WEBVTT 1 00:00:01.919 --> 00:00:04.639 Ladies and gentlemen, Welcome to Sunday Service, episode fifty four. 2 00:00:04.679 --> 00:00:05.839 I am your host, Josh Monday. 3 00:00:05.839 --> 00:00:08.599 If you know me, I'm a Christian rapper, devoted husband, father, 4 00:00:08.640 --> 00:00:11.640 and army veteran. Thank you guys so much for joining 5 00:00:11.640 --> 00:00:13.800 me today. This is brought to you by Cult of 6 00:00:13.839 --> 00:00:17.480 Conspiracy podcast. And thank you Jonathan, thank you Jacob. Really 7 00:00:17.559 --> 00:00:20.800 appreciate you guys allowing me to do this show. And yes, 8 00:00:20.920 --> 00:00:24.039 so this is the fifty fourth episode. Awesome, So we're 9 00:00:24.519 --> 00:00:27.960 moving right along and Second Samuel we'll be in Second 10 00:00:28.039 --> 00:00:31.640 Samuel three. And so today I got to go down 11 00:00:31.679 --> 00:00:34.439 to La again and do another show out in La. 12 00:00:34.560 --> 00:00:37.560 So I got to do a live show again on 13 00:00:37.880 --> 00:00:38.240 the show. 14 00:00:38.280 --> 00:00:42.840 It's called Apollo the Original, and this one is actually 15 00:00:42.840 --> 00:00:45.799 going to be on high school college Secret Societies. It's 16 00:00:45.840 --> 00:00:48.719 a pretty pretty interesting episode when it comes out. I'll 17 00:00:48.759 --> 00:00:49.960 let you I'll let you guys know. I'll keep you 18 00:00:50.000 --> 00:00:54.439 guys posted and if you guys could definitely watch the episode. 19 00:00:54.479 --> 00:00:57.719 I did do also on his show about Biblical cosmology, 20 00:00:57.880 --> 00:01:00.600 just to kind of get the numbers kind of ringing 21 00:01:00.679 --> 00:01:02.600 up there, so you know, that way I could be 22 00:01:02.640 --> 00:01:05.120 on these bigger shows. Still, you know that way I 23 00:01:05.120 --> 00:01:08.439 could bring more people to listening to the Bible studies 24 00:01:08.840 --> 00:01:10.560 and bring more people listening to the show. 25 00:01:10.599 --> 00:01:10.799 You know. 26 00:01:10.879 --> 00:01:13.239 So the more people that listen, the more people are 27 00:01:13.280 --> 00:01:15.120 engaged with the Word of God that might not be 28 00:01:15.159 --> 00:01:17.239 going to church. And I think it's just a blessing 29 00:01:17.280 --> 00:01:20.280 for everybody, so including me. So thank you guys so 30 00:01:20.359 --> 00:01:22.799 much if you guys do that. But like I always do, 31 00:01:23.000 --> 00:01:26.000 like to shout out you guys for commenting whoever commented 32 00:01:26.079 --> 00:01:29.439 last week and on Sunday Service last week we had 33 00:01:30.640 --> 00:01:33.680 four comments. I had Angela Kelly comment, I appreciate you, 34 00:01:34.680 --> 00:01:35.519 thanks for catching up. 35 00:01:35.560 --> 00:01:36.439 I really appreciate you. 36 00:01:36.599 --> 00:01:38.159 You said you missed a few episodes, but now you 37 00:01:38.519 --> 00:01:41.120 caught up, so I really appreciate you. You said the 38 00:01:41.159 --> 00:01:44.159 episode with Apaola was awesome. That's the episode I'm speaking about, guys, 39 00:01:44.239 --> 00:01:46.400 said Angela Kelly. Thank you for going over there checking 40 00:01:46.439 --> 00:01:52.239 it out. And j con forty four to twenty. Yes, cool, 41 00:01:52.239 --> 00:01:54.719 I think that you. On Wednesday service, you said that 42 00:01:54.799 --> 00:01:57.280 you appreciate the prayers. So he was asking for prayers 43 00:01:58.280 --> 00:02:00.879 for his dad. His name's Jay, if you could please 44 00:02:00.879 --> 00:02:04.079 pray for his dad. Okay, he's going through radiation treatment, 45 00:02:04.159 --> 00:02:05.040 so please pray for. 46 00:02:05.040 --> 00:02:08.120 Him swift force. What's up. I really appreciate you, brother. 47 00:02:08.719 --> 00:02:11.520 The quote through kryptis does not a yeah, similar voice, 48 00:02:11.520 --> 00:02:12.039 but it's not me. 49 00:02:12.120 --> 00:02:12.280 Yeah. 50 00:02:12.280 --> 00:02:15.000 I hope that person knows that. And then Brad Gillis, 51 00:02:15.159 --> 00:02:18.400 I really appreciate you commenting as well. And then last 52 00:02:18.439 --> 00:02:21.120 week on Wednesday service, we had like a lot of 53 00:02:21.120 --> 00:02:22.879 people comment so I was really happy it was about 54 00:02:22.879 --> 00:02:23.400 five people. 55 00:02:23.520 --> 00:02:25.439 So NRM Benz. 56 00:02:25.919 --> 00:02:29.439 Paul brings up some most difficult Oh that's NICKI, NICKI, 57 00:02:29.479 --> 00:02:31.560 how's it going. Paul brings up some of the most 58 00:02:31.560 --> 00:02:33.759 difficult and controversy to topics of the church. Modern US 59 00:02:33.840 --> 00:02:36.759 theology has promoted Israel as a nation state as equal 60 00:02:36.800 --> 00:02:41.159 to spiritual Israel. But the promise to Abraham Abraham was 61 00:02:41.199 --> 00:02:43.680 not a Jew, but a gentile, for whom his belief 62 00:02:43.800 --> 00:02:46.960 was accounted to him as righteous. Amen to that, Nikki, 63 00:02:46.960 --> 00:02:49.120 and I liked your message you sent me on my Patreon. 64 00:02:49.199 --> 00:02:49.520 Thank you. 65 00:02:51.039 --> 00:02:53.000 I agree with you, and you know, it's kind of 66 00:02:53.039 --> 00:02:55.680 people have mixed opinions on that, but yet very great points. 67 00:02:55.680 --> 00:02:58.560 So especially on your message on Instagram, I really appreciate 68 00:02:58.599 --> 00:03:02.520 I mean, on Patreon, I really think that was an 69 00:03:02.520 --> 00:03:04.800 intriguing message, and like I said, people have different point 70 00:03:04.800 --> 00:03:07.360 of views on that and it's a very interesting subject. 71 00:03:07.759 --> 00:03:10.560 Angela Kelly, once again, thank you, really appreciate you. 72 00:03:10.639 --> 00:03:11.199 I used to live. 73 00:03:11.080 --> 00:03:12.879 Eminem rock and roll, and I can't listen to second 74 00:03:12.879 --> 00:03:15.840 in music anymore me neither. The music disrupts my soul. Now, 75 00:03:15.879 --> 00:03:17.439 God is good. Have a wonderful weekend. 76 00:03:17.520 --> 00:03:18.879 Yeah. Yeah, I know. 77 00:03:18.919 --> 00:03:20.840 I'm a rapper as well too. You know, I'm a 78 00:03:20.919 --> 00:03:23.000 rap artist and I used to be. I don't really 79 00:03:23.000 --> 00:03:24.840 do it anymore as much, but I put out you know, 80 00:03:24.879 --> 00:03:28.159 about nine songs, and yeah, I can listen to that 81 00:03:28.240 --> 00:03:31.120 stuff either. And I never ever thought I wouldn't listen 82 00:03:31.159 --> 00:03:33.840 to that because I used to love how people connected 83 00:03:33.879 --> 00:03:36.719 words and how they are so lyrical and how they do. 84 00:03:36.639 --> 00:03:37.759 This and that and all that. 85 00:03:37.840 --> 00:03:41.560 And now I'm the same way Angela, definitely same exact way, 86 00:03:42.560 --> 00:03:45.479 know there. I appreciate your comment. Please cover the book 87 00:03:45.479 --> 00:03:48.280 at Enoch. Yeah, all glory to God. 88 00:03:48.319 --> 00:03:48.520 Yeah. 89 00:03:48.520 --> 00:03:50.759 I pray for protection, jeez, and I really appreciate your prayers. 90 00:03:51.520 --> 00:03:53.360 I pray for you as well, for protection over you 91 00:03:53.599 --> 00:03:55.039 and everybody that listens to the show. 92 00:03:55.080 --> 00:03:57.680 I pray for protection over everybody. A hedge of protection. Amen. 93 00:03:58.400 --> 00:04:01.479 J Con forty four to twenty. Thank you everyone, Thank God, 94 00:04:01.479 --> 00:04:02.000 I appreciate it. 95 00:04:02.080 --> 00:04:03.800 Yeah, thank you for the prayers, he said, because he's 96 00:04:03.840 --> 00:04:06.280 coming on Wednesday service. Now he asks for prayers on Sunday. 97 00:04:06.479 --> 00:04:09.039 He's commenting on Wednesday service and Brad Gillis really appreciate 98 00:04:09.080 --> 00:04:11.319 you too, and know they're Yes. You said that you 99 00:04:11.360 --> 00:04:12.919 want me to go over the Book of Enoch, So 100 00:04:12.960 --> 00:04:15.199 that will happen at some point once I get done 101 00:04:15.280 --> 00:04:18.399 with probably going over the whole entire Bible, I'll probably 102 00:04:18.399 --> 00:04:20.519 take some time out to do some extra biblical text 103 00:04:20.560 --> 00:04:23.519 if you guys are interested. So, yeah, really appreciate all 104 00:04:23.560 --> 00:04:25.920 your comments. Like I said, it really helps pushes the 105 00:04:25.920 --> 00:04:30.160 show up the algorithm and also shows Actually I did 106 00:04:30.199 --> 00:04:32.680 talk to Jacob. Actually I haven't talked to Jacob or 107 00:04:32.720 --> 00:04:36.360 Jonathan in a while. I kind of just we text 108 00:04:36.360 --> 00:04:38.680 once in a great, great, great blue moon. But I 109 00:04:38.720 --> 00:04:40.600 actually got to talk to Jacob on the phone and 110 00:04:41.079 --> 00:04:44.000 he said that he said, your show has the most 111 00:04:45.040 --> 00:04:48.319 you know, comments besides their show. Their show gets a lot. 112 00:04:48.360 --> 00:04:51.040 But so, like I said, I appreciate you guys. They're 113 00:04:51.120 --> 00:04:53.319 noticing that and that's what keeps the show on the air. 114 00:04:53.680 --> 00:04:55.920 The engagement, it pushes the show up the algorithm, and 115 00:04:55.920 --> 00:04:58.519 it's stuff that they notice and it really stands out 116 00:04:58.560 --> 00:05:01.439 to them. And I really appreciate you guys commenting and 117 00:05:02.160 --> 00:05:04.959 always listening to the show from the bottom of my heart. 118 00:05:05.040 --> 00:05:06.759 You know, I really, I really appreciate it. 119 00:05:06.759 --> 00:05:07.399 It does help. 120 00:05:07.480 --> 00:05:11.199 And some people, I'm telling you that listen to this show, 121 00:05:11.399 --> 00:05:14.319 they they're not like a lot of you guys are. 122 00:05:14.319 --> 00:05:16.319 We're Christian probably to begin with, and now you listen 123 00:05:16.360 --> 00:05:17.639 to the show, but there's a lot of people that 124 00:05:17.800 --> 00:05:19.680 were kind of on the fence or not really listening 125 00:05:19.680 --> 00:05:22.240 to not really reading the Bible, or maybe not even 126 00:05:22.240 --> 00:05:24.160 going to church that are now kind of engaged in 127 00:05:24.240 --> 00:05:26.680 the Bible. So it's really helping out and all glory 128 00:05:26.680 --> 00:05:29.920 to God for that. But it's also you guys listening 129 00:05:30.000 --> 00:05:32.600 to the show that's helping people reach other people. So 130 00:05:33.120 --> 00:05:35.439 by you guys listening to the show, you know, you're 131 00:05:35.439 --> 00:05:37.000 helping and I really appreciate that. 132 00:05:37.079 --> 00:05:39.199 Thank you, And now let me just go ahead and 133 00:05:39.279 --> 00:05:39.519 do that. 134 00:05:39.600 --> 00:05:43.680 The intro for Second Samuel Chapter three, The House of 135 00:05:43.759 --> 00:05:47.879 David Strengthened. Second Samuel three teaches us the complexities of 136 00:05:47.959 --> 00:05:52.240 human relationships, the importance of loyalty, and the destructive potential 137 00:05:52.319 --> 00:05:59.360 of unchecked revenge. Even in the midst of strife, we 138 00:05:59.399 --> 00:06:03.279 see God's divine hand moving as David, despite being wronged, 139 00:06:03.439 --> 00:06:07.439 maintains integrity and fairness. This chapter ultimately serves as a 140 00:06:07.560 --> 00:06:12.560 lesson in leadership and the power of forgiveness over revenge. 141 00:06:12.839 --> 00:06:13.439 Okay, so. 142 00:06:14.959 --> 00:06:17.079 Excuse me, So we have that going on, So let's 143 00:06:17.120 --> 00:06:21.360 go ahead and pull up Second Samuel real quick, let 144 00:06:21.360 --> 00:06:22.399 me just share the screen. 145 00:06:23.079 --> 00:06:27.040 Pull this up. This is Second Samuel three. 146 00:06:27.199 --> 00:06:30.040 Okay, so we're in Second Samuel chapter three, reading out 147 00:06:30.079 --> 00:06:32.120 of the New King James version. Just let you guys know, 148 00:06:32.920 --> 00:06:35.839 and the title for this is actually going to be 149 00:06:36.160 --> 00:06:39.040 Joe ab Kills Abner. Before we start, I want to 150 00:06:39.079 --> 00:06:41.879 let you guys know something. So at this time, David 151 00:06:42.360 --> 00:06:45.160 is reigning. He is the king of Judah right, which 152 00:06:45.199 --> 00:06:47.360 is like the South right, So he is. 153 00:06:47.279 --> 00:06:48.000 The king of Judah. 154 00:06:48.040 --> 00:06:51.439 He's not the king over all of Israel yet because 155 00:06:52.160 --> 00:06:54.879 Saul's dynasty is still trying to reign in the north. 156 00:06:55.439 --> 00:06:59.000 So David has been king over the South or Judah 157 00:06:59.160 --> 00:07:01.360 for seven and a half a half years. Now, okay, 158 00:07:01.480 --> 00:07:04.600 just let you guys know up to this point, So 159 00:07:04.680 --> 00:07:07.079 let me go ahead and start Second Samuel three, verse one. 160 00:07:07.639 --> 00:07:09.839 Now there was a long war between the House of 161 00:07:09.920 --> 00:07:13.279 Saul and the House of David. But David grew stronger 162 00:07:13.319 --> 00:07:15.839 and stronger, and the House of Sault grew weaker and weaker. 163 00:07:16.639 --> 00:07:20.160 Sons of David. Sons were born to David in Hebron. 164 00:07:20.800 --> 00:07:28.639 His firstborn was Amin Amnon of Ahnom the the Jezreelites. 165 00:07:29.240 --> 00:07:34.519 His second Chilib by Abigail, the widow of Nebal the Karmelite. 166 00:07:34.800 --> 00:07:39.519 The third Absalom, the son of Macaw, the daughter of Talmai, 167 00:07:39.839 --> 00:07:43.759 king of Jashir. The fourth Ajanav, son of Hageth, the 168 00:07:43.879 --> 00:07:48.959 fifth Shephatah, son of Abbatol, and the sixth uh eh 169 00:07:49.040 --> 00:07:54.680 Reim by David's wife Iglau. These were born to David 170 00:07:54.759 --> 00:07:59.680 and Hebron. So we'll stop there real quick. So if 171 00:07:59.720 --> 00:08:05.839 you know not, David has six kids from six different women. 172 00:08:06.800 --> 00:08:09.800 And it's kind of interesting that we're not hearing, you know. 173 00:08:09.920 --> 00:08:15.560 Sometimes you know, you hear certain things like when you 174 00:08:15.600 --> 00:08:18.120 read that, like you know, and God was you know, 175 00:08:18.319 --> 00:08:22.279 grieved by David for having six different women or whatever, 176 00:08:22.319 --> 00:08:26.720 you know, So you don't see that. So it's kind 177 00:08:26.720 --> 00:08:28.920 of interesting that it doesn't say like God disapproved or 178 00:08:28.920 --> 00:08:33.080 God scoffed that David. But I do want to point 179 00:08:33.120 --> 00:08:37.519 something out that having six children from six different women, 180 00:08:38.240 --> 00:08:42.000 whether it which I don't think God approves of, whether 181 00:08:42.039 --> 00:08:44.120 it was back in the day or not, it still 182 00:08:44.200 --> 00:08:46.039 doesn't work for a family. And I'm gonna show you, 183 00:08:46.120 --> 00:08:47.639 guys what happened with David. 184 00:08:47.679 --> 00:08:47.879 You know. 185 00:08:48.440 --> 00:08:52.240 So, David's first unnamed son with Bathsheba, died in infancy 186 00:08:52.240 --> 00:08:55.360 as a punishment for david sin with Bathsheba, which is 187 00:08:55.360 --> 00:08:59.360 going to be later his Her firstborn Amnin, was killed 188 00:08:59.360 --> 00:09:05.679 by his half brother as Absalom after uh this this 189 00:09:05.759 --> 00:09:06.120 word I. 190 00:09:06.039 --> 00:09:09.080 Don't want to use, after. 191 00:09:10.480 --> 00:09:15.519 Sleeping with their sister tomorrow, Okay, Absalom. Another son died 192 00:09:15.559 --> 00:09:19.080 from wounds received in battle after leading a rebellion against David. 193 00:09:19.600 --> 00:09:24.639 The unnamed son Khalib or Daniel. The second son is 194 00:09:24.679 --> 00:09:29.480 not mentioned beyond his birth Later ab Jannah, another son, 195 00:09:29.600 --> 00:09:32.600 was executed by King Solomon for attempting to claim the throne. 196 00:09:33.399 --> 00:09:36.919 Shepptah and I Threem. The two sons are mentioned in 197 00:09:36.960 --> 00:09:39.759 the lineage, but their fates are not detailed in scripture, 198 00:09:40.240 --> 00:09:43.759 so you have unnamed son died as. 199 00:09:43.600 --> 00:09:45.639 An infant, Khalib or Daniel. 200 00:09:45.720 --> 00:09:48.919 Little is known about the second son of David with Abigail. 201 00:09:49.639 --> 00:09:53.240 David's firstborn son was Amnon. He was killed by his 202 00:09:53.279 --> 00:09:58.559 half brother Absalom for sleeping with their sister Tomorrow. Absalom 203 00:09:59.000 --> 00:10:02.440 David's third son, who died after his rebellion against David. 204 00:10:02.960 --> 00:10:06.919 Ada Jannah, the fourth son, who attempted to unsurp the 205 00:10:07.000 --> 00:10:10.440 throne and was later executed by King Solomon. Okay, then 206 00:10:10.559 --> 00:10:15.559 uh uh i Reem and Shipta, the second that their 207 00:10:15.559 --> 00:10:17.960 fate was not recorded, doesn't detail what happened in the Bible. 208 00:10:18.039 --> 00:10:22.159 So you kind of see a problem here. You don't 209 00:10:22.200 --> 00:10:26.360 see David with one woman, you know, king and a 210 00:10:26.440 --> 00:10:29.080 queen and they just have all the children are theirs 211 00:10:29.519 --> 00:10:31.799 and they're taking care of them. You kind of see 212 00:10:31.840 --> 00:10:34.519 a lot of chaos happening, right. So, even though the 213 00:10:34.559 --> 00:10:38.799 Bible does not say, hey, you know, God disapproved of 214 00:10:38.879 --> 00:10:42.080 him being with these other women or anything like that, uh, 215 00:10:42.399 --> 00:10:44.559 you kind of see the chaos that ends up happening 216 00:10:44.600 --> 00:10:46.159 with David and his children. 217 00:10:46.440 --> 00:10:48.480 Okay, I don't know what's up with the. 218 00:10:48.440 --> 00:10:53.360 Other two, but and then you know some are little 219 00:10:53.440 --> 00:10:56.480 is known about the second son, but the other ones. 220 00:10:56.240 --> 00:10:57.120 You see what happened. 221 00:10:57.639 --> 00:11:01.480 So I believe that when you have a family of 222 00:11:01.519 --> 00:11:04.759 a man and a woman only, and then you marry 223 00:11:05.000 --> 00:11:07.559 and then you have children, if you have a better chance, 224 00:11:07.679 --> 00:11:10.080 not saying that it always happens, but you kind of 225 00:11:10.120 --> 00:11:13.000 have a better chance of your children doing better in life, 226 00:11:13.080 --> 00:11:16.440 especially if the father and the mother stay together, don't divorce, 227 00:11:16.799 --> 00:11:19.120 and they take care of their children the correct way, 228 00:11:19.200 --> 00:11:22.360 the godly way. The father is the head of the home. 229 00:11:22.679 --> 00:11:26.240 He's a spiritual leader. The wife is also strong as 230 00:11:26.279 --> 00:11:28.480 well in the Bible, and then both of them get 231 00:11:28.519 --> 00:11:31.000 together and then the wife submits to the husband. Not 232 00:11:31.039 --> 00:11:33.840 saying that she should submit to a jerk or someone 233 00:11:33.840 --> 00:11:36.320 that's trying to rule over her or be a crazy psycho. 234 00:11:36.720 --> 00:11:39.200 I'm just saying that a godly man that reads the 235 00:11:39.200 --> 00:11:41.360 Bible and that's a spiritual leader, the wife should submit. 236 00:11:41.600 --> 00:11:45.039 They get along and they're in love, and the children 237 00:11:45.120 --> 00:11:46.759 that they'll end up doing a lot better. 238 00:11:47.120 --> 00:11:49.399 Now, sometimes they do veer off and do things. 239 00:11:49.399 --> 00:11:51.600 I'm not saying that it's always perfect, but they have 240 00:11:51.679 --> 00:11:54.480 a better chance of this type of stuff, not happening. 241 00:11:54.519 --> 00:11:57.120 If that makes sense. Okay, So let's go ahead and 242 00:11:57.159 --> 00:12:01.600 check out what my notes say about this. It says, 243 00:12:01.799 --> 00:12:04.799 the House of David grows stronger. Now, the war between 244 00:12:04.799 --> 00:12:07.000 the House of Saul and the House of David was 245 00:12:07.080 --> 00:12:10.399 long and drawn out, with David growing stronger and the 246 00:12:10.440 --> 00:12:14.039 House of Saul becoming weaker. This verse sets the stage 247 00:12:14.120 --> 00:12:19.159 for the unfolding events of emphasizing the gradual shift in power. 248 00:12:21.759 --> 00:12:25.279 And let's go ahead and check out what the phrase 249 00:12:25.360 --> 00:12:28.360 the House of David gets stronger refers to the significant 250 00:12:28.360 --> 00:12:30.879 period in the biblical narrative with the dynasty of King 251 00:12:30.960 --> 00:12:35.840 David solidifies its power and influence over Israel. This theme 252 00:12:35.919 --> 00:12:39.840 is primarily drawn from the books of First and Second Samuel, 253 00:12:39.840 --> 00:12:44.279 which detailed the trends transition of leadership between Saul to David, 254 00:12:44.399 --> 00:12:46.759 and the subsequent establishment. 255 00:12:46.200 --> 00:12:47.399 Of David's rule. 256 00:12:47.679 --> 00:12:49.799 All right, So that's all I want to go over, 257 00:12:49.919 --> 00:12:51.840 is just kind of the biblical definition of that. So 258 00:12:51.919 --> 00:12:54.759 you understand, all right, So let's go ahead and read. 259 00:12:54.840 --> 00:13:01.200 Now Abner joins forces with David. All right, So it says, 260 00:13:01.919 --> 00:13:04.159 now it was so why there was a war between 261 00:13:04.159 --> 00:13:06.279 the House of Saul and the House of David that 262 00:13:06.440 --> 00:13:10.440 Abner was strengthened his hold on the House of Saul, 263 00:13:11.120 --> 00:13:13.840 and Saul had a concubine whose name was. 264 00:13:14.679 --> 00:13:16.480 Ris Paul, the daughter of Ahi. 265 00:13:17.440 --> 00:13:21.759 So Izbashev said to Abner, why have you gone in 266 00:13:21.840 --> 00:13:25.159 my father's concubine. So and just let you guys know, 267 00:13:25.759 --> 00:13:28.519 let me just pause there that when you sleep with 268 00:13:28.600 --> 00:13:32.480 the king's concubine, it's like you saying I conquered that king, 269 00:13:32.799 --> 00:13:41.000 even if the king is dead. So Abner is one 270 00:13:41.000 --> 00:13:50.320 of the Abner is one of the uh military leaders. 