2079- 2nd Samuel 5-6. KING DAVID’S
RULE and some comments on world affairs.
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This week I
want to cover the rule of King David- we read his story in 1st, 2nd
Samuel- let’s just hit on 2 chapters.
2nd
Samuel 5-6.
David was
the top military commander for king Saul- Israel’s first king.
He led the people
into battle and was a revered warrior.
The people
began to see David as the real leader of the country- and this stirred up
jealousy in Saul.
Saul makes a
few attempts to kill David and David eventually starts his own rebellion with
about 400 men.
These initial
troops are made up of the dregs of society- they have complaints against the
ruling king- and they decide to take up arms and go their own way.
Over time
David is anointed king- and he consolidates his kingdom- takes the ‘city of
Zion’ [the main base- Jerusalem] and establishes his reign.
When we did
our overview of the bible we talked about the tabernacle of Moses- which was a
sort of tent system that the people had during their wilderness journeys.
This tent
had the Ark of the Covenant- a box that held the 10 commandments- inside a 2
room structure called the Holy Place.
In the back
room- called the Holy of Holies- the Ark rested.
It
represented Gods presence among the people.
The room
with the Ark could only be entered into one time a year- the high priest would
go in on the Day of Atonement and put the blood of the sacrifice on the lid of
the ark- called the Mercy Seat.
This whole
system was a type of the Old Covenant law- that men were separated from God [there
was a thick veil that separated the 2 rooms of the tabernacle] and the blood on
the Mercy Seat was a type of the future Blood of Christ that is called the Propitiation-
the same word that describes the Mercy Seat.
So- in the
day of David this Ark was stolen- the Philistines had taken it- and David- a
type of Christ- recovers the Ark and brings it back to Jerusalem.
David sets
the Ark up under his own tent- called the tent/tabernacle of David.
He puts on a
linen Ephod [a garment that only priests could wear] and he makes sacrifices [something
only priests were allowed to do] and he has all these worshipers playing
instruments and singing songs to God around this open tent that had the Ark in full
view of all the people.
This whole
system of David’s Tabernacle was a complete violation of the rules pertaining
to the Tabernacle of Moses.
How did
David get away with this?
God was
picturing the true rule of Christ- that was a kingdom that would do away with
the veil of the temple- and would allow open access to the presence of God
under the reign of Christ.
When Jesus
was crucified the bible says ‘the veil of the temple was ripped in 2- from the
top to the bottom’.
So what we see
in David’s rule is a type of the open access we have with God because of the
rule of Jesus.
There are
not a lot of scriptures on this- but there is some indication that the Tabernacle
of Moses was still standing- in another city- at the same time that the
Tabernacle of David had the Ark.
This would
be a type of the 2 covenants- the Law came thru Moses- but grace and truth came
thru Christ.
So- Moses
tabernacle was a type of the Old law- absent the true presence of Christ [the
Ark was not there anymore].
And David
had the true presence of God in his tent.
It was
during this time that David wrote the Psalms- they were the praise songs that came
forth from this radical worshipping rule that we see under King David.
Ok- now I
want to get into some world issues.
I have been
reading thru Isaiah the prophet these last few months- and there is a constant
theme that keeps coming up.
As a matter
of fact we see this theme thru the whole bible.
The theme is
that God rules in the affairs of men.
God himself sets
up kings- rulers- leaders of nations.
The bible
says when there is injustice in a place- know that he that is higher than you
considers it.
Nothing
happens in world affairs- unless God permits it.
These past
few weeks the headlines were about the ISIS-ISIL group in Iraq/ Syria.
They
beheaded the 3rd hostage the other day- and the Western world is
outraged.
Why?
Because it
was public- because we can see it on Utube.
Now- is a
horrendous act- more wicked because it is posted on-line for the world to see?
Would the
killing- beheading- dismembering of a person be ‘more just’ if it were done in
secret?
If a radical
group- wanted to accomplish a political/military goal- would it be better for
them to kill a few- and post it- or to kill many thousands- and not post it?
President
Obama hesitated for a few years to engage this group- but after they beheaded
the first American journalist- on TV- he acted.
