WEDNESDAY 2-22-17
And, behold, the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom; and the earth did quake, and the rocks rent;
https://youtu.be/sk7f2aHYjS8 Day Kennedy died [2nd Sam. 22]
https://youtu.be/mhhg5c3D6LY Bocce ball challenge
ON VIDEO [Day Kennedy died -2nd Samuel 22]
.Nick Sacco called my mom!
.The car story came up again
.Boulevard east- NYC view
.See the kid
.Others raised at time of Christ
.Historical narrative or symbol?
.Don’t discount the supernatural elements of the kingdom
.Moses- David’s tabernacle
.Veil done away in Christ
.Where were you when Kennedy died?
.See where I was
.My promise to senator Nick Sacco
NEW- On the first video I did some teaching- Talked about
David [king] and how he is a symbol of Christ- he functioned as a prophet-
Priest and King. He established the ‘Tabernacle of David’ which was a beautiful
picture of the New Covenant. All stuff I taught before- I’ll add some past
teaching below.
On the 2nd video I challenged the Guatemalans to
a game of Bocce ball.
I never played the game in my life- guess who won?
Yes- you’ll have to watch.
Ok- that’s it for today- hope you enjoy.
PAST LINKS [my past teaching that relates to today’s talk]
I wrote these little books years ago and mentioned the ark
and tabernacle- they might give some insight into what I mentioned today.
Here’s the section about the ark in the book of Samuel- I
wrote this many years ago-
(887)SAMUEL 4 CONTINUED- Okay,
let’s finish it up. In this chapter we see an important historical event, the
capture of the Ark of the Covenant [the box that held the 10 commandments, not
Noah’s Ark!] The children of Israel fight with the Philistines and take a loss
of 4 thousand men. They go back to camp and regroup. They decide to take the
Ark of God and involve it with human warfare. A big mistake! This speaks of the
sad history of the crusades and other mistaken ideas of ‘holy war’. God does
not involve himself in mans efforts of domination thru power. So the
Philistines hear that the Ark is in the battle and they fear. ‘Oh my God, this
is the God of Israel who defeated the Egyptians’. They knew the history of
Israel and how the God of Israel was great. The battle rages and Israel takes a
greater loss of 30 thousand men. Plus the Ark is captured and the two sons of
Eli are killed. The runner runs back to Shiloh [the headquarters of the Ark,
where the tabernacle of Moses still stood] and brings the terrible news to Eli
[the high priest]. Eli hears about the Arks capture and falls back and breaks
his neck and dies. One of the daughters in law to Eli goes into labor and
delivers a boy. She names him Ichabod, which means God's glory has departed.
She did this because the Ark was taken. The Ark represented Gods glory and
presence among the people. It seems as if Israel began to treat it in an
idolatrous way. Sort of like what happened with the brass serpent that Moses
made in the wilderness. God has to step in and rebuke his people when they
mistake the true worship of God with religious objects. The history of the
Christian church has been divided over this for centuries. You can have
religious art, it should not become a thing of worship. The iconoclast
controversy of the Catholic and Orthodox churches have gone to extremes on both
sides. At times believers would go into the ‘churches’ and destroy all the
religious art they found. Others would hold to a view of icons [religious
paintings] and statues that would seem to cross the line in areas of worship. I
remember hearing a story about a prophet who stood up in a church meeting and
said ‘thus saith the Lord, I have judged this church and people. My glory is no
longer here. I have written ‘Michelob’ on your door posts’. Well, after he sat
down he realized he mistook the word ‘Michelob [beer]’ for 'Ichabod’. He then
stood up again and said ‘Thus saith the Lord, I meant to say Ichabod’.
(888)SAMUEL 5- The Philistines
take the Ark
back to their cities and every city the Ark
is taken to experiences judgment. They get ‘tumors’ [hemorrhoids!] and rats. At
one point they put the Ark in the ‘house of Dagon’ [a false idol. A fish head
type thing with a human body] and the next morning their idol is found lying at
the feet of the Ark. They set him up again and low and behold, the next morning
the fish god is found at the foot of the Ark with his head and hands chopped
off! Hey, if your god started as a fish and turned into a stump, then it’s time
for a new god! Eventually they decide to send the Ark back to Israel. Let’s do
a little history at this point. The Ark of God is the box that contained the 10
commandments. God had Moses make a box to put the tablets in [the 2 tablets
that the commandments were written on]. The reason destruction will happen to
those who ‘peak in the Ark’ is because the cover of the Ark was called ‘the
Mercy seat’. This was the place where the high priest would make a yearly
atonement [the Day of Atonement] for the sins of the people. The sacrificial
blood was placed on the cover to be for a covering of sin. The Ten Commandments
represented Gods Holy character, and the only way he could dwell with the
people was on the basis of this atoning blood [a type of Christ]. When you
remove the cover [the mercy seat] in essence you are causing the absolute
righteousness of God to come into contact with the absolute sinfulness of man.
