WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:02.760 Nathan said earlier is going to be 1st Samuel chapter 17. 00:00:03.760 --> 00:00:05.660 A very well-known text to us. 00:00:05.780 --> 00:00:07.759 It's the story of David and Goliath. 00:00:10.800 --> 00:00:16.320 We've heard this story taught in our own churches that we've been a part of throughout the years. 00:00:16.440 --> 00:00:18.620 You know, we've all come from different places, walks of life, 00:00:18.780 --> 00:00:23.160 and this is a text that is touched on a lot from a lot of different circles, 00:00:23.359 --> 00:00:25.699 a lot of different people, in a lot of different ways. 00:00:25.699 --> 00:00:34.019 We often hear expressions like conquer your Goliath or throw your stone of faith. 00:00:34.679 --> 00:00:40.700 Those are references to this text, and it's a way for us to kind of conceptualize, 00:00:41.500 --> 00:00:45.560 communicate this idea of overcoming trial, overcoming problems in our life. 00:00:47.399 --> 00:00:52.320 I think it is almost always well-meaning when people say these things, 00:00:52.320 --> 00:00:59.539 but the reality is I think there's so much more going on in this text than just that, as good as that is. 00:01:00.320 --> 00:01:03.939 And so my hope and my prayer is that we'll be able to walk through that today 00:01:03.939 --> 00:01:12.879 and see more of the true glory of this story, the truly good news that we have in Christ in 1st Samuel 17. 00:01:12.879 --> 00:01:19.719 So we're going to walk through this text together and just kind of highlight that ultimate reality, 00:01:19.839 --> 00:01:24.479 that redemptive historical reality that is meant to be displayed throughout this text. 00:01:25.039 --> 00:01:29.379 So again, starting in 1st Samuel 17, verse 1. 00:01:30.879 --> 00:01:33.739 Now the Philistines gathered their armies for battle, 00:01:33.739 --> 00:01:36.939 and they were gathered at Soca, which belongs to Judah, 00:01:37.219 --> 00:01:41.399 and encamped between Soca and Ezekiah and Ephesdamun. 00:01:42.000 --> 00:01:45.140 So this is near Bethlehem, about 15 miles from the town. 00:01:46.119 --> 00:01:46.699 In verse 2, 00:01:47.359 --> 00:01:49.959 And Saul, he's currently king, right, King Saul, 00:01:50.039 --> 00:01:54.899 and Saul and the men of Israel were gathered and encamped in the valley of Elah. 00:01:55.419 --> 00:01:58.399 And they drew up in the line of battle against the Philistines. 00:01:58.400 --> 00:02:01.440 And the Philistines stood on the mountain on the one side, 00:02:01.640 --> 00:02:03.580 and Israel stood on the mountain on the other side, 00:02:03.880 --> 00:02:05.100 with a valley between them. 00:02:05.980 --> 00:02:10.520 And there came out from the camp of the Philistines a champion named Goliath of Gath, 00:02:10.740 --> 00:02:12.980 whose height was six cubits and a span. 00:02:13.360 --> 00:02:15.280 He had a helmet of bronze on his head, 00:02:15.439 --> 00:02:17.520 and he was armed with a coat of mail. 00:02:18.300 --> 00:02:21.159 The weight of the coat was 5,000 shekels of bronze, 00:02:21.280 --> 00:02:23.460 and he had bronze armor on his legs. 00:02:23.460 --> 00:02:26.939 And a javelin of bronze slung between his shoulders, 00:02:27.200 --> 00:02:29.840 and the shaft of his spear was like a weaver's beam. 00:02:30.659 --> 00:02:31.900 And his spear's head, 00:02:32.180 --> 00:02:34.879 this is just the head of the spear, not the whole thing, the head, 00:02:35.500 --> 00:02:37.439 weighed 600 shekels of iron. 00:02:38.319 --> 00:02:40.080 And his shield-bearer went before him. 00:02:41.340 --> 00:02:42.920 So a couple notes here so far. 00:02:43.140 --> 00:02:47.600 This is the only passage in the Bible where the word champion is used. 00:02:48.040 --> 00:02:50.819 It's used twice in this passage, and it's the only time it occurs. 00:02:50.819 --> 00:02:54.099 It literally means the man between two, 00:02:54.299 --> 00:02:57.060 referring to this big man, this Goliath of Gath. 00:02:57.139 --> 00:03:00.079 He's between the two armies on the two mountains. 00:03:01.379 --> 00:03:03.579 He was six cubits in a span. 00:03:04.759 --> 00:03:08.219 Now, most scholars have agreed a cubit is about 18 inches, 00:03:08.879 --> 00:03:12.759 which means Goliath rings in at 9 feet 9 inches. 00:03:13.500 --> 00:03:14.780 This is a big boy, right? 00:03:15.659 --> 00:03:16.560 Pretty big. 00:03:16.560 --> 00:03:26.800 The coat that weighs 5,000 shekels of bronze is 125 pounds. 00:03:27.520 --> 00:03:29.020 Now, I'm not a very big guy to begin with, 00:03:29.340 --> 00:03:31.920 but that's just 15 pounds shy of me. 00:03:32.280 --> 00:03:33.879 So he's essentially wearing me. 00:03:34.120 --> 00:03:38.039 He's got like an adult, smaller male on his back. 00:03:39.000 --> 00:03:41.039 Okay, so this is a real big guy. 00:03:41.039 --> 00:03:43.419 And he wore it. 00:03:43.519 --> 00:03:44.479 I mean, he's running around. 00:03:44.579 --> 00:03:46.879 He's going in battle, wearing 125 pounds. 00:03:47.039 --> 00:03:49.620 Now, most people in this room, even some of the bigger ones, 00:03:49.699 --> 00:03:53.060 would have struggle just carrying 60-pound packs, 00:03:53.479 --> 00:03:55.819 much less fighting with a 60-pound pack. 00:03:56.539 --> 00:04:00.099 And yet, Goliath doubles that, 125 pounds. 00:04:00.099 --> 00:04:04.979 And on top of that, he's carrying the spear that the head of which, 00:04:05.120 --> 00:04:07.379 the end point, and anybody who's ever lifted anything, 00:04:07.479 --> 00:04:11.340 you know a pole, if it's heavier at the end, it's harder to balance. 00:04:11.859 --> 00:04:13.740 And his weight of his spear is at the end. 00:04:13.840 --> 00:04:15.299 It's in the head of the spear. 00:04:16.259 --> 00:04:18.719 And that spear is going to be roughly 15 pounds. 00:04:19.600 --> 00:04:22.459 And so here's this guy running around, 125-pound armor, 00:04:23.040 --> 00:04:26.319 15-pound spearhead, and he's thrusting it out to stab people. 00:04:26.319 --> 00:04:29.740 Again, this is a big man, okay? 00:04:30.779 --> 00:04:34.740 And to have the strength and endurance to fight in war with that armor, 00:04:34.839 --> 00:04:36.339 that spear, I mean, this is insane. 00:04:37.639 --> 00:04:38.600 You know, I like sports. 00:04:38.719 --> 00:04:40.920 In the sporting world, college football, basketball, 00:04:41.139 --> 00:04:44.379 they give athletes these rankings, you know, one through five-star, 00:04:44.480 --> 00:04:45.519 five-star being the best. 00:04:46.199 --> 00:04:49.240 If Goliath was a recruit today, they would create a six-star. 00:04:49.379 --> 00:04:50.300 I mean, he's that big. 00:04:50.339 --> 00:04:52.319 He's a difference maker, right? 00:04:52.360 --> 00:04:53.680 We've never seen anything like this. 00:04:53.680 --> 00:04:57.019 It's picking back up in verse 8. 00:04:57.840 --> 00:05:00.780 So this man, this big man, this nine-foot, nine-inch man, 00:05:00.900 --> 00:05:04.199 he stood, Goliath, and he shouted to the ranks of Israel, 00:05:04.819 --> 00:05:06.780 Why have you come out to draw up for battle? 00:05:07.660 --> 00:05:09.720 Or why have you not come out to draw up for battle? 00:05:09.899 --> 00:05:12.800 Am I not a Philistine, and are you not servants of Saul? 00:05:13.639 --> 00:05:16.120 Choose a man for yourselves and let him come down to me, right? 00:05:16.160 --> 00:05:16.720 This is taunt. 00:05:16.800 --> 00:05:18.680 This is, hey, you're best against me. 00:05:18.699 --> 00:05:21.319 I'll kill him any day of the week, right? 00:05:21.319 --> 00:05:26.019 And know the distinction Goliath makes right away between Philistine and Israelite. 00:05:26.060 --> 00:05:28.839 This is a huge threat in this, and we're going to pick up on this in a bit. 00:05:29.879 --> 00:05:31.519 Back to the text in verse 9. 00:05:32.939 --> 00:05:35.639 If he is able to fight with me and kill me, meaning the Israelite, 00:05:35.719 --> 00:05:39.719 if your best champion can fight me and kill me, then we will be your servants. 00:05:40.719 --> 00:05:45.759 But if we prevail against him and kill him, then you should be our servants and serve us. 00:05:45.759 --> 00:05:50.319 And the Philistine said, I defy the ranks of Israel this day. 00:05:50.819 --> 00:05:52.819 Give me a man that we may fight together. 00:05:53.759 --> 00:05:54.759 This is bull talk. 00:05:56.060 --> 00:06:01.420 When Saul and all Israel heard these words of the Philistine, they were dismayed and greatly afraid. 00:06:02.680 --> 00:06:04.779 I would be afraid, nine foot, nine inches. 00:06:04.779 --> 00:06:12.859 Now David was the son of an Ephraite, of Bethlehem and Judah, named Jesse, who had eight sons. 00:06:14.039 --> 00:06:18.039 In the days of Saul, the man was already old and advanced in years. 00:06:18.659 --> 00:06:21.339 The three oldest sons of Jesse had followed Saul to battle. 00:06:22.079 --> 00:06:26.379 And the names of his three sons who went to the battle were Eli, the firstborn, 00:06:26.919 --> 00:06:30.719 and next to him, Eben-Nadab, and the third, Shammah. 00:06:30.720 --> 00:06:33.120 But David was the youngest. 00:06:33.600 --> 00:06:35.260 The three eldest followed Saul. 00:06:35.880 --> 00:06:39.820 But David went back and forth from Saul to feed his father's sheep at Bethlehem. 