WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:08.400 Our sermon passage is 1st Samuel. We'll start reading at 1st Samuel 17 verse 57. 00:00:09.400 --> 00:00:17.800 And I'll read this out loud. You follow along and we do this trusting that it is God's inspired, inerrant, infallible, clear, sufficient word. 00:00:18.379 --> 00:00:22.839 It's God's powerful word that the Holy Spirit uses to pierce through to the inner man. 00:00:23.359 --> 00:00:24.660 We pray that he will do that. 00:00:24.660 --> 00:00:32.740 At the end, I'll say the word of God for the people of God. And if you receive it that way, you can please respond. Thanks be to God. 00:00:36.439 --> 00:00:47.340 Then as David returned from the slaughter of the Philistine, Abner took him and brought him before Saul with the head of the Philistine in his hand. 00:00:47.340 --> 00:00:57.660 And Saul said to him, Whose son are you, young man? So David answered, I am the son of your servant, Jesse, the Bethlehemite. 00:00:57.659 --> 00:01:04.579 Now when he had finished speaking to Saul, the soul of Jonathan was knit to the soul of David. 00:01:05.379 --> 00:01:07.939 And Jonathan loved him as his own soul. 00:01:09.259 --> 00:01:14.379 Saul took him that day and would not let him go home to his father's house anymore. 00:01:15.840 --> 00:01:20.519 Then Jonathan and David made a covenant because he loved him as his own soul. 00:01:20.519 --> 00:01:29.379 And Jonathan took off the robe that was on him and gave it to David with his armor, even to his sword and his bow and his belt. 00:01:30.459 --> 00:01:35.979 So David went out where so wherever Saul sent him and behaved wisely. 00:01:36.560 --> 00:01:38.939 And Saul sent him over the men of war. 00:01:39.299 --> 00:01:45.340 And he was accepted in the sight of all the people and also in the sight of Saul's servants. 00:01:45.340 --> 00:01:52.560 Now it happened as they were coming home when David was returning from the slaughter of the Philistine, 00:01:52.719 --> 00:02:03.420 that the women had come out of all the cities of Israel singing and dancing to meet King Saul with tambourines, with joy, with musical instruments. 00:02:04.100 --> 00:02:10.460 So the women sang as they danced and said, Saul has slain his thousands and David his ten thousands. 00:02:10.460 --> 00:02:17.100 When Saul was very angry and the saying displeased him and he said, 00:02:17.780 --> 00:02:22.060 They have ascribed to David ten thousands and to me they have ascribed only thousands. 00:02:22.819 --> 00:02:26.360 Now what more can he have but the kingdom? 00:02:27.580 --> 00:02:31.260 So Saul eyed David from that day forward. 00:02:31.259 --> 00:02:41.120 And it happened on the next day that the distressing spirit from God came upon Saul and he prophesied inside the house. 00:02:41.840 --> 00:02:45.939 So David played music with his hand and at other times. 00:02:46.399 --> 00:02:51.099 But there was a spear in Saul's hand and Saul cast the spear for he said, 00:02:51.579 --> 00:02:53.359 I will pin David to the wall. 00:02:53.579 --> 00:02:57.120 But David escaped his presence twice. 00:02:57.120 --> 00:03:05.099 Now Saul was afraid of David because the Lord was with him, but he had departed from Saul. 00:03:05.980 --> 00:03:11.500 Therefore, Saul removed him from his presence and made him the captain over a thousand. 00:03:12.000 --> 00:03:14.159 And he went out and came in before the people. 00:03:15.180 --> 00:03:17.980 And David behaved wisely in all his ways. 00:03:18.340 --> 00:03:20.259 And the Lord was with him. 00:03:20.939 --> 00:03:26.759 Therefore, when Saul saw that he behaved very wisely, he was afraid of him. 00:03:27.120 --> 00:03:33.780 But all Israel and Judah loved David because he went out and came in before them. 00:03:34.539 --> 00:03:36.560 The word of God for the people of God. 00:03:37.439 --> 00:03:38.719 Thanks be to God. 00:03:39.000 --> 00:03:39.819 Please be seated. 00:03:41.900 --> 00:03:46.340 The grass withers, the flower fades, but the word of the Lord stands forever. 00:03:50.700 --> 00:03:51.520 Let's pray. 00:03:51.520 --> 00:03:51.560 Let's pray. 00:03:57.120 --> 00:04:03.259 Oh, Lord, you speak. 00:04:03.659 --> 00:04:06.280 And you speak so clearly through Jesus Christ. 00:04:07.460 --> 00:04:13.819 And when you speak, Lord, it puts people like us in a position of having to respond. 00:04:13.819 --> 00:04:21.240 We confess, Lord, that without your Holy Spirit stirring our hearts and turning us to you and giving us the gift of faith, 00:04:21.319 --> 00:04:25.079 we are incapable of responding the way we are. 00:04:25.079 --> 00:04:29.359 So we ask, Lord, that your Holy Spirit will minister powerfully. 00:04:30.659 --> 00:04:33.120 That Christ will be lifted up so clearly. 00:04:34.579 --> 00:04:41.419 And that you will cause, Lord, people like us to put our faith in Christ and to strengthen our faith in Christ 00:04:41.419 --> 00:04:47.799 and respond to you the only way that is worthy of our great King Jesus. 00:04:47.800 --> 00:04:49.840 We ask this, Lord, for your glory. 00:04:50.379 --> 00:04:50.639 Amen. 00:04:57.040 --> 00:05:02.460 Well, in 1945, when the Allies had turned the tide of World War II, 00:05:03.660 --> 00:05:06.280 here come the Americans joining the British and the French. 00:05:07.199 --> 00:05:12.220 There were two very different responses to these invading armies. 00:05:12.220 --> 00:05:19.800 To some, this rising U.S. nation was a great threat to their power. 00:05:21.020 --> 00:05:27.820 I was reading how the Nazi field marshal named Erwin Rommel, who was in charge of the Nazi tanks, 00:05:28.880 --> 00:05:30.200 he commented this, 00:05:30.200 --> 00:05:35.080 The enemy, referring to these Americans, win their battles from the air. 00:05:35.760 --> 00:05:41.880 They knock out my panzers, that's the Nazi tanks, with American armor-piercing shells. 