Wiersbe, “One of the major themes of 2 Samuel is restoration – the restoration of national unity, the restoration of David after he sinned, and the restoration of the throne after Absalom’s rebellion. Intertwined with this theme is the emphasis on power, showing how God empowered David and his people to accomplish His will.
Saul tore things apart, but God used David to start putting things back together again.”
Pink, “It is precious to see that these words of all the tribes of Israel, "we are thy bone and thy flesh," were used by them as a plea. They had long ignored his rights and resisted his claims. They had been in open revolt against him, and deserved nought but judgment at his hands. But now they humbled themselves before him, and pleaded their near relation to him as a reason why he should forgive their ill usage of him. They were his brethren, and on that ground they sought his clemency.
Wiersbe, “One of the major themes of 2 Samuel is restoration – the restoration of national unity, the restoration of David after he sinned, and the restoration of the throne after Absalom’s rebellion. Intertwined with this theme is the emphasis on power, showing how God empowered David and his people to accomplish His will.
Saul tore things apart, but God used David to start putting things back together again.”
Pink, “It is precious to see that these words of all the tribes of Israel, "we are thy bone and thy flesh," were used by them as a plea. They had long ignored his rights and resisted his claims. They had been in open revolt against him, and deserved nought but judgment at his hands. But now they humbled themselves before him, and pleaded their near relation to him as a reason why he should forgive their ill usage of him. They were his brethren, and on that ground they sought his clemency.
The Bible is full of stories about leadership, a quality that anyone can possess if they choose to willingly set their life to serve God and others. Great examples of profound leadership can be found in the Holy Scriptures. The bible teaches us what a great leader could and should be as well as how they should carry themselves. Visit us at bibilium.com, a Wholesome Christian Blog that caters to the need of every member of the family. Spread the Love and Share the Joy. Celebrate the amazing goodness of God in your lives.
In the Bible, many women are mentioned as mighty leaders and faith-filled prophets of God. These women faced great trials and tribulations and overcame them with faith and endurance. These ordinary people made unprecedented decisions that transformed them into extraordinary legends. They had a high level of conviction and determination that only a few people could match up to their exceptional standards. Here are 12 examples of strong and influential women leaders in the Bible that can teach us very important lessons on leadership in times of struggle, unease, and discord. Visit us at bibilium.com, a wholesome Christian blog that caters to the need of every member of the family. Spread the Love and Share the Joy. Celebrate the amazing goodness of God in your lives.
This is a collection of writings dealing with the Holy Spirit moving Saul to anger. It is usually a bad thing, but there is a good side to anger when motivated by the Spirit.
Looking at the overview of the bible, based on research from Greg Koukl of Stand to Reason in his "The Bible Fast Forward" series. This covers the main theme of the Bible, as well as the 12 major events of the Old Testament.
The Bible is full of stories about leadership, a quality that anyone can possess if they choose to willingly set their life to serve God and others. Great examples of profound leadership can be found in the Holy Scriptures. The bible teaches us what a great leader could and should be as well as how they should carry themselves. Visit us at bibilium.com, a Wholesome Christian Blog that caters to the need of every member of the family. Spread the Love and Share the Joy. Celebrate the amazing goodness of God in your lives.
In the Bible, many women are mentioned as mighty leaders and faith-filled prophets of God. These women faced great trials and tribulations and overcame them with faith and endurance. These ordinary people made unprecedented decisions that transformed them into extraordinary legends. They had a high level of conviction and determination that only a few people could match up to their exceptional standards. Here are 12 examples of strong and influential women leaders in the Bible that can teach us very important lessons on leadership in times of struggle, unease, and discord. Visit us at bibilium.com, a wholesome Christian blog that caters to the need of every member of the family. Spread the Love and Share the Joy. Celebrate the amazing goodness of God in your lives.
This is a collection of writings dealing with the Holy Spirit moving Saul to anger. It is usually a bad thing, but there is a good side to anger when motivated by the Spirit.