00:06:40.580 --> 00:06:41.320 Verse 16, 00:06:41.420 --> 00:06:46.860 For forty days the Philistine came forward and took his stand, morning and evening. 00:06:49.820 --> 00:06:54.300 So for forty days and forty nights, this nine foot nine man, this beast of a man, 00:06:54.960 --> 00:06:59.720 he's taunting Israel, saying, send me your best, bring him out, I'll kill him right now. 00:06:59.720 --> 00:07:02.000 For forty days, forty nights, evening and morning. 00:07:02.180 --> 00:07:03.100 He's relentless. 00:07:04.860 --> 00:07:08.340 And I want to say, this is a temptation the Israelites are facing, right? 00:07:08.400 --> 00:07:10.880 It's a taunt, but it is a temptation, right? 00:07:11.320 --> 00:07:12.380 What kind of temptation? 00:07:13.560 --> 00:07:18.840 Temptation to fear, temptation to focus on the things of earth and not the things of God. 00:07:20.200 --> 00:07:24.200 The men of Israel not only failed as they caved to their fear and worldly thinking, 00:07:24.620 --> 00:07:25.540 but even Saul. 00:07:25.540 --> 00:07:30.220 And mind you, Saul, contextually, this is supposed to be Israel's champion. 00:07:30.660 --> 00:07:32.080 You know, he's a pretty big guy. 00:07:32.220 --> 00:07:34.260 He stood head and shoulders above the men of Israel. 00:07:34.939 --> 00:07:37.480 And yet, even he is cowering before Goliath. 00:07:38.120 --> 00:07:39.280 He's scared out of his mind. 00:07:39.279 --> 00:07:45.239 But he, too, had fallen away from God along with the rest of the house of Israel 00:07:45.239 --> 00:07:50.879 by focusing on this Goliath, his armor, his spear, his size, the things of this earth, right? 00:07:50.959 --> 00:07:52.459 Self-preservation is kicking in. 00:07:52.459 --> 00:07:59.680 But in the midst of all these failing men who are not obeying God in faith, 00:07:59.779 --> 00:08:02.359 who are not striking down this Philistine where he stands, 00:08:02.899 --> 00:08:08.759 we see David highlighted as someone who is from Bethlehem, from the tribe of Judah. 00:08:10.079 --> 00:08:11.139 Very important to note. 00:08:11.139 --> 00:08:14.339 So verse 17. 00:08:14.339 --> 00:08:18.479 And Jesse said to David his son, 00:08:19.000 --> 00:08:22.699 Take for your brothers an ephaph of this parched grain and these ten loaves, 00:08:22.799 --> 00:08:24.839 and carry them quickly to the camp to your brothers. 00:08:25.779 --> 00:08:28.639 Also take these ten cheeses to the commander of their thousand. 00:08:29.339 --> 00:08:32.179 See if your brothers are well, and bring some token from them. 00:08:33.039 --> 00:08:37.620 Now Saul and they and all the men of Israel were in the valley of Elah fighting the Philistines. 00:08:37.620 --> 00:08:41.419 And David rose early in the morning and left the sheep with a keeper, 00:08:42.060 --> 00:08:46.120 and took the provisions and went, as Jesse had commanded them. 00:08:46.399 --> 00:08:51.360 And he came to the encampment as the host was going out to the battle line, shouting the war cry. 00:08:52.480 --> 00:08:56.159 And Israel and the Philistines drew up for battle, army against army. 00:08:57.320 --> 00:08:59.960 And David left things in charge of the keeper of the baggage, 00:09:00.139 --> 00:09:02.759 and ran to the ranks, and went and greeted his brothers. 00:09:02.759 --> 00:09:04.340 And he talked with them, 00:09:05.100 --> 00:09:08.679 Behold, the champion, the Philistine of Gath, Goliath by name, 00:09:09.039 --> 00:09:12.879 came up out of the ranks of the Philistines, and spoke the same words as before. 00:09:13.980 --> 00:09:15.080 And David heard him. 00:09:15.799 --> 00:09:18.899 All the men of Israel, when they saw the man, 00:09:19.319 --> 00:09:21.319 they fled from him and were much afraid. 00:09:22.139 --> 00:09:24.439 And the men of Israel said, 00:09:24.519 --> 00:09:26.200 Have you seen this man who comes up? 00:09:26.559 --> 00:09:29.059 Surely he has come up to defy Israel. 00:09:29.059 --> 00:09:33.319 And the king will enrich the man who kills him with great riches, 00:09:33.479 --> 00:09:36.619 and will give him his daughter, and make his father's house free in Israel. 00:09:37.899 --> 00:09:39.419 I'm going to pause here for a moment. 00:09:40.539 --> 00:09:42.819 It is so significant, I think, 00:09:42.959 --> 00:09:47.279 that the men of Israel are recorded first as seeing Goliath, 00:09:47.399 --> 00:09:48.859 and then fleeing in fear. 00:09:49.759 --> 00:09:52.799 This is a clear indication, as I already alluded to earlier, 00:09:53.159 --> 00:09:55.119 that these men are thinking in worldly terms. 00:09:55.199 --> 00:09:56.299 They're not thinking about God. 00:09:56.299 --> 00:10:00.159 They're thinking about this nine-foot, nine-inch monster, right? 00:10:01.379 --> 00:10:02.759 Their focus was out of place. 00:10:03.539 --> 00:10:06.139 And Israel, like Goliath, like the Philistine, 00:10:06.939 --> 00:10:10.679 they thought it was merely Israel being defied here, right? 00:10:11.519 --> 00:10:13.620 Goliath said, I will defy Israel this day, 00:10:13.679 --> 00:10:16.439 and now Israelite is confirming that and saying he's defying Israel, 00:10:16.539 --> 00:10:17.479 the nation, the people. 00:10:19.139 --> 00:10:23.839 And yet, no mention is made of this Philistine defying God by the men of Israel. 00:10:23.840 --> 00:10:27.660 They had forgotten the lesson of Joshua, 00:10:27.820 --> 00:10:33.180 where Israel feared many giants when they were about to enter the promised land, right? 00:10:33.220 --> 00:10:36.060 Many giants, they came back, 12 spies, two said, let's do it. 00:10:36.080 --> 00:10:38.460 The other 10 said, no, no, those are some big guys. 00:10:39.080 --> 00:10:40.820 And we all know how that story goes. 00:10:40.860 --> 00:10:43.519 Because of their sin, because of their lack of faith in God, 00:10:44.160 --> 00:10:45.879 and trusting the promise to take the land, 00:10:46.360 --> 00:10:48.139 they end up spending 40 years in the wilderness. 00:10:48.139 --> 00:10:52.120 It's similar, right? 00:10:52.319 --> 00:10:56.679 Goliath, for 40 days, morning and night, tempting Israel, 00:10:56.899 --> 00:10:57.980 saying, come out, fight me. 00:10:59.559 --> 00:11:01.240 This is similar to Eve, right? 00:11:01.299 --> 00:11:05.179 The fruit was a delight to her eyes, we know from Genesis, 00:11:05.679 --> 00:11:07.480 because she focused on the fruit. 00:11:07.580 --> 00:11:08.419 She looked at the fruit. 00:11:08.500 --> 00:11:10.779 She was considering the fruit in the words of the serpent, 00:11:10.919 --> 00:11:14.000 and not the words of God, right? 00:11:14.000 --> 00:11:16.159 Which was temptation that led to sin. 00:11:18.820 --> 00:11:20.720 So just as in 1 Samuel 17, 00:11:20.840 --> 00:11:22.899 the men of Israel set their eyes on Goliath, 00:11:23.000 --> 00:11:25.039 a man, and it consumed them. 00:11:27.279 --> 00:11:28.980 But he was just that, a man. 00:11:30.039 --> 00:11:34.340 In fact, Samuel has set the stage for this in chapter 16, verse 7, right? 00:11:34.360 --> 00:11:36.000 The prior chapter, where God says, 00:11:36.500 --> 00:11:38.360 for the Lord sees not as man sees. 00:11:38.840 --> 00:11:41.279 Man looks on the outward appearance, right? 00:11:41.320 --> 00:11:42.620 The 9 foot 9 inch man. 00:11:42.620 --> 00:11:45.539 But the Lord looks on the heart. 00:11:46.639 --> 00:11:47.879 So this is a big theme. 00:11:49.159 --> 00:11:51.139 But picking back up in verse 26, 00:11:51.620 --> 00:11:54.600 And David said to the men who stood by him, 00:11:55.060 --> 00:11:57.940 What shall be done for the man who kills this Philistine 00:11:57.940 --> 00:11:59.860 and takes away the reproach from Israel? 00:12:00.720 --> 00:12:03.279 For who is this uncircumcised Philistine 00:12:03.279 --> 00:12:06.860 that he should defy the armies of the living God? 00:12:07.639 --> 00:12:09.840 And the people answered him in the same way, 00:12:09.840 --> 00:12:12.620 So shall it be done to the man who kills him. 00:12:13.500 --> 00:12:16.420 So again, we just saw how Israel reacted to Goliath, 00:12:16.500 --> 00:12:18.980 but now we're seeing how David's reacting to Goliath. 00:12:19.399 --> 00:12:20.480 And what does David do? 00:12:20.519 --> 00:12:21.480 Well, he talks right back. 00:12:21.560 --> 00:12:23.759 He says, this is an uncircumcised Philistine 00:12:23.759 --> 00:12:25.720 who's defying the living God. 00:12:27.000 --> 00:12:27.360 Right? 00:12:27.360 --> 00:12:29.180 Now, this is not mere trash talk. 00:12:29.940 --> 00:12:34.120 This is a serious reminder of the Abrahamic covenant for Israel. 00:12:35.580 --> 00:12:35.820 Right? 00:12:35.879 --> 00:12:37.860 The Israelites, along with the Philistines, 00:12:37.960 --> 00:12:41.139 all believe this is a conflict merely between two countries. 00:12:41.240 --> 00:12:41.379 Right? 00:12:41.399 --> 00:12:44.919 They both said that this is a defilement of Israel. 00:12:45.600 --> 00:12:48.519 But David says it's a defilement of God. 00:12:49.600 --> 00:12:49.800 Right? 00:12:49.799 --> 00:12:52.759 It's a worldly concern for both armies, Philistine and Israelite, 00:12:53.019 --> 00:12:56.319 but a spiritual, God-centered concern for David. 00:12:58.439 --> 00:13:03.139 And this is why he says uncircumcised Philistine relates to the Abrahamic covenant. 