WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:04.799 2 Samuel chapter 1, starting at verse 17. 00:00:06.580 --> 00:00:12.980 I'll read this trusting that it's God's inspired, inerrant, clear, sufficient, powerful word for you and me, his people. 00:00:15.380 --> 00:00:18.719 2 Samuel chapter 1, starting at verse 17. 00:00:20.379 --> 00:00:26.379 Then David lamented with this lamentation over Saul and over Jonathan his son, 00:00:26.379 --> 00:00:30.899 and he told them to teach the children of Judah the song of the bow. 00:00:31.579 --> 00:00:34.259 Indeed, it is written in the book of Jashur. 00:00:35.820 --> 00:00:40.500 The beauty of Israel is slain on your high places. 00:00:41.100 --> 00:00:43.239 How the mighty have fallen. 00:00:44.439 --> 00:00:49.259 Tell it not to Gath. Proclaim it not in the streets of Ashkelon. 00:00:49.780 --> 00:00:51.659 Lest the daughters of the Philistines rejoice. 00:00:52.219 --> 00:00:54.820 Lest the daughters of the uncircumcised triumph. 00:00:54.820 --> 00:01:01.859 O mountains of Gilboa, let there be no dew, nor rain upon you, nor fields of offerings. 00:01:02.399 --> 00:01:05.799 For the shield of the mighty is cast away there. 00:01:06.659 --> 00:01:09.920 The shield of Saul not anointed with oil. 00:01:11.299 --> 00:01:14.740 From the blood of the slain, from the fat of the mighty, 00:01:15.159 --> 00:01:18.439 the bow of Jonathan did not turn back. 00:01:18.879 --> 00:01:22.539 And the sword of Saul did not return empty. 00:01:22.540 --> 00:01:27.900 Saul and Jonathan were beloved and pleasant in their lives and in their death. 00:01:28.460 --> 00:01:29.480 They were not divided. 00:01:29.980 --> 00:01:31.240 They were swifter than eagles. 00:01:31.719 --> 00:01:33.219 They were stronger than lions. 00:01:33.760 --> 00:01:36.160 O daughters of Israel, weep over Saul, 00:01:36.400 --> 00:01:39.180 who clothed you in scarlet with luxury, 00:01:39.640 --> 00:01:41.800 who put ornaments of gold on your apparel. 00:01:43.100 --> 00:01:46.540 How the mighty have fallen in the midst of the battle. 00:01:46.540 --> 00:01:50.180 Jonathan was slain in your high places. 00:01:51.460 --> 00:01:53.100 I am distressed for you. 00:01:53.700 --> 00:01:56.820 My brother Jonathan, you have been very pleasant to me. 00:01:57.940 --> 00:01:59.800 Your love to me was wonderful, 00:02:00.360 --> 00:02:01.660 surpassing the love of women. 00:02:02.380 --> 00:02:03.840 How the mighty have fallen, 00:02:04.320 --> 00:02:06.760 and the weapons of war perished. 00:02:07.420 --> 00:02:09.439 The word of God for the people of God. 00:02:10.200 --> 00:02:11.219 Thanks be to God. 00:02:11.219 --> 00:02:11.919 Please be seated. 00:02:23.400 --> 00:02:24.460 Please pray with me. 00:02:32.020 --> 00:02:35.639 O Lord, we ask that your Holy Spirit will make clear, 00:02:36.099 --> 00:02:39.000 illuminate your word to your people today. 00:02:39.000 --> 00:02:43.620 Lord, we pray that Christ will be lifted up and exalted, 00:02:44.039 --> 00:02:48.840 that your Holy Spirit will apply Christ to your people today through faith. 00:02:50.599 --> 00:02:53.300 Lord, we pray that Christ will nourish your people 00:02:53.300 --> 00:02:56.939 with those spiritual nutrients that we need. 00:02:57.199 --> 00:02:58.740 You know where we're deficient, Lord. 00:02:59.860 --> 00:03:01.599 Please take these ordinary words 00:03:01.599 --> 00:03:05.580 and use it in an extraordinary way by your power for your glory. 00:03:05.580 --> 00:03:10.520 Please help the preacher to preach Christ 00:03:10.520 --> 00:03:12.380 with the freedom of a friend 00:03:12.380 --> 00:03:14.680 and with the affection of a brother. 00:03:15.260 --> 00:03:17.400 For your glory and for Christ's sake we pray. 00:03:17.760 --> 00:03:18.160 Amen. 00:03:28.740 --> 00:03:31.000 Memory is a powerful thing. 00:03:31.000 --> 00:03:35.560 Aristotle called it the scribe of the soul. 00:03:37.159 --> 00:03:40.900 Memory, according to Webster's Dictionary of 1828, 00:03:41.099 --> 00:03:42.639 is the faculty of the mind 00:03:42.639 --> 00:03:46.219 by which we retain knowledge of past events. 00:03:47.500 --> 00:03:50.139 And similar to that is our recollection of a memory. 00:03:50.759 --> 00:03:52.159 Recollection is the operation 00:03:52.159 --> 00:03:55.159 by which ideas are recalled to the memory 00:03:55.159 --> 00:03:57.259 or revived in the mind. 00:03:57.259 --> 00:04:03.060 How we process a significant event in our lives 00:04:03.060 --> 00:04:06.179 will shape the way we remember it. 00:04:07.159 --> 00:04:09.199 Hasn't that been true in your experience as well? 00:04:10.500 --> 00:04:12.599 What's fascinating that I learned this week 00:04:12.599 --> 00:04:16.399 is that modern neurologists, studying the brain, 00:04:16.500 --> 00:04:20.699 it tells us that every time a person recalls a memory, 00:04:21.219 --> 00:04:24.000 you are editing and rewriting it. 00:04:24.000 --> 00:04:27.240 Think how powerful our memories are. 00:04:28.620 --> 00:04:30.300 Because we are fallen creatures, 00:04:30.600 --> 00:04:32.860 our emotions and our memory 00:04:32.860 --> 00:04:37.500 can distort our perceptions of past events. 00:04:39.379 --> 00:04:41.720 Well, leading up to our sermon passage today, 00:04:42.839 --> 00:04:46.660 Saul and all of his sons, the princes, all died. 00:04:48.300 --> 00:04:49.540 And there's Israel. 00:04:49.540 --> 00:04:53.560 It's a picture, a shadow of the kingdom of heaven 00:04:53.560 --> 00:04:54.540 come onto earth. 00:04:55.319 --> 00:04:56.980 But this kingdom is kingless. 00:04:58.060 --> 00:05:01.100 The nation got its front teeth punched out. 00:05:02.900 --> 00:05:05.939 What is the whole kingdom feeling right now? 00:05:06.800 --> 00:05:09.140 How will God's people process this event? 00:05:09.879 --> 00:05:13.080 How will they look back on this horrible defeat? 00:05:13.700 --> 00:05:15.780 And how will they store these memories 00:05:15.779 --> 00:05:19.419 of Saul's entire reign as their king? 00:05:21.000 --> 00:05:22.839 David has been anointed king, 00:05:22.939 --> 00:05:25.279 but he's not yet ruling completely. 00:05:26.539 --> 00:05:29.739 I believe what we have in our sermon passage for today 00:05:29.739 --> 00:05:33.739 is God, by the Holy Spirit, 00:05:33.959 --> 00:05:36.839 working how he worked mysteriously in the old covenant, 00:05:37.839 --> 00:05:40.979 using David to shepherd the emotions 00:05:40.980 --> 00:05:43.120 and the memory of the kingdom. 00:05:44.160 --> 00:05:46.740 He's shepherding their emotions 00:05:46.740 --> 00:05:49.840 and their national memory of God's people. 00:05:51.140 --> 00:05:52.100 Look at verse 17. 00:05:52.220 --> 00:05:56.020 We read that David lamented with this song. 00:05:56.120 --> 00:05:57.200 It's a dirge, 00:05:57.740 --> 00:06:00.540 which is a song you sing in a time of sadness and mourning. 00:06:01.540 --> 00:06:04.580 He's sad over the loss of the nation, 00:06:04.700 --> 00:06:07.720 but especially Saul and Jonathan are the two subjects. 00:06:07.720 --> 00:06:13.700 Verse 18 is very interesting on the purpose of this song. 00:06:14.440 --> 00:06:15.520 Look at verse 18. 00:06:16.140 --> 00:06:20.640 David commands that it be taught to the children of Judah. 00:06:22.600 --> 00:06:25.140 And he called it the song of the bow. 00:06:25.600 --> 00:06:26.320 That's the title. 00:06:28.120 --> 00:06:28.680 Why Judah? 00:06:29.380 --> 00:06:31.240 Well, Judah is the tribe that David's from, 00:06:31.720 --> 00:06:33.720 and it's the land where he's been traveling, 00:06:34.420 --> 00:06:35.200 been closest to, 00:06:35.199 --> 00:06:37.719 where he's beginning to consolidate an army, 00:06:37.979 --> 00:06:39.000 people following him. 00:06:39.079 --> 00:06:41.039 He'll soon begin acting as king of Judah 00:06:41.039 --> 00:06:43.300 before he becomes the king of the whole nation. 00:06:44.719 --> 00:06:46.659 And he wants the children, 00:06:46.779 --> 00:06:48.899 the next generation in Judah, 00:06:49.039 --> 00:06:51.680 to remember this event in this way. 00:06:51.740 --> 00:06:53.439 So he's very careful with how he does it. 00:06:54.759 --> 00:06:56.060 And he ordered that this be written 00:06:56.060 --> 00:06:58.240 in the book of Jasher. 00:06:59.139 --> 00:07:01.120 Do you see that word, Jasher, in verse 18? 00:07:01.839 --> 00:07:03.800 That Hebrew word means upright. 00:07:03.800 --> 00:07:06.000 The book of the upright. 00:07:08.740 --> 00:07:10.840 You're supposed to read this book. 00:07:11.060 --> 00:07:12.079 It's been lost to history. 00:07:12.180 --> 00:07:14.780 We don't know much about it or anything too specific, 00:07:14.980 --> 00:07:16.699 but it's mentioned also in the book of Joshua 00:07:16.699 --> 00:07:18.620 after the Lord did something mighty. 00:07:18.740 --> 00:07:19.879 Write it in the book of Jasher. 00:07:20.460 --> 00:07:22.300 And it's a book for the upright, 00:07:22.460 --> 00:07:23.199 the men of valor, 00:07:23.360 --> 00:07:25.439 for the army to be inspired and remembered. 00:07:26.180 --> 00:07:29.620 And that's how David wants this death of Saul and Jonathan 00:07:29.620 --> 00:07:30.439 to be remembered, 00:07:30.439 --> 00:07:33.779 as an inspiration for the army in the future. 