WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:02.000 Samuel chapter 17. 00:00:02.000 --> 00:00:17.939 Now the Philistines gathered their armies together to battle and were gathered at Socah, which belongs to Judah, and encamped between Socah and Azekah in Ephes-Daman. 00:00:19.219 --> 00:00:27.960 And Saul and the men of Israel were gathered together, and they encamped in the valley of Elah and drew up in battle array against the Philistines. 00:00:27.960 --> 00:00:37.579 The Philistines stood on a mountain on one side, and Israel stood on a mountain on the other side with a valley between them. 00:00:38.760 --> 00:00:47.480 And a champion went out from the camp of the Philistines named Goliath from Gath, whose height was six cubits and a span. 00:00:47.480 --> 00:00:57.120 He had a bronze helmet on his head, and he was armed with a coat of mail, and the weight of his coat was 5,000 shekels of bronze. 00:00:57.960 --> 00:01:02.039 And he had bronze armor on his legs and a bronze javelin between his shoulders. 00:01:02.920 --> 00:01:13.019 Now the staff of his spear was like a weaver's beam, and his iron spearhead weighed 600 shekels, and a shield bearer went before him. 00:01:13.019 --> 00:01:19.619 Then he stood and cried out to the armies of Israel and said to them, 00:01:19.979 --> 00:01:27.659 Why have you come out to line up for battle? Am I not a Philistine, and you the servants of Saul? 00:01:28.859 --> 00:01:32.739 Choose a man for yourselves and let him come down to me. 00:01:32.739 --> 00:01:38.459 If he is able to fight with me and kill me, then we will be your servants. 00:01:38.579 --> 00:01:45.560 But if I prevail against him and kill him, then you shall be our servants and serve us. 00:01:46.339 --> 00:01:52.219 And the Philistines said, I defy the armies of Israel this day. 00:01:52.579 --> 00:01:55.919 Give me a man that we may fight together. 00:01:55.920 --> 00:02:03.659 When Saul and all Israel heard these words of the Philistine, they were dismayed and greatly afraid. 00:02:05.200 --> 00:02:15.340 Now David was the son of that Ephrathite of Bethlehem, Judah, whose name was Jesse, and who had eight sons. 00:02:15.920 --> 00:02:18.780 And the man was old, advanced in years in the days of Saul. 00:02:18.780 --> 00:02:23.340 And the three oldest sons of Jesse had gone to follow Saul to the battle. 00:02:23.840 --> 00:02:31.780 The names of these three sons who went to the battle were Eliab, the firstborn next to him, Abinadab, and the third Shammah. 00:02:32.659 --> 00:02:37.240 David was the youngest, and the three oldest followed Saul. 00:02:37.879 --> 00:02:44.360 But David occasionally went and returned from Saul to feed his father's sheep at Bethlehem. 00:02:44.360 --> 00:02:52.560 And the Philistine drew near and presented himself forty days, morning and evening. 00:02:53.500 --> 00:02:56.360 Then Jesse said to his son David, 00:02:57.420 --> 00:03:04.800 Take now for your brothers an ephah of this dried grain and these ten loaves, and run to your brothers at the camp. 00:03:05.740 --> 00:03:12.640 And carry these ten cheeses to the captain of their thousand, and see how your brothers fare, and bring back news of them. 00:03:12.639 --> 00:03:20.139 So Saul and they and all the men of Israel were in the valley of Elah, fighting with the Philistines. 00:03:20.879 --> 00:03:29.539 So David rose early in the morning, left the sheep with the keeper, and took the things as he went and as Jesse had commanded him. 00:03:30.199 --> 00:03:35.500 And he came to the camp as the army was going out to fight and shouting for battle. 00:03:36.279 --> 00:03:41.639 For Israel and the Philistines had drawn up in battle array, army against army. 00:03:42.639 --> 00:03:49.119 And David left his supplies in the hand of the supply keeper, ran to the army, and came and greeted his brothers. 00:03:50.579 --> 00:03:59.779 Then, as he talked with them, there was the champion, the Philistine of Gath, Goliath by name, coming up from the armies of the Philistines. 00:03:59.839 --> 00:04:02.399 And he spoke according to the same words. 00:04:02.400 --> 00:04:04.080 So David heard them. 00:04:04.080 --> 00:04:11.680 And all the men of Israel, when they saw the man, fled from him, and were dreadfully afraid. 00:04:12.340 --> 00:04:13.819 So the men of Israel said, 00:04:14.500 --> 00:04:16.459 Have you seen this man who has come up? 00:04:16.879 --> 00:04:19.300 Surely he has come up to defy Israel. 00:04:19.300 --> 00:04:31.560 And it shall be that the man who kills him, the king, will enrich with great riches, will give him his daughter, and give his father's house exemption from taxes in Israel. 00:04:31.560 --> 00:04:36.000 Then David spoke to the men who stood by him, saying, 00:04:36.680 --> 00:04:42.720 What shall be done for the man who kills this Philistine and takes away the reproach from Israel? 00:04:43.079 --> 00:04:50.600 For who is this uncircumcised Philistine that he should defy the armies of the living God? 00:04:51.500 --> 00:04:53.699 And the people answered him in this manner, saying, 00:04:54.199 --> 00:04:56.519 So shall it be done for the man who kills him. 00:04:57.079 --> 00:04:59.019 The word of God for the people of God. 00:04:59.019 --> 00:05:01.359 Please be seated. 00:05:03.259 --> 00:05:07.719 The grass withers, the flower fades, but the word of the Lord stands forever. 00:05:10.560 --> 00:05:11.259 Let's pray. 00:05:17.939 --> 00:05:26.439 Lord, we thank you that your Holy Spirit has been active through every generation, through every step of redemptive history. 00:05:26.439 --> 00:05:30.459 We thank you for how your Holy Spirit is poured out now in your church. 00:05:31.100 --> 00:05:34.459 And that by the power of the Holy Spirit, your word comes alive. 00:05:35.139 --> 00:05:41.759 And you shine the light of the gospel accomplished by Jesus Christ on every part of your word to your people. 00:05:42.040 --> 00:05:43.779 We ask that you will please do that now, Lord. 00:05:44.439 --> 00:05:45.519 For Christ's sake we pray. 00:05:45.939 --> 00:05:46.180 Amen. 00:05:46.180 --> 00:05:46.279 Amen. 00:05:46.279 --> 00:05:59.639 Well, following the fall of France in 1940, Great Britain was left to stand alone against Nazi Germany. 00:06:00.419 --> 00:06:07.559 In a moment of national crisis, can you imagine being in London like the little children in the Chronicles of Narnia, 00:06:07.560 --> 00:06:12.199 about to hear these airplanes fly over and drop bombs on your neighborhood? 00:06:13.220 --> 00:06:18.000 The prime minister got on the radio and had opportunities to speak to the people. 00:06:18.000 --> 00:06:25.240 In the face of the imminent battle of Britain, in some of his words I remember this day, 00:06:26.259 --> 00:06:27.060 he told them, 00:06:27.980 --> 00:06:31.699 We shall defend our island, whatever the cost may be. 00:06:32.120 --> 00:06:33.560 We shall fight on the beaches. 00:06:33.779 --> 00:06:35.860 We shall fight on the landing grounds. 00:06:36.240 --> 00:06:38.920 We shall fight in the fields and in the streets. 00:06:39.199 --> 00:06:40.959 We shall fight in the hills. 00:06:41.959 --> 00:06:44.139 We shall never surrender. 00:06:44.139 --> 00:06:50.979 How one man sees the war changes everything. 00:06:52.839 --> 00:06:55.300 You and I as Christians, we're in a war also. 00:06:56.279 --> 00:06:59.180 We fight against the world, the flesh, and the devil. 00:07:00.620 --> 00:07:02.319 But how do we see this war? 00:07:04.419 --> 00:07:06.939 You and I are either in the kingdom of Christ, 00:07:07.279 --> 00:07:11.879 or we are an enemy of God still under bondage to sin, Satan, and the world. 00:07:11.879 --> 00:07:15.319 But the war is real. 00:07:17.060 --> 00:07:22.379 Last week, our encouragement was that nothing can stop God from advancing his kingdom. 00:07:22.800 --> 00:07:27.159 And this week, the nature of the kingdom of God is put to the test. 00:07:28.560 --> 00:07:32.860 And it's defined for us by the words of the anointed king. 00:07:34.120 --> 00:07:35.719 David goes to see the war. 00:07:35.720 --> 00:07:38.880 And David viewed the war differently. 00:07:40.000 --> 00:07:43.720 So that's my message for us today as we walk through this wonderful passage. 00:07:44.500 --> 00:07:47.140 How the anointed shepherd saw the war. 00:07:47.840 --> 00:07:50.680 How the anointed shepherd saw the war. 00:07:52.900 --> 00:07:58.620 First out of five observations is the setting of this battle. 00:07:58.620 --> 00:08:01.540 Please look at 1 Samuel 17, verse 1. 00:08:03.340 --> 00:08:04.139 We read, 00:08:04.399 --> 00:08:08.579 Now the Philistines gathered their armies together to battle. 00:08:10.280 --> 00:08:13.280 It's a verb in the active voice. 00:08:13.860 --> 00:08:17.379 The Philistines gathered their armies together to battle. 00:08:18.259 --> 00:08:22.079 Organized, powerful, confident, commanding, advancing. 00:08:22.079 --> 00:08:26.859 We're given a detail of the location at Sokoth. 00:08:27.779 --> 00:08:30.740 What are the words that come next after that city in verse 1? 00:08:31.680 --> 00:08:33.759 Which belongs to Judah. 00:08:35.019 --> 00:08:42.579 This description reminds us that the Philistines had invaded the land that God secured for his people. 00:08:43.679 --> 00:08:45.720 They had encroached on Judean soil. 00:08:46.860 --> 00:08:50.379 Saul had failed to keep the enemy out of the kingdom of God. 00:08:50.379 --> 00:08:54.200 And so now the two sides mount for war. 00:08:56.659 --> 00:09:01.659 Along this ridgeline at the top of the hill was a major road which the Philistines now controlled. 00:09:02.000 --> 00:09:06.580 Giving them control over whatever would enter or leave Israel. 00:09:07.700 --> 00:09:11.860 We read in verse 2 that Saul and the men of Israel were gathered together. 00:09:12.320 --> 00:09:15.019 Here that same verb is given in the passive voice. 00:09:15.740 --> 00:09:17.340 It's something being done to them. 00:09:17.340 --> 00:09:21.680 They encamped at the valley of Elah. 00:09:22.200 --> 00:09:25.980 They drew up in battle array against the Philistines. 00:09:27.500 --> 00:09:31.300 We're told that each part of the army, each side had a mountain. 00:09:31.660 --> 00:09:33.740 And in between them was this valley. 00:09:34.860 --> 00:09:39.280 And this valley is where the border will be redefined. 00:09:39.279 --> 00:09:46.439 If the Philistines win this battle, they have now free reign to invade the whole kingdom of God's people. 00:09:47.879 --> 00:09:51.159 The Philistines also owned the metal industry. 00:09:51.639 --> 00:09:56.000 They had a complete monopoly on the blacksmith trade. 00:09:56.659 --> 00:10:01.559 They secured through metal and weapons that they brought a military dominance. 00:10:01.559 --> 00:10:04.839 You can flip back to see that and remember for yourself. 00:10:04.979 --> 00:10:06.739 Look at 1 Samuel chapter 13. 00:10:07.239 --> 00:10:08.479 Just a page or two back. 00:10:10.199 --> 00:10:11.639 Verses 19 and 20. 00:10:11.719 --> 00:10:12.079 We read, 00:10:12.080 --> 00:10:34.540 The only two men in all of Israel that had weapons, you'll remember, were Saul the king and Jonathan the crowned prince. 00:10:34.539 --> 00:10:42.079 They had the most advanced military weapon of the day, which were ironclad chariots. 00:10:43.259 --> 00:10:47.939 And with chariots covered in metal, no one could stop the advance of the Philistines. 