00:13:03.399 --> 00:13:06.719 In other words, David is reminding the men of Israel that, 00:13:06.839 --> 00:13:08.539 hey, we are the seed of Abraham. 00:13:08.719 --> 00:13:11.759 We have promises from the God of Abraham, our father, 00:13:12.439 --> 00:13:13.559 who carried us through the wilderness, 00:13:13.779 --> 00:13:16.620 who carried us out of the house of Egypt, out of slavery. 00:13:16.620 --> 00:13:18.159 He helped us cross the Jordan. 00:13:18.279 --> 00:13:21.080 He helped us conquer this land that we're now trying to defend. 00:13:22.779 --> 00:13:22.860 Right? 00:13:23.000 --> 00:13:23.759 Rise up, men. 00:13:23.820 --> 00:13:25.600 Do you not believe in the promises of God? 00:13:25.679 --> 00:13:27.000 It essentially is what he's saying. 00:13:28.060 --> 00:13:28.240 Right? 00:13:28.500 --> 00:13:29.519 But more than that, 00:13:29.799 --> 00:13:34.299 he's also recognizing that Goliath is outside of those promises. 00:13:34.519 --> 00:13:35.740 He's uncircumcised. 00:13:36.639 --> 00:13:40.019 Genesis 17, 8, where this covenant is made with Abraham. 00:13:40.200 --> 00:13:40.299 Right? 00:13:40.379 --> 00:13:41.360 God says to Abraham, 00:13:42.120 --> 00:13:45.680 I will give to you and to your offspring after you 00:13:45.679 --> 00:13:46.939 the land of your sojournings, 00:13:47.339 --> 00:13:48.539 all the land of Canaan, 00:13:48.939 --> 00:13:50.319 for an everlasting possession, 00:13:50.879 --> 00:13:52.199 and I will be their God. 00:13:53.199 --> 00:13:54.620 It's an everlasting possession. 00:13:54.759 --> 00:13:56.639 They don't have to worry about losing it, 00:13:56.679 --> 00:13:59.479 regardless of what giant Philistine comes at them or what. 00:14:00.019 --> 00:14:00.539 Have you? 00:14:02.139 --> 00:14:03.559 And yet the men are cowering, 00:14:03.679 --> 00:14:05.319 but David remembers. 00:14:05.639 --> 00:14:06.099 He remembers. 00:14:06.179 --> 00:14:07.699 This is an uncircumcised Philistine. 00:14:07.819 --> 00:14:09.159 He's outside of those promises. 00:14:09.500 --> 00:14:10.899 Let's take hold of the promise. 00:14:10.899 --> 00:14:11.259 Right? 00:14:11.259 --> 00:14:14.840 So this promise, 00:14:14.980 --> 00:14:15.460 this land, 00:14:15.559 --> 00:14:16.500 it includes Soka, 00:14:16.600 --> 00:14:17.500 it includes Azekah, 00:14:17.600 --> 00:14:18.720 it includes Ephesim, 00:14:18.799 --> 00:14:21.879 where the battle is taking place that we read about in verse 1. 00:14:24.059 --> 00:14:25.539 Further on in the covenant, though, 00:14:25.580 --> 00:14:26.080 with Abraham, 00:14:26.220 --> 00:14:27.100 it's important to note, 00:14:27.779 --> 00:14:28.559 God warns, 00:14:28.779 --> 00:14:30.360 any uncircumcised male 00:14:30.360 --> 00:14:33.000 who is not circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin 00:14:33.000 --> 00:14:34.960 shall be cut off from his people. 00:14:35.379 --> 00:14:36.779 He has broken my covenant. 00:14:37.240 --> 00:14:39.200 That's Genesis 17, verse 14. 00:14:39.200 --> 00:14:40.720 Now, of course, 00:14:40.840 --> 00:14:42.860 Goliath was never in the covenant to begin with, 00:14:42.879 --> 00:14:43.780 as I've already said, 00:14:44.200 --> 00:14:45.759 but the warning stands nonetheless. 00:14:46.879 --> 00:14:48.480 He's outside the covenant. 00:14:49.460 --> 00:14:50.660 So all is to say, 00:14:50.800 --> 00:14:52.440 David is the only one in the narrative, 00:14:52.800 --> 00:14:53.340 not Saul, 00:14:53.440 --> 00:14:54.360 not the men of Israel, 00:14:55.300 --> 00:14:57.200 certainly not any of the Philistines. 00:14:57.820 --> 00:14:59.220 David's the only one 00:14:59.220 --> 00:15:00.700 who's recognizing this 00:15:00.700 --> 00:15:02.600 and who's trusting in the promises of God. 00:15:02.680 --> 00:15:03.820 He's clinging to the covenant. 00:15:04.640 --> 00:15:04.860 Right? 00:15:04.920 --> 00:15:05.640 Not himself, 00:15:06.420 --> 00:15:06.759 nothing, 00:15:07.060 --> 00:15:07.600 but God. 00:15:07.600 --> 00:15:12.720 So he has every reason to obey this. 00:15:12.779 --> 00:15:14.200 He has every reason to have this faith, 00:15:14.279 --> 00:15:15.360 to have this confidence, 00:15:15.980 --> 00:15:16.860 because, again, 00:15:16.960 --> 00:15:18.360 God made the covenant with Abraham. 00:15:18.500 --> 00:15:19.399 He made his promise. 00:15:19.899 --> 00:15:21.620 And up to this point in redemptive history, 00:15:21.740 --> 00:15:21.960 you know, 00:15:22.500 --> 00:15:24.240 David has read the law. 00:15:24.399 --> 00:15:26.220 He knows the stories of Moses 00:15:26.220 --> 00:15:27.759 that he's written down. 00:15:27.840 --> 00:15:29.540 He knows the story of Joshua, 00:15:29.659 --> 00:15:30.420 the judges, right? 00:15:30.460 --> 00:15:32.139 This is just shortly after the period of the judges. 00:15:32.139 --> 00:15:34.299 So David's able to look at all this history 00:15:34.299 --> 00:15:35.919 and see God keep his promises 00:15:35.919 --> 00:15:37.439 time and time again. 00:15:37.620 --> 00:15:38.720 He's got every reason 00:15:38.720 --> 00:15:40.860 to have this sure faith. 00:15:41.919 --> 00:15:42.000 Right? 00:15:42.080 --> 00:15:43.659 God led the Israelites out of slavery. 00:15:44.720 --> 00:15:46.600 Despite the delay of the conquering of the land, 00:15:47.799 --> 00:15:49.740 they see that the world can provide 00:15:49.740 --> 00:15:51.419 to overcome this man, 00:15:51.519 --> 00:15:52.240 this Goliath. 00:15:53.259 --> 00:15:53.519 Right? 00:15:53.580 --> 00:15:53.980 And similar, 00:15:54.059 --> 00:15:55.019 that's what he was looking at 00:15:55.019 --> 00:15:56.519 when he looked at Goliath himself. 00:15:57.460 --> 00:15:59.120 They're both placing trust in the armor, 00:15:59.240 --> 00:15:59.620 the helmet, 00:15:59.620 --> 00:16:00.159 the coat, 00:16:00.279 --> 00:16:00.799 the sword. 00:16:02.600 --> 00:16:04.679 Whereas David is placing his trust in God 00:16:04.679 --> 00:16:05.960 and not these material things. 00:16:06.060 --> 00:16:06.240 Hence, 00:16:06.299 --> 00:16:07.419 he put them off. 00:16:08.679 --> 00:16:10.600 And we'll see this contrast even more 00:16:10.600 --> 00:16:11.399 in the next section. 00:16:12.019 --> 00:16:13.799 But this is all part of a buildup 00:16:13.799 --> 00:16:15.679 leading to the exaltation of David 00:16:15.679 --> 00:16:17.519 and the lowering of Saul. 00:16:19.080 --> 00:16:20.139 So verse 41. 00:16:21.419 --> 00:16:23.080 And the Philistine moved forward 00:16:23.080 --> 00:16:24.259 and came near to David 00:16:24.259 --> 00:16:26.259 with his shield bearer in front of him. 00:16:26.840 --> 00:16:28.320 And when the Philistine looked 00:16:28.320 --> 00:16:29.220 and saw David, 00:16:29.220 --> 00:16:29.860 there it is again, 00:16:29.879 --> 00:16:30.300 he's looking, 00:16:30.420 --> 00:16:31.100 he sees David, 00:16:31.420 --> 00:16:32.340 he disdained him. 00:16:32.899 --> 00:16:33.779 He was but a youth, 00:16:33.920 --> 00:16:35.399 ruddy and handsome in appearance. 00:16:35.600 --> 00:16:35.940 In other words, 00:16:35.960 --> 00:16:36.480 he was small, 00:16:36.560 --> 00:16:37.060 he was a runt. 00:16:37.500 --> 00:16:38.040 He's young, 00:16:38.259 --> 00:16:38.940 inexperienced. 00:16:40.100 --> 00:16:40.759 Verse 43. 00:16:40.879 --> 00:16:42.279 And the Philistine said to David, 00:16:42.620 --> 00:16:43.420 am I a dog 00:16:43.420 --> 00:16:44.860 that you would come to me with sticks? 00:16:45.639 --> 00:16:45.879 Like, 00:16:45.899 --> 00:16:47.019 who is this would-be poser? 00:16:47.160 --> 00:16:47.899 Who's this challenger? 00:16:48.200 --> 00:16:48.399 Right? 00:16:48.500 --> 00:16:49.120 This pretender. 00:16:50.060 --> 00:16:50.259 Right? 00:16:50.940 --> 00:16:51.840 Verse 45. 00:16:51.840 --> 00:16:55.759 Then David said to the Philistine, 00:16:57.120 --> 00:16:58.899 you come to me with a sword 00:16:58.899 --> 00:16:59.720 and with a spear 00:16:59.720 --> 00:17:00.800 and with a javelin. 00:17:01.120 --> 00:17:02.200 But I come to you 00:17:02.200 --> 00:17:03.500 in the name of the Lord of hosts, 00:17:03.580 --> 00:17:05.039 the God of the armies of Israel, 00:17:05.039 --> 00:17:06.240 whom you have defied. 00:17:06.319 --> 00:17:06.880 Third time, 00:17:06.920 --> 00:17:07.880 he's charging him with that. 00:17:07.920 --> 00:17:08.819 You've defied God. 00:17:10.200 --> 00:17:11.400 The author of 1 Samuel 00:17:11.400 --> 00:17:13.319 further sets the stage 00:17:13.319 --> 00:17:15.500 by referencing Goliath's gods. 00:17:15.680 --> 00:17:15.819 Right? 00:17:15.819 --> 00:17:17.559 He swears to strike down David 00:17:17.559 --> 00:17:18.759 by his gods. 00:17:18.839 --> 00:17:18.960 Right? 00:17:18.980 --> 00:17:20.559 He cursed him in verse 43. 00:17:21.779 --> 00:17:23.379 In verse 44, 00:17:23.659 --> 00:17:24.200 he's saying, 00:17:24.259 --> 00:17:24.839 I'm going to kill you 00:17:24.839 --> 00:17:25.700 by my gods. 00:17:25.779 --> 00:17:26.179 And David, 00:17:26.639 --> 00:17:27.019 no, no. 00:17:27.079 --> 00:17:28.500 I've come in the name of my God. 00:17:29.319 --> 00:17:29.460 Right? 00:17:29.460 --> 00:17:30.200 So this is very much 00:17:30.200 --> 00:17:31.339 a spiritual battle. 00:17:32.200 --> 00:17:33.639 Physical, indeed, yes. 00:17:33.859 --> 00:17:35.159 But spiritual, nonetheless. 