Looking at the overview of the bible, based on research from Greg Koukl of Stand to Reason in his "The Bible Fast Forward" series. This covers the main theme of the Bible, as well as the 12 major events of the Old Testament.
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Clarke, “The Second Book of Kings contains the history of three hundred and eight years, from the rebellion of Moab, A.M. 3108, to the ruin of the kingdom of Judah, A.M. 3416. The history, on the whole, exhibits little less than a series of crimes, disasters, Divine benefits, and Divine judgments. In the kingdom of Judah we meet with a few kings who feared God, and promoted the interests of pure religion in the land; but the major part were idolaters and profligates of the highest order. The kingdom of Israel was still more corrupt: all its kings were determined idolaters; profligate, vicious, and cruel tyrants. Elijah and Elisha stood up in the
behalf of God and truth in this fallen, idolatrous kingdom, and bore a strong testimony against the corruptions of the princes, and the profligacy of the people: their powerful ministry was confined to the ten tribes; Judah had its own prophets, and those in considerable number.”
A beginner’s guide to understanding the Bible. This study is intended to show how the Old Testament fits together. For more information please check out my blog. www.thoughtsfromeb.wordpress.com
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Haggai, Zechariah, and Malachi
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In Jude 17-23 Jude shifts from piling up examples of false teachers from the Old Testament to a series of practical exhortations that flow from apostolic instruction. He preserves for us what may well have been part of the apostolic catechism for the first generation of Christ-followers. In these instructions Jude exhorts the believer to deal with 3 different groups of people: scoffers who are "devoid of the Spirit", believers who have come under the influence of scoffers and believers who are so entrenched in false teaching that they need rescue and pose some real spiritual risk for the rescuer. In all of this Jude emphasizes Jesus' call to rescue straying sheep, leaving the 99 safely behind and pursuing the 1.
The Book of Joshua is the sixth book in the Hebrew Bible and the Old Testament, and is the first book of the Deuteronomistic history, the story of Israel from the conquest of Canaan to the Babylonian exile.
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2. Introduction
2
• Ruth and 1 & 2 Samuel present us with a crucial turning point in
the history of redemption: the rise (and sadly the fall) of the great
King David.
• David is the only Old Testament figure who can rival Abraham in
the way God uses him to reveal His plan for redemptive history.
• These three books center David.
• God made promises to Abraham that lead us to this point in
history.
• God’s promises to David now sets the stage for the rest of the Old
Testament.
3. Structure
3
Ruth:
• Functions as the historical and theological prelude to King
David.
• The author of this book is unknown. It was most likely compiled
during David’s reign.
• Ruth 1:1 states this took place, “In the days when judges ruled.”
• Most likely the early part of the 11th century BC.
• 350 year cycle: Israel rebels, God judges, Israel repents, God
delivers … then start the cycle again.
• During this time of great turmoil and disorder, the book of Ruth,
then, acts as hinge point in God’s redemptive plan.
• God is preparing his people to transition away from the chaos
of their self-centered rule to the good rule of King David, who is
himself a foreshadowing of the true King—Jesus Christ.
4. Structure
4
• The question at the heart of this book is “Does God still care?”
• The clear answer in Ruth is that God is our “kinsman-redeemer”
who perfectly cares for us in the midst of our trials.
• Theme: God sovereignly orchestrates all things—even trials—
for the good of His people, who He will one day redeem
through the perfect rule of the kinsman king.
Outline:
I. Ruth 1 – Yahweh brings affliction.
II. Ruth 2 – Yahweh arranges circumstances.
III. Ruth 3 – Yahweh builds suspense.
IV. Ruth 4 – Yahweh provides a redeemer (and soon a kingly
redeemer!).
5. 1 - The Bitterness of Sin: 1:11-12, 20
5
• Naomi—an Israelite whose husband and sons have died.