00:10:48.799 --> 00:10:53.779 We read that they were gathered for an attack with the Philistines coming up from the south, 00:10:54.959 --> 00:10:58.120 the Israelites on the northern side in the land of Judah. 00:10:58.120 --> 00:11:04.820 As someone pointed out, the future of their nation, all is going to be determined by this one battle. 00:11:05.860 --> 00:11:11.159 And if ever a lion from the tribe of Judah was needed, it was now at this moment. 00:11:12.440 --> 00:11:17.100 On verse 3, we read that the Philistines stood on a mountain on one side 00:11:17.100 --> 00:11:21.919 and Israel stood on a mountain on the other with a valley in between them. 00:11:21.919 --> 00:11:34.500 In between them was a ravine, an east-west wadi is the name in Israel. 00:11:34.959 --> 00:11:36.279 And it's like a dry creek. 00:11:36.839 --> 00:11:42.159 It's a tear in the soil that makes it impossible for chariots to roll across. 00:11:42.899 --> 00:11:47.559 And so this was most likely one of the reasons we now have a cold war, a standoff. 00:11:47.559 --> 00:11:54.879 Both sides are in battle array, waiting for the moment now when the first arrow will be shot across this valley. 00:11:57.859 --> 00:12:05.379 Israel had been given this land by God, been drawn out of slavery to possess it, to live in it, 00:12:05.439 --> 00:12:10.919 and to be ruled in this land by God as a gift of his grace to them, his people. 00:12:11.599 --> 00:12:17.279 But as we can see in the mindset of the Israelites, most still lived as slaves to the world. 00:12:17.559 --> 00:12:24.719 We're told that this valley is called the Valley of Elah, literally oak. 00:12:25.399 --> 00:12:30.719 So it's a big tree down in the middle of this valley with a ravine cutting through it. 00:12:31.839 --> 00:12:34.259 The oak tree is a long-living tree. 00:12:34.619 --> 00:12:40.819 Most likely this one grew very tall so that it could be a landmark, a point of reference for everyone traveling through. 00:12:40.820 --> 00:12:47.980 So here, on the standoff between two armies, with one big central tree in the middle, 00:12:48.740 --> 00:12:52.060 heaven and hell will have a standoff. 00:12:53.940 --> 00:12:58.220 This long-lasting tree will be what this battle is remembered by. 00:12:58.220 --> 00:13:04.360 Here is where the battle will be fought, and here the war will be decided. 00:13:06.139 --> 00:13:09.500 Well, we too were born into slavery to sin. 00:13:10.620 --> 00:13:14.000 We're born into this world in bondage. 00:13:14.700 --> 00:13:17.879 But our Lord Jesus Christ entered the domain of darkness. 00:13:17.879 --> 00:13:23.919 Jesus Christ secured our citizenship in the kingdom of heaven. 00:13:23.919 --> 00:13:30.700 In Colossians 1.13, we read that God rescued us who are in Christ from the dominion of darkness 00:13:30.700 --> 00:13:34.700 and brought us into the kingdom of the Son he loves. 00:13:36.159 --> 00:13:40.120 And like Israel preparing for this great battle, our fate also was determined. 00:13:40.120 --> 00:13:46.460 That one moment in time, that long-standing tree, the cross of our Savior Jesus. 00:13:47.779 --> 00:13:52.019 Though we're still in this world, we are not of this world. 00:13:52.759 --> 00:13:55.320 We are in God's kingdom of grace. 00:13:56.840 --> 00:14:01.639 And by his power, by his strength, these borders of his kingdom are to be protected. 00:14:02.379 --> 00:14:08.000 The enemy is not to creep in, not to invade the borders of the kingdom of God 00:14:08.000 --> 00:14:10.639 in our hearts, in our families, and in our church. 00:14:11.500 --> 00:14:13.399 That's the setting of the battle. 00:14:14.360 --> 00:14:17.139 Number two, what about the enemy's champion? 00:14:18.620 --> 00:14:19.799 The enemy's champion. 00:14:21.340 --> 00:14:26.559 Goliath stands as the tormentor, the accuser of God's people. 00:14:28.000 --> 00:14:33.120 Goliath is the figurehead of the domain of hell and darkness in the world. 00:14:33.120 --> 00:14:39.060 He's the one who is the weaponizer of sin and death. 00:14:40.100 --> 00:14:46.139 And we're given a very detailed description that's meant to strike fear in us, beginning in verse 4. 00:14:47.500 --> 00:14:54.360 We read that a champion went out from the camp of the Philistines named Goliath from Gath. 00:14:55.440 --> 00:15:02.259 Gath was the city of the Philistines, one of the five powerful cities just on the other side of the border from Israel. 00:15:02.259 --> 00:15:06.179 So this battle was taking place in Goliath's backyard. 00:15:07.559 --> 00:15:11.240 We're told that his height was six cubits and a span. 00:15:13.620 --> 00:15:18.580 Most estimate that Goliath would have stood at nine feet, nine inches tall. 00:15:18.919 --> 00:15:24.980 So children, that's three inches, just that much shorter than a 10-foot basketball hoop. 00:15:25.460 --> 00:15:30.439 So it works really well for us to have our service today in a gym because we can see that. 00:15:30.440 --> 00:15:38.680 And I was trying to visualize somewhere toward the bottom of the net is where the nose of this great warrior would be if he's nine foot nine. 00:15:39.420 --> 00:15:46.160 Can you imagine the body of a giant filling in from that point of height all the way down? 00:15:47.440 --> 00:15:48.920 That's how tall he was. 00:15:48.919 --> 00:15:57.599 Gath was a strategic border city and it's meeting the world, meeting Judah. 00:15:58.879 --> 00:16:01.379 This would have been David's backyard as well. 00:16:02.120 --> 00:16:07.899 And this is the tribe of Judah that had not sent as many soldiers to go fight in Saul's war in the previous chapter. 00:16:07.899 --> 00:16:13.179 Now, their own fields, their own livelihood is directly under attack. 00:16:14.939 --> 00:16:23.039 Archaeological excavations of Gath near this same valley, the Valley of the Tree today, found extensive fortifications. 00:16:23.799 --> 00:16:28.319 And they found an iron production facility in this same land. 00:16:28.320 --> 00:16:41.700 And so here comes the champion from the Philistine side. 00:16:42.780 --> 00:16:49.560 By his words, we can tell that the Philistines, through him their mouthpiece, despise God the creator. 00:16:49.559 --> 00:16:54.659 These are rebellious people that are mocking God's people. 00:16:55.819 --> 00:16:59.879 And yet we see the reaction of the Israelites is that they are impressed. 00:17:00.099 --> 00:17:00.979 They are stunned. 00:17:01.099 --> 00:17:05.179 You could even say they're attracted to that worldly way of war. 00:17:06.200 --> 00:17:15.940 The word champion that's given in verse four, it literally means a man between or a man in the middle of two sides. 00:17:15.940 --> 00:17:22.360 A warrior who's going to go between the two armies and represent his entire nation. 00:17:22.980 --> 00:17:29.440 One soldier who's going to go fight a single combat as a stand-in for the entire army. 00:17:30.440 --> 00:17:35.000 This is how nations of the world showcase their power. 00:17:35.519 --> 00:17:39.220 And it goes back well before what we're familiar with. 00:17:39.640 --> 00:17:42.259 You think of how the Philistines were called the Sea People. 00:17:42.259 --> 00:17:48.859 And historians' best conclusion is that the Philistines were originally from the islands of Greece 00:17:48.859 --> 00:17:52.299 until they got on their ships, these seafaring people, 00:17:52.539 --> 00:17:57.240 and they left to go to Egypt and then to Judea or to the land of Israel. 00:17:57.920 --> 00:18:02.299 So I looked up what century was it that the Philistines began sending, you know, 00:18:02.359 --> 00:18:05.640 their own men off of these Greek islands to other parts of the world. 00:18:05.819 --> 00:18:08.519 And it was the 12th century before Christ. 00:18:08.519 --> 00:18:10.960 So then I looked it up. 00:18:11.119 --> 00:18:15.259 When was, you know, Homer's setting, the Iliad and the Odyssey, 00:18:15.400 --> 00:18:17.019 what were the setting of that? 00:18:17.059 --> 00:18:19.539 And it was the 12th century before Christ. 00:18:20.059 --> 00:18:24.740 In other words, if you're familiar with this Greek legends and stories 00:18:24.740 --> 00:18:27.339 of how these great warriors would be sent out, 00:18:27.740 --> 00:18:32.700 like Achilles, to represent an entire nation, an entire kingdom, 00:18:32.700 --> 00:18:35.360 this would be like an early gladiatorial game. 00:18:35.440 --> 00:18:38.880 You get to watch the best of the best from each side go head to head. 00:18:39.460 --> 00:18:41.120 And then from then the battle continues, 00:18:41.220 --> 00:18:44.640 like the battle between the Greeks and the Trojans. 00:18:45.340 --> 00:18:48.680 So the Philistines brought with them most likely this tradition 00:18:48.680 --> 00:18:53.740 of sending out a champion as a federal representative. 00:18:53.740 --> 00:18:58.140 Rather than the vast multitude dying right away, 00:18:58.259 --> 00:18:59.480 and then we see who wins, 00:18:59.660 --> 00:19:02.880 let's send out a token representation. 00:19:03.660 --> 00:19:05.400 Because most likely, however that goes, 00:19:05.440 --> 00:19:07.559 is how the rest of the battle is going to go. 00:19:08.400 --> 00:19:10.220 And as Goliath taunts Israel, 00:19:10.339 --> 00:19:12.740 the losing nation has much at stake. 00:19:13.120 --> 00:19:17.900 The whole nation will now become slaves of the winning nation. 00:19:17.900 --> 00:19:22.640 The victorious champion will secure the freedom of his people 00:19:22.640 --> 00:19:27.800 and establish dominance over the enemies that he defeated. 00:19:28.880 --> 00:19:31.140 You see how now the fate of each nation 00:19:31.140 --> 00:19:33.960 is placed in the hands of one champion, 00:19:34.540 --> 00:19:37.680 one warrior who will go between to fight. 00:19:39.100 --> 00:19:42.500 Now we get a description from his head all the way down 00:19:42.500 --> 00:19:45.300 of how he was dressed as their champion. 00:19:45.299 --> 00:19:48.299 We need to know that ordinary foot soldiers 00:19:48.299 --> 00:19:49.319 would have worn helmets, 00:19:49.500 --> 00:19:51.319 but most likely because they're poor 00:19:51.319 --> 00:19:53.319 and don't have a lot of access to resources, 00:19:53.859 --> 00:19:55.740 their helmets were often made of leather. 00:19:56.180 --> 00:19:57.399 So a little bit of protection, 00:19:58.019 --> 00:19:59.700 but nothing compared to verse 5. 00:20:00.460 --> 00:20:03.059 Goliath had a bronze helmet on his head. 00:20:03.460 --> 00:20:06.119 He was armed with a coat of mail. 00:20:07.960 --> 00:20:11.259 In Hebrew, he was clothed with scales. 00:20:12.379 --> 00:20:14.859 Like the Philistine idol Dagon, remember? 00:20:15.299 --> 00:20:19.419 Goliath, whose lower half was fish-like or serpent-like, 00:20:19.659 --> 00:20:20.519 clothed in scales. 00:20:20.940 --> 00:20:23.619 Now Goliath's body is covered in scales. 00:20:24.779 --> 00:20:29.240 He's a warrior showcasing the most advanced technology of his people 00:20:29.240 --> 00:20:32.059 who have a monopoly on metalworking. 00:20:33.639 --> 00:20:38.180 And his people learned how to suit themselves for war 00:20:38.180 --> 00:20:41.359 by studying scale-covered creatures, 00:20:41.359 --> 00:20:46.000 studying the way of the serpent, you could say. 00:20:47.079 --> 00:20:50.139 Scales facilitate movement while shielding the body. 00:20:51.519 --> 00:20:53.279 Most likely, Goliath's coat of scales 00:20:53.279 --> 00:20:56.319 was made of overlapping plates of bronze 00:20:56.319 --> 00:20:58.299 sewn onto leather, 00:20:58.719 --> 00:21:00.039 then put onto his body. 00:21:01.079 --> 00:21:03.719 So a strike of a weapon would disperse the shock, 00:21:03.720 --> 00:21:06.319 and even if one piece was damaged, 00:21:06.799 --> 00:21:09.079 the rest of the armor would remain intact 00:21:09.079 --> 00:21:11.120 and still able to continue fighting. 