00:07:36.259 --> 00:07:38.319 Before we walk through this song itself, 00:07:39.560 --> 00:07:42.959 some of us are united to Christ. 00:07:43.139 --> 00:07:43.879 We're saved. 00:07:44.660 --> 00:07:47.199 We know God has declared us to be righteous. 00:07:47.199 --> 00:07:50.420 But many of us, at least if you're like me, 00:07:50.500 --> 00:07:54.360 we are still tormented by our own broken flesh. 00:07:55.139 --> 00:07:56.860 1 John 3.20 admits this. 00:07:57.240 --> 00:07:59.019 Our hearts condemn us still. 00:07:59.819 --> 00:08:01.639 He's writing to the Christians, to the church. 00:08:02.139 --> 00:08:03.500 Our hearts still condemn us. 00:08:04.360 --> 00:08:06.560 But God is greater than our heart. 00:08:08.019 --> 00:08:08.899 Brothers and sisters, 00:08:08.899 --> 00:08:12.479 we need Christ to shepherd our hearts, 00:08:12.819 --> 00:08:14.500 to shepherd our emotions, 00:08:15.099 --> 00:08:18.539 and maybe even to heal our memories. 00:08:19.819 --> 00:08:21.799 So the title of today's sermon is this. 00:08:22.979 --> 00:08:24.620 O army of God, 00:08:25.500 --> 00:08:27.060 remember this mountain. 00:08:28.639 --> 00:08:31.259 Here's four reasons that David gives us. 00:08:31.379 --> 00:08:31.899 Number one, 00:08:32.559 --> 00:08:33.360 O army of God, 00:08:33.439 --> 00:08:34.480 remember this mountain 00:08:34.480 --> 00:08:38.500 where the glory of God's people was slain. 00:08:39.340 --> 00:08:40.399 Remember this mountain 00:08:40.399 --> 00:08:43.700 where the glory of God's people was slain. 00:08:44.399 --> 00:08:46.019 That's what he says in verse 19. 00:08:46.580 --> 00:08:48.759 The beauty or glory of Israel 00:08:48.759 --> 00:08:51.080 is slain in your high places. 00:08:51.500 --> 00:08:53.100 How the mighty have fallen. 00:08:54.060 --> 00:08:55.080 And that's the refrain. 00:08:55.220 --> 00:08:56.360 He says it three times. 00:08:56.820 --> 00:08:58.620 How the mighty have fallen. 00:08:59.980 --> 00:09:00.879 In verse 20, he says, 00:09:00.879 --> 00:09:02.500 tell it not in Gath. 00:09:02.620 --> 00:09:05.439 Proclaim it not in the streets of Ashkelon. 00:09:06.559 --> 00:09:07.539 Why these two places? 00:09:07.980 --> 00:09:09.860 Well, these are mighty hubs 00:09:09.860 --> 00:09:11.100 for the army of the enemy, 00:09:11.200 --> 00:09:11.899 the Philistines. 00:09:12.580 --> 00:09:14.279 Don't let them know what happened. 00:09:14.679 --> 00:09:14.980 He says, 00:09:15.100 --> 00:09:17.039 lest the daughters of the Philistines rejoice. 00:09:17.700 --> 00:09:19.679 Lest the daughters of the uncircumcised, 00:09:19.759 --> 00:09:22.080 those people that are outside of God's covenant, 00:09:22.919 --> 00:09:23.620 will triumph. 00:09:25.559 --> 00:09:26.919 What we have going on 00:09:26.919 --> 00:09:29.139 is David calling the people of God, 00:09:29.139 --> 00:09:29.639 the army, 00:09:30.159 --> 00:09:32.139 to sing and remember this, 00:09:32.480 --> 00:09:33.419 how the mighty have fallen. 00:09:33.519 --> 00:09:35.120 But don't let them hear what we're saying. 00:09:35.439 --> 00:09:36.980 We need to process this emotion. 00:09:37.120 --> 00:09:37.980 We need to grieve it. 00:09:38.679 --> 00:09:39.699 But don't let them know 00:09:39.699 --> 00:09:41.220 because we're at war still. 00:09:41.399 --> 00:09:42.379 The war is not over. 00:09:43.360 --> 00:09:45.039 It's a worship war. 00:09:46.059 --> 00:09:48.259 It's a fight over what will be sung 00:09:48.259 --> 00:09:50.360 and to whom it will be proclaimed. 00:09:51.639 --> 00:09:53.919 This is so fascinating to me 00:09:53.919 --> 00:09:56.000 because it's David's response 00:09:56.000 --> 00:09:57.419 to the last actions 00:09:57.419 --> 00:09:58.819 we saw the Philistines take. 00:09:59.560 --> 00:10:01.660 You can flip back probably one leaf 00:10:01.660 --> 00:10:02.660 in your Bible 00:10:02.660 --> 00:10:05.080 to 1 Samuel chapter 31, 00:10:05.200 --> 00:10:06.660 the last chapter of 1 Samuel. 00:10:07.320 --> 00:10:08.940 And look at verses 9 and 10. 00:10:09.879 --> 00:10:11.620 Here's the last action of the Philistines. 00:10:11.720 --> 00:10:12.520 Here's what they did. 00:10:13.020 --> 00:10:13.800 And now what we get now 00:10:13.800 --> 00:10:14.680 is David's response, 00:10:14.760 --> 00:10:15.520 his counteraction. 00:10:16.360 --> 00:10:17.480 What the Philistines did 00:10:17.480 --> 00:10:19.360 was go to Saul's dead body, 00:10:20.620 --> 00:10:21.340 cut off his head, 00:10:21.500 --> 00:10:22.320 strip off his armor, 00:10:22.320 --> 00:10:24.100 and then sent word 00:10:24.100 --> 00:10:25.160 throughout the land 00:10:25.160 --> 00:10:26.000 of the Philistines 00:10:26.000 --> 00:10:28.460 to gospel it, 00:10:28.660 --> 00:10:29.700 to declare it 00:10:29.700 --> 00:10:31.460 in the temple of their idols 00:10:31.460 --> 00:10:32.440 and among the people. 00:10:32.879 --> 00:10:33.879 And they put his armor 00:10:33.879 --> 00:10:35.900 in the temple of their Ashteroth, 00:10:36.120 --> 00:10:37.580 and they fastened his body 00:10:37.580 --> 00:10:38.940 to a city wall. 00:10:39.940 --> 00:10:41.879 The Philistines are singing 00:10:41.879 --> 00:10:42.620 their own songs. 00:10:42.700 --> 00:10:43.280 They're proclaiming 00:10:43.280 --> 00:10:44.300 their own good news. 00:10:44.620 --> 00:10:46.180 And they're worshiping 00:10:46.180 --> 00:10:46.900 in their temples 00:10:46.900 --> 00:10:48.420 about this great victory 00:10:48.420 --> 00:10:49.480 over God's people. 00:10:49.480 --> 00:10:49.519 people. 00:10:50.279 --> 00:10:50.980 David's calling 00:10:50.980 --> 00:10:51.820 the army of God 00:10:51.820 --> 00:10:52.600 to grieve over 00:10:52.600 --> 00:10:53.639 the loss of this battle, 00:10:53.980 --> 00:10:55.159 but the war is not over. 00:10:56.379 --> 00:10:57.600 Don't let the enemy 00:10:57.600 --> 00:10:59.279 rejoice over us. 00:11:00.279 --> 00:11:01.680 He's shepherding their emotions 00:11:01.680 --> 00:11:02.279 and how they're going 00:11:02.279 --> 00:11:03.580 to process this event. 00:11:04.680 --> 00:11:05.039 Instead, 00:11:05.240 --> 00:11:06.060 he's calling the people, 00:11:06.480 --> 00:11:07.379 lament with me. 00:11:09.379 --> 00:11:10.039 He says, 00:11:10.200 --> 00:11:11.080 don't let the daughters 00:11:11.080 --> 00:11:12.200 of the Philistines hear it, 00:11:12.220 --> 00:11:13.759 but now there's a contrasting line 00:11:13.759 --> 00:11:14.800 later on in this poem, 00:11:14.860 --> 00:11:15.420 in this song. 00:11:15.600 --> 00:11:16.519 Look at verse 24 00:11:16.519 --> 00:11:18.159 of our sermon passage. 00:11:19.480 --> 00:11:22.340 He speaks directly 00:11:22.340 --> 00:11:24.039 to another set of daughters 00:11:24.039 --> 00:11:25.620 in verse 24. 00:11:25.820 --> 00:11:27.759 O daughters of Israel, 00:11:28.279 --> 00:11:29.039 weep for Saul. 00:11:31.080 --> 00:11:32.279 See, they're cheering 00:11:32.279 --> 00:11:33.460 about Saul's death, 00:11:33.659 --> 00:11:34.920 but we are honoring Saul. 00:11:35.920 --> 00:11:36.560 He's calling 00:11:36.560 --> 00:11:38.060 the next generation 00:11:38.060 --> 00:11:38.940 of Israel 00:11:38.940 --> 00:11:40.539 to keep the fifth commandment, 00:11:41.060 --> 00:11:42.360 to honor the authorities 00:11:42.360 --> 00:11:43.800 God has put over us, 00:11:44.080 --> 00:11:44.940 even though Saul 00:11:44.940 --> 00:11:46.800 was not worthy of honor. 00:11:46.799 --> 00:11:49.159 this office 00:11:49.159 --> 00:11:49.859 that he filled, 00:11:49.959 --> 00:11:51.419 the office of an earthly king 00:11:51.419 --> 00:11:52.319 over God's people, 00:11:52.319 --> 00:11:53.639 is worthy of honor. 00:11:54.419 --> 00:11:55.439 So weep with me, 00:11:56.419 --> 00:11:57.500 O daughters of Israel. 00:11:58.399 --> 00:11:59.399 And he reminds them 00:11:59.399 --> 00:12:00.299 very specifically 00:12:00.299 --> 00:12:01.439 of God's providence 00:12:01.439 --> 00:12:02.719 through King Saul. 00:12:02.799 --> 00:12:03.719 Look at verse 24. 00:12:04.139 --> 00:12:04.819 He clothed you 00:12:04.819 --> 00:12:05.500 in scarlet 00:12:05.500 --> 00:12:06.279 with luxury, 00:12:06.579 --> 00:12:07.439 who put ornaments 00:12:07.439 --> 00:12:08.099 of gold 00:12:08.099 --> 00:12:09.679 on your apparel. 00:12:10.579 --> 00:12:10.819 See, 00:12:10.879 --> 00:12:11.679 even from the hand 00:12:11.679 --> 00:12:12.179 of Saul, 00:12:12.959 --> 00:12:13.919 the Lord delivered 00:12:13.919 --> 00:12:14.439 blessings 00:12:14.440 --> 00:12:15.540 for his people. 00:12:16.600 --> 00:12:18.040 I love Calvin's comment 00:12:18.040 --> 00:12:18.720 on this. 00:12:19.540 --> 00:12:19.800 Quote, 00:12:20.200 --> 00:12:21.700 even if our enemies 00:12:21.700 --> 00:12:23.340 are the most evil 00:12:23.340 --> 00:12:24.080 in the world, 00:12:24.540 --> 00:12:25.220 David could have felt 00:12:25.220 --> 00:12:25.920 that about Saul. 00:12:26.600 --> 00:12:27.900 God still 00:12:27.900 --> 00:12:29.180 does not want 00:12:29.180 --> 00:12:30.280 his grace 00:12:30.280 --> 00:12:32.180 to be overlooked. 00:12:32.940 --> 00:12:33.700 That's the end 00:12:33.700 --> 00:12:34.480 of Calvin's quote. 00:12:35.580 --> 00:12:36.520 So the first reason 00:12:36.520 --> 00:12:37.680 David gives the nation 00:12:37.680 --> 00:12:38.260 is this, 00:12:38.520 --> 00:12:39.320 army of God. 00:12:39.760 --> 00:12:40.840 Remember this mountain 00:12:40.840 --> 00:12:42.180 where the glory 00:12:42.180 --> 00:12:43.020 of God's people 00:12:43.020 --> 00:12:44.120 was slain. 