271 00:13:50.399 --> 00:13:52.159 Let me just let me just make sure I'm correct 272 00:13:52.200 --> 00:13:55.519 on this. I believe one of the military leaders for 273 00:13:56.360 --> 00:13:57.159 Saul's army. 274 00:13:57.519 --> 00:13:57.960 Abner. 275 00:14:02.399 --> 00:14:11.879 Yeah, yeah, sorry, guys, Abner was Okay. 276 00:14:09.240 --> 00:14:12.200 So Abner was the son of Ner and the captain 277 00:14:12.600 --> 00:14:13.799 of King Saul's army. 278 00:14:13.879 --> 00:14:14.480 So that's what it was. 279 00:14:14.480 --> 00:14:16.120 I didn't want to say military leader. I wanted to 280 00:14:16.120 --> 00:14:19.080 say it correctly. He was a captain of Saul's army. 281 00:14:19.639 --> 00:14:21.759 King Saul's army in the Bible, a key figure in 282 00:14:21.799 --> 00:14:24.840 the early years of King David's reign. After Saul's death, 283 00:14:24.879 --> 00:14:29.600 Abner installed Ishbath, Saul's son. Okay, so that's what's going on. 284 00:14:29.679 --> 00:14:32.919 So what is happening here is Saul had a concubine 285 00:14:32.919 --> 00:14:37.919 whose name was Rispa, the daughter of Ayah, and ish Isbasheth, 286 00:14:38.360 --> 00:14:41.000 who was the one that was put in power. He's 287 00:14:41.039 --> 00:14:44.080 like the king said to Abner, why have you gone 288 00:14:44.120 --> 00:14:49.360 into my father's concubine. And like I said, it is 289 00:14:49.440 --> 00:14:54.279 a even though Saul is already dead. It's kind of 290 00:14:54.320 --> 00:14:58.600 like him getting one up on Saul basically. So let's 291 00:14:58.600 --> 00:15:02.559 see what it says here in verse eight. Then Abner 292 00:15:02.639 --> 00:15:05.399 became very angry at the words of Ishabeth and said, 293 00:15:05.519 --> 00:15:08.440 am I a dog's head that belongs to Judah? Today 294 00:15:08.480 --> 00:15:10.720 I show loyalty to the house of Saul, your father, 295 00:15:11.120 --> 00:15:13.120 and to his brothers and to his friends. And you 296 00:15:13.159 --> 00:15:15.840 have delivered, and I have delivered you into the hand 297 00:15:15.879 --> 00:15:18.519 of David. And you charged me today with a fault 298 00:15:18.639 --> 00:15:22.519 concerning this woman. May God do so to Abner and 299 00:15:22.600 --> 00:15:26.080 more also, if I do not do for David, as 300 00:15:26.120 --> 00:15:28.879 for the Lord has sworn to him to transfer the 301 00:15:28.960 --> 00:15:31.200 kingdom from the house of Salt and set up the 302 00:15:31.240 --> 00:15:34.799 throne of David over Israel and over Judah, from Dan 303 00:15:34.919 --> 00:15:39.200 to Brasheva. And he could answer Abner, and he could 304 00:15:39.200 --> 00:15:42.679 not answer Abner another word because he feared him. So 305 00:15:42.759 --> 00:15:45.320 Abner is the captain of the military, obviously, So Abner 306 00:15:45.360 --> 00:15:47.399 can actually fight, and he can get down. 307 00:15:47.919 --> 00:15:49.519 And you're gonna learn a. 308 00:15:49.440 --> 00:15:53.200 Little bit what Abner did back in Second Samuel eighteen 309 00:15:53.279 --> 00:15:55.519 through thirty two. All right, that's gonna come up in 310 00:15:55.519 --> 00:16:00.440 a second here. So all right, so it says, then 311 00:16:00.480 --> 00:16:03.840 Abner sent messengers on his bealf to David, saying who's 312 00:16:03.879 --> 00:16:07.440 in the land, Who is this the land? Who's is 313 00:16:07.519 --> 00:16:10.480 the land? Saying also make your covenant with me, and 314 00:16:10.559 --> 00:16:13.320 indeed my hands shall be with you to bring all 315 00:16:13.559 --> 00:16:17.320 Israel to you. Okay, So let's stop there real quick. 316 00:16:17.679 --> 00:16:21.279 So Abner's defection. So Abner, the commander of Sal's armored 317 00:16:21.320 --> 00:16:24.559 defects to David after falling after a falling out with 318 00:16:24.759 --> 00:16:28.639 ishbas Is Shabeth. It's hard to say. His name is 319 00:16:28.759 --> 00:16:34.080 Sho cheth is ba Cheth Okay, Sorry. His decision is 320 00:16:34.159 --> 00:16:38.320 driven by personal grievances and political calculations, yet it plays 321 00:16:38.320 --> 00:16:42.360 a crucial role in God's plan to establish David as king. 322 00:16:43.039 --> 00:16:46.919 All right, so let's go ahead and continue tewod Samuel three, 323 00:16:47.159 --> 00:16:50.080 verse thirteen, And David said, good I will make a 324 00:16:50.120 --> 00:16:52.840 covenant with you, but one thing I require of you. 325 00:16:52.840 --> 00:16:55.399 You shall not see my face unless you first bring 326 00:16:55.799 --> 00:16:59.360 McCall Saul's daughter when you come to see my face. 327 00:16:59.840 --> 00:17:05.000 So as you as you remember, McCall was David's first 328 00:17:05.039 --> 00:17:09.680 wife that Saul uh set him up with. He said 329 00:17:09.680 --> 00:17:11.400 that she was going to be a thorn in his side. 330 00:17:11.839 --> 00:17:15.440 And what happened is McCall loved David, but all that 331 00:17:15.480 --> 00:17:17.440 those issues happened between Saul and David. 332 00:17:17.480 --> 00:17:20.599 So David left and McCall ended up. 333 00:17:21.119 --> 00:17:22.720 Saw what Saul did is said, I don't know, I 334 00:17:22.720 --> 00:17:24.519 don't care if you love David, you're gonna be with 335 00:17:24.559 --> 00:17:27.119 somebody else. So he set up McCall with somebody else 336 00:17:27.119 --> 00:17:29.039 because he obviously didn't want the call to be with 337 00:17:29.119 --> 00:17:33.359 David anymore. So now David is saying, look uh. David 338 00:17:33.400 --> 00:17:35.519 said good. I will make it covenant with you, but 339 00:17:35.599 --> 00:17:37.319 one thing I required to you. You shall see my 340 00:17:37.359 --> 00:17:43.599 face unless you bring first bring McCall Saul's daughter when 341 00:17:43.599 --> 00:17:46.079 you come. When you come, see my face. So David 342 00:17:46.119 --> 00:17:50.920 sent messengers. The issue ispo Cheth, Saul's son, saying give 343 00:17:50.960 --> 00:17:54.480 me give me my wife McCall, whom I bethralled to 344 00:17:54.599 --> 00:17:58.000 myself for one hundred foreskin of the Philistines, and it's 345 00:17:58.079 --> 00:18:02.559 just chef and is Seth sent and took her from 346 00:18:02.599 --> 00:18:06.440 her husband, from Patil, the son of Leish. Then her 347 00:18:06.519 --> 00:18:10.039 husband went along with her to Bhim, weeping behind her. 348 00:18:10.319 --> 00:18:12.960 So Abner said to him, go return, and he returned. 349 00:18:13.920 --> 00:18:21.079 Oh man, now he is not obviously, Uh, he was 350 00:18:21.119 --> 00:18:23.920 weeping because McCall. I think she was beautiful, you know 351 00:18:24.000 --> 00:18:25.839 she was, she was she was pretty, you know, so 352 00:18:26.720 --> 00:18:29.119 and he was probably in love, you know, that's his wife. 353 00:18:29.440 --> 00:18:32.319 But Abner, the captain, which was he's kind of a 354 00:18:32.839 --> 00:18:37.640 probably a strong military man, told him, uh, son of 355 00:18:37.759 --> 00:18:41.440 Lish Pettil Poltil, to. 356 00:18:41.440 --> 00:18:43.000 Go return, and he returned. 357 00:18:43.359 --> 00:18:46.400 So stop following her because David will probably end up 358 00:18:46.440 --> 00:18:46.880 killing you. 359 00:18:46.920 --> 00:18:48.440 So go and return. 360 00:18:48.559 --> 00:18:53.960 So he left and returned, right, So, uh, let's go 361 00:18:54.039 --> 00:18:56.559 ahead and check out this portion from my notes. It 362 00:18:56.599 --> 00:19:03.200 says David's response to Abner's overture. Overture is marked by 363 00:19:03.240 --> 00:19:06.240 wisdom and diplomacy. He demands the return of his wife 364 00:19:06.319 --> 00:19:10.599 McCall as a condition for peace, demonstrating his strategic acumen 365 00:19:10.839 --> 00:19:15.039 and the commitment to rightful claims. So you see David's 366 00:19:15.039 --> 00:19:18.119 diplomacy being used there, which is awesome. And let's check 367 00:19:18.119 --> 00:19:20.759 out if there's anything deeper on that. David, the second 368 00:19:20.839 --> 00:19:23.000 kingdis Jill, is renowned not only as a military proudness 369 00:19:23.039 --> 00:19:26.359 poetic contributions to the songs, but also for his diplomatic acumen. 370 00:19:26.920 --> 00:19:29.519 His reign is recorded in the books of Samuel, Kings 371 00:19:29.519 --> 00:19:33.640 and chronicles, showcases a leader who skillfully navigated the complex 372 00:19:33.680 --> 00:19:37.839 political landscape of the ancient Near East. David's diplomacy was 373 00:19:37.960 --> 00:19:42.160 instrument in uniting the tribes of Israel and establishing a strong, 374 00:19:42.519 --> 00:19:43.920 centralized kingdom. 375 00:19:44.240 --> 00:19:47.039 Okay, so we have that. Awesome. 376 00:19:48.359 --> 00:19:51.160 Also he unified Israel, which is going to happen here 377 00:19:51.160 --> 00:19:55.799 pretty soon. So now we're going to be in Second 378 00:19:55.839 --> 00:19:59.559 Samuel three, verse seventeen. Now Abner had communicated with the 379 00:19:59.559 --> 00:20:02.480 elders of Israel, saying, in time past you were seeking 380 00:20:02.519 --> 00:20:05.720 for David to be king over you. Now then do it, 381 00:20:05.839 --> 00:20:08.119 for the Lord has spoken to David, saying, by the 382 00:20:08.160 --> 00:20:10.480 hand of my servant David, I will save my people 383 00:20:10.599 --> 00:20:14.359 Israel from the hand of the Philistines and the hand 384 00:20:14.480 --> 00:20:17.240 of all their enemies. And Abner, who spoke in the 385 00:20:17.240 --> 00:20:20.200 hearing of Benjamin. Then Abner also went to speak in 386 00:20:20.240 --> 00:20:24.279 the hearing of David in Hebron that all seemed good 387 00:20:24.319 --> 00:20:28.440 to Israel and the whole house of Benjamin. So Abner 388 00:20:28.559 --> 00:20:31.119 and twenty men with him came to David at Hebron, 389 00:20:31.200 --> 00:20:33.640 and David made a feast for Abner and the men 390 00:20:33.640 --> 00:20:35.920 who were with him. Then Abner said to David, I 391 00:20:35.920 --> 00:20:39.559 will rise, I will arise and go and gather all 392 00:20:39.759 --> 00:20:42.319 Israel to my lord the King, and they may make 393 00:20:42.359 --> 00:20:46.440 a covenant with you, that you may reign over all 394 00:20:47.559 --> 00:20:50.440 that your heart desires. So David sent Abner away and 395 00:20:50.480 --> 00:20:55.680 he went in peace. So it sounds good, right, sounds 396 00:20:55.680 --> 00:21:00.640 like everything's kosher. But there's a problem, And I'm gonna 397 00:21:00.640 --> 00:21:03.640 go over the problem right here before we read Second 398 00:21:03.680 --> 00:21:14.079 Samuel three. So back in second Samuel, back in second 399 00:21:14.119 --> 00:21:21.480 Samuel two, verses eighteen through thirty two. Problem happened, all right, 400 00:21:22.119 --> 00:21:26.599 So Abner killed a shield during a battle as described 401 00:21:26.640 --> 00:21:29.559 in the biblical account of Samuel two verses eighteen through 402 00:21:29.640 --> 00:21:30.880 thirty two, which we're gonna. 403 00:21:30.640 --> 00:21:34.359 Read really quick. Okay, let me go ahead and read 404 00:21:34.400 --> 00:21:40.440 that really fast for you guys. So we know why 405 00:21:40.960 --> 00:21:42.920 Joe ab ends up doing what he does. 406 00:21:43.039 --> 00:21:49.279 Okay, So second Samuel two, and we're gonna be eighteen 407 00:21:49.319 --> 00:21:52.279 through thirty two. 408 00:21:53.319 --> 00:21:55.759 All right, it says. 409 00:21:55.759 --> 00:21:58.680 Now the three sons of Zara were there, Joe ab 410 00:21:58.720 --> 00:22:04.519 and A and a Shield. And as Sheel was as 411 00:22:04.599 --> 00:22:07.720 fleet of foot as a wild gazelle. So as Shield 412 00:22:07.839 --> 00:22:11.119 pursued Abner, and in going he did not turn to 413 00:22:11.200 --> 00:22:13.799 the right hand or to the left from following Abner. 414 00:22:14.279 --> 00:22:17.359 Then Abner looked behind him and said, are you as Siel? 415 00:22:17.880 --> 00:22:20.839 And he answered I am. And Abner said to him, 416 00:22:20.839 --> 00:22:23.519 turn aside to your right hand and to your left, 417 00:22:23.559 --> 00:22:26.039 and lay hold on one of the young men, and 418 00:22:26.119 --> 00:22:28.359 take his armor for yourself. But as Shield would not 419 00:22:28.480 --> 00:22:31.960 turn aside, then follow from following him. So Abner said 420 00:22:32.000 --> 00:22:34.920 again to a Shield, turn aside from following me. Why 421 00:22:34.920 --> 00:22:37.240 should I strike you to the ground? How could I 422 00:22:37.279 --> 00:22:40.400 face your brother Joe abb However, he refused to turn aside. 423 00:22:40.759 --> 00:22:43.359 Therefore Abner struck him in the stomach with the blunt 424 00:22:43.519 --> 00:22:45.559 end of a spear, so that the spear came out 425 00:22:45.599 --> 00:22:48.960 of his back. He fell down there and died on 426 00:22:49.000 --> 00:22:49.839 the spot. 427 00:22:50.039 --> 00:22:51.200 So that was as many. 428 00:22:52.200 --> 00:22:55.160 So it was that as many as came to the 429 00:22:55.200 --> 00:22:58.240 place where a shield fell down and died stood still. 430 00:22:59.240 --> 00:23:04.119 Joe Abb and Abashi also pursued Abner, and the sun 431 00:23:04.279 --> 00:23:07.519 was going down when they came to the hill and Amah, 432 00:23:07.680 --> 00:23:11.319 which is before Goya and the road of wilderness a gibbeon. 433 00:23:11.440 --> 00:23:15.240 Now the children of Benjamin gathered together behind Abner and 434 00:23:15.319 --> 00:23:18.000 became a unit and took their stand on top of 435 00:23:18.000 --> 00:23:20.400 a hill. Then Abner called to Joe ab and said, 436 00:23:20.799 --> 00:23:25.359 shall the sword devour forever? Do you not know what 437 00:23:25.480 --> 00:23:27.440 it will be that will be better to the It'll 438 00:23:27.440 --> 00:23:30.319 be bitter to the later end. How will it be 439 00:23:30.680 --> 00:23:33.839 then until you tell the people to return for pursuing 440 00:23:33.880 --> 00:23:37.240 their brethren. And Joeb said, as God lives. Unless you 441 00:23:37.279 --> 00:23:40.359 had spoken surely, then by mourning all the people would 442 00:23:40.400 --> 00:23:44.039 have given up pursuing their brethren. So joeab blew a trumpet, 443 00:23:44.240 --> 00:23:46.359 and all the people stood still and did not pursue 444 00:23:46.400 --> 00:23:49.880 Israel anymore, nor did they fight anymore. Then Abner and 445 00:23:49.960 --> 00:23:52.960 his men went all throughout the night through the plane 446 00:23:53.039 --> 00:23:56.000 crossed over the Jordan and went through all Bithron and 447 00:23:56.079 --> 00:24:00.200 came Domineum. So Joe ab returned from pursuing Abner, and 448 00:24:00.240 --> 00:24:03.119 when he had gathered all the people together. There were 449 00:24:03.200 --> 00:24:06.400 missing of David's servants nineteen men and as shield. But 450 00:24:06.480 --> 00:24:09.640 the servants of David had struck down and Benjamin and 451 00:24:09.680 --> 00:24:13.000 Abner's men three hundred and sixty who died when they 452 00:24:13.039 --> 00:24:15.599 took up a shield and buried him in the father's tomb, 453 00:24:15.599 --> 00:24:20.519 which is in Bethlehem. And Joe Ab, it says, and 454 00:24:20.680 --> 00:24:25.200 Joe Ab sorry, Benjamin had struck down in Benjamin and 455 00:24:25.200 --> 00:24:27.400 Abner's men three hundred men, so they took a shield 456 00:24:27.440 --> 00:24:30.039 and buried him in his father's tomb, which was in Bethlehem. 457 00:24:30.079 --> 00:24:33.039 And Joeab and his men went all night and they 458 00:24:33.079 --> 00:24:35.759 came to Hebron at daybreak. So that way you get 459 00:24:35.759 --> 00:24:37.799 some context of what's going on with what's about to 460 00:24:37.799 --> 00:24:44.759 happen right here. So Abner killed Joe AB's brother, all right, 461 00:24:44.880 --> 00:24:50.000 and when that happens, that is going to affect you tremendously, 462 00:24:50.119 --> 00:24:52.039 right because my brother, If something happened to my brother, 463 00:24:52.279 --> 00:24:55.200 it would definitely affect me tremendously. So what we have 464 00:24:55.359 --> 00:25:02.079 here is Joe AB's revenge. Joe Ab murders Abner is 465 00:25:02.119 --> 00:25:03.880 what the title for this is. So you're gonna see 466 00:25:03.880 --> 00:25:07.640 what happens. So it says Second Samuel three, verse twenty two. 467 00:25:07.920 --> 00:25:10.440 At that moment, the servants of David and Joe Abb 468 00:25:10.559 --> 00:25:13.920 came from a raid and brought much spoil with them. 469 00:25:14.319 --> 00:25:16.680 But Abner was not with David in hebron for he 470 00:25:16.720 --> 00:25:18.960 had sent him away and he had gone in peace. 471 00:25:19.359 --> 00:25:21.319 Then Joe Ab and all the troops who were with 472 00:25:21.440 --> 00:25:24.240 him had come, and they told Joe Ab saying, Abner 473 00:25:24.279 --> 00:25:26.359 the son of Ner came to the king and he 474 00:25:26.400 --> 00:25:28.319 sent him away, and he has gone in peace. Then 475 00:25:28.440 --> 00:25:31.920 Joe ab the son of Ner, or sorry, Joe Abb, 476 00:25:32.119 --> 00:25:35.039 came to the king and said, what have you done? Look, 477 00:25:35.119 --> 00:25:37.079 Abner came to you. Why is it that you sent 478 00:25:37.160 --> 00:25:40.119 him away? And he has gone already gone. Surely you 479 00:25:40.160 --> 00:25:42.519 realize that Abner, the son of Aner came to deceive you, 480 00:25:42.960 --> 00:25:45.039 to know that you're going out and you're coming in, 481 00:25:45.119 --> 00:25:48.200 and to know all that you are doing. Now, I'm 482 00:25:48.200 --> 00:25:50.839 just gonna let you guys know that he has no 483 00:25:51.079 --> 00:25:54.279 proof of what he's saying. Right there, he is saying 484 00:25:54.279 --> 00:25:56.599 that he's deceiving you because he probably. 485 00:25:56.240 --> 00:25:56.880 Thinks that. 486 00:25:58.599 --> 00:26:04.640 He probably thinks that's dynasty wouldn't come over and do that, right, 487 00:26:04.720 --> 00:26:07.200 So he probably thinks he's deceiving him, but he doesn't 488 00:26:07.200 --> 00:26:09.279 have any proof of that, so he's kind of he's 489 00:26:09.359 --> 00:26:13.440 lying to David right here, so he's probably just assuming 490 00:26:13.559 --> 00:26:15.279 that he's going to be deceiving him. It doesn't have 491 00:26:15.400 --> 00:26:19.119 proof of it. And it says in Second Samuel three, 492 00:26:19.240 --> 00:26:21.519 verse twenty six, and when Joe ab had gone from 493 00:26:21.599 --> 00:26:24.880 David's presence, he said, messengers after Abner who brought him 494 00:26:24.920 --> 00:26:27.799 back from the Well of Sarah, but David did not 495 00:26:28.000 --> 00:26:30.680 know it, so David didn't send any them to go 496 00:26:30.720 --> 00:26:34.400 get Abner. Okay, this is coming straight from Joe ab Now, 497 00:26:34.400 --> 00:26:38.319 when Abner had returned to Hebron, this is verse twenty seven. Now, Now, 498 00:26:38.319 --> 00:26:40.839 when Abner had returned to Hebron, Joe ab took him 499 00:26:40.839 --> 00:26:43.039 aside in the gate to speak with them privately, and 500 00:26:43.119 --> 00:26:46.440 there stabbed him in the stomach and then he died 501 00:26:46.880 --> 00:26:50.240 for the blood of a shield his brother. Okay, so 502 00:26:50.880 --> 00:26:53.000 this is all behind the scenes. Okay, this is not 503 00:26:54.200 --> 00:26:57.279 something that he did that David said to do. But 504 00:26:57.559 --> 00:27:00.599 this causes a lot of problems because Abner was trying 505 00:27:00.640 --> 00:27:05.200 to bring people there to make peace with obviously David, 506 00:27:05.240 --> 00:27:10.359 and also for everybody to swear in David as the 507 00:27:10.440 --> 00:27:13.799 king of all of Israel. So let's see what it 508 00:27:13.799 --> 00:27:19.480 says here in Tewod Samuel three, verse twenty eight. Afterward, 509 00:27:19.519 --> 00:27:22.720 when David heard it, he said, my kingdom and I 510 00:27:23.079 --> 00:27:26.200 are guiltiless before the Lord forever of the blood of Abner, 511 00:27:26.240 --> 00:27:28.440 the son of Nerd. Let it rest on the head 512 00:27:28.480 --> 00:27:30.839 of Joab and all the father's house, and. 513 00:27:30.839 --> 00:27:31.960 Let there be failed to be. 514 00:27:32.599 --> 00:27:35.119 Let there never fail to be the house of Joab 515 00:27:35.200 --> 00:27:39.000 one of one who has a discharge, or is a 516 00:27:39.119 --> 00:27:42.000 leper who leans on a staff or falls by the sword, 517 00:27:42.039 --> 00:27:45.319 who lacks bread. So Joab and Abshai, his brother killed 518 00:27:45.359 --> 00:27:48.319 Abner because he had killed the brother Ashil and a 519 00:27:48.400 --> 00:27:51.319 Gibeon in the battle. So which is what we would 520 00:27:51.400 --> 00:27:53.720 just went over. So we already kind of went over 521 00:27:53.759 --> 00:27:55.920 those verses. But we'll we'll go ahead and check out 522 00:27:56.200 --> 00:28:00.160 joe AB's revenge. Here it says Joeab David's MILLI tell 523 00:28:00.200 --> 00:28:03.480 you this is in my notes. David's military commander murders 524 00:28:03.880 --> 00:28:06.759 Abner and retaliation for his brother of Shil's death. This 525 00:28:06.839 --> 00:28:10.720 act of vengeance complicates the political landscape and highlights the 526 00:28:10.799 --> 00:28:14.880 challenges David's face. David faces in unifying the kingdom the 527 00:28:14.920 --> 00:28:17.480 north and the south right, So it's. 528 00:28:17.400 --> 00:28:19.279 Kind of interesting that that happened. 