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| found In Gen. II, 23, I'm reference To Adam
and Eve, and for the last time In Eph. V,
| 30, I'm reference 10 Christ and the church.
1t Is also found In Gen. xxx, IA; Judg.
| TX, 2; III Sam. xix, IL, 10; l Chron. xi, l..
g. THE Lord said to thee, Thou shalt
feed my people Israel, and thou shalt be u
captain over Israel They knew this.
Then why had they not thought OF IL be-
foreg How many truths we know, but by
some blindness or hardness of heart fail TO
appropriate and enjoy. Our Lord had to
say even TO those who ought to have
known Him best, "Have l been so long
time with you and yet hast thou not
known Me, Philip" (John xiv, 81 See
chapter vii, Z, and Ps. lxxviii, 70-72, ON
Dayid's feeding Israel. See lisa. xl, IL;
Mic. V, A. vii, IA, on Christ feeding or rul-
ing His people, and contrast In Ezek.
xxxiv the Good Shepherd who feeds His
flock and the false shepherds who feed
themselves and not the flocks.
3. king David made n league with
them I'm Hebron before the Lord and they
anointed David king over Israel" Thus
the purpose Of the Lord concerning David
was I'm due time performed. There is
great comfort for every child Of God In
lisa. xiv "a. THE Lord of Hosts hath
sworn, saying, Surely as I have thought,
so shall II come to pass, and as l have pur-
posed so shall IL stand" Whether 1t be the
Lords purpose concerning the jew, the
gentle, or the church Of God Q Cor. K,
32), the nations or an individual dob
xxxiv, 29), the counsel Of the Lord stand
eth forever, tho thoughts of His heart to
all generations, and every purpose of the
Lord shall be performed (Ps. xxxiii, IL;
Jer. II, 29).
4. David was 80 years old when he be-
gan to reign, and he reigned 40 years. ;"
II Is good that man should both hope and
quietly wait for the salvation of the Lord
liam. iii, 26), and David had patiently
waited many years. Consider the long
years of waiting of Abraham, Joseph, the
slave and prisoner; Moses, the shepherd.
See the Lord Jesus patiently waiting at
Nazareth subject to Mary and Joseph till
he was 80 years of age duke IL, 81; Ill,
23), and If ever tempted to become faint
and weary consider Him Heb. xii, 81.
8. "In Hebron he reigned over Judah
seven years and six months, and in Jeru-
salem he reigned thirty and three years
over all Israel and Judah" The kingdom
over which the son of David shall rule
must include all Israel. They shall be
gathered from all nations and be one ma
ton in the land upon the mountains of
Israel, and the sanctuary of the Lord shall
be In the midst of them forevermore (EBek.
xxxvii, 21-2S). Then shall Jerusalem be
the throne of the Lord, and all nations be
gathered into IL to the name of the Lord
TO Jerusalem (Jer. ill., I'D.
q. David cannot come In hither."
Thus thought and spake the Jebusites,
who formerly inhabited Jerusalem. Jebus
was former name of Jerusalem Il Chron.
XII, ~, and the children of Benjamin, in
stead Of driving out the Jebusitos, allowed
them to dwell with them in Jerusalem
(Judges l, 21). Sec also Joshua XIV, SO. If
the Jebustes may represent To us the old
things In us before Christ comes in, we SEE
here the danger Of in any way tolerating
them, lest they get the mastery.
z. Nevertheless David took the strong
hold of Zion. The same Is the city of
David" This WAS the southwest hill of
Jerusalem, the older and higher part of
the city. Another hill I'm the city was
called Moriah, and on this hill the temple
was builded UI Chron. iii, p. Here was
the thrashing floor of Araunah, and here,
long before, had Abraham offered up
Isaac.
8, 8. $50 David dwelt in the fort and
called 1t the city of David" David offered
the chief captaincy to whoever would first
smite the Jebusites, and the successful
man was his own sisters son, Joab, the
son of Zeruiah Il Chron. XII, 6; 2-16).
Nothing can stand before man in whom
God Is. One such shall chase !, 200, and
two put 10, 900 to flight (Deut xxi, 800.
We think of Caleb, who asked for Hebron,
where the giants were, and of David when
he slew Goliath. Although David dwelt
In this visible fort, he knew of and dwelt
in much stronger one invisible to men,
for he was wont to sing, 1.-The Lord is my
rock and my fortress, and my deliverer,
My God, my strength, in whom l will
trust (Ps. xviii, y.
10. "And David went on and grew
great, and the Lord God of Hosts was with
him." The margin has going and grow
ing" In l Chron. xi, o, 1t is written, $50
David waxed greater and greater" or, in
the margin, went in going and incrcas-
Ing" The X. V. has In both texts David
waxed greater and greater. The reason Is
that "the Lord was with him." 1t seems
to me increasingly clear that the promise,
i am with you, or II will be with YOU,
Is about the greatest that God can give us.
See Elk. iii, l2; Nv, 12; Gen. xviii, ID;
Joshua 1, 3; Judg vi, IS; Jer. 1, =, 10; lisa.
xii, 10; Math. xviii, co. etc.
ii, IL. And David perceived that the
Lord had established him king over Israel
and that He had exalted his Kingdom for
His people lsrael's sake" The growth of
David's kingdom and its establishment Is
typical Of the kingdom of the son of
David, OF whom IL is written, "Of the in
crease of his government and peace there
shall be no end, upon the throne Of David
and upon His kingdom, to order IL and to
establish 1t with judgment and with JUS
tice from henceforth even forever lisa
TX, -. Hiram, king of Tyre, with his car.
penters and masons building house for
David, makes us think Of the time when
the wealth Of all nations shall come unto
Israel and serve her Usa TX, 3, 8, II, lei
when all kings shall fall down before her
King and all nations serve Him (Ps lxxii
ID.
The same Lord who previously estab-
lished Samuel as His prophet Il Sam. i'll,
2O) now establishes David as His king.
The recipe for being established Is found
In III Chron. Xxx, 90, "Believe in the Lord
your God; so shall ye be established" The
opposite Is seen In lisa. vii, .. The word
Tor us Is, BE ye steadfast, unmovable.
always Astounding I'm the work of the
Lord Il Cor. XIV, $50. How can weP BY
letting the government Of ourselves and
oil our affairs be upon His shoulder and
by our believing that He Is ever with ia
and thus walking before Him sincerely.