00:12:44.880 --> 00:12:46.000 We're going to lament it, 00:12:46.260 --> 00:12:46.920 but we're not going 00:12:46.920 --> 00:12:47.940 to let the enemy 00:12:47.940 --> 00:12:49.300 rejoice over us. 00:12:49.880 --> 00:12:51.200 We'll weep together. 00:12:51.420 --> 00:12:52.480 We'll sing together. 00:12:52.880 --> 00:12:53.480 We're going to go 00:12:53.480 --> 00:12:54.820 through this crisis together, 00:12:54.820 --> 00:12:55.900 but the war 00:12:55.900 --> 00:12:56.560 is not over. 00:12:57.740 --> 00:12:58.940 Here's the second reason. 00:12:59.100 --> 00:12:59.900 O army of God, 00:13:00.000 --> 00:13:01.040 remember this mountain 00:13:01.040 --> 00:13:02.940 where God's anointed 00:13:02.940 --> 00:13:04.840 cast away his shield. 00:13:05.700 --> 00:13:06.980 Remember this mountain 00:13:06.980 --> 00:13:08.180 where God's anointed 00:13:08.180 --> 00:13:09.920 cast away his shield. 00:13:11.860 --> 00:13:13.440 I'm not a literary expert, 00:13:13.440 --> 00:13:14.740 but those that I've read 00:13:14.740 --> 00:13:16.020 who are and have studied 00:13:16.020 --> 00:13:16.840 Hebrew poetry, 00:13:17.160 --> 00:13:18.720 which this is a wonderful 00:13:18.720 --> 00:13:20.000 example of Hebrew poetry. 00:13:20.600 --> 00:13:23.640 They have been blown away 00:13:23.640 --> 00:13:25.140 at the level of complexity 00:13:25.140 --> 00:13:26.360 and beauty 00:13:26.360 --> 00:13:27.220 in the structure 00:13:27.220 --> 00:13:28.960 of this song. 00:13:29.780 --> 00:13:30.920 This song did not make it 00:13:30.920 --> 00:13:31.680 into the Psalter, 00:13:31.940 --> 00:13:32.840 but it did make it 00:13:32.840 --> 00:13:33.600 into Holy Scripture. 00:13:33.780 --> 00:13:34.720 It's part of the inspired 00:13:34.720 --> 00:13:35.420 word of God. 00:13:35.920 --> 00:13:37.380 And one of the literary devices 00:13:37.380 --> 00:13:38.800 that David uses 00:13:38.800 --> 00:13:40.320 is called apostrophim. 00:13:40.320 --> 00:13:41.840 It's when a speaker 00:13:41.840 --> 00:13:43.480 breaks off from addressing 00:13:43.480 --> 00:13:44.220 the audience 00:13:44.220 --> 00:13:45.220 or the narrative 00:13:45.220 --> 00:13:46.879 and directs his speech 00:13:46.879 --> 00:13:48.520 to an absent person 00:13:48.520 --> 00:13:51.120 or a personified object. 00:13:52.300 --> 00:13:53.740 This is what David does. 00:13:54.080 --> 00:13:55.460 He later on is going to speak 00:13:55.460 --> 00:13:57.420 to the daughters of Israel 00:13:57.420 --> 00:13:58.100 like we just saw. 00:13:58.220 --> 00:13:58.960 He's going to speak 00:13:58.960 --> 00:13:59.560 to Jonathan, 00:13:59.640 --> 00:14:01.400 even though Jonathan is dead. 00:14:01.720 --> 00:14:02.680 His body is buried 00:14:02.680 --> 00:14:03.840 and his soul is with the Lord. 00:14:04.420 --> 00:14:05.580 He's speaking to him 00:14:05.580 --> 00:14:06.620 as an apostrophe. 00:14:07.060 --> 00:14:08.100 But in verse 21, 00:14:08.460 --> 00:14:09.660 who does David speak to? 00:14:10.639 --> 00:14:12.059 Look in your own copy 00:14:12.059 --> 00:14:12.819 of God's Word. 00:14:14.419 --> 00:14:15.100 Verse 21, 00:14:15.759 --> 00:14:17.699 O mountains of Gilboa. 00:14:19.139 --> 00:14:20.819 Remember the word in Hebrew, 00:14:20.980 --> 00:14:22.000 Gilboa is springs 00:14:22.000 --> 00:14:22.819 of living water. 00:14:23.339 --> 00:14:24.600 So it's a mountain 00:14:24.600 --> 00:14:25.179 or a hill 00:14:25.179 --> 00:14:26.879 from which comes bubbling up 00:14:26.879 --> 00:14:27.620 these springs 00:14:27.620 --> 00:14:28.860 that flow into the valley. 00:14:29.419 --> 00:14:30.159 And David's speaking 00:14:30.159 --> 00:14:31.519 directly to that mountain now. 00:14:32.519 --> 00:14:33.679 Let there be no dew 00:14:33.679 --> 00:14:35.039 nor rain upon you 00:14:35.039 --> 00:14:35.720 nor fields 00:14:35.720 --> 00:14:36.500 nor offerings. 00:14:36.860 --> 00:14:38.240 He's cursing this mountain. 00:14:38.240 --> 00:14:40.320 This is a cursed mountain now. 00:14:40.560 --> 00:14:41.240 It's supposed to be 00:14:41.240 --> 00:14:42.039 springs of life. 00:14:42.759 --> 00:14:43.840 May you get no rain, 00:14:43.940 --> 00:14:44.419 no water, 00:14:44.539 --> 00:14:45.220 no more life 00:14:45.220 --> 00:14:46.159 from you. 00:14:47.700 --> 00:14:48.480 You are now 00:14:48.480 --> 00:14:49.500 a mountain of death. 00:14:50.180 --> 00:14:51.720 So may you be dried up, 00:14:52.440 --> 00:14:52.899 lifeless. 00:14:53.580 --> 00:14:54.620 For the shield 00:14:54.620 --> 00:14:55.700 of the mighty 00:14:55.700 --> 00:14:57.620 is cast away there. 00:15:00.220 --> 00:15:01.720 When is it that a soldier 00:15:01.720 --> 00:15:03.879 casts away his shield? 00:15:03.879 --> 00:15:06.919 When does his shield 00:15:06.919 --> 00:15:08.320 drop off to his side? 00:15:09.519 --> 00:15:10.539 It's when the soldier 00:15:10.539 --> 00:15:11.480 goes lifeless. 00:15:12.639 --> 00:15:13.720 It's the last thing 00:15:13.720 --> 00:15:14.639 to go in a battle 00:15:14.639 --> 00:15:15.220 when you're being 00:15:15.220 --> 00:15:16.500 overrun by the enemy. 00:15:17.080 --> 00:15:18.299 The last thing to drop 00:15:18.299 --> 00:15:19.059 will be the shield. 00:15:20.159 --> 00:15:21.000 More specifically, 00:15:21.240 --> 00:15:21.460 he says, 00:15:21.580 --> 00:15:22.759 the shield of Saul. 00:15:24.779 --> 00:15:25.919 He's associating 00:15:25.919 --> 00:15:26.840 King Saul, 00:15:27.159 --> 00:15:27.980 his tormentor, 00:15:28.159 --> 00:15:29.000 his persecutor, 00:15:29.860 --> 00:15:30.879 with a piece 00:15:30.879 --> 00:15:32.019 of the armor. 00:15:33.840 --> 00:15:34.580 And if you think 00:15:34.580 --> 00:15:34.960 of Saul, 00:15:35.039 --> 00:15:35.639 you probably think 00:15:35.639 --> 00:15:36.620 of a different piece 00:15:36.620 --> 00:15:37.740 from his arsenal, 00:15:37.879 --> 00:15:38.059 right? 00:15:38.519 --> 00:15:39.340 You probably think 00:15:39.340 --> 00:15:40.259 of Saul who always 00:15:40.259 --> 00:15:41.539 had what in his right hand? 00:15:42.100 --> 00:15:42.860 He always had 00:15:42.860 --> 00:15:43.439 that spear. 00:15:43.879 --> 00:15:44.360 And he's always 00:15:44.360 --> 00:15:45.220 throwing the spear, 00:15:45.379 --> 00:15:46.200 trying to kill David, 00:15:46.320 --> 00:15:46.759 trying to kill 00:15:46.759 --> 00:15:47.580 his own son, 00:15:47.700 --> 00:15:48.120 Jonathan. 00:15:49.179 --> 00:15:50.220 And David's still 00:15:50.220 --> 00:15:51.299 honoring King Saul, 00:15:51.480 --> 00:15:52.580 not associating him 00:15:52.580 --> 00:15:53.259 with the spear. 00:15:54.379 --> 00:15:55.960 But Saul is the shield. 00:15:55.960 --> 00:15:59.040 Nowhere is Saul's 00:15:59.040 --> 00:16:00.820 evil family, 00:16:01.940 --> 00:16:03.200 rival-seeking spear 00:16:03.200 --> 00:16:04.019 mentioned in this 00:16:04.019 --> 00:16:05.400 entire song. 00:16:09.259 --> 00:16:11.040 Saul is being honored 00:16:11.040 --> 00:16:12.660 as the commander-in-chief 00:16:12.660 --> 00:16:13.960 of the nation's 00:16:13.960 --> 00:16:15.200 department of defense, 00:16:16.300 --> 00:16:16.700 the shield. 00:16:18.100 --> 00:16:19.379 But he says something 00:16:19.379 --> 00:16:20.600 interesting in verse 21. 00:16:20.759 --> 00:16:21.680 This shield is not 00:16:21.680 --> 00:16:23.500 anointed with oil. 00:16:24.000 --> 00:16:24.720 Verse 22, 00:16:24.720 --> 00:16:26.420 from the blood 00:16:26.420 --> 00:16:27.120 of the slain, 00:16:27.300 --> 00:16:27.860 from the fat 00:16:27.860 --> 00:16:28.399 of the mighty, 00:16:28.500 --> 00:16:29.899 he never retreated. 00:16:30.680 --> 00:16:31.519 So the image 00:16:31.519 --> 00:16:32.360 we have of Saul 00:16:32.360 --> 00:16:33.639 is withstanding 00:16:33.639 --> 00:16:34.420 this onslaught, 00:16:34.519 --> 00:16:35.040 this rushing 00:16:35.040 --> 00:16:35.639 of the army. 00:16:36.920 --> 00:16:39.040 And now the shield, 00:16:39.240 --> 00:16:39.980 which is his symbol, 00:16:40.200 --> 00:16:41.080 is dry. 00:16:41.379 --> 00:16:42.120 It's not anointed 00:16:42.120 --> 00:16:42.700 with oil. 00:16:43.660 --> 00:16:44.639 And it's dropped 00:16:44.639 --> 00:16:45.379 to his side. 00:16:45.560 --> 00:16:46.440 He never retreated. 00:16:46.480 --> 00:16:47.220 He got run over 00:16:47.220 --> 00:16:48.320 and he's lifeless. 00:16:50.040 --> 00:16:51.420 Soldiers would take oil 00:16:51.420 --> 00:16:52.800 and they would rub oil 00:16:52.800 --> 00:16:53.639 onto a shield. 00:16:53.639 --> 00:16:55.319 If it's a bronze 00:16:55.319 --> 00:16:55.779 or copper 00:16:55.779 --> 00:16:56.819 or iron shield 00:16:56.819 --> 00:16:57.600 or something like that, 00:16:57.720 --> 00:16:58.480 the oil would help 00:16:58.480 --> 00:16:59.679 to deflect an arrow 00:16:59.679 --> 00:17:00.360 or a sword, 00:17:00.439 --> 00:17:01.120 help it to glance 00:17:01.120 --> 00:17:01.679 off of it. 00:17:02.539 --> 00:17:03.399 If you didn't have 00:17:03.399 --> 00:17:04.039 very much money 00:17:04.039 --> 00:17:04.559 and your shield 00:17:04.559 --> 00:17:05.440 was made of leather, 00:17:05.779 --> 00:17:06.720 you would still put oil 00:17:06.720 --> 00:17:07.579 on it to keep it 00:17:07.579 --> 00:17:08.879 from getting stiff 00:17:08.879 --> 00:17:09.900 and so that it would 00:17:09.900 --> 00:17:10.960 serve its purpose better. 