00:05:43.080 --> 00:05:44.880 His boss replied to him, 00:05:44.960 --> 00:05:47.900 That's impossible. The Americans only know how to make razor blades. 00:05:48.840 --> 00:05:53.080 They'd converted all their factories now to be geared up for war. 00:05:54.460 --> 00:05:56.840 And the field marshal responded to his boss, 00:05:57.180 --> 00:05:59.660 We could do with some of those razor blades. 00:06:00.260 --> 00:06:02.380 We need to catch up our military to them. 00:06:02.820 --> 00:06:06.600 To the Nazis, the Allies were a threat to their power. 00:06:07.060 --> 00:06:09.800 They were advancing and dominating unstopped. 00:06:09.800 --> 00:06:15.920 And now as these American soldiers were arriving on the concentration camps, 00:06:16.060 --> 00:06:17.240 where people were starving, 00:06:17.939 --> 00:06:18.800 they had been tortured, 00:06:18.920 --> 00:06:21.759 they'd seen their loved ones torn away from them and killed, 00:06:22.660 --> 00:06:28.040 these same soldiers got a very different response from those prisoners inside these camps. 00:06:28.040 --> 00:06:31.200 They were viewed as liberators. 00:06:31.780 --> 00:06:35.080 To see these same soldiers was not a threat to their power. 00:06:35.600 --> 00:06:41.000 These soldiers represented hope, a new start, and the end of a nightmare. 00:06:41.740 --> 00:06:44.140 Two very different responses. 00:06:45.180 --> 00:06:50.439 Eva Korg recounted a woman in one of these concentration camps that got liberated, 00:06:50.439 --> 00:06:56.180 running through the barracks, even though she was weak and frail and skinny, 00:06:56.879 --> 00:07:00.319 of Auschwitz, yelling three simple words over and over, 00:07:00.959 --> 00:07:01.939 We are free. 00:07:02.600 --> 00:07:03.939 We are free. 00:07:04.560 --> 00:07:05.699 We are free. 00:07:05.699 --> 00:07:10.360 In 1 Samuel 18, 00:07:10.360 --> 00:07:16.519 we see two very different reactions to this great victory that God gave through David. 00:07:17.779 --> 00:07:20.319 And isn't it true how the word of God is a mirror? 00:07:21.439 --> 00:07:25.959 We read the words of scripture, but God's word reads us in our soul. 00:07:27.300 --> 00:07:32.060 There are only two responses you and I can have to the victorious Messiah. 00:07:32.060 --> 00:07:36.579 Two responses to the victorious Messiah. 00:07:37.720 --> 00:07:39.759 The first is Saul's response. 00:07:40.540 --> 00:07:43.500 After the victory that God gave Jonathan, 00:07:44.680 --> 00:07:46.879 Saul built a monument to himself. 00:07:47.139 --> 00:07:49.040 Do you remember that a few chapters back? 00:07:50.279 --> 00:07:54.879 And then remember how after parading wicked King Agag around, 00:07:55.060 --> 00:07:57.759 even though God said, kill that king, kill everything, 00:07:57.759 --> 00:08:03.939 Saul pretended that he was praying to God and going through the motions of worship. 00:08:04.839 --> 00:08:07.939 And God said, I want obedience, not sacrifice. 00:08:09.300 --> 00:08:11.219 Well, what was Saul's reaction now? 00:08:11.319 --> 00:08:17.959 What will his response be after this great victory that God gave the nation of Israel through David, 00:08:18.420 --> 00:08:19.379 the anointed one? 00:08:19.480 --> 00:08:21.159 Remember, the word anointed means shepherd. 00:08:22.360 --> 00:08:25.819 Look at chapter 17, verse 57 one more time. 00:08:25.819 --> 00:08:30.860 Then as David returned from the slaughter of the Philistines, 00:08:31.360 --> 00:08:38.100 Abner took him and brought him before Saul with the head of the Philistine in his hand. 00:08:39.139 --> 00:08:40.480 The stage is set. 00:08:41.019 --> 00:08:42.720 This is your big moment, King Saul. 00:08:43.200 --> 00:08:45.759 How will you respond to what God has done? 00:08:47.639 --> 00:08:49.580 There he is, a shepherd boy. 00:08:49.580 --> 00:08:54.000 He had been offered the clothes of King Saul, remember? 00:08:54.379 --> 00:08:59.080 But God did this great victory without him wearing the armor that King Saul offered him. 00:09:00.160 --> 00:09:06.580 This victory was given to a peasant looking young man, maybe 15 year old boy, you could say, 00:09:07.240 --> 00:09:09.360 without any help from Saul. 00:09:10.400 --> 00:09:12.200 This is incredibly humbling. 00:09:12.200 --> 00:09:17.280 So it requires an appropriate response now from Saul. 00:09:18.020 --> 00:09:22.920 God loves to humble the man who views himself as most powerful, doesn't he? 00:09:23.680 --> 00:09:28.879 Later on in redemptive history, remember the great King Nebuchadnezzar, ruler of the entire world. 00:09:29.440 --> 00:09:30.700 Oh, the Lord humbled him. 00:09:32.160 --> 00:09:33.640 What will Saul's response be? 00:09:34.240 --> 00:09:36.879 Nebuchadnezzar responded this way in Daniel 434. 00:09:36.879 --> 00:09:39.519 Blessed be the Most High. 00:09:39.939 --> 00:09:42.639 Praise and honor be unto him who lives forever. 00:09:43.039 --> 00:09:45.759 For his dominion is an everlasting dominion. 00:09:46.059 --> 00:09:49.360 And his kingdom is from generation to generation. 00:09:49.820 --> 00:09:53.039 All the inhabitants of the earth are as nothing. 00:09:53.439 --> 00:09:58.899 He does according to his will in the army of heaven and among the inhabitants of earth. 00:09:59.259 --> 00:10:02.600 No one can restrain his mighty hand. 00:10:02.600 --> 00:10:08.899 That's what the uncircumcised pagan King Nebuchadnezzar declared of God. 00:10:09.360 --> 00:10:11.259 That's an appropriate response. 00:10:14.080 --> 00:10:20.600 What will Saul say in response to what God has accomplished before all Israel and all Philistia? 00:10:20.600 --> 00:10:27.659 In verse 58, Saul said to him, David, whose son are you? 00:10:28.000 --> 00:10:31.399 Some of your English translations get it literally, boy. 00:10:35.139 --> 00:10:36.879 No prayer lifted up. 00:10:37.340 --> 00:10:39.920 No doxology for the whole nation to hear. 00:10:41.080 --> 00:10:47.820 No Ebenezer or a memorial of God's faithfulness like Samuel built up after another great defeat. 