That’s why those who peak in it are destroyed. Now the Ark was originally
carried around with the tabernacle system in the wilderness. A sort of movable
tent that was set up and taken down as God willed. A mobile piece of furniture.
When the children of Israel came into the Promised Land it was placed in
Shiloh. After it’s capture and return [which we will read about in the coming
chapters] it will eventually be placed in the city of Jerusalem under King
David’s rule. This tent that David puts it in is referred to as ‘David’s
tabernacle/tent’. It will be a type of the new covenant ministry of Jesus. The
tent of David will have no tabernacle structure like Moses tabernacle in
Shiloh. There will be no veil or holy of holies or any other impediment to
God’s presence. All you have is the Ark and the mercy seat. This showing us
that in Jesus priesthood [typified by David’s kingly/priestly ministry] all you
need is Jesus atonement and Gods glory. All have equal access to God, not just
the priestly class [or another way to put it is all are priests!]. So as we
progress thru these books keep your eyes open to the prophetic pictures that
are being painted by the Spirit. All scripture testifies of Christ. He is the
underlying figure that the Spirit is continually pointing to.
(889)SAMUEL 6- The Philistines
are reeling under the judgment of God. They call a meeting of their priests and
diviners, and they ask what they should do. Their ‘religious’ leaders advise
them to send the Ark
back to Israel
and make an offering. They were to make gold images of their judgments, rats
and tumors, and place them in a box with the Ark and send it on a cart being pulled by
two cows. They would take the cows calves and bring them home, but place the
cows and cart on a road to Beth Shemesh. If the cows go down the road, they
took it as a sign from God. Sure enough the cows take the Ark to Beth Shemesh and dump the cart in a
field belonging to Joshua. Israel
rejoices that the Ark
is back and sacrifices the cattle with the wood from the cart. Their joy is
short lived. They peek in the Ark
and are destroyed. They removed the ‘Mercy seat’ [see last chapter-#888]. Over
fifty thousand men from Beth Shemesh are killed. They decide to send it to the
men of Kirjath Jearim. Over the years I have seen this story used in various
ways to justify different ‘ways of doing church’. Some taught how God judged Israel because
they didn’t follow the prescribed methods of Ark handling. We will see this happen with
David and his men later on. Then the teacher would relate how important it is
for us to follow Gods prescribed method, but then teach ‘Gods method’ is their
various slant on how ‘we should do church’. I see some good stuff from this
story, but I don’t see it in that light. The Philistines were advised by their
own pagan priests ‘don’t harden your hearts like Pharaoh’. The story of Gods
miraculous intervention in Egypt became lore of the day. All the surrounding
nations knew that you don’t mess with the God of Israel. God didn’t destroy the
men of Beth Shemesh because they didn’t fully follow prescribed law [though
later on this will be part of the problem with David’s men] but they died
because they took themselves out from under the covering of Gods mercy as
represented in the Mercy seat [the lid on the Ark]. A few years back a famous
believer, Reggie White [former football pro.] was known for his Christian
faith. He was later influenced by Muslim teaching and made the statement ‘I am
going directly to God, without a ‘go between’ [meaning Christ]’. He obviously
was influenced by Muslim teaching and was coming out from the ‘covering of
Christ’ [mercy seat]. Sadly, Reggie tragically died not too long after this
from a sickness. He died in the prime of his life. I do not want to judge
Reggie. I simply want to show you the danger of sinful men [all of us!] trying
to approach a Holy God without the ‘mercy seat’ [Cross]. The men of Beth
Shemesh removed the covering, and they suffered for it.
(890)SAMUEL 7- The Ark arrives at
Abinadab's house in Kirjath Jearim, it will remain there until David retrieves
it [it was there for around 100 years in total-1100 BC- 1004 BC]. Samuel calls
the people to repentance and makes intercession for them at the same time. This
leads to great victory over the enemy. Jesus ‘lives forever to make continual
intercession for us’. We need to combine repentance and dependence upon
Christ’s mediation in order to gain victory. This chapter also has the famous
name ‘Ebenezer’ that makes it into the history of the church. Both songs and
churches will use it in their names. Martin Luther King preached at Ebenezer
Baptist church. This stone was simply a rock of remembrance for the victory of
God. It spoke of Gods help for man. Jesus is the ultimate ‘stone/rock of
defense’ for man. Scripture says ‘there is no rock like the Lord’ ‘Jesus is the
precious stone, all who believe will be delivered’. The imagery of Jesus/God as
a rock of defense is all throughout scripture. We see Samuel as the key leader
of Israel and scripture says he judged them at this time. He lived in Ramah and
‘rode a circuit’ between the various cities on a rotating basis. He was the
first ‘circuit rider’! The circuit riders were the famous American evangelists
during the 19th century. As the Puritan east coast churches were
becoming well established in the original colonies, there was a need to reach
out to the West [and south] with the gospel. The circuit riders were the
evangelists who traveled to various areas preaching the gospel and establishing
churches [The great Methodist Frances Asbury became famous for his circuit
riding and church planting]. During this time you had the famous ‘camp
meetings’ where many believers from all over would gather at these outdoor
‘brush arbors’ and hear the gospel preached and commit their lives to the Lord.