00:17:13.019 --> 00:17:13.920 And Saul was the very 00:17:13.920 --> 00:17:15.920 first national human 00:17:15.920 --> 00:17:17.019 king over Israel, 00:17:17.920 --> 00:17:19.019 their first shield. 00:17:19.960 --> 00:17:21.039 And David's also using 00:17:21.039 --> 00:17:22.420 a layered symbolism. 00:17:22.720 --> 00:17:23.759 The shield of the nation 00:17:23.759 --> 00:17:25.460 is no longer anointed. 00:17:26.200 --> 00:17:27.420 He loves using this word, 00:17:27.480 --> 00:17:28.779 no longer Messiah. 00:17:31.299 --> 00:17:33.500 Remember that civil magistrates 00:17:33.500 --> 00:17:34.819 are appointed by God 00:17:34.819 --> 00:17:36.279 to wield the sword. 00:17:38.059 --> 00:17:38.759 Pray for rulers, 00:17:39.019 --> 00:17:39.819 pray for the government, 00:17:40.099 --> 00:17:40.859 pray for local 00:17:40.859 --> 00:17:42.839 and national defense 00:17:42.839 --> 00:17:44.019 and trust that God 00:17:44.019 --> 00:17:45.500 preserves the nation 00:17:45.500 --> 00:17:46.139 through them 00:17:46.139 --> 00:17:47.299 no matter how evil 00:17:47.299 --> 00:17:48.680 or wicked they are. 00:17:48.680 --> 00:17:50.360 we still praise the Lord 00:17:50.360 --> 00:17:51.299 for it. 00:17:52.940 --> 00:17:54.220 But it also leaves us 00:17:54.220 --> 00:17:55.460 wanting a shield 00:17:55.460 --> 00:17:56.840 for the nation, 00:17:57.039 --> 00:17:57.580 for the kingdom 00:17:57.580 --> 00:17:58.920 that will be anointed, 00:17:59.460 --> 00:18:00.680 that will have the oil 00:18:01.279 --> 00:18:02.420 of the Holy Spirit 00:18:02.420 --> 00:18:04.480 lifting up the defender 00:18:04.480 --> 00:18:05.799 of God's people. 00:18:06.840 --> 00:18:07.900 And it's foreshadowing 00:18:07.900 --> 00:18:09.240 David coming in 00:18:09.240 --> 00:18:10.680 as the next anointed king, 00:18:11.420 --> 00:18:12.560 the next anointed shield, 00:18:12.840 --> 00:18:13.940 but even beyond that 00:18:13.940 --> 00:18:15.080 it's pointing to the great 00:18:15.080 --> 00:18:16.120 true shield, 00:18:16.240 --> 00:18:16.960 the true defender 00:18:16.960 --> 00:18:17.779 of God's people. 00:18:17.779 --> 00:18:19.859 So remember this mountain 00:18:19.859 --> 00:18:21.579 where God's anointed 00:18:21.579 --> 00:18:23.359 cast away his shield. 00:18:23.980 --> 00:18:24.940 The third reason 00:18:24.940 --> 00:18:25.960 he gives them is this, 00:18:26.440 --> 00:18:27.279 O army of God, 00:18:27.700 --> 00:18:28.599 remember this mountain 00:18:28.599 --> 00:18:29.960 where the valiant 00:18:29.960 --> 00:18:31.619 did not turn back. 00:18:31.940 --> 00:18:32.799 Remember this mountain 00:18:32.799 --> 00:18:33.680 where the valiant 00:18:33.680 --> 00:18:35.039 did not turn back. 00:18:36.819 --> 00:18:38.259 Now we're going to find out 00:18:38.259 --> 00:18:40.399 why David titled this song 00:18:40.399 --> 00:18:41.519 the way he did. 00:18:41.619 --> 00:18:42.240 Remember it's called 00:18:42.240 --> 00:18:43.279 the song of the bow, 00:18:44.139 --> 00:18:45.299 but we're all the way down 00:18:45.299 --> 00:18:47.440 to verse 22 00:18:47.440 --> 00:18:48.200 and we still haven't 00:18:48.200 --> 00:18:48.859 heard of the bow. 00:18:50.639 --> 00:18:52.259 And now he finally says it 00:18:52.259 --> 00:18:53.839 in the end of verse 22. 00:18:54.159 --> 00:18:55.740 If Saul was the shield, 00:18:56.519 --> 00:18:58.440 it was the bow of Jonathan 00:18:58.440 --> 00:19:00.000 that did not turn back. 00:19:01.099 --> 00:19:02.220 He's lifting up now 00:19:02.220 --> 00:19:03.639 the hero of this whole song 00:19:03.639 --> 00:19:04.980 which is Jonathan. 00:19:05.879 --> 00:19:07.159 Never became a king, 00:19:07.839 --> 00:19:08.879 but he is the one 00:19:08.879 --> 00:19:10.980 that the mighty soldiers 00:19:10.980 --> 00:19:12.259 in future generations 00:19:12.259 --> 00:19:13.220 that are going to read about 00:19:13.220 --> 00:19:15.019 and they need to look to him 00:19:15.019 --> 00:19:16.559 as their pattern. 00:19:17.759 --> 00:19:18.940 He says of Jonathan, 00:19:19.079 --> 00:19:20.460 he did not retreat. 00:19:21.900 --> 00:19:23.200 We need to picture this scene 00:19:23.200 --> 00:19:24.319 a little bit better 00:19:24.319 --> 00:19:25.600 and if we turn back again 00:19:25.600 --> 00:19:26.480 to the last chapter 00:19:26.480 --> 00:19:27.100 of 1 Samuel, 00:19:27.299 --> 00:19:28.440 we'll find some help. 00:19:28.740 --> 00:19:30.400 Look at 1 Samuel chapter 31, 00:19:30.600 --> 00:19:31.160 verse 1. 00:19:32.440 --> 00:19:33.920 Verse 1 of the last chapter 00:19:33.920 --> 00:19:36.440 of 1 Samuel. 00:19:37.700 --> 00:19:38.799 And here's the scene. 00:19:39.900 --> 00:19:41.579 As it would be with any battle 00:19:41.579 --> 00:19:43.059 that's using hand-to-hand combat. 00:19:43.559 --> 00:19:44.439 One side mounts up 00:19:44.439 --> 00:19:46.179 on one hill or one mountain, 00:19:46.619 --> 00:19:48.319 another side on the other mountain, 00:19:48.579 --> 00:19:49.079 another hill, 00:19:49.240 --> 00:19:50.579 and in the middle is the valley 00:19:50.579 --> 00:19:52.059 where they're all going to rush in 00:19:52.059 --> 00:19:52.859 and fight. 00:19:53.539 --> 00:19:54.720 Whoever wins in the valley 00:19:54.720 --> 00:19:56.199 is going to continue to push up 00:19:56.199 --> 00:19:57.480 until they overtake the hill 00:19:57.480 --> 00:19:58.399 of the enemy. 00:20:00.159 --> 00:20:02.240 And if we look at the very first verse 00:20:02.240 --> 00:20:03.859 of 1 Samuel 31, 00:20:04.179 --> 00:20:06.159 we get this wonderful insight. 00:20:06.160 --> 00:20:18.920 So they go down into the valley 00:20:18.920 --> 00:20:19.580 and they fight. 00:20:20.080 --> 00:20:21.259 But then Israel retreats 00:20:21.259 --> 00:20:21.820 and they run. 00:20:21.900 --> 00:20:22.660 Well, where do they run? 00:20:23.040 --> 00:20:24.259 They run behind their shield 00:20:24.259 --> 00:20:26.400 back onto the top of Mount Gilboa 00:20:26.400 --> 00:20:28.140 where King Saul would still be. 00:20:28.660 --> 00:20:29.740 So here they are retreating 00:20:29.740 --> 00:20:30.380 past their king 00:20:30.380 --> 00:20:31.640 trying to hide behind him. 00:20:31.640 --> 00:20:34.200 And the progression 00:20:34.200 --> 00:20:35.400 in a hand-to-hand combat 00:20:35.400 --> 00:20:37.440 would be the poorest soldiers 00:20:37.440 --> 00:20:38.340 that are the foot soldiers 00:20:38.340 --> 00:20:39.800 go down into the valley first. 00:20:40.259 --> 00:20:41.120 And then the archers 00:20:41.120 --> 00:20:41.860 send their arrows, 00:20:41.960 --> 00:20:42.420 the artillery. 00:20:43.160 --> 00:20:44.720 And then the wealthier class 00:20:44.720 --> 00:20:45.380 that has land 00:20:45.380 --> 00:20:47.060 and can afford to have grass 00:20:47.060 --> 00:20:48.700 on which a horse could feed, 00:20:48.940 --> 00:20:50.300 that's the equestrian class. 00:20:50.540 --> 00:20:51.360 So then the cavalry 00:20:51.360 --> 00:20:52.540 could come charging in after. 00:20:52.860 --> 00:20:54.280 And the chariots of the Philistines 00:20:54.280 --> 00:20:55.540 if the terrain would allow it. 00:20:56.040 --> 00:20:56.880 And then finally 00:20:56.880 --> 00:20:58.160 would be the nobility, 00:20:58.360 --> 00:20:59.540 the king of each one, 00:20:59.620 --> 00:21:00.580 just like a chess match. 00:21:00.579 --> 00:21:01.539 When you get the king, 00:21:01.619 --> 00:21:01.960 it's over. 00:21:02.740 --> 00:21:04.139 So doesn't that make sense now 00:21:04.139 --> 00:21:05.220 as we read verse one? 00:21:05.799 --> 00:21:06.460 There's Jonathan 00:21:06.460 --> 00:21:08.139 to the right hand of King Saul 00:21:08.139 --> 00:21:10.819 waiting up on top of Mount Gilboa. 00:21:11.279 --> 00:21:12.939 And here come the Philistines army 00:21:12.939 --> 00:21:14.119 overrunning them. 00:21:16.460 --> 00:21:17.419 And David says, 00:21:17.579 --> 00:21:19.019 if you go back to our sermon passage, 00:21:19.220 --> 00:21:19.859 verse 22, 00:21:20.000 --> 00:21:21.039 the sword of Saul 00:21:21.039 --> 00:21:22.939 did not return empty 00:21:22.939 --> 00:21:24.960 and the bow of Jonathan 00:21:24.960 --> 00:21:26.099 did not turn back. 00:21:26.679 --> 00:21:27.379 There they are. 00:21:28.279 --> 00:21:29.919 Jonathan's still firing off arrows 00:21:29.920 --> 00:21:31.120 as they charge at him 00:21:31.120 --> 00:21:33.380 and Saul with his sword drawn, 00:21:33.660 --> 00:21:34.620 not going to run away. 00:21:35.480 --> 00:21:36.259 Saul and Jonathan, 00:21:36.420 --> 00:21:37.700 he says in verse 23, 00:21:37.800 --> 00:21:38.460 were beloved 00:21:38.460 --> 00:21:40.240 and pleasant in their lives 00:21:40.240 --> 00:21:41.080 and in their death. 00:21:41.480 --> 00:21:42.600 They were not divided. 00:21:43.019 --> 00:21:44.460 They were swifter than eagles. 00:21:44.900 --> 00:21:47.019 They were stronger than lions. 00:21:47.019 --> 00:21:53.519 If you look at 1 Samuel 31, 00:21:53.639 --> 00:21:54.200 verse 3, 00:21:54.299 --> 00:21:55.740 we read it was the archers 00:21:55.740 --> 00:21:57.460 that hit Saul 00:21:57.460 --> 00:21:59.200 and he was severely wounded 00:21:59.200 --> 00:22:00.839 by the archers. 