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I think this is our fifth message in this series.
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We started off with David's relationship with God and how unique and special that was.
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and then David's life and relationship with King Saul.
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And we went on to Goliath in the battle against evil in Goliath.
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And then Jonathan was last week.
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And so this week, kind of moving chronologically,
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today we're talking about David the king.
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David the king.
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And I hope this has been a beneficial series to you.
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I love historical narrative and stories.
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So this is always fun for me, the privilege to preach on stuff like this.
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But as a whole, though, like when you're trying to cover a lot of different chapters,
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you're trying to choose out selections of the book to actually go over.
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And that is kind of hard and daunting sometimes.
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And so I hope that the sections that I pick are beneficial because we're covering a lot of ground.
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That's what we do when we do series versus a first by verse exposition of a book.
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But by way of just introduction, last week we ended with the death of King Saul and his son Jonathan by the hand of the Philistines.
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And after this happened, the tribe of Judah, David's tribe, I guess you could say seceded and sort of anointed David as their king.
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That's in chapter 2 in 2 Samuel.
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We'll be in 2 Samuel today.
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And after all, David was the one that the prophet and judge Samuel anointed.
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So they made him the king.
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However, as history would have it, the house of Israel had a surviving son of Saul, Ish-bosheth.
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And he was made king over the rest of the nation, Israel.
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They made him the king.
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He made the bid for to be the king.
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So what happens is a nasty civil war breaks out between the surviving son of Saul, the house of Saul, versus the house of David.
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And you see some nasty battles through here.
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The Battle of Gibbon where Joab and Abner meet.
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And it's a nasty battle resulting in David and his men being victorious in Joab.
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You see the appearance of Joab here.
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And so what happens later is there's friction between Ish-bosheth and Abner, his commander.
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And after that, Abner goes to David and he says, hey, let's just resolve all this peacefully.
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I think that God has made you the king.
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Let's resolve all things peacefully.
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But it caused a problem.
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And Joab does not share that hope.
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He actually seeks revenge on Abner for the killing of his brother.
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So Joab has Abner brought to him.
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This is the commander of the two armies, David's army and Ish-bosheth's army.
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And Joab actually kills him.
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This is in chapter 3, verse 22 through 39.
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But the writer goes way out of his way, probably Samuel that wrote this,
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goes out of his way to make sure that we understand that David was innocent of this blood.
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And he actually harshly rebukes Joab for such treatment.
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Shortly after Abner's death, though, Ish-bosheth seems to give up hope that he will ever be king.
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And two of his remaining captains sinfully scheme to assassinate the deposed king, the remaining son of Saul.
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So they actually cut off his head, take it to David, hoping that David will be pleased, hoping that David will give them a reward.
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Very much to the contrary, David is not happy with their move.
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He's not amused at all by this treacherous gesture.
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And instead of giving a reward, he is furious that one of Saul's sons has been so mistreated by his own men.
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And in such a dishonorable, despicable way, no one of royalty deserves to be treated this way, this treacherous act.
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And so he has the two killers executed and their hands and feet cut off.
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So, bad idea.
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So that was the civil war.
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So after this, we see that the nation comes together and they anoint David as the king.
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So this will be our first text today.
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If you look over at 2 Samuel, chapter 5, we'll look at verses 1 through 5.
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But this gets us to point 1.
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We have, I think, four points today.
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But point 1 in our story is the king is anointed over a united Israel.
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The king is anointed over a united Israel.
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Chapter 5, verse 1, it says,
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Then all the tribes of Israel came to David at Hebron and said,
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Behold, we are your bone and your flesh.
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In times past, when Saul was king over us, it was you who led out and brought in Israel.
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And the Lord said to you,
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You shall be a shepherd of my people Israel, and you shall be a prince over Israel.
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So all the elders of Israel came to the king at Hebron.
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And King David made a covenant with them at Hebron before the Lord.
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And they anointed David king over Israel.
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David was 30 years old when he began to reign.
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And he reigned for 40 years.
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At Hebron, he reigned over Judah seven years and six months.
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And at Jerusalem, he reigned over all Israel and Judah 33 years.
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So that's one of our key texts we'll look at.
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But we see here the anointed king, the fulfillment of God's promise.
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Israel and Judah come together, and they make David their undoubted king.
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With no candidate left from the house of Saul, David is actually able to bring them under his own rule.
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They unite under the anointed hero, David, as their king.
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So sadly, on many occasions, the Israelites would shed blood of fellow Israelites.
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But again, the writer of 2 Samuel goes out of his way to say that David was innocent in all these things.
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And God actually says in Psalm 89, verse 20,
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David says,
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I have found David my servant.
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With my holy oil I have anointed him,
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so that my hand shall be established with him.
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My arm also shall strengthen him.
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It's just a reminder here by this psalm
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that why did David love God so much,
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and why was David anointed king?
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Because God loved David so much out of his grace.
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He chose to make him the king out of his grace.
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David loved him because he first loved David.
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So he brings all the tribes together and unites them.
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There's this picture in 1 Chronicles, chapter 12,
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where you can see a bigger picture of this if you'd like to read more.
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But it mentions that all the men of war from each tribe came at this coronation,
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at this anointing.
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It says in 1 Chronicles 12, 38,
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all these men of war, a raid and battle order,
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came to Hebron with a whole heart to make David king over all Israel.
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Likewise, all the rest of Israel were of a single mind to make David the king.
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And so this is a huge deal,
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uniting all the tribes of Israel,
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all the sons of Jacob together.
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And so, furthermore,
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right after this,
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we see that David makes an unprecedented move.
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He chooses to make Jerusalem the capital,
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I guess you could say,
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of the nation,
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the center of the political and spiritual life of the nation.
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This had never happened before.
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They've been sort of a loose confederation of tribes.
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So, in a desire to further bring them together as one nation,
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he sets his eye on the Jebusite city of Jerusalem.
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And that's who's occupying it,
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but no problem.
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David and some of his elite soldiers climb up the watershed,
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which I understand is still there today.
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You can see this,
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where he and his men climbed in and got into the city.
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And they took the city.
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They conquered the Jebusites.
