WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:06.719 2 Samuel chapter 5 is on page 308 and Amy is going to come and read it for us. 00:00:07.520 --> 00:00:09.620 2 Samuel chapter 5. 00:00:10.519 --> 00:00:15.540 All the tribes of Israel came to David at Hebron and said, 00:00:15.960 --> 00:00:18.199 We are your own flesh and blood. 00:00:18.940 --> 00:00:26.280 In the past, while Saul was king over us, you were the one who led Israel on their military campaigns. 00:00:26.280 --> 00:00:33.460 And the Lord said to you, You will shepherd my people Israel, and you will become their ruler. 00:00:34.520 --> 00:00:39.679 When all the elders of Israel had come to King David at Hebron, 00:00:40.079 --> 00:00:44.380 the king made a covenant with them at Hebron before the Lord, 00:00:45.020 --> 00:00:48.359 and they anointed David king over Israel. 00:00:49.579 --> 00:00:55.079 David was 33 years old when he became king, and he reigned 40 years. 00:00:55.079 --> 00:01:00.600 In Hebron, he reigned over Judah 7 years and 6 months, 00:01:01.339 --> 00:01:06.900 and in Jerusalem, he reigned over all Israel and Judah 33 years. 00:01:08.079 --> 00:01:14.799 The king and his men marched to Jerusalem to attack the Jebusites, who lived there. 00:01:15.759 --> 00:01:17.739 The Jebusites said to David, 00:01:17.739 --> 00:01:19.979 You will not get in here. 00:01:20.500 --> 00:01:23.619 Even the blind and the lame can ward you off. 00:01:24.500 --> 00:01:26.839 They thought, David cannot get in here. 00:01:28.299 --> 00:01:33.879 Nevertheless, David captured the fortress of Zion, which is the city of David. 00:01:33.879 --> 00:01:37.479 On that day, David had said, 00:01:38.140 --> 00:01:44.939 Anyone who conquers the Jebusites will have to use the water shaft to reach those lame and blind, 00:01:45.479 --> 00:01:46.799 who are David's enemies. 00:01:48.159 --> 00:01:49.519 That is why they say, 00:01:49.939 --> 00:01:52.759 The blind and lame will not enter the palace. 00:01:52.760 --> 00:01:59.160 David then took up residence in the fortress and called it the city of David. 00:02:00.100 --> 00:02:03.760 He built up the area around it from the terraces inward, 00:02:04.280 --> 00:02:09.900 and he became more and more powerful because the Lord God Almighty was with him. 00:02:09.900 --> 00:02:15.520 Now Hiram, king of Tyre, sent envoys to David, 00:02:15.960 --> 00:02:19.599 along with cedar logs and carpenters and stonemasons, 00:02:20.099 --> 00:02:22.259 and they built a palace for David. 00:02:23.599 --> 00:02:28.080 Then David knew that the Lord had established him as king over Israel 00:02:28.080 --> 00:02:32.360 and had exalted his kingdom for the sake of his people Israel. 00:02:34.280 --> 00:02:39.159 After he left Hebron, David took more concubines and wives in Jerusalem. 00:02:39.900 --> 00:02:42.280 And more sons and daughters were born to him. 00:02:43.340 --> 00:02:46.000 These are the names of the children born to him there. 00:02:46.860 --> 00:02:59.980 Shemayu, Shobab, Nathan, Solomon, Ibha, Elishu, Nepheg, Jephiah, Elishema, Eliadah, and Iphleet. 00:03:01.360 --> 00:03:05.780 When the Philistines heard that David had been anointed king over Israel, 00:03:06.259 --> 00:03:08.939 they went up in full force to search for him. 00:03:09.900 --> 00:03:13.099 But David heard about it and went down to the stronghold. 00:03:14.319 --> 00:03:19.020 Now the Philistines had come and spread out in the valley of Rephaim. 00:03:20.060 --> 00:03:21.860 So David inquired of the Lord, 00:03:22.719 --> 00:03:24.740 Shall I go and attack the Philistines? 00:03:25.180 --> 00:03:27.120 Will you deliver them into my hands? 00:03:27.120 --> 00:03:29.500 The Lord answered him, 00:03:29.500 --> 00:03:33.920 Go, for I will surely deliver the Philistines into your hands. 00:03:34.719 --> 00:03:39.439 So David went to Baal-perazim, and there he defeated them. 00:03:40.219 --> 00:03:40.800 He said, 00:03:41.480 --> 00:03:46.200 As waters break out, the Lord has broken out against my enemies before me. 00:03:47.120 --> 00:03:49.759 So that place was called Baal-perazim. 00:03:49.759 --> 00:03:56.079 The Philistines abandoned their idols there, and David and his men carried them off. 00:03:57.359 --> 00:04:01.639 Once more the Philistines came up and spread out in the valley of Rephaim. 00:04:01.639 --> 00:04:05.699 So David inquired of the Lord, and he answered, 00:04:06.339 --> 00:04:12.979 Do not go straight up, but circle around behind them and attack them in front of the poplar trees. 00:04:12.979 --> 00:04:18.259 As soon as you can hear the sound of marching in the tops of the poplar trees, 00:04:18.959 --> 00:04:25.240 move quickly, because that will mean the Lord has gone out in front of you to strike the Philistine army. 00:04:26.399 --> 00:04:28.719 So David did as the Lord commanded him, 00:04:29.159 --> 00:04:33.779 and he struck down the Philistines all the way from Gibeon to Geza. 00:04:38.360 --> 00:04:41.079 Amy, thank you so much for reading for us so well. 00:04:41.219 --> 00:04:42.000 That's really helpful. 00:04:42.000 --> 00:04:46.720 Now keep that passage open, because we're going to be working our way through it together. 00:04:47.300 --> 00:04:49.459 And like I mentioned to you on the inside of the notice sheet, 00:04:49.540 --> 00:04:52.500 there are some headings for you, if that's a help. 00:04:53.480 --> 00:04:58.339 Now in our passage this morning, David is finally made the king. 00:04:58.980 --> 00:05:03.759 We've been waiting for, I don't know, about four chapters, but it's finally here. 00:05:04.199 --> 00:05:05.660 And by verse 5, 00:05:06.240 --> 00:05:08.519 David is king over all of God's people, 00:05:08.519 --> 00:05:11.639 as all 12 tribes now come under his rule. 00:05:12.740 --> 00:05:14.720 If you look down at the passage that Amy just read, 00:05:14.800 --> 00:05:17.819 you'll notice that it breaks into three clear sections. 00:05:17.819 --> 00:05:22.540 So we find firstly that David gets the crown in verses 1 to 5. 00:05:23.040 --> 00:05:26.699 Then he gets the city in verses 6 to 16. 00:05:26.959 --> 00:05:31.319 And finally, he gets the victory in verses 17 to 25. 00:05:31.459 --> 00:05:35.539 And my plan this morning is just to take a brief look at each of those three sections 00:05:35.539 --> 00:05:37.879 as we walk through the chapter together. 