00:22:02.559 --> 00:22:04.039 And that might be another reason 00:22:04.039 --> 00:22:05.339 why David named this song 00:22:05.339 --> 00:22:06.660 the song of the bow. 00:22:08.259 --> 00:22:10.299 David is reclaiming the very weapon 00:22:10.299 --> 00:22:12.539 that defeated King Saul. 00:22:12.539 --> 00:22:14.839 The Lord loves to turn 00:22:14.839 --> 00:22:16.480 a symbol of defeat 00:22:16.480 --> 00:22:18.019 into a memorial 00:22:18.019 --> 00:22:19.259 of his might, 00:22:19.359 --> 00:22:19.779 doesn't he? 00:22:21.119 --> 00:22:21.539 Yes, 00:22:21.700 --> 00:22:22.460 Jonathan died, 00:22:22.599 --> 00:22:24.379 but Jonathan did not retreat. 00:22:24.980 --> 00:22:26.019 Write this down in the book 00:22:26.019 --> 00:22:27.460 so that the next generation 00:22:27.460 --> 00:22:27.879 of the army 00:22:27.879 --> 00:22:28.799 can be inspired. 00:22:29.559 --> 00:22:30.559 David loves to use 00:22:30.559 --> 00:22:31.619 the term men of valor, 00:22:31.740 --> 00:22:32.720 these valiant men. 00:22:33.420 --> 00:22:34.399 And he has his mighty men 00:22:34.399 --> 00:22:35.319 that will soon join him 00:22:35.319 --> 00:22:36.279 and they'll go around 00:22:36.279 --> 00:22:37.359 and by the power of the Spirit, 00:22:37.480 --> 00:22:38.059 God will give them 00:22:38.059 --> 00:22:38.859 great victories. 00:22:39.379 --> 00:22:40.579 But he holds up Jonathan. 00:22:40.579 --> 00:22:43.139 He points to his good friend Jonathan, 00:22:43.240 --> 00:22:43.839 even though he's probably 00:22:43.839 --> 00:22:45.139 40 years older than him, 00:22:45.439 --> 00:22:46.639 as a valiant man. 00:22:47.019 --> 00:22:47.919 Even though he died, 00:22:48.279 --> 00:22:48.960 he's the one 00:22:48.960 --> 00:22:50.579 we try to remember 00:22:50.579 --> 00:22:51.899 and fight with, 00:22:52.279 --> 00:22:52.939 a fight like 00:22:52.939 --> 00:22:53.859 when we're in battle. 00:22:54.339 --> 00:22:55.339 Remember his valor, 00:22:55.919 --> 00:22:56.659 learn from him. 00:22:57.199 --> 00:22:58.119 Upright soldiers, 00:22:58.699 --> 00:23:00.099 fight to the end. 00:23:01.220 --> 00:23:02.259 So army of God, 00:23:02.359 --> 00:23:02.939 David says, 00:23:03.339 --> 00:23:04.339 remember this valley, 00:23:04.679 --> 00:23:05.199 this mountain 00:23:05.199 --> 00:23:06.259 where valiant men 00:23:06.259 --> 00:23:07.659 did not turn back. 00:23:08.599 --> 00:23:08.779 Well, 00:23:08.819 --> 00:23:09.460 the fourth reason 00:23:09.460 --> 00:23:10.379 David gives the army 00:23:10.380 --> 00:23:10.940 is this. 00:23:11.440 --> 00:23:12.180 Army of God, 00:23:12.280 --> 00:23:13.140 remember this mountain 00:23:13.140 --> 00:23:15.100 where the beloved prince 00:23:15.100 --> 00:23:16.340 was slain. 00:23:17.300 --> 00:23:18.380 Remember this mountain 00:23:18.380 --> 00:23:19.680 where the beloved prince 00:23:19.680 --> 00:23:20.880 was slain. 00:23:21.340 --> 00:23:22.460 Look at verse 27. 00:23:24.160 --> 00:23:25.600 How the mighty have fallen. 00:23:25.940 --> 00:23:26.280 He says, 00:23:26.400 --> 00:23:27.840 the weapons of war perished. 00:23:31.140 --> 00:23:32.260 Weapons of war 00:23:32.260 --> 00:23:33.520 perish. 00:23:35.240 --> 00:23:36.600 Who was the Philistines 00:23:36.600 --> 00:23:37.680 greatest weapon 00:23:37.680 --> 00:23:38.420 of war? 00:23:38.420 --> 00:23:40.220 We joked about 00:23:40.220 --> 00:23:41.019 how Goliath 00:23:41.019 --> 00:23:41.880 was a weapon 00:23:41.880 --> 00:23:42.980 of mass destruction, 00:23:43.460 --> 00:23:44.080 undefeated. 00:23:45.500 --> 00:23:47.160 And who was Israel's 00:23:47.160 --> 00:23:48.500 Goliath? 00:23:49.420 --> 00:23:50.920 A head and shoulders above, 00:23:51.060 --> 00:23:52.200 taller than anyone else 00:23:52.200 --> 00:23:53.000 in all of Israel. 00:23:53.860 --> 00:23:54.539 It was Saul. 00:23:56.640 --> 00:23:58.200 Saul was Israel's giant 00:23:58.200 --> 00:23:59.640 and now he has perished 00:23:59.640 --> 00:24:02.200 just like Goliath has. 00:24:02.200 --> 00:24:03.720 Both ended up 00:24:03.720 --> 00:24:04.759 being decapitated 00:24:04.759 --> 00:24:05.539 and both heads 00:24:05.539 --> 00:24:06.299 were carried around 00:24:06.299 --> 00:24:07.819 as a trophy of war 00:24:07.819 --> 00:24:09.160 for the other side. 00:24:10.519 --> 00:24:11.360 God teaches 00:24:11.360 --> 00:24:12.059 that the weapons 00:24:12.059 --> 00:24:12.900 of this world, 00:24:13.059 --> 00:24:13.340 metal, 00:24:13.580 --> 00:24:13.920 swords, 00:24:14.240 --> 00:24:14.620 shields, 00:24:15.220 --> 00:24:15.880 spearheads, 00:24:16.440 --> 00:24:17.059 remember it was all 00:24:17.059 --> 00:24:18.039 the Philistines 00:24:18.039 --> 00:24:18.860 that had a monopoly 00:24:18.860 --> 00:24:19.940 on metal 00:24:19.940 --> 00:24:21.019 and blacksmith. 00:24:22.019 --> 00:24:22.819 And Israelites 00:24:22.819 --> 00:24:23.860 had to get all their weapons 00:24:23.860 --> 00:24:24.759 from the Philistines 00:24:24.759 --> 00:24:25.759 and David is just saying 00:24:25.759 --> 00:24:27.180 the weapons of war 00:24:27.180 --> 00:24:28.220 have perished. 00:24:28.839 --> 00:24:30.220 They've gone away. 00:24:30.339 --> 00:24:31.120 They've faded away. 00:24:31.559 --> 00:24:32.160 There's nothing 00:24:32.160 --> 00:24:33.559 to put our hope in anymore 00:24:33.559 --> 00:24:35.000 if we're going to have to fight 00:24:35.000 --> 00:24:35.960 in the way of the world. 00:24:37.720 --> 00:24:39.100 And even though it's subtle, 00:24:39.360 --> 00:24:41.460 I believe he's calling to mind 00:24:41.460 --> 00:24:42.299 to the Israelites 00:24:42.299 --> 00:24:43.480 what they already know 00:24:43.480 --> 00:24:44.759 from other parts of Scripture 00:24:44.759 --> 00:24:46.579 but have forgotten. 00:24:47.400 --> 00:24:48.180 And it's this, 00:24:48.500 --> 00:24:49.480 that God's people 00:24:49.480 --> 00:24:50.400 don't fight 00:24:50.400 --> 00:24:51.680 using the weapons 00:24:51.680 --> 00:24:52.480 or tactics 00:24:52.480 --> 00:24:54.100 of this world. 00:24:55.240 --> 00:24:56.460 And the rest of Scripture 00:24:56.460 --> 00:24:57.559 makes it very clear, 00:24:57.559 --> 00:24:58.639 including the Old Testament. 00:24:59.240 --> 00:24:59.980 May those ways 00:24:59.980 --> 00:25:01.339 of the world perish. 00:25:02.220 --> 00:25:04.899 2 Chronicles 20.15 says, 00:25:05.379 --> 00:25:06.359 Thus says the Lord 00:25:06.359 --> 00:25:07.299 to you, 00:25:07.679 --> 00:25:08.720 Do not be afraid 00:25:08.720 --> 00:25:09.599 or dismayed 00:25:09.599 --> 00:25:10.480 because of 00:25:10.480 --> 00:25:11.700 this great multitude 00:25:11.700 --> 00:25:12.539 for the battle 00:25:12.539 --> 00:25:13.619 is not yours 00:25:13.619 --> 00:25:14.759 but God's. 00:25:15.519 --> 00:25:17.059 Proverbs 21.31 00:25:17.059 --> 00:25:18.399 David's son 00:25:18.399 --> 00:25:19.079 will write this, 00:25:19.079 --> 00:25:20.659 The horse is prepared 00:25:20.659 --> 00:25:21.720 for the day of battle 00:25:21.720 --> 00:25:23.000 but deliverance 00:25:23.000 --> 00:25:23.899 is of the Lord. 00:25:24.740 --> 00:25:25.940 Psalm 20.7 00:25:25.940 --> 00:25:27.620 This is a Psalm of David. 00:25:28.160 --> 00:25:29.400 Some trust in chariots 00:25:29.400 --> 00:25:30.259 and some in horses 00:25:30.259 --> 00:25:32.000 but we will remember 00:25:32.000 --> 00:25:33.700 the name of the Lord our God. 00:25:34.440 --> 00:25:35.600 Psalm 46.9 00:25:35.600 --> 00:25:37.039 God is the one. 00:25:37.100 --> 00:25:37.960 Like we sang today 00:25:37.960 --> 00:25:39.039 this powerful song, 00:25:39.440 --> 00:25:41.400 God makes wars cease 00:25:41.400 --> 00:25:43.140 to the ends of the earth. 00:25:43.940 --> 00:25:45.620 God breaks the bow 00:25:45.620 --> 00:25:47.559 and cuts the spear in two. 00:25:48.100 --> 00:25:49.500 He burns the chariot 00:25:49.500 --> 00:25:50.600 with fire. 00:25:50.599 --> 00:25:52.679 Well, the chariot 00:25:52.679 --> 00:25:53.119 is the, 00:25:53.259 --> 00:25:54.240 it's the tank 00:25:54.240 --> 00:25:55.859 of the Philistine army. 00:25:56.740 --> 00:25:56.980 I mean, 00:25:57.000 --> 00:25:58.019 this is made of metal, 00:25:58.139 --> 00:25:59.039 it's pulled by horses 00:25:59.039 --> 00:26:00.480 and if you get in the way 00:26:00.480 --> 00:26:01.639 of a Philistine chariot, 00:26:01.759 --> 00:26:02.599 you are done with. 00:26:03.639 --> 00:26:04.539 Don't worry about 00:26:04.539 --> 00:26:06.259 the weapons of this world. 00:26:06.379 --> 00:26:07.779 The Lord burns 00:26:07.779 --> 00:26:08.419 the chariots 00:26:08.419 --> 00:26:09.139 of the Philistines 00:26:09.139 --> 00:26:09.819 with fire. 00:26:10.500 --> 00:26:11.439 The Lord is the one 00:26:11.439 --> 00:26:12.919 who will fight for us. 00:26:13.939 --> 00:26:15.740 But in this final movement, 00:26:15.839 --> 00:26:16.779 these last few verses, 00:26:17.539 --> 00:26:18.740 David brings that refrain 00:26:18.740 --> 00:26:19.900 to light one more time 00:26:19.900 --> 00:26:20.940 in verse 25. 00:26:22.000 --> 00:26:22.960 How the mighty 00:26:22.960 --> 00:26:24.120 have fallen 00:26:24.120 --> 00:26:25.620 in the midst 00:26:25.620 --> 00:26:26.240 of the battle. 00:26:27.720 --> 00:26:29.099 Notice what he says next. 00:26:30.299 --> 00:26:30.740 Jonathan 00:26:30.740 --> 00:26:32.400 was slain 00:26:32.400 --> 00:26:34.220 in your high places. 