529 00:28:21.880 --> 00:28:25.680 And uh, let's uh dig a little deeper. Joeab, the 530 00:28:25.759 --> 00:28:28.559 son of ZIAI, was a prominent military commander in the 531 00:28:28.599 --> 00:28:31.960 service of King David, known for his strategic acumen and 532 00:28:32.039 --> 00:28:35.240 fierce loyalty to David. Joab's life was marked by a 533 00:28:35.319 --> 00:28:39.519 series of complex and often violent actions, including acts of revenge, 534 00:28:39.559 --> 00:28:42.640 that played significant roles in the political and military landscape 535 00:28:42.640 --> 00:28:48.079 of David's landscape of Israel during David's reign. Joe Ab 536 00:28:48.279 --> 00:28:50.920 was a nephew of King David, being the son of 537 00:28:51.039 --> 00:28:53.200 David's sister ZIAI, which I didn't know that. 538 00:28:53.200 --> 00:28:57.440 That's very interesting. He first rose to prominence as a military. 539 00:28:57.039 --> 00:29:01.839 Leader during David's campaign against Thebu side it's capturing Jerusalem 540 00:29:01.839 --> 00:29:05.359 and establishing establishing it as a capital of Israel. Joe 541 00:29:05.359 --> 00:29:08.799 AB's position as commander of David's army was solidified through 542 00:29:08.799 --> 00:29:12.440 his military success and his unwavering support for David during 543 00:29:12.480 --> 00:29:15.759 times of eternal strife. We already read about the murder 544 00:29:15.799 --> 00:29:20.279 of Abner, all right, and there's going to be some 545 00:29:20.319 --> 00:29:23.160 more stuff in Second Samuel twenty which I don't want 546 00:29:23.160 --> 00:29:25.519 to go over looks like Joe Ab kind of because 547 00:29:25.519 --> 00:29:26.720 I don't want to give you, guys. 548 00:29:26.519 --> 00:29:28.039 Any spoiler alerts. 549 00:29:28.799 --> 00:29:31.319 So conclusion, Joe AB's life and actions serve as a 550 00:29:31.319 --> 00:29:35.119 complex narrative of loyalty, ambition, and the consequences of revenge 551 00:29:35.400 --> 00:29:38.200 within the biblical history of Israel. His account is a 552 00:29:38.200 --> 00:29:42.119 testament of the intricate interplay of personal motives and divine 553 00:29:42.200 --> 00:29:47.440 providence in the unfolding of God's plan for his people. Now, right, 554 00:29:47.559 --> 00:29:51.359 so we have that, and all right, now let's go 555 00:29:51.359 --> 00:30:03.880 ahead and continue. We're in Second Samuel three, verse thirty one. Okay, cool, perfect, 556 00:30:03.920 --> 00:30:07.200 all right, Verse thirty one. Second Samuel three, verse thirty one. 557 00:30:07.200 --> 00:30:10.559 It's David's mourning of Abner. Then David said to Joe Ab, 558 00:30:10.759 --> 00:30:13.680 to all the people who were with him, tear your clothes, 559 00:30:13.759 --> 00:30:16.920 gird yourself with sackcloth, and mourn for Abner. The king 560 00:30:17.039 --> 00:30:20.960 followed the coffin. So they buried Abner and hebron and 561 00:30:21.000 --> 00:30:22.880 the king lifted up his voice and wept at the 562 00:30:22.880 --> 00:30:24.960 grave of Abner, and all the people wept. And the 563 00:30:25.039 --> 00:30:28.279 king is saying a lambnate over Abner, and said, should 564 00:30:28.279 --> 00:30:31.799 Abner die as a fool dies, your hands were not bound, 565 00:30:32.160 --> 00:30:35.359 nor your feet put in fetters. As a man falls 566 00:30:35.400 --> 00:30:38.759 before wicked men, so you fell. Then all the people 567 00:30:38.839 --> 00:30:45.680 wept over him again. Verse thirty five is next. It says, 568 00:30:45.720 --> 00:30:48.079 and when all the people came to persuade David to 569 00:30:48.079 --> 00:30:52.519 eat food while it was still day, David took an oath, saying, God, 570 00:30:53.000 --> 00:30:55.640 do so to me, and more also, if I taste 571 00:30:55.680 --> 00:30:56.640 bread or anything. 572 00:30:56.359 --> 00:30:57.720 Else till the sun goes down. 573 00:30:58.200 --> 00:31:00.880 Now all the people took note of it and pleased them, 574 00:31:01.480 --> 00:31:04.680 since whatever the king did pleased all the people. For 575 00:31:04.799 --> 00:31:10.119 the people in all Israel understood that that day that 576 00:31:10.240 --> 00:31:13.279 it had not been the king's intent to kill Abner, 577 00:31:13.319 --> 00:31:16.119 the son of Ner. Then the king said to his servants, 578 00:31:16.279 --> 00:31:19.599 do you not know that a prince and a great 579 00:31:19.599 --> 00:31:22.359 man has fallen this day in Israel? And I am 580 00:31:22.440 --> 00:31:26.880 weak today through annoyed though annoyed king, and all these men, 581 00:31:26.920 --> 00:31:30.079 the sons of Zarah are too harsh for me. The 582 00:31:30.160 --> 00:31:30.920 Lord shall. 583 00:31:30.680 --> 00:31:37.160 Repay the evil due according to his wickedness. Because to us. 584 00:31:36.960 --> 00:31:40.079 We kind of understand, like, oh, I understand why Joab 585 00:31:40.119 --> 00:31:43.359 would do that. But you got to understand that Abner 586 00:31:43.799 --> 00:31:48.440 when he killed Joab's brother. It was self defense. The 587 00:31:48.480 --> 00:31:50.680 guy kept following him, right, and he kept on and 588 00:31:52.279 --> 00:31:54.880 Abner kept telling him to leave. He doesn't want to 589 00:31:54.920 --> 00:31:56.480 kill him, right, He gave him two chances, and he 590 00:31:56.559 --> 00:31:58.880 kept following him. He actually told him to go get 591 00:31:58.880 --> 00:32:00.920 the armor, and he didn't end up doing that. 592 00:32:00.960 --> 00:32:04.119 He just ended up following him. Still. You know, So Joe. 593 00:32:04.000 --> 00:32:06.720 AB's brother gets gets slayed by Abner. But that is 594 00:32:06.799 --> 00:32:09.640 during battle. Okay, they're fighting and a lot of men 595 00:32:09.720 --> 00:32:14.039 got he lost a lot of men, Okay, so during 596 00:32:14.079 --> 00:32:17.720 that battle, so obviously he's going to be on the defensive. 597 00:32:17.839 --> 00:32:20.000 And he's also this is self defense when he when 598 00:32:20.039 --> 00:32:23.559 he killed his uh, Joe AB's brother. But Joe Ab, 599 00:32:27.480 --> 00:32:31.359 Joe Ab did it out of revenge, which is different, right, 600 00:32:31.440 --> 00:32:35.079 That's different. That's why, Uh, that's why David is calling 601 00:32:35.119 --> 00:32:40.160 it a wickedness because now if David the King would 602 00:32:40.200 --> 00:32:42.559 have spoken to God, and God would have would have 603 00:32:42.599 --> 00:32:47.960 told David, hey, don't trust Abner. You need to have 604 00:32:48.039 --> 00:32:50.359 Joe app take care of Abner, then that's different. It's 605 00:32:50.400 --> 00:32:53.200 coming from the Lord, right, But that's not what happened. 606 00:32:53.279 --> 00:32:57.079 Joe Ab took it upon himself. Uh used the act 607 00:32:57.079 --> 00:33:00.799 of vengeance, and he complicated the political lands escape for David, 608 00:33:00.839 --> 00:33:04.359 which is not cool. And then it made more challenges 609 00:33:04.400 --> 00:33:06.880 for David as he's trying to unify the kingdom, which 610 00:33:06.920 --> 00:33:07.400 is not good. 611 00:33:07.480 --> 00:33:07.640 Right. 612 00:33:08.400 --> 00:33:11.880 That's causing problems for David and also causing problems because 613 00:33:12.279 --> 00:33:14.599 he wants to try to unify the North in the South, 614 00:33:15.079 --> 00:33:16.599 and it's very hard to do that when you have 615 00:33:16.680 --> 00:33:18.160 job over here taking out Abner. 616 00:33:18.720 --> 00:33:20.960 So David saying that he's going. 617 00:33:20.759 --> 00:33:25.160 To be repaid, the evildoer will be repaid according to 618 00:33:25.200 --> 00:33:25.839 his wickedness. 619 00:33:25.920 --> 00:33:26.079 Right. 620 00:33:26.920 --> 00:33:31.440 So, okay, we're done with chapter three and we have 621 00:33:31.480 --> 00:33:37.359 some practical applications. One of them is trusting God's timing. 622 00:33:38.000 --> 00:33:41.000 Just as David's rise to power was gradual, we must 623 00:33:41.000 --> 00:33:44.119 trust in God's timing and remain patient as his plans 624 00:33:44.200 --> 00:33:45.519 unfold in our lives. 625 00:33:46.480 --> 00:33:50.519 So David, like I said, he reigned in Judah for 626 00:33:50.640 --> 00:33:52.240 seven and a half years up to this point. 627 00:33:52.440 --> 00:33:56.200 Okay, but it was even longer that he was told 628 00:33:56.200 --> 00:33:57.519 that he was going to be king. I don't know 629 00:33:57.519 --> 00:34:01.000 exactly the length of time up to this point, but 630 00:34:02.400 --> 00:34:04.200 he waited at least seven and a half years. 631 00:34:05.039 --> 00:34:08.840 So sometimes we would trust. 632 00:34:08.559 --> 00:34:12.840 God's timing, remain patient, right, so as God's plan is 633 00:34:12.840 --> 00:34:13.639 going to unfold in. 634 00:34:13.559 --> 00:34:17.559 Our lives secret reconciliation. 635 00:34:17.760 --> 00:34:22.440 Like David, we should pursue peace and reconciliation even with 636 00:34:22.599 --> 00:34:26.159 those who have opposed us, recognizing the potential for God's 637 00:34:26.159 --> 00:34:31.679 purposes to be fulfilled through restore relationships. Guard against personal 638 00:34:31.719 --> 00:34:37.559 ambition after the story warns us of the dangers of 639 00:34:37.599 --> 00:34:41.559 allowing personal ambition to drive our decisions, reminding us to 640 00:34:41.599 --> 00:34:44.880 seek God's will above our own desires. 641 00:34:45.000 --> 00:34:45.920 So that's what I mean. 642 00:34:46.119 --> 00:34:48.480 I think that if David would have went to God 643 00:34:49.199 --> 00:34:52.719 and asked him about Abner, and God would have responded 644 00:34:53.079 --> 00:34:56.719 to not trust Abner, then that's different. But no, that's 645 00:34:56.719 --> 00:35:00.199 not what happened. Joe av took it upon himself to 646 00:35:00.239 --> 00:35:02.280 take out vengeance, and that's. 647 00:35:02.119 --> 00:35:03.000 Not what we should do. 648 00:35:03.079 --> 00:35:06.679 We should wait for God's will and we know God's 649 00:35:06.719 --> 00:35:13.000 purpose right, and then, yeah, God's will above our own desires. 650 00:35:13.079 --> 00:35:16.559 So respond with integrity is the next one. David's response 651 00:35:16.599 --> 00:35:19.679 to Abner's death teaches us the importance of maintaining integrity 652 00:35:20.280 --> 00:35:25.039 and righteousness even when faced with betrayal or injustice. Okay, 653 00:35:26.199 --> 00:35:30.920 so let's go ahead and check out some additional scriptures 654 00:35:30.920 --> 00:35:36.559 that connect. We got Proverbs sixteen, verse nine. A man's 655 00:35:36.599 --> 00:35:40.559 heart plans his course, but the Lord determines his steps. 656 00:35:41.280 --> 00:35:44.960 This verse echoes the theme of God's sovereignty over human 657 00:35:45.000 --> 00:35:49.960 plans seen in Tewod Samuel chapter three, Romans. 658 00:35:49.599 --> 00:35:50.599 Twelve, verse eighteen. 659 00:35:51.199 --> 00:35:54.639 If it is possible on your part, live at peace 660 00:35:54.719 --> 00:35:59.920 with everyone, This New Testament exhortation aligns with David's effort 661 00:36:00.119 --> 00:36:04.320 to establish peace with Abder. Next one we have is 662 00:36:04.400 --> 00:36:10.159 James Chapter one, nineteen through twenty. Everyone should be quick 663 00:36:10.199 --> 00:36:13.519 to listen, slow to speak, and slow to anger, for 664 00:36:13.719 --> 00:36:17.119 man's anger does not belong about the righteousness, does not 665 00:36:17.199 --> 00:36:21.440 bring about the righteousness that God desires. Joe AB's actions 666 00:36:21.880 --> 00:36:26.360 contrasts with his teaching, highlighting the need for self control. 667 00:36:26.519 --> 00:36:27.360 So there we go. 668 00:36:27.760 --> 00:36:31.440 Now we are done with chapter three. We're going to 669 00:36:31.480 --> 00:36:36.159 be in chapter four. Now there we go, Second Samuel, 670 00:36:36.239 --> 00:36:38.840 chapter four. Let me pull it up on my screen 671 00:36:38.880 --> 00:36:50.119 as well. All right, so let me read the introduction. 672 00:36:50.519 --> 00:36:54.719 We have a Tewod Samuel four, chapter four introduction, the 673 00:36:54.800 --> 00:36:59.480 murder of Ish Boss Cheth. And I won't be saying 674 00:36:59.480 --> 00:37:02.639 that word for until I read Second Samuel again. 675 00:37:02.679 --> 00:37:04.440 Because it says that he. 676 00:37:04.400 --> 00:37:06.079 Gets murdered here, so I don't probably want to hear 677 00:37:06.079 --> 00:37:08.880 that name again. It's so hard for me to pronounce 678 00:37:09.480 --> 00:37:12.400 it says the tragic events, and Second Samuel four reminds 679 00:37:12.440 --> 00:37:15.960 us that the shortcuts to power often lead to downfall. 680 00:37:16.440 --> 00:37:21.840 Instead of rewarding the murderers of Ishbosheth, David enacted divine justice, 681 00:37:21.920 --> 00:37:27.119 underlying the importance of righteousness and integrity even in challenging situations. 682 00:37:27.440 --> 00:37:32.480 This teaches us that true leadership doesn't compromise on doesn't 683 00:37:32.480 --> 00:37:38.320 compromise on values and principles for temporary gains. A great 684 00:37:38.360 --> 00:37:41.400 introduction there, and let's go ahead. 685 00:37:41.159 --> 00:37:41.920 And start. 686 00:37:44.840 --> 00:37:50.920 Second Samuel for four chapter one. When Saul's Sun heard 687 00:37:50.960 --> 00:37:54.639 that Abner had died in Hebron, he lost heart and 688 00:37:54.760 --> 00:37:58.400 all Israel was troubled. Now Salsun had two men who 689 00:37:58.440 --> 00:38:02.000 were captains of troops. The name of one was Banah, 690 00:38:02.039 --> 00:38:04.719 and the name of the other is Racab, the sons 691 00:38:04.719 --> 00:38:10.199 of Remen and Beathite. The Barathite of the children of 692 00:38:10.239 --> 00:38:14.840 Benjamin from Barroth also was part of Benjamin because the 693 00:38:14.880 --> 00:38:19.360 Beathites fled to get him in and had been sojourners 694 00:38:19.440 --> 00:38:23.159 until this day. Jonathan's Saul's son had a son who 695 00:38:23.239 --> 00:38:24.519 was lame in his feet. 696 00:38:24.719 --> 00:38:25.760 He was five years. 697 00:38:25.599 --> 00:38:28.679 Old when he heard when the news about Saul and 698 00:38:28.760 --> 00:38:35.119 Jonathan came from Israel, about Jonathan and Saul dying. And 699 00:38:35.159 --> 00:38:37.800 his nurse took him up and fled, And it happened 700 00:38:37.840 --> 00:38:40.920 as she made haste to flee, he had fell and 701 00:38:41.000 --> 00:38:47.079 became lame. His name was me Basheth. Then the sons 702 00:38:47.119 --> 00:38:52.480 of Remen, the Bethelite, Racab and Banah set out and 703 00:38:52.559 --> 00:38:55.199 came at about the heat of the day to the 704 00:38:55.239 --> 00:38:58.280 house of Eshabeth, who was lying on his bed at noon. 705 00:38:58.800 --> 00:39:00.719 And they came there all the way into the house, 706 00:39:00.800 --> 00:39:04.239 and as though to get wheat, and they stabbed him 707 00:39:04.280 --> 00:39:04.880 in the stomach. 708 00:39:06.000 --> 00:39:06.719 Then recab. 709 00:39:06.840 --> 00:39:11.559 But now his brother escaped, for when they came into 710 00:39:11.559 --> 00:39:13.960 the house, he was lying on his bed in his bedroom. 711 00:39:14.000 --> 00:39:16.599 Then they struck him and killed him, beheaded him and 712 00:39:16.639 --> 00:39:21.480 took his head, and all and where all night escaping 713 00:39:21.480 --> 00:39:23.920 through the plane. And they brought the head of Isabeth 714 00:39:24.000 --> 00:39:27.119 to David at hebron and said and said to the King, 715 00:39:27.480 --> 00:39:30.280 here's the head of Eshabeth, the son of saw your enemy, 716 00:39:30.559 --> 00:39:33.280 who sought your life. And the lord was has avenged 717 00:39:33.760 --> 00:39:37.840 my lord the king this day saw and his descendants. 718 00:39:37.400 --> 00:39:39.400 Whoa dang. I don't know if. 719 00:39:41.519 --> 00:39:43.800 We'll see what David's going to say about that. So 720 00:39:43.960 --> 00:39:47.199 let's go ahead and check out the context of political 721 00:39:47.280 --> 00:39:51.440 turmoil here. In the first chapter, it says after Saul's death, 722 00:39:51.480 --> 00:39:55.440 Israel was divided, with Eshabeth ruling over Israel and David 723 00:39:55.440 --> 00:39:58.039 over Judah. The division set the stage for the events 724 00:39:58.079 --> 00:40:05.840 and second Samuel four the act of betrayal banal Racab 725 00:40:06.079 --> 00:40:10.960 captains of Ishabeth's rating bands assassinate him while he is resting, 726 00:40:11.000 --> 00:40:15.119 demonstrating a lack of loyalty and integrity. So that's what 727 00:40:15.199 --> 00:40:17.440 goes on, you know, we just read that between five 728 00:40:18.079 --> 00:40:22.440 and chapter eight. The act of betrayals a recurring theme 729 00:40:22.480 --> 00:40:25.480 throughout the Bible, often depicted as a grievous sin that 730 00:40:25.519 --> 00:40:30.400 disrupts relationships and leads to significant consequences. Betrayal involves a 731 00:40:30.440 --> 00:40:34.159 breach of trust and loyalty, typically by someone close to 732 00:40:34.199 --> 00:40:38.960 the victim, and is considered a profound moral falling failing sorry. 733 00:40:40.480 --> 00:40:45.119 And then in chapter eight or verse eight, the murders 734 00:40:45.159 --> 00:40:47.960 believe that they would be rewarded by David for their treachery. 735 00:40:48.000 --> 00:40:51.519 Highlighting how human ambition can lead to moral blindness. 736 00:40:53.000 --> 00:40:54.159 So what they're thinking. 737 00:40:56.320 --> 00:41:00.880 Is, will kill him, says David's going to be reigning anyways, 738 00:41:00.880 --> 00:41:03.039 we might so just kill him and bring David his 739 00:41:03.119 --> 00:41:05.559 head because maybe, you know. 740 00:41:05.519 --> 00:41:08.440 They probably think that. 741 00:41:07.360 --> 00:41:09.159 That David's going to take care of them now and 742 00:41:09.199 --> 00:41:11.960 accept them into his army or something. Let's see what 743 00:41:12.039 --> 00:41:17.679 David's response is. Second Samuel four, verse nine. But David 744 00:41:17.800 --> 00:41:23.960 answered Recab and Banah his brother, the sons of Rimon Baathiet, 745 00:41:24.239 --> 00:41:27.320 and said to them, as the Lord lives, who has 746 00:41:27.360 --> 00:41:31.159 redeemed my life from all adversity. When someone told me saying, 747 00:41:31.199 --> 00:41:34.360 look Saul is dead, thinking we have brought good news, 748 00:41:34.400 --> 00:41:38.800 I arrested him and had him executed by Ziglag, the 749 00:41:38.800 --> 00:41:41.000 one who thought I would give him reward for his news. 750 00:41:41.639 --> 00:41:45.199 How much more, when wicked men have killed a righteous 751 00:41:45.239 --> 00:41:48.199 person in his own house on his bed, therefore shall 752 00:41:48.199 --> 00:41:50.960 I not require his blood at your hand and remove 753 00:41:51.039 --> 00:41:54.320 you from the earth. So David commanded his young men, 754 00:41:54.400 --> 00:41:57.559 and they executed them, cut off their hands and feet, wow, 755 00:41:58.159 --> 00:42:00.719 and hang them by the pool, and hebron But they 756 00:42:00.719 --> 00:42:02.880 took the head of ishboth and buried it in the 757 00:42:02.920 --> 00:42:08.639 tomb of Abner in hebron Wow. Okay, so you see 758 00:42:08.639 --> 00:42:12.880 how David kind of had a more righteous response. 759 00:42:12.960 --> 00:42:13.159 Right. 760 00:42:13.199 --> 00:42:15.440 He's not gonna take the head and say, yeah, I 761 00:42:15.480 --> 00:42:17.920 appreciate you, will, come on, you can join my army 762 00:42:18.559 --> 00:42:20.559 like maybe like the Pagans would do. 763 00:42:21.039 --> 00:42:22.440 He handles it in a different way. 764 00:42:23.159 --> 00:42:26.800 And David condemns the murder of ishboth here this is 765 00:42:26.800 --> 00:42:29.599 in my notes, emphasizing that he does not condone such 766 00:42:29.679 --> 00:42:34.639 acts of treachery, instead seeks justice. And David has had 767 00:42:34.639 --> 00:42:41.280 some righteous responses throughout the Bible, sparing Saul's life right 768 00:42:41.320 --> 00:42:43.800 in First Samuel twenty four, and. 769 00:42:45.320 --> 00:42:47.000 A couple times, right he. 770 00:42:47.079 --> 00:42:54.719 In Abigail's intervention, he did accept her intervention without going 771 00:42:54.760 --> 00:42:58.599 in there and trying to kill and First Samuel twenty five, 772 00:42:58.679 --> 00:43:11.360 verses thirty two and thirty three, Second Samuel one. David's 773 00:43:11.400 --> 00:43:13.599 response to the death of Saul. He takes out the 774 00:43:14.079 --> 00:43:16.960 respect for God's judgment, right, So when he takes when 775 00:43:17.000 --> 00:43:18.760 he takes out the people that killed Saul, like he's 776 00:43:18.800 --> 00:43:20.719 saying here. So there's a lot of different times that 777 00:43:20.800 --> 00:43:26.039 David has had the correct response, right, So all right, 778 00:43:26.159 --> 00:43:29.400 just want a righteous response is what it's saying God's 779 00:43:29.400 --> 00:43:33.679 sovereignty and justice. This chapter underscores that God's justice prevails, 780 00:43:34.119 --> 00:43:37.519 and he uses David to uphold righteousness even when others 781 00:43:37.679 --> 00:43:41.559 act wickedly. So this chapter is super quick, even the 782 00:43:41.840 --> 00:43:45.400 when I was, even when I was studying this with 783 00:43:45.519 --> 00:43:49.159 the pastor that he read over this chapter super quick. 784 00:43:49.840 --> 00:43:52.639 Three takes a little while because there's more deep in 785 00:43:52.760 --> 00:43:54.679 depth stuff in chapter three. 