Took me like two and a half three hours to
Speaker 1: get home, like three ten. I go home, and then
Speaker 1: when I got home, I had to make sure I
Speaker 1: fed my kids, take care of my kids because my
Speaker 1: wife was like, you be gone. All day, so I
Speaker 1: have to handle business. So it's been a very long day.
Speaker 1: Praise the Lord that God allows me to be on
Speaker 1: these other shows and to have the.
Speaker 2: To have the energy.
Speaker 1: Right now, I'm at the very last of my energy
Speaker 1: and you guys got the very last of it.
Speaker 2: But hey, you know what, at least I got to
Speaker 2: read the Bible to you guys, and we had what
Speaker 2: a great study.
Speaker 1: And then I also have a podcast tomorrow at six
Speaker 1: in the morning, and then I have a podcast tomorrow.
Speaker 2: Night at nine.
Speaker 1: So this is a very busy weekend, you know, very
Speaker 1: busy weekend. So anyways, I really appreciate you tuning in,
Speaker 1: and like I always do, let's go ahead and pray,
Speaker 1: Father God in the name of Jesus, thank you so
Speaker 1: much for blessing me with a glorious day. Thank you
Speaker 1: for keeping me safe while I was driving on the freeway.
Speaker 1: The LA traffic can be horrendous and people drive crazy,
Speaker 1: so thank you for that.
Speaker 2: Lord.
Speaker 1: We also want to give you thanksgiving. Thank you so
Speaker 1: much for allowing us to speak to you.
Speaker 2: Lord.
Speaker 1: Sometimes we take your holiness for granted, and we take
Speaker 1: the fact that we could pray to you for granted.
Speaker 1: And please assist us to pray to you, and also
Speaker 1: assist us into being humble and appreciate the fact that
Speaker 1: we could pray to you, Lord, because it's such a
Speaker 1: blessing for us to do so, and for you to
Speaker 1: give your only begotten son to die on the cross
Speaker 1: for us to be our high priest is just amazing.
Speaker 3: You know.
Speaker 1: To have that gap between us, the holiness of You
Speaker 1: and us is so large gap. And to have Jesus
Speaker 1: kind of be the mediator between us and you, Lord
Speaker 1: is just amazing. We appreciate that, and there was a
Speaker 1: need for it, and we appreciate living in these times
Speaker 1: where we're able to speak to you, Lord. And I
Speaker 1: just want to ask anybody that's going through any issues
Speaker 1: with their wife or with their husband, Lord, be there
Speaker 1: for them. Lord, please, because supernaturally, because right now the
Speaker 1: times are very tough for a lot of people.
Speaker 2: I get a lot of.
Speaker 1: Messages here and there about issues, and I just want
Speaker 1: to ask you right now, Lord to please take care
Speaker 1: of them. And also anybody that's going through radiation, like
Speaker 1: Jay his dad, I just want to pray for his
Speaker 1: dad and Lord, puts your healing hand over him and
Speaker 1: keep him safe and keep him comforted during these times,
Speaker 1: and everybody else out there that's listening if they have
Speaker 1: any issues with sin. Lord, please help us to be
Speaker 1: obedient to you, Lord, and help us to have the
Speaker 1: right scriptures to say when we're being tempted by the devil.
Speaker 1: Help us, Lord, please, we need you. We appreciate everything
Speaker 1: you do, and we love you in Jesus name.
Speaker 2: Amen.
Speaker 1: Thank you guys so much for tuning in. Really appreciate
Speaker 1: you guys, and God bless you have a wonderful day
Speaker 1: and a wonderful night.