00:26:36.819 --> 00:26:37.900 By repeating 00:26:37.900 --> 00:26:38.779 the refrain here 00:26:38.779 --> 00:26:39.740 one last time 00:26:39.740 --> 00:26:42.900 and using a literary device 00:26:42.900 --> 00:26:44.079 called parallelism, 00:26:45.480 --> 00:26:46.000 David is 00:26:46.000 --> 00:26:47.299 saying, 00:26:47.420 --> 00:26:48.440 what I said initially 00:26:48.440 --> 00:26:49.360 was correct. 00:26:49.700 --> 00:26:50.299 I had said, 00:26:50.759 --> 00:26:51.240 how the mighty 00:26:51.240 --> 00:26:51.940 have fallen 00:26:51.940 --> 00:26:54.400 the glory of God 00:26:54.400 --> 00:26:56.220 in the high places. 00:26:57.160 --> 00:26:58.420 And now he's interpreting 00:26:58.420 --> 00:26:59.400 what he had said 00:26:59.400 --> 00:27:00.500 in verse 19 00:27:00.500 --> 00:27:02.600 by repeating it 00:27:02.600 --> 00:27:03.059 and saying, 00:27:03.180 --> 00:27:03.799 what's more 00:27:03.799 --> 00:27:04.880 and telling us 00:27:04.880 --> 00:27:05.759 how to understand 00:27:05.759 --> 00:27:06.860 the glory of God, 00:27:06.960 --> 00:27:07.980 the beauty of God. 00:27:08.980 --> 00:27:10.180 And what he says here 00:27:10.180 --> 00:27:11.059 is that Jonathan 00:27:11.059 --> 00:27:13.559 is exactly that. 00:27:14.220 --> 00:27:15.460 The glory of God 00:27:15.460 --> 00:27:16.340 that was slain 00:27:16.340 --> 00:27:17.640 is Jonathan. 00:27:17.640 --> 00:27:18.640 Jonathan 00:27:18.640 --> 00:27:19.320 Jonathan 00:27:19.320 --> 00:27:20.160 is the glory 00:27:20.160 --> 00:27:20.960 of Israel. 00:27:22.020 --> 00:27:22.860 Prince Jonathan 00:27:22.860 --> 00:27:24.280 is the one 00:27:24.280 --> 00:27:25.560 that the upright 00:27:25.560 --> 00:27:27.660 should weep over 00:27:27.660 --> 00:27:29.220 and never forget 00:27:29.220 --> 00:27:31.100 and strive to be like. 00:27:31.580 --> 00:27:32.480 And when you fight, 00:27:32.840 --> 00:27:33.680 fight remembering 00:27:33.680 --> 00:27:34.360 Jonathan. 00:27:36.640 --> 00:27:37.900 And he weaves 00:27:37.900 --> 00:27:38.600 into this 00:27:38.600 --> 00:27:39.440 shepherding 00:27:39.440 --> 00:27:40.620 of a nation's emotions, 00:27:40.820 --> 00:27:41.780 a nation's memory 00:27:41.780 --> 00:27:42.300 forming 00:27:42.300 --> 00:27:43.259 and memory writing. 00:27:43.900 --> 00:27:44.640 He weaves in 00:27:44.640 --> 00:27:46.259 his own personal lament. 00:27:47.060 --> 00:27:48.640 He's a transparent 00:27:48.640 --> 00:27:50.480 worshiper of God, 00:27:50.980 --> 00:27:51.300 grieving 00:27:51.300 --> 00:27:53.300 and letting the whole nation 00:27:53.300 --> 00:27:54.200 see his grief 00:27:54.200 --> 00:27:55.400 in verse 26. 00:27:55.640 --> 00:27:57.400 I am distressed 00:27:57.400 --> 00:27:57.840 for you, 00:27:57.900 --> 00:27:58.440 my brother 00:27:58.440 --> 00:27:59.460 Jonathan. 00:28:01.420 --> 00:28:02.360 You have been 00:28:02.360 --> 00:28:03.280 very pleasant 00:28:03.280 --> 00:28:03.740 to me. 00:28:04.520 --> 00:28:05.060 Your love 00:28:05.060 --> 00:28:06.259 to me 00:28:06.259 --> 00:28:07.040 was wonderful, 00:28:07.240 --> 00:28:07.800 surpassing 00:28:07.800 --> 00:28:08.320 the love 00:28:08.320 --> 00:28:08.880 of women. 00:28:09.920 --> 00:28:10.700 He's declaring 00:28:10.700 --> 00:28:11.500 for the whole nation 00:28:11.500 --> 00:28:12.240 to hear that 00:28:12.240 --> 00:28:13.680 somehow 00:28:13.680 --> 00:28:14.839 there was a ministry 00:28:14.839 --> 00:28:15.920 David received 00:28:15.920 --> 00:28:17.299 through this prince 00:28:17.299 --> 00:28:19.420 that's almost beyond 00:28:19.420 --> 00:28:20.359 what words 00:28:20.359 --> 00:28:21.000 or comparisons 00:28:21.000 --> 00:28:21.900 in this life 00:28:21.900 --> 00:28:23.099 can communicate. 00:28:26.220 --> 00:28:26.819 Jonathan 00:28:26.819 --> 00:28:27.740 is to be remembered 00:28:27.740 --> 00:28:28.440 as the bow 00:28:28.440 --> 00:28:29.500 and we're to sing 00:28:29.500 --> 00:28:30.079 the song 00:28:30.079 --> 00:28:30.660 of the bow. 00:28:32.660 --> 00:28:33.640 That bow 00:28:33.640 --> 00:28:34.240 would draw 00:28:34.240 --> 00:28:35.299 to David's memory 00:28:35.299 --> 00:28:37.059 that last, 00:28:37.440 --> 00:28:38.619 second to the last 00:28:38.619 --> 00:28:39.039 encounter, 00:28:39.119 --> 00:28:39.619 but that last 00:28:39.619 --> 00:28:40.119 great act 00:28:40.119 --> 00:28:40.719 of kindness 00:28:40.719 --> 00:28:42.059 where Jonathan 00:28:42.059 --> 00:28:43.639 had his dad 00:28:43.639 --> 00:28:44.419 pressuring him, 00:28:44.619 --> 00:28:45.000 King Saul, 00:28:45.099 --> 00:28:45.579 to become 00:28:45.579 --> 00:28:46.199 the next king 00:28:46.199 --> 00:28:47.259 and making David 00:28:47.259 --> 00:28:47.659 his enemy. 00:28:47.759 --> 00:28:48.219 Don't you see 00:28:48.219 --> 00:28:48.699 David's going 00:28:48.699 --> 00:28:49.219 to get everything 00:28:49.219 --> 00:28:50.019 that should be yours? 00:28:51.099 --> 00:28:51.639 And Jonathan 00:28:51.639 --> 00:28:52.379 took his bow 00:28:52.379 --> 00:28:52.919 with him 00:28:52.919 --> 00:28:54.039 and said, 00:28:54.119 --> 00:28:54.319 David, 00:28:54.399 --> 00:28:54.899 hide behind 00:28:54.899 --> 00:28:55.439 that rock 00:28:55.439 --> 00:28:56.059 of escape. 00:28:56.439 --> 00:28:57.319 I'll use my bow 00:28:57.319 --> 00:28:57.959 and I'll signal 00:28:57.959 --> 00:28:58.439 to you 00:28:58.439 --> 00:28:59.859 how God's 00:28:59.859 --> 00:29:00.399 going to preserve 00:29:00.399 --> 00:29:00.919 your life. 00:29:01.919 --> 00:29:03.179 And he said, 00:29:03.319 --> 00:29:03.539 David, 00:29:03.679 --> 00:29:03.899 flee. 00:29:04.199 --> 00:29:04.759 It's not going 00:29:04.759 --> 00:29:05.319 to be safe 00:29:05.319 --> 00:29:07.119 under anywhere 00:29:07.119 --> 00:29:08.439 that my dad, 00:29:08.559 --> 00:29:08.939 King Saul, 00:29:09.019 --> 00:29:09.739 has jurisdiction. 00:29:10.619 --> 00:29:11.519 Remember 1 Samuel 00:29:11.519 --> 00:29:12.319 18.4, 00:29:12.439 --> 00:29:13.139 Jonathan then 00:29:13.139 --> 00:29:14.419 took off 00:29:14.419 --> 00:29:15.519 the royal 00:29:15.519 --> 00:29:16.819 princely robe. 00:29:17.899 --> 00:29:18.639 He had his other, 00:29:18.719 --> 00:29:19.039 you know, 00:29:19.139 --> 00:29:19.799 garments I'm sure, 00:29:19.899 --> 00:29:20.759 but the symbol 00:29:20.759 --> 00:29:22.500 of being a prince 00:29:22.500 --> 00:29:24.179 he gave to David. 00:29:25.319 --> 00:29:26.059 And he also gave 00:29:26.059 --> 00:29:26.959 David his armor. 00:29:27.519 --> 00:29:28.379 Listen to the details 00:29:28.379 --> 00:29:29.799 of 1 Samuel 18.4, 00:29:30.799 --> 00:29:32.019 even to his sword 00:29:32.019 --> 00:29:33.279 and his bow 00:29:33.279 --> 00:29:34.639 and his belt. 00:29:35.739 --> 00:29:36.859 The song of the bow. 00:29:36.859 --> 00:29:39.679 David had kept 00:29:39.679 --> 00:29:40.339 the head of Saul 00:29:40.339 --> 00:29:41.119 everywhere he went. 00:29:42.019 --> 00:29:42.679 I'm sure he would 00:29:42.679 --> 00:29:43.519 cherish this gift 00:29:43.519 --> 00:29:44.559 from Prince Jonathan, 00:29:45.199 --> 00:29:45.599 the bow. 00:29:47.399 --> 00:29:47.879 Jonathan, 00:29:48.319 --> 00:29:49.259 brothers and sisters, 00:29:49.379 --> 00:29:50.079 I hope you see, 00:29:51.539 --> 00:29:53.059 was for David, 00:29:53.619 --> 00:29:54.639 who we now know 00:29:54.639 --> 00:29:55.000 in the light 00:29:55.000 --> 00:29:55.839 of all revelation, 00:29:56.979 --> 00:29:57.619 our Lord Jesus 00:29:57.619 --> 00:29:58.819 is for us 00:29:58.819 --> 00:30:00.240 who he saved. 00:30:01.500 --> 00:30:02.599 Jonathan is a shadow 00:30:02.599 --> 00:30:03.659 of Christ. 00:30:05.299 --> 00:30:06.279 It's Christ 00:30:06.279 --> 00:30:07.759 in his self-sacrifice, 00:30:08.699 --> 00:30:11.219 his covenant faithfulness, 00:30:12.019 --> 00:30:13.740 giving us his robes 00:30:13.740 --> 00:30:14.599 of righteousness, 00:30:16.399 --> 00:30:16.799 proving 00:30:16.799 --> 00:30:20.219 his trusting obedience 00:30:20.219 --> 00:30:21.079 to his father 00:30:21.079 --> 00:30:22.399 to the very end, 00:30:23.500 --> 00:30:24.799 ultimately by his death. 00:30:27.459 --> 00:30:28.779 So, Church of God, 00:30:28.919 --> 00:30:30.699 we can't be done today 00:30:30.700 --> 00:30:32.100 until we remember together 00:30:32.100 --> 00:30:33.799 another place. 00:30:34.920 --> 00:30:35.740 And I pray that it's 00:30:35.740 --> 00:30:36.299 more than just 00:30:36.299 --> 00:30:37.799 our memory being formed 00:30:37.799 --> 00:30:38.860 the way God designed. 00:30:38.980 --> 00:30:39.519 I pray that it's 00:30:39.519 --> 00:30:40.200 the Spirit 00:30:40.200 --> 00:30:42.039 rewriting the memory 00:30:42.039 --> 00:30:44.220 of the work of Christ 00:30:44.220 --> 00:30:45.279 for you who know him. 00:30:46.960 --> 00:30:48.120 Oh, Church of God, 00:30:48.200 --> 00:30:49.440 remember this place 00:30:49.440 --> 00:30:52.519 where a much greater 00:30:52.519 --> 00:30:53.580 pivotal battle 00:30:53.580 --> 00:30:54.319 took place. 00:30:56.480 --> 00:30:57.640 It was a rock 00:30:57.640 --> 00:30:58.480 in the shape 00:30:58.480 --> 00:30:59.200 of a skull. 00:31:00.700 --> 00:31:01.259 In Hebrew, 00:31:01.420 --> 00:31:02.120 it's Golgotha. 00:31:03.080 --> 00:31:03.819 In Latin, 00:31:04.000 --> 00:31:04.759 it's Calvaria. 