00:21:11.980 --> 00:21:13.920 We're told the weight of the coat 00:21:13.920 --> 00:21:17.059 was 5,000 shekels of bronze. 00:21:18.380 --> 00:21:20.839 To our English American pounds, 00:21:21.039 --> 00:21:23.440 it's 125 pounds. 00:21:23.440 --> 00:21:26.259 Now you think of David, 00:21:26.420 --> 00:21:28.320 we'll get a few insights in him here in a moment. 00:21:29.120 --> 00:21:32.820 David likely did not weigh more than 125 pounds 00:21:32.820 --> 00:21:35.039 at this point in his life as a teenager. 00:21:36.100 --> 00:21:37.759 We know David would have been a teenager 00:21:37.759 --> 00:21:40.200 because Numbers 26, 2 says that 00:21:40.200 --> 00:21:43.720 all those 20 years old or more 00:21:43.720 --> 00:21:47.000 who are able to serve in the army of Israel shall serve. 00:21:47.640 --> 00:21:49.320 We read in verse 6 that Goliath 00:21:49.319 --> 00:21:52.439 had bronze armor on his legs, 00:21:53.039 --> 00:21:54.279 bronze shin guards, 00:21:54.419 --> 00:21:56.139 and bronze thigh plates. 00:21:57.559 --> 00:21:59.599 And think about the color bronze. 00:22:00.799 --> 00:22:03.200 The Philistines had more sturdy weapons. 00:22:03.599 --> 00:22:05.539 You know, they had iron-clad chariots 00:22:05.539 --> 00:22:06.759 and other weapons, 00:22:06.919 --> 00:22:08.059 but they want their champion 00:22:08.059 --> 00:22:10.179 to be in shiny bronze. 00:22:11.279 --> 00:22:14.019 And as we get the picture of Goliath 00:22:14.019 --> 00:22:15.639 being presented forth, 00:22:16.099 --> 00:22:18.519 we can only imagine what other sounds and sights 00:22:18.519 --> 00:22:19.619 would have accompanied that. 00:22:20.559 --> 00:22:21.400 But as he comes, 00:22:21.480 --> 00:22:22.599 as the sun is rising 00:22:22.599 --> 00:22:24.160 and those rays of sun 00:22:24.160 --> 00:22:25.680 are bouncing off of the bronze, 00:22:26.500 --> 00:22:29.000 it would have been a stunning sight. 00:22:34.180 --> 00:22:36.639 Bronze, stealing light from the sun, 00:22:37.559 --> 00:22:40.740 like their little replica of a Greek god, 00:22:40.839 --> 00:22:41.639 a lowercase g. 00:22:41.640 --> 00:22:45.160 You could almost imagine Goliath 00:22:45.160 --> 00:22:48.560 like an angel-type blasphemer, 00:22:49.000 --> 00:22:50.680 glowing with light. 00:22:52.320 --> 00:22:54.720 And we read that even his bronze javelin 00:22:54.720 --> 00:22:56.140 was between his shoulders, 00:22:56.660 --> 00:22:57.740 strapped to his back. 00:22:58.340 --> 00:23:00.240 This javelin was designed for hurling. 00:23:00.360 --> 00:23:02.020 You'd pull it off of the back 00:23:02.020 --> 00:23:03.100 and throw it. 00:23:05.100 --> 00:23:07.740 The spear was designed for hand-to-hand combat 00:23:07.740 --> 00:23:08.820 like a long sword. 00:23:08.819 --> 00:23:09.960 We read in verse 7, 00:23:10.019 --> 00:23:11.700 now the staff of his spear 00:23:11.700 --> 00:23:13.099 was like a weaver's beam, 00:23:13.659 --> 00:23:15.700 most likely about five feet long. 00:23:17.000 --> 00:23:18.919 David might have been about five feet tall 00:23:18.919 --> 00:23:20.019 at this stage of his life. 00:23:21.240 --> 00:23:24.039 His iron spearhead weighed 600 shekels. 00:23:24.079 --> 00:23:25.240 That's 16 pounds. 00:23:26.419 --> 00:23:27.000 I looked up, 00:23:27.079 --> 00:23:28.019 what is 16 pounds? 00:23:28.079 --> 00:23:28.919 It's a common object 00:23:28.919 --> 00:23:29.899 and it's a bowling ball. 00:23:30.799 --> 00:23:32.720 You think how much you can hurl a bowling ball. 00:23:34.500 --> 00:23:36.240 Goliath is a walking arsenal. 00:23:36.240 --> 00:23:39.599 Someone called him a weapon of mass destruction. 00:23:40.940 --> 00:23:42.620 We're told then that his shield-bearer 00:23:42.620 --> 00:23:43.859 went before him. 00:23:45.140 --> 00:23:47.160 This is like his defensive line 00:23:47.160 --> 00:23:48.559 if he's the quarterback, 00:23:48.960 --> 00:23:50.160 positioned to block him, 00:23:50.480 --> 00:23:53.099 probably a shield covering almost the entire body 00:23:53.099 --> 00:23:55.740 with this champion right behind it. 00:23:58.019 --> 00:23:59.200 I wondered also, 00:23:59.400 --> 00:24:00.839 how is it that Israel came to have 00:24:00.839 --> 00:24:02.720 all of these details and these measurements? 00:24:02.720 --> 00:24:06.559 If you look down at verse 53, 00:24:06.720 --> 00:24:08.019 we read that the people of Israel 00:24:08.019 --> 00:24:10.259 came back from chasing the Philistines 00:24:10.259 --> 00:24:13.279 and they plundered their camp. 00:24:14.440 --> 00:24:15.160 So I wondered, 00:24:15.259 --> 00:24:16.259 as they're plundering the camp, 00:24:16.319 --> 00:24:17.440 we've got to save all of this 00:24:17.440 --> 00:24:18.380 and while we have it, 00:24:18.420 --> 00:24:19.299 let's weigh it 00:24:19.299 --> 00:24:20.019 and let's find out, 00:24:20.079 --> 00:24:20.180 I mean, 00:24:20.259 --> 00:24:21.900 what was Goliath wearing? 00:24:22.839 --> 00:24:24.220 So that's just my guess, 00:24:24.380 --> 00:24:26.539 but this description that we're given 00:24:26.539 --> 00:24:27.440 is so detailed, 00:24:27.579 --> 00:24:27.799 again, 00:24:27.900 --> 00:24:29.720 using up precious words on a scroll 00:24:29.720 --> 00:24:30.440 for a reason. 00:24:30.440 --> 00:24:32.340 It paints a picture. 00:24:33.980 --> 00:24:35.160 It's an evaluation, 00:24:36.180 --> 00:24:36.700 you could say, 00:24:36.799 --> 00:24:37.840 from the perspective 00:24:37.840 --> 00:24:39.620 of an offensive coordinator, 00:24:40.380 --> 00:24:42.279 why the enemy's mightiest weapon 00:24:42.279 --> 00:24:45.380 seems impossible to beat. 00:24:46.299 --> 00:24:47.580 From the eyes of the world, 00:24:47.680 --> 00:24:48.480 the eyes of Israel, 00:24:49.320 --> 00:24:50.680 we have no shot. 00:24:51.279 --> 00:24:52.680 If that's the best showcase 00:24:52.680 --> 00:24:55.259 of what this entire empire is bringing, 00:24:55.620 --> 00:24:57.940 who are we to go up against them? 00:24:57.940 --> 00:25:01.180 We read today from Matthew 00:25:01.180 --> 00:25:03.019 how our Lord Jesus 00:25:03.019 --> 00:25:05.480 faced the enemy one-on-one, 00:25:05.720 --> 00:25:06.620 tempted in the desert. 00:25:07.640 --> 00:25:09.160 He faced off against Satan, 00:25:09.720 --> 00:25:10.240 the devil, 00:25:10.600 --> 00:25:11.080 Lucifer, 00:25:12.220 --> 00:25:13.640 the ancient serpent 00:25:13.640 --> 00:25:14.680 called a dragon. 00:25:16.900 --> 00:25:18.200 And where Saul was passive 00:25:18.200 --> 00:25:19.559 and Adam, 00:25:19.799 --> 00:25:20.680 the first federal head, 00:25:20.720 --> 00:25:21.380 was passive, 00:25:22.000 --> 00:25:23.100 our Lord Jesus Christ 00:25:23.100 --> 00:25:24.500 was not passive. 00:25:25.299 --> 00:25:26.380 He went on the offensive. 00:25:26.380 --> 00:25:29.000 He invaded the domain 00:25:29.000 --> 00:25:30.600 of what he called 00:25:30.600 --> 00:25:32.100 in John 12, 31, 00:25:32.260 --> 00:25:33.960 the prince of this world. 00:25:35.440 --> 00:25:36.420 And Jesus Christ 00:25:36.420 --> 00:25:37.840 withstood 00:25:37.840 --> 00:25:38.740 and overcame 00:25:38.740 --> 00:25:39.440 the enemy 00:25:39.440 --> 00:25:40.320 alone. 00:25:41.620 --> 00:25:42.520 We too, 00:25:42.920 --> 00:25:44.040 in the words of Martin Luther, 00:25:44.760 --> 00:25:45.960 are amid the flood 00:25:45.960 --> 00:25:48.540 of mortal ills prevailing. 00:25:48.539 --> 00:25:52.839 For still our ancient foe 00:25:52.839 --> 00:25:54.920 does seek to work us woe. 00:25:55.119 --> 00:25:56.599 His craft and power 00:25:56.599 --> 00:25:57.359 are great 00:25:57.359 --> 00:25:58.480 and armed 00:25:58.480 --> 00:25:59.940 with cruel hate 00:25:59.940 --> 00:26:01.059 on earth 00:26:01.059 --> 00:26:02.220 is not his equal. 00:26:03.500 --> 00:26:05.319 But we look to Jesus Christ, 00:26:05.879 --> 00:26:06.639 the promised, 00:26:07.200 --> 00:26:07.759 anointed, 00:26:08.279 --> 00:26:08.839 shepherd king. 00:26:10.920 --> 00:26:12.839 So our third observation 00:26:12.839 --> 00:26:14.599 is now the reaction 00:26:14.599 --> 00:26:15.180 of Israel 00:26:15.180 --> 00:26:16.779 to seeing this champion, 00:26:16.779 --> 00:26:17.440 Goliath. 00:26:18.359 --> 00:26:19.720 It's the cowardly army. 00:26:20.980 --> 00:26:22.599 The cowardly army. 00:26:24.139 --> 00:26:24.920 Verse 8 says, 00:26:25.000 --> 00:26:26.039 Then he stood 00:26:26.039 --> 00:26:27.240 and cried out 00:26:27.240 --> 00:26:28.240 to the armies 00:26:28.240 --> 00:26:28.980 of Israel, 00:26:29.399 --> 00:26:30.799 Why have you come out 00:26:30.799 --> 00:26:32.099 to line up for battle? 00:26:32.680 --> 00:26:33.559 Am I not 00:26:33.559 --> 00:26:34.599 a Philistine? 00:26:35.240 --> 00:26:35.680 Literally, 00:26:35.819 --> 00:26:36.200 he says, 00:26:36.319 --> 00:26:36.920 Am I not 00:26:36.920 --> 00:26:38.180 the Philistine? 00:26:38.180 --> 00:26:40.500 And you, 00:26:41.019 --> 00:26:41.860 these servants 00:26:41.860 --> 00:26:43.500 or slaves 00:26:43.500 --> 00:26:44.340 of Saul? 00:26:46.400 --> 00:26:47.820 Goliath is speaking truth, 00:26:47.900 --> 00:26:48.220 isn't he? 00:26:49.480 --> 00:26:50.980 Israel had made themselves 00:26:50.980 --> 00:26:52.299 slaves to Saul, 00:26:52.960 --> 00:26:54.779 a king after their own hearts. 00:26:55.880 --> 00:26:56.779 God said Israel 00:26:56.779 --> 00:26:57.440 had rejected 00:26:57.440 --> 00:26:58.820 the Lord of hosts 00:26:58.820 --> 00:26:59.960 as their king. 00:27:01.539 --> 00:27:03.080 And now Goliath says, 00:27:03.279 --> 00:27:04.240 Choose a man 00:27:04.240 --> 00:27:05.140 for yourselves. 00:27:05.259 --> 00:27:06.140 Let him come down 00:27:06.140 --> 00:27:06.640 to me. 00:27:06.920 --> 00:27:07.640 If he is able 00:27:07.640 --> 00:27:08.680 to fight with me 00:27:08.680 --> 00:27:09.320 and kill me, 00:27:09.600 --> 00:27:10.360 then we will be 00:27:10.360 --> 00:27:11.140 your slaves. 00:27:11.700 --> 00:27:12.860 But if I prevail 00:27:12.860 --> 00:27:13.920 against him 00:27:13.920 --> 00:27:14.640 and kill him, 00:27:15.000 --> 00:27:16.220 then you shall be 00:27:16.220 --> 00:27:18.060 our slaves 00:27:18.060 --> 00:27:19.500 and serve us. 00:27:20.700 --> 00:27:21.520 In verse 10, 00:27:21.960 --> 00:27:23.240 the Philistine said, 00:27:23.860 --> 00:27:24.780 I defy 00:27:24.780 --> 00:27:25.940 the armies 00:27:25.940 --> 00:27:27.160 of Israel 00:27:27.160 --> 00:27:28.300 this day. 00:27:30.800 --> 00:27:31.440 Experts 00:27:31.440 --> 00:27:32.660 in the Hebrew language 00:27:32.660 --> 00:27:33.480 say that the word 00:27:33.480 --> 00:27:34.140 defy 00:27:34.140 --> 00:27:35.900 is unusually 00:27:35.900 --> 00:27:36.820 harsh. 00:27:37.820 --> 00:27:38.460 It means 00:27:38.460 --> 00:27:39.340 to put under 00:27:39.340 --> 00:27:40.340 reproach, 00:27:40.840 --> 00:27:41.900 to charge you 00:27:41.900 --> 00:27:42.620 with severe 00:27:42.620 --> 00:27:43.280 contempt. 00:27:44.100 --> 00:27:45.220 It's to shame you, 00:27:45.520 --> 00:27:46.340 to deride you, 00:27:46.520 --> 00:27:47.580 to accuse you, 00:27:47.920 --> 00:27:49.960 to put extreme 00:27:49.960 --> 00:27:51.020 disgrace 00:27:51.020 --> 00:27:52.420 on God's people. 