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It actually says in chapter 5,
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just a selection for you,
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verse 9,
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David lived in the stronghold
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and called it the city of David.
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And David became greater and greater,
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for the Lord,
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the God of hosts,
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was with him.
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Verse 12,
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And David knew that the Lord had established him king over Israel,
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and that he had exalted his kingdom
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for the sake of his people Israel.
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And so he made Jerusalem the capital.
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He renamed it the city of David.
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It served as the capital for a united Israel.
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He builds his palace there.
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He has kingship over them.
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And this is a big deal,
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because Jerusalem was sort of on the boundary
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between the tribal land of Judah and Benjamin.
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It better suited symbolically and geographically
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to actually be the capital,
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as opposed to Hebron,
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which is in the middle of Judah.
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So sort of as a uniting thing,
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he puts it right on the boundary of these two powerful tribes.
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And so going on from there,
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we see in this same chapter,
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next chapter, sorry,
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that David longs to bring the ark of God
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to Jerusalem, his new city.
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And so we see that instead of transporting the ark
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in accordance with the Levitical law,
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which said that only priests could carry the ark
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and carry it on poles,
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for some reason they grabbed a cart
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and tried to pull it and bring it into the city on a cart.
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And as we know, that's just a bad idea.
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It sort of leans over and
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Uzziah, wishing to steady it,
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reaches out and touches it.
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And the Lord kills him on the spot
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for touching the ark.
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So that may cause us to recoil today.
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But it's a reminder of God's burning holiness,
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His purity,
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that He cannot tolerate sin.
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No one can approach His holy presence.
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This is what the ark was,
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symbolic of God's presence.
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And we can't handle it in a pragmatic way.
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So we see here that pragmatism kills
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when it comes to God's truth.
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They thought this would just be an easy way
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to move the ark.
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And it didn't turn out that's what God desired.
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And so when this happens,
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at this death of this man
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who tried to touch the ark,
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David says David is greatly afraid.
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And that he senses unworthiness
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to bring the ark to Jerusalem.
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So it temporarily remains that Obed-Edom,
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who was a worshiper of God,
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to stay with him for three months.
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But then later,
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David came to retrieve it again.
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And this time,
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he did it in accordance with the Levitical law.
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The priest carried it on the poles.
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And he was able to bring it into Jerusalem
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and David's city
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with great praise, worship, celebration,
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prayer, music.
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That was like the order of the day.
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It was a big deal.
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So as the ark of God entered David's city,
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you see him dancing before the Lord
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with all his might in the linen ephod.
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And did not amuse his wife.
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She thought it was sort of undignified
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and attacked him.
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And sort of he came back with like,
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hey, I'll become even more undignified
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for the sake of the Lord,
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if that's what it is.
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And so that dancing expresses
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this part of jubilant worship before God.
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We haven't created a dancing area
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in our room yet.
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Maybe we'll go downstairs.
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I don't know what to do.
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But in Scripture,
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it's a clear way to portray
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jubilant worship before God.
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And so later, though,
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if you look at chapter 6,
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verses 17 and 18,
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we see something very, very interesting.
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David portrays himself
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as a priest-like king,
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making burnt offerings
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and fellowship offerings to God.
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And like a priest,
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he blesses the people.
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He hands out the cakes to them,
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the date cakes and raisin cakes.
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And such actions of David
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kind of harken back
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to Melchizedek in Genesis,
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another important priestly king
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who reigned in Salem,
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which, ironically enough,
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is where he's at now,
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Jerusalem.
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So he portrays this priest-like king
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in his actions, David does.
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So he unites
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under all Israel.
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He brings it all together.
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And that's point number one.
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Point number two,
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we see after this,
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in chapter 8,
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that David conquests
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all the evil nations
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that are around him.
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So point number two,
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the king vanquishes his enemies.
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The king vanquishes his enemies.
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I'm just reading some selections now,
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but we're going to camp out
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on two particular passages soon.
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The king vanquishes his enemies.
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This is all in chapter 8.
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But just some selections.
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It said that David defeated
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the Philistines
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and subdued them.
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He defeated Moab.
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David defeated
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the king of Zobah.
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He also restored his power
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over the river Euphrates.
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David struck down
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22,000 men
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of the Syrians.
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And the Lord gave victory
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to David
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wherever he went.
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In verse 13,
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David made a name for himself.
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He put garrisons in Edom.
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Throughout Edom,
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he put garrisons.
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And they became David's servants.
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And then it ends with this.
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It says,
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And the Lord gave victory to David
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wherever he went.
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So this is a big deal.
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This section outlines
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the fact that David
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expanded the kingdom
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in all directions.
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North,
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south,
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east,
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and west.
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And as his military might
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grew with each passing day,
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he defeated all
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of Israel's major enemies.
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He defeated them
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and subdued them.
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Including the Philistines
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which had murdered
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and killed Saul
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and Jonathan.
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And the other ones
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made peaceful alliances
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with him,
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paid tribute to him,
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and kind of backed down.
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David wrote Psalm 108
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as a celebration
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of his victories
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against the pagan enemies.
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These military victories
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granted David
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it was a broadcast
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to all the nations
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around them
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of God's covenant love.
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That's what these victories did.
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It showed that there was
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a God in Israel
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to the Philistines,
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the Moabites,
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and the Edomites.
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In Psalm 108 verse 13
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David wrote,
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With God we shall do valiantly.
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It is he
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who will tread down
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our foes.
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So huge.
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This is significant.
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Here's why.
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If you look at a map
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of David's established kingdom,
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it very closely resembles
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the land that David,
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or excuse me,
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that God had granted Abraham.
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So we read in Genesis 15,
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18,
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On that day,
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the Lord made a covenant
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with Abram,
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saying,
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To your offspring
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I will give this land
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from the river of Egypt
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to the great river,
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the river Euphrates.
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And so,
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in fulfillment of this,
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with God's great enabling,
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David was able
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to drive out
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the pagan enemies,
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the blood-drinking,
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child-sacrificing,
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idol-worshippers.
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And he restored the land
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that was promised
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to Abraham.
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The kingdom,
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I think,
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expanded from nearly
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6,000 square miles
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to 60,000 square miles.