786 00:43:54.760 --> 00:43:57.239 Chapter four is kind of a quick little story, real quick. 787 00:43:57.639 --> 00:44:01.079 Kind of goes fast, right, so perfect, Now, I do 788 00:44:01.159 --> 00:44:03.440 have some notes for second Samuel five. I want to 789 00:44:03.519 --> 00:44:07.840 go to real quick, perfect all right, So let me 790 00:44:07.920 --> 00:44:14.280 just go over some practical applications for this chapter. Integrity 791 00:44:14.480 --> 00:44:20.760 in leadership, Like David, we should uphold integrity and righteousness. 792 00:44:21.480 --> 00:44:23.199 Even when others around. 793 00:44:22.880 --> 00:44:27.519 Us act deceitfully. Okay, so you see that David has integrity. Right, 794 00:44:27.559 --> 00:44:29.639 He's not going to just accept that guy's head and say, 795 00:44:29.639 --> 00:44:34.119 all right, perfect, come join my military. Now he acts righteously. 796 00:44:34.880 --> 00:44:39.440 Trust in God's justice in times of injustice. Trust that 797 00:44:39.480 --> 00:44:42.800 God sees all and will bring about his justice and 798 00:44:42.880 --> 00:44:43.880 his perfect timing. 799 00:44:45.159 --> 00:44:45.599 Okay. 800 00:44:45.840 --> 00:44:50.880 Trust in God's justice, avoid misguided ambition, evaluate your motives, 801 00:44:50.880 --> 00:44:54.079 and ensure that your ambitions align with God's will, avoiding 802 00:44:54.199 --> 00:44:59.400 actions that compromise our integrity. That happens a lot in life. Right, 803 00:44:59.519 --> 00:45:04.679 that's great words of advice. Evaluate your motives and ensure 804 00:45:04.760 --> 00:45:10.000 that our ambitions aligned with God's will and actions. Avoid 805 00:45:10.079 --> 00:45:11.960 actions that compromise our integrity. 806 00:45:13.199 --> 00:45:14.840 That's so good. I'm gonna just take a picture of 807 00:45:14.880 --> 00:45:19.280 it so that I have it for later. Evaluate. I'm sorry. 808 00:45:19.519 --> 00:45:24.079 Responding to betrayal. When face with betrayal, seek God's guidance 809 00:45:24.199 --> 00:45:29.760 to respond with wisdom and righteousness rather than retaliation. Definitely okay, 810 00:45:31.159 --> 00:45:33.159 When face with betrayal, seek God's guidance. 811 00:45:33.239 --> 00:45:34.280 Right, pray to God. 812 00:45:35.199 --> 00:45:37.760 So when something happens to you, you got to pray 813 00:45:37.800 --> 00:45:40.719 to God because you don't want to act emotionally, and 814 00:45:40.760 --> 00:45:42.400 you don't want to try to get revenge, and you 815 00:45:42.400 --> 00:45:44.000 don't want to do certain things I can put you 816 00:45:44.079 --> 00:45:44.519 in jail. 817 00:45:45.159 --> 00:45:48.400 You need to seek God right because he'll. 818 00:45:48.039 --> 00:45:51.119 Give you guidance, because you know, if that's Some people 819 00:45:52.559 --> 00:45:55.599 divulge to me information about their relationships with their wives, 820 00:45:55.639 --> 00:45:59.079 and and you know, obviously I try to tell them 821 00:45:59.639 --> 00:46:02.159 not to react in a bad way. You know, when 822 00:46:02.199 --> 00:46:04.639 things happen with other men, trying to get involved with 823 00:46:04.639 --> 00:46:05.480 your wife or something. 824 00:46:06.079 --> 00:46:08.559 Try to tell them to not. 825 00:46:08.519 --> 00:46:13.920 React when betrayal happens, to seek guidance from God and 826 00:46:13.960 --> 00:46:15.880 to make sure that you handle it like how Jesus 827 00:46:15.760 --> 00:46:17.440 wants you to handle it. That's how I have to 828 00:46:17.480 --> 00:46:21.000 tell people. Now, I do tell them. Obviously I'm a 829 00:46:21.159 --> 00:46:23.039 human and you're a human, and that's the way we 830 00:46:23.400 --> 00:46:29.880 react that way naturally. But we have to understand the 831 00:46:29.960 --> 00:46:32.039 most important thing is for us to get to Heaven right. 832 00:46:32.199 --> 00:46:34.840 We want to make sure that we seek the Kingdom 833 00:46:34.880 --> 00:46:35.199 of God. 834 00:46:35.239 --> 00:46:35.559 First. 835 00:46:36.400 --> 00:46:38.360 We love God more than we love our wives. We 836 00:46:38.400 --> 00:46:40.880 love God more than we love our life. We love 837 00:46:40.880 --> 00:46:44.039 God more than we love anything. And the way that 838 00:46:44.079 --> 00:46:48.079 we show that is by our actions. So when somebody 839 00:46:48.159 --> 00:46:51.760 does something to you, like betrayal or something that's really bad, 840 00:46:52.599 --> 00:46:57.280 your actions determine whether you are fully you know, mature 841 00:46:58.000 --> 00:47:01.679 and in Christ, or whether you're still immature in Christ 842 00:47:01.719 --> 00:47:03.360 and you're gonna just act on emotion. 843 00:47:03.800 --> 00:47:07.239 So yes, this is really really a great advice. 844 00:47:07.320 --> 00:47:10.320 So when Facebook betrayal, seek God's guidance to respond with 845 00:47:10.440 --> 00:47:13.480 wisdom and righteousness rather than retaliation. 846 00:47:14.320 --> 00:47:15.599 Everybody needs to hear that. 847 00:47:15.760 --> 00:47:19.400 Including me, because that's a really really good another great 848 00:47:19.400 --> 00:47:24.239 word of advice. There some connecting scriptures. 849 00:47:24.280 --> 00:47:24.960 We have. 850 00:47:27.719 --> 00:47:31.119 Additional scriptures that connect would be Proverbs twenty one, verse three. 851 00:47:32.400 --> 00:47:35.400 To do righteousness and justice is more desirable to the 852 00:47:35.440 --> 00:47:42.199 Lord than sacrifice. Okay, obedience and justice is more desirable 853 00:47:42.239 --> 00:47:46.400 to the Lord than sacrifice. Proverbs twenty one three, and 854 00:47:46.440 --> 00:47:50.719 then Romans twelve, verse nineteen, do not avenge yourselfs beloved, 855 00:47:51.360 --> 00:47:53.960 but leave room for God's wrath, for it has written 856 00:47:54.039 --> 00:47:57.159 vengeance's mind. I will repay, says the Lord. 857 00:47:57.559 --> 00:47:57.920 All right. 858 00:47:58.559 --> 00:48:02.239 Then we also have Psalms seven, verse twenty eight, for 859 00:48:02.320 --> 00:48:05.400 the Lord loves justice and will not forsake his saints. 860 00:48:05.880 --> 00:48:07.679 They are preserved forever. 861 00:48:07.320 --> 00:48:10.199 But the offspring of the wicked will be cut off. 862 00:48:10.480 --> 00:48:12.639 All right. I love that. 863 00:48:14.400 --> 00:48:17.320 We will not forsake his saints. And that's not talking 864 00:48:17.360 --> 00:48:20.800 about saints like the Catholic Church saints. We those that 865 00:48:20.840 --> 00:48:24.440 are saved. We are all saints. Okay, we got to 866 00:48:24.519 --> 00:48:27.880 understand that Biblically, we are all saints. If we are 867 00:48:27.920 --> 00:48:31.320 saved and born again, we don't need to wait for 868 00:48:31.360 --> 00:48:34.320 someone that's a priest to confirm us as a saint. Right, 869 00:48:35.360 --> 00:48:38.599 all right, let's go ahead and continue. I'll go to 870 00:48:38.719 --> 00:48:42.559 a second Samuel chapter five on here, and then also 871 00:48:42.719 --> 00:48:46.119 second Chamuel chapter five, so I can go over the intro. 872 00:48:47.159 --> 00:48:47.559 All right. 873 00:48:47.639 --> 00:48:51.400 So finally we have David anointing King of Israel Second 874 00:48:51.400 --> 00:48:56.039 Samuel five and bodies the profound transition of David from 875 00:48:56.079 --> 00:49:01.000 a fugitive to a respectful king. His patience, obedience, and 876 00:49:01.079 --> 00:49:06.000 reliance on God for directions stands out, ultimately leading to 877 00:49:06.039 --> 00:49:10.280 his success. David's life shows us that faith coupled with 878 00:49:10.400 --> 00:49:15.480 humility and obedience paves the way for God's blessing. Just 879 00:49:15.519 --> 00:49:18.960 as David transformed Jerusalem into a place of glory and honor, 880 00:49:19.559 --> 00:49:23.840 God can work wonders in our lives, transforming our trials 881 00:49:23.840 --> 00:49:25.000 into triumphs. 882 00:49:26.920 --> 00:49:28.239 Man, that's really awesome. 883 00:49:29.880 --> 00:49:34.880 David shows us that faith coupled with humility and obedience 884 00:49:35.480 --> 00:49:39.440 paves the way for God's blessing. I like that part 885 00:49:39.480 --> 00:49:41.079 as well, I really do. 886 00:49:41.159 --> 00:49:42.599 I'm going to take a picture of that too. 887 00:49:43.159 --> 00:49:44.920 When I see certain things, I like to kind of 888 00:49:45.880 --> 00:49:49.320 some great knowledge, you know, we should live like that, 889 00:49:49.519 --> 00:49:53.159 have faith coupled with humility and obedience. It'll pave the 890 00:49:53.199 --> 00:49:54.360 way for God's blessings. 891 00:49:54.400 --> 00:49:58.679 Right, Love that all right? 892 00:49:59.400 --> 00:50:03.440 So let's go ahead and start Second Samuel five, Verse one, 893 00:50:04.559 --> 00:50:09.159 David reigns over all Israel. Then all the tribes of 894 00:50:09.239 --> 00:50:12.559 Israel came to David at Hebron and spoke saying, indeed, 895 00:50:13.440 --> 00:50:16.360 we are your bone and your flesh. Also in time 896 00:50:16.440 --> 00:50:19.000 passed when Saul was king over us, you were the 897 00:50:19.000 --> 00:50:22.920 one who led Israel out and brought them in. And 898 00:50:22.960 --> 00:50:25.719 the Lord said to you you shall you shall shepherd 899 00:50:25.760 --> 00:50:29.039 my people Israel and be a ruler over Israel. Therefore, 900 00:50:29.119 --> 00:50:32.119 all the elders of Israel came to the king at Hebron, 901 00:50:32.519 --> 00:50:34.880 and King David made a covenant with them at Hebron 902 00:50:34.920 --> 00:50:36.679 before the Lord, and they anointed. 903 00:50:36.320 --> 00:50:38.039 David king over Israel. 904 00:50:38.760 --> 00:50:41.360 David was thirty years old when he began to reign, 905 00:50:41.800 --> 00:50:45.599 and he reigned forty years. In Hebron, he reigned over 906 00:50:45.719 --> 00:50:49.320 Judah seven years and six months, which I told you guys, 907 00:50:49.320 --> 00:50:51.800 he reigned for seven and a half years, and in 908 00:50:51.920 --> 00:50:55.920 Jerusalem he reigned thirty three years over all Israel and 909 00:50:56.079 --> 00:51:02.400 Judah thirty three years. Interesting because Jesus lived thirty three 910 00:51:02.440 --> 00:51:09.039 years before he started his ministry, right, and the conquest 911 00:51:09.119 --> 00:51:11.719 of Jerusalem. Actually, you know, let me read my notes. 912 00:51:11.719 --> 00:51:15.400 Here it says, David anointed as king. Then all the 913 00:51:15.400 --> 00:51:19.960 tribes of Israel came to David at Hebron and said, 914 00:51:20.360 --> 00:51:23.360 here we are your own flesh and blood. This moment 915 00:51:23.519 --> 00:51:28.440 signifies the unity of Israel under David's leadership and the fulfillment. 916 00:51:28.239 --> 00:51:32.039 Of God's promise. Let's look a little deeper in this 917 00:51:39.519 --> 00:51:40.159 did I click that. 918 00:51:42.480 --> 00:51:45.199 David's anointing as king is a pivotal event in the 919 00:51:45.199 --> 00:51:47.679 biblical narrative, mark in the transition from the rule of 920 00:51:47.800 --> 00:51:52.199 Saul to the establishment of the Davidic dynasty. This event 921 00:51:52.320 --> 00:51:55.039 is recorded in the books of First Samuel on Second Samuel, 922 00:51:55.079 --> 00:51:58.000 and it highlights God's sovereign choice and the unfolding of 923 00:51:58.039 --> 00:52:04.840 his divine plan for Israel. So the first annoying occurred 924 00:52:04.880 --> 00:52:08.079 in First Samuel sixteen, after God rejects Saul as king 925 00:52:08.159 --> 00:52:09.360 due to his disobedience. 926 00:52:09.880 --> 00:52:11.719 What you guys already know about, right, So. 927 00:52:14.280 --> 00:52:17.239 The significance, let's see what the significance of this David's 928 00:52:17.239 --> 00:52:20.960 anoying is a significant is significant for several reasons. It 929 00:52:21.039 --> 00:52:25.039 underscores the theme of divine election, as God chooses David, a 930 00:52:25.119 --> 00:52:30.400 shepherd boy over more outwardly impressive brothers over Saul, the 931 00:52:30.480 --> 00:52:33.719 people's choice. David's annoying also for shadows the coming of 932 00:52:33.760 --> 00:52:37.199 the Messiah, as the Davidic line is essential to the 933 00:52:37.679 --> 00:52:41.960 Messianic prophecy. The annoying signifies the empowerment of the Holy Spirit, 934 00:52:42.000 --> 00:52:46.079 which equips David for his role as king. Throughout his reign, 935 00:52:46.159 --> 00:52:48.719 David is known as a man after God's own heart, 936 00:52:48.880 --> 00:52:52.840 despite his imperfections, and his annoying sets the stage for 937 00:52:52.880 --> 00:52:56.360 the establishment of a kingdom that would ultimately lead to 938 00:52:56.400 --> 00:53:01.519 the birth of Jesus Christ, the son of David. Amen 939 00:53:01.639 --> 00:53:07.039 to that. So let's go ahead and go back. And 940 00:53:07.519 --> 00:53:12.559 also David's covenant with Israel and King David made a 941 00:53:12.599 --> 00:53:15.920 covenant with them at Hebron before the Lord, and they 942 00:53:15.920 --> 00:53:20.000 anointed him king over Israel. David's leadership is rooted in 943 00:53:20.039 --> 00:53:24.559 a covenant relationship, emphasizing the importance of commitment and accountability. 944 00:53:28.639 --> 00:53:32.760 And let's go ahead and continue the conquest of Jerusalem. 945 00:53:33.320 --> 00:53:36.760 Tewod Samuel five, verse six. And the king and his 946 00:53:36.840 --> 00:53:40.280 men went to Israel went to Jerusalem against the Jebusites, 947 00:53:40.880 --> 00:53:43.440 the inhabitants of the land, who spoke to David saying, 948 00:53:43.480 --> 00:53:45.800 you shall not come in here, but the blind and 949 00:53:45.840 --> 00:53:50.039 the lame will repel you, thinking David cannot come in here. Nevertheless, 950 00:53:50.079 --> 00:53:53.199 David took the stronghold of Zion, that is the city 951 00:53:53.239 --> 00:53:53.800 of David. 952 00:53:54.039 --> 00:53:54.960 Is what it says here. 953 00:53:55.599 --> 00:53:59.559 And one thing I want to tell you is Bethlehem 954 00:53:59.639 --> 00:54:03.079 is called the city of David. And also Jerusalem is 955 00:54:03.119 --> 00:54:05.800 also called the City of David right here, Okay, so 956 00:54:05.840 --> 00:54:11.440 there's no conflict there. Just so David called Jerusalem the 957 00:54:11.440 --> 00:54:14.360 city of David because he conquered it, and then they 958 00:54:14.400 --> 00:54:17.000 called Bethlehem the city of David because that's where David 959 00:54:17.079 --> 00:54:22.559 was born. Okay, Bethlehem is called the city of David 960 00:54:22.639 --> 00:54:26.039 in the New Testament. Jerusalem is called the city of 961 00:54:26.119 --> 00:54:27.159 David in the Old Testament. 962 00:54:29.280 --> 00:54:29.920 All right, So. 963 00:54:31.760 --> 00:54:35.000 Conquest to Jerusalem, David captures the fortress of Zion, that 964 00:54:35.079 --> 00:54:38.480 is the city of David. This strategic victory establishes Jerusalem 965 00:54:38.880 --> 00:54:43.639 as the political and spiritual center over Israel, over Israel, 966 00:54:46.400 --> 00:54:49.320 and it says that the I'll just read a little 967 00:54:49.400 --> 00:54:52.559 further into the conquest of Jerusalem. It's a significant event 968 00:54:53.000 --> 00:54:56.679 in Biblical history, marking the transition of the city into 969 00:54:56.719 --> 00:55:01.079 the hands of the Israelites under King David. This event 970 00:55:01.239 --> 00:55:05.920 is pivotal in understanding Jerusalem as the political and spiritual 971 00:55:06.000 --> 00:55:10.719 center of Israel. What's the historical context. Jerusalem, known as 972 00:55:10.840 --> 00:55:14.360 Jebis at the time, was inhabited by the Jebusites, a 973 00:55:14.440 --> 00:55:18.039 Canaanite tribe. The city was strategically located on a hill, 974 00:55:18.119 --> 00:55:22.159 making a formidable fortress. Despite its central location in the 975 00:55:22.159 --> 00:55:26.480 Promised Land, Jerusalem remained unconquered during the initial Israelite settlement 976 00:55:26.519 --> 00:55:30.760 under Joshua. The Jebusites continued to inhabit the city, as 977 00:55:30.800 --> 00:55:34.320 noted in Joshua fifteen, verse sixty three, but the descendants 978 00:55:34.360 --> 00:55:36.599 of Judah could not drive them out. The Jebisides who 979 00:55:36.639 --> 00:55:39.320 lived in Jerusalem, so to this day, the Jebisites lived 980 00:55:39.320 --> 00:55:41.880 there with the descendants of Judah. That's what spoke about 981 00:55:41.920 --> 00:55:47.760 in Joshua fifteen sixty three. David's conquests and the conquest 982 00:55:47.840 --> 00:55:51.239 of Jerusalem is detailed in Tewod Samuel five, verses six 983 00:55:51.320 --> 00:55:57.400 through ten and First Chronicles eleven, verses four through nine. 984 00:55:57.480 --> 00:56:00.559 After being annoyed King over all Israel, Da sought to 985 00:56:00.679 --> 00:56:04.679 establish a capital that was centrally located and politically neutral. 986 00:56:04.760 --> 00:56:08.760 Jerusalem situated on the border between the tribes of Benjamin 987 00:56:08.800 --> 00:56:12.719 and Judah was the ideal choice, and Saku Samuel five 988 00:56:12.800 --> 00:56:14.960 six to seven recounts the event. Now, the king and 989 00:56:15.000 --> 00:56:19.320 his men marched to Jerusalem against the Jebisites who inhabited 990 00:56:19.360 --> 00:56:21.519 the land, and the Jebisites said to David, you will 991 00:56:21.519 --> 00:56:24.719 never get in here. Even the blind and lame can 992 00:56:24.800 --> 00:56:28.960 repel you, thinking David cannot give get in here. Nevertheless, 993 00:56:29.000 --> 00:56:31.400 David captured the fortress of Zion, that is, the. 994 00:56:31.280 --> 00:56:32.119 City of David. 995 00:56:32.519 --> 00:56:36.599 David's men, led by Joe Ab access the city throughout 996 00:56:36.599 --> 00:56:40.760 the water shaft as a strategic move, which we're probably 997 00:56:40.760 --> 00:56:42.840 gonna be Yeah, we're gonna be hearing that now. So 998 00:56:42.920 --> 00:56:45.199 I don't really want to read that because I don't 999 00:56:45.199 --> 00:56:47.599 want to ruin it for you guys, But I'll go here. 1000 00:56:47.639 --> 00:56:50.119 The legacy the conquest of Jerusalem set the stage for 1001 00:56:50.199 --> 00:56:55.000 the central role and the biblical history. It became the 1002 00:56:55.039 --> 00:56:58.519 site of Solomon's Temple, the center of Jewish worship, and 1003 00:56:58.639 --> 00:57:03.000 latter the focal point of Jesus' ministry and crucifixion. Jerusalem 1004 00:57:03.079 --> 00:57:07.519 remains a city of profound religious significance, revered by Jews, Christians, 1005 00:57:07.519 --> 00:57:08.239 and Muslims. 1006 00:57:08.440 --> 00:57:08.960 Alike. 1007 00:57:09.280 --> 00:57:13.360 So very interesting there. Good, good to kind of learn 1008 00:57:13.400 --> 00:57:15.000 the historical context as you're reading. 1009 00:57:15.599 --> 00:57:16.360 Okay, here we go. 1010 00:57:17.440 --> 00:57:21.079 We're in second Samuel five, verse eight. Now David said, 1011 00:57:21.159 --> 00:57:24.199 on that day, whoever climbs up by the way of 1012 00:57:24.239 --> 00:57:27.960 the water shaft and defeats the Jebusites, the lame and 1013 00:57:28.000 --> 00:57:31.679 the blind, who who were hated by David soul, he 1014 00:57:31.760 --> 00:57:34.559 shall be a chief and captain. Therefore they say, the 1015 00:57:34.599 --> 00:57:38.440 blind and the lame shall not come into this house. 1016 00:57:38.559 --> 00:57:39.239 Into the house. 1017 00:57:42.320 --> 00:57:46.840 Then, now David said, oh yeah, I'm sorry. Then David 1018 00:57:46.920 --> 00:57:50.400 dwelt in the stronghold and called it the city of David. 1019 00:57:50.480 --> 00:57:51.559 And David built. 1020 00:57:51.320 --> 00:57:54.519 All around from the milo and inward. So David went 1021 00:57:54.559 --> 00:57:57.920 on and became great, and the Lord God of Hosts 1022 00:57:58.079 --> 00:58:03.760 was with him. We have David growing power, and David 1023 00:58:03.800 --> 00:58:06.840 became greater and greater, for the Lord, God of Hosts 1024 00:58:06.920 --> 00:58:10.039 was with him. That's in Second Samuel five, verse ten, 1025 00:58:10.079 --> 00:58:14.159 which we just read. David's success is attributed to God's 1026 00:58:14.199 --> 00:58:23.039 presence in favor, highlighting the necessity of divine support and leadership. David, 1027 00:58:23.039 --> 00:58:25.800 the son of Jesse is known one of the prominent 1028 00:58:25.800 --> 00:58:28.400 figures in the Bible, best known for his rise from 1029 00:58:28.440 --> 00:58:31.320 humble beginnings to become the king of Israel. His journey 1030 00:58:31.360 --> 00:58:35.599 to power is marked by divine favor, military proudness, and 1031 00:58:35.719 --> 00:58:40.840 political acumen, as chronicled and the books First Samuel, Tewond Samuel, 1032 00:58:40.880 --> 00:58:43.400 and First Chronicles. Okay, so I just want to tell 1033 00:58:43.440 --> 00:58:45.599 you guys that give you guys a little history on that, 1034 00:58:46.719 --> 00:58:50.159 all right, So let's go out and continue Second Samuel five, 1035 00:58:50.239 --> 00:58:55.320 verse eleven. Then Haram, king of Tyree, sent messages to 1036 00:58:55.440 --> 00:58:59.639 David and cedar trees and carpenters and masons, and they 1037 00:58:59.719 --> 00:59:02.760 built David a house. So David knew that the Lord 1038 00:59:02.800 --> 00:59:06.039 had established him as a as king over Israel, and 1039 00:59:06.079 --> 00:59:09.320 he had exalted his kingdom for the sake of his 1040 00:59:09.440 --> 00:59:13.360 people Israel. And David took more concubines and wives from 1041 00:59:13.440 --> 00:59:17.440 Jerusalem after he had come from Hebron. Also more sons 1042 00:59:17.440 --> 00:59:22.000 and daughters were born to David. Now that now their names, uh, 1043 00:59:22.440 --> 00:59:24.719 Now these are the names of those who were born 1044 00:59:24.800 --> 00:59:29.960 to him in Jerusalem. Shama show show Abab, Nathan, Solomon, 1045 00:59:30.480 --> 00:59:41.599 ibpar Elishua, uh Nakha, Jepiah, Elishama, Elieida, and Ela, Eliphat. 