Joe Biden
said ‘we will hunt them down to the gates of hell- where they belong’.
Why the outrage-
now?
Because it
was seen- and it made us look bad.
Remember-
nothing happens unless God permits it- he rules in the courts of men- he sets
leaders up- and removes them.
Let’s cover
some of the history of the U.S.
There have
been times in our nation where we- as a nation- embraced wicked things- and
called them just.
In 1857 the Supreme
Court deemed a Black man to ‘be less’ than a White man.
This is the
infamous Dred Scott decision.
A Black slave
was moved to a northern state where slavery was not accepted- he sued for his
freedom- the case went to the supreme court- and they ruled unjustly- yet- this
ruling was considered the law of the land.
In 1896 the
court justified racial segregation in the Plessy versus Ferguson case- the
court ruled that racial segregation in the schools was just.
This was
overturned in the Brown versus Board of Education ruling of 1954.
Now- in 1973
the court decided that the murder of children in the womb was an inherent
right.
This was the
infamous Roe v Wade case.
The court
found that under the Due Process clause of the 14th amendment- there
was a woman’s right to privacy- which extended to the aborting of babies in the
womb.
Many legal scholars-
even pro-abortion ones- consider this ruling to be flawed.
The initial
ruling was abortion is now a constitutional RIGHT- but it can only be done in
the 1st- 2nd trimester.
Later this
was dropped- and it was considered legal to abort a baby until the point of
viability outside the mother’s womb.
Now- why
bring up these things?
When we engage
in other countries- when we go to war.
The primary
thing that that our troops swear allegiance to is to protect the constitution.
Which
includes ‘our values’.
We often say
that radical Islam is a threat to our way of life- our freedoms- our values.
These Muslim
countries have values- one being they do not believe/practice abortion- which
indeed is a hideous crime that the U.S. engages in- some 1.2 million unborn
babies every year.
We are outraged
that radical militants target civilians for a ‘political/military end’.
One of the definitions
of terrorism is this- the targeting of civilians for some type of goal.
Which I
agree- is wrong.
When we bombed
the Japanese cities, Hiroshima and Nagasaki- we did indeed purposefully target
women and children- for a political/military outcome- the ending of WW2.
At the time
of the dropping of the bombs- Germany already surrendered- the war was winding
down.
There is a
debate on whether or not we needed to do it.
But our
country just obtained the bomb- thanks to the genius of Albert Einstein- and we
decided to use it.
My purpose
in bringing these things up is not to justify the beheading of civilians- which
is wrong.
Nor is it to
say that our ending of the war was an act of terrorism.
But it to
show that we- as a nation- have gone down paths that do indeed bring the
judgment of God upon a people.
The reason I
pasted some of the pictures below was for us to see the things that we allow as
a nation.
Many of the
values that we fight for are wrong- when the Supreme Court makes decisions- which
I have showed you have been wrong- then these decisions do indeed become the
law of the land [this is a legal debate that has gone on for years- between conservative/liberal
scholars].
But the fact
is when we allow things that are atrocious- like the aborting of full term babies-
then in a sense when we war- we war to protect all of the rights that we as a
society deem just.
Yet- we have
a history as a nation that shows us we have made very unjust decisions in the
past.
And it’s
difficult to say to the Islamic world that we are fighting for what’s right-
that we are defending just values- when some of these values are not just.
The beheading
of journalists on TV is wrong- but because we all saw it- that’s what enraged
us.
What if we
all saw the pictures of the babies we abort?
There are
sonograms- pictures of children in the womb who are grabbing the instruments
used- during the abortion- to protect themselves.
We have
images of full term babies screaming in the womb- we dismember these babies in
the womb.
One of the
procedures used is with a suction device- it pierces the head of the baby-
suctions out the brain- and collapses the skull- making it easier to pull the
baby out.
The way we do
this is nothing short of infanticide.
In the chapters
above King David was a type/symbol of Christ.
I didn’t get
to it- but when he consolidated the kingdom the bible says his men came to him
and said ‘we are bone of your bone and flesh of your flesh’.