00:10:47.820 --> 00:10:50.120 God gave them over the same people, the Philistines. 00:10:51.440 --> 00:10:55.720 No honor even given to the faithful servant that God equipped to win. 00:10:58.220 --> 00:11:00.900 See, David was God's anointed shepherd. 00:11:01.240 --> 00:11:03.100 David was a Messiah figure. 00:11:04.520 --> 00:11:09.960 And he had just crushed the head of this scale-covered accuser, Goliath. 00:11:09.960 --> 00:11:16.660 This was a victory that was remarkably symbolic. 00:11:19.240 --> 00:11:27.960 And unfortunately, this story ends with a remarkably anticlimactic response from the King of Israel. 00:11:27.960 --> 00:11:33.639 Well, next, this passage sets up two bookends. 00:11:34.420 --> 00:11:36.000 This is called an inclusio. 00:11:36.480 --> 00:11:38.660 And then it works its way to the center. 00:11:39.400 --> 00:11:42.400 And it points out what we're supposed to focus on. 00:11:43.600 --> 00:11:45.420 I'd love to do this with you. 00:11:45.480 --> 00:11:47.960 If you've got God's word open there, this will be helpful for you. 00:11:48.340 --> 00:11:49.940 You're going to have to use two fingers, okay? 00:11:50.019 --> 00:11:52.379 Two index fingers to trace it together. 00:11:52.980 --> 00:11:53.860 Here are the bookends. 00:11:53.860 --> 00:11:55.519 Put one finger on verse 1. 00:11:56.960 --> 00:12:00.740 And what these two verses have in common is that David was loved. 00:12:01.220 --> 00:12:02.259 So look at verse 1. 00:12:02.779 --> 00:12:04.159 Jonathan loved him. 00:12:04.860 --> 00:12:10.360 Now put your other finger at the other inclusio, the other end, the other bookend, which is verse 16. 00:12:11.220 --> 00:12:13.820 All Israel and Judah loved David. 00:12:14.180 --> 00:12:17.000 You see how the common language sets these up as bookend. 00:12:17.039 --> 00:12:18.060 Now keep your fingers there. 00:12:18.659 --> 00:12:20.500 Here's the second step of the four. 00:12:20.500 --> 00:12:24.240 David is promoted and behaves wisely. 00:12:24.799 --> 00:12:26.519 So look at verse 5 now. 00:12:26.639 --> 00:12:28.639 Take your first finger and put it on verse 5. 00:12:29.539 --> 00:12:33.639 Wherever Saul sent David, he behaved himself wisely. 00:12:33.840 --> 00:12:36.360 And Saul sent him over the men of war. 00:12:36.940 --> 00:12:39.259 And take your second finger and put it on verse 13. 00:12:39.940 --> 00:12:41.980 Saul made him his captain over a thousand. 00:12:42.440 --> 00:12:43.080 Verse 14. 00:12:43.240 --> 00:12:46.840 And David behaved himself wisely in all his ways. 00:12:46.899 --> 00:12:47.879 And the Lord was with him. 00:12:48.600 --> 00:12:49.879 And Saul was afraid of him. 00:12:49.879 --> 00:12:52.379 You see the linguistic tie between those two? 00:12:52.919 --> 00:12:55.779 You see how your fingers are moving closer and closer to the center. 00:12:56.740 --> 00:12:57.939 Here's the third step. 00:12:58.539 --> 00:12:59.980 Music and anger. 00:13:00.559 --> 00:13:01.460 Music and anger. 00:13:01.899 --> 00:13:03.879 Put your first finger again on verse 6. 00:13:04.620 --> 00:13:09.399 Women played musical instruments, but then Saul is wrought with anger. 00:13:10.200 --> 00:13:11.139 Now look at verse 10. 00:13:11.279 --> 00:13:12.939 David played music with his hands. 00:13:12.940 --> 00:13:15.260 And Saul in his mad rage. 00:13:15.260 --> 00:13:17.560 And Saul in his mad rage throws his javelin at David twice. 00:13:19.000 --> 00:13:21.500 So now your fingers are almost close together. 00:13:21.900 --> 00:13:26.380 We finally arrived at the literary center of this structure of this passage. 00:13:27.060 --> 00:13:30.740 What did the spirit-inspired author intend for us to find? 00:13:30.740 --> 00:13:35.200 To ponder as the isolated focus. 00:13:35.200 --> 00:13:36.379 Look at verse 9. 00:13:36.960 --> 00:13:38.680 Here's what this passage points to. 00:13:39.560 --> 00:13:43.759 Saul eyed David from that day forward. 00:13:44.039 --> 00:13:45.779 That's what it's marking out for us. 00:13:46.039 --> 00:13:46.519 Isn't that cool? 00:13:48.120 --> 00:13:48.980 To eye David. 00:13:49.200 --> 00:13:51.960 It means he jealously gazed at him. 00:13:51.960 --> 00:13:54.639 Or he viewed him with suspicion. 00:13:56.420 --> 00:14:02.259 See how the very literary structure of this Hebrew narrative, the way God breathed it out, 00:14:03.060 --> 00:14:10.300 it acts as walls closing in, squeezing, suffocating this panicked man, Saul, 00:14:10.940 --> 00:14:12.660 who's enslaved to his idol. 00:14:14.019 --> 00:14:15.759 His idol is his throne. 00:14:15.759 --> 00:14:21.740 After God delivered the kingdom from death and slavery to the Philistines, 00:14:21.939 --> 00:14:25.059 Saul's eyes don't go up to heaven in praise. 00:14:25.659 --> 00:14:26.720 They are low. 00:14:27.299 --> 00:14:28.519 He eyed David. 00:14:29.220 --> 00:14:31.840 He's gazing down from his tall height, 00:14:32.120 --> 00:14:34.279 head and shoulders above every other man in the nation, 00:14:34.779 --> 00:14:37.259 looking down at this boy. 00:14:38.399 --> 00:14:40.819 A threat to his idol, his throne. 00:14:42.179 --> 00:14:44.139 A simple shepherd dressed like a peasant. 00:14:44.139 --> 00:14:48.299 A simple shepherd threatens the most powerful man in Israel. 00:14:49.980 --> 00:14:52.159 It's a very sad picture we have. 00:14:53.159 --> 00:14:56.220 He's surrounded by all of God's people, the whole nation. 00:14:56.980 --> 00:15:00.980 He's in the midst of joyful singing, dancing, celebrating. 00:15:01.960 --> 00:15:06.840 They've gotten a wonderful display of God's mighty power over the world. 00:15:07.460 --> 00:15:10.679 And there is Saul all alone. 00:15:12.419 --> 00:15:13.939 God's people are joyful. 00:15:14.139 --> 00:15:15.179 But not Saul. 00:15:16.220 --> 00:15:18.799 God's people are singing all around him. 00:15:19.159 --> 00:15:20.000 But not Saul. 00:15:21.199 --> 00:15:26.580 God's people know the Lord of hosts is with him, with them. 00:15:26.819 --> 00:15:28.340 And they trust him by faith. 