00:05:37.879 --> 00:05:43.699 And then as we end, I will try and bring it to some kind of conclusion about what it means for us today. 00:05:43.699 --> 00:05:47.259 So let's start with the crown in verses 1 to 5. 00:05:47.980 --> 00:05:53.899 In the opening verses of the passage, the northern tribes of Israel come and meet with David in Hebron. 00:05:53.939 --> 00:05:56.379 And listen to what they say in verses 1 and 2. 00:05:56.379 --> 00:06:14.379 Now just pick over the detail of that with me. 00:06:14.779 --> 00:06:16.360 Notice firstly that they say to David, 00:06:16.360 --> 00:06:19.160 we are your own flesh and blood. 00:06:19.900 --> 00:06:22.220 In other words, listen David, we are the same family. 00:06:23.540 --> 00:06:25.020 Of course you should be our king. 00:06:25.120 --> 00:06:25.860 We're all Israel. 00:06:25.980 --> 00:06:27.660 We're all descended from Jacob. 00:06:27.780 --> 00:06:29.040 We were all rescued from Egypt. 00:06:29.160 --> 00:06:30.819 We're all part of the 12 tribes. 00:06:31.840 --> 00:06:33.300 We should all have one king. 00:06:33.420 --> 00:06:36.080 You should be our king because you are our flesh and blood. 00:06:37.100 --> 00:06:40.439 The next thing they say to David is that he has always been their greatest warrior. 00:06:40.439 --> 00:06:45.899 So even when Saul was king, it was David who led out and brought in Israel in battle. 00:06:46.680 --> 00:06:48.540 You know, of course, David, you should be our king. 00:06:48.699 --> 00:06:50.379 You're the one who wins the victories. 00:06:51.060 --> 00:06:52.339 They used to sing that song, didn't they? 00:06:52.360 --> 00:06:56.120 That Saul killed his thousands, but David killed his tens of thousands. 00:06:56.259 --> 00:06:57.319 Of course, David, you should be our king. 00:06:57.420 --> 00:06:59.180 You're the one who wins. 00:06:59.579 --> 00:07:00.980 You're the victorious one. 00:07:01.899 --> 00:07:05.000 And finally, they recognize that the Lord has been in charge of this all along, 00:07:05.000 --> 00:07:10.000 saying that the Lord has said that he would be the shepherd over his people. 00:07:11.439 --> 00:07:13.899 Now, if you put this all together, they come to David and say, 00:07:13.980 --> 00:07:15.639 listen, David, of course you should be our king. 00:07:16.279 --> 00:07:20.219 You're the rightful king of us because we're the same nation. 00:07:20.399 --> 00:07:21.540 You're our greatest warrior. 00:07:21.819 --> 00:07:24.100 And God has said that it should be served. 00:07:25.019 --> 00:07:28.399 And with those three facts, they anoint David as king in verse 3, 00:07:28.500 --> 00:07:31.860 and he makes a covenant or a promise with them to be their king. 00:07:31.860 --> 00:07:36.420 And then three times in verses 4 and 5, I think it's actually four times in the Hebrew, 00:07:36.560 --> 00:07:40.120 we are told that David reigned, he reigned, he reigned, he reigned, he reigned. 00:07:40.439 --> 00:07:41.480 From Hebron. 00:07:41.579 --> 00:07:44.019 And then, as we'll find in a moment, from the city of Jerusalem. 00:07:45.300 --> 00:07:48.899 Finally, David has the crown and reigns over God's people. 00:07:49.740 --> 00:07:51.139 Now, a quick spoiler alert. 00:07:51.199 --> 00:07:55.720 We are going to find that David is pointing us forward to the Lord Jesus. 00:07:55.720 --> 00:07:58.319 That's where we're going to end up with our sermon this morning. 00:07:58.319 --> 00:08:03.819 But it's worth, I think, pausing here just to see this right that David has to be the king. 00:08:04.759 --> 00:08:09.279 In the way that 2 Samuel 5 is written, you are being deliberately led to understand 00:08:09.279 --> 00:08:12.560 that David is the rightful king of the people. 00:08:13.379 --> 00:08:19.219 It's not so much that they are making David king as they are recognizing that he is their rightful king. 00:08:19.220 --> 00:08:24.480 Promised by God, seen in his victories, belonging to the same people. 00:08:25.380 --> 00:08:27.760 And I want you to notice that's exactly the same with the Lord Jesus. 00:08:29.680 --> 00:08:33.680 If you think about it, you can summarize becoming a Christian 00:08:33.680 --> 00:08:38.320 as submitting to Jesus as king or as Lord. 00:08:38.320 --> 00:08:45.540 Jesus, you're my Lord, or Jesus is Lord, is the cry of the new believer's heart. 00:08:45.980 --> 00:08:48.120 I surrender control to Jesus. 00:08:49.080 --> 00:08:51.900 The action of becoming a Christian isn't simply saying, 00:08:52.440 --> 00:08:54.000 sorry for the things that you've done wrong. 00:08:55.340 --> 00:08:59.400 Lots of people in the world are sorry for the things that they've done wrong, but aren't Christians. 00:09:00.520 --> 00:09:03.180 Actually, the action of becoming a Christian is not saying, 00:09:03.660 --> 00:09:06.260 sorry for my sin or the things that I've done wrong. 00:09:06.259 --> 00:09:12.080 Becoming a Christian is saying, sorry that I've had other lords and other kings. 00:09:12.259 --> 00:09:16.019 I now surrender to you, Jesus, and to your rule. 00:09:16.340 --> 00:09:18.720 Jesus, you are my Lord. 00:09:19.279 --> 00:09:20.159 I surrender. 00:09:20.460 --> 00:09:21.439 I join your kingdom. 00:09:21.639 --> 00:09:24.679 I hand over kingship of my life to you. 00:09:26.039 --> 00:09:30.379 But notice from 2 Samuel chapter 5 that in doing that, 00:09:31.120 --> 00:09:35.519 you are not giving Jesus a status that he didn't have before. 00:09:36.259 --> 00:09:39.100 Jesus is always the king. 00:09:39.759 --> 00:09:41.559 You're just like the northern tribes. 00:09:42.139 --> 00:09:45.120 You're just going, oh, of course you should be our king. 00:09:45.580 --> 00:09:46.379 Of course you should. 00:09:47.519 --> 00:09:52.519 Really becoming a Christian is recognizing that Jesus was and always has been the rightful king of your life. 00:09:53.220 --> 00:09:55.720 Again, let me just labor this a little bit to be super clear. 00:09:55.720 --> 00:09:58.600 Jesus is the God-man, right? 00:09:58.660 --> 00:10:02.660 So he is in full possession of the divine essence. 00:10:04.080 --> 00:10:08.759 He has divine attributes and yet comes as a helpless baby. 00:10:09.440 --> 00:10:12.740 So we can say, can't we, like the Israelites in verse 1, 00:10:12.740 --> 00:10:18.440 Jesus, the eternal divine son, you are our king because you are our flesh and blood. 