WEBVTT 00:00:18.556 --> 00:00:19.297 Good evening, family. 00:00:19.297 --> 00:00:38.673 We are continuing our Route 66 series where we are going book by book through the book of books and essentially what we are doing, we are just looking at each book of the Bible in very big strokes, and last Sunday we looked at 1 Samuel and this Sunday we will be looking at 2 Samuel. 00:00:38.673 --> 00:00:41.969 But before we begin, please join me in a word of prayer. 00:00:41.969 --> 00:00:47.470 Heavenly Father, you are the most high over the whole earth. 00:00:47.470 --> 00:00:50.704 Splendor and majesty are before you. 00:00:50.704 --> 00:00:53.490 Strength and beauty are in your sanctuary. 00:00:53.490 --> 00:01:02.704 We ask, o Lord, that you would bless this time as we look at your word, and we ask that you would be firmly seated on the throne of our hearts this evening. 00:01:02.704 --> 00:01:03.706 Amen. 00:01:03.706 --> 00:01:11.787 As I just mentioned, last week we looked at 1 Samuel and for this evening we'll be looking at 2 Samuel. 00:01:11.787 --> 00:01:16.924 But remember that 1 and 2 Samuel was originally written as one unit. 00:01:16.924 --> 00:01:26.072 So as we look at 2 Samuel this evening, keep in mind that it's not another book altogether, but it is actually a continuation of where 1 Samuel ended. 00:01:26.072 --> 00:01:32.933 When you consider the book of Samuel as a whole, the book can be seen as a tale of two kings. 00:01:32.933 --> 00:01:43.112 Last week we looked at the life and rule of the first king, king Saul, and this week we're going to be looking at the life and rule of the second king, king David. 00:01:43.112 --> 00:01:50.149 This overview will be a little different in its approach, but I promise that we will get to what is at the heart of 2 Samuel. 00:01:50.149 --> 00:02:00.394 So if you have your Bible, please turn with me to 2 Samuel, chapter 18. 00:02:00.394 --> 00:02:09.629 We're going to be looking at a specific moment that took place in the middle of King David's life, and this moment will be our anchor point for the evening. 00:02:09.629 --> 00:02:19.893 But as we look at this moment, we will be bouncing to other points in David's life that will inform how we are to understand David and his role in the biblical storyline. 00:02:19.893 --> 00:02:24.079 So 2 Samuel, chapter 18. 00:02:24.079 --> 00:02:28.377 So 2 Samuel, chapter 18. 00:02:28.377 --> 00:02:32.980 I'm going to read verses 24 to 33. 00:02:33.001 --> 00:02:42.525 David was sitting between the city gates when the watchman went up to the roof of the city gate and over the wall, and the watchman looked out and saw a man running alone. 00:02:42.525 --> 00:02:45.225 He called out and told the king. 00:02:45.225 --> 00:02:48.706 The king said if he's alone, he bears good news. 00:02:48.706 --> 00:02:54.348 As the first runner came closer, the watchman saw another man running. 00:02:54.348 --> 00:02:58.711 He called out to the gatekeeper Look, another man is running alone. 00:02:58.711 --> 00:03:01.572 This one is also bringing good news, said the king. 00:03:01.572 --> 00:03:09.694 The watchman said the way the first man runs looks to me like the way Ahamas, the son of Zadok, runs. 00:03:09.694 --> 00:03:11.134 This is a good man. 00:03:11.134 --> 00:03:12.596 He comes with good news. 00:03:12.596 --> 00:03:13.735 The king commented. 00:03:14.516 --> 00:03:16.918 Ahamas called out to the king all is well. 00:03:16.918 --> 00:03:19.699 And paid homage to the king with his face to the ground. 00:03:19.699 --> 00:03:22.984 He continued Blessed be the Lord, your God. 00:03:22.984 --> 00:03:26.552 He delivered up the men who rebelled against my lord the king. 00:03:26.552 --> 00:03:32.932 The king asked Is the young man Absalom all right? 00:03:32.932 --> 00:03:40.829 Ahimaz replied when Joab sent the king's servant and your servant, I saw a big disturbance, but I didn't know what it was. 00:03:40.829 --> 00:03:43.868 The king said Move aside and stand here. 00:03:43.868 --> 00:03:45.425 So he stood to one side. 00:03:45.425 --> 00:03:50.808 Just then the Cushite came and said may the Lord the king hear the good news. 00:03:50.808 --> 00:03:55.826 The Lord has vindicated you today by freeing you from all who rise against you. 00:03:55.826 --> 00:04:00.223 The king asked the Cushite is the young man Absalom all right? 