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This is not just
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David winning battles.
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This is God
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keeping his word
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and showing
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that he is faithful
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and true.
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David was just
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his instrument
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to uphold
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his covenant love.
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So,
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huge deal.
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The king vanquishes
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his enemies.
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Alright,
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and nextly,
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we're going to get
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into a text
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and kind of camp out
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for a minute,
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but thirdly,
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the king's covenant
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with God.
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the king's covenant
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with God.
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Alright,
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we see this
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in chapter 7.
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Alright,
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but here,
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we see what is referred
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to as one of the
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most important
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covenants
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in the scripture.
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Like,
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if you want to know
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God's word
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and understand
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what God is doing
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in redemptive history,
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you must understand
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what is called,
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referred to as
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the Davidic covenant.
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Even though
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the word covenant
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doesn't appear in this,
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it is a covenant.
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In Psalm 89,
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3 and 4,
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God said,
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I made a covenant
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with my chosen one.
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I have sworn
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to David,
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my servant.
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I will establish
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your offspring forever
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and build your throne
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for all generations.
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And so,
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this is a
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messianic promise.
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It's a key passage
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in the history
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of salvation.
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And David receives
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this promise
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from God.
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When he does that,
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it sums up
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all the covenantal
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promises
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that God had made
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beforehand,
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focusing them in
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on David
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and his descendants.
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So,
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it's like,
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hey,
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all these things
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that have happened
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before,
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now look at this.
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He's zooming in
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on David
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and his descendants.
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And so,
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what ends up happening
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in chapter 7,
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in verse 1 and 3,
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is that you see
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that after David
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brings the ark
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to Jerusalem,
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he begins
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to genuinely
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feel bad
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about something.
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He's like,
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I live
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in a nice house,
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but the ark
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of God,
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the very symbol
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of his holy presence,
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is just sitting
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in a measly tent.
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You see where
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he's going with this?
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Like,
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I live in a nice place.
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The ark,
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as awesome as it is,
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as great as it is,
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is just in a tent.
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So,
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an idea came to him
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to build
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a permanent structure,
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a permanent dwelling
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for the ark
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and all the sacred furniture.
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So,
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upon first hearing
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this plan,
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the first time
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he heard it,
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the prophet Nathan
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approves,
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and he basically says,
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go and do this
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all in your mind.
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That's fine.
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Like,
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go for it,
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for the Lord
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is clearly with you.
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Go for it.
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But then,
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later that day,
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God
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speaks out,
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to the prophet Nathan,
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and he's basically saying,
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no,
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not my plan.
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I've appointed David
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to be the king.
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He is a man of war.
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His heart is on the battlefield
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subduing enemies.
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I haven't made David
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to be an architect
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or a builder.
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He is not
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to build me
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a temple.
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And,
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we learn later on
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in 1 Chronicles
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22,
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8,
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that David says,
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the Lord said
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he cannot
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build this temple
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because
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you have shed
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much blood
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and have waged
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great wars.
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You shall not
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build a house
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to my name,
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God says,
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because you have shed
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so much blood
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before me
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on the earth.
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And so,
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God says no.
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So,
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we see here
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that,
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like,
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don't kind of
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get ahead
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of God.
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Right?
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They got ahead
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of their skis
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a little bit there.
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They were assuming
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that it would be okay
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if David did this.
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Then God
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said no.
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This is not his role.
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This is not
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what he's doing.
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But,
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quickly,
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it's sort of this idea
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that if you ever had
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a really good desire,
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a holy desire
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to do something
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for God
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and his glory,
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only to have him
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deny you that desire,
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and then on the other hand,
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actually see that
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exact same thing
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you were thinking about
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fulfilled in somebody else.
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Carried out by
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another person.
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How do you respond
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to God
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in such times?
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However,
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within this refusal,
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God offers
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a great affirmation
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and great blessing
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to David.
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So,
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instead of David
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building God
20:51
a house,
20:53
God,
20:54
in his grace,
20:55
promises to build
20:56
David a house.
20:58
It's amazing.
20:59
And,
21:00
we see
21:01
God speaking
21:02
through the prophet
21:03
Nathan.
21:04
He says to David,
21:05
look at verse 11
21:06
in chapter 7,
21:07
maybe a little
21:07
halfway through 11.
21:11
Alright?
21:12
This is what it says.
21:12
Moreover,
21:14
the Lord declares
21:15
to you
21:15
that the Lord
21:17
will make you
21:17
a house.
21:19
When your days
21:19
are fulfilled
21:20
and you lie down
21:21
with your fathers,
21:22
I will raise up
21:24
your offspring
21:24
after you
21:25
who shall come
21:27
from your body
21:28
and I will
21:29
establish
21:29
his kingdom.
21:31
He shall build
21:32
a house
21:32
for my name
21:33
and I will
21:35
establish the throne
21:36
of his kingdom
21:36
forever.
21:38
I will be
21:39
to him
21:39
a father
21:40
and he
21:41
shall be
21:41
a son,
21:42
to me a son.
21:43
When he commits
21:44
iniquity,
21:45
I will discipline
21:45
him with the rod
21:46
of men,
21:47
with the stripes
21:48
of the sons
21:49
of men.
21:50
But,
21:51
my steadfast love
21:53
will not
21:54
depart from him
21:55
as I took it
21:56
from Saul
21:57
whom I put
21:58
away before you.
21:59
and your house
22:01
and your kingdom
22:02
shall be made
22:03
sure forever
22:05
before me.
22:06
Your throne
22:07
shall be
22:08
established
22:08
forever.
22:10
We have to
22:11
get this
22:12
in our heads.
22:14
Alright?
22:14
This is what
22:15
it's referred to
22:15
as the Davidic
22:16
Covenant.
22:18
So,
22:19
by his grace
22:19
and his initiative,
22:21
God tells David
22:22
that he will
22:23
establish his line
22:24
forever.
22:25
His dynasty
22:25
will rule
22:27
eternally
22:27
with an eternal
22:28
throne.
22:29
That he will
22:30
raise up a son
22:31
from David's
22:32
line
22:33
who will have
22:34
an eternal
22:35
kingdom.