• She and her daughters-in-law—Orpah and Ruth, are alone in a
foreign land and unable to provide for themselves.
• Naomi pleads with her daughters-in-law to leave.
• In these pleas that we hear Israel’s despair as the nation groans
beneath the weight of its sin and judgment from God .
• Verse 20 “Don’t call me Naomi [which means pleasant],” she told
them. “Call me Mara [which means bitter], because the Almighty
has made my life very bitter.”
• Naomi is tasting the bitter fruit of her own sin: she has left the
Promised Land to try to escape God’s judgment.
• Not deserving God’s favor there is hope at the end of chapter 1.
• Orpah leaves - Ruth stays – read 1:16.
• This begins God use of `Ruth and Naomi in His redemption plan.
6. 2 Kindness of Kinsman Redemption:4:9-12
6
• The key to understanding the redemption that God will bring is
the notion of what is called the “kinsman-redeemer.”
• Leviticus 25 sets up the kinsman-redeemer to allow families to
buy back, or “redeem,” their kin from slavery or debt-bondage.
• Over time this included the responsibility of marrying the
childless widow of a male family member and having children
with her so that his name and family line could continue.
• This responsibility wasn’t obligatory but it was still highly valued.
• Read 4:9-10. Boaz redeems Naomi’s family by marrying Ruth.
• In Ruth are 2 special ‘days’ - the day Ruth was fed and the day she
was wed.
• The result is that Ruth and Naomi both experience undeserved
kindness from the LORD, through this redeemer who is also their
kinsman.
7. 3 The Wisdom of God’s Good Plan: 4:13-17
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• By God’s grace, this was a blessing to the Israel. Read 4:13-17.
• Ruth is the great-grandmother of David, Israel’s greatest earthly
King.
• David would be an ancestor and a preview of the greater King to
come: Jesus Christ.
• In Ruth, we see that God DOES care for his people in ways that
far exceed our own knowledge.
• They considered their circumstances and conclude that God is far
off and unconcerned with their plight and that He was the source
of their suffering.
• Wrong! God is sovereignly directing human events to both meet
the specific needs of Naomi, Ruth, Boaz and others.
• God is preparing the way for the coming king who will rescue
Israel from the time of the judges (David) and the future kinsman
King who redeems God’s people from their sin (Christ).
8. Introduction
8
I and II Samuel:
• 1st and 2nd Samuel gives us the grand overview of this transition
from judges to monarchy.
• Named for the prophet Samuel, he was both Israel’s final judge
and the one who anointed the nation’s inaugural king.
• Originally a single text, 1st and 2nd Samuel likely had several
authors, though they are unknown.
• 1st Chronicles 29:29-30 suggests the prophet himself left written
records; but if I Samuel 25 records his death … he did not write
most of the book(s).
• What to look for: God rules His people through the king who is a
representative of the people and whose actions will bring God’s
blessing or punishment.
• Does God still care? In Samuels God’s provides them a king who
is to be their example, defender, and representative.
9. Historical Outline/Pivotal Texts
9
I. 1 Samuel 1-7* – Samuel is a prophet from God’s grace.
(Ministry of Samuel as the last judge)
I. 1 Samuel 8-14 – Saul is a king in God’s place.
(Saul as the people’s evil choice)
I. 1 Samuel 15-2 Samuel 8 – David is a man after God’s heart.
(David as a type of a righteous Christ)
I. 2 Samuel 9-20 – David is a servant under God’s rod.
(David’s sin and God’s chastisement)
I. 2 Samuel 21-24 – Israel is a kingdom in God’s hands.
(Anachronistic; summary notes about David’s reign)
10. Historical Overview
10
• The first is the story of the prophet himself in 1st Sam. 1-7. – birth
and calling.
• In chapters 8-15, we have the transition to monarchy where
Samuel anoints Saul as King over Israel.