00:04:00.223 --> 00:04:13.284 The Cushite replied I wish that the enemies of my lord the king, along with all who rise up against you with evil intent, would become like that young man, and this is the moment that we're going to be concentrating on. 00:04:13.284 --> 00:04:20.202 The king was deeply moved and went up to the chamber above the city gate and wept as he walked. 00:04:20.202 --> 00:04:28.189 He cried my son Absalom, my son, my son, if only I had died instead. 00:04:28.471 --> 00:04:34.817 Now, as we look at this verse, we're going to bounce to other parts of David's life. 00:04:34.817 --> 00:04:36.725 We will be considering four things. 00:04:36.725 --> 00:04:43.613 We'll be looking at David's start, david's sympathy, david's son and David's significance. 00:04:43.613 --> 00:04:51.271 These points will not necessarily address David's life in chronological order, but the goal is to give us a clear picture of who David is. 00:04:51.271 --> 00:04:55.490 So let's have a few moments with the first sentence of verse 33. 00:04:55.490 --> 00:05:06.795 The king was deeply moved and went up to the chamber above the city gate and wept Quite a vivid picture right, a picture of someone crying. 00:05:06.795 --> 00:05:13.250 But this isn't just anyone, this is a king and this is King David. 00:05:13.250 --> 00:05:16.221 So let's consider David's start. 00:05:16.221 --> 00:05:22.463 Unlike King Saul, david's entrance into the biblical narrative proved to be very promising. 00:05:23.245 --> 00:05:25.331 Let's look at 1 Samuel, chapter 17,. 00:05:25.331 --> 00:05:30.687 Verses 31 through 37. 00:05:30.687 --> 00:05:34.774 1 Samuel, chapter 17, verses 31 through 37. 00:05:34.774 --> 00:05:39.487 What David said was overheard and reported to Saul. 00:05:39.487 --> 00:05:41.552 So he had David brought to him. 00:05:41.552 --> 00:05:45.790 David said to Saul don't let anyone be discouraged by him. 00:05:45.790 --> 00:05:48.588 Your servant will go and fight this Philistine. 00:05:48.588 --> 00:05:55.487 But Saul replied you can't go fight this Philistine, you're just a youth and he's been a warrior since he was young. 00:05:55.487 --> 00:06:00.750 David answered Saul, your servant has been tending his father's sheep. 00:06:00.750 --> 00:06:08.807 Whenever a lion or a bear came and carried off a lamb from the flock, I went after it, struck it down and rescued the lamb from its mouth. 00:06:08.807 --> 00:06:13.706 If it reared up against me, I would grab it by its fur, strike it down and kill it. 00:06:13.706 --> 00:06:16.452 Your servant has killed lions and bears. 00:06:16.452 --> 00:06:22.528 This uncircumcised Philistine will be like one of them, for he has defied the armies of the living God. 00:06:22.528 --> 00:06:30.350 Then David said the Lord, who rescued me from the paw of the lion and the paw of the bear, will rescue me from the hand of this Philistine. 00:06:30.350 --> 00:06:35.612 Saul said to David go, and may the Lord be with you. 00:06:37.141 --> 00:06:46.326 If you recall Saul's beginning from last week, saul's journey started in the context of the people of Israel longing for a king, and this longing wasn't bad. 00:06:46.326 --> 00:06:52.728 But the question that arose when Saul came into the picture was what kind of king would he be? 00:06:52.728 --> 00:06:59.651 Was he going to be the kind of king that the people of Israel wanted, or was he going to be the king that the Lord wanted? 00:06:59.651 --> 00:07:02.848 Saul was simply a man from the tribe of Benjamin. 00:07:02.848 --> 00:07:10.588 He stood ahead taller than everyone and he was quite handsome in his appearance and he was just someone looking for his father's donkeys. 00:07:10.588 --> 00:07:16.012 But interesting enough, he stumbled across a man named Samuel and got anointed as king. 00:07:16.012 --> 00:07:22.874 But funny enough, when it was time for him to be acknowledged as king before the people of Israel, he hid himself. 00:07:22.874 --> 00:07:29.283 Before the people of Israel, he hid himself. 00:07:29.283 --> 00:07:32.754 And even though Saul was chosen by God, his success as a king was very short because he had no regard for the Lord or his commands. 00:07:33.617 --> 00:07:38.069 Now let's compare Saul's beginning with David's entrance into Israel's storyline. 00:07:38.069 --> 00:07:39.952 Based off of what we just read. 00:07:39.952 --> 00:07:47.644 Here we have this young teen who was putting thousands of trained Israelite men to shame just with his boldness alone. 00:07:47.644 --> 00:07:58.084 When King Saul doubts David's ability to fight against the Philistine champion Goliath, david gives Saul his resume and makes it abundantly clear that Saul has nothing to worry about. 