22:37
And that
22:37
that person
22:38
would build
22:39
the Lord's
22:39
house.
22:41
And the Lord
22:41
fulfills this
22:43
typologically
22:44
through David's
22:46
son Solomon,
22:47
right?
22:47
Who reigns
22:48
over Israel
22:49
and builds
22:49
a temple.
22:50
But,
22:50
however,
22:50
that promise
22:51
is not
22:52
ultimately
22:53
fulfilled by
22:53
Solomon
22:54
for a lot
22:55
of reasons.
22:56
One,
22:57
Solomon did not
22:58
reign eternally.
22:59
He was not
23:00
sinless
23:01
and he
23:02
died.
23:03
So,
23:03
clearly,
23:04
this is
23:04
pointing forward
23:05
to our
23:06
Lord Jesus,
23:08
the true
23:08
son of
23:10
David,
23:10
mentioned in
23:11
Matthew 1,
23:12
verse 1.
23:14
This is
23:14
pointing forward,
23:15
prefiguring.
23:17
Jesus will
23:18
build God's
23:19
true spiritual
23:20
temple,
23:21
as it says
23:22
in 1 Peter
23:23
chapter 2,
23:24
verse 5.
23:24
But next,
23:25
God promises
23:26
in verse 14,
23:27
if you just
23:28
keep your eye
23:28
on the text,
23:29
he says,
23:30
I will be
23:30
a father
23:30
to him,
23:32
a father
23:33
to that
23:33
Davidic
23:34
king,
23:35
and he
23:35
will be,
23:36
as to God,
23:37
a son.
23:38
Right?
23:39
That's what it
23:39
says.
23:39
I will be
23:40
to him
23:40
a father,
23:41
and he
23:41
shall be
23:41
to me
23:42
a son.
23:42
So,
23:43
as Israel's
23:44
representative,
23:46
the descendants
23:46
of David
23:47
are to live
23:48
in covenant
23:48
relationship
23:49
with God.
23:50
God,
23:51
the Lord
23:52
reassures
23:53
David that
23:53
his throne
23:54
will be
23:54
his forever.
23:57
And at
23:57
this time,
23:58
in this text,
23:59
he also
23:59
promises,
24:00
at the same
24:00
time,
24:01
to discipline
24:02
the Davidic
24:03
king when
24:04
he sins,
24:05
correcting him
24:06
as a father
24:06
would correct
24:07
a son.
24:08
We know
24:09
that to be
24:09
the case.
24:09
You read
24:10
the history
24:10
of the kings
24:10
of Israel
24:11
and David's
24:12
descendants.
24:13
When they
24:14
sin,
24:14
God disciplined
24:15
them with
24:16
a rod of iron,
24:17
with the nations
24:18
that were around
24:18
them.
24:19
And so,
24:20
that's
24:20
interesting,
24:22
right,
24:23
that God
24:23
disciplined
24:24
all these
24:24
other kings.
24:25
And once again,
24:26
we see a near
24:27
and far
24:27
fulfillment.
24:28
God did
24:29
discipline
24:29
Solomon as
24:30
the king
24:31
for his
24:31
sin and
24:32
rebellion.
24:33
But Jesus,
24:34
however,
24:36
is punished
24:37
not for
24:37
his own
24:38
sin,
24:39
but for
24:40
the sins
24:40
of others,
24:41
including
24:41
David,
24:42
and including
24:43
all the other
24:44
Davidic kings,
24:45
all his
24:46
descendants.
24:46
So,
24:47
as the
24:47
Messiah,
24:48
Jesus
24:49
inherits
24:50
David's
24:50
role as
24:52
a representative
24:52
of God's
24:53
people.
24:55
He is the
24:55
true son
24:56
of God.
24:57
He is
24:57
the one
24:58
who rules
24:59
on the
24:59
throne of
25:00
David for
25:01
all time.
25:02
Just to
25:03
read you this
25:03
quickly,
25:04
remember,
25:05
early in
25:06
the gospel
25:06
of Luke,
25:08
Gabriel
25:08
appears
25:09
to Mary,
25:12
and he
25:12
says to
25:13
her,
25:14
make the
25:15
connections,
25:15
behold,
25:16
behold,
25:16
you will
25:16
conceive in
25:17
your womb
25:17
and bear
25:18
a son,
25:19
and you
25:19
shall call
25:20
his name
25:20
Jesus.
25:22
Here it
25:23
is,
25:23
he will
25:23
be great
25:24
and will
25:25
be called
25:25
the son
25:26
of the
25:26
most high,
25:27
and the
25:28
Lord God
25:29
will give
25:29
him the
25:30
throne of
25:31
his father
25:31
David,
25:32
and he
25:33
will reign
25:33
over the
25:34
house of
25:35
Jacob
25:35
forever.
25:36
In his
25:37
kingdom,
25:37
there will
25:38
be no
25:38
end.
25:39
So we
25:40
see this
25:41
wonderful
25:41
connection
25:42
in the
25:43
earlier,
25:44
before Jesus
25:45
was ever
25:45
born,
25:46
hey,
25:46
yeah,
25:46
he's the
25:47
fulfillment,
25:48
he's the
25:48
one,
25:49
he's the
25:49
promised
25:50
king.
25:51
It says
25:51
before any
25:52
shadow of
25:52
the doubt
25:53
that the
25:54
Bible teaches
25:54
that this
25:55
promise is
25:56
pointing forward
25:57
to king
25:58
Jesus.
26:00
So as
26:00
the son
26:02
of David
26:02
and the
26:03
Lord of
26:04
David,
26:04
Jesus now
26:05
reigns in
26:06
heaven.
26:07
1 Corinthians
26:08
15,
26:08
25,
26:09
over the
26:10
true
26:10
spiritual
26:11
house of
26:13
Israel.
26:14
So after
26:14
this promise
26:16
is made,
26:16
after God
26:17
says to
26:17
him,
26:17
I'm going
26:18
to establish
26:18
your line
26:19
forever,
26:21
and from
26:21
you will
26:22
come one
26:22
who will
26:23
rule on
26:24
the throne
26:24
for all
26:25
time.