00:31:05.779 --> 00:31:06.380 It's where we get 00:31:06.380 --> 00:31:07.259 the word Calvary. 00:31:08.580 --> 00:31:09.580 And as worshipers 00:31:09.580 --> 00:31:10.620 traveled to the place 00:31:10.620 --> 00:31:11.680 where God would meet them, 00:31:11.819 --> 00:31:12.799 the temple in Jerusalem 00:31:12.799 --> 00:31:13.620 on a hill 00:31:13.620 --> 00:31:14.700 called Zion, 00:31:15.720 --> 00:31:17.039 they would travel 00:31:17.039 --> 00:31:18.080 and pilgrimage there 00:31:18.080 --> 00:31:20.580 singing special psalms 00:31:20.580 --> 00:31:21.539 called the Songs 00:31:21.539 --> 00:31:22.860 of Ascent, 00:31:23.799 --> 00:31:24.420 climbing up, 00:31:25.279 --> 00:31:26.299 because they had to 00:31:26.299 --> 00:31:28.360 go up this mountain range 00:31:28.360 --> 00:31:29.400 toward Jerusalem 00:31:29.400 --> 00:31:30.200 to the temple. 00:31:30.700 --> 00:31:32.740 And our Lord Jesus Christ 00:31:32.740 --> 00:31:34.279 met the forces of darkness 00:31:34.279 --> 00:31:36.120 and the power of death 00:31:36.120 --> 00:31:37.100 at this place, 00:31:37.340 --> 00:31:38.880 at the top of this mountain. 00:31:39.779 --> 00:31:40.900 The Gospels say 00:31:40.900 --> 00:31:42.700 that the crucifixion site 00:31:42.700 --> 00:31:43.920 was near the city, 00:31:44.360 --> 00:31:45.840 but outside the walls, 00:31:45.920 --> 00:31:46.759 and it was visible 00:31:46.759 --> 00:31:47.720 from a distance 00:31:47.720 --> 00:31:49.380 as ridge lines are. 00:31:50.259 --> 00:31:51.559 You can see the cross 00:31:51.559 --> 00:31:53.779 as you're climbing up 00:31:53.779 --> 00:31:54.840 toward the place 00:31:54.840 --> 00:31:55.519 where God will meet 00:31:55.519 --> 00:31:56.059 His people. 00:31:58.279 --> 00:31:59.680 O army of God, 00:31:59.779 --> 00:32:01.160 remember this mountain 00:32:01.160 --> 00:32:03.799 where our beloved prince, 00:32:03.920 --> 00:32:05.559 the ultimate glory 00:32:05.559 --> 00:32:06.920 of God's people 00:32:06.920 --> 00:32:07.519 was slain. 00:32:09.660 --> 00:32:11.240 Philippians 2, 7 and 8, 00:32:11.779 --> 00:32:12.740 He made Himself 00:32:12.740 --> 00:32:14.460 of no reputation, 00:32:14.639 --> 00:32:15.359 taking the form 00:32:15.359 --> 00:32:16.240 of a bondservant, 00:32:16.500 --> 00:32:17.680 and coming in the likeness 00:32:17.680 --> 00:32:18.160 of men, 00:32:18.379 --> 00:32:19.539 He humbled Himself 00:32:19.539 --> 00:32:20.579 and became obedient 00:32:20.579 --> 00:32:22.339 to the point of death, 00:32:22.680 --> 00:32:24.119 even the death 00:32:24.119 --> 00:32:25.180 of the cross. 00:32:26.460 --> 00:32:27.819 O army of God, 00:32:27.899 --> 00:32:29.099 remember this mountain 00:32:29.099 --> 00:32:30.879 where God's anointed 00:32:30.879 --> 00:32:33.460 cast away His shield. 00:32:33.460 --> 00:32:39.259 Our Lord could have 00:32:39.259 --> 00:32:40.019 shielded Himself 00:32:40.019 --> 00:32:41.200 in any way He wanted, 00:32:42.079 --> 00:32:43.640 and He knew this 00:32:43.640 --> 00:32:45.480 even in His final moments. 00:32:46.200 --> 00:32:47.160 In Matthew 26, 00:32:47.299 --> 00:32:47.840 Jesus said, 00:32:48.519 --> 00:32:49.900 I could pray to my Father 00:32:49.900 --> 00:32:51.279 and He will provide me 00:32:51.279 --> 00:32:53.279 with more than 12 legions 00:32:53.279 --> 00:32:54.120 of angels. 00:32:55.460 --> 00:32:56.900 We read in John 10 00:32:56.900 --> 00:32:58.799 that our Lord Jesus 00:32:58.799 --> 00:33:00.279 laid down His life 00:33:00.279 --> 00:33:01.240 willingly. 00:33:01.240 --> 00:33:03.960 He did not shield Himself 00:33:03.960 --> 00:33:05.539 from the cross. 00:33:06.559 --> 00:33:06.980 He says, 00:33:07.339 --> 00:33:08.440 I lay down my life 00:33:08.440 --> 00:33:10.220 that I may take it again. 00:33:10.980 --> 00:33:12.180 No one takes it from me, 00:33:12.259 --> 00:33:13.160 but I lay it down 00:33:13.160 --> 00:33:14.099 of myself. 00:33:14.539 --> 00:33:16.039 I have power to lay it down, 00:33:16.240 --> 00:33:17.019 and I have power 00:33:17.019 --> 00:33:17.980 to take it up again. 00:33:18.599 --> 00:33:20.460 This command I have received 00:33:20.460 --> 00:33:21.660 from my Father. 00:33:22.900 --> 00:33:24.299 And He was a valiant man 00:33:24.299 --> 00:33:25.279 to the very end. 00:33:27.140 --> 00:33:28.380 O army of God, 00:33:28.460 --> 00:33:29.559 remember this mountain 00:33:29.559 --> 00:33:30.880 where the valiant 00:33:30.880 --> 00:33:32.140 did not turn back. 00:33:32.860 --> 00:33:34.780 Isaiah 50, verse 5, 00:33:35.360 --> 00:33:36.140 gives the words 00:33:36.140 --> 00:33:37.280 that Jesus fulfilled. 00:33:37.740 --> 00:33:38.980 I was obedient. 00:33:39.220 --> 00:33:40.780 I did not turn away. 00:33:41.180 --> 00:33:43.660 I set my face like flint. 00:33:44.540 --> 00:33:46.360 Luke 9, 51 confirms. 00:33:47.020 --> 00:33:49.080 Jesus steadfastly 00:33:49.080 --> 00:33:51.160 set His face to do it. 00:33:53.660 --> 00:33:54.940 O army of God, 00:33:55.000 --> 00:33:56.060 remember this mountain 00:33:56.059 --> 00:33:57.759 where the weapons 00:33:57.759 --> 00:33:59.659 of war perished. 00:34:01.440 --> 00:34:02.919 Our Lord disarmed 00:34:02.919 --> 00:34:03.980 the devil 00:34:03.980 --> 00:34:05.919 and the host of demons. 00:34:06.099 --> 00:34:07.460 They have no power 00:34:07.460 --> 00:34:08.159 over Him 00:34:08.159 --> 00:34:09.039 or His kingdom. 00:34:10.159 --> 00:34:11.440 2 Corinthians 10, 00:34:11.719 --> 00:34:12.659 the verses we read 00:34:12.659 --> 00:34:13.320 a moment ago, 00:34:13.659 --> 00:34:14.639 for though we walk 00:34:14.639 --> 00:34:15.579 in the flesh, 00:34:15.699 --> 00:34:16.960 we do not war 00:34:16.960 --> 00:34:19.320 according to the flesh. 00:34:19.320 --> 00:34:20.400 for the weapons 00:34:20.400 --> 00:34:21.660 of our warfare 00:34:21.660 --> 00:34:22.740 are not carnal, 00:34:23.059 --> 00:34:24.559 but mighty in God 00:34:24.559 --> 00:34:25.980 for pulling down 00:34:25.980 --> 00:34:27.019 strongholds. 00:34:27.820 --> 00:34:29.019 So army of God, 00:34:29.140 --> 00:34:31.300 remember this mountain. 00:34:32.300 --> 00:34:33.160 That's what all 00:34:33.160 --> 00:34:34.539 of the New Testament writers 00:34:34.539 --> 00:34:35.260 by the inspiration 00:34:35.260 --> 00:34:35.820 of the Spirit 00:34:35.820 --> 00:34:36.720 call us to do. 00:34:37.260 --> 00:34:38.660 Think of Hebrews 12, 2. 00:34:39.039 --> 00:34:40.720 Look to our beloved prince 00:34:40.720 --> 00:34:42.100 who climbed that mountain, 00:34:42.200 --> 00:34:42.780 we could say. 00:34:43.140 --> 00:34:44.500 The author and finisher 00:34:44.500 --> 00:34:45.220 of our faith, 00:34:45.519 --> 00:34:46.320 who for the joy 00:34:46.320 --> 00:34:47.420 that was set before Him 00:34:47.420 --> 00:34:48.340 endured the cross, 00:34:48.760 --> 00:34:50.019 despising the shame. 00:34:51.579 --> 00:34:52.380 And our Lord Jesus 00:34:52.380 --> 00:34:53.400 didn't stay 00:34:53.400 --> 00:34:54.680 on that mountain. 00:34:55.639 --> 00:34:56.420 The Lord loves 00:34:56.420 --> 00:34:57.639 to turn a symbol 00:34:57.639 --> 00:34:58.360 of defeat 00:34:58.360 --> 00:35:00.000 into a memorial 00:35:00.000 --> 00:35:01.139 of His might. 00:35:01.300 --> 00:35:01.840 Once again, 00:35:02.940 --> 00:35:04.380 we remember the cross 00:35:04.380 --> 00:35:05.079 empty now, 00:35:05.139 --> 00:35:05.500 don't we? 00:35:06.780 --> 00:35:07.760 He climbed high 00:35:07.760 --> 00:35:09.400 above the cross 00:35:09.400 --> 00:35:11.240 to a greater mountain, 00:35:11.360 --> 00:35:12.320 the kingdom of heaven. 00:35:13.820 --> 00:35:15.019 And He arose, 00:35:15.180 --> 00:35:15.700 He lives, 00:35:15.800 --> 00:35:16.440 He ascended 00:35:16.440 --> 00:35:17.860 to the highest heaven. 00:35:18.380 --> 00:35:19.340 And He sat down 00:35:19.340 --> 00:35:20.440 at the right hand 00:35:20.440 --> 00:35:21.019 of the throne 00:35:21.019 --> 00:35:21.800 of God Almighty. 00:35:22.179 --> 00:35:22.820 And from there, 00:35:22.900 --> 00:35:23.679 He reigns 00:35:23.679 --> 00:35:25.039 as the true King. 00:35:26.519 --> 00:35:28.159 Isaiah 43, 25. 00:35:28.820 --> 00:35:29.920 I, even I, 00:35:30.059 --> 00:35:30.599 am He 00:35:30.599 --> 00:35:31.679 who blots out 00:35:31.679 --> 00:35:32.679 your transgressions 00:35:32.679 --> 00:35:35.960 for my own namesake. 00:35:36.619 --> 00:35:38.119 I will not remember 00:35:38.119 --> 00:35:39.740 your sins. 00:35:40.820 --> 00:35:42.099 Because of His work, 00:35:42.220 --> 00:35:43.280 Jesus Christ fulfilled 00:35:43.280 --> 00:35:44.200 what God has promised 00:35:44.200 --> 00:35:44.980 all along. 00:35:44.980 --> 00:35:46.199 and even though 00:35:46.199 --> 00:35:47.740 God is omniscient, 00:35:47.920 --> 00:35:48.840 He's all-knowing, 00:35:49.920 --> 00:35:50.599 He promises 00:35:50.599 --> 00:35:51.360 that the work 00:35:51.360 --> 00:35:52.039 of Christ, 00:35:52.559 --> 00:35:54.380 it erases 00:35:54.380 --> 00:35:55.740 our sin 00:35:55.740 --> 00:35:57.340 from God's 00:35:57.340 --> 00:35:58.039 memory, 00:35:58.240 --> 00:35:58.880 so to speak. 00:35:59.579 --> 00:36:00.420 It's the words 00:36:00.420 --> 00:36:01.740 of Scripture. 