00:07:58.084 --> 00:08:03.624 David knew that the Lord had delivered him in the past and that he would do it again in the future. 00:08:03.624 --> 00:08:14.283 Now if someone like Josiah Morrison were to tell me that he's going up against a 350-pound guy who's eight feet tall, I would be very concerned. 00:08:14.283 --> 00:08:23.351 But if he told me his training involved killing lions and killing bears, I wouldn't be worried about him at all, I'd be more scared of the guy he was facing. 00:08:24.463 --> 00:08:33.624 What's wonderful and different about David's entry into the story of Israel is not just his courage, but his awareness and concern for the living God from such a young age. 00:08:33.624 --> 00:08:47.052 This demonstrated the godly leadership that was needed in Israel, and what separates David's entry into Israel's story versus Saul's is the tribe in which David. 00:08:47.052 --> 00:08:50.764 This is a subtle but very important detail. 00:08:50.764 --> 00:08:57.488 David was the son of Jesse, who was from the tribe of Judah, whereas Saul was from the tribe of Benjamin. 00:08:57.488 --> 00:09:15.250 In Genesis 49.10, where the patriarch Jacob is blessing his 12 sons, the tribe of Judah was promised this the scepter will not depart from him, that is, judah or the staff from between his feet, until whose, whose right it is comes and the obedience of the peoples belong to him. 00:09:15.250 --> 00:09:27.979 This promise to Judah was essentially saying that a king or ruler would come from this family, and this promise was made to the tribe that David was from and not the tribe that Saul was from. 00:09:27.979 --> 00:09:39.107 So, when compared with Saul, david's entry seems to suggest that he would be the fulfillment of the promises previously made to Israel in regards to their need for a king. 00:09:40.148 --> 00:09:45.312 Now let's go back to our moment in 2 Samuel 18, verse 33. 00:09:45.312 --> 00:09:54.326 The king was deeply moved and he went up to the chamber above the city gate and wept as he walked. 00:09:54.326 --> 00:09:56.554 He cried my son Absalom, my son, my son, absalom. 00:09:56.554 --> 00:10:01.167 If only I had died instead of you, absalom, my son, my son. 00:10:01.167 --> 00:10:16.217 As we've just considered a bit of the background of this king King David, his start let's see from this verse that he was also deeply moved, and this brings us into David's sympathy Now, based on his beginnings. 00:10:16.217 --> 00:10:18.445 We saw that David indeed was a brave man. 00:10:18.445 --> 00:10:20.501 He was strong as well. 00:10:20.501 --> 00:10:26.006 But we also get a hint from this verse that David was a man of great and deep affections. 00:10:26.006 --> 00:10:32.322 In addition to being a giant slayer and a warrior, david was a musician and a songwriter. 00:10:32.322 --> 00:10:37.817 Slayer and a warrior, david was a musician and a songwriter. 00:10:37.837 --> 00:10:40.322 Out of the 150 psalms, david is responsible for writing 75 of them. 00:10:40.322 --> 00:10:43.888 Listen to a comment by John Calvin on the psalms. 00:10:43.888 --> 00:11:07.125 Calvin says I have been accustomed to call this book I think not inappropriately an anatomy of the soul, for there is not an emotion of which anyone can be conscious that is not here represented, as in Out of the 150 psalms, 59 of them are laments, and a lament is simply an expression of grief, sorrow or regret. 00:11:07.125 --> 00:11:10.985 Now listen to some of these laments that are penned by David. 00:11:10.985 --> 00:11:13.842 Psalm 22, verses 1 through 2. 00:11:13.842 --> 00:11:17.443 My God, my God, why have you abandoned me? 00:11:17.443 --> 00:11:22.687 Why are you so far from me, my deliverance, and from my words of groaning? 00:11:22.687 --> 00:11:25.844 My God, I cry by day, but you do not answer. 00:11:25.844 --> 00:11:28.922 By night, yet I have no rest. 00:11:28.922 --> 00:11:30.586 Psalm 6, 6. 00:11:30.586 --> 00:11:32.754 I am weary from my groaning. 00:11:32.754 --> 00:11:37.066 With my tears I dampen my bed and I drench my couch every night. 00:11:37.066 --> 00:11:39.371 Psalm 66. 00:11:39.371 --> 00:11:41.840 Psalm 40, verse 17. 00:11:54.195 --> 00:11:55.840 Now, I don't want to give the impression that David was always sad or despondent. 