26:26
David,
26:26
in the next
26:27
few verses,
26:27
offers this
26:28
great prayer
26:29
of gratitude
26:30
to God
26:31
flowing from
26:32
his heart.
26:33
David uses
26:34
the phrase,
26:36
O Lord
26:36
God,
26:37
eight times
26:38
in this
26:38
text.
26:39
expressing
26:40
his deep
26:40
love,
26:41
reverence,
26:42
intimacy
26:43
with God.
26:44
Then he
26:45
prays,
26:45
this is
26:46
instruction
26:46
for mankind
26:47
in verse
26:48
19.
26:49
That means
26:50
basically that
26:51
all people
26:51
can learn
26:52
about God's
26:53
covenant
26:53
faithfulness
26:54
by looking
26:55
at God's
26:55
relationship
26:56
with David.
26:57
And it
26:58
could be
26:59
translated,
27:00
is this
27:01
your custom
27:02
with mankind?
27:03
basically saying
27:05
you don't
27:06
usually do
27:06
this kind
27:07
of thing
27:07
with humans
27:08
is what
27:09
David is
27:09
saying.
27:10
This is
27:10
abnormal
27:11
and I
27:12
recognize it
27:13
because this
27:14
is grace.
27:15
And he
27:15
says there
27:16
is no one
27:17
like you
27:17
and there
27:17
is no
27:18
God
27:18
besides you
27:19
in verse
27:19
22.
27:20
So I
27:21
hope that
27:22
are you
27:22
allowing
27:24
God
27:24
to teach
27:26
you
27:26
during these
27:27
times
27:27
through his
27:29
gracious
27:29
dealings
27:30
with David?
27:31
Has he
27:32
given you
27:32
eyes to
27:33
see his
27:34
covenant
27:34
love and
27:35
blessing
27:35
in your
27:36
life
27:37
through
27:37
the eternal
27:39
king?
27:40
And that
27:41
leads us
27:41
to
27:41
our last
27:43
point
27:43
and that
27:45
is
27:45
Christ
27:46
the perfect
27:48
eternal
27:49
king.
27:50
Christ
27:51
the perfect
27:51
eternal
27:53
king.
27:54
We're going
27:55
to look
27:55
into the
27:55
Psalms
27:56
to explore
27:58
this part
27:58
of it.
27:59
But as
28:00
we know
28:00
David the
28:01
king is
28:02
only a
28:02
prefigure
28:03
a foreshadowing
28:04
of our
28:05
great king
28:06
of kings.
28:07
So in our
28:08
story today
28:09
there is a
28:10
king behind
28:11
the king.
28:12
Today
28:13
kings are
28:14
mostly
28:14
marginalized
28:15
meaningless
28:16
especially to
28:18
Americans
28:18
some of our
28:19
earlier
28:19
American
28:20
revolution
28:20
flags
28:21
say things
28:22
like we
28:22
serve no
28:23
sovereign
28:23
here.
28:24
But there
28:26
remains in
28:27
kingship an
28:27
enduring
28:28
significance
28:29
that's
28:29
inescapable
28:30
to us.
28:31
Something that's
28:32
burned deeply
28:33
into our
28:33
souls that's
28:35
telling us
28:36
that the
28:36
world will
28:37
only prosper
28:38
and have
28:39
peace when
28:40
the perfect
28:40
king comes
28:42
to reign.
28:44
Where no
28:45
good and
28:45
righteous king
28:46
reigns,
28:47
evil
28:47
reigns.
28:49
This is
28:49
why it's
28:50
so important
28:50
for us
28:51
to introduce
28:52
to our
28:52
kids the
28:53
writings of
28:53
Tolkien,
28:54
the writings
28:55
of C.S.
28:55
Lewis,
28:56
The Hobbit,
28:56
Lord of the
28:57
Rings.
28:57
Get them
28:58
into that
28:58
because there's
28:59
such kingly
29:00
imagery that
29:02
weren't this
29:03
foreign to
29:03
us.
29:05
Peter
29:06
Kreef wrote,
29:07
which I've
29:08
read this a
29:08
long time
29:09
ago, you
29:09
might not
29:09
remember,
29:09
but though
29:10
we do not
29:11
have kings
29:11
in America
29:12
or want
29:13
them, our
29:15
unconscious
29:16
mind both
29:16
has them
29:17
and wants
29:18
them.
29:19
We all
29:20
know what
29:20
a true
29:20
king is,
29:21
a real
29:22
king, an
29:23
ideal king.
29:24
He is not
29:25
a mere
29:25
politician or
29:26
soldier.
29:28
Something in
29:28
us longs to
29:30
give him our
29:31
loyalty and
29:32
fealty and
29:33
service and
29:34
obedience.
29:35
He is lost
29:36
but longed
29:37
for and will
29:38
someday return
29:40
like Arthur.
29:42
So we
29:43
have democracy
29:44
but we
29:45
really need
29:45
a king.
29:47
We just
29:48
haven't found
29:48
anybody in
29:49
this world
29:50
or in
29:50
history that's
29:50
actually worthy
29:51
to wear that
29:52
kind of
29:52
throne.
29:53
But there's
29:54
a reason for
29:54
the old
29:55
myths, the
29:56
old tales of
29:57
kings.
29:58
The reason we
29:59
adore them and
30:00
create them is
30:00
because there is
30:01
a memory trace
30:02
in the human
30:04
race, in you
30:05
and me of a
30:05
great king,
30:07
the ancient
30:07
king,
30:08
who did
30:09
rule with
30:10
such power
30:10
and wisdom
30:12
and compassion
30:12
and justice
30:13
and whose
30:14
glory shined
30:15
like the
30:16
sun.
30:17
So looking
30:18
at a few
30:18
things here,
30:19
just some
30:20
connections to
30:21
David and
30:21
we're going
30:21
to wrap
30:21
it up and
30:22
you go
30:22
ahead and
30:23
turn in
30:23
your Bible
30:23
to Psalm
30:24
110.
30:27
Christ
30:28
unites all
30:29
the people
30:29
of God.
30:30
This is
30:30
David,
30:31
united Judah
30:33
and Israel
30:33
under one
30:34
single rule
30:35
fulfilling God's
30:36
promise.
