May 25, 2020 | Uncategorized
TODAY’S READING FROM THE OLD TESTAMENT- 2 SAM 7:1-8:18 Even Nathan the prophet sometimes gets it wrong. He speaks what he thinks best based upon what he knows. When David tells him that he wants to build a house for the Lord (a permanent fixture for the Ark of the...
May 24, 2020 | Uncategorized
TODAY’S READING FROM THE OLD TESTAMENT- 2 SAMUEL 4:1-6:23 Saul and his eldest three sons were killed in battle at Mount Gilboa (1 Samuel 31:2; 2 Samuel 1:5-6). Ishbosheth, Saul’s fourth son, and oldest surviving son, had been proclaimed Saul’s successor, King of...
May 23, 2020 | Uncategorized
The Civil War Within; The House of Saul vs. the House of David; Jesus Washes the Feet of His Disciples “David grew steadily stronger, but the house of Saul grew weaker continually” (2 Samuel 3:1). The Book of I Samuel described the transition from the rule of the...
May 21, 2020 | Uncategorized
TODAY’S READING FROM THE OLD TESTAMENT- 1 SAMUEL 29:1-31 Today we finish reading through 1 Samuel. 1 Samuel 29 is an unusual scene. David has aligned himself with King Achish and the Philistine army as they attack Israel. The other Philistine warriors realize the...
May 19, 2020 | Uncategorized
David has moved to the wilderness of Engedi. Saul, momentarily diverted by Philistine raids on the land, pursues him once again with 3,000 choice men from all Israel. Providentially, Saul goes into a cave to relieve himself near the Crags of the Wild Goats. David...
May 18, 2020 | Uncategorized
Welcome to David’s ‘Adullam Days’. Wilhelm Gesenius’ Hebrew and Chaldee Lexicon to the Old Testament Scriptures provides notes supporting Adullam as meaning “a hiding place”. David is on the run from a jealous King Saul who has become obsessed with the...
May 17, 2020 | Uncategorized
OLD TESTAMENT READING: 1 Sam 20:1-21:15 The story of David and Jonathan’s friendship continues. It is an inspiring example of the redemptive value of friendship. David is benefited in a godly way by this ‘friend who loved him first’. It is noted that Jonathan loved...
May 16, 2020 | Uncategorized
The contrast between the characters of Saul and David reflects the contrast between the ways of the flesh (the unregenerate self-life) and the Spirit. Galatians 5:17 17 For the flesh sets its desire against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; for these are...
May 15, 2020 | Uncategorized
The Shepherd, David, was voted “the least likely to succeed” by his family members. When it came to finding a man who had a heart that was akin to God’s heart- David was the Lord’s top choice. 1 Samuel 13:14 14 The LORD has sought out for Himself a man after His own...