• God twice rejects Saul as King due to his disobedience—in
chapters 13 and 14.
• The story then shifts to the back-and-forth between the newly
anointed King David and Saul in chapters 16-31.
• II Samuel covers the life of David—both the good and bad.
• 1-20 contain the death of Saul, the establishment of Jerusalem,
the Davidic covenant, several military battles, and the rebellions
of Absalom and Sheba
• In chapters 21-24 we have the death of Saul’s sons, multiple wars
with the Philistines, David’s last words, and his sinful census of
the Jewish people.
11. 11
• The chronological narrative is important, but what it teaches us
about God—not Samuel, Saul, or David—is the main point!
• Danger – while reading the Samuels as a collection of
inspirational, it is temping to allegorize them to make them
“relevant” or “contemporary.”
• Example: David and Goliath in 1 Sam. 17.
• Ever heard this story used as some sort of promise that God will
deliver us from the “giants in your life?”
• It’s about how the king that God chooses is the king who prevails.
• It’s about how Goliath disrespects God how God defeats him.
• Unlike the Judges who cared little for God’s reputation, David is a
savior who acts because of his jealousy for God’s name!
• In 1 Samuel, God is telling us that the Christ, like David, will save
his people out of a commitment to God’s glory.
• If we miss the theological themes and try to apply the books
without the context of redemption history, we’ll miss the point.
12. I. MONARCHY
12
• God is the true king of Israel, the drama revolves around the
people demanding a king like the other nations 1 Sam 8:19-20.
• Samuel, Israel last Judge, is angered by this complaint and does
not want God to grant them their request.
• God says, “"Heed the voice of the people in all that they say to
you; for they have not rejected you, but they have rejected Me,
that I should not reign over them” (1 Sam 8:7).
• The people who were specially called out by God from among the
nations demand to be just “like all the nations.”
• Do we do that? Trade our place as God’s people for the lowly
trappings of the world?
• God delivered them out bondage – He’s delivered us out of sin
and we clamor for inferior “deliverers” like wealth, comfort,
safety, and status.
• Don’t rush to judge Israel without considering our rejection of
God’s lordship.
13. 13
• The trading of God’s rule for man’s rule is typical of a pattern.
• The people put their hope in an earthly leader... and that leader
forsakes God’s ways and lets them down.
• As one leader declines, God raises up another to take his place.
• Neither the leaders or the kings provide the perfect rule that the
people need.
• This pattern begins with Eli and will continue through David. For
example, Eli’s decline in 1Sam. 2:29-30 followed by the rise of
Samuel in 3:19-20.
• The decline and rise continue between Samuel and Saul and
between Saul and David.
• Will monarchy work in Israel? No.
• Not the way the Jewish people thought it would.
• They thought it'd bring them comfort and safety but it didn’t.
• The kings keep declining. Even David sins and falls short.
14. 14
• God begins to deal with the people based on the faithfulness or
faithlessness of the king.
• The king functions as a representative of the nation when it
comes to the covenant blessings and curses that God promised..
• If the king is faithful, the people are blessed with prosperity and
peace; if he sins and breaks faith with God, the people are cursed
with famine and exile.
• 2 Sam. 21:1: “During the reign of David, there was a famine for
three successive years; so David sought the face of the LORD. The
LORD said, ‘It is on account of Saul and his blood-stained house; it
is because he put the Gibeonites to death.’”
• One king’s disobedience affects the whole nation.
15. 15
• Far from being outside of the Lord’s plan, they point to a future
hope when God’s people will be led by a perfect king who rules in
perfect righteousness.
• See wisdom of God: Israel’s monarchy was rooted in sinful
desires and a lack of faith. God uses it to show man’s utter
dependency and ultimate inability to provide for his own good.
• The Lord also uses Israel’s king—particularly David—as a type of
Christ, pointing all to the only king who perfectly leads his people.
• Read 2 Sam. 8:14-15. This describes what Christ will do.