00:27:55.540 --> 00:27:56.340 Notice how 00:27:56.340 --> 00:27:57.340 Goliath says, 00:27:57.880 --> 00:27:58.380 Give me 00:27:58.380 --> 00:27:59.220 a man 00:27:59.220 --> 00:28:00.560 that we may 00:28:00.560 --> 00:28:01.340 fight together. 00:28:01.339 --> 00:28:03.299 earlier when the 00:28:03.299 --> 00:28:04.119 Israelites confronted 00:28:04.119 --> 00:28:04.839 the Philistines, 00:28:04.959 --> 00:28:05.720 this was the language 00:28:05.720 --> 00:28:06.599 of the Philistines. 00:28:06.919 --> 00:28:07.659 Maybe again from 00:28:07.659 --> 00:28:08.619 that Greek tradition. 00:28:09.179 --> 00:28:09.799 Give me a man. 00:28:09.879 --> 00:28:10.539 Who will be a man 00:28:10.539 --> 00:28:11.139 to go fight? 00:28:12.459 --> 00:28:13.299 Goliath says, 00:28:13.419 --> 00:28:13.980 Do you have 00:28:13.980 --> 00:28:14.819 any man 00:28:14.819 --> 00:28:15.559 among you? 00:28:16.639 --> 00:28:17.220 In other words, 00:28:17.259 --> 00:28:17.839 if you don't 00:28:17.839 --> 00:28:18.639 produce a champion, 00:28:18.779 --> 00:28:19.859 you have no men 00:28:19.859 --> 00:28:20.899 in your entire 00:28:20.899 --> 00:28:21.399 nation. 00:28:22.220 --> 00:28:22.980 He is 00:28:22.980 --> 00:28:24.159 shaming them. 00:28:25.059 --> 00:28:25.539 He's saying, 00:28:25.619 --> 00:28:26.459 You can't match 00:28:26.460 --> 00:28:27.420 me on our 00:28:27.420 --> 00:28:27.799 terms. 00:28:34.680 --> 00:28:35.480 The Israelites, 00:28:35.759 --> 00:28:36.319 as they assess 00:28:36.319 --> 00:28:37.120 the situation, 00:28:37.960 --> 00:28:39.420 if they were 00:28:39.420 --> 00:28:39.920 a little bit 00:28:39.920 --> 00:28:40.880 relieved at first 00:28:40.880 --> 00:28:41.360 that this 00:28:41.360 --> 00:28:41.759 wadi, 00:28:42.700 --> 00:28:43.559 this ravine 00:28:43.559 --> 00:28:44.079 that cut through 00:28:44.079 --> 00:28:44.519 the valley 00:28:44.519 --> 00:28:45.259 had disarmed 00:28:45.259 --> 00:28:46.039 or neutralized 00:28:46.039 --> 00:28:46.620 their chariots 00:28:46.620 --> 00:28:47.180 for now, 00:28:48.539 --> 00:28:49.480 all the hope 00:28:49.480 --> 00:28:50.039 that they had 00:28:50.039 --> 00:28:50.600 of delaying 00:28:50.600 --> 00:28:51.120 any longer 00:28:51.120 --> 00:28:51.940 is now gone. 00:28:53.400 --> 00:28:54.360 You can almost 00:28:54.360 --> 00:28:55.500 imagine them 00:28:55.500 --> 00:28:56.640 as Marsha 00:28:56.640 --> 00:28:57.200 pointed out, 00:28:57.279 --> 00:28:57.460 you know, 00:28:57.519 --> 00:28:57.960 sitting around 00:28:57.960 --> 00:28:58.640 the campfire 00:28:58.640 --> 00:28:59.319 each evening 00:28:59.319 --> 00:28:59.920 as soldiers 00:28:59.920 --> 00:29:00.680 talking and 00:29:00.680 --> 00:29:01.400 assessing their 00:29:01.400 --> 00:29:01.819 future. 00:29:02.819 --> 00:29:03.359 Maybe we ought 00:29:03.359 --> 00:29:04.099 to accept this 00:29:04.099 --> 00:29:04.960 offer and send 00:29:04.960 --> 00:29:05.440 a champion 00:29:05.440 --> 00:29:06.319 representing our 00:29:06.319 --> 00:29:07.180 side. 00:29:07.539 --> 00:29:08.400 If one man 00:29:08.400 --> 00:29:08.940 can save 00:29:08.940 --> 00:29:09.640 thousands of 00:29:09.640 --> 00:29:10.000 lives, 00:29:10.259 --> 00:29:10.920 it's worth 00:29:10.920 --> 00:29:11.440 doing it. 00:29:12.500 --> 00:29:13.519 But now the 00:29:13.519 --> 00:29:14.140 Philistines are 00:29:14.140 --> 00:29:14.599 really just 00:29:14.599 --> 00:29:15.220 playing with 00:29:15.220 --> 00:29:15.579 Israel. 00:29:15.880 --> 00:29:16.200 They know 00:29:16.200 --> 00:29:17.079 they can easily 00:29:17.079 --> 00:29:17.660 wipe this 00:29:17.660 --> 00:29:18.559 poor people 00:29:18.559 --> 00:29:19.140 out that have 00:29:19.140 --> 00:29:19.720 no weapons. 00:29:20.440 --> 00:29:21.119 It's just a 00:29:21.119 --> 00:29:21.400 game. 00:29:21.700 --> 00:29:22.019 That's why 00:29:22.019 --> 00:29:22.559 it's so 00:29:22.559 --> 00:29:23.579 humiliating. 00:29:24.299 --> 00:29:24.720 And if their 00:29:24.720 --> 00:29:25.359 champion goes 00:29:25.359 --> 00:29:25.799 out on the 00:29:25.799 --> 00:29:26.119 side of 00:29:26.119 --> 00:29:26.639 Israel and 00:29:26.639 --> 00:29:27.099 fails, 00:29:27.559 --> 00:29:28.019 now we've 00:29:28.019 --> 00:29:28.979 all agreed 00:29:28.979 --> 00:29:29.559 to be their 00:29:29.559 --> 00:29:30.059 slaves. 00:29:32.740 --> 00:29:33.099 In verse 00:29:33.099 --> 00:29:33.500 11, 00:29:33.639 --> 00:29:34.240 when Saul, 00:29:34.619 --> 00:29:35.039 remember, 00:29:35.219 --> 00:29:35.740 Saul was a 00:29:35.740 --> 00:29:36.279 head taller 00:29:36.279 --> 00:29:36.819 than any 00:29:36.819 --> 00:29:37.479 other man 00:29:37.479 --> 00:29:38.359 in Israel. 00:29:38.919 --> 00:29:39.379 He was the 00:29:39.379 --> 00:29:39.879 man after 00:29:39.879 --> 00:29:40.699 Israel's heart 00:29:40.699 --> 00:29:41.319 and the 00:29:41.319 --> 00:29:41.839 only one 00:29:41.839 --> 00:29:42.559 with weapons. 00:29:43.459 --> 00:29:43.719 In verse 00:29:43.719 --> 00:29:44.059 11, 00:29:44.179 --> 00:29:44.759 when Saul 00:29:44.759 --> 00:29:45.619 and all 00:29:45.619 --> 00:29:46.839 Israel heard 00:29:46.839 --> 00:29:47.539 these words 00:29:47.539 --> 00:29:47.899 of the 00:29:47.899 --> 00:29:48.479 Philistine, 00:29:49.099 --> 00:29:49.500 they were 00:29:49.500 --> 00:29:50.479 dismayed 00:29:50.479 --> 00:29:52.000 and greatly 00:29:52.000 --> 00:29:52.740 afraid. 00:29:52.740 --> 00:29:53.480 dismayed. 00:29:53.480 --> 00:29:54.799 Dismayed 00:29:54.799 --> 00:29:56.359 means yielding 00:29:56.359 --> 00:29:57.220 to fear, 00:29:58.220 --> 00:29:59.519 a terror 00:29:59.519 --> 00:30:00.620 felt by 00:30:00.620 --> 00:30:00.900 them, 00:30:02.259 --> 00:30:03.160 spirits that 00:30:03.160 --> 00:30:03.740 are sunken 00:30:03.740 --> 00:30:04.120 down. 00:30:05.180 --> 00:30:05.900 That's how 00:30:05.900 --> 00:30:07.279 Israel and 00:30:07.279 --> 00:30:07.980 Saul viewed 00:30:07.980 --> 00:30:08.559 the war. 00:30:08.559 --> 00:30:10.839 God's 00:30:10.839 --> 00:30:11.480 I'm afraid 00:30:11.480 --> 00:30:11.859 that many 00:30:11.859 --> 00:30:12.220 of us 00:30:12.220 --> 00:30:13.419 have taken 00:30:13.419 --> 00:30:13.879 away the 00:30:13.879 --> 00:30:14.679 wrong application 00:30:14.679 --> 00:30:15.200 from this 00:30:15.200 --> 00:30:15.759 story of 00:30:15.759 --> 00:30:16.940 David fighting 00:30:16.940 --> 00:30:17.539 Goliath. 00:30:18.000 --> 00:30:18.819 We like to 00:30:18.819 --> 00:30:19.559 imagine ourselves 00:30:19.559 --> 00:30:20.079 as David, 00:30:20.200 --> 00:30:20.679 but here's the 00:30:20.679 --> 00:30:21.200 application. 00:30:22.240 --> 00:30:22.879 That's us. 00:30:23.559 --> 00:30:24.159 We're the 00:30:24.159 --> 00:30:24.599 cowardly 00:30:24.599 --> 00:30:24.859 army. 00:30:26.440 --> 00:30:27.079 We're 00:30:27.079 --> 00:30:27.799 dismayed, 00:30:28.919 --> 00:30:29.619 sunken in 00:30:29.619 --> 00:30:30.000 spirit. 00:30:30.000 --> 00:30:32.240 Martin Luther 00:30:32.240 --> 00:30:33.000 confessed that 00:30:33.000 --> 00:30:33.460 was his 00:30:33.460 --> 00:30:34.140 weakness apart 00:30:34.140 --> 00:30:34.700 from Christ 00:30:34.700 --> 00:30:35.579 as well in 00:30:35.579 --> 00:30:36.000 that great 00:30:36.000 --> 00:30:36.279 hymn. 00:30:36.839 --> 00:30:37.720 Did we in 00:30:37.720 --> 00:30:38.460 our own 00:30:38.460 --> 00:30:39.660 strength confide? 00:30:40.000 --> 00:30:40.740 Our striving 00:30:40.740 --> 00:30:41.220 would be 00:30:41.220 --> 00:30:41.619 losing. 00:30:42.200 --> 00:30:42.839 We're not 00:30:42.839 --> 00:30:43.500 the right 00:30:43.500 --> 00:30:44.240 man on 00:30:44.240 --> 00:30:44.839 our side, 00:30:45.259 --> 00:30:45.799 the man 00:30:45.799 --> 00:30:46.579 of God's 00:30:46.579 --> 00:30:47.240 own choosing. 00:30:48.019 --> 00:30:48.640 You ask 00:30:48.640 --> 00:30:49.339 who that 00:30:49.339 --> 00:30:50.000 might be? 00:30:50.359 --> 00:30:50.640 Christ 00:30:50.640 --> 00:30:51.079 Jesus, 00:30:51.500 --> 00:30:51.900 it is 00:30:51.900 --> 00:30:52.180 he. 00:30:52.940 --> 00:30:53.460 Lord 00:30:53.460 --> 00:30:54.559 Sabaoth, 00:30:55.259 --> 00:30:55.680 the Lord 00:30:55.680 --> 00:30:56.279 of hosts 00:30:56.279 --> 00:30:57.119 is his name 00:30:57.119 --> 00:30:57.799 from age 00:30:57.799 --> 00:30:58.279 to age 00:30:58.279 --> 00:30:58.819 the same 00:30:58.819 --> 00:30:59.700 and he 00:30:59.700 --> 00:31:00.799 must win 00:31:00.799 --> 00:31:01.700 the battle. 00:31:02.700 --> 00:31:03.480 The prince 00:31:03.480 --> 00:31:04.220 of darkness 00:31:04.220 --> 00:31:05.079 grim, 00:31:05.740 --> 00:31:06.299 but in the 00:31:06.299 --> 00:31:06.919 name of 00:31:06.919 --> 00:31:07.240 Christ 00:31:07.240 --> 00:31:07.679 Jesus, 00:31:08.039 --> 00:31:08.700 we tremble 00:31:08.700 --> 00:31:09.539 not for 00:31:09.539 --> 00:31:09.839 him. 00:31:11.079 --> 00:31:12.139 The cowardly 00:31:12.139 --> 00:31:12.460 army. 00:31:14.259 --> 00:31:14.599 Fourth 00:31:14.599 --> 00:31:15.099 observation 00:31:15.099 --> 00:31:16.379 is a 00:31:16.379 --> 00:31:16.859 section that 00:31:16.859 --> 00:31:17.259 might even 00:31:17.259 --> 00:31:18.179 seem surprising 00:31:18.179 --> 00:31:19.419 and maybe 00:31:19.419 --> 00:31:20.139 unusually 00:31:20.139 --> 00:31:20.679 lengthy, 00:31:21.059 --> 00:31:21.439 so it 00:31:21.439 --> 00:31:21.759 has to 00:31:21.759 --> 00:31:21.899 mean 00:31:21.899 --> 00:31:22.339 something. 00:31:22.839 --> 00:31:22.980 It 00:31:22.980 --> 00:31:23.419 begins at 00:31:23.419 --> 00:31:24.099 verse 12. 00:31:24.839 --> 00:31:25.079 We'll 00:31:25.079 --> 00:31:25.439 call this 00:31:25.439 --> 00:31:25.859 section 00:31:25.859 --> 00:31:26.960 the father 00:31:26.960 --> 00:31:28.439 sends his 00:31:28.440 --> 00:31:28.840 son 00:31:28.840 --> 00:31:29.700 with 00:31:29.700 --> 00:31:30.259 provisions 00:31:30.259 --> 00:31:31.360 for the 00:31:31.360 --> 00:31:31.640 army. 00:31:32.720 --> 00:31:33.340 The father 00:31:33.340 --> 00:31:34.299 sends his 00:31:34.299 --> 00:31:34.820 son with 00:31:34.820 --> 00:31:35.320 provisions 00:31:35.320 --> 00:31:35.860 for the 00:31:35.860 --> 00:31:36.100 army. 00:31:37.000 --> 00:31:37.120 In 00:31:37.120 --> 00:31:37.580 verse 12 00:31:37.580 --> 00:31:38.039 we get 00:31:38.039 --> 00:31:39.080 what I 00:31:39.080 --> 00:31:39.519 believe is 00:31:39.519 --> 00:31:40.059 a second 00:31:40.059 --> 00:31:40.720 introduction. 00:31:41.080 --> 00:31:41.340 I don't 00:31:41.340 --> 00:31:41.740 think it's 00:31:41.740 --> 00:31:42.420 a flashback 00:31:42.420 --> 00:31:42.940 because it 00:31:42.940 --> 00:31:43.420 does say 00:31:43.420 --> 00:31:44.220 that David 00:31:44.220 --> 00:31:44.759 went back 00:31:44.759 --> 00:31:45.180 and forth 00:31:45.180 --> 00:31:45.779 from Saul 00:31:45.779 --> 00:31:46.299 to take 00:31:46.299 --> 00:31:46.500 care of 00:31:46.500 --> 00:31:46.840 the sheep 00:31:46.840 --> 00:31:47.400 and then 00:31:47.400 --> 00:31:47.759 back to 00:31:47.759 --> 00:31:48.039 the court 00:31:48.039 --> 00:31:48.340 of Saul 00:31:48.340 --> 00:31:48.880 to play 00:31:48.880 --> 00:31:49.799 the music. 