SATURDAY [NYC] 2-18-17
Made a bunch of short videos today- added some notes on each
below- hope you enjoy.
VIDEOS-
BUS TO NYC- https://youtu.be/OOJCdV0gYMg
See the view of New York City from the bus on the way over.
TIMES SQUARE- https://youtu.be/Zzz8rjM4G8I
Got off at the Port Authority- the Times Square area- didn’t
get the best video of the actual corner- but you see 42nd St.
SAINT PATRICKS CATHEDRAL- https://youtu.be/_awHe0MTO0c
I always try and get video from this historic church- you
can see it today.
CENTRAL PARK- https://youtu.be/zUX5i9XAW6U
Good view of Central Park- see a horse n buggy. Plus- the
cabbie who almost hit me with the cab!
ROCKEFELLER CENTER- https://youtu.be/QwaJ-_ZTC7k
You see some guys skating on the world famous ice rink. NBC
news headquarters too.
EMPIRE STATE BUILDING- https://youtu.be/RH72w3GsXqE
Short video of the famous building- and I talk to a salesman
trying to sell me one of the many bus tours thru the city.
2ND SAMUEL 20- https://youtu.be/1J_vUmTGvgw
On the walk back to the bus station I figured I would teach
a chapter. I’ll try and add the verses and links below- you actually see Times
Square better on this video. And can see/hear the loud sirens on a fire truck
and ambulance going on a run.
HOMELESS FRIEND- https://youtu.be/keW7X8-nwxM
I did get to talk to a homeless guy on camera. I realize he
more than likely is struggling with substance abuse. He stands by the machine
where you buy the bus ticket- and asks for change. That’s why the cop ran him
out of the building while I was talking to him [Port Authority bus terminal]. I
prayed for him after I shut the video off- yes- I did give him a few bucks. I
know what these guys are doing- but when I talk to them- and kind of ‘hint’
that I don’t really ever buy their stories- in a nice way- then in a short time
we usually have a real talk. Ok- one more for today-
LINCOLN TUNNEL- https://youtu.be/adIfVmp4aK0
I shot this video on the way out of the Lincoln Tunnel- you
actually get some of the best video yet of the NYC skyline on this one. The
whole ‘tour’ only took me around 3 hours [maybe less?]
I didn’t try to rush it- I hit all the spots I wanted to-
and that was that.
I went short on most of them- so you could see the high
points.
I’ll add some teaching below- God bless.
PAST LINKS [My past teaching that relates to today’s post]
(937)2ND SAMUEL 20-
Now David comes up against another short rebellion. Sheba , a Benjamite, blows the
trumpet and says ‘what part have we in David, every man for himself’. Sheba draws Israel away
from her king and Judah
remains loyal. David quickly tells his new commander, Amasa, ‘go and gather Judah together
and meet me in 3 days’. He takes longer than 3 days and David says ‘surely this
Sheba
is going to be trouble’ and he sends Joab out too. What’s going on here? First,
David removed Joab from the commander position and replaced him with Amasa. For
whatever reason Amasa is taking longer to gather Judah , David is reading into it
thru the paranoia of Sheba ’s
rebellion. Was Amasa turning against him too? David then turns to his former
commander Joab and seems to be using him as the back up ‘go to man’. Leaders,
if you changed the staff for a reason, don’t keep going to the former guy for
advice. It only creates tension with the new team. If you think the new guy
isn’t working well, then give him a little time and if you have to then go and
make the change. But don’t simply give him a title and then undercut his job.
Now Joab goes out after Sheba
and finds Amasa and kills him. He then chases down Sheba into a city of Israel . Joab
comes against the city and a wise woman says ‘why are you trying to destroy us,
we are a special town in Israel ’?
Joab says ‘we just want Sheba ’.
Sure enough the woman says ‘wait a little bit’ and next thing you know Sheba ’s head
comes over the wall. You don’t want to mess with these Israeli women! So Joab
gets his job back, thru violent means. David puts down this short rebellion.
And he has to regroup big time. Leadership means being able to function in the
midst of turmoil and inner strife and infighting. That’s part of the cost.
There is a verse that says ‘rule thou in the midst of your enemies’. God
doesn't tell us ‘I will remove all the problems so you can rule’. He tells us
‘lead right thru all the stuff’!