00:10:19.360 --> 00:10:22.639 But also like David, he's the great warrior of the battles, isn't he? 00:10:22.720 --> 00:10:25.000 Fighting not with a sword and a spear against the Philistines. 00:10:25.480 --> 00:10:29.960 No, fighting our real enemies of sin, death, and the devil. 00:10:29.960 --> 00:10:34.500 Jesus is our victor, our champion, the warrior that we need. 00:10:35.300 --> 00:10:39.320 And also like David, he is promised by the father to be the shepherd of his people. 00:10:39.759 --> 00:10:45.600 I am the good shepherd, says Jesus, as he comes in John chapter 10. 00:10:45.780 --> 00:10:47.100 Come and follow me, he says. 00:10:47.500 --> 00:10:48.560 Listen to my voice. 00:10:49.000 --> 00:10:51.440 I've been appointed by God as the shepherd of his people. 00:10:51.519 --> 00:10:52.220 Come and follow me. 00:10:52.900 --> 00:10:53.759 This is who I am. 00:10:53.840 --> 00:10:54.639 Come listen to me. 00:10:54.639 --> 00:10:57.059 Listen, here's the point this morning. 00:10:57.199 --> 00:11:00.340 If you're not a Christian this morning, you're really welcome here, by the way. 00:11:00.500 --> 00:11:02.279 We love the fact that you've come this morning. 00:11:02.939 --> 00:11:08.639 But let me say to you, if you're not yet a Christian, 2 Samuel 5 is inviting you 00:11:08.639 --> 00:11:13.699 to submit to the voice of your rightful king, Jesus. 00:11:14.799 --> 00:11:18.919 Jesus says to you this morning, come, follow me. 00:11:19.840 --> 00:11:21.039 Why is it that you should listen? 00:11:21.039 --> 00:11:26.240 Listen, the claims that Jesus makes over your life are extraordinarily large, aren't they? 00:11:26.980 --> 00:11:30.779 Jesus doesn't say to you, hey, listen, I know that life that you live and those plans 00:11:30.779 --> 00:11:32.539 that you have and those things that you want to do. 00:11:32.620 --> 00:11:36.339 Do you know, you carry on with those, but maybe just have me a little bit on the side. 00:11:36.559 --> 00:11:37.579 I'll give you a bit of forgiveness. 00:11:38.159 --> 00:11:39.500 You can pray to me when you struggle. 00:11:39.620 --> 00:11:40.719 No, he doesn't say that at all, does he? 00:11:41.139 --> 00:11:42.339 He says, come to me. 00:11:43.360 --> 00:11:45.179 Take up your cross and follow me. 00:11:45.179 --> 00:11:51.599 Lay down everything about who you are and submit to my rule and my reign. 00:11:51.899 --> 00:11:55.139 Why on earth would you listen to such an extraordinary claim? 00:11:55.419 --> 00:12:00.579 Why would you give up the autonomy of your life to organise your life suddenly around obedience 00:12:00.579 --> 00:12:01.479 to the Lord Jesus? 00:12:02.059 --> 00:12:06.299 What would make you want to not just say, sorry for the things I've done wrong, but to say, 00:12:06.699 --> 00:12:08.599 I want to be a disciple of the Lord Jesus? 00:12:08.600 --> 00:12:14.480 Well, 2 Samuel 5 says, it's because that is what reality is. 00:12:15.500 --> 00:12:18.139 Jesus is the King. 00:12:18.700 --> 00:12:22.440 This is an invitation to step into the real world. 00:12:23.840 --> 00:12:29.560 A few years ago, I was at a church when an eminent professor of theology came to preach 00:12:29.560 --> 00:12:30.040 at the church. 00:12:30.100 --> 00:12:31.879 He came to do a weekend at church. 00:12:32.060 --> 00:12:35.019 He spoke on the Saturday and then he spoke on the Sunday morning. 00:12:35.019 --> 00:12:40.159 And they'd asked him to do the children's slot in the morning service. 00:12:40.279 --> 00:12:41.799 And we were like, okay, what is this? 00:12:42.019 --> 00:12:43.759 This guy's a huge brain. 00:12:44.799 --> 00:12:47.399 Professor of public theology, I think was his particular title. 00:12:47.439 --> 00:12:49.139 What was he going to say to the children? 00:12:49.559 --> 00:12:50.299 What was he going to say to the children? 00:12:50.399 --> 00:12:52.159 Well, he took a pen out of his pocket. 00:12:52.240 --> 00:12:53.819 I should have a pen really to illustrate this. 00:12:53.879 --> 00:12:55.600 But anyway, you can chuck me a pen. 00:12:57.340 --> 00:13:02.559 He took a pen out of his pocket and he said to the children, he said, what's this? 00:13:03.340 --> 00:13:04.100 What's this? 00:13:05.019 --> 00:13:06.519 And the kids looked a bit puzzled. 00:13:06.639 --> 00:13:11.100 You know, I've heard this guy's highly intelligent and he doesn't know what he's got in his hand. 00:13:12.460 --> 00:13:16.779 But eventually, one brave kid put his hand up and said, it's a pen. 00:13:18.079 --> 00:13:20.960 And the professor of theology went, no, it's not a pen. 00:13:22.799 --> 00:13:23.939 No, no, it is a pen. 00:13:24.000 --> 00:13:24.899 No, it's not a pen. 00:13:25.759 --> 00:13:28.500 And then he says something which sort of outraged the kids. 00:13:28.620 --> 00:13:29.659 He goes, no, it's not a pen. 00:13:30.439 --> 00:13:31.659 It's a pig stabber. 00:13:32.360 --> 00:13:33.199 And the professor was like, what? 00:13:33.419 --> 00:13:34.059 That's a bit crazy. 00:13:34.199 --> 00:13:34.799 He goes, oh, no, no. 00:13:35.179 --> 00:13:39.459 This is what you use to kill pigs and then drain the blood out of them. 00:13:39.659 --> 00:13:41.579 All the boys are like, oh, this is great. 00:13:41.899 --> 00:13:43.879 All of a sudden, I've discovered something I didn't know. 00:13:43.879 --> 00:13:46.779 And they were all horrified, really, at it. 00:13:47.220 --> 00:13:48.500 And he goes, listen, of course, that's silly. 00:13:48.580 --> 00:13:49.379 Of course, it's a pen. 00:13:49.720 --> 00:13:51.299 And you write with a pen, don't you? 00:13:51.879 --> 00:13:54.500 But he said, we do exactly the same thing with our lives. 00:13:54.720 --> 00:13:54.840 Yeah. 00:13:55.220 --> 00:13:56.419 What is your life? 00:13:57.419 --> 00:14:00.479 Your life belongs to God. 00:14:00.620 --> 00:14:04.719 It's given to you by him to live in submission to him. 00:14:05.379 --> 00:14:08.519 It is not given to you to do whatever you want with. 00:14:09.120 --> 00:14:10.500 Just like this is not a pig stabber. 00:14:10.559 --> 00:14:11.379 It's a pen, right? 