The Story Session 11 From Shepherd to King
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Men's Bible Study at Rolling Hills Community Church in Lago Vista, TX In Session 11, "From Shepherd to King," you will learn how seasons of wating and challenging prepare us for the future. The Story: To understand the Bible, says author and pastor Randy Frazee, you need bifocal lenses, because two perspectives are involved. The Lower Story, our story, is actually many stories of men and women interacting with God in the daily course of life. The Upper Story is God’s story, the tale of his great, overarching purpose that puts the individual stories together like panels in one unified mural. Bestselling author Max Lucado also adds some introductory insights. Through these 31 video sessions, The Story small group study opens your eyes to God’s master plan as it unfolds in the lives of the Bible’s characters. Discover the heart of God’s Upper Story and the joy that comes as you align your story with God’s.
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The Story Session 11 From Shepherd to King
- 1. Session 11: From Shepherd to King Rolling Hills Community Church
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- 8. The Lord does not look at the outward appearance but at the heart.
- 9. High Level Overview • The Lord’s Anointed – 1 Samuel 16 • David and Goliath – 1 Samuel 17 • David and Jonathan – 1 Samuel 18 • David and Saul – 1 Samuel 18, 24; Psalm 59
- 10. High Level Overview • A Tragic End – 1 Samuel 31; 2 Samuel 22 • Unashamed – 2 Samuel 6 • A House for the Lord – 1 Chronicles 17
- 11. David Anointed
- 17. David and Saul
- 18. A Tragic End
- 19. Why did David have to wait so long, and go through so much before he became King of Israel?
- 20. Unashamed
- 21. A House for the Lord
- 22. Where is Jesus In this part of The Story?
- 23. For Next Week 1. Read in The Story – Chapter 12: The Trials of the King
- 25. 2015/2016 Men’s Bible Study Rolling Hills Community Church All bible references come from the New American Standard Bible NABS unless otherwise notated.
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- But the Lord said to Samuel, “Do not look at his appearance or at the height of his stature, because I have rejected him; for God sees not as man sees, for man looks at the outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart. 1 Samuel 16:7
- 1025 BC: David is anointed by Samuel (1Sam 16) at age 10-13 - which Saul undoubtedly hears about, later choosing to keep David nearby for observation and ready dispatch. We say, “Don’t judge a book by its cover,” but how often do we follow our own advice? In reality, humans have an innate reflex for making assumptions at first glance. Samuel did it as he viewed Jesse’s sons. He judged based on outward appearance. But the Lord was looking at an individual’s heart that day and saw someone who would care more about doing the Lord’s will than pleasing others or himself. One thousand years later, a descendant of David, Jesus of Nazareth, would also be anointed, this time by the Holy Spirit in the Jordan River. He, too, was someone you might pass over at first glance, but his heart was perfectly aligned with the will of his Father in heaven. He, like his ancestor David, was also a man after God’s own heart.
- 1020 BC: David defeats Goliath probably at 15-17 years of age (1Sam 17) Goliath was an unbelievably imposing figure, standing over nine feet tall. The Bible makes reference to other examples of giants (e.g., the Nephilim [Gen. 6:4; Num. 13:33], Anakim, and Rephaim), but Goliath is displayed in full 3-D in this passage. He not only stands tall but is wearing the best armor. Scripture describes it in detail. Based on archaeological studies, for his day Goliath had “the best of the best” military hardware. Not only that, but Goliath knew how to use his equipment, having been raised in the company of warriors from his youth. In every way, he was poised to crush David like a gnat. One-on-one combat was celebrated in ancient literature as a way to see whose god was strongest. Examples can be found in Greek, Egyptian, and Hittite literature. Clearly, David knew that size and skill were not the deal breakers. The real question was who had the Lord on his side.
- Faceoff in the Elah Valley: David v. Goliath. David cut his teeth on international politics in his showdown with Goliath, a battle fit for the ages. The Philistines of Gath pushed into the Elah Valley, their valley they would say, just as Samson's forays into the Sorek had been his claim to his. The Philistine eyes were on Saul's capital, Gibeah, and tried this end- around from the south only after several more direct assaults farther north had failed. Bethlehem, a small village on the way, should have posed only minimal resistance—but David had something else to say about the matter
- Seen from the top of Azekah, the upper, Judean end of the Elah Valley offers a wide highway to the higher hill country of Judah beyond. Natural routes climb the hills to Bethlehem (left) and Hebron (right), just past the horizon line. With Goliath's Philistines seizing this eastern end of the Elah, Saul's forces likely came down only to the edge of the hill country, preferring to remain in familiar territory rather than risk entering the Philistine- held Shephelah. The battle between David and Goliath must have taken place at a narrow spot (Hebrew, gai) of the valley somewhere along this seam
- 1020 BC: Jonathan, who is much older than David, becomes one in spirit with him (1Sam 18:1). Now it came about when he had finished speaking to Saul, that the soul of Jonathan was knit to the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as himself. Saul took him that day and did not let him return to his father’s house. Then Jonathan made a covenant with David because he loved him as himself. Jonathan stripped himself of the robe that was on him and gave it to David, with his armor, including his sword and his bow and his belt. 1 Samuel 18:1-5 David and Jonathan’s friendship was powerful and unique. The exchange of weapons described in this passage certainly indicated a deep commitment to each other. But Jonathan’s act of giving his robe to David may have represented more than a sign of close friendship. In other ancient texts, we learn that laying down one’s robe could have legal implications. For instance, a son expelled from his father’s household would lay his robe on a stool near the door. This symbolized his relinquishing any claim to the family inheritance. Another ancient text describes a prince who chooses to leave his throne. He lays his mantle on the throne, indicating the legal relinquishment of the throne.
