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April 2 - 2 Samuel 1 · A Chapter a Day Bible Reading

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  Hello friends, it's Sean here. It's Tuesday.
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  It's the 2nd of April. April Fools has come and gone
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  and here we are rolling back into a bit of normality.
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  We have had the long weekend for Easter.
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  Some of you might get today off as well, but no, for many of us
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  we are back to the grind, back to normal life.
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  I hope you're going well because today today's a day that we are
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  going to open up a new book. And it's not really a new book,
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  but it is a continuation of the book of Samuel.
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  Today we begin Second Samuel, and Second Samuel really is the
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  the continuation of the narrative of First Samuel.
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  We have gone through the rise and fall of Saul, the
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  introduction of the monarchy in Israel, and now we have this new
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  King David. And the book of Second Samuel is
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  going to really talk us through David's rise, David's great
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  successes, and then David's well shortfalls as king.
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  And I know I spoke about in First Samuel a lot about the
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  fact that this is the king after God's iron heart.
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  And in David, we see we see what God's rulership looks like,
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  God's kingship looks like. But the thing about this story
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  is it's not just about David. While the people of Israel chose
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  Saul to be their king, God chooses David not just to be a
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  king, but to be the beginning of a dynasty that will stretch all
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  the way through to his son. Coming in, the incredible Easter
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  story that we just celebrated. So this is an epic tale of God's
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  setting up a new covenant with his people and showing what his
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  godly authority looks like. So you're ready.
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  Let us do it together. Let's read together Second
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  Samuel Chapter one. After the death of soul, David
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  returned from his victory over the Amalekites and spent two
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  days in Ziklag. On the third day, her man
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  arrived from Saul's army camp. He had torn his clothes and put
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  dirt on his head to show that he was in mourning.
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  He fell to the ground before David in deep respect.
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  Where have you come from? David asked.
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  I escaped from the Israelite camp, the man replied.
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  What happened? David demanded.
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  Tell me how the battle went, the man replied.
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  Our entire army fled from the battle.
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  Many of the men are dead, and Saul and his son Jonathan are
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  also dead. How do you know Saul and
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  Jonathan are dead? David demanded of the young man.
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  The man answered. I happened to be on Mount
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  Gilboa, and there was Saul leaning on his spear with the
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  enemy Chariots and charioteers closing in on him.
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  When he turned and saw me, he cried out for me to come to him.
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  How can I help? I asked him.
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  He responded. Who are you?
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  I'm an Amalekite, I told him, and he begged me.
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  Come over here and put me out of my misery, for I am in terrible
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  pain and want to die. So I killed him, the Amalekite
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  told David. For I knew he couldn't live.
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  Then I took his crown and his armband, and I've brought them
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  here to you, my Lord. David and his men tore their
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  clothes in sorrow when they heard the news.
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  They mourned and wept and fasted all day for Saul and his son
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  Jonathan, and for the Lord's army and the nation of Israel,
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  because they had died by the sword that day.
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  Then David said to the young man who had brought the news.
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  Where are you from? And he replied.
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  I'm a foreigner and a malachite who lives in your land.
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  Why were you not afraid to kill the Lords Anointed 1?
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  David asked. Then David said to one of his
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  men. Kill him.
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  So the man thrust his sword into the Amalekite and killed him.
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  You have condemned yourself, David said.
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  For you yourself confessed that you killed the Lord's anointed.
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  1 Then David composed a funeral song for Saul and Jonathan, and
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  he commanded that it be taught to the people of Judah.
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  It is known as the Song of the Bow, and it is recorded in the
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  Book of Jasher. Your pride and joy are Israel's
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  lies dead on the hills. Oh how the mighty heroes have
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  fallen. Don't announce the news in Gath.
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  Don't proclaim it in the streets of Ashkelon, or the daughters of
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  the Philistines will rejoice, and the pagans will laugh and
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  triumph all mountains of Gilboa. Let there be no due or reign
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  upon you, nor fruitful fields producing offerings of grain,
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  for there the shield of the mighty heroes was defiled.
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  The shield of Saul will no longer be anointed with oil.
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  The bow of Jonathan was powerful, and the sword of Saul
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  did its mighty work. They shed the blood of their
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  enemies and pierced the bodies of mighty heroes.
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  How beloved and gracious was Saul and Jonathan?
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  They were together in life and in death.
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  They were swifter than Eagles, stronger than lions, are women
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  of Israel. Weep for soul, for he dressed
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  you in luxurious scarlet clothing, in garments decorated
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  with gold. All how the mighty heroes have
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  fallen in battle. Jonathan lies dead on the hills.
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  How I weep for you, my brother Jonathan Ohe, how much I loved
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  you. And your love for me was deep,
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  deeper than the love of women. Oh, how the mighty heroes have
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  fallen. Stripped of their weapons, they
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  lied dead. Lord, you are a mighty mighty
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  God, and your plans stretch throughout history, both past
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  and forwards, and we just can't fathom the length and the
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  breadth of your understanding and your guidance of all the
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  things that happen around us. So, Lord, while we don't
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  understand it, we do know that it all sits in the palm of your
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  hand. And so we submit to you and your
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  rule and the greatness of your narrative that plays out in this
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  world. And when things seem confusing
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  and we don't understand what's happening, we trust that this is
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  part of your good plan for your creation, and that in the
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  fullness of your planning, you restore all things back to
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  yourself. So we will Live Today in all the
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  challenges and all the drawbacks and all the joys, and we will
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  know that it all fits in your hand and in your embrace.
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  We worship you, our mighty, and our omniscient God, and it's in
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  the name of Jesus that we pray these things.
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  I'm in.