00:14:11.860 --> 00:14:15.139 And if you don't understand what you've been given and what it is for, 00:14:15.219 --> 00:14:16.539 you will use it in the wrong way. 00:14:17.139 --> 00:14:19.179 And that's what's going on in 2 Samuel 5. 00:14:19.179 --> 00:14:23.759 It's the invitation to use the pen as the pen, right? 00:14:23.759 --> 00:14:27.100 To use your life for the intention to which it was given you. 00:14:27.299 --> 00:14:31.580 The intention to which it was given you is that you might follow Jesus as Lord. 00:14:32.240 --> 00:14:36.519 Your life is meant to be lived as a disciple of the Lord Jesus, 00:14:37.159 --> 00:14:40.360 following his way and doing what he wants you to do. 00:14:40.679 --> 00:14:44.980 Not because he wants to spoil your fun, not because he wants to ruin you, 00:14:44.980 --> 00:14:48.279 but because that is what he has made you for. 00:14:48.899 --> 00:14:51.240 So let me say again, if you're not a Christian this morning, 00:14:51.240 --> 00:14:54.419 the truth is you're living in an imaginary universe. 00:14:55.320 --> 00:14:57.639 And it is heading for disaster. 00:14:58.279 --> 00:14:59.980 Because whether you recognize it or not now, 00:15:00.039 --> 00:15:01.659 the truth is that Jesus is king. 00:15:01.840 --> 00:15:04.180 And that life where you do what you want, 00:15:04.259 --> 00:15:05.440 where you can do what you want, 00:15:05.500 --> 00:15:07.139 you can follow your own desires, 00:15:07.240 --> 00:15:08.460 where you can fight your own battles, 00:15:08.560 --> 00:15:11.100 when you can believe in yourself and conquer all, 00:15:11.980 --> 00:15:16.799 that is a fake and miserable world that ends in hell. 00:15:16.799 --> 00:15:22.199 Because you were made for the real world where Jesus, flesh of our flesh, 00:15:22.979 --> 00:15:26.139 the victor in battle and the shepherd of our souls, 00:15:26.379 --> 00:15:28.079 he is the king. 00:15:28.259 --> 00:15:28.899 He is the king. 00:15:30.339 --> 00:15:31.279 More of that in a moment. 00:15:31.399 --> 00:15:34.579 Next, let's see that David gets the city and we'll move through this slightly more quickly. 00:15:34.679 --> 00:15:36.479 Verses six to 16, the city. 00:15:37.620 --> 00:15:39.539 Now, if you have a look at the map on the screen, 00:15:39.539 --> 00:15:41.120 you'll see all the different colors. 00:15:41.579 --> 00:15:43.740 That's because maps look wonderful when they're colored in. 00:15:43.740 --> 00:15:47.240 I have a university degree in coloring in maps, 00:15:47.360 --> 00:15:49.680 otherwise known as a geography degree. 00:15:50.060 --> 00:15:50.159 Okay. 00:15:50.639 --> 00:15:53.419 But each different color represents a different tribe 00:15:53.419 --> 00:15:55.700 and the land as they were allocated by Joshua. 00:15:56.139 --> 00:15:58.639 And David is living at the tip of the green arrow 00:15:58.639 --> 00:16:02.139 in the place of Hebron, as we saw last week. 00:16:02.159 --> 00:16:04.759 It's the land belonging to his tribe, the tribe of Judah. 00:16:05.560 --> 00:16:07.440 And you can tell, can't you, from the map that 00:16:07.440 --> 00:16:10.240 Hebron is a great place to rule Judah from. 00:16:10.299 --> 00:16:12.279 But if you're going to be king over all of the tribes, 00:16:12.279 --> 00:16:14.519 you might want to be somewhere more central. 00:16:14.659 --> 00:16:16.039 So David is going to have to move. 00:16:16.039 --> 00:16:17.959 He's going to have to move further north. 00:16:17.959 --> 00:16:21.759 But he also probably needs to be outside of his own tribal lands 00:16:21.759 --> 00:16:25.759 so that he can claim to be king over all the tribes and not just over Judah. 00:16:26.360 --> 00:16:29.159 There is a city that perfectly fits that bill. 00:16:29.159 --> 00:16:31.879 And it's Jerusalem, which is close to Judah, 00:16:31.939 --> 00:16:33.740 but over the border in Benjamin's land, 00:16:33.980 --> 00:16:36.339 but much more in the center of everything that's going on. 00:16:36.839 --> 00:16:37.959 But there's a problem. 00:16:37.960 --> 00:16:43.379 The problem is that Jerusalem is still occupied by the Jebusites. 00:16:44.120 --> 00:16:46.500 The Jebusites had not been driven out by Joshua. 00:16:46.960 --> 00:16:48.320 No one had managed to defeat them. 00:16:48.420 --> 00:16:48.720 Why? 00:16:49.160 --> 00:16:51.379 Well, because Jerusalem was on the top of a hill. 00:16:51.560 --> 00:16:53.900 It was heavily fortified with big walls, 00:16:53.900 --> 00:16:55.340 and no one could get in there. 00:16:55.980 --> 00:16:57.639 Even if they tried to get in, 00:16:57.780 --> 00:17:01.700 all the defenders had to do was just like throw stones over the wall, 00:17:01.740 --> 00:17:05.100 and the attackers would be killed by the throwing of the stones. 00:17:05.099 --> 00:17:09.199 So much so that at the end of verse 6, the Jebusites are teasing David by saying, 00:17:09.379 --> 00:17:13.759 ah, you know, even the blind and the lame residents could drive you away. 00:17:14.039 --> 00:17:18.359 You know, we don't even need soldiers to defend ourselves against you, David. 00:17:19.319 --> 00:17:21.740 David's response actually is quite difficult to understand. 00:17:21.839 --> 00:17:24.539 The NIV has done a good job of tidying up the translation for us 00:17:24.539 --> 00:17:25.819 because there are a number of different options 00:17:25.819 --> 00:17:28.439 as to what the Hebrew word water shaft might mean. 00:17:28.440 --> 00:17:32.900 But really, it wasn't until 1867, 00:17:33.080 --> 00:17:35.100 which is pretty much when this church actually was planted, 00:17:35.720 --> 00:17:39.120 that the mystery was solved about what was going on here. 00:17:39.299 --> 00:17:45.180 A guy called Sir Charles Warren went to Jerusalem on an archaeological mission. 00:17:46.100 --> 00:17:47.000 And during his mission, 00:17:47.120 --> 00:17:51.140 he discovered an ancient water shaft in the old city. 00:17:51.799 --> 00:17:53.380 The shaft was 13 meters long, 00:17:53.380 --> 00:17:56.680 and it was probably dug to allow the residents of Jerusalem to collect water 00:17:56.680 --> 00:17:58.240 from an underground spring, 00:17:58.620 --> 00:18:01.520 even if there were armies outside the city trying to siege it. 00:18:02.280 --> 00:18:05.660 Now, when Warren discovered the shaft, the water shaft, 00:18:06.140 --> 00:18:09.860 and he realized that, oh, this is probably 2 Samuel 5. 