- 1006 BC: David flees to Nob and is helped by Ahimelech the priest (1Sam 21). He gives David the consecrated bread, and the sword of Goliath. Doeg the Edomite is present. Ps 56.
- 1005 BC: Saul pursues David at en-Gedi. Ps 54. David cuts of a corner of his robe in the cave near the Crags of the Wild goats. When Saul leaves the cave, David pleads his cause and his intent not to harm Saul (1Sam 24). He returns to his stronghold (Masada?). Ps 57. This is just before Samuel dies (1Sam 25:1). Saul’s madness and David’s innocence lie at the narrative core of the Saul-David conflict. In Saul we see a man desperately trying to preserve what he knows is already lost. In David we see a hero all the more admirable for his unwillingness to grab power under the wrong circumstances (i.e., after killing the “Lord’s anointed”).
- 1000 BC: Samuel dies (1Sam 28:3). Saul solicits the witch of Endor to call up Samuel (1Sam 28:4-7). He prophesies Saul will die the next day. In a battle with the Philistines on Mt. Gilboa, three of Saul’s sons die; Saul is wounded and falls on his sword (1Sam 31). David’s Lament (2Sam 1:17-27). David’s service is “dismissed” by the Philistines. The Amalekites raze Ziklag and take the wives of David’s men (1Sam 28-2Sam 1). David and 400 men recapture the women, but 200 men cannot go. David shares the plunder equally with them, and with the elders of Judah. If Saul had been taken alive, he most likely would have faced a gruesome death. In the ancient world, it was common for prisoners, particularly important prisoners, to undergo a slow, painful execution. Assyrian reliefs make that evident, sometimes depicting people impaled on stakes or even being skinned alive. The passing of Saul was a tragic end for one with such potential early in his reign. The passing of Jonathan was a tragic loss of friendship for David.
- 992 BC: Ark returned to Jerusalem to a tent (2Sam 6). The tabernacle remains in Gibeon (1Chr 16). David desires to build a temple to house the ark (2Sam 7; 1Chr 17). God sends Nathan to David with the Davidic Covenant instead, promising a perpetual throne to his offspring (2Sam 7:12-29). Ps 105, 96. And David was dancing before the Lord with all his might, and David was wearing a linen ephod. So David and all the house of Israel were bringing up the ark of the Lord with shouting and the sound of the trumpet. 2 Samuel 6:14-15 Once again we see how David was a man after God’s own heart. He placed personal dignity aside and danced with everything he had. This moment illustrates the difference between Saul and David. Saul was always concerned with how he would be perceived by other people. David was not. He danced before an audience of one, even as others watched on in contempt.
- David expressed a deep longing to provide a house for the Lord. Although his desires were affirmed, the Lord made it clear: “This project is for your son” (see 1 Kings 5:5). However, the Lord promised even more to David, saying: “I will build your house” (see 2 Sam. 7:27). In this passage we see one of the clearest expressions of God’s plan to bring his Son’s eternal throne to earth. God’s Covenant with David And it came about, when David dwelt in his house, that David said to Nathan the prophet, “Behold, I am dwelling in a house of cedar, but the ark of the covenant of the Lord is under curtains.” Then Nathan said to David, “Do all that is in your heart, for God is with you.” It came about the same night that the word of God came to Nathan, saying, “Go and tell David My servant, ‘Thus says the Lord, “ You shall not build a house for Me to dwell in; for I have not dwelt in a house since the day that I brought up Israel to this day, but I have gone from tent to tent and from one dwelling place to another. In all places where I have walked with all Israel, have I spoken a word with any of the judges of Israel, whom I commanded to shepherd My people, saying, ‘Why have you not built for Me a house of cedar? ’”’ Now, therefore, thus shall you say to My servant David, ‘Thus says the Lord of hosts, “I took you from the pasture, from following the sheep, to be leader over My people Israel. I have been with you wherever you have gone, and have cut off all your enemies from before you; and I will make you a name like the name of the great ones who are in the earth. I will appoint a place for My people Israel, and will plant them, so that they may dwell in their own place and not be moved again; and the wicked will not waste them anymore as formerly, even from the day that I commanded judges to be over My people Israel. And I will subdue all your enemies.Moreover, I tell you that the Lord will build a house for you. When your days are fulfilled that you must go to be with your fathers, that I will set up one of your descendants after you, who will be of your sons; and I will establish his kingdom. He shall build for Me a house, and I will establish his throne forever. I will be his father and he shall be My son; and I will not take My lovingkindness away from him, as I took it from him who was before you. But I will settle him in My house and in My kingdom forever, and his throne shall be established forever.”’” According to all these words and according to all this vision, so Nathan spoke to David. 1 Chronicles 17:1-15
- 1. What does David’s story teach us about the importance of not only knowing what God wants, but how God would have us bring it to pass? 2. How does the friendship of David and Jonathan inspire you to seek deeper friendship? 3. How does David’s exuberant worship challenge the “temperature” of your worship? 4. Looking back through the lens of Jesus Christ, how do you read God’s promise to build David’s household? How do you think David understood this promise?