00:17:36.519 --> 00:17:37.839 So the author's pushing 00:17:37.839 --> 00:17:38.700 harder and harder 00:17:38.700 --> 00:17:39.579 to draw our attention 00:17:39.579 --> 00:17:40.480 to something greater 00:17:40.480 --> 00:17:42.879 than this mere historical account. 00:17:43.139 --> 00:17:43.259 Right? 00:17:43.259 --> 00:17:43.679 There's something 00:17:43.679 --> 00:17:45.399 more important going on 00:17:45.399 --> 00:17:47.480 than poor little shepherd boy 00:17:47.480 --> 00:17:49.099 beating nine foot nine Goliath. 00:17:49.900 --> 00:17:50.019 Right? 00:17:50.019 --> 00:17:51.200 There's something grander 00:17:51.200 --> 00:17:52.000 going on. 00:17:53.360 --> 00:17:53.960 But let's continue 00:17:53.960 --> 00:17:54.700 our reading first. 00:17:55.720 --> 00:17:57.019 So verse 46, 00:17:57.680 --> 00:17:59.480 David's continuing, 00:17:59.640 --> 00:18:00.039 and he says, 00:18:00.220 --> 00:18:01.680 This day the Lord 00:18:01.680 --> 00:18:02.420 will deliver you 00:18:02.420 --> 00:18:03.180 into my hand, 00:18:03.400 --> 00:18:04.660 and I will strike you down 00:18:04.660 --> 00:18:05.660 and cut off your head. 00:18:06.259 --> 00:18:06.740 And I will give 00:18:06.740 --> 00:18:07.460 the dead bodies 00:18:07.460 --> 00:18:07.960 of the hosts 00:18:07.960 --> 00:18:08.640 of the Philistines 00:18:08.640 --> 00:18:09.259 this day 00:18:09.259 --> 00:18:10.420 to the birds of the air 00:18:10.420 --> 00:18:11.240 and to the wild beasts 00:18:11.240 --> 00:18:11.839 of the earth, 00:18:12.500 --> 00:18:13.579 that all the earth 00:18:13.579 --> 00:18:14.140 may know 00:18:14.140 --> 00:18:15.400 that there is a God 00:18:15.400 --> 00:18:16.039 in Israel, 00:18:16.039 --> 00:18:17.799 and that all this assembly 00:18:17.799 --> 00:18:18.259 may know 00:18:18.259 --> 00:18:19.240 that the Lord saves 00:18:19.240 --> 00:18:20.899 not with sword and spear. 00:18:21.220 --> 00:18:21.839 God doesn't save 00:18:21.839 --> 00:18:22.579 with sword and spear 00:18:22.579 --> 00:18:23.399 the things of the world. 00:18:24.440 --> 00:18:25.839 But the battle is the Lord's 00:18:25.839 --> 00:18:26.659 and he will give you 00:18:26.659 --> 00:18:27.519 into our hand. 00:18:27.720 --> 00:18:28.359 Verse 48, 00:18:28.799 --> 00:18:30.240 When the Philistine arose 00:18:30.240 --> 00:18:30.720 and came 00:18:30.720 --> 00:18:32.339 and drew near to meet David, 00:18:33.039 --> 00:18:34.159 David ran quickly, 00:18:34.460 --> 00:18:34.619 right, 00:18:34.659 --> 00:18:35.460 without hesitation. 00:18:35.659 --> 00:18:36.720 David ran quickly 00:18:36.720 --> 00:18:38.159 toward the battle line 00:18:38.159 --> 00:18:39.259 to meet the Philistine. 00:18:40.059 --> 00:18:41.319 And David put his hand 00:18:41.319 --> 00:18:41.879 in his bag, 00:18:42.039 --> 00:18:42.799 took out a stone, 00:18:42.799 --> 00:18:43.700 slung it, 00:18:44.039 --> 00:18:45.399 and struck the Philistine 00:18:45.399 --> 00:18:46.319 on his forehead. 00:18:46.799 --> 00:18:47.599 The stone sank 00:18:47.599 --> 00:18:48.379 into his forehead 00:18:48.379 --> 00:18:49.799 and he fell on his face 00:18:49.799 --> 00:18:50.419 to the ground. 00:18:51.359 --> 00:18:52.319 So David prevailed 00:18:52.319 --> 00:18:53.180 over the Philistine 00:18:53.180 --> 00:18:53.879 with a sling 00:18:53.879 --> 00:18:54.919 and with a stone. 00:18:55.940 --> 00:18:56.099 And he, 00:18:56.379 --> 00:18:58.319 excuse me, 00:18:58.639 --> 00:18:59.539 then David ran 00:18:59.539 --> 00:19:00.460 and stood over the Philistine 00:19:00.460 --> 00:19:01.700 and took his sword 00:19:01.700 --> 00:19:03.000 and drew it out 00:19:03.000 --> 00:19:03.639 of its sheath 00:19:03.639 --> 00:19:04.740 and killed him 00:19:04.740 --> 00:19:05.419 and cut off 00:19:05.419 --> 00:19:06.119 his head with it. 00:19:06.819 --> 00:19:07.519 When the Philistine 00:19:07.519 --> 00:19:09.000 saw that their champion 00:19:09.000 --> 00:19:09.659 was dead, 00:19:09.740 --> 00:19:10.460 that's the second time 00:19:10.460 --> 00:19:11.099 the champion word 00:19:11.099 --> 00:19:11.399 occurred, 00:19:11.519 --> 00:19:12.339 except this time 00:19:12.339 --> 00:19:12.759 he's dead, 00:19:13.240 --> 00:19:13.379 right, 00:19:13.439 --> 00:19:14.459 their champion's dead. 00:19:15.259 --> 00:19:15.859 They fled. 00:19:16.319 --> 00:19:17.000 Philistines fled. 00:19:17.099 --> 00:19:17.659 They were afraid. 00:19:18.339 --> 00:19:18.939 Verse 52, 00:19:19.619 --> 00:19:20.480 And the men of Israel 00:19:20.480 --> 00:19:21.279 and Judah rose 00:19:21.279 --> 00:19:21.839 with a shout 00:19:21.839 --> 00:19:23.059 and pursued the Philistines 00:19:23.059 --> 00:19:24.039 as far as Gath 00:19:24.039 --> 00:19:25.099 and the gates of Ekron 00:19:25.099 --> 00:19:27.059 so that the wounded Philistines 00:19:27.059 --> 00:19:27.879 fell on the way 00:19:27.879 --> 00:19:29.279 from Shirem 00:19:29.279 --> 00:19:30.579 as far as Gath 00:19:30.579 --> 00:19:31.159 and Ekron. 00:19:31.779 --> 00:19:32.859 And the people of Israel 00:19:32.859 --> 00:19:33.519 came back 00:19:33.519 --> 00:19:34.859 from chasing the Philistines 00:19:34.859 --> 00:19:35.959 and they plundered 00:19:35.959 --> 00:19:36.579 their camp. 00:19:37.399 --> 00:19:38.179 And David took 00:19:38.179 --> 00:19:39.139 the head of the Philistine 00:19:39.139 --> 00:19:39.899 and brought it 00:19:39.899 --> 00:19:40.459 to Jerusalem, 00:19:41.159 --> 00:19:42.259 but he put his armor 00:19:42.259 --> 00:19:43.140 in his tent. 00:19:44.799 --> 00:19:45.660 So David won. 00:19:46.859 --> 00:19:47.339 So yes, 00:19:47.440 --> 00:19:48.839 this is a rich story 00:19:48.839 --> 00:19:50.720 of a man of faith 00:19:50.720 --> 00:19:52.039 and we can certainly 00:19:52.039 --> 00:19:52.779 learn from this, 00:19:52.859 --> 00:19:53.000 right? 00:19:53.079 --> 00:19:54.019 David as an individual, 00:19:54.200 --> 00:19:54.740 we can learn 00:19:54.740 --> 00:19:55.579 from his faith. 00:19:56.759 --> 00:19:57.619 We can learn that 00:19:57.619 --> 00:19:59.099 David was not consumed 00:19:59.099 --> 00:20:00.000 with earthly things. 00:20:00.140 --> 00:20:00.779 His mind was set 00:20:00.779 --> 00:20:01.400 on the Lord. 00:20:02.200 --> 00:20:02.700 In the section 00:20:02.700 --> 00:20:03.799 we just read alone, 00:20:04.119 --> 00:20:05.539 just that brief paragraph there, 00:20:05.559 --> 00:20:06.379 I don't mean the whole chapter, 00:20:06.500 --> 00:20:07.539 just that brief paragraph, 00:20:08.220 --> 00:20:09.259 there are five direct 00:20:09.259 --> 00:20:10.879 references to God 00:20:10.879 --> 00:20:11.440 being the source 00:20:11.440 --> 00:20:12.359 of David's strength 00:20:12.359 --> 00:20:12.940 and victory 00:20:12.940 --> 00:20:13.740 and so forth. 00:20:15.359 --> 00:20:15.799 Second, 00:20:15.920 --> 00:20:16.299 we can see 00:20:16.299 --> 00:20:17.339 David's obedience, 00:20:18.339 --> 00:20:18.539 right? 00:20:18.579 --> 00:20:19.339 Multiple times. 00:20:19.440 --> 00:20:20.900 Verse 48 says 00:20:20.900 --> 00:20:21.879 he ran quickly, 00:20:22.180 --> 00:20:22.740 but prior to that 00:20:22.740 --> 00:20:23.339 we've already seen 00:20:23.339 --> 00:20:23.819 he's running 00:20:23.819 --> 00:20:24.480 all over the place. 00:20:24.640 --> 00:20:25.539 There's no hesitation 00:20:25.539 --> 00:20:26.240 with this guy. 00:20:26.980 --> 00:20:27.859 He's moving, 00:20:28.079 --> 00:20:28.279 right? 00:20:28.859 --> 00:20:29.619 And if you're reading 00:20:29.619 --> 00:20:30.680 the whole chapter closely, 00:20:30.859 --> 00:20:31.500 you would notice 00:20:31.500 --> 00:20:32.740 that Samuel mentions this. 00:20:32.960 --> 00:20:33.579 He does it 00:20:33.579 --> 00:20:34.559 in every phase 00:20:34.559 --> 00:20:35.200 of the story. 00:20:35.400 --> 00:20:36.000 David's running 00:20:36.000 --> 00:20:37.000 all over the place. 00:20:37.859 --> 00:20:38.599 No hesitation, 00:20:38.779 --> 00:20:39.259 no doubt, 00:20:40.140 --> 00:20:40.940 no pondering, 00:20:41.079 --> 00:20:42.500 no second guessing. 00:20:44.640 --> 00:20:45.920 But more than David, 00:20:46.059 --> 00:20:47.339 this is a story 00:20:47.339 --> 00:20:48.240 that is also about 00:20:48.240 --> 00:20:49.279 the nation of Israel. 00:20:50.299 --> 00:20:51.319 As we've already mentioned 00:20:51.319 --> 00:20:52.059 the numerous stories 00:20:52.059 --> 00:20:52.900 throughout the Old Testament 00:20:52.900 --> 00:20:53.720 up to this point, 00:20:54.640 --> 00:20:56.220 we have seen 00:20:56.220 --> 00:20:56.920 in this point 00:20:56.920 --> 00:20:58.559 in the Bible's history, 00:20:59.059 --> 00:21:00.420 Israel act either faithfully 00:21:00.420 --> 00:21:01.220 or faithlessly 00:21:01.220 --> 00:21:02.660 and regardless, 00:21:02.940 --> 00:21:03.559 God is faithful 00:21:03.559 --> 00:21:04.779 throughout this entire thing. 00:21:04.859 --> 00:21:05.880 He's always delivering them 00:21:05.880 --> 00:21:06.700 always coming through, 00:21:06.800 --> 00:21:07.580 always upholding 00:21:07.580 --> 00:21:08.200 his promises. 00:21:10.000 --> 00:21:11.100 And so this is very much 00:21:11.100 --> 00:21:12.040 a call to the nation 00:21:12.040 --> 00:21:12.480 of Israel. 