1046 00:59:42.599 --> 00:59:49.480 Alphalett. Sorry, so Yeah, very interesting. So I don't know 1047 00:59:49.519 --> 00:59:52.519 what happened to the other sons. I'll have to read 1048 00:59:52.559 --> 00:59:54.000 about them. 1049 00:59:54.280 --> 00:59:57.400 Well, we know about Solomon and Nathan, but I have 1050 00:59:57.480 --> 00:59:59.360 to I have to see what it's what it what 1051 00:59:59.400 --> 01:00:00.440 the Bible meant about. 1052 01:00:00.280 --> 01:00:02.519 The other sons. We'll see a name. Let me see 1053 01:00:02.519 --> 01:00:08.679 if let me see if there's a there's kind of 1054 01:00:08.679 --> 01:00:10.719 a list like I had earlier, of his other sons, 1055 01:00:12.360 --> 01:00:13.039 all of. 1056 01:00:15.119 --> 01:00:28.159 List of all of David's sons, sons in Hebron, I'm 1057 01:00:28.280 --> 01:00:28.840 on kill you. 1058 01:00:31.199 --> 01:00:35.039 Sons born in Jerusalem is Samal show, Nathan and Solomon. 1059 01:00:36.480 --> 01:00:42.440 Other sons born in Jerusalem, ignorant Lucia Elliott. Wow, he 1060 01:00:42.480 --> 01:00:52.639 has a lot of sons. Wow, so we have Yeah, 1061 01:00:52.679 --> 01:00:54.639 so I don't really have a list of what happens 1062 01:00:54.639 --> 01:00:56.400 to the other sons, but I'm sure we'll find out 1063 01:00:56.440 --> 01:01:00.239 as we read. All Right, So now we're going to 1064 01:01:00.280 --> 01:01:02.760 talk about the Philistines defeated. This is going to be 1065 01:01:03.320 --> 01:01:07.159 two Samuel five, verse seventeen. Now, when the Philistines heard 1066 01:01:07.199 --> 01:01:10.199 that they had annointed David king over Israel, all the 1067 01:01:10.199 --> 01:01:13.199 Philistines went up to search for David, and David heard 1068 01:01:13.199 --> 01:01:16.400 of it and went down to the stronghold. The Philistines 1069 01:01:16.440 --> 01:01:19.760 also went and deployed themselves in the valley of Rafayem. 1070 01:01:23.960 --> 01:01:24.559 Rapaem. 1071 01:01:24.679 --> 01:01:28.119 Are you know they're giants, So that's really interesting that 1072 01:01:28.119 --> 01:01:30.679 that they posted up in the valley of Raphaim. So 1073 01:01:30.840 --> 01:01:33.320 David inquired to the Lord, saying, shall I go up 1074 01:01:33.320 --> 01:01:35.800 against the Philistines? Will you deliver them into my hand? 1075 01:01:36.280 --> 01:01:38.320 And the Lord said that David go up, for I 1076 01:01:38.360 --> 01:01:44.960 will I will doubtless deliver the Philistines into your hand. Okay, 1077 01:01:45.039 --> 01:01:48.400 so David has reassurance from the Lord. All right, It's 1078 01:01:48.519 --> 01:01:50.679 it's good that David went to get the Lord first 1079 01:01:50.719 --> 01:01:55.079 before he acted, right. So it says here in my 1080 01:01:55.159 --> 01:01:57.719 notes that David inquired to the Lord, shall I. 1081 01:01:57.679 --> 01:01:59.079 Go up against the Philistines? 1082 01:01:59.320 --> 01:02:03.039 Will you deliver them into my hand? David's reliance on 1083 01:02:03.079 --> 01:02:07.119 God's guidance in battle demonstrates his dependence on divine wisdom. 1084 01:02:08.480 --> 01:02:12.280 So yeah, I love how David does that. And God 1085 01:02:12.800 --> 01:02:15.960 cannot lie. So if he tells you that I will 1086 01:02:16.079 --> 01:02:18.679 I will deliver the Philistines into your hand, that's what 1087 01:02:18.840 --> 01:02:23.280 is going to happen, right, And David knows that. So 1088 01:02:23.360 --> 01:02:27.159 let's go and continue. For Samuel five verse twenty. So 1089 01:02:27.280 --> 01:02:32.119 David went to bail Parizin, and David defeated them there, 1090 01:02:32.400 --> 01:02:34.920 and he said, the Lord has broken through my enemies 1091 01:02:34.960 --> 01:02:38.360 before me, like a breakthrough of water. Therefore he called 1092 01:02:38.400 --> 01:02:42.199 the name of that place bail Prasine. And they left 1093 01:02:42.239 --> 01:02:45.199 their images there, and David and his men carried them away. 1094 01:02:45.960 --> 01:02:48.880 Then the Philistines went up once again and deployed themselves 1095 01:02:48.880 --> 01:02:51.599 in the valley of Raphaem. Therefore David inquired to the Lord, 1096 01:02:51.639 --> 01:02:56.880 and he said, you shall not go up, circle around 1097 01:02:57.000 --> 01:02:59.400 behind them, and come upon them in front of the 1098 01:02:59.440 --> 01:03:02.079 mobray tree, And it shall be when you hear the 1099 01:03:02.119 --> 01:03:04.960 sound of the marching in the tops of the mulberry trees, 1100 01:03:05.360 --> 01:03:08.880 then you shall advance quickly, for then the Lord will 1101 01:03:08.920 --> 01:03:11.639 go out before you to strike the camp of the Philistines. 1102 01:03:11.960 --> 01:03:14.679 And David did so, and the Lord commanded him as 1103 01:03:14.719 --> 01:03:17.679 the Lord commanded him, and he drove back the Philistines 1104 01:03:17.679 --> 01:03:18.639 from Ghibba as. 1105 01:03:18.519 --> 01:03:19.559 Far as Gazir. 1106 01:03:20.840 --> 01:03:25.920 So the way that the Lord speaks there, I think 1107 01:03:26.039 --> 01:03:29.519 is very interesting. Right it says, for then the Lord 1108 01:03:29.639 --> 01:03:33.480 will go out before you to strike the camp of 1109 01:03:33.519 --> 01:03:37.599 the Philistines. So what does that mean? Like, what does 1110 01:03:37.599 --> 01:03:39.840 it mean for him to strike the camp of the Philistines. 1111 01:03:39.840 --> 01:03:45.360 Does that mean that the Lord ends up sending angels 1112 01:03:45.400 --> 01:03:46.639 to strike the Philistines? 1113 01:03:46.719 --> 01:03:50.280 I mean, I wonder what that means. I could look 1114 01:03:50.360 --> 01:03:51.119 up a good. 1115 01:03:54.559 --> 01:04:03.280 Good Okay, So I just want to look this up 1116 01:04:03.320 --> 01:04:20.639 real quick. Sick can't second Samuel five twenty four. God 1117 01:04:20.679 --> 01:04:23.719 giving David's specific unusual signal the sound of marching in 1118 01:04:23.760 --> 01:04:25.920 the top of Mobish is a divine instruction of attack 1119 01:04:25.960 --> 01:04:29.239 the Philistines. This verse teaches the importance of seeking God's guidance, 1120 01:04:29.280 --> 01:04:33.079 being attentive to his timing and directions, and actively participating 1121 01:04:33.079 --> 01:04:35.400 in faith by acting for his promises even when the 1122 01:04:35.400 --> 01:04:38.320 instructions seemed unconventional. The sound to signify that God was 1123 01:04:38.360 --> 01:04:42.320 going ahead of Israel to grant them victory. So what 1124 01:04:42.360 --> 01:04:45.679 does that mean though God's just seemed to instruction, Yeah, 1125 01:04:45.840 --> 01:04:49.280 divine confirmation that God's a God's army. 1126 01:04:49.400 --> 01:04:49.679 Sound. 1127 01:04:49.719 --> 01:04:52.920 The sound was not just the wind. It was described 1128 01:04:52.960 --> 01:04:56.239 as the sound of marching, implying an unseen divine army 1129 01:04:56.800 --> 01:05:00.119 that was striking the enemy's camp. Oh wow, Okay, this 1130 01:05:00.159 --> 01:05:03.920 is pretty cool interpretation of the signal, defining confirmation the 1131 01:05:03.960 --> 01:05:06.719 sound was God's way of confirming that he was actively 1132 01:05:06.760 --> 01:05:10.079 involved in battle, preparing the way for Israel's advance. 1133 01:05:10.159 --> 01:05:11.039 So that's what it was. 1134 01:05:11.119 --> 01:05:14.719 It was a divine army that came instruct the Philistines. 1135 01:05:15.079 --> 01:05:17.800 Can you imagine being the Philistines and a divine army 1136 01:05:17.800 --> 01:05:21.360 comes and attacks you, wouldn't you kind of think twice 1137 01:05:21.400 --> 01:05:24.079 about going back and trying to fight David and the 1138 01:05:24.119 --> 01:05:27.599 Israelites After you are in the Valley of Raphaim, which 1139 01:05:27.639 --> 01:05:29.840 is like the Valley of the Dead, and then all 1140 01:05:29.880 --> 01:05:34.280 of a sudden, God brings his divine army to come 1141 01:05:34.280 --> 01:05:39.440 and attack you. Psychological warfare. The noise, possibly confusing and terrifying, 1142 01:05:39.480 --> 01:05:42.480 would have created panic among the Philistine ranks, giving the 1143 01:05:42.519 --> 01:05:47.480 Israelites an advantage. Key principles from the verse. God's instruction 1144 01:05:47.599 --> 01:05:51.199 often involves specific timing, and God's people must wait for 1145 01:05:51.280 --> 01:05:55.519 a signal rather than acting prematurely. While God provides the victory, 1146 01:05:55.599 --> 01:05:57.960 his people must be ready to act in faith and 1147 01:05:58.000 --> 01:06:00.960 be willing to follow his lead even when it requires 1148 01:06:01.000 --> 01:06:05.920 seemingly strange or difficult strategy. God's presence the passage underscores 1149 01:06:05.960 --> 01:06:09.360 that God fights for his people and his active presence 1150 01:06:09.559 --> 01:06:12.679 is the source of their victory, spiritual readiness. When God's 1151 01:06:12.679 --> 01:06:15.480 spirit is at work, or when there are signs of 1152 01:06:15.519 --> 01:06:19.400 God's movement, it should awaken believers to be prepared to 1153 01:06:19.519 --> 01:06:26.480 move forward in faith. How interesting they're yeah, very very 1154 01:06:26.480 --> 01:06:29.360 interesting stuff. I like to dig a little deeper there, 1155 01:06:29.400 --> 01:06:32.960 because I'm like, what does that mean that the Lord 1156 01:06:33.000 --> 01:06:35.000 will go out before you to strike the camp with 1157 01:06:35.079 --> 01:06:38.440 the Philistines? Is he literally going out there to strike 1158 01:06:38.480 --> 01:06:41.400 the camp? And it sounds like he might have brought 1159 01:06:41.440 --> 01:06:46.480 an army. Okay, so all right, and I did have 1160 01:06:46.960 --> 01:06:50.039 what did I have? Abide in me and in you. 1161 01:06:50.119 --> 01:06:52.679 As the branch cannot bear fruit by itself unless it 1162 01:06:52.719 --> 01:06:56.079 abides in the vine, neither can you. Unless you abide 1163 01:06:56.079 --> 01:06:58.760 in me. I am the vine. You are the branches. 1164 01:06:58.760 --> 01:07:03.559 Whoever abides in me, I in him, it is he is, 1165 01:07:04.119 --> 01:07:06.840 it is that bears much fruit. For apart from me, 1166 01:07:07.079 --> 01:07:10.480 you can do nothing. That's in John fifteen, verses four 1167 01:07:10.519 --> 01:07:14.000 through five. That's one that's a connecting scripture. And then 1168 01:07:14.079 --> 01:07:18.519 also we have some practical applications. 1169 01:07:18.639 --> 01:07:19.760 Let's go over those real quick. 1170 01:07:20.519 --> 01:07:23.519 Seek unity, just as David united the tribes of Israel, 1171 01:07:23.599 --> 01:07:27.079 strive to foster unity in your community and I'm not 1172 01:07:27.079 --> 01:07:29.480 trying to RhE in there, okay, I'm not trying to 1173 01:07:29.480 --> 01:07:34.159 wrap here. Foster unity in your community and relationships, okay, 1174 01:07:34.239 --> 01:07:40.519 seek unity. Honor commitments. Follow David's example by honoring your 1175 01:07:40.559 --> 01:07:47.800 commitments and covenants, whether in marriage, work, or faith. Prioritize 1176 01:07:47.840 --> 01:07:51.480 God's guidance is another one in decision making. Seek God's 1177 01:07:51.519 --> 01:07:55.639 wisdom and direction, as David did before engaging in battle. 1178 01:07:57.440 --> 01:08:01.599 Acknowledge God's role and success. Recognize and give thanks to 1179 01:08:01.719 --> 01:08:07.199 God's hand in your achievements and growth. Establish a spiritual center. 1180 01:08:07.400 --> 01:08:09.960 Make your home or heart a place where God is 1181 01:08:10.039 --> 01:08:16.119 honored and His presence is central. Okay, And just let 1182 01:08:16.159 --> 01:08:19.159 you know these Even the pastors that were preaching on 1183 01:08:19.199 --> 01:08:21.680 these subjects that I was kind of studying, they kind 1184 01:08:21.680 --> 01:08:25.239 of go through these chapters fairly quickly, right, So just 1185 01:08:25.279 --> 01:08:28.640 letting you know that there's there's some good meat here, 1186 01:08:28.680 --> 01:08:30.720 but it kind of it kind of goes faster because 1187 01:08:30.720 --> 01:08:35.680 it's kind of like stories than commentary. So okay, some 1188 01:08:35.720 --> 01:08:40.479 connection scriptures would be First Samuel sixteen, verse thirteen. David's 1189 01:08:40.479 --> 01:08:43.920 initial anointing by Samuel foreshadow his future kingship, which we 1190 01:08:44.000 --> 01:08:47.560 kind of talked about, earlier. Psalm's twenty three a psalm 1191 01:08:47.640 --> 01:08:51.079 of David reflecting his trust in God's guidance and provision. 1192 01:08:52.319 --> 01:08:55.119 Proverbs three, verses five through six. Encouragement and trust in 1193 01:08:55.159 --> 01:08:58.439 the Lord, and seek his guidance in all your ways. 1194 01:08:59.319 --> 01:09:03.159 Pheasians four or verse three, a call to maintain unity 1195 01:09:03.199 --> 01:09:07.359 and spirit three bond of peace. Let's go ahead and 1196 01:09:07.439 --> 01:09:12.399 go to a Pheasians four verse three and see what 1197 01:09:12.479 --> 01:09:22.119 it says. A Pheasians four verse three says, I will 1198 01:09:22.119 --> 01:09:26.760 start it too, with all lowliness and gentleness, with long suffering, 1199 01:09:26.840 --> 01:09:30.960 bearing with one another in love, endeavoring to keep the 1200 01:09:31.079 --> 01:09:35.399 unity of the spirit in the bond of peace. So 1201 01:09:35.439 --> 01:09:37.640 a call to maintain unity and spirit through the bond 1202 01:09:37.640 --> 01:09:40.439 of piece is what it says here in my notes. Okay, 1203 01:09:41.319 --> 01:09:45.960 so we have that, and then David's Psalm twenty three. 1204 01:09:48.359 --> 01:09:50.199 Let's go ahead and check that out real quick. 1205 01:09:53.319 --> 01:09:58.560 The Lord, the Lord, the shepherd of his people, Psalm 1206 01:09:58.600 --> 01:10:02.319 twenty three says. This is a verse one. The Lord 1207 01:10:02.439 --> 01:10:06.119 is my shepherd. I shall not want. He makes me 1208 01:10:06.199 --> 01:10:10.239 lie down in green pastwards, he leads me beside the 1209 01:10:10.319 --> 01:10:14.399 still waters. He restores my soul. He leads me in 1210 01:10:14.479 --> 01:10:18.279 the past of righteousness for his name's sake. Yeah, though 1211 01:10:18.279 --> 01:10:20.359 I walk through the valley of the shadow of. 1212 01:10:20.279 --> 01:10:23.319 Death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me. 1213 01:10:23.960 --> 01:10:27.479 Your rod and your staff they comfort me. You prepare 1214 01:10:27.479 --> 01:10:30.399 a table before me in the presence of my enemies. 1215 01:10:30.840 --> 01:10:36.760 You anoint my head with oil. My cup runs over. Surely, 1216 01:10:37.119 --> 01:10:41.479 goodness and mercy shall follow me and all the days 1217 01:10:41.640 --> 01:10:45.319 of my life, and I will dwell in the House 1218 01:10:45.520 --> 01:10:47.199 of the Lord forever. 1219 01:10:48.439 --> 01:10:49.039 Very awesome. 1220 01:10:49.079 --> 01:10:52.680 I love that it's reflecting his trust in God's guidance 1221 01:10:52.720 --> 01:10:53.439 and provision. 1222 01:10:53.479 --> 01:10:57.000 There. Perfect, Okay, cool, So. 1223 01:10:57.000 --> 01:11:01.560 We're kind of done with moving right along here, I 1224 01:11:01.600 --> 01:11:03.880 mean with chapter five. We're moving right along to chapter 1225 01:11:03.960 --> 01:11:04.439 six here. 1226 01:11:07.600 --> 01:11:16.840 Okay, what's going on here? No, we want to have 1227 01:11:17.119 --> 01:11:22.760 we want to go to chapter six. Man, I don't 1228 01:11:22.760 --> 01:11:30.920 know why, but okay, let's try this. Yeah, my my phone. 1229 01:11:30.680 --> 01:11:33.239 Is a little bit slow right now. Yep, that's what 1230 01:11:33.279 --> 01:11:34.359 I want. I want six. 1231 01:11:34.399 --> 01:11:34.880 There we go. 1232 01:11:34.960 --> 01:11:39.359 Perfect, All right, So we're gonna go ahead and read 1233 01:11:39.399 --> 01:11:42.039 the introduction to chapter six. 1234 01:11:42.640 --> 01:11:47.520 Go back to here. Boom, bring that up. Okay, So. 1235 01:11:49.039 --> 01:11:53.279 David fetches the art. The account of Second Samuel six 1236 01:11:53.359 --> 01:11:57.039 teaches us the importance of respecting the holiness of God 1237 01:11:57.199 --> 01:12:02.119 and following his laws with utmost obedien. It also illustrates 1238 01:12:02.159 --> 01:12:06.680 the magnitude of genuine worship, genuine worship and how it 1239 01:12:06.720 --> 01:12:10.520 can lead to divine blessings. Even though David was a king, 1240 01:12:11.039 --> 01:12:13.800 he humbled himself before God, teaching us to put our 1241 01:12:13.880 --> 01:12:17.880 status aside when it comes to praising the Lord. All right, 1242 01:12:19.119 --> 01:12:24.479 so let's go ahead and start with two Samuel sixth, 1243 01:12:25.159 --> 01:12:30.640 verse one, The Ark brought to Jerusalem. 1244 01:12:31.880 --> 01:12:32.159 Again. 1245 01:12:32.279 --> 01:12:35.359 David gathered all the choice men of Israel. Thirty thousand 1246 01:12:35.399 --> 01:12:37.680 and David arose and went with all the people who 1247 01:12:37.680 --> 01:12:42.319 were with him, bailed Judah Belley Judah to bring up 1248 01:12:42.479 --> 01:12:46.560 from the Ark of God, whose name is called by 1249 01:12:46.560 --> 01:12:50.840 the name the Lord of Host, who dwells between the Cheruboom. 1250 01:12:52.039 --> 01:12:56.319 So let's see what's going on here. The ark's significance, 1251 01:12:56.359 --> 01:12:59.560 The Ark of the Covenant represented God's presence among his people. 1252 01:13:00.079 --> 01:13:03.239 David's desire to bring it to Jerusalem highlights the importance 1253 01:13:03.279 --> 01:13:12.479 of God's presence in the life of Israel. So the 1254 01:13:12.600 --> 01:13:15.199 ARC's significance, let's go ahead and pull that up real quick, 1255 01:13:15.199 --> 01:13:17.880 so you guys know why he's even doing this. The 1256 01:13:18.000 --> 01:13:20.560 Ark of the Covenant holds a central place in biblical 1257 01:13:20.640 --> 01:13:24.680 history and theology, symbolizing God's presence, covenant. 1258 01:13:24.399 --> 01:13:25.520 And holiness. 1259 01:13:26.079 --> 01:13:28.840 It is first introduced in the Book of Exodus as 1260 01:13:28.880 --> 01:13:31.680 a sacred chest built by the Israelites under the direction 1261 01:13:31.760 --> 01:13:36.640 of Moses following God's specific instructions. The ark was constructed 1262 01:13:36.680 --> 01:13:40.399 from acacia wood and overlaid in pure gold, featuring a 1263 01:13:40.479 --> 01:13:44.000 gold lid. Notice the mercy seat with two cherubooms facing 1264 01:13:44.000 --> 01:13:47.720 each other. The arc is primarily seen as a tangible 1265 01:13:48.119 --> 01:13:52.520 representation of God's presence among his people and Exodus twenty five, 1266 01:13:52.600 --> 01:13:55.199 verse twenty two, God declares, and I will meet with 1267 01:13:55.239 --> 01:13:58.520 you there above the mercy seat, between the two cherryboom 1268 01:13:58.800 --> 01:14:01.159 that are over the Ark of the Testimony, or the 1269 01:14:01.239 --> 01:14:03.800 Ark of the Covenant. I will speak to you about 1270 01:14:03.840 --> 01:14:06.880 all that I command you regarding the Israelites. This verse 1271 01:14:06.960 --> 01:14:10.319 underscores the arc as a focal point of divine communication 1272 01:14:10.600 --> 01:14:15.319 and guidance. The ark also signifies the covenant between God 1273 01:14:15.399 --> 01:14:18.479 and Israel. It housed the two stone tablets of the 1274 01:14:18.520 --> 01:14:21.119 Ten Commandments, which are described as the Tablets of the 1275 01:14:21.159 --> 01:14:25.439 Covenant Deuonomy nine to nine. These tablets represent God's law 1276 01:14:25.800 --> 01:14:29.279 and his covenanial relationship between his chosen people. The ark 1277 01:14:29.319 --> 01:14:32.720 therefore serves as a constant reminder of the Israelites' obligations 1278 01:14:32.720 --> 01:14:37.600 to uphold God's commandments holiness and reverence. The ARC's holiness 1279 01:14:37.720 --> 01:14:42.920 is emphasized throughout the scripture. It is kept Sorry, let 1280 01:14:42.920 --> 01:14:48.760 me just I clicked off that the ARC's holiness is 1281 01:14:48.800 --> 01:14:51.239 emphasized throughout scripture. It is kept in the most holy 1282 01:14:51.319 --> 01:14:54.640 place in the Tabernacle on later the temple, where the 1283 01:14:54.720 --> 01:14:58.359 high priests could where only the high priests could enter 1284 01:14:58.479 --> 01:15:02.880 once a year on the day atonement. The arcs sanctify 1285 01:15:03.159 --> 01:15:07.119 is further highlighted in the account of Zaw, who was 1286 01:15:07.159 --> 01:15:11.920 struck dead for touching it inappropriately Second Samuel six through seven. 1287 01:15:12.720 --> 01:15:16.920 This incident illustrates the necessity of reverence and obedience to 1288 01:15:16.960 --> 01:15:21.199 God's instruction regarding holy objects. The arc also played a 1289 01:15:21.239 --> 01:15:24.720 significant role in Israel's military and political life. It was 1290 01:15:24.760 --> 01:15:27.840 carried into battle as a symbol of God's power and favor, 1291 01:15:27.920 --> 01:15:31.439 as seen in the conquests of Jericho and Joshua six 1292 01:15:31.560 --> 01:15:34.920 Versus six to seven. However, the misuse of the arc 1293 01:15:35.039 --> 01:15:38.800 is as a mere talesman as in the battle against 1294 01:15:38.800 --> 01:15:42.520 the Philistine led to its capture and subsequent defeat over Israel. 