30:37
there was
30:39
later division
30:40
that reappeared
30:40
after Solomon
30:41
and Rehoboam
30:42
and his
30:43
successors.
30:44
Strife broke
30:45
out again in
30:46
the nation.
30:47
So that points
30:48
forward for the
30:50
need for true
30:51
unity among God's
30:52
people.
30:53
So just as David
30:54
brought together
30:55
the nation,
30:56
God accomplishes
30:56
a greater lasting
30:58
unity of his
31:00
people under his
31:01
true anointed
31:02
king.
31:02
Christ brings
31:04
together all
31:05
peoples from
31:06
all nations,
31:07
all tribes,
31:08
all tongues
31:09
under a single
31:10
everlasting kingdom.
31:13
We know that
31:14
it says in
31:14
Galatians 3,
31:15
there's neither
31:16
Jew nor
31:16
Greek,
31:17
slave or free,
31:19
male or
31:19
female.
31:20
You are all
31:21
one in
31:22
Christ Jesus.
31:24
And if you
31:24
are Christ,
31:25
then you are
31:26
Abraham's
31:26
offspring,
31:28
heirs according
31:29
to the promise.
31:30
So all the
31:31
chaos and
31:32
division that
31:33
you see in
31:33
the world,
31:34
and even chaos
31:35
and division in
31:36
the church,
31:37
does that vex
31:38
you?
31:39
Does it bother
31:39
you?
31:41
Does it encourage
31:41
you to know
31:42
that God will
31:44
bring perfect
31:44
unity through
31:46
the reigning
31:46
of the true
31:47
king?
31:49
So God unites
31:50
his people under
31:51
Christ.
31:53
Also, Christ
31:54
brings us near
31:55
to God.
31:55
As we read,
31:56
we saw the
31:58
death of a
31:59
man who
31:59
tried to
32:00
reach out
32:00
and touch
32:01
the ark,
32:02
violating the
32:03
holiness of
32:04
God's presence.
32:06
God's holiness
32:06
destroys sinners.
32:08
It destroys
32:09
people like
32:10
you and I.
32:11
He is too
32:11
pure to look
32:12
upon my
32:13
sin and
32:14
your sin.
32:15
We cannot
32:16
approach him
32:17
unauthorized.
32:19
Yet, we
32:20
know there
32:21
is God's
32:22
presence alone
32:22
that gives
32:23
us life and
32:24
gives us
32:24
blessing.
32:25
So what do
32:25
we do?
32:26
There's a
32:26
problem.
32:27
We need
32:27
God's presence,
32:28
but we can't
32:28
enter.
32:29
This
32:30
tension is
32:30
resolved only
32:31
when the
32:32
way to
32:32
approach God
32:33
is opened
32:34
through Christ
32:35
and his
32:35
work of
32:37
purification on
32:38
our behalf.
32:39
We all know
32:40
the text in
32:41
Hebrews 10,
32:42
19 through
32:42
22, you can
32:43
write that
32:43
down.
32:44
It talks about
32:45
how we can
32:45
enter the
32:46
holy places
32:47
by the blood
32:48
of Christ,
32:49
the way that
32:50
he has opened
32:50
for us to
32:51
go into
32:51
God's presence,
32:53
making us
32:54
clean by
32:56
his blood.
32:57
That's
32:58
Hebrews 10,
32:58
19 through
32:59
22.
33:00
So if you're
33:01
frightened by
33:01
your own
33:02
sin, as I
33:04
am, you're
33:05
afraid that
33:06
your own
33:06
sin would
33:07
destroy you,
33:09
that you
33:09
would be
33:09
utterly consumed
33:10
by the
33:11
holiness and
33:12
righteousness of
33:13
God's presence,
33:14
as it
33:15
encourages you
33:16
that you can
33:16
draw near in
33:18
Jesus and
33:18
through Jesus
33:19
alone into
33:21
his presence,
33:22
bringing you
33:23
life and
33:24
blessing.
33:26
Christ also
33:27
subdues his
33:28
enemies.
33:30
As we read,
33:31
David is the
33:31
model warrior
33:32
king that
33:33
subdues all
33:33
the enemies
33:34
of God,
33:35
bringing justice,
33:37
prefiguring the
33:38
work of
33:38
Christ the
33:40
king.
33:41
You can just
33:42
write this down
33:43
for the sake
33:43
of time.
33:44
Verse
33:44
Corinthians
33:44
15, 24
33:46
through 26,
33:47
it talks about
33:48
how Christ
33:49
will come,
33:51
he will destroy
33:52
every rule and
33:53
every authority
33:53
and power.
33:55
And his
33:55
reign will
33:57
end when he
33:58
puts his
33:58
enemies underneath
34:01
his feet.
34:03
And this
34:03
brings us to
34:04
this psalm,
34:05
Psalm 110.
34:07
It's just
34:08
seven verses.
34:10
But listen,
34:12
this whole
34:13
thing could be
34:13
a sermon by
34:14
itself.
34:16
Psalm 110
34:17
is one of the
34:18
most overlooked,
34:20
underrated
34:20
psalms in the
34:22
entire scripture.
34:24
It is quoted
34:25
no less than
34:26
27 times
34:27
by the New
34:29
Testament writers.
34:31
And men like
34:31
John MacArthur,
34:32
John Piper,
34:33
they all say
34:33
this is a huge
34:34
psalm and the
34:36
story of
34:36
redemption.
34:38
And everything
34:38
I just referred
34:39
to, Christ
34:40
uniting the
34:41
people, Christ
34:42
bringing us near
34:42
to God, Christ
34:43
subduing his
34:44
enemies,
34:46
bringing us all
34:46
together, is all
34:47
mentioned in this
34:49
psalm.
34:49
right?
34:50
That he
34:51
establishes his
34:52
everlasting city
34:53
in the same
34:53
way that David
34:54
established the
34:55
city.
34:56
So let's look at
34:56
Psalm 110
34:57
briefly.
34:59
It says,
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this is David
35:01
writing, he
35:01
says,
35:01
the Lord says
35:02
to my Lord,
35:03
sit at my
35:03
right hand
35:04
until I make
35:05
your enemies
35:06
your footstool.