00:18:10.060 --> 00:18:11.040 This is what's going on. 00:18:11.500 --> 00:18:16.320 He decided he would very humbly call the water shaft Warren's shaft. 00:18:16.560 --> 00:18:19.640 And you can go and visit it today in Jerusalem if you wanted to. 00:18:19.640 --> 00:18:22.400 Now, jump back at the passage and look at verse 8, 00:18:22.460 --> 00:18:23.900 and this is what David is talking about. 00:18:24.160 --> 00:18:25.360 On that day, David said, 00:18:25.520 --> 00:18:29.400 anyone who conquers the Jebusites will have to use the water shaft. 00:18:29.480 --> 00:18:31.040 You can't go over the walls. 00:18:31.140 --> 00:18:32.420 You have to go underneath. 00:18:32.800 --> 00:18:34.400 He knew that the only way to defeat Jerusalem 00:18:34.400 --> 00:18:36.860 was to climb up that water shaft, 00:18:37.120 --> 00:18:39.440 and it was a sure-fired way to get killed 00:18:39.440 --> 00:18:40.920 if you tried to go over the walls. 00:18:42.300 --> 00:18:43.580 Now, that's exactly what they did. 00:18:43.660 --> 00:18:47.800 1 Chronicles chapter 11 tells us that Joab led the way, 00:18:47.799 --> 00:18:50.859 and they clambered up the 13 meters of the vertical tunnel 00:18:50.859 --> 00:18:53.180 and captured the city. 00:18:53.339 --> 00:18:56.680 It's a remarkable and unexpected victory. 00:18:56.879 --> 00:18:58.819 Imagine climbing up that water shaft, 00:18:59.339 --> 00:19:00.680 fighting oncoming soldiers. 00:19:01.119 --> 00:19:03.279 And so David renames the city the City of David, 00:19:03.399 --> 00:19:04.500 and he rules from there. 00:19:04.619 --> 00:19:05.599 He improves the city. 00:19:06.039 --> 00:19:07.079 He expands the city. 00:19:07.200 --> 00:19:08.940 He has a palace built in the city, 00:19:09.399 --> 00:19:12.639 with verse 10 telling us that he grew greater and greater 00:19:12.640 --> 00:19:14.220 because the Lord was with him, 00:19:14.700 --> 00:19:17.020 as God established his kingdom for the good of the people, 00:19:17.060 --> 00:19:17.680 in verse 12. 00:19:19.200 --> 00:19:20.680 Now, in midst all of that good news, 00:19:20.720 --> 00:19:22.040 there is a hint, at least, 00:19:22.180 --> 00:19:23.860 that there might be trouble ahead. 00:19:24.820 --> 00:19:27.360 And Amy did a brilliant job of reading that list of names 00:19:27.360 --> 00:19:28.759 in verses 13 to 16. 00:19:28.840 --> 00:19:29.700 I'm not going to repeat them 00:19:29.700 --> 00:19:30.660 because I wouldn't be able to do it. 00:19:31.080 --> 00:19:33.520 But David is collecting wives, isn't he, 00:19:33.540 --> 00:19:35.440 from various different places and concubines 00:19:35.440 --> 00:19:37.720 and having children by various different women. 00:19:37.720 --> 00:19:40.360 And in the end, that will bring David trouble, 00:19:40.779 --> 00:19:42.460 as we will find out in weeks to come. 00:19:42.579 --> 00:19:44.279 But for now, David has the crown 00:19:44.279 --> 00:19:46.819 and is reigning in the fortress city 00:19:46.819 --> 00:19:49.519 and is growing greater and greater. 00:19:50.019 --> 00:19:52.900 But next, notice that David gets the victory, 00:19:53.079 --> 00:19:54.960 the victory, verses 17 to 25. 00:19:55.559 --> 00:19:58.120 Seems in verse 17 that the Philistines, 00:19:58.279 --> 00:20:00.220 who are still living in pockets all over the land, 00:20:00.380 --> 00:20:02.240 are a bit disturbed by this news 00:20:02.240 --> 00:20:04.839 that all of a sudden Israel have one king, 00:20:04.839 --> 00:20:08.199 King David, that great victor in all the battles. 00:20:08.299 --> 00:20:12.119 So they decided shrewdly that let's go for an early attack. 00:20:12.539 --> 00:20:14.220 So they hunt for him in verse 17, 00:20:14.379 --> 00:20:16.419 driving David back into his new fortress city, 00:20:16.519 --> 00:20:17.159 the stronghold. 00:20:17.579 --> 00:20:20.000 And from there, he asks the Lord what he should do. 00:20:20.299 --> 00:20:21.959 And the Lord says, attack them 00:20:21.959 --> 00:20:23.299 because I will bring you the victory. 00:20:23.419 --> 00:20:26.639 So he does twice and wins both times 00:20:26.639 --> 00:20:29.519 in the Valley of Rephiam, just south of Jerusalem. 00:20:30.379 --> 00:20:33.319 David describes the victories as God breaking out 00:20:33.319 --> 00:20:35.339 against my enemies in verse 20. 00:20:35.500 --> 00:20:38.000 And he takes away their idols in verse 21, 00:20:38.679 --> 00:20:40.159 which they leave behind in the rush 00:20:40.159 --> 00:20:42.019 to flee from the scene of the battle. 00:20:42.339 --> 00:20:43.599 Gods were of no help to them. 00:20:43.659 --> 00:20:45.859 They just abandoned them and left them behind 00:20:45.859 --> 00:20:46.759 because they were useless, 00:20:47.460 --> 00:20:48.919 pushing them all the way back west 00:20:48.919 --> 00:20:50.240 to a place called Giza. 00:20:51.359 --> 00:20:53.399 Now, before we see anything else, 00:20:53.559 --> 00:20:54.720 and before we move on to think about 00:20:54.720 --> 00:20:55.679 the application of the passage, 00:20:55.779 --> 00:20:59.039 I want you just to think about the joy of this story. 00:20:59.039 --> 00:21:03.659 God has made David, his promised king, 00:21:04.220 --> 00:21:06.299 finally on the throne. 00:21:06.440 --> 00:21:07.359 He has the crown. 00:21:07.980 --> 00:21:09.319 He rules and reigns. 00:21:09.659 --> 00:21:10.700 He's in the city. 00:21:11.159 --> 00:21:12.299 He has the victory. 00:21:12.680 --> 00:21:14.359 The battle with Saul's house is over. 00:21:14.420 --> 00:21:15.639 The Philistines are on the run. 00:21:16.059 --> 00:21:17.940 He's now in this impregnable city 00:21:17.940 --> 00:21:19.159 surrounded by giant walls. 00:21:19.539 --> 00:21:23.099 This is a huge moment for the people of God. 00:21:23.440 --> 00:21:24.740 Think about what this means for them. 00:21:24.799 --> 00:21:26.139 If you're an Israelite, what does this mean? 00:21:26.140 --> 00:21:28.600 All of a sudden, we're secure. 00:21:29.300 --> 00:21:33.360 Yeah, we've got a great king in a strong city. 00:21:33.740 --> 00:21:36.820 Everything is going to be all right. 00:21:37.120 --> 00:21:40.000 No more civil war, peace and prosperity for the people. 