• Revelation 22:16 remind us that Jesus is “The Root and Offspring
of David, and the bright Morning Star”
• No one prefigures the perfect monarchy of Jesus like David did.
• 1st and 2nd Samuel aren’t just books about the beginning of
Israel’s monarchy – they are signposts directing us to the ultimate
monarch, Christ himself.
16. II. REST
16
• Israel has inhabited the Promised Land for quite some time a
time characterized by tumultuous cycles of victory and defeat.
• In Joshua the taking and possessing of the land was the high
point of redemptive-history … so far.
• With the Davidic kingdom, Israel finally begins to enjoy some of
this promised rest.
• In 2 Samuel 5, David finally takes his rightful rule over all of Israel,
and establishes Jerusalem as the capital.
• In chapter 6, the Ark of the Covenant is brought to Jerusalem and
we see the throne of God and David’s throne occupying the same
city, Jerusalem.
• This is big. Finally God is giving Israel a sense of permanence and
is even causing his presence to rest with them.
17. 17
• The narrative of Samuel escalates to a grand crescendo as God
makes a glorious covenant with David.
• Read 2 Sam. 7:1-3
• The people have “rest,” and David wants to build a “house” for
Yahweh – a permanent temple for worship.
• But God says no. 5 and 6.
• God is not angry at David instead He blesses him.
• Up to now God is restating his promises to Abraham. In verses
12-16 he expands these promises to something far greater.
• "When your days are fulfilled and you rest with your fathers, I will set
up your seed after you, who will come from your body, and I will
establish his kingdom. He shall build a house for My name, and I will
establish the throne of his kingdom forever. I will be his Father, and he
shall be My son. If he commits iniquity, I will chasten him with the rod
of men and with the blows of the sons of men. But My mercy shall not
depart from him, as I took it from Saul, whom I removed from before
you. And your house and your kingdom shall be established forever
before you. Your throne shall be established forever." ' "
18. 18
• God puts a little spin on the word “house.” David was talking
about a dwelling. God uses it to mean a “dynasty.”
• God is saying that He will build David and his descendants into a
line of kings to reign over the people of God.
• That line of descendants from Adam, through Abraham, Isaac,
and Jacob, now passes through David, and will pass through his
sons on the throne in Jerusalem.
• Verse 13 also says this promised king will build a house for God’s
name.
• Time to talk about what we call “near and far fulfillment” of
prophecy.
• Whenever a prophet would make a prediction about the distant
future, there was often a “near,” incomplete fulfillment of that
prophecy on a smaller scale.
• The reason was so that the immediate hearers of the prophecy
would have some form of verification that the long-term
fulfillment of the prophecy will come to pass as well.
19. 19
• God is using the word “house” in two ways.
• He will establish a house – a dynasty – for David (v. 11).
• And one of the members of that dynastic house, David’s son, will
have an everlasting kingdom .
• And David’s son will build God’s “house,” meaning the temple
that David had desired to construct earlier.
• This “near” prophecy comes to fruition in Solomon.
• His kingdom doesn’t last forever. But if we understand “house”
to mean “temple” again, then we have a “near fulfillment.”
• Solomon will be the one to build a temple in Jerusalem and also
points forward to David’s final son—Jesus.
• The early fulfillment is that Solomon is the king and the temple is
the house.
• The ultimate fulfillment is that Jesus is the king and God’s people
are the house.
20. 20
• All tied to God’s plan to provide perfect rest for his people.
• The establishment of David’s throne and of Jerusalem as the city
of God finally allows Israel to begin a settled life.
• God’s covenant with David secures that his “house” of peace and
justice will be established forever through the Messiah to come.
• Christ’s rest is our hope too.
• Hebrews 1:3 tells us that when Jesus finishes his work he sits
down beside the father in the rest of victory.
• The battle against sin, death, and Satan is then over. This is the
king, the son of David, who reigns forever.