Letter 018 — The Story: The Lion, the Bear, and the Boy (Psalm 23 + 1 Samuel 17 + John 10)
The future king of Israel killed lions with a stick. The story David told Saul before fighting Goliath is the back-story of Psalm 23, and the New Testament picks the same metaphor up in the mouth of Jesus.
In this letter
- 1 Samuel 17:32-37 — David's conversation with Saul before fighting Goliath
- The story of the lion and the bear, told plainly
- Why the shepherd metaphor in the Hebrew Bible is bloody, not sentimental
- A boy with a stick, running after a lion that has a lamb in its mouth
- John 10:11 — Jesus picks up the same metaphor and adds the cost
- What it means that the good…
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