In 2nd
Samuel chapter 6 after David restored the Ark to Jerusalem- he distributed
Bread- Wine and Flesh to all the people.
These are beautiful
pictures of Christ and his church- we see the communion table in these images.
As I end
this post- we- as Gods people- are in the earth to bless all nations.
Our leader-
our ‘King David’ gave us an example- he laid his life down for us.
I am not a conservative-
nor am I a liberal.
As followers
of Christ- we need to be outraged by injustice- on all sides- not just on the
side we hate.
God blessed
his people- when they did what was just.
When they
got off course- they came under judgment.
This past
year I mentioned- 2 times- that I felt our country was going to have some sort
of event- that was worse than the 911 attack.
Now- I do
not advocate for it- I feel like so much has changed in our world this last year
or 2- that things are spiraling down.
Russia just
did a drill a few weeks back- it was a test run of a nuclear attack on the U.S.
China has
challenged us- openly- with military action.
Iran has just
rebuffed Obama openly- on Twitter!
Lots has
changed in the world balance- and we are in a very dangerous time.
As I close this
post- I do appeal to all my friends- Muslim- Christian- Jew- all.
Yes- I consider
them my friends- I value the few Muslim friends who read my site.
I just
talked to a Muslim the other day- we had a good discussion- I received him as a
friend.
This highly offended
a few of my Christian friends who saw this- they are upset with me that I did
not engage in a strong debate with him.
I later told
some ‘look- I am Christian- and I of course realize the theological differences
between our faiths- but I think it’s better to become friends- and hear the
other side- and then as friends you gain influence- and respect one another’.
Those of you
who have read my site for a while see that I do take this moderate approach.
I am not
naïve’- I realize that radicals- on all sides- are not going to change overnight.
But in the
long term- I think we should make the attempt to follow the example of Christ.
He taught
his men to reject the way of the sword- to respect human life- and to love one
another.
You say ‘wow
John- you must be some type of liberal pacifist’.
No- I’m just
trying to do my best- and to follow Christ’s example is the supreme thing.
WARNING-
Below are the pictures of aborted babies and the civilian victims of our
bombing of the Japanese cities.
2Samuel 5:1
Then came all the tribes of Israel to David unto Hebron, and spake, saying,
Behold, we are thy bone and thy flesh.
2Samuel 5:2
Also in time past, when Saul was king over us, thou wast he that leddest out
and broughtest in Israel: and the LORD said to thee, Thou shalt feed my people
Israel, and thou shalt be a captain over Israel.
2Samuel 5:3
So all the elders of Israel came to the king to Hebron; and king David made a
league with them in Hebron before the LORD: and they anointed David king over
Israel.
2Samuel 5:9 So David
dwelt in the fort, and called it the city of David. And David built round about
from Millo and inward.
2Samuel 5:12 And David
perceived that the LORD had established him king over Israel, and that he had
exalted his kingdom for his people Israel's sake.
2Samuel 6:2
And David arose, and went with all the people that were with him from Baale of
Judah, to bring up from thence the ark of God, whose name is called by the name
of the LORD of hosts that dwelleth between the cherubims.
2Samuel 6:14 And David
danced before the LORD with all his might; and David was girded with a linen
ephod.
2Samuel 6:17 And they
brought in the ark of the LORD, and set it in his place, in the midst of the
tabernacle that David had pitched for it: and David offered burnt offerings and
peace offerings before the LORD.
Acts 15:16
After this I will return, and will build again the tabernacle of David, which
is fallen down; and I will build again the ruins thereof, and I will set it up:
Acts 15:17
That the residue of men might seek after the Lord, and all the Gentiles, upon
whom my name is called, saith the Lord, who doeth all these things.
Amos 9:11 In that day
will I raise up the tabernacle of David that is fallen, and close up the
breaches thereof; and I will raise up his ruins, and I will build it as in the
days of old:
Revelation
18:1 And after these things I saw another angel come down from heaven, having
great power; and the earth was lightened with his glory.Revelation 18:2 And he cried mightily with a strong voice, saying, Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and is become the habitation of devils, and the hold of every foul spirit, and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird.