1295 01:15:43.000 --> 01:15:46.520 First Samuel four, verses three through eleven. This event served 1296 01:15:46.520 --> 01:15:49.439 as a lesson that God's present cannot be manipulated for 1297 01:15:49.520 --> 01:15:52.439 human purposes. That was back when Saul was like, we 1298 01:15:52.520 --> 01:15:54.000 need to get the Ark of the Covenant so that 1299 01:15:54.039 --> 01:15:56.039 it can help us, and they were basically thinking that 1300 01:15:56.079 --> 01:15:59.000 the Ark of the Covenant was like a rabbit's foot 1301 01:15:59.119 --> 01:16:01.600 or like a good luckture, and not what it's actually 1302 01:16:01.640 --> 01:16:04.840 appropriately supposed to be used for. The and the Temple. 1303 01:16:04.960 --> 01:16:07.760 King Solomon placed the Arc in the newly built temple 1304 01:16:07.800 --> 01:16:11.239 in Jerusalem, signifying the establishment of a permanent dwelling place 1305 01:16:11.520 --> 01:16:16.800 for God's presence among his people. First Kings eight, verses 1306 01:16:16.840 --> 01:16:19.319 six to eleven. During the dedication of the temple, the 1307 01:16:19.359 --> 01:16:22.279 glory of the Lord filled the house, further affirming the 1308 01:16:22.399 --> 01:16:25.840 Ark's role and the set as the center of worship 1309 01:16:25.880 --> 01:16:26.880 and divine presence. 1310 01:16:28.079 --> 01:16:30.319 The ARC's disappearance. 1311 01:16:29.680 --> 01:16:36.319 And legacy, the fate of the Ark after the Babylonian 1312 01:16:36.399 --> 01:16:40.520 conquests of Jerusalem remains as a mystery. As mentioned in 1313 01:16:41.880 --> 01:16:44.279 mentioned among the items is taken in Babylon in Second 1314 01:16:44.319 --> 01:16:49.159 King twenty five thirty five are thirteen through seventeen. In 1315 01:16:49.199 --> 01:16:51.880 the New Testament, the arc is alluded to in the 1316 01:16:51.880 --> 01:16:54.000 Book of Hebrews, where it is described as part of 1317 01:16:54.039 --> 01:16:57.159 the earthly sanctuary that foreshadows the greater reality of Christ 1318 01:16:57.279 --> 01:17:01.199 atoning work Hebrews nine, verses three through five. The Ark's 1319 01:17:01.279 --> 01:17:04.319 legacy continues to inspire reverence for God's holiness and the 1320 01:17:04.359 --> 01:17:06.920 importance of his covenant, and the assurements of his people, 1321 01:17:07.720 --> 01:17:11.359 and the assurance of His presence with his people. Okay, 1322 01:17:11.439 --> 01:17:13.479 So I just wanted to go over that, so you 1323 01:17:13.640 --> 01:17:15.720 know what's going on with the Ark of the Covenant, 1324 01:17:15.800 --> 01:17:18.319 just in case you guys don't remember what I said 1325 01:17:18.319 --> 01:17:20.720 before about it, or for people that are new to 1326 01:17:20.720 --> 01:17:25.159 the study, Let's go out and continue tewod Samuel six, 1327 01:17:25.720 --> 01:17:29.760 verse three. Now, so they set the Ark of God 1328 01:17:29.880 --> 01:17:32.239 on a new cart and brought it out to the 1329 01:17:32.279 --> 01:17:36.359 house of Abinadab and which was on the hill, and 1330 01:17:36.479 --> 01:17:37.520 Isael and a heel. 1331 01:17:37.680 --> 01:17:40.119 The sons of Abinadab drove the new cart. 1332 01:17:40.319 --> 01:17:43.000 And they brought it out of the house of Abinadab, 1333 01:17:43.079 --> 01:17:45.239 which was on the hill. Accompanying the Ark of God, 1334 01:17:45.640 --> 01:17:49.199 and Ohio went before the ark. Then David and all 1335 01:17:49.319 --> 01:17:51.640 the House of Israel played music before the Lord on 1336 01:17:51.720 --> 01:17:55.520 all kinds of instruments of fir wood, on harps, string 1337 01:17:55.600 --> 01:18:02.079 instruments and tambourines and systems, and on symbols. And that's 1338 01:18:02.199 --> 01:18:05.520 very interesting because some people would would say not to 1339 01:18:05.520 --> 01:18:09.079 play music, you know, some some churches say not to 1340 01:18:09.079 --> 01:18:12.560 play music, you know, with instruments. So that's very interesting 1341 01:18:12.600 --> 01:18:16.640 that David did that. And let me go back here, 1342 01:18:19.840 --> 01:18:21.720 and now we're going to talk about the reverence for 1343 01:18:21.800 --> 01:18:30.319 God's holiness, which is Second Samuel two versus six, six 1344 01:18:30.359 --> 01:18:30.880 through seven. 1345 01:18:30.960 --> 01:18:31.880 We're going to read that here. 1346 01:18:32.760 --> 01:18:37.479 And when they came to Nikkan's threshing floor, Uzah put 1347 01:18:37.479 --> 01:18:40.479 his hand on the Ark of God and it took 1348 01:18:40.520 --> 01:18:45.119 hold of it, for the oxen stumbled. Then the anger 1349 01:18:45.159 --> 01:18:48.119 that then the anger of the Lord was aroused against Uzab, 1350 01:18:48.439 --> 01:18:51.079 and God struck him there for his heir, and he 1351 01:18:51.239 --> 01:18:54.840 died by the ark of God. And David became angry 1352 01:18:54.880 --> 01:18:57.399 because the Lord's outbreak against Uzah. And he called the 1353 01:18:57.479 --> 01:19:01.840 name of the place perez Uzaal to day wow. So 1354 01:19:01.960 --> 01:19:07.159 David became angry because the Lord's outbreak against Uzzah. So wow, okay, 1355 01:19:07.199 --> 01:19:10.640 so we have a reverence for God's holiness. 1356 01:19:10.880 --> 01:19:16.800 So it says. 1357 01:19:18.159 --> 01:19:21.119 Za's death for touching the arc serves as a sobering 1358 01:19:21.159 --> 01:19:25.640 reminder of God's holiness and the need for reverence in 1359 01:19:25.720 --> 01:19:31.239 our approach to him. So reverence for God's holiness. Reverence 1360 01:19:31.239 --> 01:19:33.760 for God's holiness is a central theme throughout the Bible. 1361 01:19:33.800 --> 01:19:35.199 I need to read this to you, guys, because this 1362 01:19:35.239 --> 01:19:37.000 needs to kind of be explained a little bit, because 1363 01:19:37.359 --> 01:19:39.520 if not, we're going to take that as dang, God 1364 01:19:39.640 --> 01:19:40.800 just straight kill them. 1365 01:19:41.079 --> 01:19:43.840 Man. The ark was about the fall, So let me 1366 01:19:43.880 --> 01:19:44.520 just read some of this. 1367 01:19:44.560 --> 01:19:46.960 So, reverence for God's holiness is a central theme throughout 1368 01:19:47.000 --> 01:19:51.119 the Bible, emphasizing the profound respect, awe, and veneration due 1369 01:19:51.199 --> 01:19:54.600 to God because of his perfect and transcending nature. God's 1370 01:19:54.600 --> 01:19:58.720 holiness is an intrinsic is intrinsic to his character, setting 1371 01:19:58.760 --> 01:20:02.319 him apart from all creation and underscoring his purity and 1372 01:20:02.399 --> 01:20:03.680 righteousness and majesty. 1373 01:20:04.479 --> 01:20:05.199 All right, So. 1374 01:20:07.359 --> 01:20:10.840 Reverence for God's holiness was profound. As profound implications for 1375 01:20:10.880 --> 01:20:13.560 a believer's life, it calls for a posture of humility, 1376 01:20:13.920 --> 01:20:17.880 recognizing the vast golf between God's holiness and human sinfulness. 1377 01:20:18.520 --> 01:20:21.119 Now there is a giant golf between us and God. 1378 01:20:21.159 --> 01:20:23.680 But guess who fulfills that golf and causes a bridge 1379 01:20:23.680 --> 01:20:27.239 between us and God. Well, Jesus Christ, right, So that's 1380 01:20:27.279 --> 01:20:30.359 really awesome. So Jesus is actually our bridge between us 1381 01:20:30.800 --> 01:20:35.399 and God. He covers that giant golf between us, and then, 1382 01:20:37.399 --> 01:20:41.840 in summary, reverence for God's holiness is a foundational aspect 1383 01:20:41.840 --> 01:20:45.640 of biblical faith, shaping the believer's understanding of God's worship 1384 01:20:45.680 --> 01:20:48.960 and daily conduct conduct. It's a response to the divine 1385 01:20:49.000 --> 01:20:53.000 majesty and purity of God, calling for a life of holiness, worship, 1386 01:20:53.119 --> 01:20:56.479 and obedience. So there's a little there that kind of 1387 01:20:56.479 --> 01:21:00.159 explains about what we'll go ahead and continue. 1388 01:21:00.399 --> 01:21:02.159 Second Samuel six, verse nine. 1389 01:21:02.279 --> 01:21:05.000 David was afraid of the Lord that day, and he said, 1390 01:21:05.039 --> 01:21:06.920 how can the ark of the Lord come to me? 1391 01:21:07.479 --> 01:21:09.520 So David would not move the ark of the Lord 1392 01:21:09.520 --> 01:21:12.199 with him into the city of David. But David took 1393 01:21:12.239 --> 01:21:15.479 it aside into the house of obed Edium that the 1394 01:21:15.520 --> 01:21:18.000 get tight. The ark of the Lord remained in the 1395 01:21:18.039 --> 01:21:22.079 house of obed Edium. The get tight three months, and 1396 01:21:22.119 --> 01:21:28.279 the Lord blessed odem oh dead Edium and his household. 1397 01:21:28.600 --> 01:21:31.640 So David started getting nervous, like, how are we gonna 1398 01:21:31.680 --> 01:21:34.479 move the Ark of the Covenant because with these oxens 1399 01:21:34.520 --> 01:21:36.000 walk in, Like, what if the arc of the Covenent's 1400 01:21:36.000 --> 01:21:37.760 gonna fall and someone else grabs it, You're gonna end 1401 01:21:37.800 --> 01:21:38.560 up killing them too. 1402 01:21:39.000 --> 01:21:40.319 So David got a little afraid. 1403 01:21:40.359 --> 01:21:42.640 There it looks like, and he just left the Ark 1404 01:21:42.680 --> 01:21:45.159 of the Covenant at the closest house, you know. 1405 01:21:45.760 --> 01:21:53.239 And let's see what. Let's see what. Yeah, this goes 1406 01:21:53.239 --> 01:21:55.119 to fourteen. Okay, we'll go and continue reading. 1407 01:21:55.199 --> 01:21:59.359 So we have Second Samuel six, verse twelve. Now it 1408 01:21:59.479 --> 01:22:02.079 was told King David saying, the Lord has blessed the 1409 01:22:02.119 --> 01:22:05.920 house of obed Edom and all that belongs to him 1410 01:22:06.319 --> 01:22:09.199 because of the Ark of God. So David went and 1411 01:22:09.319 --> 01:22:11.359 brought up the Ark of God from the house of 1412 01:22:12.640 --> 01:22:15.479 oh dead Edom to the city of David with gladness. 1413 01:22:16.000 --> 01:22:16.760 And it was. 1414 01:22:18.279 --> 01:22:20.840 When those bearing the Ark of the Lord had gone 1415 01:22:20.880 --> 01:22:24.840 six paces, then he sacrificed oxen and fat and sheep. 1416 01:22:24.920 --> 01:22:27.359 Then David danced before the Lord with all his might, 1417 01:22:27.439 --> 01:22:30.680 and David was wearing a linen ephod. So David and 1418 01:22:30.800 --> 01:22:33.239 all the house of Israel brought up the ark of 1419 01:22:33.319 --> 01:22:37.800 the Lord with shouting and with the sound of trumpet. 1420 01:22:38.600 --> 01:22:41.119 So all right, so we have joyful worship going on here. 1421 01:22:41.640 --> 01:22:45.239 So David's exuberant worship as he danced before the Lord 1422 01:22:45.680 --> 01:22:49.119 exemplifies the joy and freedom found in God's presence. 1423 01:22:50.159 --> 01:22:52.119 So wow. Now it was told that David saying, the 1424 01:22:52.119 --> 01:22:53.439 Lord has blessed the house of. 1425 01:22:53.479 --> 01:22:56.720 Edom, So I guess, and all that belongs to him 1426 01:22:56.720 --> 01:22:58.840 because the Ark of God. So David went and brought 1427 01:22:59.119 --> 01:23:01.039 out up the Ark of God from the house. So 1428 01:23:01.520 --> 01:23:04.319 I guess God blessed the house. David found out about that, 1429 01:23:04.439 --> 01:23:07.279 so he goes and then he gets the arc, so 1430 01:23:07.399 --> 01:23:08.000 I guess God. 1431 01:23:08.439 --> 01:23:10.319 David was waiting for that, for him to go in 1432 01:23:10.439 --> 01:23:10.920 and get it. 1433 01:23:10.960 --> 01:23:13.000 So David went, brought up the Ark of the God 1434 01:23:13.039 --> 01:23:14.279 out of the house and meet him to the city 1435 01:23:14.279 --> 01:23:16.960 of David with gladness. So it was when those bearing 1436 01:23:16.960 --> 01:23:20.119 the Ark of God had gone six paces, he sacrificed 1437 01:23:20.119 --> 01:23:24.239 oxen and fat and sheep. So David kind of wasn't 1438 01:23:24.279 --> 01:23:26.560 afraid of the Lord anymore at that point, obviously, because 1439 01:23:26.680 --> 01:23:29.079 he was waiting for them, I guess, for them for 1440 01:23:29.159 --> 01:23:31.000 the house to be blessed. Once he heard that, he 1441 01:23:31.079 --> 01:23:35.000 went and he took the ark of the covenant. Very 1442 01:23:35.000 --> 01:23:44.720 interesting portion there looks like obedience in worship. I don't 1443 01:23:44.720 --> 01:23:46.720 know why my notes went all the way back to 1444 01:23:46.960 --> 01:23:49.760 Second Samuel sixty three, but before we continue. 1445 01:23:49.399 --> 01:23:50.159 I'll read it real quick. 1446 01:23:50.600 --> 01:23:54.680 The initial failure to transport the arc correctly contrasts with 1447 01:23:54.720 --> 01:23:57.960 the later successful attempt with God's instruction were followed. Oh okay, 1448 01:23:57.960 --> 01:24:02.279 I see. So obedience in worship says here. Obedience and 1449 01:24:02.319 --> 01:24:05.199 worship refers to the act of adhering to God's commands 1450 01:24:05.600 --> 01:24:08.840 and instructions as an integral part of worship. It is 1451 01:24:08.880 --> 01:24:12.279 a demonstratent of reverence, love, and submission to God, acknowledging 1452 01:24:12.319 --> 01:24:17.079 his sovereignty and holiness. Obedience is not merely about external rituals, 1453 01:24:17.079 --> 01:24:20.039 but involves a heartfelt commitment to align one's life with 1454 01:24:20.119 --> 01:24:21.640 God's will. 1455 01:24:21.800 --> 01:24:22.600 Amen to that. 1456 01:24:25.119 --> 01:24:28.960 Okay, So now we're gonna go ahead and read Second 1457 01:24:29.000 --> 01:24:32.960 Samuel six verse sixteen. Now, as the ark of the 1458 01:24:33.000 --> 01:24:36.600 Lord came into the city of David, McCall, saw's daughter 1459 01:24:37.199 --> 01:24:39.800 looked through a window and saw King David leaping and 1460 01:24:39.880 --> 01:24:42.880 ruling before the Lord, and she despised him in her heart. 1461 01:24:44.000 --> 01:24:46.760 Oh wow, Now, remember. 1462 01:24:46.760 --> 01:24:50.840 Real quick before we continue to seventeen that McCall had 1463 01:24:50.960 --> 01:24:53.720 idols like an idol at her house above her bed 1464 01:24:54.199 --> 01:24:57.960 back when David left. Okay, she had an idol that 1465 01:24:58.039 --> 01:25:00.760 she put into the bed to act like it was David. 1466 01:25:00.880 --> 01:25:04.479 Right, So she was idle worshiper Okay, I don't believe 1467 01:25:04.520 --> 01:25:06.239 that she worshiped. Yeahweh. 1468 01:25:06.439 --> 01:25:09.520 So it looks like she was looking out the window, 1469 01:25:09.840 --> 01:25:14.319 saw David leaping and joyfully worshiping the Lord, and it 1470 01:25:14.359 --> 01:25:18.880 says that she despised him in her heart. That's really interesting. 1471 01:25:19.880 --> 01:25:23.600 So right here we have the cost of worship. Before 1472 01:25:23.640 --> 01:25:26.439 we continue, I'll read what's in my notes about this situation. 1473 01:25:27.119 --> 01:25:32.119 McCall's disdain for David's worship. Two Samuel six sixteen warns 1474 01:25:32.159 --> 01:25:35.920 against pride and the danger of valuing human opinion over 1475 01:25:36.000 --> 01:25:41.720 God's approval. The cost of worship in the Bible encompasses 1476 01:25:41.760 --> 01:25:45.600 the sacrifices, offerings, and personal commitments required of believers as 1477 01:25:45.640 --> 01:25:49.279 they approach God in reverence and devotion. Worship, as depicted 1478 01:25:49.319 --> 01:25:51.920 and the Scripture, is not merely a ritualistic act, but 1479 01:25:52.000 --> 01:25:56.520 a profound expression of faith and obedience, often demanding significant 1480 01:25:56.520 --> 01:25:58.359 personal and communal investment. 1481 01:25:59.079 --> 01:26:01.359 That's what that means, the cost of worship. Just so 1482 01:26:01.439 --> 01:26:04.720 you guys know, King David. 1483 01:26:04.800 --> 01:26:09.760 Exemplifies the principal costly worship in Second Samuel twenty four. 1484 01:26:09.880 --> 01:26:11.319 That's in the future. I don't want to go over 1485 01:26:11.319 --> 01:26:12.640 that because I don't want to give you guys any 1486 01:26:12.680 --> 01:26:16.399 spoiler alerts. Okay, the cost of worship has illustrated throughout 1487 01:26:16.399 --> 01:26:19.399 the Bible, calls believers to a life of sacrifice, obedience, 1488 01:26:19.840 --> 01:26:25.720 and wholehearted devotion. It challenges individuals to evaluate their priorities, resources, 1489 01:26:25.720 --> 01:26:29.319 and commitments in light of their relationship with God. Worship, therefore, 1490 01:26:29.439 --> 01:26:31.960 is not merely an act performed in a specific place 1491 01:26:32.119 --> 01:26:35.840 or time, but a continuous, costly offering to one's life 1492 01:26:35.840 --> 01:26:38.560 in response to God's grace and love. We should all 1493 01:26:38.600 --> 01:26:41.840 listen to that. That's definitely an important wisdom right there. 1494 01:26:42.680 --> 01:26:44.520 All right, So let's go ahead and continue and see 1495 01:26:44.520 --> 01:26:49.800 what happens. Tewod Samuel six, verse seventeen. So they brought 1496 01:26:49.800 --> 01:26:52.239 the ark of the Lord, and it said it in 1497 01:26:52.279 --> 01:26:55.600 its place in the midst of the tabernacle, and that 1498 01:26:55.720 --> 01:26:59.079 David had erected for it. Then David offered burnt offerings 1499 01:26:59.119 --> 01:27:02.000 and peace offerings before the Lord. And when David had 1500 01:27:02.000 --> 01:27:04.640 finished offering burnt offerings and peace offerings, he blessed the 1501 01:27:04.680 --> 01:27:08.600 people in the name of the Lord of Hosts. Then 1502 01:27:08.680 --> 01:27:11.920 he distributed among all the people, among the whole multitude 1503 01:27:11.960 --> 01:27:14.159 of Israel, both the women and the men, to everyone 1504 01:27:14.199 --> 01:27:16.920 a loaf of bread, a piece of meat, and cake 1505 01:27:16.960 --> 01:27:20.520 of raisins. So then the people departed everyone to his house. 1506 01:27:20.560 --> 01:27:23.680 So we offered offerings food. It looks like a bread, 1507 01:27:23.840 --> 01:27:27.119 piece of meat, cake as raisins, and all the people 1508 01:27:27.199 --> 01:27:32.640 departed everyone to his house. Very very very very interesting 1509 01:27:32.680 --> 01:27:34.800 here that McCall did that. So we're going to see 1510 01:27:34.840 --> 01:27:38.760 what happens when he returns to his house. This is 1511 01:27:38.760 --> 01:27:41.600 going to be twod Samuel six, verse twenty. Then David 1512 01:27:41.640 --> 01:27:45.239 returned to bless his household, and McCall that Daro Saul 1513 01:27:45.319 --> 01:27:47.479 came out to meet David and said, how glorious was 1514 01:27:47.520 --> 01:27:50.199 the King of Israel today uncovering himself today in the 1515 01:27:50.199 --> 01:27:53.720 eyes of the maids and of his servants, as one 1516 01:27:53.800 --> 01:27:58.600 of the base fellows shamelessly uncovers her himself. So David 1517 01:27:58.640 --> 01:28:00.920 said to McCall, it was before the Lord who chose 1518 01:28:01.000 --> 01:28:03.520 me instead of your father, and all his house to 1519 01:28:03.600 --> 01:28:07.000 appoint me ruler over the people of the Lord over Israel. Therefore, 1520 01:28:07.039 --> 01:28:09.479 I will play music before the Lord, and I will 1521 01:28:09.520 --> 01:28:13.760 even be more undignified than this. And I will be 1522 01:28:13.840 --> 01:28:16.920 even more undignified than this, and will be humble in 1523 01:28:17.000 --> 01:28:17.680 my own sight. 1524 01:28:18.319 --> 01:28:19.079 But as for the. 1525 01:28:19.000 --> 01:28:23.840 Maid servants of whom you had spoken them by them, 1526 01:28:24.640 --> 01:28:29.319 I will be held in honor. Therefore, McCall, the daughter 1527 01:28:29.359 --> 01:28:32.760 of Saul, had no children to the day of her death. 1528 01:28:33.359 --> 01:28:38.720 So looks like McCall. Looks like mccaull didn't have any children. 1529 01:28:38.720 --> 01:28:42.399 It looks like McCall wasn't worshiping yahweh. It looks like, man, 1530 01:28:42.439 --> 01:28:44.520 I just to me, that's what it looks like. She 1531 01:28:44.560 --> 01:28:47.399 had idols and she I don't believe she was a believer. 1532 01:28:47.960 --> 01:28:49.760 Might have been a mistake for David to go back 1533 01:28:49.800 --> 01:28:56.479 and get his Saul's daughter. Sounds like, so okay, yeah, 1534 01:28:56.520 --> 01:29:00.319 because you're unequally yoked and you're worshiping the Lord with 1535 01:29:00.399 --> 01:29:03.560 joy and she's out the window looking in jealousy like, 1536 01:29:03.680 --> 01:29:06.960 oh look what he's doing, despising it. So yeah, you're 1537 01:29:06.960 --> 01:29:08.920 not equally yoked. So I don't believe that that was 1538 01:29:08.960 --> 01:29:10.680 a good decision. For him to go back and get 1539 01:29:10.800 --> 01:29:15.920 my call. But hey, you know, David was David, So 1540 01:29:16.000 --> 01:29:17.960 all right, so let's go ahead and check out some 1541 01:29:18.039 --> 01:29:22.960 practical applications for Second Samuel six. Approach God with reverence. 1542 01:29:23.079 --> 01:29:25.960 Reflect on how you approach God and worship and prayer. 1543 01:29:26.479 --> 01:29:29.000 Are you mindful of his holiness? 1544 01:29:30.880 --> 01:29:33.640 Yeah? We have to be mindful of his holiness. 