00:31:51.440 --> 00:31:52.140 But now 00:31:52.140 --> 00:31:52.700 I think 00:31:52.700 --> 00:31:53.279 most likely 00:31:53.279 --> 00:31:53.920 because David 00:31:53.920 --> 00:31:54.440 has been 00:31:54.440 --> 00:31:54.779 anointed, 00:31:54.920 --> 00:31:55.340 he has 00:31:55.340 --> 00:31:55.799 the spirit 00:31:55.799 --> 00:31:56.240 of God, 00:31:56.240 --> 00:31:56.859 what we 00:31:56.859 --> 00:31:57.160 get is 00:31:57.160 --> 00:31:57.720 the first 00:31:57.720 --> 00:31:58.339 evidence 00:31:58.339 --> 00:31:59.200 in public 00:31:59.200 --> 00:32:00.140 that the 00:32:00.140 --> 00:32:00.500 private 00:32:00.500 --> 00:32:01.039 anointing 00:32:01.039 --> 00:32:01.440 that God 00:32:01.440 --> 00:32:01.819 put on 00:32:01.819 --> 00:32:02.140 David 00:32:02.140 --> 00:32:03.279 was in 00:32:03.279 --> 00:32:03.920 effect. 00:32:04.559 --> 00:32:05.059 The power 00:32:05.059 --> 00:32:05.680 of God 00:32:05.680 --> 00:32:06.519 is at 00:32:06.519 --> 00:32:07.039 work in 00:32:07.039 --> 00:32:07.220 this 00:32:07.220 --> 00:32:07.640 anointed 00:32:07.640 --> 00:32:08.460 king. 00:32:10.000 --> 00:32:10.120 In 00:32:10.120 --> 00:32:10.680 verse 14 00:32:10.680 --> 00:32:10.880 we're 00:32:10.880 --> 00:32:11.359 reminded 00:32:11.359 --> 00:32:12.299 David 00:32:12.299 --> 00:32:13.400 was the 00:32:13.400 --> 00:32:13.700 youngest. 00:32:14.059 --> 00:32:14.299 Remember 00:32:14.299 --> 00:32:14.700 there were 00:32:14.700 --> 00:32:15.500 four more 00:32:15.500 --> 00:32:15.880 brothers 00:32:15.880 --> 00:32:17.680 and only 00:32:17.680 --> 00:32:17.960 the, 00:32:18.579 --> 00:32:18.940 well there 00:32:18.940 --> 00:32:20.000 were eight 00:32:20.000 --> 00:32:20.539 brothers total. 00:32:20.640 --> 00:32:20.980 The three 00:32:20.980 --> 00:32:21.440 oldest went 00:32:21.440 --> 00:32:22.140 to war, 00:32:22.240 --> 00:32:22.700 therefore there's 00:32:22.700 --> 00:32:23.140 four others 00:32:23.140 --> 00:32:23.460 that weren't 00:32:23.460 --> 00:32:23.779 even old 00:32:23.779 --> 00:32:24.259 enough to go 00:32:24.259 --> 00:32:24.579 to war. 00:32:24.579 --> 00:32:24.939 So we 00:32:24.939 --> 00:32:25.539 can conclude 00:32:25.539 --> 00:32:25.960 that David 00:32:25.960 --> 00:32:26.839 was most 00:32:26.839 --> 00:32:27.460 likely pretty 00:32:27.460 --> 00:32:27.839 young, 00:32:28.299 --> 00:32:28.859 most likely 00:32:28.859 --> 00:32:29.439 a teenager. 00:32:31.480 --> 00:32:31.839 So we 00:32:31.839 --> 00:32:32.159 read in 00:32:32.159 --> 00:32:32.859 verse 15, 00:32:33.119 --> 00:32:33.319 David 00:32:33.319 --> 00:32:33.859 occasionally 00:32:33.859 --> 00:32:34.419 went and 00:32:34.419 --> 00:32:35.039 returned from 00:32:35.039 --> 00:32:35.460 Saul to 00:32:35.460 --> 00:32:35.819 feed his 00:32:35.819 --> 00:32:36.359 father's 00:32:36.359 --> 00:32:37.139 sheep at 00:32:37.139 --> 00:32:37.779 Bethlehem. 00:32:38.000 --> 00:32:38.619 Verse 16, 00:32:39.079 --> 00:32:39.339 and the 00:32:39.339 --> 00:32:39.879 Philistines 00:32:39.879 --> 00:32:40.439 drew near 00:32:40.439 --> 00:32:41.480 and presented 00:32:41.480 --> 00:32:42.599 himself 00:32:42.599 --> 00:32:43.879 forty days 00:32:43.879 --> 00:32:45.079 morning and 00:32:45.079 --> 00:32:45.679 evening. 00:32:46.960 --> 00:32:47.779 In the 00:32:47.779 --> 00:32:48.259 Bible the 00:32:48.259 --> 00:32:48.919 number forty 00:32:48.919 --> 00:32:49.699 generally 00:32:49.699 --> 00:32:51.119 signifies a 00:32:51.119 --> 00:32:52.419 completed period 00:32:52.419 --> 00:32:53.359 of testing, 00:32:53.359 --> 00:32:54.799 a probation, 00:32:55.479 --> 00:32:56.039 a trial. 00:32:56.740 --> 00:32:57.359 It's often 00:32:57.359 --> 00:32:58.039 leading then 00:32:58.039 --> 00:32:58.519 to a 00:32:58.519 --> 00:32:59.079 transformation 00:32:59.079 --> 00:33:00.000 or a 00:33:00.000 --> 00:33:01.000 big transition. 00:33:02.599 --> 00:33:03.199 In 00:33:03.199 --> 00:33:04.019 Genesis 6, 00:33:04.159 --> 00:33:04.719 it rained 00:33:04.719 --> 00:33:05.319 for forty 00:33:05.319 --> 00:33:06.019 days and 00:33:06.019 --> 00:33:06.699 forty nights. 00:33:07.039 --> 00:33:07.339 Remember, 00:33:07.500 --> 00:33:08.019 Israel was 00:33:08.019 --> 00:33:08.559 tested in 00:33:08.559 --> 00:33:08.959 the wilderness 00:33:08.959 --> 00:33:09.719 for forty 00:33:09.719 --> 00:33:10.899 years after 00:33:10.899 --> 00:33:11.479 being delivered 00:33:11.479 --> 00:33:11.819 out of 00:33:11.819 --> 00:33:12.179 slavery. 00:33:13.099 --> 00:33:13.519 We're told 00:33:13.519 --> 00:33:13.839 in verse 00:33:13.839 --> 00:33:14.559 16 that 00:33:14.559 --> 00:33:15.019 Goliath 00:33:15.019 --> 00:33:16.279 mocked God's 00:33:16.279 --> 00:33:16.539 people, 00:33:16.719 --> 00:33:17.119 accused 00:33:17.119 --> 00:33:17.339 them, 00:33:17.479 --> 00:33:17.839 derided 00:33:17.839 --> 00:33:19.039 them twice 00:33:19.039 --> 00:33:20.000 at the 00:33:20.000 --> 00:33:20.439 start of 00:33:20.439 --> 00:33:20.919 each day 00:33:20.919 --> 00:33:21.599 and then 00:33:21.599 --> 00:33:22.019 again at 00:33:22.019 --> 00:33:22.519 the end 00:33:22.519 --> 00:33:22.960 of each 00:33:22.960 --> 00:33:23.279 day. 00:33:24.539 --> 00:33:24.700 So, 00:33:24.900 --> 00:33:25.200 children, 00:33:26.299 --> 00:33:27.099 forty days, 00:33:27.279 --> 00:33:27.700 twice a 00:33:27.700 --> 00:33:27.960 day, 00:33:28.400 --> 00:33:28.740 how many 00:33:28.740 --> 00:33:29.200 times? 00:33:29.940 --> 00:33:30.299 Eighty 00:33:30.299 --> 00:33:31.599 times God's 00:33:31.599 --> 00:33:32.019 people had 00:33:32.019 --> 00:33:32.400 to sit 00:33:32.400 --> 00:33:33.400 there and 00:33:33.400 --> 00:33:34.059 be mocked 00:33:34.059 --> 00:33:34.859 and ridiculed. 00:33:36.599 --> 00:33:36.920 In verse 00:33:36.920 --> 00:33:37.879 17 now is 00:33:37.879 --> 00:33:38.359 the key for 00:33:38.359 --> 00:33:38.900 this passage, 00:33:39.000 --> 00:33:39.500 I believe. 00:33:40.200 --> 00:33:40.460 Then the 00:33:40.460 --> 00:33:40.859 father, 00:33:42.000 --> 00:33:42.279 Jesse, 00:33:43.039 --> 00:33:43.539 said to 00:33:43.539 --> 00:33:44.079 his son, 00:33:44.480 --> 00:33:44.779 David, 00:33:45.759 --> 00:33:46.299 take now 00:33:46.299 --> 00:33:46.700 for your 00:33:46.700 --> 00:33:47.079 brother, 00:33:47.639 --> 00:33:48.019 brothers, 00:33:48.180 --> 00:33:48.440 these 00:33:48.440 --> 00:33:49.059 provisions. 00:33:50.440 --> 00:33:50.700 See, 00:33:50.700 --> 00:33:51.000 when the 00:33:51.000 --> 00:33:51.640 forty days 00:33:51.640 --> 00:33:51.819 of 00:33:51.819 --> 00:33:52.140 mocking 00:33:52.140 --> 00:33:52.420 had 00:33:52.420 --> 00:33:52.680 come 00:33:52.680 --> 00:33:52.940 to 00:33:52.940 --> 00:33:53.900 an 00:33:53.900 --> 00:33:54.220 end. 00:33:55.340 --> 00:33:55.620 These 00:33:55.620 --> 00:33:56.180 forty days 00:33:56.180 --> 00:33:56.360 were 00:33:56.360 --> 00:33:56.920 completed. 00:33:58.460 --> 00:33:58.580 The 00:33:58.580 --> 00:33:58.980 father 00:33:58.980 --> 00:33:59.759 says to 00:33:59.759 --> 00:34:00.080 his 00:34:00.080 --> 00:34:00.740 anointed, 00:34:01.420 --> 00:34:01.580 his 00:34:01.580 --> 00:34:02.039 Messiah 00:34:02.039 --> 00:34:02.480 marked 00:34:02.480 --> 00:34:03.080 son, 00:34:03.620 --> 00:34:03.940 David, 00:34:04.580 --> 00:34:05.019 the name 00:34:05.019 --> 00:34:05.360 David 00:34:05.360 --> 00:34:05.740 means 00:34:05.740 --> 00:34:06.240 beloved, 00:34:08.000 --> 00:34:08.599 the shepherd 00:34:08.599 --> 00:34:08.960 king, 00:34:10.139 --> 00:34:10.659 go to 00:34:10.659 --> 00:34:11.199 the battlefield 00:34:11.199 --> 00:34:12.340 for your 00:34:12.340 --> 00:34:12.740 brothers 00:34:12.740 --> 00:34:13.420 and me. 00:34:15.079 --> 00:34:15.860 In verse 00:34:15.860 --> 00:34:16.539 20 we read 00:34:16.539 --> 00:34:16.980 that David 00:34:16.980 --> 00:34:17.659 arose early 00:34:17.659 --> 00:34:17.920 in the 00:34:17.920 --> 00:34:18.199 morning. 00:34:19.059 --> 00:34:19.519 He left 00:34:19.519 --> 00:34:20.179 the sheep 00:34:20.179 --> 00:34:20.579 with the 00:34:20.579 --> 00:34:20.840 keeper. 00:34:21.400 --> 00:34:21.639 Notice 00:34:21.639 --> 00:34:22.980 how David 00:34:22.980 --> 00:34:23.360 as the 00:34:23.360 --> 00:34:23.699 anointed 00:34:23.699 --> 00:34:24.279 king is 00:34:24.279 --> 00:34:24.699 always 00:34:24.699 --> 00:34:25.380 concerned 00:34:25.380 --> 00:34:25.920 about the 00:34:25.920 --> 00:34:26.199 sheep. 00:34:27.079 --> 00:34:27.579 When he's 00:34:27.579 --> 00:34:27.980 mentioned, 00:34:28.480 --> 00:34:28.860 the sheep 00:34:28.860 --> 00:34:29.300 are mentioned 00:34:29.300 --> 00:34:29.820 with him. 00:34:31.219 --> 00:34:31.980 He makes 00:34:31.980 --> 00:34:32.460 sure that his 00:34:32.460 --> 00:34:32.820 sheep are 00:34:32.820 --> 00:34:33.460 always cared 00:34:33.460 --> 00:34:33.739 for. 00:34:34.219 --> 00:34:34.420 And he 00:34:34.420 --> 00:34:34.779 took the 00:34:34.779 --> 00:34:35.219 things and 00:34:35.219 --> 00:34:35.920 went as 00:34:35.920 --> 00:34:36.500 his father 00:34:36.500 --> 00:34:37.559 had commanded 00:34:37.559 --> 00:34:37.860 him. 00:34:38.559 --> 00:34:39.039 He paid 00:34:39.039 --> 00:34:39.599 attention to 00:34:39.599 --> 00:34:40.239 those details 00:34:40.239 --> 00:34:41.639 and he 00:34:41.639 --> 00:34:42.059 carried it 00:34:42.059 --> 00:34:42.480 all out. 00:34:43.699 --> 00:34:44.019 And he 00:34:44.019 --> 00:34:44.360 came to 00:34:44.360 --> 00:34:44.820 the camp 00:34:44.820 --> 00:34:46.519 as the 00:34:46.519 --> 00:34:46.940 army was 00:34:46.940 --> 00:34:47.480 going out 00:34:47.480 --> 00:34:48.019 to fight 00:34:48.019 --> 00:34:48.640 and shouting 00:34:48.640 --> 00:34:49.200 for battle. 00:34:50.960 --> 00:34:51.760 I believe 00:34:51.760 --> 00:34:52.280 the Israelites 00:34:52.280 --> 00:34:52.780 while they 00:34:52.780 --> 00:34:53.120 were in 00:34:53.120 --> 00:34:53.680 dismay, 00:34:54.400 --> 00:34:55.080 40 days 00:34:55.080 --> 00:34:55.420 are now 00:34:55.420 --> 00:34:55.780 up. 00:34:56.180 --> 00:34:56.680 They're 00:34:56.680 --> 00:34:57.019 pumping 00:34:57.019 --> 00:34:57.460 themselves 00:34:57.460 --> 00:34:57.940 up for 00:34:57.940 --> 00:34:58.320 action. 00:34:58.460 --> 00:34:58.580 They're 00:34:58.580 --> 00:34:59.000 shouting 00:34:59.000 --> 00:34:59.600 for battle. 00:35:00.280 --> 00:35:00.580 They're 00:35:00.580 --> 00:35:01.000 making a 00:35:01.000 --> 00:35:01.320 lot of 00:35:01.320 --> 00:35:01.740 noise. 00:35:02.740 --> 00:35:03.180 But when 00:35:03.180 --> 00:35:03.640 David gets 00:35:03.640 --> 00:35:03.980 there he's 00:35:03.980 --> 00:35:04.740 also surprised 00:35:04.740 --> 00:35:05.400 and confused 00:35:05.400 --> 00:35:05.960 because they're 00:35:05.960 --> 00:35:06.940 taking no 00:35:06.940 --> 00:35:07.400 action. 00:35:08.340 --> 00:35:08.740 Here's an 00:35:08.740 --> 00:35:09.340 army that's 00:35:09.340 --> 00:35:10.260 all hype, 00:35:10.760 --> 00:35:11.519 all emotion, 00:35:12.200 --> 00:35:12.700 and no 00:35:12.700 --> 00:35:13.100 faith. 00:35:13.860 --> 00:35:14.140 They're 00:35:14.140 --> 00:35:14.640 focused on 00:35:14.639 --> 00:35:14.960 their own 00:35:14.960 --> 00:35:16.519 strength and 00:35:16.519 --> 00:35:16.679 they're 00:35:16.679 --> 00:35:17.099 cowering 00:35:17.099 --> 00:35:17.420 back. 00:35:18.940 --> 00:35:19.619 The army 00:35:19.619 --> 00:35:20.039 needs a 00:35:20.039 --> 00:35:20.239 better 00:35:20.239 --> 00:35:20.639 warrior, 00:35:21.599 --> 00:35:22.759 one anointed 00:35:22.759 --> 00:35:23.219 by the 00:35:23.219 --> 00:35:23.980 power of 00:35:23.980 --> 00:35:24.339 God, 00:35:25.259 --> 00:35:25.900 one that 00:35:25.900 --> 00:35:26.440 will stand 00:35:26.440 --> 00:35:26.739 in their 00:35:26.739 --> 00:35:27.159 place, 00:35:27.219 --> 00:35:27.440 who is 00:35:27.440 --> 00:35:28.099 not focused 00:35:28.099 --> 00:35:29.119 on worldly 00:35:29.119 --> 00:35:29.779 power and 00:35:29.779 --> 00:35:30.119 what the 00:35:30.119 --> 00:35:30.579 eye can 00:35:30.579 --> 00:35:30.900 see, 00:35:32.339 --> 00:35:33.339 a man 00:35:33.339 --> 00:35:34.519 of faith. 