00:36:02.519 --> 00:36:03.699 Hebrews 10, 17, 00:36:03.860 --> 00:36:04.519 God promises 00:36:04.519 --> 00:36:05.519 your sins, 00:36:05.719 --> 00:36:06.460 brothers and sisters 00:36:06.460 --> 00:36:07.039 in Christ, 00:36:07.460 --> 00:36:08.159 your sins 00:36:08.159 --> 00:36:09.340 and lawless deeds. 00:36:09.780 --> 00:36:10.360 God says, 00:36:10.559 --> 00:36:11.719 I will remember 00:36:11.719 --> 00:36:13.199 no more. 00:36:14.480 --> 00:36:15.799 This is how great 00:36:15.799 --> 00:36:17.139 was Christ's victory. 00:36:18.139 --> 00:36:19.000 And His victory 00:36:19.000 --> 00:36:20.399 transforms our memory. 00:36:21.519 --> 00:36:23.059 If God doesn't remember 00:36:23.059 --> 00:36:23.699 your sins 00:36:23.699 --> 00:36:24.219 and mine, 00:36:24.939 --> 00:36:26.079 you cannot 00:36:26.079 --> 00:36:27.339 let those sins 00:36:27.339 --> 00:36:28.339 and those past faults 00:36:28.339 --> 00:36:29.759 continue to accuse you 00:36:29.759 --> 00:36:30.579 and torment you. 00:36:32.179 --> 00:36:33.199 God says, 00:36:33.480 --> 00:36:34.019 I will not 00:36:34.019 --> 00:36:35.179 let those sins 00:36:35.179 --> 00:36:36.480 for which Christ died 00:36:36.480 --> 00:36:38.399 be counted against you, 00:36:38.459 --> 00:36:39.179 be imputed 00:36:39.179 --> 00:36:40.519 against you anymore. 00:36:41.819 --> 00:36:42.699 Your conscience 00:36:42.699 --> 00:36:43.399 in Christ 00:36:43.399 --> 00:36:44.419 is now freed 00:36:44.419 --> 00:36:45.719 from the legal 00:36:45.719 --> 00:36:46.419 weight 00:36:46.419 --> 00:36:48.000 of these past sins. 00:36:48.940 --> 00:36:49.619 Our memory 00:36:49.619 --> 00:36:50.940 is to be 00:36:50.940 --> 00:36:51.879 renewed 00:36:51.879 --> 00:36:52.859 in Christ. 00:36:53.419 --> 00:36:53.899 Let Christ 00:36:53.899 --> 00:36:54.599 rewrite 00:36:54.599 --> 00:36:55.940 your own memory 00:36:55.940 --> 00:36:57.500 of what He has done 00:36:57.500 --> 00:36:58.679 and what that means 00:36:58.679 --> 00:36:59.139 for you 00:36:59.139 --> 00:36:59.839 who are in Him. 00:37:00.779 --> 00:37:01.960 We are now freed 00:37:01.960 --> 00:37:03.239 to focus 00:37:03.239 --> 00:37:03.839 our memory 00:37:03.839 --> 00:37:05.299 on God's 00:37:05.299 --> 00:37:06.019 faithfulness 00:37:06.019 --> 00:37:06.899 rather than 00:37:06.899 --> 00:37:08.239 our failures. 00:37:10.039 --> 00:37:10.779 Some of you 00:37:10.779 --> 00:37:11.359 have testified 00:37:11.359 --> 00:37:12.319 how this is a work 00:37:12.319 --> 00:37:12.899 God has done 00:37:12.899 --> 00:37:13.500 in your life 00:37:13.500 --> 00:37:13.980 recently 00:37:13.980 --> 00:37:16.000 in the last few years 00:37:16.000 --> 00:37:17.579 and it's such a gift, 00:37:17.719 --> 00:37:18.059 isn't it? 00:37:19.139 --> 00:37:20.339 We don't 00:37:20.339 --> 00:37:21.259 approach God 00:37:21.259 --> 00:37:22.299 being accused 00:37:22.299 --> 00:37:23.460 of all of our failures. 00:37:24.139 --> 00:37:25.119 We approach God 00:37:25.119 --> 00:37:26.500 to fix our thoughts, 00:37:26.599 --> 00:37:27.179 our memories, 00:37:27.879 --> 00:37:28.519 and remembrance 00:37:28.519 --> 00:37:29.839 on His great work 00:37:29.839 --> 00:37:31.339 and His great faithfulness. 00:37:32.099 --> 00:37:33.179 That's why we love 00:37:33.179 --> 00:37:34.619 all of our hymns 00:37:34.619 --> 00:37:35.159 but one of them 00:37:35.159 --> 00:37:35.859 comes to mind 00:37:35.859 --> 00:37:36.339 especially. 00:37:36.340 --> 00:37:37.920 It's when Satan 00:37:37.920 --> 00:37:38.519 tempts me 00:37:38.519 --> 00:37:39.400 to despair 00:37:39.400 --> 00:37:40.860 and tells me 00:37:40.860 --> 00:37:41.480 of the guilt 00:37:41.480 --> 00:37:42.039 within 00:37:42.039 --> 00:37:43.420 our hearts condemning. 00:37:44.300 --> 00:37:44.760 Upward 00:37:44.760 --> 00:37:45.519 I look 00:37:45.519 --> 00:37:46.800 and see Him 00:37:46.800 --> 00:37:47.120 there 00:37:47.120 --> 00:37:47.780 who made 00:37:47.780 --> 00:37:48.360 an end 00:37:48.360 --> 00:37:49.480 of all my sin 00:37:49.480 --> 00:37:51.280 because my 00:37:51.280 --> 00:37:52.360 sinless Savior 00:37:52.360 --> 00:37:52.860 died, 00:37:53.539 --> 00:37:54.280 Jesus Christ. 00:37:55.079 --> 00:37:55.700 My soul 00:37:55.700 --> 00:37:56.420 is now counted 00:37:56.420 --> 00:37:56.800 free 00:37:56.800 --> 00:37:58.559 for God 00:37:58.559 --> 00:37:59.059 the just 00:37:59.059 --> 00:38:00.579 is satisfied 00:38:00.579 --> 00:38:01.420 to look on 00:38:01.420 --> 00:38:01.860 Him 00:38:01.860 --> 00:38:03.240 and pardon me. 00:38:03.239 --> 00:38:05.959 Psalm 77 00:38:05.959 --> 00:38:09.139 I will remember 00:38:09.139 --> 00:38:10.419 the works 00:38:10.419 --> 00:38:11.059 of the Lord. 00:38:11.899 --> 00:38:13.119 Surely I will remember 00:38:13.119 --> 00:38:14.239 your wonders 00:38:14.239 --> 00:38:15.000 of old. 00:38:15.439 --> 00:38:16.099 I will also 00:38:16.099 --> 00:38:16.579 meditate 00:38:16.579 --> 00:38:17.399 on all 00:38:17.399 --> 00:38:18.679 your work 00:38:18.679 --> 00:38:19.579 and talk 00:38:19.579 --> 00:38:20.639 of your deeds. 00:38:21.599 --> 00:38:22.619 Psalm 111 00:38:22.619 --> 00:38:22.959 for 00:38:22.959 --> 00:38:24.299 He has made 00:38:24.299 --> 00:38:25.479 His wonderful 00:38:25.479 --> 00:38:25.959 works 00:38:25.959 --> 00:38:27.039 to be remembered. 00:38:28.039 --> 00:38:28.639 The Lord 00:38:28.639 --> 00:38:29.299 is gracious 00:38:29.299 --> 00:38:30.159 and full 00:38:30.159 --> 00:38:30.899 of compassion. 00:38:31.639 --> 00:38:32.139 This is what 00:38:32.139 --> 00:38:32.719 we remember. 00:38:32.719 --> 00:38:33.559 This is what 00:38:33.559 --> 00:38:34.399 we meditate on. 00:38:34.719 --> 00:38:35.119 This is what 00:38:35.119 --> 00:38:36.000 we put our eyes 00:38:36.000 --> 00:38:37.039 upon over 00:38:37.039 --> 00:38:37.779 and over 00:38:37.779 --> 00:38:38.919 again as long 00:38:38.919 --> 00:38:39.639 as our flesh 00:38:39.639 --> 00:38:40.599 continues to 00:38:40.599 --> 00:38:41.299 accuse us. 00:38:42.139 --> 00:38:42.759 So army 00:38:42.759 --> 00:38:43.279 of God 00:38:43.279 --> 00:38:45.119 I pray that 00:38:45.119 --> 00:38:45.659 by the power 00:38:45.659 --> 00:38:46.179 of the Spirit 00:38:46.179 --> 00:38:46.699 we will be 00:38:46.699 --> 00:38:47.339 stirred up 00:38:47.339 --> 00:38:48.219 with love 00:38:48.219 --> 00:38:48.779 for God 00:38:48.779 --> 00:38:49.919 as we remember 00:38:49.919 --> 00:38:51.119 the valor 00:38:51.119 --> 00:38:52.559 of King Jesus 00:38:52.559 --> 00:38:53.959 on that mountain 00:38:53.959 --> 00:38:55.339 where He did not 00:38:55.339 --> 00:38:56.179 retreat for you 00:38:56.179 --> 00:38:56.480 and me 00:38:56.480 --> 00:38:57.879 and His kingdom 00:38:57.879 --> 00:38:58.439 is coming. 00:38:59.000 --> 00:38:59.480 It's coming 00:38:59.480 --> 00:39:00.279 spiritually now 00:39:00.279 --> 00:39:00.819 but it's coming 00:39:00.819 --> 00:39:01.559 consummately 00:39:01.559 --> 00:39:02.259 one day 00:39:02.260 --> 00:39:03.300 and every 00:39:03.300 --> 00:39:03.920 knee will bow 00:39:03.920 --> 00:39:04.260 and every 00:39:04.260 --> 00:39:04.740 tongue will 00:39:04.740 --> 00:39:05.280 confess 00:39:05.280 --> 00:39:06.540 and the host 00:39:06.540 --> 00:39:07.160 of angels 00:39:07.160 --> 00:39:07.620 armies 00:39:07.620 --> 00:39:08.860 will follow 00:39:08.860 --> 00:39:09.160 Him 00:39:09.160 --> 00:39:09.660 the Lord 00:39:09.660 --> 00:39:10.200 of hosts 00:39:10.200 --> 00:39:11.900 and He 00:39:11.900 --> 00:39:12.460 will rule 00:39:12.460 --> 00:39:13.540 and His glory 00:39:13.540 --> 00:39:14.060 will cover 00:39:14.060 --> 00:39:14.960 the new heavens 00:39:14.960 --> 00:39:15.660 the new earth 00:39:15.660 --> 00:39:16.760 like the waters 00:39:16.760 --> 00:39:17.600 cover the sea. 00:39:18.600 --> 00:39:19.440 Let's pray 00:39:19.440 --> 00:39:20.500 longing for this 00:39:20.500 --> 00:39:21.020 great day 00:39:21.020 --> 00:39:21.960 and trusting Him 00:39:21.960 --> 00:39:22.540 by faith 00:39:22.540 --> 00:39:23.560 every day 00:39:23.560 --> 00:39:24.140 until then. 00:39:24.139 --> 00:39:26.239 O Lord 00:39:26.239 --> 00:39:28.319 mighty are 00:39:28.319 --> 00:39:29.000 your works 00:39:29.000 --> 00:39:30.639 and they're 00:39:30.639 --> 00:39:31.339 to be remembered 00:39:31.339 --> 00:39:32.079 you've preserved 00:39:32.079 --> 00:39:32.739 them in Scripture 00:39:32.739 --> 00:39:33.420 for us. 00:39:34.339 --> 00:39:34.839 They prove 00:39:34.839 --> 00:39:35.440 Lord again 00:39:35.440 --> 00:39:35.920 and again 00:39:35.920 --> 00:39:36.379 and again 00:39:36.379 --> 00:39:37.599 you are 00:39:37.599 --> 00:39:38.420 gracious 00:39:38.420 --> 00:39:39.599 and full 00:39:39.599 --> 00:39:40.359 of compassion. 00:39:41.779 --> 00:39:42.480 Please cause us 00:39:42.480 --> 00:39:43.239 Lord to run 00:39:43.239 --> 00:39:43.879 to the cross 00:39:43.879 --> 00:39:44.420 of Jesus 00:39:44.420 --> 00:39:45.900 the Mount 00:39:45.900 --> 00:39:46.679 of Calvary 00:39:46.679 --> 00:39:48.659 and find 00:39:48.659 --> 00:39:49.719 refreshing again 00:39:49.719 --> 00:39:50.359 for our souls 00:39:50.359 --> 00:39:51.059 today Father. 00:39:51.059 --> 00:39:52.119 we ask this 00:39:52.119 --> 00:39:52.840 for your glory 00:39:52.840 --> 00:39:53.940 for Christ's 00:39:53.940 --> 00:39:54.380 sake alone. 00:39:54.840 --> 00:39:55.099 Amen.