00:15:28.759 --> 00:15:31.519 And they see him working mightily within the kingdom. 00:15:32.299 --> 00:15:33.500 But not Saul. 00:15:33.500 --> 00:15:37.220 So sad. 00:15:37.220 --> 00:15:38.340 So tragic. 00:15:39.960 --> 00:15:44.879 Yet it's also such a common response to the work of the Messiah. 00:15:44.879 --> 00:15:48.460 A person can be in the midst of God's people. 00:15:48.460 --> 00:15:51.379 Hearing them sing with tears in their eyes. 00:15:51.800 --> 00:15:53.980 That's part of Robert Murray Mishane's testimony. 00:15:54.180 --> 00:16:00.740 He's seeing everybody else worshiping God, but doesn't know Jehovah Sidkenu, the Lord, my righteousness. 00:16:00.740 --> 00:16:08.220 You see everyone else marveling at God's amazing grace to save wretches like us. 00:16:08.220 --> 00:16:10.279 We're delivered. 00:16:10.279 --> 00:16:17.000 We're secured forever by the victory of God over sin, Satan, death, and judgment by the finished work of Christ. 00:16:17.240 --> 00:16:19.320 Yet in the midst of the congregation. 00:16:19.320 --> 00:16:21.600 It's so sad to admit it. 00:16:22.120 --> 00:16:25.120 It's very possible to remain unmoved. 00:16:25.860 --> 00:16:26.600 Ice cold. 00:16:28.660 --> 00:16:30.240 Suspicious of God still. 00:16:30.960 --> 00:16:32.520 And enslaved to the idol. 00:16:33.900 --> 00:16:35.740 To hold on to that throne. 00:16:36.560 --> 00:16:38.020 The throne of our lives. 00:16:38.400 --> 00:16:39.700 To remain in control. 00:16:40.820 --> 00:16:43.700 To remain believing that I'm my own king. 00:16:44.960 --> 00:16:47.140 Even at the cost of our own souls. 00:16:47.139 --> 00:16:51.639 Brothers and sisters and dear friends. 00:16:51.779 --> 00:16:54.360 Jesus Christ is portrayed to you and me. 00:16:55.220 --> 00:16:59.199 By his help, Lord willing, every time we meet, it's Christ. 00:16:59.919 --> 00:17:00.659 Lift it up. 00:17:02.059 --> 00:17:02.939 The greater David. 00:17:03.539 --> 00:17:05.339 The one who crushed Satan's head. 00:17:06.160 --> 00:17:08.319 Who's ransomed and delivered his people. 00:17:09.700 --> 00:17:11.799 So don't cling to your throne. 00:17:13.079 --> 00:17:14.859 Be moved by the spirit. 00:17:17.140 --> 00:17:19.680 The cross was the most massive mystery. 00:17:20.000 --> 00:17:22.360 Most massive moment in human history. 00:17:23.400 --> 00:17:26.020 It was Jesus Christ's supreme victory. 00:17:27.220 --> 00:17:28.400 His death and resurrection. 00:17:28.720 --> 00:17:30.980 That's the theme of all the Bible. 00:17:31.220 --> 00:17:32.600 The Old and the New Testament. 00:17:33.380 --> 00:17:36.700 Every time we hear of the work of God to redeem. 00:17:37.280 --> 00:17:39.520 By the death and resurrection of his son. 00:17:40.020 --> 00:17:41.120 We need to be moved. 00:17:41.119 --> 00:17:47.119 Don't respond to the picture of the Messiah like Saul did. 00:17:48.819 --> 00:17:50.019 Give up that throne. 00:17:51.799 --> 00:17:54.019 Let it all down at the foot of Christ. 00:17:54.759 --> 00:17:56.399 Let him melt your heart. 00:17:57.459 --> 00:17:58.419 Put your faith in him. 00:18:00.619 --> 00:18:06.139 By God's grace, we do have a contrasting response given to us in this same passage. 00:18:06.140 --> 00:18:08.780 I did have to wrestle for a while. 00:18:08.880 --> 00:18:10.120 Why was it structured this way? 00:18:10.180 --> 00:18:11.320 Why was it set up that way? 00:18:11.380 --> 00:18:14.140 Because the chapter begins with this wonderful response. 00:18:15.380 --> 00:18:21.660 And I think the reason has to be so that the context of these two will be a foil one to another. 00:18:22.000 --> 00:18:22.360 Contrast. 00:18:22.480 --> 00:18:23.340 A juxtaposition. 00:18:23.339 --> 00:18:26.299 And the rejection of Saul. 00:18:28.259 --> 00:18:29.439 Rejecting the grace of God. 00:18:29.519 --> 00:18:30.259 The glory of God. 00:18:30.399 --> 00:18:32.459 Clinging to his throne for himself as an idol. 00:18:32.599 --> 00:18:35.919 Is set up in stark contrast with the response of Jonathan. 00:18:37.399 --> 00:18:41.099 At that scene where David walks up holding the Goliath's head. 00:18:41.740 --> 00:18:43.039 And he speaks with Saul. 00:18:43.119 --> 00:18:44.459 There was another character. 00:18:45.579 --> 00:18:48.139 It was the noble crowned prince of Israel. 00:18:48.279 --> 00:18:48.659 Jonathan. 00:18:49.919 --> 00:18:51.279 Remember many chapters ago. 00:18:51.279 --> 00:18:54.779 Jonathan already stormed the garrison of the Philistines with his armor bearer. 00:18:54.819 --> 00:18:56.119 And the Lord gave a great victory. 00:18:56.899 --> 00:18:58.379 To be of age to fight. 00:18:58.440 --> 00:18:59.539 You had to be over 20. 00:18:59.740 --> 00:19:01.220 And many years have passed. 00:19:01.759 --> 00:19:04.200 So commentators have estimated over 20 years. 00:19:04.299 --> 00:19:08.940 Some would say even closer to 30 years age gap between David and Jonathan. 00:19:10.000 --> 00:19:11.359 John pointed out this morning. 00:19:11.460 --> 00:19:13.480 It's almost more of a father-son relationship. 00:19:13.839 --> 00:19:15.139 If the father is 42. 00:19:15.399 --> 00:19:16.680 And the son is 15. 00:19:16.680 --> 00:19:21.640 That's exactly the relationship or the distance between Jonathan and David. 00:19:22.440 --> 00:19:25.240 So Jonathan now in his 40s most likely. 00:19:25.740 --> 00:19:29.019 Everyone views him as the new king of Israel. 00:19:29.120 --> 00:19:31.580 The one that would be an honor to follow and serve. 00:19:32.080 --> 00:19:33.480 He has faith in God. 00:19:33.620 --> 00:19:34.180 He's valiant. 00:19:35.000 --> 00:19:39.180 And only him and King Saul are the only two men in all the kingdom that have weapons. 00:19:39.180 --> 00:19:43.039 This is the man who God has already blessed. 00:19:43.440 --> 00:19:44.560 A man of faith. 