00:21:12.620 --> 00:21:13.100 Again, this book 00:21:13.100 --> 00:21:14.180 was written for Israel 00:21:14.180 --> 00:21:15.540 to hear it, 00:21:15.600 --> 00:21:16.060 to read it, 00:21:16.120 --> 00:21:16.700 to know it. 00:21:17.920 --> 00:21:18.820 It's not merely 00:21:18.820 --> 00:21:19.400 so they can know 00:21:19.400 --> 00:21:20.220 who David was, 00:21:20.260 --> 00:21:21.120 but it's a reminder 00:21:21.120 --> 00:21:22.220 of God's commitment 00:21:22.220 --> 00:21:23.040 to the covenant 00:21:23.040 --> 00:21:25.140 that we mentioned 00:21:25.140 --> 00:21:26.040 already with Abraham, 00:21:26.180 --> 00:21:26.940 the covenant with Moses, 00:21:27.100 --> 00:21:27.920 the covenant with David. 00:21:28.540 --> 00:21:29.760 So any Israelite 00:21:29.760 --> 00:21:30.560 reading this 00:21:30.560 --> 00:21:31.940 would recognize, 00:21:32.060 --> 00:21:32.680 hey, this isn't just 00:21:32.680 --> 00:21:33.580 a story about 00:21:33.580 --> 00:21:34.880 shepherd boy David. 00:21:34.880 --> 00:21:35.740 This is a story 00:21:35.740 --> 00:21:36.700 about us. 00:21:37.460 --> 00:21:37.840 You know, 00:21:37.880 --> 00:21:38.240 in a sense, 00:21:38.340 --> 00:21:39.840 this is God's 00:21:39.840 --> 00:21:40.700 salvific story 00:21:40.700 --> 00:21:41.640 for the nation 00:21:41.640 --> 00:21:42.140 of Israel. 00:21:43.480 --> 00:21:44.100 You might ask, 00:21:44.180 --> 00:21:44.560 how so? 00:21:45.520 --> 00:21:47.120 So contextually, 00:21:47.260 --> 00:21:48.480 as I alluded to earlier, 00:21:48.600 --> 00:21:49.880 the events in 1 Samuel 00:21:49.880 --> 00:21:50.720 occur at the end 00:21:50.720 --> 00:21:51.560 of the Judges period, 00:21:51.660 --> 00:21:51.780 right? 00:21:51.800 --> 00:21:52.780 A time of great sin, 00:21:52.920 --> 00:21:53.540 wickedness, 00:21:53.700 --> 00:21:54.620 and judgment. 00:21:55.940 --> 00:21:57.040 But now, 00:21:57.220 --> 00:21:57.880 in 1 Samuel, 00:21:57.980 --> 00:21:58.620 we see God 00:21:58.620 --> 00:21:59.400 begin this work 00:21:59.400 --> 00:22:00.240 of restoration, 00:22:00.460 --> 00:22:00.820 redemption 00:22:00.820 --> 00:22:01.800 for the nation 00:22:01.800 --> 00:22:02.300 of Israel. 00:22:03.040 --> 00:22:03.260 Right? 00:22:03.259 --> 00:22:04.079 And how is he doing this? 00:22:04.160 --> 00:22:04.299 Well, 00:22:04.660 --> 00:22:05.559 Samuel the prophet 00:22:05.559 --> 00:22:06.539 who anoints 00:22:06.539 --> 00:22:07.259 King David, 00:22:07.480 --> 00:22:07.680 right? 00:22:08.039 --> 00:22:09.000 Soon to be King David, 00:22:09.039 --> 00:22:09.440 not yet, 00:22:09.480 --> 00:22:10.099 in this text. 00:22:10.879 --> 00:22:11.859 But that process 00:22:11.859 --> 00:22:12.859 is beginning now 00:22:12.859 --> 00:22:13.879 through this battle 00:22:13.879 --> 00:22:14.539 with Goliath. 00:22:14.700 --> 00:22:15.619 He's raising up David 00:22:15.619 --> 00:22:16.319 to be their king, 00:22:16.400 --> 00:22:17.160 to be a means 00:22:17.160 --> 00:22:17.879 of restoration. 00:22:20.839 --> 00:22:21.519 In fact, 00:22:21.640 --> 00:22:22.259 throughout all of 00:22:22.259 --> 00:22:23.259 1 and 2 Samuel, 00:22:23.379 --> 00:22:24.079 which largely 00:22:24.079 --> 00:22:24.960 focused on David, 00:22:25.559 --> 00:22:26.559 the reader will notice 00:22:26.559 --> 00:22:27.379 that there is 00:22:27.379 --> 00:22:28.000 this progression. 00:22:28.720 --> 00:22:28.859 Now, 00:22:28.900 --> 00:22:30.019 John MacArthur notes, 00:22:30.019 --> 00:22:31.379 as 1 Samuel begins, 00:22:32.099 --> 00:22:32.960 Israel was at a low 00:22:32.960 --> 00:22:33.759 point spiritually, 00:22:33.940 --> 00:22:34.099 right? 00:22:34.139 --> 00:22:34.700 He's referring to 00:22:34.700 --> 00:22:36.019 that end of the 00:22:36.019 --> 00:22:36.639 judges period. 00:22:37.519 --> 00:22:38.299 The priesthood was 00:22:38.299 --> 00:22:38.819 corrupt, 00:22:39.200 --> 00:22:39.839 1 Samuel 2, 00:22:39.900 --> 00:22:40.779 17 through 12. 00:22:41.339 --> 00:22:42.019 The Ark of the 00:22:42.019 --> 00:22:42.700 Covenant was not 00:22:42.700 --> 00:22:43.619 at the tabernacle. 00:22:43.879 --> 00:22:44.220 We know that 00:22:44.220 --> 00:22:45.200 from 1 Samuel 4, 00:22:45.299 --> 00:22:46.019 3 through 00:22:46.019 --> 00:22:47.119 chapter 7, 00:22:47.180 --> 00:22:47.599 verse 2. 00:22:48.700 --> 00:22:49.359 Idolatry was 00:22:49.359 --> 00:22:49.900 practiced, 00:22:51.240 --> 00:22:52.079 1 Samuel 7, 00:22:52.200 --> 00:22:53.160 verse 3 through 4. 00:22:53.920 --> 00:22:54.660 And the judges 00:22:54.660 --> 00:22:55.460 were dishonest, 00:22:55.779 --> 00:22:57.000 1 Samuel 8, 00:22:57.000 --> 00:22:58.019 verses 2 through 3. 00:22:58.019 --> 00:23:00.259 The 2 Samuel 00:23:00.259 --> 00:23:01.039 concludes with 00:23:01.039 --> 00:23:01.759 the anger of the 00:23:01.759 --> 00:23:02.639 Lord being withdrawn 00:23:02.639 --> 00:23:03.660 from Israel. 00:23:04.339 --> 00:23:05.379 That's chapter 24, 00:23:05.480 --> 00:23:06.119 verse 25. 00:23:06.779 --> 00:23:07.879 So why was the 00:23:07.879 --> 00:23:08.559 anger withdrawn? 00:23:09.639 --> 00:23:10.680 What would cause 00:23:10.680 --> 00:23:11.859 that anger to be 00:23:11.859 --> 00:23:13.240 pulled back 00:23:13.240 --> 00:23:14.079 in light of the sin? 00:23:14.139 --> 00:23:14.279 I mean, 00:23:14.319 --> 00:23:15.400 even in 1 Samuel, 00:23:15.480 --> 00:23:16.039 we're still seeing 00:23:16.039 --> 00:23:16.680 Israel's sin. 00:23:16.779 --> 00:23:17.279 It's not as if 00:23:17.279 --> 00:23:17.660 all of a sudden 00:23:17.660 --> 00:23:18.460 they're a glowing nation. 00:23:19.379 --> 00:23:20.259 Why is the anger 00:23:20.259 --> 00:23:20.839 being withdrawn? 00:23:22.639 --> 00:23:23.079 Ultimately, 00:23:23.240 --> 00:23:24.119 for the same reason 00:23:24.119 --> 00:23:25.079 that Goliath 00:23:25.079 --> 00:23:25.660 is defeated. 00:23:26.400 --> 00:23:27.319 Because the Lord 00:23:27.319 --> 00:23:28.099 keeps his covenant 00:23:28.099 --> 00:23:28.720 with Abraham, 00:23:28.939 --> 00:23:29.439 with Moses, 00:23:29.639 --> 00:23:30.259 and with David, 00:23:30.460 --> 00:23:31.079 with his people, 00:23:31.159 --> 00:23:32.079 his covenant people. 00:23:33.679 --> 00:23:34.439 So this would have 00:23:34.439 --> 00:23:35.159 stuck out to the 00:23:35.159 --> 00:23:35.460 Israelites. 00:23:35.639 --> 00:23:36.980 This is a national 00:23:36.980 --> 00:23:38.439 redemptive story 00:23:38.439 --> 00:23:38.819 for them. 00:23:40.720 --> 00:23:41.299 But again, 00:23:41.339 --> 00:23:42.119 there's so much more 00:23:42.119 --> 00:23:42.899 that should pop off 00:23:42.899 --> 00:23:43.700 of the page to us 00:23:43.700 --> 00:23:44.359 with a story 00:23:44.359 --> 00:23:45.099 as New Testament 00:23:45.099 --> 00:23:45.480 readers. 00:23:46.639 --> 00:23:47.519 So let's go ahead 00:23:47.519 --> 00:23:48.339 and start reading 00:23:48.339 --> 00:23:49.119 through the rest again. 00:23:49.659 --> 00:23:50.339 Picking them up 00:23:50.339 --> 00:23:51.299 in verse 55. 00:23:53.000 --> 00:23:54.460 As soon as Saul, 00:23:54.559 --> 00:23:55.339 Saul David, 00:23:55.339 --> 00:23:56.399 go out against 00:23:56.399 --> 00:23:57.079 the Philistine. 00:23:58.279 --> 00:23:58.959 And I love this 00:23:58.959 --> 00:23:59.399 because again, 00:23:59.779 --> 00:24:00.639 it seems to me 00:24:00.639 --> 00:24:01.119 like the author 00:24:01.119 --> 00:24:01.699 is still trying 00:24:01.699 --> 00:24:02.199 to hint at that 00:24:02.199 --> 00:24:02.959 Saul is considering 00:24:02.959 --> 00:24:03.879 David in a worldly 00:24:03.879 --> 00:24:04.319 sense. 00:24:04.539 --> 00:24:05.720 He saw David 00:24:05.720 --> 00:24:06.639 go out against 00:24:06.639 --> 00:24:07.119 the Philistine. 00:24:07.500 --> 00:24:08.359 He said to Abner, 00:24:08.459 --> 00:24:08.879 the commander 00:24:08.879 --> 00:24:09.339 of the army, 00:24:09.559 --> 00:24:09.879 Abner, 00:24:10.240 --> 00:24:11.000 whose son is 00:24:11.000 --> 00:24:11.659 this youth? 00:24:12.319 --> 00:24:13.159 And Abner said, 00:24:13.240 --> 00:24:14.139 As your soul lives, 00:24:14.220 --> 00:24:14.500 O king, 00:24:14.539 --> 00:24:15.259 I do not know. 00:24:15.879 --> 00:24:16.799 And the king said, 00:24:16.919 --> 00:24:17.980 inquires whose son 00:24:17.980 --> 00:24:18.799 the boy is. 00:24:19.480 --> 00:24:20.319 And as soon as 00:24:20.319 --> 00:24:20.899 David turned 00:24:20.899 --> 00:24:21.539 from the striking 00:24:21.539 --> 00:24:22.599 down of the Philistine, 00:24:23.179 --> 00:24:23.939 Abner took him 00:24:23.940 --> 00:24:24.600 and brought him 00:24:24.600 --> 00:24:25.279 before Saul 00:24:25.279 --> 00:24:25.700 with the head 00:24:25.700 --> 00:24:26.340 of the Philistine 00:24:26.340 --> 00:24:27.200 in his hand. 00:24:28.799 --> 00:24:29.920 And Saul said to him, 00:24:30.279 --> 00:24:31.080 Whose son are you, 00:24:31.160 --> 00:24:31.620 young man? 00:24:32.240 --> 00:24:33.279 And David answered, 00:24:33.480 --> 00:24:34.180 I am the son 00:24:34.180 --> 00:24:35.480 of your servant Jesse, 00:24:36.080 --> 00:24:36.920 the Bethlehemite. 00:24:36.920 --> 00:24:43.279 So this means, 00:24:44.160 --> 00:24:44.800 excuse me, 00:24:44.820 --> 00:24:45.140 I got a little 00:24:45.140 --> 00:24:45.580 ahead of myself. 00:24:46.500 --> 00:24:46.940 We, 00:24:47.539 --> 00:24:48.420 as readers of the 00:24:48.420 --> 00:24:49.019 Old Testament, 00:24:49.200 --> 00:24:49.779 that should just 00:24:49.779 --> 00:24:50.680 pop out to us. 00:24:50.720 --> 00:24:51.539 The son of the 00:24:51.539 --> 00:24:52.160 Bethlehemite. 