| King David |
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Perhaps many people, that include this author when first becoming a new Christian, have initially harbored some resentments against King David in the scriptures because of the:
by a man who had lavish wealth and a harem, which indicates acting on lustful and selfish carnality at the expense of others even unto their death.
Reading the scriptures will lead us to greater discoveries about King David's life that while it was tarnished, with consequences, but God's Glory through King David was accomplished in marvelous ways that redeems King David in our viewpoints that also is inspiration for all of us as we are all sinners that need Jesus Christ for Salvation.
If the scriptures were a collection of myths then there would not be any of the principle characters in the history that commit and participate in horrible sins, and then having the person also be chosen by God to do wonderful things in their life as one of God's representatives.
The entirety of the scriptures does contain examples of many people who failed, suffered consequences, and then repented with trust in God for correction. King David is one of the greatest examples in the scriptures for us to learn from his mistakes and triumphs. All of us, from the littlest of sins, have tarnished lives that God's work in us will accomplish God's Goals when we have Faith in Him and humble ourselves to the moment by moment goals presented to us for God's Glory, along with our glory because of God Only, as we are Ambassadors for God.
Back in the earlier 1980s this author was listening to a old recording from Emil Gaverluk, while driving into work, that resonated in my memory on a comment that Emil made about King David. Emil said that he had a hard time not being very disappointed with King David because of the actions with Bathsheba and Uriah until Email said that he got a thought in answer to a prayer.
The prayer was asking God to help in understanding why King David could do the evil things he did, and why it was allowed to happen along being recorded in the scriptures. Emil said a thought came into his mind as if someone was shouting the words to him in a loving way, and Emil knew it was an answer from God through the Holy Spirit! The thought was "King David is idiomatic of Israel!" Emil, in the recording, said from that point on he loved reading about King David along with scriptures written by King David, and this author does also.
Since that time of hearing what Emil Gaverluk stated about the idiom of King David, this author hasn't heard this from this any other Biblical Scholar where I believe Emil did find an accurate idiom model as God uses encryptions, patterns, models, a heptadic structure and Gematria throughout the entire Bible to confirm the scriptures have origins as outside of our time domain by God who exists in Eternity.
Israel had the times of loving their God for the delivery of slavery, conquering most of the Promise Land areas, conquering of adversaries, and then the spiritual adultery at times when they allowed foreign fake gods into Israel. All of us have potentially had times we offended God also and then renewed ourselves.
God created Adam, also Eve later, and it wasn't until the breath of Life entered Adam for Adam to be alive. Adam was a minor model of Jesus Christ for these two reasons:
David was a shepherd before eventually becoming King where David became the shepherd of the people. David was a minor model also of Jesus Christ.
The position of being a shepherd is and should be like a father of a family and also a person managing a company that takes care of the employees. David learned a great deal as being a shepherd that prepared him for his future accomplishments that required trust and faith in God. David faced very fierce adversaries in his role as a shepherd.
| 1 Samuel 17:34-36 David is speaking |
34 I work as a shepherd for my father. Whenever a lion or a bear has come and attacked one of my lambs, 35 I have gone after it and struck it down to rescue the lamb from the predator’s mouth; if it turned to attack me, I would take it by the chin, beat it, and kill it. 36 I have killed both a lion and a bear; and as your servant I will kill this uncircumcised Philistine, too, since he has dared to taunt the armies of the living God. |
Jesus Christ is the Great Shepherd. David will become a shepherd once again during the Millennial Kingdom which is discussed later in this topic.
| Isaiah 40:11 Messianic Prophecy |
He will feed His fold like a shepherd; He will gather together His lambs—the weak and the wobbly ones—into His arms. He will carry them close to His bosom, and tenderly lead like a shepherd the mother of her lambs. |
| John 10:11 Points to Crucifixion |
I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down His life for the sheep in His care. |
Jesus Christ has many Titles, where one that is often referenced in the scriptures is Jesus Christ is the Second Adam. This has more wonderful consequences than we know that primarily mean that God is in the process restoring all things as they should have been before the sins of Lucifer with Adam and Eve. The future will have David and all of us to live in our full potential. We should be building our future roles now for the rewards in Heaven.
| 1 Corinthians 15:47-49 | 47 The first man, Adam, came from the earth and was made from dust; the second man, Jesus, has come from heaven. 48 The earth man shares his earth nature with all those made of earth; likewise the heavenly man shares His heavenly nature with all those made of heaven. 49 Just as we have carried the image of the earth man in our bodies, we will also carry the image of the heavenly man in our new bodies at the resurrection. |
Probably one of the most widely known scriptural references in the scriptures by everyone in the world, that may not even be a Christian, is the famous history of David as a young man meeting the Giant Goliath in battle where David was representing the entirety of Israel, and Goliath was representing the Philistines. The winner of the battle, unto death, would then determine the winner of the battle. This was a common approach to warfare because ancient armies often had men that were farmers, herdsmen, husbands, and fathers where there death would put their families in pearl of death, slavery, or if fortunate then in a role of a bond slave.