Revelation 18:3 For all nations have drunk of the wine of the wrath of her fornication, and the kings of the earth have committed fornication with her, and the merchants of the earth are waxed rich through the abundance of her delicacies.
Revelation 18:4 And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues.
Revelation 18:5 For her sins have reached unto heaven, and God hath remembered her iniquities.
Revelation 18:6 Reward her even as she rewarded you, and double unto her double according to her works: in the cup which she hath filled fill to her double.
Revelation 18:7 How much she hath glorified herself, and lived deliciously, so much torment and sorrow give her: for she saith in her heart, I sit a queen, and am no widow, and shall see no sorrow.
Revelation 18:8 Therefore shall her plagues come in one day, death, and mourning, and famine; and she shall be utterly burned with fire: for strong is the Lord God who judgeth her.
Revelation 18:9 And the kings of the earth, who have committed fornication and lived deliciously with her, shall bewail her, and lament for her, when they shall see the smoke of her burning,
Revelation 18:10 Standing afar off for the fear of her torment, saying, Alas, alas that great city Babylon, that mighty city! for in one hour is thy judgment come.
Revelation 18:11 And the merchants of the earth shall weep and mourn over her; for no man buyeth their merchandise any more:
Revelation 18:12 The merchandise of gold, and silver, and precious stones, and of pearls, and fine linen, and purple, and silk, and scarlet, and all thyine wood, and all manner vessels of ivory, and all manner vessels of most precious wood, and of brass, and iron, and marble,
Revelation 18:13 And cinnamon, and odours, and ointments, and frankincense, and wine, and oil, and fine flour, and wheat, and beasts, and sheep, and horses, and chariots, and slaves, and souls of men.
Revelation 18:14 And the fruits that thy soul lusted after are departed from thee, and all things which were dainty and goodly are departed from thee, and thou shalt find them no more at all.
Revelation 18:15 The merchants of these things, which were made rich by her, shall stand afar off for the fear of her torment, weeping and wailing,
Revelation 18:16 And saying, Alas, alas that great city, that was clothed in fine linen, and purple, and scarlet, and decked with gold, and precious stones, and pearls!
Revelation 18:17 For in one hour so great riches is come to nought. And every shipmaster, and all the company in ships, and sailors, and as many as trade by sea, stood afar off,
Revelation 18:18 And cried when they saw the smoke of her burning, saying, What city is like unto this great city!
Revelation 18:19 And they cast dust on their heads, and cried, weeping and wailing, saying, Alas, alas that great city, wherein were made rich all that had ships in the sea by reason of her costliness! for in one hour is she made desolate.
Revelation 18:20 Rejoice over her, thou heaven, and ye holy apostles and prophets; for God hath avenged you on her.
Revelation 18:21 And a mighty angel took up a stone like a great millstone, and cast it into the sea, saying, Thus with violence shall that great city Babylon be thrown down, and shall be found no more at all.
Revelation 18:22 And the voice of harpers, and musicians, and of pipers, and trumpeters, shall be heard no more at all in thee; and no craftsman, of whatsoever craft he be, shall be found any more in thee; and the sound of a millstone shall be heard no more at all in thee;
Revelation 18:23 And the light of a candle shall shine no more at all in thee; and the voice of the bridegroom and of the bride shall be heard no more at all in thee: for thy merchants were the great men of the earth; for by thy sorceries were all nations deceived.
Revelation 18:24 And in her was found the blood of prophets, and of saints, and of all that were slain upon the earth.
Hebrews 8:1 Now of the things which we have spoken this is the sum: We have such an high priest, who is set on the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens;
Hebrews 8:2 A minister of the sanctuary, and of the true tabernacle, which the Lord pitched, and not man.
Hebrews 8:3 For every high priest is ordained to offer gifts and sacrifices: wherefore it is of necessity that this man have somewhat also to offer.
Hebrews 8:4 For if he were on earth, he should not be a priest, seeing that there are priests that offer gifts according to the law:
Hebrews 8:5 Who serve unto the example and shadow of heavenly things, as Moses was admonished of God when he was about to make the tabernacle: for, See, saith he, that thou make all things according to the pattern shewed to thee in the mount.