00:24:52.660 --> 00:24:54.039 That's the last word 00:24:54.039 --> 00:24:54.720 of this story, 00:24:54.800 --> 00:24:54.920 right? 00:24:54.980 --> 00:24:55.680 End of the chapter. 00:24:56.779 --> 00:24:57.779 This is the son 00:24:57.779 --> 00:24:58.840 of the Bethlehemite. 00:24:59.759 --> 00:25:01.100 So we understand 00:25:01.100 --> 00:25:01.980 that immediately 00:25:01.980 --> 00:25:02.620 in connection 00:25:02.620 --> 00:25:03.279 with Christ, 00:25:03.480 --> 00:25:03.920 right? 00:25:04.180 --> 00:25:04.920 From Bethlehem. 00:25:04.920 --> 00:25:06.279 We know this 00:25:06.279 --> 00:25:07.200 because the seed 00:25:07.200 --> 00:25:07.740 of David 00:25:07.740 --> 00:25:08.380 described in 00:25:08.380 --> 00:25:09.360 2 Samuel 7, 00:25:09.500 --> 00:25:10.800 verses 12 through 15, 00:25:11.100 --> 00:25:11.980 is Jesus Christ, 00:25:12.060 --> 00:25:12.640 the son of God, 00:25:13.279 --> 00:25:14.100 which is confirmed 00:25:14.100 --> 00:25:14.720 by the author 00:25:14.720 --> 00:25:15.060 of Hebrews 00:25:15.060 --> 00:25:15.800 in the New Testament, 00:25:16.440 --> 00:25:17.000 who quotes 00:25:17.000 --> 00:25:17.860 2 Samuel 7, 00:25:17.960 --> 00:25:18.320 14, 00:25:18.580 --> 00:25:19.140 as well as 00:25:19.140 --> 00:25:19.600 Psalm 2, 00:25:19.600 --> 00:25:19.960 7, 00:25:20.080 --> 00:25:21.560 in Hebrews 1, 00:25:21.620 --> 00:25:22.000 5. 00:25:22.259 --> 00:25:22.500 It says, 00:25:22.700 --> 00:25:23.240 For to which 00:25:23.240 --> 00:25:23.840 of the angels 00:25:23.840 --> 00:25:24.960 did God ever say, 00:25:25.460 --> 00:25:26.160 You are my son, 00:25:26.240 --> 00:25:26.660 today I have 00:25:26.660 --> 00:25:27.320 begotten you? 00:25:28.120 --> 00:25:28.620 Or again, 00:25:28.700 --> 00:25:29.360 I will be to him 00:25:29.360 --> 00:25:29.840 a father, 00:25:29.960 --> 00:25:30.480 and he shall be 00:25:30.480 --> 00:25:31.220 to me a son. 00:25:32.220 --> 00:25:32.880 So the seed 00:25:32.880 --> 00:25:33.380 of David, 00:25:33.500 --> 00:25:34.720 this seed, 00:25:34.819 --> 00:25:35.920 this is the Christ, 00:25:36.000 --> 00:25:36.740 he's the ultimate 00:25:36.740 --> 00:25:37.160 seed, 00:25:37.319 --> 00:25:37.600 Jesus. 00:25:39.079 --> 00:25:39.360 Right? 00:25:39.960 --> 00:25:41.079 And David is listed 00:25:41.079 --> 00:25:42.440 in Jesus' genealogy 00:25:42.440 --> 00:25:43.500 in Luke 3, 00:25:44.059 --> 00:25:44.700 verse 31. 00:25:45.799 --> 00:25:46.579 So this means 00:25:46.579 --> 00:25:47.440 that the Holy Spirit 00:25:47.440 --> 00:25:47.980 himself, 00:25:48.100 --> 00:25:48.640 who inspired 00:25:48.640 --> 00:25:49.120 the scriptures, 00:25:49.319 --> 00:25:49.839 who inspired 00:25:49.839 --> 00:25:50.680 1 Samuel, 00:25:51.660 --> 00:25:52.559 that Holy Spirit, 00:25:52.680 --> 00:25:52.880 right, 00:25:53.519 --> 00:25:54.380 intended David 00:25:54.380 --> 00:25:54.940 to be seen 00:25:54.940 --> 00:25:55.759 as a type 00:25:55.759 --> 00:25:56.500 of Christ. 00:25:57.339 --> 00:25:57.440 Right? 00:25:57.500 --> 00:25:57.960 Nathan talked 00:25:57.960 --> 00:25:58.720 about typology 00:25:58.720 --> 00:25:59.519 a couple weeks back. 00:25:59.620 --> 00:26:00.620 It's a simpler word, 00:26:00.619 --> 00:26:01.319 it could be symbolism, 00:26:01.539 --> 00:26:01.659 right? 00:26:01.699 --> 00:26:02.799 This is a specific 00:26:02.799 --> 00:26:03.679 type of symbolism. 00:26:04.899 --> 00:26:05.039 Right? 00:26:05.199 --> 00:26:06.219 David is symbolic 00:26:06.219 --> 00:26:07.339 of the Christ to come. 00:26:09.839 --> 00:26:10.539 So David, 00:26:10.899 --> 00:26:11.699 you might ask, 00:26:11.959 --> 00:26:12.539 in what ways 00:26:12.539 --> 00:26:13.419 does he symbolize, 00:26:13.479 --> 00:26:14.059 what ways does he 00:26:14.059 --> 00:26:14.799 foreshadow, 00:26:15.319 --> 00:26:15.459 right, 00:26:15.479 --> 00:26:15.959 in what ways 00:26:15.959 --> 00:26:17.079 does he prefiguring 00:26:17.079 --> 00:26:18.419 Christ from an 00:26:18.419 --> 00:26:19.159 earthly standpoint? 00:26:20.719 --> 00:26:21.079 Well, 00:26:21.119 --> 00:26:21.319 one, 00:26:21.399 --> 00:26:22.259 we see that David 00:26:22.259 --> 00:26:22.819 is a shepherd. 00:26:23.259 --> 00:26:24.139 1 Samuel 17, 00:26:24.239 --> 00:26:24.579 15, 00:26:24.719 --> 00:26:24.879 right? 00:26:24.919 --> 00:26:25.439 He was tending 00:26:25.439 --> 00:26:26.339 his father's flocks 00:26:26.339 --> 00:26:26.719 in the midst 00:26:26.719 --> 00:26:27.239 of this battle, 00:26:27.319 --> 00:26:27.799 running back 00:26:27.799 --> 00:26:28.359 to and fro. 00:26:30.000 --> 00:26:30.199 Right? 00:26:30.200 --> 00:26:30.440 So, 00:26:30.759 --> 00:26:31.299 Jesus said, 00:26:31.700 --> 00:26:32.660 I am the good shepherd. 00:26:33.080 --> 00:26:33.539 John 10, 00:26:33.620 --> 00:26:34.059 verse 11, 00:26:34.200 --> 00:26:34.400 right? 00:26:35.000 --> 00:26:36.480 David was from 00:26:36.480 --> 00:26:37.140 the tribe of Judah 00:26:37.140 --> 00:26:37.600 in the town 00:26:37.600 --> 00:26:38.240 of Bethlehem. 00:26:39.319 --> 00:26:40.180 So was Jesus. 00:26:40.819 --> 00:26:41.740 Matthew chapter 2, 00:26:41.799 --> 00:26:42.240 verse 1, 00:26:42.319 --> 00:26:43.019 Jesus was born 00:26:43.019 --> 00:26:43.600 in Bethlehem 00:26:43.600 --> 00:26:44.259 of Judea. 00:26:45.400 --> 00:26:46.620 For 40 days 00:26:46.620 --> 00:26:47.759 and for 40 nights, 00:26:48.980 --> 00:26:49.600 David witnessed 00:26:49.600 --> 00:26:50.259 the taunting 00:26:50.259 --> 00:26:51.120 and temptation 00:26:51.120 --> 00:26:51.940 of Goliath, 00:26:52.080 --> 00:26:52.920 1 Samuel 17, 00:26:53.059 --> 00:26:53.420 16. 00:26:54.420 --> 00:26:54.840 Again, 00:26:54.900 --> 00:26:55.539 this is similar 00:26:55.539 --> 00:26:56.299 to Christ 00:26:56.299 --> 00:26:57.220 who faced 00:26:57.220 --> 00:26:57.740 the temptation 00:26:57.740 --> 00:26:58.380 of Satan 00:26:58.380 --> 00:26:59.099 in the wilderness 00:26:59.099 --> 00:27:00.000 for 40 days 00:27:00.000 --> 00:27:00.740 and 40 nights. 00:27:00.839 --> 00:27:01.559 Matthew 4, 00:27:01.720 --> 00:27:02.559 verse 1 through 2. 00:27:03.759 --> 00:27:04.259 So you might be 00:27:04.259 --> 00:27:04.819 asking yourself, 00:27:04.940 --> 00:27:05.620 does this mean 00:27:05.620 --> 00:27:07.480 that Goliath 00:27:07.480 --> 00:27:08.099 is a type 00:27:08.099 --> 00:27:08.700 of Satan 00:27:08.700 --> 00:27:09.279 in the way 00:27:09.279 --> 00:27:09.720 that David 00:27:09.720 --> 00:27:10.319 is a type 00:27:10.319 --> 00:27:10.839 of Christ, 00:27:10.940 --> 00:27:11.099 right? 00:27:11.880 --> 00:27:12.319 Symbolizing. 00:27:13.620 --> 00:27:14.140 And the answer 00:27:14.140 --> 00:27:14.599 is yes. 00:27:14.980 --> 00:27:15.339 In fact, 00:27:15.460 --> 00:27:16.359 the parallel 00:27:16.359 --> 00:27:17.160 is striking. 00:27:17.859 --> 00:27:19.039 1 Samuel 17, 00:27:19.120 --> 00:27:19.500 49, 00:27:19.680 --> 00:27:19.980 and David 00:27:19.980 --> 00:27:20.720 put his hand 00:27:20.720 --> 00:27:21.440 in his bag 00:27:21.440 --> 00:27:22.460 and took out 00:27:22.460 --> 00:27:22.819 a stone 00:27:22.819 --> 00:27:23.539 and slung it 00:27:23.539 --> 00:27:24.079 and struck 00:27:24.079 --> 00:27:24.640 the Philistine 00:27:24.640 --> 00:27:25.540 on his forehead. 00:27:26.340 --> 00:27:26.759 The stone 00:27:26.759 --> 00:27:27.840 sank into his forehead 00:27:27.840 --> 00:27:28.320 and he fell 00:27:28.320 --> 00:27:28.920 on his face 00:27:28.920 --> 00:27:29.540 to the ground. 00:27:31.060 --> 00:27:31.600 It seems 00:27:31.600 --> 00:27:32.259 really repetitive, 00:27:32.700 --> 00:27:32.860 right? 00:27:32.940 --> 00:27:34.340 It seems kind of, 00:27:34.500 --> 00:27:35.140 why is he mentioning 00:27:35.140 --> 00:27:35.580 this forehead, 00:27:35.720 --> 00:27:36.080 the face, 00:27:36.180 --> 00:27:36.340 I mean, 00:27:36.420 --> 00:27:37.120 three times, 00:27:37.280 --> 00:27:37.480 right, 00:27:37.520 --> 00:27:38.259 in one sentence, 00:27:38.660 --> 00:27:39.280 one breath. 00:27:40.380 --> 00:27:40.920 But I think 00:27:40.920 --> 00:27:41.400 it's intentional. 00:27:41.500 --> 00:27:42.100 I think the author 00:27:42.100 --> 00:27:42.900 is trying to draw 00:27:42.900 --> 00:27:43.660 our mind back 00:27:43.660 --> 00:27:45.140 to what many 00:27:45.140 --> 00:27:45.820 theologians call 00:27:45.820 --> 00:27:47.120 the proto-longelion. 00:27:47.360 --> 00:27:48.740 That's the first gospel, 00:27:48.860 --> 00:27:49.320 so to speak, 00:27:49.759 --> 00:27:50.460 which is back 00:27:50.460 --> 00:27:51.380 in Genesis 3. 00:27:51.380 --> 00:27:54.080 Genesis 3, 00:27:54.160 --> 00:27:55.380 verse 14 through 15, 00:27:55.480 --> 00:27:56.180 the Lord God 00:27:56.180 --> 00:27:57.100 said to the serpent, 00:27:57.440 --> 00:27:58.040 being Satan, 00:27:58.240 --> 00:27:58.380 right, 00:27:58.800 --> 00:28:00.280 God said to the serpent, 00:28:00.680 --> 00:28:01.500 because you have 00:28:01.500 --> 00:28:02.140 done this, 00:28:02.620 --> 00:28:03.200 cursed are you 00:28:03.200 --> 00:28:04.260 above all livestock 00:28:04.260 --> 00:28:05.200 and above all 00:28:05.200 --> 00:28:05.960 beasts of the field. 