00:21:40.380 --> 00:21:41.820 Verse 12 puts it like this, doesn't it? 00:21:42.200 --> 00:21:44.700 Then David knew that the Lord had established him 00:21:44.700 --> 00:21:47.520 as king over Israel and had exalted his kingdom 00:21:47.520 --> 00:21:50.840 for the sake of his people, Israel. 00:21:51.380 --> 00:21:52.520 In other words, all of a sudden, 00:21:52.840 --> 00:21:55.060 God's blessing is going to pour down to the people 00:21:55.060 --> 00:21:56.040 through King David. 00:21:57.140 --> 00:21:59.320 Peace and security and blessing are theirs. 00:22:00.440 --> 00:22:01.300 They're loving it. 00:22:02.420 --> 00:22:04.320 But what does any of this have to do with us this morning? 00:22:04.480 --> 00:22:07.460 What interest do we have in the joy of an ancient nation 00:22:07.460 --> 00:22:09.220 under their rightful king? 00:22:10.360 --> 00:22:11.800 Well, like I said before, 00:22:12.140 --> 00:22:14.320 David is an arrow pointing us forward 00:22:14.320 --> 00:22:15.960 to the greater king, to King Jesus. 00:22:16.960 --> 00:22:19.580 A king who rules not just a nation, 00:22:20.020 --> 00:22:22.240 but he rules all nations. 00:22:22.420 --> 00:22:23.920 People who have turned from their sin 00:22:23.920 --> 00:22:25.120 and bowed to King Jesus. 00:22:26.080 --> 00:22:28.060 And 2 Samuel 5 is a window for us 00:22:28.060 --> 00:22:29.539 into what it will be like 00:22:29.539 --> 00:22:32.800 when Jesus finally takes the throne in his city, 00:22:33.220 --> 00:22:34.900 victorious over all of his enemies. 00:22:34.900 --> 00:22:37.500 So what I want to do just to show you that 00:22:37.500 --> 00:22:39.080 is for you to jump forward in your Bibles 00:22:39.080 --> 00:22:41.480 to the very end to Revelation chapter 22 00:22:41.480 --> 00:22:43.440 and for me to show you something 00:22:43.440 --> 00:22:45.000 from Revelation chapter 22. 00:22:45.360 --> 00:22:46.500 It's going to come up on the screen, 00:22:46.580 --> 00:22:48.000 but you might want to turn to it as well. 00:22:48.000 --> 00:22:51.320 Revelation 22, right at the end of your Bible. 00:22:51.460 --> 00:22:52.460 Revelation 22. 00:22:52.460 --> 00:22:55.620 And I'm just going to read verses 1 to 5 for us. 00:23:00.620 --> 00:23:04.480 Then the angel showed me the river of the water of life, 00:23:04.880 --> 00:23:06.200 as clear as crystal, 00:23:06.860 --> 00:23:09.519 flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb, 00:23:10.319 --> 00:23:12.559 down the middle of the great street of the city. 00:23:13.299 --> 00:23:15.559 On each side of the river stood the tree of life, 00:23:15.660 --> 00:23:17.299 bearing 12 crops of fruit, 00:23:17.500 --> 00:23:18.779 yielding its fruit every month, 00:23:18.840 --> 00:23:20.220 and the leaves of the tree 00:23:20.220 --> 00:23:21.480 are for the healing of the nations. 00:23:22.460 --> 00:23:24.019 No longer will there be any curse. 00:23:24.180 --> 00:23:26.480 The throne of God and the Lamb will be in the city 00:23:26.480 --> 00:23:28.420 and his servants will serve him. 00:23:29.299 --> 00:23:31.019 They will see his face 00:23:31.019 --> 00:23:33.360 and his name will be on their foreheads. 00:23:33.360 --> 00:23:34.819 There'll be no more night. 00:23:35.099 --> 00:23:36.980 They will not need the light of a lamp 00:23:36.980 --> 00:23:38.339 or the light of the sun, 00:23:38.500 --> 00:23:40.720 for the Lord God will give them light 00:23:40.720 --> 00:23:44.519 and they will reign forever and forever. 00:23:45.839 --> 00:23:48.799 Notice that the scene is set in a city. 00:23:49.440 --> 00:23:50.059 You see that? 00:23:50.059 --> 00:23:51.559 Not in Jerusalem, 00:23:51.679 --> 00:23:53.039 but in the heavenly Jerusalem. 00:23:53.599 --> 00:23:56.500 The city prepared for God's people to live with him. 00:23:57.059 --> 00:24:00.099 A place that comes to earth as the Lord Jesus returns. 00:24:00.819 --> 00:24:01.799 And look at what the city is like. 00:24:01.839 --> 00:24:03.139 It's like the Garden of Eden, isn't it? 00:24:03.179 --> 00:24:04.859 With the tree of life. 00:24:05.359 --> 00:24:07.059 With 12 kinds of fruit. 00:24:07.220 --> 00:24:08.539 12, the number for completeness. 00:24:08.879 --> 00:24:09.940 Enough for everybody. 00:24:10.480 --> 00:24:12.000 Fruit for life for all the people, 00:24:12.119 --> 00:24:13.359 bringing healing to the nations. 00:24:14.159 --> 00:24:15.319 It's a bright city too, 00:24:15.319 --> 00:24:17.099 lit by the presence of God himself, 00:24:17.240 --> 00:24:19.759 who is the principal resident of the city. 00:24:20.859 --> 00:24:22.720 There's a throne in the city as well. 00:24:23.559 --> 00:24:25.079 Someone is reigning there. 00:24:25.220 --> 00:24:26.419 Someone has the crown. 00:24:28.359 --> 00:24:29.339 Verse 1 tells us, 00:24:29.339 --> 00:24:31.659 the throne of God and the Lamb, 00:24:31.819 --> 00:24:34.919 from which flows the water of life as bright as crystal. 00:24:35.720 --> 00:24:36.159 In other words, 00:24:36.240 --> 00:24:37.959 God himself in the person of the sun, 00:24:38.099 --> 00:24:38.699 Jesus Christ, 00:24:38.779 --> 00:24:39.599 the Lamb of God, 00:24:39.759 --> 00:24:40.740 rules the city. 00:24:41.759 --> 00:24:43.740 And from his rule flows life itself 00:24:43.740 --> 00:24:46.240 as we drink the water coming from him. 00:24:46.980 --> 00:24:48.139 Even reigning with him, 00:24:48.179 --> 00:24:49.699 as it puts it at the end of verse 5. 00:24:49.700 --> 00:24:51.799 But there's one other detail there as well, 00:24:51.860 --> 00:24:52.120 isn't there? 00:24:52.200 --> 00:24:52.880 In verse 3, 00:24:53.240 --> 00:24:55.299 that nothing accursed will be there. 00:24:56.380 --> 00:24:57.100 In verse 5, 00:24:57.180 --> 00:24:58.500 the night won't be there. 00:24:58.640 --> 00:24:58.900 Why? 00:24:59.819 --> 00:25:00.880 Well, because King Jesus, 00:25:01.019 --> 00:25:01.799 the one on the throne, 00:25:01.920 --> 00:25:04.840 has won victory over all his enemies. 00:25:06.100 --> 00:25:08.500 Death, sin, the devil, 00:25:09.160 --> 00:25:10.160 finally defeated. 00:25:10.880 --> 00:25:12.559 Every tear wiped away. 00:25:12.660 --> 00:25:13.420 No more death. 00:25:13.880 --> 00:25:14.519 No more mourning. 00:25:15.019 --> 00:25:15.840 No more crying. 00:25:16.380 --> 00:25:17.120 No more pain. 00:25:17.120 --> 00:25:19.500 The former things have been defeated. 00:25:20.200 --> 00:25:21.420 By the great victor, Jesus. 