Hebrews 8:6 But now hath he obtained a more excellent ministry, by how much also he is the mediator of a better covenant, which was established upon better promises.
Hebrews 8:7 For if that first covenant had been faultless, then should no place have been sought for the second.
Hebrews 8:8 For finding fault with them, he saith, Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah:
Hebrews 8:9 Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt; because they continued not in my covenant, and I regarded them not, saith the Lord.
Hebrews 8:10 For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, saith the Lord; I will put my laws into their mind, and write them in their hearts: and I will be to them a God, and they shall be to me a people:
Hebrews 8:11 And they shall not teach every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the Lord: for all shall know me, from the least to the greatest.
Hebrews 8:12 For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and their iniquities will I remember no more.
Hebrews 8:13 In that he saith, A new covenant, he hath made the first old. Now that which decayeth and waxeth old is ready to vanish away.
Hebrews 9:2 For there was a tabernacle made; the first, wherein was the candlestick, and the table, and the shewbread; which is called the sanctuary.
Hebrews 9:3 And after the second veil, the tabernacle which is called the Holiest of all;
Hebrews 9:4 Which had the golden censer, and the ark of the covenant overlaid round about with gold, wherein was the golden pot that had manna, and Aaron's rod that budded, and the tables of the covenant;
Hebrews 9:5 And over it the cherubims of glory shadowing the mercyseat; of which we cannot now speak particularly.
Hebrews 9:6 Now when these things were thus ordained, the priests went always into the first tabernacle, accomplishing the service of God.
Hebrews 9:7 But into the second went the high priest alone once every year, not without blood, which he offered for himself, and for the errors of the people:
Hebrews 9:8 The Holy Ghost this signifying, that the way into the holiest of all was not yet made manifest, while as the first tabernacle was yet standing:
Hebrews 9:9 Which was a figure for the time then present, in which were offered both gifts and sacrifices, that could not make him that did the service perfect, as pertaining to the conscience;
Hebrews 9:10 Which stood only in meats and drinks, and divers washings, and carnal ordinances, imposed on them until the time of reformation.
Hebrews 9:11 But Christ being come an high priest of good things to come, by a greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made with hands, that is to say, not of this building;
Hebrews 9:12 Neither by the blood of goats and calves, but by his own blood he entered in once into the holy place, having obtained eternal redemption for us.
Hebrews 9:13 For if the blood of bulls and of goats, and the ashes of an heifer sprinkling the unclean, sanctifieth to the purifying of the flesh:
Hebrews 9:14 How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God, purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?
Hebrews 9:15 And for this cause he is the mediator of the new testament, that by means of death, for the redemption of the transgressions that were under the first testament, they which are called might receive the promise of eternal inheritance.
Hebrews 9:16 For where a testament is, there must also of necessity be the death of the testator.
Hebrews 9:17 For a testament is of force after men are dead: otherwise it is of no strength at all while the testator liveth.
Hebrews 9:18 Whereupon neither the first testament was dedicated without blood.
Hebrews 9:19 For when Moses had spoken every precept to all the people according to the law, he took the blood of calves and of goats, with water, and scarlet wool, and hyssop, and sprinkled both the book, and all the people,
Hebrews 9:20 Saying, This is the blood of the testament which God hath enjoined unto you.
Hebrews 9:21 Moreover he sprinkled with blood both the tabernacle, and all the vessels of the ministry.
Hebrews 9:22 And almost all things are by the law purged with blood; and without shedding of blood is no remission.
Hebrews 9:23 It was therefore necessary that the patterns of things in the heavens should be purified with these; but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these.
Hebrews 9:24 For Christ is not entered into the holy places made with hands, which are the figures of the true; but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us:
Hebrews 9:25 Nor yet that he should offer himself often, as the high priest entereth into the holy place every year with blood of others;
Hebrews 9:26 For then must he often have suffered since the foundation of the world: but now once in the end of the world hath he appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself.
Hebrews 9:27 And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment:
Hebrews 9:28 So Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many; and unto them that look for him shall he appear the second time without sin unto salvation.
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