35:07
The Lord sends
35:08
forth from Zion
35:09
your mighty
35:10
scepter.
35:12
Rule in the
35:13
midst of your
35:13
enemies.
35:15
Your people
35:15
will offer
35:16
themselves freely
35:17
on the day of
35:19
your power in
35:19
holy garments
35:20
from the
35:21
womb of the
35:22
morning.
35:23
The dew of
35:24
your youth
35:24
will be yours.
35:26
The Lord has
35:27
sworn and will
35:28
not change his
35:29
mind.
35:29
You are a
35:30
priest forever
35:31
after the
35:32
order of
35:32
Melchizedek.
35:34
The Lord is
35:35
at your right
35:35
hand.
35:36
He will
35:37
shatter kings
35:38
on the day
35:38
of his wrath.
35:40
He will
35:40
execute judgment
35:41
among the
35:41
nations,
35:43
filling them
35:43
with corpses.
35:44
He will
35:45
shatter chiefs
35:46
over the
35:46
wide world.
35:48
He will
35:48
drink from
35:49
the brook
35:49
by the way.
35:51
Therefore,
35:51
he will lift
35:52
up his
35:53
head.
35:53
So very
35:55
quickly,
35:56
let's walk
35:57
through this.
35:58
We know
35:58
that David
35:59
is not
35:59
talking about
36:00
himself,
36:01
ultimately.
36:02
He was
36:02
never exalted
36:03
to God's
36:04
right hand,
36:04
and he
36:04
actually died.
36:05
He saw
36:06
corruption.
36:07
So,
36:07
who is this
36:08
talking about?
36:09
It's pointing
36:09
forward a
36:11
prophecy of
36:12
the messianic
36:13
king,
36:14
Jesus,
36:14
to come.
36:15
Let's just
36:15
look at
36:15
verse 1.
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The Lord
36:17
says to
36:17
my Lord,
36:19
that's the
36:19
sacred name
36:20
of God,
36:22
Yahweh,
36:22
with another
36:24
Hebrew word.
36:24
It says,
36:25
Yahweh said
36:26
to my
36:26
Adonai,
36:28
or God
36:28
himself said
36:29
to my
36:30
sovereign
36:30
one,
36:31
sit at
36:32
my right
36:32
hand.
36:34
So this
36:34
is a
36:34
conversation
36:35
between the
36:36
Godhead,
36:36
between the
36:37
Father and
36:37
the Son,
36:39
namely between
36:40
God himself
36:41
and the
36:42
one he
36:43
will appoint,
36:44
which is
36:45
actually David's
36:46
Lord.
36:47
So you
36:48
could be
36:48
paraphrased
36:48
as Yahweh
36:49
said to
36:50
David's
36:51
Adonai.
36:51
sit at
36:53
my
36:53
right
36:54
hand.
36:55
The
36:55
right
36:56
hand is
36:56
a place
36:57
of power,
36:58
authority,
37:00
and exaltation,
37:01
and honor.
37:03
Also,
37:04
the right
37:04
hand is
37:05
a place
37:05
of
37:05
subordination,
37:07
the Son
37:08
underneath
37:08
the Father's
37:10
authority.
37:11
So this
37:12
is a
37:12
conversation
37:12
between the
37:13
Father and
37:14
the Son.
37:15
Yet,
37:15
even the
37:16
Son is
37:16
subordinate,
37:17
God has
37:18
granted him
37:18
the seat
37:19
of cosmic
37:20
authority.
37:20
We see
37:21
that in
37:21
Hebrews
37:22
chapter 1
37:23
verse 3.
37:24
It says,
37:24
after making
37:25
purifications
37:25
for sin,
37:27
he sat
37:27
down at
37:28
the right
37:28
hand of
37:29
the majesty
37:29
on high.
37:31
You see
37:31
in the
37:32
next part,
37:32
next verse,
37:33
until you
37:33
make your
37:34
enemies
37:35
your footstool.
37:38
An ancient
37:38
figure of
37:39
speech denoting
37:41
how a
37:41
hostile,
37:43
resistant
37:44
enemy is
37:44
finally brought
37:45
low,
37:47
finally
37:47
conquered,
37:48
and humbled,
37:50
forced to
37:50
surrender.
37:51
He submits
37:52
to the
37:53
conqueror.
37:54
That's what
37:55
we see
37:55
here.
37:56
In verse
37:57
2,
37:58
it says
37:58
that our
37:59
Lord Jesus
37:59
sends forth
38:00
from Zion
38:01
his mighty
38:02
scepter.
38:03
Rule in
38:04
the midst
38:04
of your
38:05
enemies.
38:06
Christ
38:07
will come
38:07
back,
38:08
not as a
38:08
baby meek
38:09
and mild,
38:10
but as a
38:10
conquering
38:11
king who
38:12
will crush
38:13
and destroy
38:15
all who
38:16
have resisted
38:17
him and
38:18
rejected his
38:19
peace terms.
38:21
In verse
38:22
5 and 6,
38:24
when we see
38:24
that the
38:25
Messiah returns,
38:26
he will
38:26
shatter kings
38:27
on the day
38:27
of his
38:27
wrath and
38:29
chiefs over
38:30
the wide
38:30
earth.
38:31
So all
38:32
those who
38:33
oppose God,
38:34
who oppose
38:35
his Messiah,
38:37
all the
38:37
kings and
38:38
nations of
38:39
the world
38:39
who reject
38:40
Christ,
38:41
he will
38:41
shatter
38:42
them.
38:42
They will
38:43
be brought
38:44
to judgment.
38:46
He will
38:46
judge all
38:47
enemies,
38:47
both visible
38:48
and invisible.
38:50
But yet,
38:50
we see the
38:51
contrast in
38:52
verse 3.
38:53
It says that
38:54
many on the
38:54
earth who
38:56
love Christ,
38:56
belong to
38:57
Christ,
38:58
who are
38:58
born again,
38:59
who love
38:59
the gospel,
39:01
they will
39:01
offer themselves
39:02
freely on
39:03
the day of
39:04
his power.