00:35:37.779 --> 00:35:38.440 I was 00:35:38.440 --> 00:35:39.259 interested in 00:35:39.259 --> 00:35:39.719 the word 00:35:39.719 --> 00:35:40.079 Jesse. 00:35:40.420 --> 00:35:40.579 You know, 00:35:40.639 --> 00:35:41.279 he's the 00:35:41.279 --> 00:35:41.819 old father 00:35:41.819 --> 00:35:42.179 now and 00:35:42.179 --> 00:35:42.579 he's got 00:35:42.579 --> 00:35:43.119 sons in 00:35:43.119 --> 00:35:43.480 the battle 00:35:43.480 --> 00:35:44.159 and he 00:35:44.159 --> 00:35:44.480 loves 00:35:44.480 --> 00:35:44.960 those sons. 00:35:45.079 --> 00:35:45.340 He wants 00:35:45.340 --> 00:35:45.659 to send 00:35:45.659 --> 00:35:46.119 provisions 00:35:46.119 --> 00:35:46.539 for them 00:35:46.539 --> 00:35:46.699 and he 00:35:46.699 --> 00:35:47.079 wants to 00:35:47.079 --> 00:35:47.800 hear back 00:35:47.800 --> 00:35:48.300 from them. 00:35:49.840 --> 00:35:50.320 And how 00:35:50.320 --> 00:35:50.719 the Lord 00:35:50.719 --> 00:35:51.460 Jesus came 00:35:51.460 --> 00:35:52.840 to reveal 00:35:52.840 --> 00:35:53.579 the loveliness 00:35:53.579 --> 00:35:53.960 of the 00:35:53.960 --> 00:35:54.260 father. 00:35:55.500 --> 00:35:56.039 And his 00:35:56.039 --> 00:35:56.519 mission is 00:35:56.519 --> 00:35:56.880 to tell 00:35:56.880 --> 00:35:57.500 the brothers, 00:35:58.320 --> 00:35:58.679 the father 00:35:58.679 --> 00:35:59.139 wants to 00:35:59.139 --> 00:35:59.619 know you're 00:35:59.619 --> 00:35:59.900 well. 00:36:00.699 --> 00:36:01.139 Just as 00:36:01.139 --> 00:36:01.500 David's 00:36:01.500 --> 00:36:01.960 taking care 00:36:01.960 --> 00:36:02.159 of the 00:36:02.159 --> 00:36:02.360 sheep, 00:36:02.460 --> 00:36:02.900 the father 00:36:02.900 --> 00:36:03.900 wants to 00:36:03.900 --> 00:36:04.699 provide and 00:36:04.699 --> 00:36:05.800 out of 00:36:05.800 --> 00:36:06.380 the abundance 00:36:06.380 --> 00:36:06.740 of his 00:36:06.740 --> 00:36:07.260 generosity, 00:36:07.519 --> 00:36:07.900 give to 00:36:07.900 --> 00:36:08.340 his army, 00:36:08.800 --> 00:36:09.179 give them 00:36:09.179 --> 00:36:09.500 all they 00:36:09.500 --> 00:36:09.820 need. 00:36:09.820 --> 00:36:11.900 Of course, 00:36:11.980 --> 00:36:12.300 with the 00:36:12.300 --> 00:36:13.059 enemy accusing 00:36:13.059 --> 00:36:14.100 and deriding 00:36:14.100 --> 00:36:14.800 God's people, 00:36:15.360 --> 00:36:15.700 they're going 00:36:15.700 --> 00:36:16.539 to wonder 00:36:16.539 --> 00:36:17.380 and worry 00:36:17.380 --> 00:36:17.760 and think 00:36:17.760 --> 00:36:18.320 the worst. 00:36:18.500 --> 00:36:18.700 And we 00:36:18.700 --> 00:36:19.120 can too 00:36:19.120 --> 00:36:19.440 when we're 00:36:19.440 --> 00:36:20.059 under attack. 00:36:20.840 --> 00:36:21.180 That's why 00:36:21.180 --> 00:36:21.600 I think we 00:36:21.600 --> 00:36:22.140 love that 00:36:22.140 --> 00:36:22.720 song so 00:36:22.720 --> 00:36:23.980 much where 00:36:23.980 --> 00:36:24.500 we ask, 00:36:25.059 --> 00:36:25.380 does the 00:36:25.380 --> 00:36:26.160 father truly 00:36:26.160 --> 00:36:26.820 love us? 00:36:27.460 --> 00:36:27.820 And we 00:36:27.820 --> 00:36:28.600 respond as a 00:36:28.600 --> 00:36:28.900 church, 00:36:29.080 --> 00:36:29.580 he does. 00:36:30.380 --> 00:36:31.019 Does the 00:36:31.019 --> 00:36:31.980 father truly 00:36:31.980 --> 00:36:32.580 love us? 00:36:33.019 --> 00:36:33.760 He does. 00:36:35.200 --> 00:36:36.059 The father 00:36:36.059 --> 00:36:36.920 so loves 00:36:36.920 --> 00:36:38.500 us that 00:36:38.500 --> 00:36:39.019 he sent 00:36:39.019 --> 00:36:39.800 his beloved 00:36:39.800 --> 00:36:40.199 son, 00:36:40.340 --> 00:36:40.559 Jesus 00:36:40.559 --> 00:36:41.119 Christ, 00:36:41.960 --> 00:36:42.159 the 00:36:42.159 --> 00:36:42.639 anointed 00:36:42.639 --> 00:36:43.480 Messiah, 00:36:44.360 --> 00:36:44.739 to be 00:36:44.739 --> 00:36:45.019 our 00:36:45.019 --> 00:36:45.840 representative, 00:36:46.059 --> 00:36:46.659 our champion, 00:36:47.280 --> 00:36:47.780 the one 00:36:47.780 --> 00:36:48.039 who would 00:36:48.039 --> 00:36:48.659 stand in 00:36:48.659 --> 00:36:49.260 our place. 00:36:50.059 --> 00:36:50.519 And through 00:36:50.519 --> 00:36:50.900 him, 00:36:51.019 --> 00:36:51.579 we receive 00:36:51.579 --> 00:36:52.099 all the 00:36:52.099 --> 00:36:52.539 provisions 00:36:52.539 --> 00:36:53.039 that our 00:36:53.039 --> 00:36:53.760 loving father 00:36:53.760 --> 00:36:54.900 has provided. 00:36:56.619 --> 00:36:57.420 The fifth 00:36:57.420 --> 00:36:57.900 and final 00:36:57.900 --> 00:36:58.699 observation for 00:36:58.699 --> 00:36:59.019 today, 00:36:59.500 --> 00:37:00.340 I know it's 00:37:00.340 --> 00:37:01.420 a longer 00:37:01.420 --> 00:37:01.800 passage, 00:37:01.920 --> 00:37:02.360 I had to 00:37:02.360 --> 00:37:02.820 get to this 00:37:02.820 --> 00:37:03.360 point so we 00:37:03.360 --> 00:37:03.860 hear someone 00:37:03.860 --> 00:37:04.619 speak truth, 00:37:05.260 --> 00:37:05.599 and it 00:37:05.599 --> 00:37:06.219 finally comes 00:37:06.219 --> 00:37:06.579 from the 00:37:06.579 --> 00:37:06.960 lips of 00:37:06.960 --> 00:37:07.260 David. 00:37:07.260 --> 00:37:08.900 And it's 00:37:08.900 --> 00:37:09.160 this, 00:37:09.240 --> 00:37:10.100 how the 00:37:10.100 --> 00:37:10.600 first 00:37:10.600 --> 00:37:11.120 anointed 00:37:11.120 --> 00:37:11.760 shepherd 00:37:11.760 --> 00:37:12.600 views the 00:37:12.600 --> 00:37:12.840 war. 00:37:13.760 --> 00:37:14.360 How David 00:37:14.360 --> 00:37:14.760 as the 00:37:14.760 --> 00:37:15.060 first 00:37:15.060 --> 00:37:15.460 anointed 00:37:15.460 --> 00:37:15.940 shepherd 00:37:15.940 --> 00:37:17.220 viewed 00:37:17.220 --> 00:37:18.060 the war. 00:37:19.140 --> 00:37:19.640 As David 00:37:19.640 --> 00:37:20.140 talked with 00:37:20.140 --> 00:37:20.600 his brothers 00:37:20.600 --> 00:37:21.020 in verse 00:37:21.020 --> 00:37:21.580 23, 00:37:21.800 --> 00:37:22.260 there was 00:37:22.260 --> 00:37:23.320 the champion, 00:37:23.660 --> 00:37:24.460 the Philistine 00:37:24.460 --> 00:37:25.240 of Gath, 00:37:25.600 --> 00:37:26.280 Goliath by 00:37:26.280 --> 00:37:26.560 name, 00:37:26.660 --> 00:37:27.300 coming down 00:37:27.300 --> 00:37:28.040 from the 00:37:28.040 --> 00:37:28.460 armies of 00:37:28.460 --> 00:37:29.180 the Philistines, 00:37:29.380 --> 00:37:29.820 and he 00:37:29.820 --> 00:37:30.340 spoke 00:37:30.340 --> 00:37:31.180 according 00:37:31.180 --> 00:37:31.920 to the 00:37:31.920 --> 00:37:32.260 same 00:37:32.260 --> 00:37:32.920 words. 00:37:33.480 --> 00:37:33.720 It's 00:37:33.720 --> 00:37:34.180 almost like 00:37:34.180 --> 00:37:34.780 the narrator 00:37:34.780 --> 00:37:35.280 by verse 00:37:35.280 --> 00:37:36.040 23 can't 00:37:36.040 --> 00:37:36.620 even repeat 00:37:36.619 --> 00:37:37.139 these words 00:37:37.139 --> 00:37:37.420 again. 00:37:37.480 --> 00:37:37.920 They're so 00:37:37.920 --> 00:37:38.980 humiliating. 00:37:40.099 --> 00:37:40.339 And so 00:37:40.339 --> 00:37:41.119 David heard 00:37:41.119 --> 00:37:41.400 them. 00:37:43.440 --> 00:37:43.779 There's 00:37:43.779 --> 00:37:44.480 Israel's army 00:37:44.480 --> 00:37:45.659 making noise, 00:37:45.799 --> 00:37:46.179 but what's 00:37:46.179 --> 00:37:46.900 their theology? 00:37:47.239 --> 00:37:48.079 Verse 24, 00:37:48.579 --> 00:37:49.119 all the men 00:37:49.119 --> 00:37:49.619 of Israel, 00:37:49.880 --> 00:37:50.279 when they 00:37:50.279 --> 00:37:51.059 saw the 00:37:51.059 --> 00:37:51.460 man, 00:37:52.359 --> 00:37:52.980 the Philistine 00:37:52.980 --> 00:37:53.639 Goliath, 00:37:54.039 --> 00:37:54.920 fled from 00:37:54.920 --> 00:37:55.699 him and 00:37:55.699 --> 00:37:56.519 were dreadfully 00:37:56.519 --> 00:37:57.159 afraid. 00:37:57.759 --> 00:37:58.480 Verse 25, 00:37:58.639 --> 00:37:59.159 so the men 00:37:59.159 --> 00:37:59.579 of Israel 00:37:59.579 --> 00:37:59.980 said, 00:38:00.339 --> 00:38:00.619 have you 00:38:00.619 --> 00:38:01.819 seen this 00:38:01.819 --> 00:38:03.139 man who 00:38:03.139 --> 00:38:03.579 has come 00:38:03.579 --> 00:38:03.839 up? 00:38:03.840 --> 00:38:04.720 Surely 00:38:04.720 --> 00:38:05.579 he has 00:38:05.579 --> 00:38:05.940 come up 00:38:05.940 --> 00:38:06.500 to defy 00:38:06.500 --> 00:38:07.019 Israel. 00:38:07.620 --> 00:38:07.880 See, 00:38:07.960 --> 00:38:08.579 their theology 00:38:08.579 --> 00:38:09.280 is what 00:38:09.280 --> 00:38:09.579 you can 00:38:09.579 --> 00:38:09.920 see, 00:38:10.620 --> 00:38:11.120 and they're 00:38:11.120 --> 00:38:11.760 focused on 00:38:11.760 --> 00:38:12.780 this man. 00:38:13.980 --> 00:38:14.680 So the 00:38:14.680 --> 00:38:14.960 men of 00:38:14.960 --> 00:38:15.300 Israel 00:38:15.300 --> 00:38:16.940 are making 00:38:16.940 --> 00:38:17.440 noise 00:38:17.440 --> 00:38:18.519 with their 00:38:18.519 --> 00:38:18.920 mouths, 00:38:19.460 --> 00:38:20.140 but they're 00:38:20.140 --> 00:38:21.600 still slaves 00:38:21.600 --> 00:38:22.460 to what they 00:38:22.460 --> 00:38:22.980 can see 00:38:22.980 --> 00:38:23.480 with their 00:38:23.480 --> 00:38:23.940 eyes. 00:38:25.620 --> 00:38:26.360 And it 00:38:26.360 --> 00:38:26.740 shall be 00:38:26.740 --> 00:38:27.100 done, 00:38:27.500 --> 00:38:27.860 what shall 00:38:27.860 --> 00:38:28.220 be done 00:38:28.220 --> 00:38:28.539 to the 00:38:28.539 --> 00:38:28.900 man who 00:38:28.900 --> 00:38:29.220 kills 00:38:29.220 --> 00:38:29.440 him? 00:38:29.440 --> 00:38:30.740 The king 00:38:30.740 --> 00:38:31.480 will enrich 00:38:31.480 --> 00:38:32.079 the great 00:38:32.079 --> 00:38:33.460 riches and 00:38:33.460 --> 00:38:33.860 will give 00:38:33.860 --> 00:38:34.200 him his 00:38:34.200 --> 00:38:34.920 daughter and 00:38:34.920 --> 00:38:35.280 give his 00:38:35.280 --> 00:38:35.940 father's house 00:38:35.940 --> 00:38:36.920 exemption from 00:38:36.920 --> 00:38:37.860 taxes in 00:38:37.860 --> 00:38:38.240 Israel. 00:38:39.500 --> 00:38:40.340 Notice how 00:38:40.340 --> 00:38:41.059 even with 00:38:41.059 --> 00:38:41.900 this worldly 00:38:41.900 --> 00:38:42.820 enticement, 00:38:43.420 --> 00:38:44.059 it doesn't 00:38:44.059 --> 00:38:44.500 even come 00:38:44.500 --> 00:38:45.119 from Saul. 00:38:45.320 --> 00:38:45.639 That's how 00:38:45.639 --> 00:38:46.400 passive Saul 00:38:46.400 --> 00:38:46.679 is. 00:38:47.039 --> 00:38:47.420 It just 00:38:47.420 --> 00:38:48.000 comes from 00:38:48.000 --> 00:38:48.500 the soldiers 00:38:48.500 --> 00:38:49.220 talking about 00:38:49.220 --> 00:38:49.400 it. 00:38:50.519 --> 00:38:51.139 The army 00:38:51.139 --> 00:38:51.740 has learned 00:38:51.740 --> 00:38:52.380 the theology 00:38:52.380 --> 00:38:53.000 of their 00:38:53.000 --> 00:38:53.300 king. 00:38:54.300 --> 00:38:54.500 Saul 00:38:54.500 --> 00:38:55.519 offers what 00:38:55.519 --> 00:38:55.980 the world 00:38:55.980 --> 00:38:56.500 offers. 00:38:57.519 --> 00:38:57.900 They got 00:38:57.900 --> 00:38:58.260 what they 00:38:58.260 --> 00:38:58.579 wanted, 00:38:58.579 --> 00:38:59.199 a king 00:38:59.199 --> 00:38:59.579 like all 00:38:59.579 --> 00:38:59.880 the other 00:38:59.880 --> 00:39:00.400 nations. 