00:28:06.600 --> 00:28:07.240 On your belly 00:28:07.240 --> 00:28:07.960 you shall go 00:28:07.960 --> 00:28:09.400 and dust you shall eat 00:28:09.400 --> 00:28:10.000 all the days 00:28:10.000 --> 00:28:10.560 of your life. 00:28:11.040 --> 00:28:11.880 I will put enmity 00:28:11.880 --> 00:28:12.600 between you 00:28:12.600 --> 00:28:13.080 and the woman 00:28:13.080 --> 00:28:14.320 and between your offspring 00:28:14.320 --> 00:28:15.340 and her offspring. 00:28:16.300 --> 00:28:17.020 He shall bruise 00:28:17.020 --> 00:28:17.660 your head 00:28:17.660 --> 00:28:18.820 and you shall 00:28:18.820 --> 00:28:19.860 bruise his heel. 00:28:19.859 --> 00:28:22.039 So you see, 00:28:22.199 --> 00:28:22.899 it is the head 00:28:22.899 --> 00:28:23.399 of Satan 00:28:23.399 --> 00:28:24.519 that will be crushed 00:28:24.519 --> 00:28:26.139 by the heel of Christ, 00:28:26.199 --> 00:28:26.339 right? 00:28:26.519 --> 00:28:27.500 We all understand 00:28:27.500 --> 00:28:27.659 that. 00:28:27.679 --> 00:28:28.439 That's what Genesis 3 00:28:28.439 --> 00:28:29.099 is alluding to, 00:28:29.179 --> 00:28:30.139 that ultimate 00:28:30.139 --> 00:28:32.459 decisive moment 00:28:32.459 --> 00:28:33.279 in which Christ 00:28:33.279 --> 00:28:34.179 defeats Satan 00:28:34.179 --> 00:28:35.379 and the power 00:28:35.379 --> 00:28:35.740 of death 00:28:35.740 --> 00:28:36.119 and hell 00:28:36.119 --> 00:28:36.799 and all that, 00:28:37.399 --> 00:28:37.719 right? 00:28:37.819 --> 00:28:38.639 That's what that's 00:28:38.639 --> 00:28:39.740 primarily about. 00:28:40.639 --> 00:28:42.019 But at the same time, 00:28:42.199 --> 00:28:43.059 David, 00:28:43.259 --> 00:28:43.799 Goliath, 00:28:44.019 --> 00:28:44.899 they are a type 00:28:44.899 --> 00:28:45.159 of this. 00:28:45.240 --> 00:28:46.119 They're showing this, 00:28:47.199 --> 00:28:47.379 right? 00:28:47.459 --> 00:28:48.599 David is a seed 00:28:48.599 --> 00:28:49.219 of the woman, 00:28:49.539 --> 00:28:49.679 right? 00:28:49.740 --> 00:28:50.799 Goliath is a seed 00:28:50.799 --> 00:28:51.519 of the serpent 00:28:51.519 --> 00:28:52.980 and the author 00:28:52.980 --> 00:28:53.899 goes out of his way 00:28:53.899 --> 00:28:54.939 to mention that forehead, 00:28:55.619 --> 00:28:55.859 right? 00:28:55.899 --> 00:28:56.980 The serpent will be 00:28:56.980 --> 00:28:57.599 on his belly, 00:28:57.679 --> 00:28:57.819 right? 00:28:57.859 --> 00:28:57.980 Well, 00:28:57.980 --> 00:28:58.779 when you're on your forehead, 00:28:58.899 --> 00:28:59.919 you're also on your belly, 00:29:00.459 --> 00:29:00.699 right? 00:29:00.759 --> 00:29:01.519 And the author goes 00:29:01.519 --> 00:29:02.240 out of his way 00:29:02.240 --> 00:29:03.919 to show this Goliath. 00:29:04.000 --> 00:29:04.719 He's fallen down, 00:29:04.819 --> 00:29:05.539 face down. 00:29:05.859 --> 00:29:08.039 His head gets cut off 00:29:08.039 --> 00:29:08.639 by David, 00:29:09.000 --> 00:29:10.199 right? 00:29:10.279 --> 00:29:10.919 And David, 00:29:11.299 --> 00:29:12.159 David strikes him 00:29:12.159 --> 00:29:12.759 with a stone, 00:29:13.159 --> 00:29:13.339 right? 00:29:13.599 --> 00:29:14.619 Small like a heel. 00:29:14.619 --> 00:29:17.199 So this is imagery 00:29:17.199 --> 00:29:18.539 that they're picking up on. 00:29:18.639 --> 00:29:19.119 There's something 00:29:19.119 --> 00:29:20.500 greater it's pointing to. 00:29:21.759 --> 00:29:22.759 And the final parallel 00:29:22.759 --> 00:29:23.739 that we have time to know 00:29:23.739 --> 00:29:24.419 is that David 00:29:24.419 --> 00:29:25.779 was an anointed king. 00:29:27.259 --> 00:29:28.039 So 1 Samuel, 00:29:28.199 --> 00:29:29.139 the prior chapter, 00:29:29.239 --> 00:29:29.799 verse 16, 00:29:29.879 --> 00:29:30.759 or chapter 16, 00:29:30.839 --> 00:29:31.479 verse 13. 00:29:32.559 --> 00:29:33.000 Samuel, 00:29:33.119 --> 00:29:33.479 the prophet, 00:29:33.659 --> 00:29:34.759 took the horn of oil 00:29:34.759 --> 00:29:35.879 and anointed him, 00:29:36.139 --> 00:29:36.959 referring to David, 00:29:37.079 --> 00:29:37.899 anointed David 00:29:37.899 --> 00:29:38.799 in the midst 00:29:38.799 --> 00:29:39.419 of his brothers. 00:29:40.459 --> 00:29:41.139 And the spirit 00:29:41.139 --> 00:29:41.639 of the Lord 00:29:41.639 --> 00:29:42.599 rushed upon David 00:29:42.599 --> 00:29:43.719 from that day forward. 00:29:44.619 --> 00:29:45.379 Now, 00:29:45.439 --> 00:29:46.479 in the Greek Septuagint, 00:29:46.619 --> 00:29:48.099 which is a Greek translation 00:29:48.099 --> 00:29:49.619 of the Hebrew Old Testament, 00:29:50.219 --> 00:29:51.479 the word for anointed 00:29:51.479 --> 00:29:52.299 in this passage 00:29:52.299 --> 00:29:53.259 is ekrisen, 00:29:53.719 --> 00:29:53.979 right? 00:29:54.019 --> 00:29:54.539 It's a verb, 00:29:54.599 --> 00:29:55.639 which is the verbal form 00:29:55.639 --> 00:29:56.199 of the noun 00:29:56.199 --> 00:29:57.239 that many of us know, 00:29:57.399 --> 00:29:58.019 Christos. 00:29:58.839 --> 00:29:59.059 Now, 00:29:59.099 --> 00:29:59.879 it sounds like the English. 00:30:00.179 --> 00:30:01.500 Christos is Christ, 00:30:01.899 --> 00:30:02.899 as in Jesus Christ, 00:30:03.519 --> 00:30:04.399 Jesu Christu, 00:30:04.899 --> 00:30:05.119 right? 00:30:05.919 --> 00:30:06.879 And so Christos, 00:30:06.939 --> 00:30:07.759 it means anointing. 00:30:08.559 --> 00:30:10.119 David is an anointed king, 00:30:10.539 --> 00:30:12.219 just as Jesus Christ himself, 00:30:12.219 --> 00:30:13.579 an anointed king. 00:30:13.579 --> 00:30:15.359 We see this in John 12, 00:30:15.460 --> 00:30:16.319 verse 1 through 8, 00:30:16.379 --> 00:30:17.939 in his triumphal entry 00:30:17.939 --> 00:30:19.779 to the city of Jerusalem. 00:30:20.439 --> 00:30:21.740 Jesus is anointed as king 00:30:21.740 --> 00:30:23.399 just prior to his crucifixion, 00:30:23.460 --> 00:30:25.240 just prior to crushing 00:30:25.240 --> 00:30:26.799 the forehead of the serpent, 00:30:27.500 --> 00:30:28.299 the head of the serpent, 00:30:28.740 --> 00:30:30.240 and having his heel bruised 00:30:30.240 --> 00:30:30.919 on the cross. 00:30:32.059 --> 00:30:32.859 So this is partly 00:30:32.859 --> 00:30:34.119 why it is so significant 00:30:34.119 --> 00:30:35.939 that Matthew includes David 00:30:35.939 --> 00:30:37.319 and Jesus' genealogy 00:30:37.319 --> 00:30:38.819 in the Gospel account, 00:30:38.939 --> 00:30:40.259 which is primarily focused 00:30:40.259 --> 00:30:42.779 on proving Christ's kingship. 00:30:43.039 --> 00:30:43.119 Right? 00:30:43.119 --> 00:30:44.299 That's what Matthew's all about. 00:30:44.379 --> 00:30:44.879 This is about 00:30:44.879 --> 00:30:46.839 Jesus Christ is king and lord, 00:30:47.140 --> 00:30:47.839 the son of God. 00:30:48.839 --> 00:30:49.240 Right? 00:30:49.279 --> 00:30:50.680 So this is all a buildup 00:30:50.680 --> 00:30:52.000 to pointing to Christ. 00:30:52.559 --> 00:30:53.839 This entire text 00:30:53.839 --> 00:30:55.680 is not merely about David. 00:30:55.859 --> 00:30:57.000 It's not merely about Goliath. 00:30:57.079 --> 00:30:58.279 It's not merely about Israel. 00:30:58.420 --> 00:30:59.200 It's not merely about 00:30:59.200 --> 00:31:00.079 the things of this earth. 00:31:00.200 --> 00:31:01.339 It's about Christ 00:31:01.339 --> 00:31:02.500 and his plan to save 00:31:02.500 --> 00:31:03.359 and his kingship, 00:31:03.500 --> 00:31:04.480 his identity 00:31:04.480 --> 00:31:05.740 as the son of God, 00:31:05.740 --> 00:31:07.599 and his lordship 00:31:07.599 --> 00:31:09.819 and him keeping his promises, 00:31:09.980 --> 00:31:10.640 keeping his covenant. 00:31:12.920 --> 00:31:13.759 So in closing, 00:31:14.240 --> 00:31:16.099 I kind of want to draw this out more, 00:31:16.220 --> 00:31:18.000 but we have noticed 00:31:18.000 --> 00:31:19.380 the individual narrative of David. 00:31:19.519 --> 00:31:20.039 We've noticed 00:31:20.039 --> 00:31:21.900 the national narrative 00:31:21.900 --> 00:31:22.960 for Israel. 00:31:23.519 --> 00:31:24.440 And now we have seen 00:31:24.440 --> 00:31:25.240 the narrative of David 00:31:25.240 --> 00:31:25.839 and Goliath 00:31:25.839 --> 00:31:27.259 is really much more than that. 00:31:27.339 --> 00:31:28.099 It's a picture 00:31:28.099 --> 00:31:29.120 of the overarching 00:31:29.120 --> 00:31:30.359 redemptive plan of God 00:31:30.359 --> 00:31:31.319 for all of mankind. 00:31:32.059 --> 00:31:32.140 Right? 00:31:32.200 --> 00:31:32.940 For all of his church. 00:31:33.059 --> 00:31:34.440 For all of his faithful. 00:31:35.740 --> 00:31:36.759 When we read this story, 00:31:37.359 --> 00:31:38.400 we fail to really, 00:31:38.579 --> 00:31:39.740 truly understand it 00:31:39.740 --> 00:31:41.019 if our eyes do not turn 00:31:41.019 --> 00:31:42.460 to the anointed King Jesus, 00:31:42.579 --> 00:31:43.279 the Son of God. 00:31:44.319 --> 00:31:45.779 Luke 24, 27, 00:31:46.500 --> 00:31:47.279 Jesus is talking 00:31:47.279 --> 00:31:47.960 to his disciples 00:31:47.960 --> 00:31:48.900 and he tells them, 00:31:48.940 --> 00:31:49.160 he says, 00:31:49.240 --> 00:31:50.039 beginning with Moses 00:31:50.039 --> 00:31:51.079 and all the prophets, 00:31:51.839 --> 00:31:52.920 Jesus interpreted to them 00:31:52.920 --> 00:31:53.559 in all the scriptures 00:31:53.559 --> 00:31:55.039 the things concerning himself. 