00:11:55.840 --> 00:12:00.278 There are plenty of other Psalms and experiences in the life of David where there was great joy and gratitude before the Lord. 00:12:00.278 --> 00:12:09.865 But the reason why I chose to read some of the laments is because they reveal an emotional depth to who he is as a person and, more specifically, as a man. 00:12:09.865 --> 00:12:25.827 It's quite amazing how you have this man who is, on one hand, clearly capable of intense violence and aggression Mind you that as a young boy he chopped off Goliath's head and, on the other hand, he is one who expresses need and is not afraid to cry. 00:12:25.827 --> 00:12:37.883 This picture is quite contrary to how men are sometimes portrayed in today's culture, men are either too strong and insensitive or too weak and overly emotional. 00:12:37.883 --> 00:12:44.047 Rarely ever do we see a healthy picture of a man who demonstrates the full range of the human experience. 00:12:44.047 --> 00:12:57.826 However, we do see this with other great men in the Bible, like Joseph and Job and the Apostle Paul, and we see this here with David, and we see this in our verse that we're looking at this evening, where David is grieving over the loss of his son. 00:12:57.826 --> 00:13:03.565 The king was deeply moved and he went up to the chamber above the city gate and wept. 00:13:03.565 --> 00:13:08.782 As he walked he cried my son Absalom, my son, my son Absalom. 00:13:08.782 --> 00:13:11.326 If only I had died instead of you. 00:13:11.326 --> 00:13:16.136 Absalom, my son, son Absalom, if only I had died instead of you. 00:13:16.136 --> 00:13:16.658 Absalom, my son, my son. 00:13:16.677 --> 00:13:17.519 Now we're moving on to David's son. 00:13:17.519 --> 00:13:23.399 Now, david had quite a few sons, but for now we're just going to be looking at the son that is being spoken about in this verse. 00:13:23.399 --> 00:13:28.658 David had many wives, and the wives that gave birth to Absalom was Micah. 00:13:28.658 --> 00:13:37.942 Absalom was one of the two children that David had with Micah, and the other child of David was a daughter of his named Tamar. 00:13:37.942 --> 00:13:42.049 Now, according to 2 Samuel, chapter 14, verse 25,. 00:13:42.855 --> 00:13:45.721 Absalom was the most handsome man in all of Israel. 00:13:45.721 --> 00:13:49.899 From the top of his head to the sole of his foot, there was no blemish in him. 00:13:49.899 --> 00:13:59.201 And in 1 Samuel 16, verse 12, david is described as one with beautiful eyes and a healthy, handsome appearance. 00:13:59.201 --> 00:14:04.538 So I think it's safe to assume that Absalom got his good looks from his father. 00:14:04.538 --> 00:14:08.817 Whenever David looked at his son, he probably saw a little bit of his likeness in him. 00:14:08.817 --> 00:14:18.604 So at first glance of the verse that we are looking at in chapter 18 of 2 Samuel, it seems very appropriate for David to be weeping over the death of his son. 00:14:19.466 --> 00:14:23.782 However, I'd like us to consider this flashback on Absalom's life. 00:14:23.782 --> 00:14:27.349 So let's look at 2 Samuel, chapter 16. 00:14:27.349 --> 00:14:35.268 2 Samuel, chapter 16, just a few pages behind, verses 20 through 22. 00:14:35.268 --> 00:14:42.945 Then Absalom said to Ahithophel give me your advice. 00:14:42.945 --> 00:14:44.008 What should we do? 00:14:44.008 --> 00:14:55.798 Ahithophel replied to Absalom sleep with your father's concubines, whom he left to take care of the palace, your father's concubines, whom he left to take care of the palace. 00:14:55.798 --> 00:14:59.167 When all Israel hears that you have become repulsive to your father, everyone will be encouraged. 00:14:59.167 --> 00:15:06.227 So they pitched a tent for Absalom on the roof and he slept with his father's concubines in the sight of all of Israel. 00:15:06.227 --> 00:15:10.942 Pretty awful right, and you must be wondering what is going on here. 00:15:11.283 --> 00:15:13.769 Why would David's son do such a thing? 00:15:13.769 --> 00:15:19.807 There was a point in Absalom's life where he thought that he could be a better king than his father. 00:15:19.807 --> 00:15:25.767 So Absalom took it upon himself to curry favor with the people of Israel and made a big name for himself. 00:15:25.767 --> 00:15:32.544 David caught word of Absalom's growing popularity and he knew that at some point his son would try to overtake him. 00:15:32.544 --> 00:15:42.239 Now, due to Absalom's success in winning the hearts of people, david and his household would flee from him, and this is where David penned Psalm 3. 