00:25:22.799 --> 00:25:23.400 See, you and I, 00:25:23.640 --> 00:25:24.960 as you look at 2 Samuel 5, 00:25:25.039 --> 00:25:25.220 you think, 00:25:25.340 --> 00:25:26.600 we're a long way, aren't we? 00:25:27.200 --> 00:25:28.640 From Bronze Age Jerusalem. 00:25:29.400 --> 00:25:30.460 David is not our king. 00:25:30.660 --> 00:25:31.799 Jerusalem is not our city. 00:25:32.460 --> 00:25:33.759 But the point is that 00:25:33.759 --> 00:25:36.059 the joy of 2 Samuel 5 00:25:36.059 --> 00:25:40.000 is just a pale shadow of our joy 00:25:40.000 --> 00:25:42.580 at the coming reign and rule of King Jesus. 00:25:43.580 --> 00:25:45.519 That day when every knee will bow 00:25:45.519 --> 00:25:46.700 and every tongue confess, 00:25:47.819 --> 00:25:48.660 that day, 00:25:48.660 --> 00:25:51.340 that joy will be ours. 00:25:51.540 --> 00:25:52.660 We're not there yet, are we? 00:25:53.060 --> 00:25:53.759 We know that. 00:25:53.880 --> 00:25:55.519 But 2 Samuel 5 reminds us 00:25:55.519 --> 00:25:56.640 that one day we will be 00:25:56.640 --> 00:25:58.400 and one day we'll see. 00:26:00.160 --> 00:26:01.360 We've been seeing over these weeks, 00:26:01.420 --> 00:26:01.620 haven't we, 00:26:01.640 --> 00:26:03.040 that there's a sort of inevitability 00:26:03.040 --> 00:26:04.000 to 2 Samuel 5. 00:26:04.180 --> 00:26:04.320 You know, 00:26:04.700 --> 00:26:06.080 history is marching on 00:26:06.080 --> 00:26:07.600 towards David's rule and reign. 00:26:07.900 --> 00:26:09.960 The day when King David 00:26:09.960 --> 00:26:10.940 will finally be on the throne 00:26:10.940 --> 00:26:11.420 is kind of, 00:26:11.480 --> 00:26:12.720 it's just going to come. 00:26:12.779 --> 00:26:13.580 You can see it. 00:26:13.579 --> 00:26:15.819 And so history marches on 00:26:15.819 --> 00:26:17.059 towards the reign of King Jesus, 00:26:17.179 --> 00:26:18.099 the day when his people 00:26:18.099 --> 00:26:19.960 will be eternally secure, 00:26:20.099 --> 00:26:21.359 drinking the fresh water 00:26:21.359 --> 00:26:22.619 of the rule of our Saviour. 00:26:23.839 --> 00:26:25.079 The one who laid down his life 00:26:25.079 --> 00:26:25.559 as a lamb 00:26:25.559 --> 00:26:26.799 is returning as a king, 00:26:27.419 --> 00:26:27.980 a lion, 00:26:29.240 --> 00:26:30.079 ruling and reigning 00:26:30.079 --> 00:26:31.259 on his victorious throne. 00:26:31.359 --> 00:26:32.299 All threats gone, 00:26:32.519 --> 00:26:33.359 darkness banished, 00:26:33.519 --> 00:26:34.220 enemies defeated, 00:26:34.439 --> 00:26:36.079 and us full of joy. 00:26:36.480 --> 00:26:37.019 Full of joy. 00:26:38.519 --> 00:26:39.679 Now, I think one of the reasons 00:26:39.679 --> 00:26:40.379 that we don't get 00:26:40.379 --> 00:26:41.179 the spiritual benefit 00:26:41.180 --> 00:26:42.220 from some of the Old Testament 00:26:42.220 --> 00:26:43.340 that we are intended to 00:26:43.340 --> 00:26:44.940 is because we read these stories 00:26:44.940 --> 00:26:47.279 as if David is meant to be like us, 00:26:47.940 --> 00:26:49.299 that perhaps we're the one 00:26:49.299 --> 00:26:50.500 who's going to be the victor, 00:26:51.039 --> 00:26:52.420 as if we're meant to be David, 00:26:52.840 --> 00:26:53.640 as if we're king, 00:26:53.740 --> 00:26:54.880 winning victories and battles 00:26:54.880 --> 00:26:55.779 or shepherding people. 00:26:56.000 --> 00:26:57.100 But the joy of the story 00:26:57.100 --> 00:26:57.820 is not there. 00:26:58.440 --> 00:26:59.360 The joy of the story 00:26:59.360 --> 00:27:01.460 is in seeing how it points us forward 00:27:01.460 --> 00:27:02.240 to the Lord Jesus. 00:27:03.620 --> 00:27:04.740 And as you head back 00:27:04.740 --> 00:27:06.019 to 2 Samuel 1, 00:27:06.080 --> 00:27:06.740 you can imagine, 00:27:06.860 --> 00:27:07.140 can't you, 00:27:07.200 --> 00:27:08.120 speaking to the people there. 00:27:08.200 --> 00:27:08.799 Just think about this 00:27:08.799 --> 00:27:09.680 as we finish. 00:27:09.680 --> 00:27:11.660 Imagine time traveling 00:27:11.660 --> 00:27:13.140 back to 2 Samuel 1 00:27:13.140 --> 00:27:15.180 and talking to David's men. 00:27:15.880 --> 00:27:16.640 They're exhausted. 00:27:17.200 --> 00:27:18.380 They've just come back 00:27:18.380 --> 00:27:20.640 from liberating Ziklag 00:27:20.640 --> 00:27:22.060 from their enemies. 00:27:22.240 --> 00:27:22.900 They're exhausted 00:27:22.900 --> 00:27:25.180 from rescuing their wives 00:27:25.180 --> 00:27:25.720 and their children 00:27:25.720 --> 00:27:26.340 and they're wondering 00:27:26.340 --> 00:27:27.500 what the future holds. 00:27:28.060 --> 00:27:28.920 What would you say 00:27:28.920 --> 00:27:30.279 to one of David's men 00:27:30.279 --> 00:27:32.340 in 2 Samuel 1? 00:27:32.420 --> 00:27:33.180 What would you say to them? 00:27:34.340 --> 00:27:35.900 I think you'd say something like this. 00:27:36.900 --> 00:27:37.680 Listen, guys, 00:27:38.060 --> 00:27:39.460 I've read chapter 5. 00:27:39.680 --> 00:27:40.980 I've read chapter 5. 00:27:41.640 --> 00:27:43.000 I know right now 00:27:43.000 --> 00:27:43.980 you're exhausted. 00:27:44.600 --> 00:27:45.779 I know right now 00:27:45.779 --> 00:27:46.700 that you don't know 00:27:46.700 --> 00:27:47.560 what the future holds. 00:27:47.620 --> 00:27:48.700 But let me tell you, 00:27:49.120 --> 00:27:51.000 2 Samuel 5 is coming. 00:27:51.980 --> 00:27:54.299 David will be in Jerusalem 00:27:54.299 --> 00:27:55.920 and he will be ruling 00:27:55.920 --> 00:27:56.980 and reigning 00:27:56.980 --> 00:27:58.840 all of God's people. 00:27:59.380 --> 00:28:00.320 Really, they say? 00:28:00.799 --> 00:28:02.360 But Jerusalem's impregnable. 00:28:02.740 --> 00:28:04.299 It's occupied by the Jebusites. 00:28:04.619 --> 00:28:05.759 No one could take that. 00:28:06.019 --> 00:28:07.480 Even the blind and the lame 00:28:07.480 --> 00:28:08.559 can defend Jerusalem. 00:28:09.559 --> 00:28:10.039 No, no, no. 00:28:10.419 --> 00:28:11.639 It's coming, you say. 00:28:11.879 --> 00:28:12.539 I've read it. 00:28:12.859 --> 00:28:13.639 I've read it. 00:28:14.279 --> 00:28:15.919 David will be king. 00:28:16.740 --> 00:28:17.440 You know, you'd say to them 00:28:17.440 --> 00:28:18.079 something like this, Dean. 00:28:18.759 --> 00:28:19.659 Don't worry too much 00:28:19.659 --> 00:28:20.579 about your house repairs 00:28:20.579 --> 00:28:21.220 in Ziklag. 