Over time the more staid Reformed churches of the east coast would view the
‘camp meeting’ brothers as a little ‘un hinged’. You would also have some of
the ‘Spirit led’ groups condemn the old time reformed brothers as
‘unconverted’. There was a tendency to lean towards one side or the other. The
various Quaker [shaker] type groups would emphasize the Spirit being premiere
in all Christian understanding. While this is of course true, this in no way
means believers do not learn thru the normal means of study and reading. Some
of the more ‘Spirit minded’ believers would come to view the more ‘head knowledge’
brothers as ‘unconverted’. One of the worst cases was the Ann Hutchison
controversy. She was a believer who began teaching under the ‘Spirits guidance’
and would give the impression that the more refined ministers were not of God.
She would ultimately pay with her life for her beliefs. NOTE- The terminology of ‘New lights’ versus
‘Old lights’ was often used to describe the different emphasis between these 2
camps. There was a brother by the name of Davenport who would travel around and
accuse all of the old time preachers as being unconverted. While it is possible
for a minister to have never truly made a strong commitment to Christ, to paint
them all with this broad brush was very unbalanced.
VERSES-
Matthew
27:50 Jesus, when he had cried again with a loud voice, yielded up the ghost.Matthew 27:51 And, behold, the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom; and the earth did quake, and the rocks rent;
Matthew 27:52 And the graves were opened; and many bodies of the saints which slept arose,
Matthew 27:53 And came out of the graves after his resurrection, and went into the holy city, and appeared unto many.
2Samuel 22:1 And David spake unto the LORD the words of this song
in the day that the LORD had delivered him out of the hand of all his enemies,
and out of the hand of Saul:
2Samuel 22:2 And he said, The LORD is my rock, and my fortress,
and my deliverer;
2Samuel 22:3 The God of my rock; in him will I trust: he is my shield,
and the horn of my salvation, my high tower, and my refuge, my saviour; thou
savest me from violence.
2Samuel 22:4 I will call on the LORD, who is worthy to be praised:
so shall I be saved from mine enemies.
2Samuel 22:5 When the waves of death compassed me, the floods of
ungodly men made me afraid;
2Samuel 22:6 The sorrows of hell compassed me about; the snares of
death prevented me;
2Samuel 22:7 In my distress I called upon the LORD, and cried to
my God: and he did hear my voice out of his temple, and my cry did enter into
his ears.
2Samuel 22:8 Then the earth shook and trembled; the foundations of
heaven moved and shook, because he was wroth.
2Samuel 22:9 There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, and fire
out of his mouth devoured: coals were kindled by it.
2Samuel 22:10 He bowed the heavens also, and came down; and
darkness was under his feet.
2Samuel 22:11 And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly: and he was
seen upon the wings of the wind.
2Samuel 22:12 And he made darkness pavilions round about him, dark
waters, and thick clouds of the skies.
2Samuel 22:13 Through the brightness before him were coals of fire
kindled.
2Samuel 22:14 The LORD thundered from heaven, and the most High
uttered his voice.
2Samuel 22:15 And he sent out arrows, and scattered them;
lightning, and discomfited them.
2Samuel 22:16 And the channels of the sea appeared, the
foundations of the world were discovered, at the rebuking of the LORD, at the
blast of the breath of his nostrils.
2Samuel 22:17 He sent from above, he took me; he drew me out of
many waters;
2Samuel 22:18 He delivered me from my strong enemy, and from them
that hated me: for they were too strong for me.
2Samuel 22:19 They prevented me in the day of my calamity: but the
LORD was my stay.
2Samuel 22:20 He brought me forth also into a large place: he
delivered me, because he delighted in me.
2Samuel 22:21 The LORD rewarded me according to my righteousness:
according to the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me.
2Samuel 22:22 For I have kept the ways of the LORD, and have not
wickedly departed from my God.
2Samuel 22:23 For all his judgments were before me: and as for his
statutes, I did not depart from them.