VERSES-
2Samuel
20:1 And there happened to be there a man of Belial, whose name was Sheba, the
son of Bichri, a Benjamite: and he blew a trumpet, and said, We have no part in
David, neither have we inheritance in the son of Jesse: every man to his tents,
O Israel.2Samuel 20:2 So every man of Israel went up from after David, and followed Sheba the son of Bichri: but the men of Judah clave unto their king, from Jordan even to Jerusalem.
2Samuel 20:3 And David came to his house at Jerusalem; and the king took the ten women his concubines, whom he had left to keep the house, and put them in ward, and fed them, but went not in unto them. So they were shut up unto the day of their death, living in widowhood.
2Samuel 20:4 Then said the king to Amasa, Assemble me the men of Judah within three days, and be thou here present.
2Samuel 20:5 So Amasa went to assemble the men of Judah: but he tarried longer than the set time which he had appointed him.
2Samuel 20:6 And David said to Abishai, Now shall Sheba the son of Bichri do us more harm than did Absalom: take thou thy lord's servants, and pursue after him, lest he get him fenced cities, and escape us.
2Samuel 20:7 And there went out after him Joab's men, and the Cherethites, and the Pelethites, and all the mighty men: and they went out of Jerusalem, to pursue after Sheba the son of Bichri.
2Samuel 20:8 When they were at the great stone which is in Gibeon, Amasa went before them. And Joab's garment that he had put on was girded unto him, and upon it a girdle with a sword fastened upon his loins in the sheath thereof; and as he went forth it fell out.
2Samuel 20:9 And Joab said to Amasa, Art thou in health, my brother? And Joab took Amasa by the beard with the right hand to kiss him.
2Samuel 20:10 But Amasa took no heed to the sword that was in Joab's hand: so he smote him therewith in the fifth rib, and shed out his bowels to the ground, and struck him not again; and he died. So Joab and Abishai his brother pursued after Sheba the son of Bichri.
2Samuel 20:11 And one of Joab's men stood by him, and said, He that favoureth Joab, and he that is for David, let him go after Joab.
2Samuel 20:12 And Amasa wallowed in blood in the midst of the highway. And when the man saw that all the people stood still, he removed Amasa out of the highway into the field, and cast a cloth upon him, when he saw that every one that came by him stood still.
2Samuel 20:13 When he was removed out of the highway, all the people went on after Joab, to pursue after Sheba the son of Bichri.
2Samuel 20:14 And he went through all the tribes of Israel unto Abel, and to Bethmaachah, and all the Berites: and they were gathered together, and went also after him.
2Samuel 20:15 And they came and besieged him in Abel of Bethmaachah, and they cast up a bank against the city, and it stood in the trench: and all the people that were with Joab battered the wall, to throw it down.
2Samuel 20:16 Then cried a wise woman out of the city, Hear, hear; say, I pray you, unto Joab, Come near hither, that I may speak with thee.
2Samuel 20:17 And when he was come near unto her, the woman said, Art thou Joab? And he answered, I am he. Then she said unto him, Hear the words of thine handmaid. And he answered, I do hear.
2Samuel 20:18 Then she spake, saying, They were wont to speak in old time, saying, They shall surely ask counsel at Abel: and so they ended the matter.
2Samuel 20:19 I am one of them that are peaceable and faithful in Israel: thou seekest to destroy a city and a mother in Israel: why wilt thou swallow up the inheritance of the LORD?
2Samuel 20:20 And Joab answered and said, Far be it, far be it from me, that I should swallow up or destroy.
2Samuel 20:21 The matter is not so: but a man of mount Ephraim, Sheba the son of Bichri by name, hath lifted up his hand against the king, even against David: deliver him only, and I will depart from the city. And the woman said unto Joab, Behold, his head shall be thrown to thee over the wall.
2Samuel 20:22 Then the woman went unto all the people in her wisdom. And they cut off the head of Sheba the son of Bichri, and cast it out to Joab. And he blew a trumpet, and they retired from the city, every man to his tent. And Joab returned to Jerusalem unto the king.
2Samuel 20:23 Now Joab was over all the host of Israel: and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and over the Pelethites:
2Samuel 20:24 And Adoram was over the tribute: and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was recorder:
2Samuel 20:25 And Sheva was scribe: and Zadok and Abiathar were the priests:
2Samuel 20:26 And Ira also the Jairite was a chief ruler about David.
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