00:28:21.639 --> 00:28:21.980 And you know, 00:28:22.019 --> 00:28:23.000 you're going to go to Hebron. 00:28:23.519 --> 00:28:24.519 Probably just put a tent 00:28:24.519 --> 00:28:25.279 up in Hebron, right? 00:28:25.680 --> 00:28:26.399 Don't build anything 00:28:26.399 --> 00:28:27.299 too elaborate in Hebron 00:28:27.299 --> 00:28:27.919 because you're moving 00:28:27.919 --> 00:28:29.079 from Hebron to Jerusalem. 00:28:31.859 --> 00:28:33.419 Now that's us, isn't it? 00:28:33.859 --> 00:28:34.859 That's where we are. 00:28:35.859 --> 00:28:37.940 We are looking forward 00:28:37.940 --> 00:28:39.379 to the rule and reign of Jesus. 00:28:39.779 --> 00:28:40.839 We're looking forward 00:28:40.839 --> 00:28:41.940 to Revelation 22. 00:28:42.859 --> 00:28:44.220 We live in a similar chaos, 00:28:44.319 --> 00:28:44.579 don't we, 00:28:44.599 --> 00:28:46.039 to 2 Samuel 1 to 4. 00:28:46.799 --> 00:28:47.839 But here's the point. 00:28:49.180 --> 00:28:50.460 Revelation 22 is coming. 00:28:51.399 --> 00:28:52.619 Revelation 22 00:28:52.619 --> 00:28:54.720 is just around the corner. 00:28:54.720 --> 00:28:57.299 Christian, there's a day coming 00:28:57.299 --> 00:28:59.279 when every knee 00:28:59.279 --> 00:29:00.140 will bow to Jesus. 00:29:01.059 --> 00:29:02.279 He will have the crown. 00:29:02.740 --> 00:29:03.740 He will have the city. 00:29:04.180 --> 00:29:05.360 He will have the victory. 00:29:06.299 --> 00:29:08.660 So don't give up. 00:29:09.180 --> 00:29:10.259 Don't give in. 00:29:10.680 --> 00:29:11.880 Don't abandon hope. 00:29:12.120 --> 00:29:12.940 Keep trusting. 00:29:13.180 --> 00:29:14.100 Keep following Jesus. 00:29:14.319 --> 00:29:15.380 Stick close with Him. 00:29:16.220 --> 00:29:17.559 And don't get too comfortable either. 00:29:18.240 --> 00:29:19.420 Don't build a brick house 00:29:19.420 --> 00:29:19.980 in Hebron. 00:29:20.500 --> 00:29:21.180 You're not going to be there 00:29:21.180 --> 00:29:21.600 for long. 00:29:22.319 --> 00:29:23.420 Soon you will be 00:29:23.420 --> 00:29:24.220 in the New Jerusalem. 00:29:25.120 --> 00:29:26.279 Don't get so tangled up 00:29:26.279 --> 00:29:26.779 in romance 00:29:26.779 --> 00:29:27.380 that you forget 00:29:27.380 --> 00:29:28.420 that Jesus is the lover 00:29:28.420 --> 00:29:29.100 of your soul, 00:29:29.700 --> 00:29:30.940 the longing of your heart. 00:29:31.640 --> 00:29:32.700 Don't get so stressed 00:29:32.700 --> 00:29:33.539 about your education 00:29:33.539 --> 00:29:34.160 and your career 00:29:34.160 --> 00:29:35.519 that you forget the fact 00:29:35.519 --> 00:29:36.100 that one day 00:29:36.100 --> 00:29:37.059 you will be graduating 00:29:37.059 --> 00:29:38.640 in the kingdom of Christ. 00:29:39.579 --> 00:29:40.839 Revelation 22 is coming. 00:29:40.940 --> 00:29:41.819 It's just around the corner. 00:29:42.380 --> 00:29:43.240 A fortress city 00:29:43.240 --> 00:29:44.299 that can never be defeated 00:29:44.299 --> 00:29:45.400 will be your home 00:29:45.400 --> 00:29:47.440 and you will see His face. 00:29:48.500 --> 00:29:49.700 A city flooded 00:29:49.700 --> 00:29:50.940 with life and healing, 00:29:51.500 --> 00:29:52.620 pouring from the throne 00:29:52.619 --> 00:29:54.039 of Him who is victorious 00:29:54.039 --> 00:29:54.919 over our sin 00:29:54.919 --> 00:29:56.559 and has defeated our death. 00:29:57.879 --> 00:30:00.239 So I think one of the best things 00:30:00.239 --> 00:30:02.019 about being a Christian 00:30:02.019 --> 00:30:02.959 is knowing 00:30:02.959 --> 00:30:04.899 that one day 00:30:04.899 --> 00:30:06.339 we will go 00:30:06.339 --> 00:30:07.759 home. 00:30:07.759 --> 00:30:10.140 We're not there yet, 00:30:10.180 --> 00:30:10.500 are we? 00:30:10.980 --> 00:30:12.200 But there is a day coming 00:30:12.200 --> 00:30:13.259 when we will be home 00:30:13.259 --> 00:30:14.660 with King Jesus 00:30:14.660 --> 00:30:15.539 on the throne, 00:30:16.200 --> 00:30:16.900 victorious 00:30:16.900 --> 00:30:18.240 and ruling 00:30:18.240 --> 00:30:18.799 and reigning 00:30:18.799 --> 00:30:20.480 in God's city. 00:30:20.480 --> 00:30:21.700 Let me pray 00:30:21.700 --> 00:30:22.799 as we close. 00:30:29.519 --> 00:30:30.599 Heavenly Father, 00:30:30.680 --> 00:30:31.500 we acknowledge 00:30:31.500 --> 00:30:33.799 that Jesus 00:30:33.799 --> 00:30:35.319 is King. 00:30:36.200 --> 00:30:37.819 We don't make Him 00:30:37.819 --> 00:30:38.400 the King, 00:30:38.620 --> 00:30:39.900 He is the King 00:30:39.900 --> 00:30:40.940 and we gladly 00:30:40.940 --> 00:30:41.900 and happily 00:30:41.900 --> 00:30:43.700 bow the knee to Him 00:30:43.700 --> 00:30:45.319 and worship Him. 00:30:46.920 --> 00:30:47.319 And Lord, 00:30:47.380 --> 00:30:48.660 we long for that day. 00:30:48.660 --> 00:30:50.019 we look forward 00:30:50.019 --> 00:30:51.519 to Revelation 22, 00:30:51.740 --> 00:30:52.279 that day 00:30:52.279 --> 00:30:53.840 when finally 00:30:53.840 --> 00:30:54.500 we will be 00:30:54.500 --> 00:30:55.920 in the eternal city 00:30:55.920 --> 00:30:57.240 with Him, 00:30:58.420 --> 00:30:59.500 Him on the throne, 00:31:00.220 --> 00:31:01.060 us enjoying 00:31:01.060 --> 00:31:01.860 the healing 00:31:01.860 --> 00:31:03.019 and blessing 00:31:03.019 --> 00:31:04.360 that pours from Him. 00:31:05.180 --> 00:31:05.660 Please, Lord, 00:31:05.700 --> 00:31:06.019 we pray, 00:31:06.140 --> 00:31:06.860 keep us going 00:31:06.860 --> 00:31:07.860 until that day. 00:31:08.519 --> 00:31:09.200 We feel like 00:31:09.200 --> 00:31:10.000 we're camped out 00:31:10.000 --> 00:31:10.680 in Hebron 00:31:10.680 --> 00:31:11.880 or maybe still exhausted 00:31:11.880 --> 00:31:12.580 in Ziklag, 00:31:12.940 --> 00:31:13.400 but Lord, 00:31:13.480 --> 00:31:14.140 keep us going 00:31:14.140 --> 00:31:14.759 until the day 00:31:14.759 --> 00:31:15.700 we're in Jerusalem, 00:31:15.840 --> 00:31:16.860 the new Jerusalem, 00:31:16.859 --> 00:31:18.759 with Jesus as our King. 00:31:19.399 --> 00:31:19.839 Bless us 00:31:19.839 --> 00:31:20.379 and keep us, 00:31:20.439 --> 00:31:20.799 we pray, 00:31:20.939 --> 00:31:21.799 in Jesus' name. 00:31:22.500 --> 00:31:22.819 Amen. 00:31:23.399 --> 00:31:23.679 Amen. 00:31:24.379 --> 00:31:24.979 Amen.