39:05
When the
39:06
church,
39:06
the bride of
39:07
Christ that
39:07
he bought
39:08
with his
39:08
own blood,
39:10
freely
39:10
offered
39:10
themselves
39:11
in
39:12
joy,
39:12
inexpressible,
39:14
because they
39:14
have been
39:14
made clean
39:15
and pure
39:16
by the
39:16
blood of
39:17
that
39:17
Messiah.
39:19
Verse 4,
39:20
The Lord
39:20
has sworn
39:21
and will
39:21
not change
39:22
his mind.
39:23
You are
39:23
a priest
39:24
forever
39:24
after the
39:25
order of
39:26
Melchizedek.
39:27
Our God
39:28
remains
39:29
unchanging.
39:29
He is
39:30
committed
39:30
to this
39:31
saving
39:31
purpose.
39:32
Nothing
39:32
is going
39:33
to change
39:33
that.
39:33
Nothing
39:33
can stop
39:34
him from
39:35
bringing
39:35
about his
39:36
redemptive
39:36
purpose in
39:38
sending this
39:38
true king.
39:39
king.
39:40
Yet,
39:40
we also
39:41
see that
39:43
we won't
39:43
only have
39:43
a king,
39:45
we will
39:45
have a
39:46
kingly
39:46
priest,
39:47
an eternal
39:48
priest,
39:49
representing
39:50
us before
39:50
God and
39:51
giving us
39:51
access to
39:53
his holy
39:54
presence,
39:55
drawing us
39:55
near to
39:56
God's
39:56
presence.
39:58
And finally,
39:58
in verse
39:59
7,
40:00
you see
40:01
that Christ,
40:02
check out
40:03
verse 7,
40:03
Christ will
40:04
drink from
40:05
the brook
40:06
by the way,
40:07
and therefore
40:08
he will
40:08
lift up
40:09
his head.
40:10
So this
40:11
is an
40:11
ancient
40:11
image of
40:13
military
40:14
prowess.
40:15
He stops
40:17
to refresh
40:17
himself by
40:18
a cool
40:19
stream of
40:20
water.
40:21
It's a
40:22
picture of
40:22
having
40:22
satisfaction
40:23
with a
40:24
mission
40:24
accomplished,
40:25
yet a
40:27
full and
40:27
final goal
40:28
to come.
40:30
And that
40:30
is what
40:30
Jesus is
40:31
doing.
40:31
He is
40:32
conquering.
40:33
God's
40:34
purpose
40:34
prevails.
40:36
In
40:37
closing,
40:37
I'm going
40:38
to read
40:38
a quote
40:39
by Calvin
40:39
that's
40:40
his
40:40
commentary
40:41
on Psalm
40:42
110.
40:44
And I
40:44
hope that
40:45
this is
40:45
encouraging
40:46
to you
40:46
and you're
40:47
putting your
40:49
faith in
40:49
the true
40:50
king,
40:51
especially
40:51
if you
40:51
are fearful.
40:53
From this
40:54
psalm,
40:55
he says,
40:56
from this,
40:57
let us
40:58
learn that
40:58
however
40:59
numerous
40:59
those
41:00
enemies
41:00
may be
41:01
who
41:02
conspire
41:02
against
41:03
the
41:03
Son of
41:03
God
41:04
and
41:04
attempt
41:05
the
41:05
subversion
41:05
of
41:06
his
41:06
kingdom,
41:07
all
41:07
will
41:08
be
41:08
unavailing.
41:09
For
41:10
they
41:10
shall
41:10
never
41:10
prevail
41:11
against
41:12
God's
41:12
immutable
41:13
purpose,
41:14
but on
41:14
the
41:14
contrary,
41:16
they
41:16
shall,
41:17
by the
41:17
greatness
41:17
of his
41:18
power,
41:19
be laid
41:19
prostrate
41:20
at
41:20
Christ's
41:21
feet.
41:22
However
41:23
much
41:23
the world
41:24
may rage
41:24
against
41:25
Christ,
41:26
it will
41:26
never
41:27
be able
41:27
to hurl
41:28
him
41:28
from the
41:28
right
41:29
hand
41:29
of the
41:30
Father.
41:31
Moreover,
41:32
as he
41:33
does not
41:34
reign on
41:34
his own
41:35
account,
41:36
but for
41:36
our
41:36
salvation,
41:38
we may
41:39
rest assured
41:40
that we
41:40
will be
41:41
protected
41:41
and preserved
41:42
from all
41:44
ills under
41:45
the guardianship
41:46
of this
41:47
invincible
41:47
king.
41:49
This
41:50
commentary
41:50
on Psalm
41:51
10.
41:52
So we
41:52
were built,
41:53
we were
41:53
made to
41:54
submit to
41:55
that king,
41:56
to stand
41:56
before him,
41:57
adore him,
41:58
serve him,
41:59
and know
41:59
him and be
42:00
ruled by
42:01
him.
42:02
The Bible
42:02
says that
42:03
there is
42:03
a king
42:04
that is
42:04
above all
42:05
the kings
42:06
of the
42:06
earth.
42:07
He is
42:07
a king
42:08
behind all
42:09
the legends
42:09
and tales.
42:11
And when
42:11
the rightful
42:12
king reigns,
42:14
peace and
42:14
prosperity
42:15
will return
42:17
to the
42:17
world.
42:18
He is
42:19
the king
42:19
of kings,
42:20
the Lord
42:20
of lords,
42:20
the true
42:21
son of
42:22
David,
42:23
the true
42:24
son of
42:24
God.
42:25
He is
42:25
a come,
42:26
follow
42:27
him,
42:28
worship
42:28
him.
42:29
Many of
42:30
us have
42:30
made the
42:30
son of
42:31
David our
42:31
king,
42:33
submitting
42:33
to his
42:33
lordship
42:34
as our
42:35
savior.
42:37
And if
42:37
you haven't
42:37
yet,
42:38
come and
42:38
kneel before
42:39
this king,
42:39
kneel before
42:40
the cross,
42:41
and be
42:41
saved.
42:43
Just join
42:43
me in a
42:43
word of
42:44
prayer.