1545 01:29:33.079 --> 01:29:35.239 And appreciate the fact that we're able to pray to 1546 01:29:35.279 --> 01:29:37.920 God because we have Jesus as our bridge, and we 1547 01:29:38.000 --> 01:29:40.359 can't always just be like, probly God in the name 1548 01:29:40.399 --> 01:29:43.439 of Jesus, you know, I need I need this, I 1549 01:29:43.479 --> 01:29:46.039 need that, and please give me money and whatever some 1550 01:29:46.079 --> 01:29:49.520 people pray about. You know, we need to appreciate the 1551 01:29:49.600 --> 01:29:51.760 fact that we need to be mindful of his holiness. 1552 01:29:52.079 --> 01:29:54.039 And when we're praying to God, we don't pray to 1553 01:29:54.079 --> 01:29:56.159 him like we're speaking to someone on the block, right. 1554 01:29:56.600 --> 01:29:58.880 We're speaking to God. 1555 01:29:58.680 --> 01:30:04.399 As we want to talk to him and be mindful 1556 01:30:04.439 --> 01:30:05.199 of his holiness. 1557 01:30:05.239 --> 01:30:05.479 Right. 1558 01:30:05.600 --> 01:30:09.279 And I even need to understand that too, because sometimes 1559 01:30:10.199 --> 01:30:12.720 when I'm praying to God, I pray as like God 1560 01:30:12.840 --> 01:30:15.680 is just my friend. I need to be mindful of 1561 01:30:15.720 --> 01:30:18.479 his holiness too, you know. So I got to take 1562 01:30:18.520 --> 01:30:20.520 that too, so we all need to understand that. Reflect 1563 01:30:20.680 --> 01:30:23.640 on how you approach God and worship and prayer. Are 1564 01:30:23.680 --> 01:30:25.960 you mindful of His holiness? That's a question that you 1565 01:30:26.000 --> 01:30:29.039 should think about and maybe study on and find out 1566 01:30:29.399 --> 01:30:34.199 how you are about it. Embrace joy and worship. Allow 1567 01:30:34.199 --> 01:30:38.520 yourself to express genuine joy and gratitude and worship, recognizing 1568 01:30:38.560 --> 01:30:40.640 the freedom found in God's presence. 1569 01:30:40.880 --> 01:30:41.239 Okay. 1570 01:30:41.880 --> 01:30:45.880 Another one would be prioritize obedience. Ensure that your worship 1571 01:30:45.880 --> 01:30:50.039 aligns with God's word, prioritizing obedience over personal preference. 1572 01:30:50.239 --> 01:30:50.640 Okay. 1573 01:30:51.640 --> 01:30:57.039 Obedience is vastly important, and sometimes we forget that, but 1574 01:30:57.199 --> 01:31:02.359 that is so important. Value God approval. Seek God's approval 1575 01:31:02.479 --> 01:31:07.039 above all else, even when it means facing criticism or 1576 01:31:07.079 --> 01:31:11.439 misunderstanding from others. Even if you get criticized from your wife, 1577 01:31:12.079 --> 01:31:15.640 even if you get criticized from your mom, your dad, whatever. 1578 01:31:16.279 --> 01:31:18.520 Place God first, no matter what. 1579 01:31:18.640 --> 01:31:21.920 You need to love God with all your heart, your mind, 1580 01:31:22.000 --> 01:31:24.680 your soul. You need to love God more than your wife. 1581 01:31:24.760 --> 01:31:26.359 You need to love God more than your children. You 1582 01:31:26.399 --> 01:31:28.039 need to love God more than your mom, more than 1583 01:31:28.039 --> 01:31:30.520 your dad, more than everybody on earth. 1584 01:31:31.600 --> 01:31:33.520 Okay, we don't. 1585 01:31:33.319 --> 01:31:35.720 Need That's why I said, we seek first the Kingdom 1586 01:31:35.760 --> 01:31:37.800 of Heaven. No matter what, it only matters if you 1587 01:31:37.840 --> 01:31:40.119 go to heaven when you die. It doesn't matter what 1588 01:31:40.159 --> 01:31:42.520 you do on this earth. If you don't go to 1589 01:31:42.560 --> 01:31:44.760 heaven when you die, you could do all the things, 1590 01:31:44.880 --> 01:31:50.159 be spectacular, philanthropist, this, that rich businessman you know, gave 1591 01:31:50.239 --> 01:31:52.560 all your wealth to the homeless, whatever, But if you 1592 01:31:52.600 --> 01:31:54.560 don't go to heaven when you die, that's all that matters. 1593 01:31:55.239 --> 01:31:57.439 You need to be with God in heaven when you die. 1594 01:31:57.600 --> 01:31:59.279 We need to focus on that. That's why we seek 1595 01:31:59.319 --> 01:32:00.399 first the kingdom of heaven. 1596 01:32:00.880 --> 01:32:04.239 Okay, that's what it's saying here. Seek God's approval above 1597 01:32:04.279 --> 01:32:08.319 all else, even when it means facing criticism or misunderstanding 1598 01:32:08.359 --> 01:32:15.720 from others. Sometimes things happen where people might be in 1599 01:32:15.760 --> 01:32:18.600 a lesser position than we are, and someone asks for 1600 01:32:18.640 --> 01:32:21.399 money or you try to help them, and sometimes the 1601 01:32:21.439 --> 01:32:24.640 wife might disagree, and sometimes the wife might say. 1602 01:32:24.479 --> 01:32:25.840 No, we don't need to do that right now. 1603 01:32:26.520 --> 01:32:30.600 Nah, man, you got to make sure that you don't 1604 01:32:31.600 --> 01:32:33.600 want to fight with your wife over that, but you 1605 01:32:33.640 --> 01:32:35.800 want to make sure that you do help the needy, 1606 01:32:35.960 --> 01:32:37.319 right Jesus talks about that. 1607 01:32:37.520 --> 01:32:39.279 So just gotta. 1608 01:32:40.840 --> 01:32:43.600 Place God first, right, Seek God first and everything else 1609 01:32:43.640 --> 01:32:45.560 will follow. That's the end of one of my verses 1610 01:32:45.560 --> 01:32:47.600 on my song. And I believe that that is definitely 1611 01:32:47.880 --> 01:32:51.640 what makes sense on that what I was just talking about. 1612 01:32:52.199 --> 01:32:54.600 Seek God first, or seek the Kingdom Heaven first, and 1613 01:32:54.640 --> 01:32:59.439 everything else will follow. All right, we have a connection 1614 01:32:59.680 --> 01:33:04.479 connect Connecting additional scriptures would be Leviticus ten, verses one 1615 01:33:04.520 --> 01:33:07.920 through three, the story of Nadab and Abihu, who were 1616 01:33:08.000 --> 01:33:13.319 consumed by fire for offering unauthorized fire before the Lord. 1617 01:33:13.439 --> 01:33:17.920 This is Aaron's two sons. They got consumed by fire 1618 01:33:18.000 --> 01:33:21.600 for offering unauthorized fire before the Lord. Underscores the importance 1619 01:33:21.640 --> 01:33:28.199 of reverence, excuse me, and obedience. That's a good verse, 1620 01:33:28.239 --> 01:33:34.439 definitely to connect. We also have Psalms sixteen, verse eleven. 1621 01:33:36.000 --> 01:33:38.079 You make known to me the path of life in 1622 01:33:38.119 --> 01:33:41.479 your presence, and fullness of joy at your right hand, 1623 01:33:41.600 --> 01:33:45.479 your pleasures forever more. This verse highlights the joy found 1624 01:33:45.520 --> 01:33:51.279 in God's presence. Another one we have is John four, 1625 01:33:51.760 --> 01:33:53.319 verses twenty three through twenty four. 1626 01:33:54.479 --> 01:33:55.439 Let's go ahead and check. 1627 01:33:55.319 --> 01:33:57.199 That one out. 1628 01:33:58.720 --> 01:34:07.600 John four, verse twenty three through twenty four. Okay, twenty 1629 01:34:07.640 --> 01:34:10.600 three through twenty four says. 1630 01:34:14.159 --> 01:34:17.439 But the hour is coming, and now is when the 1631 01:34:17.520 --> 01:34:20.920 true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth. 1632 01:34:21.439 --> 01:34:25.119 But the Father is seeking such to worship him. God 1633 01:34:25.199 --> 01:34:28.399 is spirit, and those who worship him must worship in 1634 01:34:28.479 --> 01:34:32.880 spirit and truth. Jesus speaks of worshiping in spirit and truth, 1635 01:34:32.880 --> 01:34:33.640 emphasizes his. 1636 01:34:33.600 --> 01:34:41.359 Heart and authentically in worship. HM. So we'll go a 1637 01:34:41.399 --> 01:34:46.680 little further back. So, like we Steve, you are a prophet. 1638 01:34:46.680 --> 01:34:47.159 Our Father is. 1639 01:34:47.119 --> 01:34:49.000 Worshiped on this mountain, and you Jews say that in 1640 01:34:49.119 --> 01:34:50.920 Jerusalem is the place that you ought to worship. 1641 01:34:51.000 --> 01:34:51.880 What is this? This is a. 1642 01:34:54.079 --> 01:34:58.640 The Samaritan woman who meets her Messiah. Okay, that's what 1643 01:34:58.680 --> 01:35:02.439 that's about. So that's John four twenty through twenty four. 1644 01:35:02.439 --> 01:35:05.159 We just read where it says, woman, believe me, the 1645 01:35:05.199 --> 01:35:08.479 hour is coming when you will neither that, when you 1646 01:35:08.479 --> 01:35:11.600 will neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem worship the Father. 1647 01:35:12.119 --> 01:35:17.399 You worship what you do not know? You know what we. 1648 01:35:17.439 --> 01:35:19.920 Worship for salvation is of the Jews. But the hour 1649 01:35:20.000 --> 01:35:22.560 is coming, and now is when the true worshipers will 1650 01:35:22.560 --> 01:35:25.199 worship the Father and spirit and truth. For the Father 1651 01:35:25.319 --> 01:35:28.159 is seeking such to worship him. God is Spirit and 1652 01:35:28.199 --> 01:35:31.000 those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth. 1653 01:35:31.000 --> 01:35:33.239 The woman said to him, I know the Messiah is coming, 1654 01:35:34.680 --> 01:35:37.520 who is called Christ. When he comes, he will tell 1655 01:35:37.600 --> 01:35:40.560 us all things. Jesus said to her, I who speak 1656 01:35:41.439 --> 01:35:42.960 to you, am he. 1657 01:35:43.680 --> 01:35:47.319 Wow. How powerful is that? Can you imagine being that woman? 1658 01:35:47.359 --> 01:35:52.600 You'd be like, oh, I just met the Messiah right now? Wow? Awesome? 1659 01:35:52.720 --> 01:35:55.880 So anyways, all right, so now we're gonna go ahead 1660 01:35:55.920 --> 01:36:02.720 and go over tewod Samuel seven introduction. Second Samuel seven 1661 01:36:02.760 --> 01:36:08.439 provides a profound message about God's grace, promises, and sovereignty. 1662 01:36:09.119 --> 01:36:12.279 David's humility and receiving God's promise is an example for 1663 01:36:12.439 --> 01:36:17.000 all believers. Instead of insisting on his initial plan, David 1664 01:36:17.119 --> 01:36:23.840 humbly accepts God's plan, showing true obedience. This narrative also 1665 01:36:23.880 --> 01:36:27.960 emphasizes the enduring love of God, who establishes a covenant 1666 01:36:27.960 --> 01:36:31.000 with David that leads to the salvation of mankind through 1667 01:36:31.079 --> 01:36:40.760 Jesus Christ. All right, so let's go ahead and Second 1668 01:36:40.760 --> 01:36:44.479 Samuel seven eight. That's twelve to thirteen, so my notes 1669 01:36:44.520 --> 01:36:47.640 won't start till then. Okay, we'll go ahead and read this, 1670 01:36:47.640 --> 01:36:51.159 says God's covenant with David. Now it came to pass 1671 01:36:51.239 --> 01:36:53.479 when the king this is second Samuel seven, verse one. 1672 01:36:53.560 --> 01:36:56.119 To see you, guys, if you're following along. Now it 1673 01:36:56.159 --> 01:36:58.600 came to pass when the king was dwelling in his house, 1674 01:36:58.680 --> 01:37:01.199 and the Lord had given him for all his enemies 1675 01:37:01.199 --> 01:37:04.079 all around that the king said to Nathan the prophet, 1676 01:37:04.600 --> 01:37:07.159 see now I dwell in a house of cedar, but 1677 01:37:07.239 --> 01:37:09.840 the ark of David, but the Ark of God dwells 1678 01:37:09.840 --> 01:37:15.119 inside tent curtains. Then Nathan said to the King, go 1679 01:37:15.359 --> 01:37:20.520 and so I know what part this is. Go do 1680 01:37:20.640 --> 01:37:23.159 all that is in your heart, for the Lord is 1681 01:37:23.199 --> 01:37:25.640 with you. But it happened that night that the word 1682 01:37:25.680 --> 01:37:27.640 of the Lord came to Nathan's saying, go and tell 1683 01:37:27.680 --> 01:37:28.560 my servant David. 1684 01:37:28.600 --> 01:37:31.239 Thus says the Lord, would you build a house for 1685 01:37:31.359 --> 01:37:32.079 me to dwell in? 1686 01:37:34.119 --> 01:37:36.239 For I have not dwelt in a house since the 1687 01:37:36.279 --> 01:37:39.920 time that I brought the children of Israel up up 1688 01:37:39.920 --> 01:37:44.840 from Egypt, even to this day, but not but have 1689 01:37:45.000 --> 01:37:47.279 moved about in a tent, in a tabernacle. 1690 01:37:47.319 --> 01:37:50.800 Wherever I have moved about with all the children of Israel. 1691 01:37:50.880 --> 01:37:52.800 Here I have ever spoken a word to anyone from 1692 01:37:52.800 --> 01:37:55.319 the tribes of Israel whom I command to shepherd my 1693 01:37:55.359 --> 01:37:58.399 people Israel, saying, why have you built me a house 1694 01:37:58.439 --> 01:38:02.359 of cedar? For thus shall you say to my servant David, 1695 01:38:02.399 --> 01:38:04.479 Thus says the Lord of Hosts, I took you from 1696 01:38:04.520 --> 01:38:08.920 the sheepfold, from the following, from following the sheep, to 1697 01:38:09.000 --> 01:38:11.520 be the ruler of my people over Israel. And I 1698 01:38:11.600 --> 01:38:13.840 have been with you wherever you have gone, and have 1699 01:38:13.960 --> 01:38:16.920 cut off all your enemies before you, and have made 1700 01:38:17.000 --> 01:38:19.239 you a great name, like the name of the great 1701 01:38:19.279 --> 01:38:21.079 men who are on the earth. 1702 01:38:21.560 --> 01:38:22.520 Moreover, I will. 1703 01:38:22.319 --> 01:38:25.279 Appoint a place for my people Israel, and will plant 1704 01:38:25.319 --> 01:38:27.760 them that they may dwell in a place of their 1705 01:38:27.760 --> 01:38:30.880 own and move no more, nor shall the sons of 1706 01:38:30.920 --> 01:38:34.079 wickedness oppress them anymore as previously. Since that time I 1707 01:38:34.159 --> 01:38:36.920 commanded judges to be over my people Israel, and have 1708 01:38:37.039 --> 01:38:40.560 caused you to wrest from all your enemies. Also, the 1709 01:38:40.600 --> 01:38:43.640 Lord tells you he will make you a house. All right, 1710 01:38:43.720 --> 01:38:47.960 So let's go ahead and stop there. God's sovereignty and initiative, 1711 01:38:48.079 --> 01:38:51.319 so God reminds David in two Samuel seven, verse eight, 1712 01:38:51.920 --> 01:38:54.479 I took you from the pastor from following the flock. 1713 01:38:54.319 --> 01:38:55.600 To be a ruler of my people. 1714 01:38:56.000 --> 01:39:01.000 This highlights God's sovereign choice and initiative and established and 1715 01:39:01.119 --> 01:39:06.479 establishing David's kingship. And then we're going to talk about 1716 01:39:06.520 --> 01:39:11.079 the Dividic Covenant right here. In UH two Samuel seven, 1717 01:39:11.239 --> 01:39:15.680 verse twelve, it says, when your days are fulfilled and 1718 01:39:15.720 --> 01:39:17.720 you rest with your fathers, I will set up a 1719 01:39:17.800 --> 01:39:21.199 seed after you, who will come from your body and 1720 01:39:21.239 --> 01:39:24.359 will establish his kingdom. He shall build a house for 1721 01:39:24.479 --> 01:39:26.880 my name, and I will establish the throne of his 1722 01:39:27.039 --> 01:39:32.079 kingdom forever. I will be okay, So that there it 1723 01:39:32.119 --> 01:39:34.119 is right there, So it says I will be his father, 1724 01:39:34.199 --> 01:39:37.520 and he shall be my son. If he commits iniquity, 1725 01:39:37.600 --> 01:39:39.800 I will chasten him with the rod of men, and 1726 01:39:39.840 --> 01:39:43.079 the and the blows of sons of men. But my 1727 01:39:43.239 --> 01:39:45.920 mercy shall not depart from him, as I took it 1728 01:39:45.960 --> 01:39:48.880 from Saul, whom I removed from before you, and your 1729 01:39:48.880 --> 01:39:51.920 house and your kingdom shall be established forever before you. 1730 01:39:51.920 --> 01:39:56.640 Your throne shall be established forever. Wow. Okay, according to 1731 01:39:56.720 --> 01:40:00.800 all these words and according to to to this vision. 1732 01:40:00.880 --> 01:40:04.359 So Nathan spoke to David all right. The Davidic Covenant 1733 01:40:05.000 --> 01:40:07.800 and verses twelve and thirteen state, when your days are 1734 01:40:07.840 --> 01:40:11.399 fulfilled and you rest with your fathers, I will raise 1735 01:40:11.479 --> 01:40:14.880 up an offspring after you, who will come from your body, 1736 01:40:15.039 --> 01:40:17.399 and I will establish his kingdom. He will build a 1737 01:40:17.439 --> 01:40:20.000 house from my name, and I will establish the throne 1738 01:40:20.199 --> 01:40:23.760 of his kingdom forever. The covenant promises to the eternal 1739 01:40:23.840 --> 01:40:29.000 dynasty through David's lineage. All right, So, the Davidic Covenant 1740 01:40:29.279 --> 01:40:32.520 signifies a biblical promise found in the Old Testament, establishing 1741 01:40:32.520 --> 01:40:34.800 God's enduring commitment to King David. 1742 01:40:34.560 --> 01:40:35.600 And his descendants. 1743 01:40:36.000 --> 01:40:40.760 This covenant is a foundational to understanding the Messianic expectations 1744 01:40:41.119 --> 01:40:44.520 and the unfolding of God's redemptive plan through the lineage 1745 01:40:44.520 --> 01:40:48.640 of David. The Davidic Covenant is primarily articulated in Second 1746 01:40:48.720 --> 01:40:52.720 Samuel seven verses twelve through sixteen, and also First Chronicles 1747 01:40:52.800 --> 01:40:59.239 seventeen eleven to fourteen and Second Samuel seven verses twelve 1748 01:40:59.279 --> 01:41:02.159 through thirteen. God promises David, when your days are fulfilled 1749 01:41:02.479 --> 01:41:04.439 and you rested your fathers, I will raise up your 1750 01:41:04.439 --> 01:41:06.760 offspring after you, and you will come upon your own body, 1751 01:41:06.760 --> 01:41:08.760 and I will establish his kingdom. He will be the 1752 01:41:08.760 --> 01:41:11.840 house and for my name. Now I will establish the 1753 01:41:11.920 --> 01:41:15.479 throne of his kingdom forever. This covenant assures David that 1754 01:41:15.560 --> 01:41:18.520 his lineage will continue and his throne will be established 1755 01:41:18.560 --> 01:41:24.960 eternally perpetual dynasty. The covenant guarantees that David's descendants will 1756 01:41:25.319 --> 01:41:29.479 have a long lasting dynasty. This promise is not merely temporal, 1757 01:41:29.520 --> 01:41:32.920 but extends into eternity, suggesting a future fulfillment beyond the 1758 01:41:33.000 --> 01:41:37.920 immediate successor of David divine sonship and tewod Samuel seven, 1759 01:41:38.000 --> 01:41:40.800 verse fourteen. God declares, I will be his father, and 1760 01:41:40.840 --> 01:41:44.479 he will be my son. This establishes a unique relationship 1761 01:41:44.479 --> 01:41:48.640 between God and the Davidic king, foreshadowing the ultimate fulfillment 1762 01:41:48.760 --> 01:41:51.399 in Jesus Christ, who is both the son of David 1763 01:41:51.520 --> 01:41:54.880 and the son of God. This is a great prophecy 1764 01:41:54.880 --> 01:41:59.199 for people to understand, okay, unconditional promise. Unlike the other 1765 01:41:59.279 --> 01:42:04.399 covenant that may have conditional elements, the Dividic Covenant is 1766 01:42:04.479 --> 01:42:08.800 presented as an unconditional promise from God. Despite the failures 1767 01:42:08.840 --> 01:42:12.479 and sins of David's descendants, God's commitment to his covenant 1768 01:42:12.520 --> 01:42:18.399 remains steadfast Messianic expectation. The promise of an eternal kingdom 1769 01:42:18.399 --> 01:42:21.880 through David's line sets the state for the Messianic hope 1770 01:42:21.920 --> 01:42:24.279 that pre eminates. 1771 01:42:24.319 --> 01:42:25.319 The Old Testament. 1772 01:42:27.600 --> 01:42:31.279 Prophets like Isaiah and Jeremiah echo this expectation for shouting 1773 01:42:31.359 --> 01:42:35.239 a future king who will reign with justice and righteousness. 1774 01:42:35.479 --> 01:42:39.600 Isaiah nine verses six through seven, Jeremiah twenty three, verses 1775 01:42:39.600 --> 01:42:40.560 five through six. 1776 01:42:40.680 --> 01:42:43.239 Okay fulfillment in Christ. 1777 01:42:43.359 --> 01:42:46.720 The New Testament writers identify Jesus Christ as the ultimate 1778 01:42:46.760 --> 01:42:50.199 fulfillment of the Dividic Covenant, and Luke won Verses thirty 1779 01:42:50.199 --> 01:42:53.279 two through thirty three, the angel Gabriel announces to marry. 1780 01:42:53.359 --> 01:42:55.079 He will be great, and he will be called the 1781 01:42:55.119 --> 01:42:58.279 Son of the Most High. The Lord God will give 1782 01:42:58.359 --> 01:43:02.720 him the throne of his father David, and he will 1783 01:43:02.760 --> 01:43:05.840 reign over the House of Jacob forever. His kingdom will 1784 01:43:05.880 --> 01:43:08.680 never end. Jesus as the descendant of David, who fills 1785 01:43:08.680 --> 01:43:11.640 this promise in an eternal kingdom, establishing his reign through 1786 01:43:11.680 --> 01:43:16.279 his death, resurrection, and ascension. Theological significance the Dividic Covenant 1787 01:43:16.319 --> 01:43:19.399 underscores God's sovereignty and faithfulness, and as a redemptive plan, 1788 01:43:19.920 --> 01:43:25.800 it highlights the continually continuity of God's promise from the 1789 01:43:25.840 --> 01:43:32.479 Old Testament to the New Testament, culmiating culminating into the 1790 01:43:32.600 --> 01:43:35.319 person and the work of Jesus Christ. This covenant assures 1791 01:43:35.359 --> 01:43:39.159 believers of the certainty of God's promise and the ultimate 1792 01:43:39.239 --> 01:43:44.880 victory of his kingdom. Okay, very very important that we 1793 01:43:45.039 --> 01:43:51.479 understand that, and then let's go ahead and continue. Or actually, 1794 01:43:51.520 --> 01:43:54.199 in verse sixteen, God assures David, your house and your 1795 01:43:54.239 --> 01:43:57.000 kingdom will reign forever before me, and your throwne will 1796 01:43:57.000 --> 01:44:00.960 be established forever. This understores God's unwavering faithfulness to his promises. 