00:19:46.140 --> 00:19:50.840 But after Jonathan sits there watching David carrying Goliath's head. 00:19:51.460 --> 00:19:52.680 What God just did. 00:19:53.200 --> 00:19:55.019 And then speaking with Saul. 00:19:55.720 --> 00:19:58.220 We read in verse 57. 00:19:58.940 --> 00:20:00.480 As David returned from the slaughter. 00:20:01.160 --> 00:20:03.279 With the head of the Philistine in his hand. 00:20:03.380 --> 00:20:07.140 Now you pick up in verse 1 of chapter 18. 00:20:07.140 --> 00:20:09.740 When he had finished speaking to Saul. 00:20:10.000 --> 00:20:11.440 The soul of Jonathan. 00:20:12.060 --> 00:20:12.900 Prince Jonathan. 00:20:13.380 --> 00:20:16.080 Was knit to the soul of David. 00:20:17.040 --> 00:20:19.920 And Jonathan loved him as his own. 00:20:20.940 --> 00:20:23.900 That expression to love him as his own. 00:20:24.460 --> 00:20:28.020 It's describing the quality of this bond. 00:20:28.520 --> 00:20:32.180 It was a selfless love. 00:20:32.620 --> 00:20:34.700 It was a self forgetting love. 00:20:34.700 --> 00:20:38.400 Jonathan saw in David. 00:20:38.559 --> 00:20:39.819 Something that God had done. 00:20:40.279 --> 00:20:42.759 That freed him up from the flesh. 00:20:42.759 --> 00:20:44.340 Or anything he wanted to cling on to. 00:20:44.460 --> 00:20:46.940 And it became a self forgetting love. 00:20:47.059 --> 00:20:49.360 For something much bigger God is doing. 00:20:51.259 --> 00:20:53.360 I have to add this clarification. 00:20:53.840 --> 00:20:57.759 Despite Satan's best attempts to distort God's pure word. 00:20:58.259 --> 00:21:01.460 And the scripture doesn't try to gloss over these characters. 00:21:01.460 --> 00:21:05.120 We're given gross sins that people in the Bible commit. 00:21:05.480 --> 00:21:07.480 This is not one of those cases. 00:21:08.340 --> 00:21:10.259 This is no woke text. 00:21:10.680 --> 00:21:12.740 No twisted perversion is here. 00:21:13.519 --> 00:21:17.840 The meaning of this exchange is informed by the contrast. 00:21:19.279 --> 00:21:23.519 While Saul kept back the reward from David that he had promised him. 00:21:24.240 --> 00:21:26.240 We'll open that up more next week. 00:21:26.240 --> 00:21:32.799 Jonathan's response to David's work and words is the opposite. 00:21:34.980 --> 00:21:42.299 David did not receive from King Saul what he had held out there as the carrot for whoever would go fight. 00:21:42.839 --> 00:21:46.759 But instead God himself gave David a wonderful gift. 00:21:47.299 --> 00:21:50.099 With Jonathan he gave him biblical friendship. 00:21:50.099 --> 00:21:57.439 David's victory and David's words were what knit Jonathan's soul to this anointed king. 00:21:57.579 --> 00:21:59.079 This Messiah shepherd. 00:21:59.939 --> 00:22:01.059 Did you catch those details? 00:22:01.199 --> 00:22:05.079 It was after Jonathan saw David come up with the work being done. 00:22:05.259 --> 00:22:06.139 Holding Goliath's head. 00:22:06.519 --> 00:22:08.819 And after he heard them finish speaking. 00:22:09.799 --> 00:22:12.379 There was something in David's demeanor. 00:22:12.380 --> 00:22:18.560 Surely by the anointing of the spirit that the Lord ministered to Jonathan in that moment. 00:22:18.660 --> 00:22:20.920 We're not given more details than that. 00:22:21.860 --> 00:22:26.040 What we do know is that Jonathan rejoices in David's victory. 00:22:26.720 --> 00:22:27.740 A true friend. 00:22:28.620 --> 00:22:32.100 And Jonathan rejoices at David's words. 00:22:33.100 --> 00:22:34.200 Look at verse 3. 00:22:34.200 --> 00:22:36.540 Then Jonathan and David made a covenant. 00:22:37.280 --> 00:22:38.700 Because he loved him. 00:22:39.080 --> 00:22:41.460 Meaning Jonathan loved David as his own soul. 00:22:42.380 --> 00:22:44.900 This is a covenant between people. 00:22:45.680 --> 00:22:51.060 A covenant is an oath bound commitment between people and before God. 00:22:51.780 --> 00:22:53.640 What makes a covenant so special. 00:22:54.300 --> 00:22:56.940 Is that it's more loving than a mere contract. 00:22:57.480 --> 00:23:00.420 And it's also more binding than a mere promise. 00:23:01.540 --> 00:23:03.280 That's what a covenant is. 00:23:03.860 --> 00:23:05.900 More loving than a mere contract. 00:23:06.180 --> 00:23:08.360 More binding than a mere promise. 00:23:09.580 --> 00:23:10.860 Here's my interpretation. 00:23:10.859 --> 00:23:12.059 Take it for that. 00:23:12.179 --> 00:23:12.939 For what it is. 00:23:14.579 --> 00:23:17.199 Jonathan was born a sinner like everyone after Adam. 00:23:17.419 --> 00:23:20.299 At some point the Lord regenerated Jonathan. 00:23:20.759 --> 00:23:22.779 Working in a way differently in the old covenant. 00:23:22.939 --> 00:23:24.000 But giving him a faith. 00:23:24.379 --> 00:23:27.079 To believe in the promise of a coming seed. 00:23:27.159 --> 00:23:27.639 A Messiah. 00:23:27.640 --> 00:23:27.759 Yeah. 00:23:30.360 --> 00:23:31.240 And then. 00:23:31.460 --> 00:23:33.420 When the Holy Spirit in Jonathan. 00:23:33.820 --> 00:23:35.300 Though it's different in the old covenant. 00:23:36.100 --> 00:23:38.000 When he saw the anointed one. 00:23:38.520 --> 00:23:39.820 He saw in David. 00:23:40.460 --> 00:23:42.580 God's anointed king. 00:23:43.100 --> 00:23:44.560 He was putting his faith. 00:23:44.940 --> 00:23:47.660 In David as a figure pointing to Christ. 00:23:48.820 --> 00:23:51.140 It's a powerful thing that the Lord can work. 00:23:51.460 --> 00:23:52.160 In that way. 00:23:52.160 --> 00:23:58.440 I believe that Jonathan expressed to God's servant David. 00:23:58.440 --> 00:24:02.759 What every true believer is moved to express to Jesus Christ. 00:24:03.759 --> 00:24:06.259 Saul made himself an enemy of God's servant. 00:24:06.940 --> 00:24:10.360 But Jonathan was stirred up to be a friend. 00:24:10.519 --> 00:24:11.320 A true friend. 00:24:12.060 --> 00:24:13.340 Self forgetting friend. 00:24:13.339 --> 00:24:15.799 Out of love for the future Messiah. 00:24:15.939 --> 00:24:16.699 Jesus Christ. 