00:31:56.000 --> 00:31:57.339 So if we read this text 00:31:57.339 --> 00:31:58.359 without considering Christ, 00:31:58.480 --> 00:31:59.559 we don't understand it 00:31:59.559 --> 00:32:00.799 as Christ would have taught it. 00:32:01.500 --> 00:32:01.740 Right? 00:32:01.819 --> 00:32:02.200 For Christ, 00:32:02.299 --> 00:32:03.480 this isn't a story about David. 00:32:03.480 --> 00:32:05.819 And so it should not be 00:32:05.819 --> 00:32:06.960 merely a story about David 00:32:06.960 --> 00:32:07.660 for us either. 00:32:09.160 --> 00:32:10.539 So let's not make it a story 00:32:10.539 --> 00:32:11.799 where it's about David 00:32:11.799 --> 00:32:12.500 and about us 00:32:12.500 --> 00:32:13.240 being a hero 00:32:13.240 --> 00:32:14.680 as so often is taught. 00:32:15.319 --> 00:32:15.519 Right? 00:32:15.519 --> 00:32:16.640 This is not merely a story 00:32:16.640 --> 00:32:18.180 in which we learn 00:32:18.180 --> 00:32:18.940 to just have faith 00:32:18.940 --> 00:32:20.059 and overcome difficulties 00:32:20.059 --> 00:32:21.299 as great as that is. 00:32:21.980 --> 00:32:22.839 It's pointing to something 00:32:22.839 --> 00:32:23.660 greater than that. 00:32:24.019 --> 00:32:24.839 And we're so tempted 00:32:24.839 --> 00:32:25.860 to do that by our flesh, 00:32:25.920 --> 00:32:26.480 whether conscious 00:32:26.480 --> 00:32:27.099 or unconscious. 00:32:28.319 --> 00:32:29.059 But this would be 00:32:29.059 --> 00:32:29.819 very bad news 00:32:29.819 --> 00:32:30.740 because we as sinful 00:32:30.740 --> 00:32:31.460 and dead men 00:32:31.460 --> 00:32:32.940 cannot save ourselves. 00:32:32.940 --> 00:32:33.180 Right? 00:32:33.259 --> 00:32:34.279 David didn't save himself. 00:32:34.539 --> 00:32:35.180 David's own trust 00:32:35.180 --> 00:32:35.920 wasn't in himself. 00:32:36.400 --> 00:32:37.200 Why are we constantly 00:32:37.200 --> 00:32:38.539 trying to be like David 00:32:38.539 --> 00:32:39.120 in that sense 00:32:39.120 --> 00:32:39.900 when David himself 00:32:39.900 --> 00:32:40.920 was relying on God? 00:32:41.600 --> 00:32:42.420 That's how we should be 00:32:42.420 --> 00:32:42.840 like David 00:32:42.840 --> 00:32:44.220 by relying on God. 00:32:45.279 --> 00:32:45.700 Right? 00:32:45.740 --> 00:32:46.779 This would be bad news 00:32:46.779 --> 00:32:47.860 if it's merely a story 00:32:47.860 --> 00:32:48.440 of us 00:32:48.440 --> 00:32:49.799 because it would put 00:32:49.799 --> 00:32:50.340 salvation 00:32:50.340 --> 00:32:51.220 and the redemptive narrative 00:32:51.220 --> 00:32:52.299 in our hands. 00:32:53.240 --> 00:32:54.580 But what can a dead hand grasp? 00:32:54.700 --> 00:32:54.799 I mean, 00:32:54.960 --> 00:32:56.799 this is bad news. 00:32:56.920 --> 00:32:57.059 Right? 00:32:57.100 --> 00:32:57.799 This is bad news 00:32:57.799 --> 00:32:58.720 because this news 00:32:58.720 --> 00:33:00.100 would not make 00:33:00.100 --> 00:33:00.940 or announce Christ 00:33:00.940 --> 00:33:02.220 as Savior and Lord. 00:33:03.680 --> 00:33:04.480 And think about that. 00:33:07.180 --> 00:33:07.559 Rather, 00:33:07.640 --> 00:33:08.320 let the story 00:33:08.320 --> 00:33:09.220 encourage us 00:33:09.220 --> 00:33:10.200 to imitate the faith 00:33:10.200 --> 00:33:10.600 of David 00:33:10.600 --> 00:33:11.660 by trusting Christ 00:33:11.660 --> 00:33:12.360 and his promises 00:33:12.360 --> 00:33:13.460 to the point of obedience. 00:33:14.759 --> 00:33:14.880 Right? 00:33:14.960 --> 00:33:15.759 That is good news. 00:33:15.880 --> 00:33:17.420 That is full grace, 00:33:17.519 --> 00:33:18.140 real grace. 00:33:18.279 --> 00:33:18.400 You know, 00:33:18.400 --> 00:33:18.980 the other side 00:33:18.980 --> 00:33:19.720 is what Bonhoeffer 00:33:19.720 --> 00:33:20.140 would have called 00:33:20.140 --> 00:33:20.720 cheap grace. 00:33:20.880 --> 00:33:21.400 It saves you 00:33:21.400 --> 00:33:22.559 from condemnation 00:33:22.559 --> 00:33:23.320 but not your nature. 00:33:23.400 --> 00:33:25.180 But this is a true grace, 00:33:25.259 --> 00:33:25.880 a full grace. 00:33:25.980 --> 00:33:26.380 It saves us 00:33:26.380 --> 00:33:27.220 from the condemnation 00:33:27.220 --> 00:33:27.940 and the nature. 00:33:27.940 --> 00:33:29.880 We are able to obey Christ. 00:33:29.980 --> 00:33:31.059 We are able to look to Christ, 00:33:31.180 --> 00:33:32.080 follow Christ 00:33:32.080 --> 00:33:33.299 and to do it rightly. 00:33:35.019 --> 00:33:35.779 So in that, 00:33:35.860 --> 00:33:36.880 we can cast off 00:33:36.880 --> 00:33:37.820 all of our burdens 00:33:37.820 --> 00:33:38.480 and anxieties 00:33:38.480 --> 00:33:39.480 when we look to Christ. 00:33:40.580 --> 00:33:41.440 We can face 00:33:41.440 --> 00:33:41.900 the hardships 00:33:41.900 --> 00:33:42.820 of this world 00:33:42.820 --> 00:33:43.940 knowing that 00:33:43.940 --> 00:33:44.680 our high priest, 00:33:44.799 --> 00:33:45.019 Jesus, 00:33:45.400 --> 00:33:46.480 has done the same 00:33:46.480 --> 00:33:47.420 and that we will reign 00:33:47.420 --> 00:33:48.180 with him in glory. 00:33:48.320 --> 00:33:49.240 Just as he was raised, 00:33:49.340 --> 00:33:50.100 we will be raised. 00:33:51.140 --> 00:33:52.039 Jesus has defeated 00:33:52.039 --> 00:33:53.320 the greatest Goliath 00:33:53.320 --> 00:33:54.019 in our lives, 00:33:54.100 --> 00:33:54.759 namely sin, 00:33:55.299 --> 00:33:55.559 Satan, 00:33:55.660 --> 00:33:56.160 and death. 00:33:57.859 --> 00:33:58.559 And so we, 00:33:58.680 --> 00:33:59.099 as Christians, 00:33:59.220 --> 00:34:00.119 we can take heart 00:34:00.119 --> 00:34:00.859 knowing the battle 00:34:00.859 --> 00:34:01.480 was won. 00:34:02.099 --> 00:34:02.500 And we, 00:34:02.619 --> 00:34:03.240 by God's grace, 00:34:03.299 --> 00:34:03.960 are victors 00:34:03.960 --> 00:34:04.859 like David. 00:34:06.200 --> 00:34:07.440 We didn't earn it. 00:34:07.500 --> 00:34:08.519 We didn't accomplish it. 00:34:09.300 --> 00:34:10.000 We merely 00:34:10.000 --> 00:34:11.500 received it 00:34:11.500 --> 00:34:12.139 by faith 00:34:12.139 --> 00:34:13.380 in Christ. 00:34:14.960 --> 00:34:16.039 So do not get 00:34:16.039 --> 00:34:16.619 bogged down 00:34:16.619 --> 00:34:17.420 like the men of Israel 00:34:17.420 --> 00:34:18.119 like Saul 00:34:18.119 --> 00:34:19.320 or even the Philistines. 00:34:19.420 --> 00:34:20.260 Do not get bogged down 00:34:20.260 --> 00:34:20.760 on the troubles 00:34:20.760 --> 00:34:21.519 of this world 00:34:21.519 --> 00:34:23.179 considering the things 00:34:23.179 --> 00:34:23.659 of this world 00:34:23.659 --> 00:34:24.219 but rather 00:34:24.219 --> 00:34:25.179 listen to the author 00:34:25.179 --> 00:34:25.739 of Hebrews 00:34:25.739 --> 00:34:26.739 chapter 12 00:34:26.739 --> 00:34:27.319 verse 1. 00:34:28.459 --> 00:34:28.699 Therefore, 00:34:29.059 --> 00:34:29.919 since we are surrounded 00:34:29.919 --> 00:34:30.619 by so great 00:34:30.619 --> 00:34:31.439 a cloud of witnesses, 00:34:32.319 --> 00:34:33.379 let us also lay aside 00:34:33.379 --> 00:34:34.079 every weight 00:34:34.079 --> 00:34:34.719 and sin 00:34:34.719 --> 00:34:35.959 which clings so closely. 00:34:36.579 --> 00:34:37.199 Every Goliath, 00:34:37.279 --> 00:34:37.759 so to speak. 00:34:38.099 --> 00:34:38.980 Every distraction 00:34:38.980 --> 00:34:39.480 and of course 00:34:39.480 --> 00:34:39.980 every sin. 00:34:41.279 --> 00:34:41.939 And let us 00:34:41.939 --> 00:34:42.819 run with endurance, 00:34:42.939 --> 00:34:43.659 the author goes on. 00:34:43.719 --> 00:34:44.839 Let us run with endurance 00:34:44.839 --> 00:34:45.980 the race that is set 00:34:45.980 --> 00:34:46.779 before us. 00:34:47.079 --> 00:34:47.500 Verse 2. 00:34:47.959 --> 00:34:49.139 Looking to Jesus. 00:34:50.139 --> 00:34:51.159 Not looking to Goliath, 00:34:51.379 --> 00:34:52.039 not looking to Saul. 00:34:52.119 --> 00:34:52.819 Looking to Jesus, 00:34:52.820 --> 00:34:53.700 the founder 00:34:53.700 --> 00:34:54.340 and perfecter 00:34:54.340 --> 00:34:55.000 of our faith 00:34:55.000 --> 00:34:56.460 who for the joy 00:34:56.460 --> 00:34:57.519 that was set before him 00:34:57.519 --> 00:34:58.480 endured the cross 00:34:58.480 --> 00:34:59.660 despising the shame 00:34:59.660 --> 00:35:00.920 and is seated 00:35:00.920 --> 00:35:01.720 at the right hand 00:35:01.720 --> 00:35:02.600 of the throne of God. 00:35:04.680 --> 00:35:05.740 Christ is the ultimate 00:35:05.740 --> 00:35:06.400 seed of the woman 00:35:06.400 --> 00:35:08.019 who has defeated Satan. 00:35:08.820 --> 00:35:09.380 But we too 00:35:09.380 --> 00:35:10.240 by faith alone 00:35:10.240 --> 00:35:10.880 through grace alone 00:35:10.880 --> 00:35:11.640 Christ alone 00:35:11.640 --> 00:35:12.559 are the seed 00:35:12.559 --> 00:35:12.980 of the woman. 00:35:13.860 --> 00:35:14.460 No Cain, 00:35:14.559 --> 00:35:15.320 no Goliath, 00:35:15.700 --> 00:35:16.320 no Judas, 00:35:16.480 --> 00:35:17.000 no nobody, 00:35:17.100 --> 00:35:17.640 no nothing 00:35:17.640 --> 00:35:18.860 from the seed 00:35:18.860 --> 00:35:19.260 of the serpent 00:35:19.260 --> 00:35:19.640 will be able 00:35:19.639 --> 00:35:20.639 to overcome Christ. 00:35:21.819 --> 00:35:22.379 O death, 00:35:22.500 --> 00:35:23.239 where is your sting? 00:35:24.359 --> 00:35:25.599 Where grave thy victory? 00:35:26.519 --> 00:35:27.019 Let's pray. 00:35:27.019 --> 00:35:27.059 Let's pray.