In verses 1-3, the description of the posturing of the two armies of Israel and the Philistines is described.
| 1 Samuel 17:1-3 | 1 Now the Philistines gathered their forces for war and assembled at Sokoh in Judah. They pitched camp at Ephes Dammim, between Sokoh and Azekah. 2 Saul and the Israelites assembled and camped in the Valley of Elah and drew up their battle line to meet the Philistines. 3 The Philistines occupied one hill and the Israelites another, with the valley between them. |
In verses 4-11, there is a champion of the Philistines named Goliath that also had other brothers that were not at the battle. Goliath taunted Israel with the promise that someone from Israel comes to fight with him and wins, then the Philistines would be the servants of Israel. Israel became dismayed and terrified. The King of Israel, Saul, did not do as a God would have had him to do, as Saul would remember the knowledge of how God lead Moses and then Joshua to victories over worse adversaries in battles.
| 1 Samuel 17:1-3 | 1 Now the Philistines gathered their forces for war and assembled at Sokoh in Judah. They pitched camp at Ephes Dammim, between Sokoh and Azekah. 2 Saul and the Israelites assembled and camped in the Valley of Elah and drew up their battle line to meet the Philistines. 3 The Philistines occupied one hill and the Israelites another, with the valley between them. |
| 1 Samuel 17:16 | For forty days the Philistine came forward every morning and evening and took his stand. |
David took the head of Goliath to Jerusalem, where the reason is not commonly understood from the scriptures in a casual reading. The head of Goliath was a trophy unto God for Israel to see and have greater faith in God. Additionally, Goliath was a descendent of the Nephilim and was considered a Rephaim. There were several tribes in the Promise Land that Joshua did not conquer, as read in the Book of Joshua, or was tricked into a peace treaty with the Gibeonites during the conquering of almost all of the Promise Lands and the tribes there that God had instructed Joshua to eliminate.
| Joshua 9 | 3 However, when the people of Gibeon heard
what Joshua had done to Jericho and Ai,
4 they resorted to a ruse: They went as a
delegation whose donkeys were loaded with worn-out sacks and old
wineskins, cracked and mended. ... 7 The Israelites said to the Hivites, “But perhaps you live near us, so how can we make a treaty with you?” ... 14 The Israelites sampled their provisions but did not inquire of the Lord. 15 Then Joshua made a treaty of peace with them to let them live, and the leaders of the assembly ratified it by oath. |
The head had to be buried in a place that was not part of Jerusalem per Levitical Law, where it was burried at the place that was named after the head of Goliath
There are so many beautiful, thought provoking, liberating, inspiring verses here in the first few chapters of Genesis which almost jumps off of the page requiring examination where the writer had to restrain himself to stay on topic while writing.
| Ezekiel 37:24 | 24 My servant David will be king over them, and they will all have one shepherd; and they will walk in My ordinances and keep My statutes and observe them. 25 They will live on the land that I gave to Jacob My servant, in which your fathers lived; and they will live on it, they, and their sons and their sons sons, forever; and David My servant will be their prince forever. 26 I will make a covenant of peace with them; it will be an everlasting covenant with them. And I will place them and multiply them, and will set My sanctuary in their midst forever. 27 My dwelling place also will be with them; and I will be their God, and they will be My people. 28 And the nations will know that I am the Lord who sanctifies Israel, when My sanctuary is in their midst forever. |
| Acts 2:22-36 |
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Read about the Garden of Eden. What is Salvation? Is it possible to lose Salvation? We have eternal life. Evolution is not real. When a Christian suffers is there benefits from it. Rewards in heaven. Do we Tithe? What does the 3rd Commandment tell us? What is Grace and Mercy? Is there an Age of Accountability? Is there a place of unending punishment and exile form God?