00:24:19.019 --> 00:24:22.259 In verse 4 we read that Jonathan then took off his robe. 00:24:22.559 --> 00:24:23.559 That was on him. 00:24:23.619 --> 00:24:24.559 And gave it to David. 00:24:24.959 --> 00:24:25.720 With his armor. 00:24:25.839 --> 00:24:26.699 And even his sword. 00:24:26.799 --> 00:24:27.240 And his bow. 00:24:27.319 --> 00:24:27.779 And his belt. 00:24:29.659 --> 00:24:31.599 I think that the Holy Spirit of God. 00:24:31.740 --> 00:24:33.899 Was so evidently on this young man. 00:24:34.339 --> 00:24:36.879 That the grace that God put in Jonathan's soul. 00:24:37.319 --> 00:24:38.659 Could not help but view. 00:24:39.099 --> 00:24:40.539 This shepherd warrior. 00:24:40.539 --> 00:24:41.539 As an ambassador. 00:24:41.539 --> 00:24:43.839 Of the Lord of hosts. 00:24:46.899 --> 00:24:47.799 Jonathan now. 00:24:48.319 --> 00:24:49.960 If he had thought about the kingdom. 00:24:49.960 --> 00:24:50.799 Or the throne. 00:24:51.000 --> 00:24:52.480 Becoming the next king of Israel. 00:24:53.079 --> 00:24:54.399 I believe the Lord. 00:24:54.819 --> 00:24:56.619 Showed him an even greater joy. 00:24:57.480 --> 00:24:59.259 An even greater kingdom. 00:25:01.119 --> 00:25:03.519 He takes off the royal robe. 00:25:04.180 --> 00:25:05.920 He puts it on this shepherd. 00:25:07.779 --> 00:25:08.740 You wear it. 00:25:09.299 --> 00:25:10.980 I won't idolize the throne. 00:25:11.539 --> 00:25:13.079 I've seen how empty that is. 00:25:13.079 --> 00:25:14.139 In my dad's life. 00:25:14.920 --> 00:25:16.940 God is the Lord of his people. 00:25:17.440 --> 00:25:19.039 Let me be a simple man. 00:25:19.240 --> 00:25:20.259 Simple foot soldier. 00:25:20.759 --> 00:25:21.480 For God. 00:25:22.480 --> 00:25:23.599 He gives him the sword. 00:25:24.940 --> 00:25:25.460 David. 00:25:25.619 --> 00:25:26.460 The kingdom. 00:25:26.839 --> 00:25:27.779 Symbolically is yours. 00:25:27.899 --> 00:25:28.500 You will wield. 00:25:28.940 --> 00:25:29.599 The sword. 00:25:30.639 --> 00:25:31.339 You will bend. 00:25:31.579 --> 00:25:31.920 The bow. 00:25:31.920 --> 00:25:34.600 I don't need to be recognized. 00:25:34.600 --> 00:25:34.640 I don't need to be recognized. 00:25:34.640 --> 00:25:35.560 As a hero. 00:25:35.560 --> 00:25:36.680 In this world. 00:25:36.680 --> 00:25:38.900 It's God who clearly gives the victory. 00:25:39.519 --> 00:25:41.120 And God gave you the victory. 00:25:41.120 --> 00:25:42.160 Without any armor. 00:25:42.460 --> 00:25:43.140 Without any help. 00:25:43.140 --> 00:25:45.000 From these Philistine made. 00:25:45.140 --> 00:25:46.080 Pieces of metal. 00:25:46.940 --> 00:25:48.900 So God can also use me. 00:25:49.100 --> 00:25:50.420 However he pleases. 00:25:50.660 --> 00:25:51.820 For his glory. 00:25:51.819 --> 00:25:55.359 Jonathan's watching the whole scene. 00:25:55.439 --> 00:25:58.039 How the women from across the nation are coming. 00:25:59.000 --> 00:26:00.639 Singing and celebrating. 00:26:02.019 --> 00:26:02.980 Full of joy. 00:26:05.119 --> 00:26:07.019 I can't help but think of the connection. 00:26:07.460 --> 00:26:10.259 The exact words of John the Baptist later. 00:26:10.379 --> 00:26:12.460 Who is a noble warrior. 00:26:12.460 --> 00:26:14.779 Preparing the way for the Messiah. 00:26:14.779 --> 00:26:17.319 In John 3.29. 00:26:18.160 --> 00:26:19.539 John the baptizer says. 00:26:19.799 --> 00:26:21.180 He who has the bride. 00:26:21.339 --> 00:26:22.660 Is the bridegroom. 00:26:23.079 --> 00:26:25.019 But the friend of the bridegroom. 00:26:25.139 --> 00:26:27.480 Who stands and hears him. 00:26:27.779 --> 00:26:29.019 Rejoices greatly. 00:26:29.559 --> 00:26:31.039 At the bridegroom's voice. 00:26:32.119 --> 00:26:32.980 Therefore this. 00:26:33.379 --> 00:26:34.899 My joy is fulfilled. 00:26:35.500 --> 00:26:37.059 He must increase. 00:26:37.480 --> 00:26:39.019 I must decrease. 00:26:40.420 --> 00:26:41.899 This is what we see. 00:26:42.460 --> 00:26:43.259 In Jonathan. 00:26:44.779 --> 00:26:46.039 Well in this passage. 00:26:46.180 --> 00:26:47.440 We're also left with a question. 00:26:48.579 --> 00:26:49.720 And the beauty of. 00:26:50.740 --> 00:26:51.639 Hebrew literature. 00:26:51.819 --> 00:26:52.500 But more importantly. 00:26:52.859 --> 00:26:53.899 One divine author. 00:26:53.899 --> 00:26:54.899 Of all the scriptures. 00:26:55.119 --> 00:26:55.879 The Holy Spirit. 00:26:56.440 --> 00:26:57.720 Is that it's so layered. 00:26:57.839 --> 00:26:58.319 And beautiful. 00:26:58.319 --> 00:26:58.899 And rich. 00:26:59.740 --> 00:27:00.319 And the question. 00:27:00.440 --> 00:27:01.519 We're left with is this. 00:27:02.079 --> 00:27:02.779 Who points. 00:27:03.079 --> 00:27:03.839 To Christ here. 00:27:05.099 --> 00:27:06.079 Is it Jonathan. 00:27:06.079 --> 00:27:06.940 Pointing to Christ. 00:27:07.019 --> 00:27:07.639 Or is it David. 00:27:07.799 --> 00:27:08.639 Pointing to Christ. 00:27:10.359 --> 00:27:11.139 I've had to. 00:27:11.240 --> 00:27:12.039 Just accept. 00:27:12.279 --> 00:27:13.139 I think it's both. 00:27:14.779 --> 00:27:17.879 In the love. 00:27:17.879 --> 00:27:18.579 That this. 00:27:18.980 --> 00:27:20.119 Noble Jonathan. 00:27:20.119 --> 00:27:21.500 Shows to the simple. 00:27:21.839 --> 00:27:22.960 Shepherd David. 00:27:23.460 --> 00:27:25.500 I think we see a picture of Christ. 00:27:25.980 --> 00:27:27.539 Showing love to his church. 00:27:28.039 --> 00:27:29.099 This is how Jonathan. 00:27:29.819 --> 00:27:30.660 Points to Christ. 00:27:31.440 --> 00:27:32.539 God's victory. 00:27:33.079 --> 00:27:33.879 Not only secured. 00:27:33.879 --> 00:27:34.819 A great freedom. 00:27:34.819 --> 00:27:35.799 For the kingdom. 00:27:35.799 --> 00:27:36.819 God also secured. 00:27:36.819 --> 00:27:37.299 Something. 00:27:37.819 --> 00:27:38.660 More precious. 00:27:38.660 --> 00:27:39.920 He secured. 00:27:39.920 --> 00:27:41.400 A covenant bond. 00:27:41.400 --> 00:27:42.259 Between Christ. 