1797 01:44:01.960 --> 01:44:04.359 And let's go out and see what David's response is 1798 01:44:04.399 --> 01:44:10.760 to God for saying this. We're going to read eighteen 1799 01:44:10.880 --> 01:44:13.920 through twenty four here. Then King David went in and 1800 01:44:13.960 --> 01:44:16.439 sat before the Lord, and he said, who am i, 1801 01:44:16.800 --> 01:44:19.319 o Lord God? And what is my house that you 1802 01:44:19.359 --> 01:44:22.159 have brought me this far? And yet this is a 1803 01:44:22.199 --> 01:44:24.640 small thing in your sight, O Lord God. And you 1804 01:44:24.680 --> 01:44:27.600 have also spoken of your servant's house for a while 1805 01:44:28.359 --> 01:44:32.159 to come. Is this the manner of man, o Lord God? 1806 01:44:33.840 --> 01:44:36.600 Now what more can David say to you? For you, 1807 01:44:37.000 --> 01:44:40.079 Lord God, know your servant for your words sake, and 1808 01:44:40.119 --> 01:44:42.560 according to your own heart, you have done all these 1809 01:44:42.600 --> 01:44:46.159 great things to make your servant known them. Your servant 1810 01:44:46.239 --> 01:44:49.960 know them. Therefore, you are great, o Lord God. For 1811 01:44:50.079 --> 01:44:53.000 there is none like you, nor is there any god 1812 01:44:53.079 --> 01:44:58.359 besides you, according to all you have heard with your ears, 1813 01:44:58.880 --> 01:45:01.600 and who is like your peace, people like Israel, the 1814 01:45:01.640 --> 01:45:04.159 one nation on the earth whom God went to redeem 1815 01:45:04.279 --> 01:45:07.600 for himself as a people, to make for himself a name. 1816 01:45:08.119 --> 01:45:13.520 To do for yourself great and awesome deeds for your 1817 01:45:13.600 --> 01:45:17.920 land before your people, whom you redeem for yourself from Egypt, 1818 01:45:17.960 --> 01:45:21.880 the nations and their gods. For you have made your people, Israel, 1819 01:45:21.960 --> 01:45:24.840 your very own people forever, You Lord. 1820 01:45:24.960 --> 01:45:28.199 Have become their God. Very interesting. 1821 01:45:28.840 --> 01:45:33.479 David's response is going to be talked as Helmer. Response 1822 01:45:33.800 --> 01:45:37.279 actually continues from twenty five to twenty nine. Let's continue 1823 01:45:38.680 --> 01:45:42.399 two Samuel seven, verse twenty five. Now, oh Lord God, 1824 01:45:42.479 --> 01:45:46.399 the word which you have spoken concerning your servant and 1825 01:45:46.439 --> 01:45:50.319 concerning his house, establish it forever, and do as you 1826 01:45:50.319 --> 01:45:53.079 have said. So let your name be magnified forever, saying, 1827 01:45:53.119 --> 01:45:56.600 the Lord of Hosts is the God over Israel. And 1828 01:45:56.680 --> 01:45:59.439 let the house of your servant David be established before you. 1829 01:45:59.800 --> 01:46:02.199 For you, o, Lord of Hosts, God of Israel, have 1830 01:46:02.520 --> 01:46:05.800 revealed this to your servant, saying, I will I will 1831 01:46:05.800 --> 01:46:08.479 build a I will build you a house before your 1832 01:46:08.520 --> 01:46:11.760 servant has fought found in his heart to pray this 1833 01:46:11.840 --> 01:46:16.399 prayer to you. And now, O Lord God, you are God, 1834 01:46:17.239 --> 01:46:19.640 and your words are true, and you have promised this 1835 01:46:19.840 --> 01:46:23.359 goodness to your servant. Now, therefore, let it please you. 1836 01:46:25.600 --> 01:46:28.000 Let it please you to bless the house of your servant, 1837 01:46:28.800 --> 01:46:31.640 that it may continue before you forever. For you, O 1838 01:46:31.760 --> 01:46:34.760 Lord God, have spoken it with your blessing. Let the 1839 01:46:34.800 --> 01:46:39.880 house of your servant be blessed forever. So great responses 1840 01:46:39.880 --> 01:46:42.960 there that David had, And let's go ahead and check 1841 01:46:43.000 --> 01:46:44.279 out my notes and see what it says. 1842 01:46:45.039 --> 01:46:46.119 David, the second. 1843 01:46:45.920 --> 01:46:48.520 King of Israel, is renowned not only for his military 1844 01:46:48.520 --> 01:46:52.039 proudness and leadership, but also has profound humility before God. 1845 01:46:52.920 --> 01:46:56.760 This humility is most vividly illustrated in several key events 1846 01:46:56.800 --> 01:47:02.039 throughout his life. As recorded in the Old Testament. Is 1847 01:47:02.079 --> 01:47:06.680 anointed anointed by Samuel. David's journey to kingship began with 1848 01:47:06.720 --> 01:47:09.640 a humble beginning, when the prophet Samuel was sent by 1849 01:47:09.640 --> 01:47:12.880 God to anoint a new king from the sons of Jesse. 1850 01:47:13.079 --> 01:47:16.159 David was initially overlooked. He was the youngest tending sheep 1851 01:47:16.199 --> 01:47:20.079 in the fields, while his older brothers were presented to Samuel. However, 1852 01:47:20.159 --> 01:47:23.880 God instructed Samuel, do not consider his appearance for his height, 1853 01:47:23.960 --> 01:47:25.199 for I have rejected him. 1854 01:47:25.680 --> 01:47:26.479 The Lord. 1855 01:47:28.199 --> 01:47:32.359 Does not see a man as man does, for man 1856 01:47:32.439 --> 01:47:34.760 sees the outward appearance, but the Lord sees the heart. 1857 01:47:35.279 --> 01:47:38.319 David's anoying was a testament to his heart's humility and 1858 01:47:38.399 --> 01:47:42.520 God's favor upon him. And then even when David went 1859 01:47:42.560 --> 01:47:45.880 against Goliath, David's humility is further exemplified to his encounter 1860 01:47:45.920 --> 01:47:49.319 with Golias. Despite being a young shepherd, David volunteered to 1861 01:47:49.319 --> 01:47:52.800 fight the Philistine giant not out of arrogance, but with 1862 01:47:52.920 --> 01:47:56.840 faith in God's deliverance. He declared to Goliath, you come 1863 01:47:56.840 --> 01:47:58.960 against me with the sword and spear and javelin, But 1864 01:47:59.000 --> 01:48:00.800 I come against you in the name of the Lord 1865 01:48:00.800 --> 01:48:03.520 of Hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom 1866 01:48:03.560 --> 01:48:07.479 you have defied on Samuel seventeen, verse forty five. David's 1867 01:48:07.520 --> 01:48:10.920 alliance on God, rather than his strength, underscords his humble spirit, 1868 01:48:11.880 --> 01:48:15.079 sparing Saul's life. We talked about that before the Ark 1869 01:48:15.079 --> 01:48:16.880 of the Covenant. When David brought the Ark of the 1870 01:48:16.880 --> 01:48:19.680 Covenant Jerusalem, he did so with great humility and joy, 1871 01:48:20.079 --> 01:48:22.359 he danced before the Lord with all his might, wearing 1872 01:48:22.359 --> 01:48:25.880 a linen epot, a simple garment. His wife, Pucalled criticized 1873 01:48:25.920 --> 01:48:28.279 him for this, but David responded, it was before the 1874 01:48:28.319 --> 01:48:31.800 Lord who chose me, rather than your father, to anyone 1875 01:48:32.720 --> 01:48:36.119 or anyone from his house, when he appointed me ruler 1876 01:48:36.159 --> 01:48:39.520 over the Lord of Israel, or over the Lord the 1877 01:48:39.520 --> 01:48:43.039 Lord's people Israel. I will celebrate before the Lord Tewod 1878 01:48:43.039 --> 01:48:46.880 Samuel six, verse twenty one. David's willingness to humble, to 1879 01:48:46.960 --> 01:48:50.800 humble himself and worship regardless of other's opinions, demonstrates his 1880 01:48:50.880 --> 01:48:53.000 devotion and humility before the Lord. 1881 01:48:54.800 --> 01:48:55.279 And then. 1882 01:48:57.800 --> 01:49:01.399 David's humility is perhaps most poignantly displayed in his response 1883 01:49:01.439 --> 01:49:05.319 to his own sin, which we're going to read later. 1884 01:49:06.000 --> 01:49:10.079 But after his adultery with Bathsheba and the arranged death 1885 01:49:10.079 --> 01:49:14.399 of her husband or Uriah, the prophet Nathan confronted David. 1886 01:49:14.520 --> 01:49:17.439 Unlike many kings who might react with denial or anger, 1887 01:49:17.520 --> 01:49:21.279 David immediately confess, I have sinned against the Lord Tewod 1888 01:49:21.279 --> 01:49:25.800 Samuel twelve, verse thirteen. His heart felt repentance is further 1889 01:49:25.920 --> 01:49:28.560 captured in Psalms fifty one, where he pleads for mercy 1890 01:49:29.079 --> 01:49:32.319 and cleansing, acknowledging his transgression and seeking the pure heart, 1891 01:49:33.079 --> 01:49:38.359 and then census and plague. In another instance, David decisioned 1892 01:49:38.359 --> 01:49:42.000 to conduct a census of Israel brought God's displeasure, resulting 1893 01:49:42.039 --> 01:49:44.159 in a plague recognizing his error. I don't really want 1894 01:49:44.199 --> 01:49:45.560 to talk about that because that's going to kind of 1895 01:49:45.600 --> 01:49:47.960 ruin it. It's going to be in Second Samuel twenty four, 1896 01:49:48.039 --> 01:49:52.680 verse ten. So David's life, marked by moments of profound humility, 1897 01:49:53.119 --> 01:49:55.840 serves as a powerful example of a heart aligned with 1898 01:49:55.920 --> 01:49:59.920 God's will. His responses to both triumph and failure really 1899 01:50:00.079 --> 01:50:03.600 deep seated reverence for God and a commitment to righteousness, 1900 01:50:04.079 --> 01:50:08.560 making him a man after God's own heart. Okay, So 1901 01:50:08.920 --> 01:50:10.119 just want to go over that for. 1902 01:50:10.159 --> 01:50:11.960 You guys, about David. 1903 01:50:12.079 --> 01:50:14.520 So when we read further, you're going to see that. 1904 01:50:14.960 --> 01:50:18.239 So that's going to be the end of chapter seven, 1905 01:50:18.319 --> 01:50:22.479 and this will be the end of tonight's for you guys, 1906 01:50:22.560 --> 01:50:26.319 maybe day or night tonight's study. But I will go 1907 01:50:26.359 --> 01:50:28.119 over a few things before we end. I'm going to 1908 01:50:28.159 --> 01:50:30.479 go over some teaching points, and then I'll go over 1909 01:50:30.560 --> 01:50:33.399 some additional scriptures. That connect, and then I will go 1910 01:50:33.399 --> 01:50:37.159 over some prayer to end the show. So God's sovereignty 1911 01:50:37.199 --> 01:50:41.159 and initiative. So and second Samuel seven, verse eight, God 1912 01:50:41.199 --> 01:50:43.880 reminds David, I took you from the pastor from following 1913 01:50:43.920 --> 01:50:46.560 the flock to be a ruler over my people Israel. 1914 01:50:46.960 --> 01:50:49.680 This highlights, Oh, you know what, I'm so sorry. I'm 1915 01:50:49.680 --> 01:50:53.079 doing teaching points instead of practical applications. There all right, 1916 01:50:53.119 --> 01:50:56.359 We're gonna do practical applications trusting God's promises. Just as 1917 01:50:56.399 --> 01:51:01.079 God was faithful to the David, we can trust in 1918 01:51:01.119 --> 01:51:04.359 his promises for our lives, knowing that He is sovereign 1919 01:51:04.399 --> 01:51:06.359 and his plans are perfect. 1920 01:51:06.399 --> 01:51:06.760 Okay. 1921 01:51:07.279 --> 01:51:11.279 Another practical application would be embraced humility. Like David, we 1922 01:51:11.279 --> 01:51:15.159 should approach God with humility, recognizing that we all have 1923 01:51:15.399 --> 01:51:20.399 and are, recognizing that all we have and are is 1924 01:51:20.439 --> 01:51:25.239 because of His grace. Next is legacy of faith. Consider 1925 01:51:25.319 --> 01:51:28.920 the legacy you are building. Are you investing in things 1926 01:51:28.920 --> 01:51:32.399 that have eternal significance like faith and obedience to God? 1927 01:51:33.239 --> 01:51:35.680 Like I said, we need to invest in eternal significance, 1928 01:51:35.720 --> 01:51:39.199 meaning we need to invest in our time, our efforts, 1929 01:51:39.359 --> 01:51:43.239 everything in the Kingdom of God, not in the Kingdom 1930 01:51:43.239 --> 01:51:45.840 of Josh, which is my name, right, not the Kingdom 1931 01:51:45.880 --> 01:51:47.960 of Josh, or not the Kingdom of Mary, or not 1932 01:51:48.039 --> 01:51:50.199 the Kingdom of Bill wherever's out there. 1933 01:51:50.239 --> 01:51:50.399 Right. 1934 01:51:50.439 --> 01:51:52.439 You want to build, we want to make sure we're 1935 01:51:52.479 --> 01:51:55.479 doing it in God's kingdom. So we seek God first. 1936 01:51:55.520 --> 01:51:58.439 Everything else will follow. Like I talked about earlier, a 1937 01:51:58.640 --> 01:52:02.119 legacy of faith. Consider the legacy you are building. Oh, 1938 01:52:02.119 --> 01:52:05.960 I already talked about that God's eternal kingdom. Reflect on 1939 01:52:06.000 --> 01:52:08.560 the eternal nature of God's kingdom and how our lives 1940 01:52:08.600 --> 01:52:13.800 can contribute to His purposes on earth. Okay, reflect on 1941 01:52:13.880 --> 01:52:16.000 God's eternal kingdom. Amen to that. 1942 01:52:16.920 --> 01:52:18.800 And then I'm gonna see if we have any additional 1943 01:52:18.840 --> 01:52:19.920 scriptures to connect. 1944 01:52:20.199 --> 01:52:24.279 Yes, we have. Psalms eighty nine, verses three through four. 1945 01:52:26.119 --> 01:52:28.680 I have made a covenant with my chosen one. I 1946 01:52:28.720 --> 01:52:31.359 have sworn to David, my servant, I will establish your 1947 01:52:31.399 --> 01:52:35.600 offspring forever and build up your throne for all generations. 1948 01:52:35.680 --> 01:52:39.159 That Psalms eighty nine, verses three through four. Let's make 1949 01:52:39.199 --> 01:52:42.359 sure that's it, because I don't know if that's the 1950 01:52:42.399 --> 01:52:44.119 full verse or explaining the verse. 1951 01:52:46.079 --> 01:52:49.600 Alright, let's look it up. Psalms eighty nine three through 1952 01:52:49.600 --> 01:52:56.079 four Psalms eighty nine. 1953 01:52:56.359 --> 01:52:58.680 Yes, that is, I have made a covenant with my 1954 01:52:58.840 --> 01:53:02.159 chosen borned to my servant, David, your seed, I will 1955 01:53:02.239 --> 01:53:06.840 establish forever and build up your throne to all generations. Okay, 1956 01:53:07.520 --> 01:53:10.720 Isaiah nine, verses six through seven, let's go there real quick. 1957 01:53:11.159 --> 01:53:14.840 It's another additional scripture to connect, which we talked a 1958 01:53:14.840 --> 01:53:18.279 little bit about earlier, but we didn't actually read the verse. 1959 01:53:18.439 --> 01:53:23.039 So we have Isaiah nine, verses six through seven. It says, 1960 01:53:22.640 --> 01:53:27.000 for unto us a child is born, unto us, a 1961 01:53:27.199 --> 01:53:30.119 son is given, and the government will be upon his shoulders, 1962 01:53:30.159 --> 01:53:34.279 and his name will be called wonderful counselor Mighty God, 1963 01:53:34.720 --> 01:53:39.399 everlasting Father and Prince of peace. Of the increase of 1964 01:53:39.439 --> 01:53:42.600 his government and peace, there will be no end upon 1965 01:53:42.640 --> 01:53:45.439 the throne of David and over his kingdom to order 1966 01:53:45.479 --> 01:53:48.680 it and establish it with judgment and justice from the 1967 01:53:48.760 --> 01:53:50.039 time that time. 1968 01:53:49.920 --> 01:53:51.800 Forward even forever. 1969 01:53:52.159 --> 01:53:55.119 The zeal of the Lord of Hosts will perform this 1970 01:53:56.439 --> 01:54:00.079 very very interesting versus there, speaking of Jesus. 1971 01:54:00.159 --> 01:54:04.520 Right, that's the son that's born. Okay. And then Luke 1972 01:54:04.600 --> 01:54:05.800 one twenty. 1973 01:54:05.760 --> 01:54:10.039 Thirty two through thirty thirty two through thirty three, the 1974 01:54:10.079 --> 01:54:13.720 Angel's announcement to Mary about Jesus' birth directly ties to 1975 01:54:13.760 --> 01:54:18.119 the Dividic Covenant affirming Jesus as the fulfillment of God's 1976 01:54:18.159 --> 01:54:21.199 promise to David. We already read that verse, so I 1977 01:54:21.239 --> 01:54:22.359 don't need to go over it again. 1978 01:54:22.920 --> 01:54:23.640 But yeah, so the. 1979 01:54:23.600 --> 01:54:27.239 Angels announced it to Mary. Very very interesting stuff and 1980 01:54:27.880 --> 01:54:28.479 I think it a. 1981 01:54:34.159 --> 01:54:34.439 Yeah. 1982 01:54:34.479 --> 01:54:37.359 So really appreciate you guys listening. Let me go ahead 1983 01:54:37.359 --> 01:54:41.159 and stop the screen show real quick, so I appreciate 1984 01:54:41.159 --> 01:54:43.760 you guys. I had a very very long day. I 1985 01:54:43.840 --> 01:54:47.720 woke up this morning at six thirty. I drove all 1986 01:54:47.720 --> 01:54:49.439 the way out to LA to do this show. It 1987 01:54:49.439 --> 01:54:52.159 took me about two hours to get there. So I 1988 01:54:52.199 --> 01:54:55.520 went there from I left at seven in the morning. 1989 01:54:55.560 --> 01:54:59.359 I got there about nine fifteen. I recorded a show 1990 01:54:59.520 --> 01:55:03.560 from about nine thirty all the way to twelve o'clock, 1991 01:55:03.680 --> 01:55:06.359 so it was a long show. And then I drove 1992 01:55:06.720 --> 01:55:11.199 from LA from twelve thirty all the way to three o'clock. 1993 01:55:11.560 --> 01:55:13.079 Took me like two and a half three hours to 1994 01:55:13.079 --> 01:55:16.279 get home, like three ten. I go home, and then 1995 01:55:17.000 --> 01:55:18.439 when I got home, I had to make sure I 1996 01:55:18.479 --> 01:55:20.640 fed my kids, take care of my kids because my 1997 01:55:20.680 --> 01:55:23.399 wife was like, you be gone. All day, so I 1998 01:55:23.640 --> 01:55:26.079 have to handle business. So it's been a very long day. 1999 01:55:26.640 --> 01:55:30.279 Praise the Lord that God allows me to be on 2000 01:55:30.319 --> 01:55:32.800 these other shows and to have the. 2001 01:55:34.399 --> 01:55:35.359 To have the energy. 2002 01:55:35.600 --> 01:55:38.600 Right now, I'm at the very last of my energy 2003 01:55:39.199 --> 01:55:40.720 and you guys got the very last of it. 2004 01:55:40.760 --> 01:55:42.920 But hey, you know what, at least I got to 2005 01:55:42.920 --> 01:55:44.600 read the Bible to you guys, and we had what 2006 01:55:44.720 --> 01:55:45.479 a great study. 2007 01:55:46.239 --> 01:55:48.600 And then I also have a podcast tomorrow at six 2008 01:55:48.640 --> 01:55:52.239 in the morning, and then I have a podcast tomorrow. 2009 01:55:52.000 --> 01:55:52.680 Night at nine. 2010 01:55:53.000 --> 01:55:56.680 So this is a very busy weekend, you know, very 2011 01:55:56.720 --> 01:56:00.720 busy weekend. So anyways, I really appreciate you tuning in, 2012 01:56:01.159 --> 01:56:04.000 and like I always do, let's go ahead and pray, 2013 01:56:05.079 --> 01:56:07.079 Father God in the name of Jesus, thank you so 2014 01:56:07.159 --> 01:56:09.399 much for blessing me with a glorious day. Thank you 2015 01:56:09.479 --> 01:56:12.760 for keeping me safe while I was driving on the freeway. 2016 01:56:13.239 --> 01:56:17.479 The LA traffic can be horrendous and people drive crazy, 2017 01:56:17.520 --> 01:56:18.279 so thank you for that. 2018 01:56:18.319 --> 01:56:18.920 Lord. 2019 01:56:19.720 --> 01:56:21.800 We also want to give you thanksgiving. Thank you so 2020 01:56:21.880 --> 01:56:25.199 much for allowing us to speak to you. 2021 01:56:25.239 --> 01:56:25.439 Lord. 2022 01:56:25.720 --> 01:56:28.439 Sometimes we take your holiness for granted, and we take 2023 01:56:28.479 --> 01:56:30.880 the fact that we could pray to you for granted. 2024 01:56:31.399 --> 01:56:34.560 And please assist us to pray to you, and also 2025 01:56:34.800 --> 01:56:39.840 assist us into being humble and appreciate the fact that 2026 01:56:39.880 --> 01:56:41.640 we could pray to you, Lord, because it's such a 2027 01:56:41.640 --> 01:56:44.520 blessing for us to do so, and for you to 2028 01:56:44.560 --> 01:56:46.760 give your only begotten son to die on the cross 2029 01:56:46.800 --> 01:56:51.399 for us to be our high priest is just amazing. 2030 01:56:51.439 --> 01:56:51.640 You know. 2031 01:56:51.720 --> 01:56:56.239 To have that gap between us, the holiness of You 2032 01:56:57.039 --> 01:57:01.640 and us is so large gap. And to have Jesus 2033 01:57:01.760 --> 01:57:06.720 kind of be the mediator between us and you, Lord 2034 01:57:06.840 --> 01:57:09.399 is just amazing. We appreciate that, and there was a 2035 01:57:09.479 --> 01:57:11.920 need for it, and we appreciate living in these times 2036 01:57:11.960 --> 01:57:14.560 where we're able to speak to you, Lord. And I 2037 01:57:14.640 --> 01:57:16.880 just want to ask anybody that's going through any issues 2038 01:57:16.920 --> 01:57:19.680 with their wife or with their husband, Lord, be there 2039 01:57:19.840 --> 01:57:23.560 for them. Lord, please, because supernaturally, because right now the 2040 01:57:23.640 --> 01:57:25.439 times are very tough for a lot of people. 2041 01:57:26.000 --> 01:57:26.760 I get a lot of. 2042 01:57:26.720 --> 01:57:30.199 Messages here and there about issues, and I just want 2043 01:57:30.239 --> 01:57:32.000 to ask you right now, Lord to please take care 2044 01:57:32.000 --> 01:57:35.039 of them. And also anybody that's going through radiation, like 2045 01:57:35.159 --> 01:57:37.640 Jay his dad, I just want to pray for his 2046 01:57:37.800 --> 01:57:40.760 dad and Lord, puts your healing hand over him and 2047 01:57:41.680 --> 01:57:44.560 keep him safe and keep him comforted during these times, 2048 01:57:45.279 --> 01:57:47.560 and everybody else out there that's listening if they have 2049 01:57:47.560 --> 01:57:51.119 any issues with sin. Lord, please help us to be 2050 01:57:51.199 --> 01:57:54.239 obedient to you, Lord, and help us to have the 2051 01:57:54.319 --> 01:57:57.359 right scriptures to say when we're being tempted by the devil. 2052 01:57:58.079 --> 01:58:00.960 Help us, Lord, please, we need you. We appreciate everything 2053 01:58:01.000 --> 01:58:02.560 you do, and we love you in Jesus name. 2054 01:58:02.640 --> 01:58:03.039 Amen. 2055 01:58:03.760 --> 01:58:06.159 Thank you guys so much for tuning in. Really appreciate 2056 01:58:06.199 --> 01:58:08.680 you guys, and God bless you have a wonderful day 2057 01:58:08.680 --> 01:58:09.439 and a wonderful night.