00:39:01.279 --> 00:39:01.599 If you 00:39:01.599 --> 00:39:02.139 can match 00:39:02.139 --> 00:39:02.679 the best 00:39:02.679 --> 00:39:02.960 that the 00:39:02.960 --> 00:39:03.539 world has, 00:39:04.000 --> 00:39:04.360 you will 00:39:04.360 --> 00:39:04.719 get the 00:39:04.719 --> 00:39:05.179 best of 00:39:05.179 --> 00:39:05.539 what the 00:39:05.539 --> 00:39:06.380 world can 00:39:06.380 --> 00:39:06.719 offer. 00:39:07.159 --> 00:39:08.159 Because as 00:39:08.159 --> 00:39:08.880 Goliath said, 00:39:08.960 --> 00:39:09.360 this is 00:39:09.360 --> 00:39:10.319 Saul's army. 00:39:10.860 --> 00:39:11.159 They are 00:39:11.159 --> 00:39:12.380 slaves of 00:39:12.380 --> 00:39:12.699 Saul. 00:39:14.480 --> 00:39:14.819 And now 00:39:14.819 --> 00:39:15.360 the shepherd 00:39:15.360 --> 00:39:16.000 psalmist 00:39:16.000 --> 00:39:17.259 spoke for 00:39:17.259 --> 00:39:17.679 the first 00:39:17.679 --> 00:39:18.039 time. 00:39:19.259 --> 00:39:19.920 He bore 00:39:19.920 --> 00:39:20.619 witness for 00:39:20.619 --> 00:39:21.039 the first 00:39:21.039 --> 00:39:21.840 time in 00:39:21.840 --> 00:39:22.699 verse 26. 00:39:23.539 --> 00:39:23.840 David 00:39:23.840 --> 00:39:25.000 spoke. 00:39:26.179 --> 00:39:26.559 And his 00:39:26.559 --> 00:39:27.119 audience was 00:39:27.119 --> 00:39:27.799 very small. 00:39:28.199 --> 00:39:28.360 Notice 00:39:28.360 --> 00:39:28.740 that in 00:39:28.740 --> 00:39:29.460 verse 26. 00:39:30.039 --> 00:39:30.960 Not on a 00:39:30.960 --> 00:39:31.519 big platform, 00:39:31.700 --> 00:39:31.940 but it was 00:39:31.940 --> 00:39:32.440 just to the 00:39:32.440 --> 00:39:33.099 men who 00:39:33.099 --> 00:39:33.500 stood by 00:39:33.500 --> 00:39:33.740 him. 00:39:34.480 --> 00:39:34.680 And he 00:39:34.680 --> 00:39:35.000 said, 00:39:35.920 --> 00:39:36.420 what shall 00:39:36.420 --> 00:39:36.960 be done 00:39:36.960 --> 00:39:37.460 for the 00:39:37.460 --> 00:39:37.880 man who 00:39:37.880 --> 00:39:38.400 kills this 00:39:38.400 --> 00:39:38.880 Philistine? 00:39:39.640 --> 00:39:40.280 He saw 00:39:40.280 --> 00:39:40.680 the real 00:39:40.680 --> 00:39:41.099 problem. 00:39:41.800 --> 00:39:42.200 This man 00:39:42.200 --> 00:39:43.000 takes away 00:39:43.000 --> 00:39:44.340 the reproach. 00:39:44.900 --> 00:39:45.460 Or who is 00:39:45.460 --> 00:39:46.059 it that will 00:39:46.059 --> 00:39:46.519 defeat the 00:39:46.519 --> 00:39:46.860 Philistine, 00:39:46.960 --> 00:39:47.300 will take 00:39:47.300 --> 00:39:47.780 away the 00:39:47.780 --> 00:39:48.340 reproach 00:39:48.340 --> 00:39:49.280 from Israel? 00:39:49.820 --> 00:39:50.059 See, 00:39:50.160 --> 00:39:51.160 this Goliath 00:39:51.160 --> 00:39:52.360 has reproached. 00:39:52.860 --> 00:39:53.260 He's 00:39:53.260 --> 00:39:54.280 disgraced the 00:39:54.280 --> 00:39:54.760 people of 00:39:54.760 --> 00:39:55.019 God. 00:39:55.579 --> 00:39:56.019 Who's going 00:39:56.019 --> 00:39:56.660 to stand up 00:39:56.659 --> 00:39:57.460 and put 00:39:57.460 --> 00:39:58.119 grace back 00:39:58.119 --> 00:39:58.559 into the 00:39:58.559 --> 00:39:59.019 people of 00:39:59.019 --> 00:39:59.279 God? 00:40:02.719 --> 00:40:03.500 The people 00:40:03.500 --> 00:40:03.980 saw 00:40:03.980 --> 00:40:05.480 Goliath 00:40:05.480 --> 00:40:07.579 through the 00:40:07.579 --> 00:40:08.079 same lens 00:40:08.079 --> 00:40:08.619 that saw. 00:40:09.679 --> 00:40:10.319 They saw 00:40:10.319 --> 00:40:10.839 two men 00:40:10.839 --> 00:40:11.079 that are 00:40:11.079 --> 00:40:12.159 tall and 00:40:12.159 --> 00:40:12.960 attractive and 00:40:12.960 --> 00:40:13.839 by the standards 00:40:13.839 --> 00:40:14.299 of the world 00:40:14.299 --> 00:40:15.139 very powerful. 00:40:15.779 --> 00:40:16.420 But David 00:40:16.420 --> 00:40:18.339 saw Goliath 00:40:18.339 --> 00:40:19.379 through covenantal 00:40:19.379 --> 00:40:19.779 terms. 00:40:21.039 --> 00:40:21.679 David says, 00:40:21.679 --> 00:40:22.719 for who is 00:40:22.719 --> 00:40:23.319 this 00:40:23.319 --> 00:40:24.559 uncircumcised 00:40:24.559 --> 00:40:25.619 Philistine? 00:40:27.319 --> 00:40:27.719 Who is 00:40:27.719 --> 00:40:28.119 this man 00:40:28.119 --> 00:40:28.759 who's outside 00:40:28.759 --> 00:40:29.279 of God's 00:40:29.279 --> 00:40:29.599 covenant? 00:40:31.199 --> 00:40:31.619 The prince 00:40:31.619 --> 00:40:32.239 of darkness 00:40:32.239 --> 00:40:32.639 grim. 00:40:33.599 --> 00:40:34.119 We tremble 00:40:34.119 --> 00:40:34.859 not for him. 00:40:35.379 --> 00:40:35.899 His rage 00:40:35.899 --> 00:40:36.399 we can't 00:40:36.399 --> 00:40:36.759 endure. 00:40:37.219 --> 00:40:37.699 For lo, 00:40:37.940 --> 00:40:38.599 his doom 00:40:38.599 --> 00:40:39.319 is sure. 00:40:39.799 --> 00:40:40.659 One little 00:40:40.659 --> 00:40:41.539 word shall 00:40:41.539 --> 00:40:42.099 fell him. 00:40:43.019 --> 00:40:43.659 He remembered 00:40:43.659 --> 00:40:44.259 to whom the 00:40:44.259 --> 00:40:45.079 army belongs. 00:40:45.500 --> 00:40:45.899 Look at what 00:40:45.899 --> 00:40:46.579 David says. 00:40:47.059 --> 00:40:48.079 He is defying 00:40:48.079 --> 00:40:49.219 the armies 00:40:49.219 --> 00:40:50.359 of the living 00:40:50.359 --> 00:40:51.119 God. 00:40:51.679 --> 00:40:53.379 Men, 00:40:53.539 --> 00:40:54.039 you are not 00:40:54.039 --> 00:40:54.719 slaves of 00:40:54.719 --> 00:40:55.019 Saul. 00:40:55.639 --> 00:40:56.460 God secured 00:40:56.460 --> 00:40:56.859 you for 00:40:56.859 --> 00:40:57.379 himself. 00:40:58.539 --> 00:40:58.940 And God 00:40:58.940 --> 00:40:59.659 is alive. 00:41:00.559 --> 00:41:00.980 You are the 00:41:00.980 --> 00:41:01.839 army of the 00:41:01.839 --> 00:41:03.000 Lord of hosts. 00:41:03.440 --> 00:41:03.879 He fights 00:41:03.879 --> 00:41:04.579 for his own 00:41:04.579 --> 00:41:04.940 glory. 00:41:07.460 --> 00:41:08.179 He knew 00:41:08.179 --> 00:41:08.579 the army 00:41:08.579 --> 00:41:09.039 did not 00:41:09.039 --> 00:41:09.699 belong to 00:41:09.699 --> 00:41:10.139 Saul. 00:41:11.219 --> 00:41:12.079 It belongs 00:41:12.079 --> 00:41:12.759 to God, 00:41:13.079 --> 00:41:13.480 Yahweh, 00:41:13.779 --> 00:41:14.159 the great 00:41:14.159 --> 00:41:14.839 deliverer. 00:41:16.419 --> 00:41:17.239 These men 00:41:17.239 --> 00:41:17.819 are looking 00:41:17.819 --> 00:41:18.359 only at their 00:41:18.359 --> 00:41:18.919 own weakness 00:41:18.919 --> 00:41:19.319 and they 00:41:19.319 --> 00:41:19.919 forgot that 00:41:19.919 --> 00:41:20.339 the Lord 00:41:20.339 --> 00:41:21.000 is the 00:41:21.000 --> 00:41:21.379 Lord 00:41:21.380 --> 00:41:22.400 Sabaoth. 00:41:22.900 --> 00:41:23.300 The Lord 00:41:23.300 --> 00:41:23.920 of hosts 00:41:23.920 --> 00:41:24.700 and his 00:41:24.700 --> 00:41:25.360 armies include 00:41:25.360 --> 00:41:25.800 not just 00:41:25.800 --> 00:41:26.220 these men 00:41:26.220 --> 00:41:26.619 of Israel 00:41:26.619 --> 00:41:27.019 but the 00:41:27.019 --> 00:41:27.619 armies of 00:41:27.619 --> 00:41:28.160 angels 00:41:28.160 --> 00:41:29.220 in heaven. 00:41:30.300 --> 00:41:30.860 When God 00:41:30.860 --> 00:41:31.420 created the 00:41:31.420 --> 00:41:31.760 heavens, 00:41:32.119 --> 00:41:32.720 he created 00:41:32.720 --> 00:41:33.440 the invisible 00:41:33.440 --> 00:41:34.800 spiritual realm 00:41:34.800 --> 00:41:35.559 and while 00:41:35.559 --> 00:41:36.119 there is a 00:41:36.119 --> 00:41:36.880 standoff 00:41:36.880 --> 00:41:37.840 between two 00:41:37.840 --> 00:41:38.240 men on 00:41:38.240 --> 00:41:38.619 earth, 00:41:39.400 --> 00:41:39.740 there is 00:41:39.740 --> 00:41:40.820 certainly a 00:41:40.820 --> 00:41:41.680 spiritual warfare 00:41:41.680 --> 00:41:42.260 going on. 00:41:42.320 --> 00:41:42.700 The kingdom 00:41:42.700 --> 00:41:43.240 of heaven 00:41:43.240 --> 00:41:44.059 intruding 00:41:44.059 --> 00:41:44.599 onto this 00:41:44.599 --> 00:41:45.360 fallen world. 00:41:46.740 --> 00:41:47.599 We forget, 00:41:47.700 --> 00:41:48.059 we often 00:41:48.059 --> 00:41:48.780 just focus on 00:41:48.780 --> 00:41:49.240 what our eyes 00:41:49.239 --> 00:41:49.799 can see in 00:41:49.799 --> 00:41:50.339 this world. 00:41:52.079 --> 00:41:52.719 Remember the 00:41:52.719 --> 00:41:53.459 army of 00:41:53.459 --> 00:41:54.159 angels at 00:41:54.159 --> 00:41:54.619 God's 00:41:54.619 --> 00:41:55.119 command. 00:41:55.659 --> 00:41:55.939 J.I. 00:41:56.000 --> 00:41:56.519 Packer said, 00:41:56.619 --> 00:41:57.599 heaven is the 00:41:57.599 --> 00:41:58.299 headquarters of 00:41:58.299 --> 00:41:59.000 these angels 00:41:59.000 --> 00:42:00.000 where they 00:42:00.000 --> 00:42:01.099 constantly worship 00:42:01.099 --> 00:42:01.879 God and from 00:42:01.879 --> 00:42:02.459 there they are 00:42:02.459 --> 00:42:03.699 sent to render 00:42:03.699 --> 00:42:04.679 services to 00:42:04.679 --> 00:42:05.859 God through 00:42:05.859 --> 00:42:07.219 the ministry he 00:42:07.219 --> 00:42:07.979 is carrying out. 00:42:08.519 --> 00:42:08.919 The angels 00:42:08.919 --> 00:42:09.599 serve the 00:42:09.599 --> 00:42:10.019 church. 00:42:10.579 --> 00:42:10.979 The angels 00:42:10.979 --> 00:42:11.799 serve God's 00:42:11.799 --> 00:42:12.559 people at 00:42:12.559 --> 00:42:13.339 God's bidding. 00:42:14.279 --> 00:42:14.839 That's the end 00:42:14.840 --> 00:42:15.380 of Packer's 00:42:15.380 --> 00:42:15.640 quote. 00:42:18.640 --> 00:42:19.120 Andrea 00:42:19.120 --> 00:42:19.660 pointed out 00:42:19.660 --> 00:42:20.039 to me as 00:42:20.039 --> 00:42:20.280 we were 00:42:20.280 --> 00:42:20.800 listening to 00:42:20.800 --> 00:42:21.860 the McShane 00:42:21.860 --> 00:42:23.320 Bible reading 00:42:23.320 --> 00:42:24.000 that when 00:42:24.000 --> 00:42:24.960 God then 00:42:24.960 --> 00:42:25.680 had King 00:42:25.680 --> 00:42:26.400 David's son 00:42:26.400 --> 00:42:27.300 Solomon build 00:42:27.300 --> 00:42:27.780 the temple 00:42:27.780 --> 00:42:28.700 according to 00:42:28.700 --> 00:42:29.320 the instructions 00:42:29.320 --> 00:42:29.920 given in 00:42:29.920 --> 00:42:30.860 1 Kings 7 00:42:30.860 --> 00:42:32.320 the cherubim 00:42:32.320 --> 00:42:33.320 that stand 00:42:33.320 --> 00:42:34.240 and guard 00:42:34.240 --> 00:42:34.740 the ark 00:42:34.740 --> 00:42:35.039 of the 00:42:35.039 --> 00:42:35.500 holy of 00:42:35.500 --> 00:42:36.000 holies 00:42:36.000 --> 00:42:37.180 the symbolic 00:42:37.180 --> 00:42:37.780 throne of 00:42:37.780 --> 00:42:38.100 the lord 00:42:38.100 --> 00:42:38.600 of hosts 00:42:38.600 --> 00:42:39.700 each angel 00:42:39.700 --> 00:42:41.100 was 15 00:42:41.100 --> 00:42:42.000 feet tall. 00:42:42.559 --> 00:42:43.000 Remember the 00:42:43.000 --> 00:42:43.640 basketball hoop 00:42:43.639 --> 00:42:44.319 is 10 feet. 00:42:45.299 --> 00:42:46.099 That distance 00:42:46.099 --> 00:42:46.639 between the 00:42:46.639 --> 00:42:46.960 floor and 00:42:46.960 --> 00:42:47.379 the basketball 00:42:47.379 --> 00:42:47.859 hoop that's 00:42:47.859 --> 00:42:48.819 5 feet right 00:42:48.819 --> 00:42:49.259 in the middle. 