00:27:42.580 --> 00:27:43.460 And the church. 00:27:44.220 --> 00:27:45.160 A true friendship. 00:27:46.040 --> 00:27:47.640 An eternal covenant. 00:27:49.480 --> 00:27:50.259 Think of it. 00:27:50.300 --> 00:27:51.460 Our Lord Jesus Christ. 00:27:51.580 --> 00:27:52.400 The eternally. 00:27:52.820 --> 00:27:53.420 Begotten. 00:27:53.560 --> 00:27:53.940 God. 00:27:54.019 --> 00:27:54.480 The son. 00:27:55.500 --> 00:27:56.380 The everlasting. 00:27:56.380 --> 00:27:57.360 Prince of peace. 00:27:57.440 --> 00:27:58.500 Like a greater Jonathan. 00:27:58.860 --> 00:27:59.740 He took off. 00:27:59.960 --> 00:28:00.840 His majesty. 00:28:01.360 --> 00:28:02.620 The robe of his glory. 00:28:02.620 --> 00:28:03.120 In heaven. 00:28:03.360 --> 00:28:04.660 He was despised. 00:28:04.880 --> 00:28:05.500 Made low. 00:28:06.180 --> 00:28:07.360 They esteemed him not. 00:28:07.359 --> 00:28:09.699 And his active obedience. 00:28:09.699 --> 00:28:11.339 Secured for men and women. 00:28:12.000 --> 00:28:12.740 Boys and girls. 00:28:12.919 --> 00:28:13.439 You and me. 00:28:14.639 --> 00:28:16.119 Made in the flesh. 00:28:16.479 --> 00:28:17.079 A righteousness. 00:28:17.079 --> 00:28:18.259 That is not our own. 00:28:18.419 --> 00:28:18.919 A righteousness. 00:28:18.919 --> 00:28:20.139 Accomplished by God. 00:28:20.179 --> 00:28:21.299 Himself in the flesh. 00:28:22.000 --> 00:28:23.159 Our Lord Jesus Christ. 00:28:23.279 --> 00:28:24.299 Gives his righteousness. 00:28:24.799 --> 00:28:25.339 To us. 00:28:25.379 --> 00:28:26.799 His royal robes. 00:28:26.799 --> 00:28:27.839 He clothes. 00:28:28.099 --> 00:28:29.099 His church with. 00:28:30.679 --> 00:28:32.000 What a beautiful picture. 00:28:32.199 --> 00:28:32.579 We have. 00:28:32.719 --> 00:28:33.839 Of this free gift. 00:28:34.539 --> 00:28:35.899 And it's not a covenant. 00:28:35.899 --> 00:28:36.859 Among equals. 00:28:37.359 --> 00:28:40.459 It's the prince of peace. 00:28:40.459 --> 00:28:41.279 With peasants. 00:28:41.419 --> 00:28:42.059 Like us. 00:28:42.339 --> 00:28:43.659 We receive Christ's. 00:28:43.659 --> 00:28:44.240 Righteousness. 00:28:44.359 --> 00:28:44.639 Freely. 00:28:45.139 --> 00:28:46.199 We wear it. 00:28:46.839 --> 00:28:48.359 And he puts his armor on us. 00:28:48.459 --> 00:28:49.259 We're raised up. 00:28:49.279 --> 00:28:49.879 As his army. 00:28:50.459 --> 00:28:51.659 We are identified. 00:28:51.659 --> 00:28:52.359 With him. 00:28:54.039 --> 00:28:54.539 Remember. 00:28:54.619 --> 00:28:55.199 David wouldn't. 00:28:55.199 --> 00:28:56.119 Wouldn't be identified. 00:28:56.119 --> 00:28:56.699 With Saul. 00:28:56.779 --> 00:28:57.539 He would not go to. 00:28:57.699 --> 00:28:58.119 To battle. 00:28:58.379 --> 00:28:59.359 Looking like Saul. 00:29:00.119 --> 00:29:01.019 But David. 00:29:01.279 --> 00:29:02.199 Would joyfully. 00:29:02.199 --> 00:29:02.819 Now wear. 00:29:03.459 --> 00:29:04.019 The armor. 00:29:04.319 --> 00:29:04.859 And the robe. 00:29:05.279 --> 00:29:05.740 Jonathan. 00:29:05.740 --> 00:29:07.880 The church now. 00:29:08.000 --> 00:29:09.120 Puts on Christ. 00:29:09.920 --> 00:29:10.759 We are bound. 00:29:10.900 --> 00:29:11.620 To Christ. 00:29:11.779 --> 00:29:13.359 By an everlasting covenant. 00:29:14.500 --> 00:29:15.420 More loving. 00:29:15.500 --> 00:29:16.259 Than a contract. 00:29:16.660 --> 00:29:17.220 More binding. 00:29:17.700 --> 00:29:18.920 Than a mere promise. 00:29:18.920 --> 00:29:20.580 ise. 00:29:20.580 --> 00:29:20.580 00:29:20.580 --> 00:29:20.580 00:29:20.580 --> 00:29:20.580 00:29:20.580 --> 00:29:20.580 00:29:20.580 --> 00:29:20.580 00:29:20.580 --> 00:29:20.580 00:29:20.580 --> 00:29:20.580 00:29:20.579 --> 00:29:28.139 just as the soul of Jonathan was knit to the soul of David, 00:29:28.259 --> 00:29:32.699 the soul of God's people is knit to the soul of Christ. 00:29:32.779 --> 00:29:34.519 We can say the two become one. 00:29:35.500 --> 00:29:38.220 That's how tight our union with Christ is. 00:29:38.859 --> 00:29:40.539 We're in covenant with him forever. 00:29:42.539 --> 00:29:44.919 Well, not only does Jonathan point to Christ, 00:29:45.119 --> 00:29:48.019 David also points to Jesus Christ in this passage. 00:29:48.019 --> 00:29:54.839 In the last chapter, in chapter 17, think how David defeated the enemy, 00:29:55.200 --> 00:29:59.639 just as Jesus disarmed the dragon when he was crucified, 00:29:59.879 --> 00:30:03.259 when he died and was buried as a simple shepherd. 00:30:04.079 --> 00:30:10.259 But now, the next turn of the page, Jesus Christ is raised, ascended, seated, 00:30:10.579 --> 00:30:15.319 and he's ruling in session, dressed in glory and majesty, 00:30:15.319 --> 00:30:17.679 in his glorified, resurrected body. 00:30:18.539 --> 00:30:22.419 The splendor of heaven, beholding God, 00:30:23.379 --> 00:30:26.179 a visible manifestation of God's attributes, 00:30:26.319 --> 00:30:30.619 somehow clothing now, God the Son, incarnate, glorified. 00:30:30.619 --> 00:30:36.659 just as David is taking on the robe and the armor now, 00:30:37.699 --> 00:30:40.500 having accomplished the great victory that God gave him. 00:30:42.119 --> 00:30:45.819 David did not go to war looking like the world. 00:30:46.799 --> 00:30:49.759 He would not be mistaken for that type of worldly king. 00:30:49.759 --> 00:30:55.660 But now, at God's right hand, our Lord Jesus Christ, he is rightly dressed. 00:30:56.839 --> 00:30:59.160 He's robed in royal splendor. 00:31:00.379 --> 00:31:01.640 Philippians 2.9 says, 00:31:01.759 --> 00:31:05.839 God now has also highly exalted him and given him a name 00:31:05.839 --> 00:31:09.900 that is above every name. 00:31:09.900 --> 00:31:13.400 I love how we sing this in our song today. 00:31:15.180 --> 00:31:16.600 This great exchange. 00:31:17.580 --> 00:31:18.900 There in my place, he stood condemned. 00:31:20.220 --> 00:31:21.940 Here I stand now justified. 