2Samuel 22:24 I was also upright before him, and have kept myself
from mine iniquity.
2Samuel 22:25 Therefore the LORD hath recompensed me according to
my righteousness; according to my cleanness in his eye sight.
2Samuel 22:26 With the merciful thou wilt shew thyself merciful,
and with the upright man thou wilt shew thyself upright.
2Samuel 22:27 With the pure thou wilt shew thyself pure; and with
the froward thou wilt shew thyself unsavoury.
2Samuel 22:28 And the afflicted people thou wilt save: but thine
eyes are upon the haughty, that thou mayest bring them down.
2Samuel 22:29 For thou art my lamp, O LORD: and the LORD will
lighten my darkness.
2Samuel 22:30 For by thee I have run through a troop: by my God
have I leaped over a wall.
2Samuel 22:31 As for God, his way is perfect; the word of the LORD
is tried: he is a buckler to all them that trust in him.
2Samuel 22:32 For who is God, save the LORD? and who is a rock,
save our God?
2Samuel 22:33 God is my strength and power: and he maketh my way
perfect.
2Samuel 22:34 He maketh my feet like hinds' feet: and setteth me
upon my high places.
2Samuel 22:35 He teacheth my hands to war; so that a bow of steel
is broken by mine arms.
2Samuel 22:36 Thou hast also given me the shield of thy salvation:
and thy gentleness hath made me great.
2Samuel 22:37 Thou hast enlarged my steps under me; so that my
feet did not slip.
2Samuel 22:38 I have pursued mine enemies, and destroyed them; and
turned not again until I had consumed them.
2Samuel 22:39 And I have consumed them, and wounded them, that
they could not arise: yea, they are fallen under my feet.
2Samuel 22:40 For thou hast girded me with strength to battle:
them that rose up against me hast thou subdued under me.
2Samuel 22:41 Thou hast also given me the necks of mine enemies,
that I might destroy them that hate me.
2Samuel 22:42 They looked, but there was none to save; even unto
the LORD, but he answered them not.
2Samuel 22:43 Then did I beat them as small as the dust of the
earth, I did stamp them as the mire of the street, and did spread them abroad.
2Samuel 22:44 Thou also hast delivered me from the strivings of my
people, thou hast kept me to be head of the heathen: a people which I knew not
shall serve me.
2Samuel 22:45 Strangers shall submit themselves unto me: as soon
as they hear, they shall be obedient unto me.
2Samuel 22:46 Strangers shall fade away, and they shall be afraid
out of their close places.
2Samuel 22:47 The LORD liveth; and blessed be my rock; and exalted
be the God of the rock of my salvation.
2Samuel 22:48 It is God that avengeth me, and that bringeth down
the people under me.
2Samuel 22:49 And that bringeth me forth from mine enemies: thou
also hast lifted me up on high above them that rose up against me: thou hast
delivered me from the violent man.
2Samuel 22:50 Therefore I will give thanks unto thee, O LORD,
among the heathen, and I will sing praises unto thy name.
2Samuel 22:51 He is the tower of salvation for his king: and
sheweth mercy to his anointed, unto David, and to his seed for evermore.
Psalm 1:1 Blessed is the man that walketh not in
the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in
the seat of the scornful.
Psalm
1:2 But his delight is in the law of the LORD; and in his law doth he meditate
day and night.Psalm 1:3 And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper.
Psalm 1:4 The ungodly are not so: but are like the chaff which the wind driveth away.
Psalm 1:5 Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous.
Psalm 1:6 For the LORD knoweth the way of the righteous: but the way of the ungodly shall perish.
Exodus 15King James Version
(KJV)
Then
sang Moses and the children of Israel this song unto the Lord, and
spake, saying, I will sing unto the Lord, for
he hath triumphed gloriously: the horse and his rider hath he thrown into the
sea.
2 The Lord is my strength and song, and he is become
my salvation: he is my God, and I will prepare him an habitation; my father's
God, and I will exalt him.
3 And
they sing the song of Moses the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb,
saying, Great and marvellous are thy works, Lord God Almighty; just and true
are thy ways, thou King of saints.
4 Who
shall not fear thee, O Lord, and glorify thy name? for thou only art holy: for
all nations shall come and worship before thee; for thy judgments are made
manifest.
Rev. 15
Revelation
5:9 And they sung a new song, saying, Thou art worthy to take the book, and to
open the seals thereof: for thou wast slain, and hast redeemed us to God by thy
blood out of every kindred, and tongue, and people, and nation;Revelation 5:10 And hast made us unto our God kings and priests: and we shall reign on the earth.
Be not forgetful to
entertain strangers: for thereby some have entertained angels unawares.
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