David'sgreat persecutionsby his brethren(I Samuel 18-22)
Saul, the Satanic rebel, sought to thwart the Word of
God concerning the loss of his kingdom to God's anointed one (I Samuel 15:22-28) from the day that the Lord gave David the victory over Goliath (I Samuel 17:57 - 18:4) and gave him favor with
Saul and the people (I Samuel 18:5-9)
Saul used his own daughter's love for David to demand
a dowry price of David that could cost him his life (I Samuel 18:20-25)
Saul sought to slay David even in the presence of Samuel,
the prophet, but the Lord overruled him to his own purpose (I Samuel 19:18-24); the Lord will also overrule
Saul's great antitype to his own purpose (Isaiah 10:5-7)
Saul's murderous anger against David extended to his
own son and called Jonathan's faithful loyalty to the Lord's anointed one, "rebellious perversity" (I Samuel 20:30-34)
David sought refuge among the priests of the Lord, but
was found out by Saul's Edomite servant (I Samuel 21:1-7; I Samuel 22:6-10)
Saul used his Edomite servant to slay the priests of
the Lord for their kindness to David when his own servants refused to do so (I Samuel 22:16-19); Saul assumed Samuel's priestly
duties (I Samuel 13:6-12) as his great antitype will
assume the Lord's priestly throne (Ezekiel 21:25-27 cf. Zechariah 6:12-13)
David was fittingly first crowned
king at Hebron (II Samuel 2:1,4), which was given as an inheritance
to the tribe of Judah in honor of Caleb, who with Joshua were the only faithful witnesses concerning the promised
land (Joshua 14:6-15)
It was in the wilderness of Judah that the Lord provided
refuge for David from the wrath of Saul (Psalms 63:1-2 cf. I Samuel 22:5-6)
In the Day of the Lord, the first saved tribe out of the
Tribulation will be Judah, who will be made strong as David against their enemies (Zechariah 12:6-9)
The Lord preserved and exalted David over his enemies
and established his kingdom in righteousness (II Samuel 5:10-12 cf. II Samuel 8:1-15)
As surely as "the kingdom was
rent from Saul and given to David" (I Samuel 15:16-29),
so it shall be that "the kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of our Lord and of His Christ"
(Revelation 11:15 cf. Daniel 2:44)
After the Lord gave David rest from his enemies and a
house in which to live (II Samuel 7:1 cf. II Samuel 5:10-12),
David desired to honor the Lord by building a house for Him to dwell among His people (II Samuel 7:2)
After the Lord defeated David's enemies
(II Samuel 5:23-25), David determined to retrieve
the Ark of God and rejoice with the Lord's people in the Lord's presence (II Samuel 6:1-5)
However, the Lord was not interested in David building
Him a physical house (II Samuel 7:4-7), but rather He purposed
to build David a spiritual house (II Samuel 7:8-11)
God would establish the throne of
David's seed forever and his son would build Him a physical house (II Samuel 7:12-13)