00:42:49.559 --> 00:42:49.920 So you take 00:42:49.920 --> 00:42:50.400 that and put 00:42:50.400 --> 00:42:50.920 it on top 00:42:50.920 --> 00:42:51.139 of the 00:42:51.139 --> 00:42:51.819 basketball hoop. 00:42:52.359 --> 00:42:52.839 Now of course 00:42:52.839 --> 00:42:53.379 angels are 00:42:53.379 --> 00:42:54.139 spiritual beings 00:42:54.139 --> 00:42:54.480 they don't 00:42:54.480 --> 00:42:55.059 have bodies 00:42:55.059 --> 00:42:55.839 but the 00:42:55.839 --> 00:42:56.420 ministry of 00:42:56.420 --> 00:42:56.759 this to 00:42:56.759 --> 00:42:57.279 God's people 00:42:57.279 --> 00:42:57.759 is when you 00:42:57.759 --> 00:42:58.879 approach the 00:42:58.879 --> 00:42:59.519 temple of 00:42:59.519 --> 00:43:00.259 God you 00:43:00.259 --> 00:43:00.659 need to be 00:43:00.659 --> 00:43:01.579 reminded he 00:43:01.579 --> 00:43:01.940 is the 00:43:01.940 --> 00:43:02.400 lord of 00:43:02.400 --> 00:43:03.759 hosts towering 00:43:03.759 --> 00:43:04.739 above Goliath 00:43:04.739 --> 00:43:05.759 is the army 00:43:05.759 --> 00:43:06.659 of God. 00:43:07.299 --> 00:43:07.799 According to 00:43:07.799 --> 00:43:08.379 Zechariah 00:43:08.379 --> 00:43:08.960 1 10 00:43:08.960 --> 00:43:09.879 angels are 00:43:09.879 --> 00:43:11.099 mighty warriors 00:43:11.099 --> 00:43:12.199 of light whom 00:43:12.199 --> 00:43:13.039 the lord sends 00:43:13.039 --> 00:43:13.619 to patrol 00:43:13.619 --> 00:43:14.500 planet earth. 00:43:15.279 --> 00:43:16.099 What's the 00:43:16.099 --> 00:43:16.519 number of 00:43:16.519 --> 00:43:17.000 the angels? 00:43:17.639 --> 00:43:17.940 Well God 00:43:17.940 --> 00:43:19.159 has a vast 00:43:19.159 --> 00:43:20.179 army of 00:43:20.179 --> 00:43:20.599 angels. 00:43:21.659 --> 00:43:22.219 A legion 00:43:22.219 --> 00:43:23.219 is 5 to 00:43:23.219 --> 00:43:23.940 6 thousand 00:43:23.940 --> 00:43:25.019 so we're 00:43:25.019 --> 00:43:25.759 taking what 00:43:25.759 --> 00:43:26.179 the scripture 00:43:26.179 --> 00:43:26.799 has revealed 00:43:26.799 --> 00:43:28.380 70,000 00:43:28.380 --> 00:43:28.940 angels. 00:43:30.460 --> 00:43:30.880 This would 00:43:30.880 --> 00:43:31.219 be like 00:43:31.219 --> 00:43:31.880 taking ball 00:43:31.880 --> 00:43:32.380 arena where 00:43:32.380 --> 00:43:32.859 the nuggets 00:43:32.859 --> 00:43:33.699 play for 00:43:33.699 --> 00:43:34.279 their basketball 00:43:34.279 --> 00:43:35.500 games and 00:43:35.500 --> 00:43:36.159 it's four 00:43:36.159 --> 00:43:36.819 times what 00:43:36.819 --> 00:43:37.099 you could 00:43:37.099 --> 00:43:37.699 pack into 00:43:37.699 --> 00:43:38.159 the ball 00:43:38.159 --> 00:43:39.279 arena would 00:43:39.279 --> 00:43:40.099 be a legion 00:43:40.099 --> 00:43:40.859 of these 00:43:40.859 --> 00:43:42.159 angels warriors 00:43:42.159 --> 00:43:42.839 of light. 00:43:42.840 --> 00:43:43.600 revelation 00:43:43.600 --> 00:43:44.300 5 11 00:43:44.300 --> 00:43:44.820 says the 00:43:44.820 --> 00:43:45.400 voice of 00:43:45.400 --> 00:43:46.260 many angels 00:43:46.260 --> 00:43:47.100 numbering 00:43:47.100 --> 00:43:48.039 myriads of 00:43:48.039 --> 00:43:48.780 myriads and 00:43:48.780 --> 00:43:49.519 thousands of 00:43:49.519 --> 00:43:50.079 thousands. 00:43:51.579 --> 00:43:52.260 With the 00:43:52.260 --> 00:43:52.680 eyes of 00:43:52.680 --> 00:43:53.160 faith we 00:43:53.160 --> 00:43:53.800 can remember 00:43:53.800 --> 00:43:55.039 the lord of 00:43:55.039 --> 00:43:56.380 hosts does 00:43:56.380 --> 00:43:56.980 not tremble 00:43:56.980 --> 00:43:57.700 before any 00:43:57.700 --> 00:43:58.620 man or 00:43:58.620 --> 00:43:59.340 anything of 00:43:59.340 --> 00:43:59.840 this world 00:43:59.840 --> 00:44:00.559 or of the 00:44:00.559 --> 00:44:01.440 principalities of 00:44:01.440 --> 00:44:01.980 darkness. 00:44:03.079 --> 00:44:03.500 God by 00:44:03.500 --> 00:44:04.860 faith reassures 00:44:04.860 --> 00:44:05.519 his followers 00:44:05.519 --> 00:44:06.740 of his might 00:44:06.740 --> 00:44:07.900 far above 00:44:07.900 --> 00:44:08.740 that of the 00:44:08.740 --> 00:44:09.200 enemies. 00:44:09.199 --> 00:44:11.879 brothers and 00:44:11.879 --> 00:44:12.919 sisters outside 00:44:12.919 --> 00:44:13.779 of Christ we 00:44:13.779 --> 00:44:14.659 are a 00:44:14.659 --> 00:44:15.179 cowardly 00:44:15.179 --> 00:44:17.159 army but 00:44:17.159 --> 00:44:17.980 because God 00:44:17.980 --> 00:44:19.500 is good and 00:44:19.500 --> 00:44:20.539 loving and 00:44:20.539 --> 00:44:22.279 gracious God 00:44:22.279 --> 00:44:23.079 the father sent 00:44:23.079 --> 00:44:24.519 provisions from 00:44:24.519 --> 00:44:26.139 his home through 00:44:26.139 --> 00:44:27.559 his beloved son 00:44:27.559 --> 00:44:29.539 the anointed the 00:44:29.539 --> 00:44:30.739 Messiah marked 00:44:30.739 --> 00:44:32.980 shepherd king for 00:44:32.980 --> 00:44:34.739 us who he calls 00:44:34.739 --> 00:44:35.359 brothers and 00:44:35.359 --> 00:44:35.759 sisters. 00:44:35.760 --> 00:44:37.420 Jesus Christ 00:44:37.420 --> 00:44:39.540 overcame the 00:44:39.540 --> 00:44:40.900 evil one first 00:44:40.900 --> 00:44:41.540 in the wilderness 00:44:41.540 --> 00:44:42.620 then on the 00:44:42.620 --> 00:44:43.000 cross. 00:44:44.220 --> 00:44:44.500 He has 00:44:44.500 --> 00:44:45.200 disarmed 00:44:45.200 --> 00:44:45.980 Satan. 00:44:47.000 --> 00:44:47.600 The powers 00:44:47.600 --> 00:44:48.680 of darkness 00:44:48.680 --> 00:44:49.600 no longer have 00:44:49.600 --> 00:44:50.320 power over 00:44:50.320 --> 00:44:51.620 God's people 00:44:51.620 --> 00:44:52.100 and his 00:44:52.100 --> 00:44:53.040 kingdom according 00:44:53.040 --> 00:44:53.860 to Colossians 00:44:53.860 --> 00:44:54.980 2 15. 00:44:56.560 --> 00:44:57.180 While we 00:44:57.180 --> 00:44:58.120 failed while we 00:44:58.120 --> 00:44:58.620 are weak 00:44:58.620 --> 00:45:00.180 Jesus Christ 00:45:00.180 --> 00:45:01.660 obedience his 00:45:01.660 --> 00:45:02.420 stands in the 00:45:02.420 --> 00:45:03.020 place of our 00:45:03.020 --> 00:45:04.780 disobedience and 00:45:04.780 --> 00:45:05.440 his courage 00:45:05.440 --> 00:45:06.559 covers our 00:45:06.559 --> 00:45:07.139 cowardice. 00:45:08.220 --> 00:45:09.039 I want to 00:45:09.039 --> 00:45:09.780 remind you how 00:45:09.780 --> 00:45:11.119 Jesus Christ 00:45:11.119 --> 00:45:12.159 the Messiah 00:45:12.159 --> 00:45:13.059 the anointed 00:45:13.059 --> 00:45:13.900 shepherd king 00:45:13.900 --> 00:45:15.099 views the war 00:45:15.099 --> 00:45:15.700 that we're in 00:45:15.700 --> 00:45:15.960 now. 00:45:17.000 --> 00:45:17.700 In John 18 00:45:17.700 --> 00:45:18.720 36 Jesus 00:45:18.720 --> 00:45:19.679 said my 00:45:19.679 --> 00:45:20.500 kingdom is 00:45:20.500 --> 00:45:21.280 not of this 00:45:21.280 --> 00:45:21.639 world. 00:45:22.179 --> 00:45:22.460 If my 00:45:22.460 --> 00:45:23.039 kingdom were 00:45:23.039 --> 00:45:23.400 of this 00:45:23.400 --> 00:45:23.900 world my 00:45:23.900 --> 00:45:24.619 servants would 00:45:24.619 --> 00:45:25.619 fight but 00:45:25.619 --> 00:45:26.460 now my 00:45:26.460 --> 00:45:27.159 kingdom is 00:45:27.159 --> 00:45:27.720 not from 00:45:27.720 --> 00:45:28.000 here. 00:45:28.700 --> 00:45:29.000 In John 00:45:29.000 --> 00:45:30.000 17 16 00:45:30.000 --> 00:45:30.920 our Lord 00:45:30.920 --> 00:45:31.539 Jesus said 00:45:31.539 --> 00:45:32.280 my disciples 00:45:32.280 --> 00:45:33.880 are not of 00:45:33.880 --> 00:45:34.480 this world 00:45:34.480 --> 00:45:35.360 even as 00:45:35.360 --> 00:45:36.500 I am not 00:45:36.500 --> 00:45:37.280 of this 00:45:37.280 --> 00:45:37.639 world. 00:45:39.960 --> 00:45:40.920 From that 00:45:40.920 --> 00:45:41.519 hymn by 00:45:41.519 --> 00:45:42.139 Martin Luther 00:45:42.139 --> 00:45:43.900 taking the 00:45:43.900 --> 00:45:44.320 cue from 00:45:44.320 --> 00:45:44.699 our Lord 00:45:44.699 --> 00:45:45.760 Jesus we 00:45:45.760 --> 00:45:46.139 can say 00:45:46.139 --> 00:45:46.639 as well 00:45:46.639 --> 00:45:48.019 though this 00:45:48.019 --> 00:45:48.940 world with 00:45:48.940 --> 00:45:49.780 devils filled 00:45:49.780 --> 00:45:50.599 should threaten 00:45:50.599 --> 00:45:51.519 to undo us 00:45:51.519 --> 00:45:52.860 we will not 00:45:52.860 --> 00:45:54.179 fear for God 00:45:54.179 --> 00:45:55.480 has willed his 00:45:55.480 --> 00:45:56.420 truth to 00:45:56.420 --> 00:45:57.599 triumph through 00:45:57.599 --> 00:45:57.980 us. 00:45:58.719 --> 00:45:59.400 The body 00:45:59.400 --> 00:45:59.980 they may 00:45:59.980 --> 00:46:01.599 kill God's 00:46:01.599 --> 00:46:03.099 truth abideth 00:46:03.099 --> 00:46:04.579 still his 00:46:04.579 --> 00:46:05.539 kingdom is 00:46:05.539 --> 00:46:05.940 forever. 00:46:07.360 --> 00:46:08.460 The outlook 00:46:08.460 --> 00:46:09.119 of our Lord 00:46:09.119 --> 00:46:09.920 Jesus Christ 00:46:09.920 --> 00:46:12.400 changes the 00:46:12.400 --> 00:46:12.839 way his 00:46:12.839 --> 00:46:14.019 army views 00:46:14.019 --> 00:46:14.679 this life 00:46:14.679 --> 00:46:15.299 and this 00:46:15.299 --> 00:46:15.639 world. 00:46:16.599 --> 00:46:17.519 By his 00:46:17.519 --> 00:46:18.139 strength I 00:46:18.139 --> 00:46:18.779 have been 00:46:18.779 --> 00:46:19.259 praying this 00:46:19.259 --> 00:46:19.639 week for 00:46:19.639 --> 00:46:20.279 myself and 00:46:20.279 --> 00:46:20.819 for us as 00:46:20.819 --> 00:46:21.339 a church 00:46:21.339 --> 00:46:23.139 that the 00:46:23.139 --> 00:46:24.000 perspective the 00:46:24.000 --> 00:46:24.819 view what 00:46:24.819 --> 00:46:25.400 our Lord 00:46:25.400 --> 00:46:26.019 Jesus Christ 00:46:26.019 --> 00:46:26.639 sees for 00:46:26.639 --> 00:46:27.159 his church 00:46:27.159 --> 00:46:27.860 will slowly 00:46:27.860 --> 00:46:29.279 fill us 00:46:29.280 --> 00:46:30.360 and become 00:46:30.360 --> 00:46:31.220 our outlook 00:46:31.220 --> 00:46:31.980 our view 00:46:31.980 --> 00:46:32.860 of this 00:46:32.860 --> 00:46:33.420 battle as 00:46:33.420 --> 00:46:35.360 well depending 00:46:35.360 --> 00:46:35.780 on his 00:46:35.780 --> 00:46:36.740 strength and 00:46:36.740 --> 00:46:37.260 let's pray that 00:46:37.260 --> 00:46:37.640 he will do 00:46:37.640 --> 00:46:37.920 that. 00:46:38.720 --> 00:46:39.260 Lord we 00:46:39.260 --> 00:46:40.720 thank you for 00:46:40.720 --> 00:46:41.180 how you are 00:46:41.180 --> 00:46:42.240 mighty in 00:46:42.240 --> 00:46:43.540 battle how 00:46:43.540 --> 00:46:43.920 you are 00:46:43.920 --> 00:46:45.780 victorious how 00:46:45.780 --> 00:46:46.040 you have 00:46:46.040 --> 00:46:46.700 secured the 00:46:46.700 --> 00:46:47.200 freedom of 00:46:47.200 --> 00:46:47.660 your people 00:46:47.660 --> 00:46:49.240 how we are 00:46:49.240 --> 00:46:49.740 no longer 00:46:49.740 --> 00:46:50.600 slaves to 00:46:50.600 --> 00:46:52.580 fear you 00:46:52.580 --> 00:46:53.480 have ransomed 00:46:53.480 --> 00:46:53.480 00:46:53.480 --> 00:46:53.980 your people 00:46:53.980 --> 00:46:55.940 you are our 00:46:55.940 --> 00:46:56.800 great anointed 00:46:56.800 --> 00:46:58.000 king we 00:46:58.000 --> 00:46:58.600 praise you that 00:46:58.600 --> 00:46:59.000 you've not 00:46:59.000 --> 00:46:59.440 left us 00:46:59.440 --> 00:47:00.760 orphans you 00:47:00.760 --> 00:47:01.400 are near your 00:47:01.400 --> 00:47:02.300 people you 00:47:02.300 --> 00:47:02.940 care for your 00:47:02.940 --> 00:47:04.380 sheep we 00:47:04.380 --> 00:47:05.019 trust ourselves 00:47:05.019 --> 00:47:05.659 to you again 00:47:05.659 --> 00:47:06.300 today Lord 00:47:06.300 --> 00:47:07.760 please work in 00:47:07.760 --> 00:47:09.099 us the view 00:47:09.099 --> 00:47:10.059 that you have 00:47:10.059 --> 00:47:10.980 for your 00:47:10.980 --> 00:47:11.940 church we 00:47:11.940 --> 00:47:12.440 ask this for 00:47:12.440 --> 00:47:13.639 your glory in 00:47:13.639 --> 00:47:14.139 your powerful 00:47:14.139 --> 00:47:15.260 name amen