00:31:22.200 --> 00:31:25.100 My guilt is his and his grace is mine. 00:31:26.780 --> 00:31:27.480 In verse 3, 00:31:27.580 --> 00:31:29.360 When I stand before the throne one day, 00:31:29.500 --> 00:31:31.400 they are dressed in beauty, not my own. 00:31:32.040 --> 00:31:33.860 Then, Lord, shall I fully know, 00:31:34.180 --> 00:31:36.600 not till that day how much I know. 00:31:36.599 --> 00:31:40.619 And there will be a day where we stand in the presence of God 00:31:40.619 --> 00:31:42.879 and we will get to see the Lord 00:31:42.879 --> 00:31:47.219 and behold him in his splendor with glorified eyes. 00:31:49.699 --> 00:31:52.099 The Lord has given a glimpse of that glory 00:31:52.099 --> 00:31:55.719 to several in the scriptures. 00:31:56.079 --> 00:31:57.759 One is Revelation 19, 00:31:57.879 --> 00:32:01.139 how John reported using broken human language. 00:32:01.259 --> 00:32:01.559 He said, 00:32:01.959 --> 00:32:05.959 I saw heaven opened up and behold a white horse 00:32:05.960 --> 00:32:09.259 and he who sat on him was called faithful and true. 00:32:09.819 --> 00:32:10.819 And in righteousness, 00:32:11.039 --> 00:32:13.059 he judges and makes war. 00:32:13.779 --> 00:32:16.200 And his eyes were like a flame of fire 00:32:16.200 --> 00:32:18.220 and his head were many crowns. 00:32:18.340 --> 00:32:21.360 And he was clothed with a robe dipped in blood. 00:32:21.740 --> 00:32:23.980 And his name is called the word of God. 00:32:24.200 --> 00:32:27.759 And the armies in heaven are clothed in fine linen, 00:32:28.220 --> 00:32:29.400 white and clean. 00:32:29.819 --> 00:32:31.579 They followed him on white horses. 00:32:31.579 --> 00:32:34.659 Out of his mouth goes a sharp sword 00:32:34.659 --> 00:32:38.179 with which he will strike the nations. 00:32:38.799 --> 00:32:41.699 And he himself will rule with a rod of iron. 00:32:42.079 --> 00:32:44.519 And he himself treads the winepress 00:32:44.519 --> 00:32:48.059 of the fierceness and wrath of almighty God. 00:32:49.299 --> 00:32:51.919 He has on his robe and on his thigh 00:32:51.919 --> 00:32:53.199 a name written, 00:32:53.720 --> 00:32:56.399 King of Kings and Lord of Lords. 00:32:56.400 --> 00:33:00.960 Respond to this glorious King. 00:33:01.519 --> 00:33:03.900 His name is above every other name. 00:33:04.280 --> 00:33:06.540 That's the only response worthy of him 00:33:06.540 --> 00:33:08.400 is to lay down everything 00:33:08.400 --> 00:33:10.140 that we would hold on to. 00:33:10.880 --> 00:33:11.780 Forsake the idol, 00:33:11.960 --> 00:33:12.860 forsake the throne, 00:33:13.759 --> 00:33:15.400 cast it all upon him 00:33:15.400 --> 00:33:17.560 and he will exalt you 00:33:17.560 --> 00:33:18.920 on the last day 00:33:18.920 --> 00:33:21.320 and seat you with him 00:33:21.320 --> 00:33:22.960 in the armies of heaven. 00:33:24.380 --> 00:33:25.120 Let's pray. 00:33:25.120 --> 00:33:25.200 Amen. 00:33:26.400 --> 00:33:26.960 Oh Lord, 00:33:27.060 --> 00:33:28.740 please help us to respond to you. 00:33:30.640 --> 00:33:32.160 We thank you for how you have 00:33:32.160 --> 00:33:34.700 revealed yourself in all of scripture, 00:33:35.200 --> 00:33:35.840 glorified, 00:33:36.480 --> 00:33:36.759 risen, 00:33:37.720 --> 00:33:38.720 the almighty God. 00:33:40.580 --> 00:33:42.140 And yet you're the good shepherd. 00:33:42.519 --> 00:33:45.220 You so tenderly call your sheep by name. 00:33:46.440 --> 00:33:46.680 Lord, 00:33:46.740 --> 00:33:48.280 I pray that we will hear your voice. 00:33:49.640 --> 00:33:51.100 I pray that you'll show us 00:33:51.100 --> 00:33:53.180 how fleeting these things of this world are 00:33:53.180 --> 00:33:54.259 that we want to cling to 00:33:54.259 --> 00:33:55.060 and hold on to, 00:33:55.059 --> 00:33:56.859 that we'll turn around 00:33:56.859 --> 00:33:58.480 and leave those behind 00:33:58.480 --> 00:33:59.599 and come to you instead. 00:34:00.539 --> 00:34:01.399 We thank you, 00:34:01.480 --> 00:34:01.519 Lord, 00:34:01.559 --> 00:34:02.440 that we can rest 00:34:02.440 --> 00:34:04.179 in this everlasting covenant. 00:34:04.859 --> 00:34:06.759 It's you who hold us fast. 00:34:07.559 --> 00:34:09.059 We thank you that you are victorious. 00:34:09.059 --> 00:34:11.900 You are clothed in majesty and splendor. 00:34:13.559 --> 00:34:14.579 And we thank you, 00:34:14.679 --> 00:34:14.860 Father, 00:34:15.519 --> 00:34:16.799 that we belong to you. 00:34:17.799 --> 00:34:19.559 We pray that your kingdom will advance, 00:34:20.400 --> 00:34:23.440 that you will cause those who are once your enemies now, 00:34:23.519 --> 00:34:23.679 Lord, 00:34:23.739 --> 00:34:24.719 to declare like 00:34:24.719 --> 00:34:26.400 Nebuchadnezzar, 00:34:26.400 --> 00:34:30.519 blessed be God most high. 00:34:30.940 --> 00:34:33.099 Praise and honor be unto him 00:34:33.099 --> 00:34:34.400 who lives forever. 00:34:34.820 --> 00:34:37.720 For his dominion is an everlasting dominion 00:34:37.720 --> 00:34:40.900 and his kingdom is from generation to generation. 00:34:41.320 --> 00:34:44.579 That all the inhabitants of the earth are as nothing. 00:34:45.200 --> 00:34:46.039 And that you do, 00:34:46.260 --> 00:34:46.380 Lord, 00:34:47.019 --> 00:34:48.220 according to your will, 00:34:48.480 --> 00:34:49.960 both in the army of heaven 00:34:49.960 --> 00:34:52.740 and among the inhabitants of earth, 00:34:52.739 --> 00:34:56.039 that nothing can restrain your mighty hand. 00:34:56.519 --> 00:34:58.179 And it's with that same mighty hand 00:34:58.179 --> 00:35:00.199 that you hold your people fast 00:35:00.199 --> 00:35:03.699 so that no one can pluck us out of your mighty hand. 00:35:04.119 --> 00:35:05.559 We praise you for your work, Lord. 00:35:06.019 --> 00:35:07.139 Help us to trust you, 00:35:07.319 --> 00:35:08.359 to follow you. 00:35:09.459 --> 00:35:11.039 We pray that your kingdom will come, Lord, 00:35:11.099 --> 00:35:12.519 among this church for your glory. 00:35:12.939 --> 00:35:13.179 Amen.