00:15:42.239 --> 00:15:48.918 But when David left, he did leave 10 concubines behind so that they could take care of the palace while he was away. 00:15:50.760 --> 00:16:01.785 Since David was on the run, absalom wanted to solidify his position, so he sought advice from a former advisor of David, and his advice was what we just read. 00:16:01.785 --> 00:16:09.179 This advice is obviously wicked, and you can spend a lot of time wondering why would David's former advisor suggest such a thing? 00:16:09.179 --> 00:16:15.558 But at the end of the day, absalom made the deliberate decision to follow through with this horrific deed. 00:16:15.558 --> 00:16:24.442 This son of David was not a great son, and the question that still lingers is why would David's own son do something like that? 00:16:24.442 --> 00:16:29.840 Wasn't David a great king and a good father and a man after God's own heart? 00:16:29.840 --> 00:16:33.568 And this moves us on to David's significance. 00:16:33.568 --> 00:16:35.517 So here's the thing. 00:16:35.517 --> 00:16:45.022 Yes, david was the chosen successor by God to King Saul, and in many ways he was more righteous than Saul as a king. 00:16:45.022 --> 00:16:54.996 But when we read the entirety of David's life, we are reminded that, though he was indeed a good king, he was still indeed not a perfect one. 00:16:56.000 --> 00:17:01.417 It's almost impossible to think about David and not think about his awful sin committed with Bathsheba. 00:17:01.417 --> 00:17:09.239 The terrible situation with Absalom was actually a judgment from God because of David's sin of adultery with Absalom. 00:17:09.239 --> 00:17:15.990 That judgment was pronounced in 2 Samuel, chapter 12, verses 11 and 12. 00:17:15.990 --> 00:17:17.997 Listen to these words. 00:17:17.997 --> 00:17:19.981 This is what the Lord says. 00:17:19.981 --> 00:17:23.896 I'm going to bring disaster on you from your own family. 00:17:23.896 --> 00:17:30.777 I will take your wives and give them to another before your very eyes, and he will sleep with them in broad daylight. 00:17:30.777 --> 00:17:37.349 You acted in secret, but I will do this before all Israel and in broad daylight. 00:17:39.436 --> 00:17:46.105 If David is guilty of committing awful sin, what then is his significance in the biblical storyline? 00:17:46.105 --> 00:17:52.434 So, though he was sinful, david was actually the partial fulfillment of some of the promises. 00:17:52.434 --> 00:17:59.169 Sinful David was actually the partial fulfillment of some of the promises that God made to the people of Israel in regards to a king. 00:17:59.169 --> 00:18:00.872 Here are a few examples. 00:18:00.872 --> 00:18:08.208 I mentioned earlier that David's entry into Israel's storyline was promising because of the tribe in which he came from. 00:18:08.208 --> 00:18:24.564 Remember, it was the tribe of Judah that was promised back in Genesis 49.10 that the scepter would not depart from him or the staff from between his feet until he, whose right it comes and the obedience of the peoples belong to him. 00:18:24.564 --> 00:18:34.124 This promise was essentially saying that the authority of rule and kingship would be given to one from this family and in one sense, david had the scepter. 00:18:34.124 --> 00:18:39.288 He was one that had authority and rule and kingship over the people of Israel. 00:18:40.636 --> 00:18:57.166 Another way David is significant and fulfills some of these promises is that last week, as we were looking at God's idea ideal for a king, we looked at Deuteronomy, chapter 17, verses 18 through 20. 00:18:57.166 --> 00:19:09.598 And God's ideal of a king is this when he is seated on his royal throne, he is to write a copy of this instruction for himself on a scroll in the presence of the Levitical priest. 00:19:09.598 --> 00:19:21.881 It is to remain with him and he is to read from it all the days of his life, so that he may learn to fear the Lord, his God, to observe all the commands of this instruction and to do these statutes. 00:19:21.881 --> 00:19:27.777 Then his heart will not be exalted above his countrymen, he will not turn from this command to the right or the left, and he and his heart will not be exalted above his countrymen. 00:19:27.777 --> 00:19:32.626 He will not turn from this command to the right or the left, and he and his sons will continue reigning many years in Israel. 00:19:33.836 --> 00:19:40.848 Now compare that description to the words of David found in Psalm 119, verses 97 through 104. 00:19:40.848 --> 00:19:44.384 David says how I love your instruction. 00:19:44.384 --> 00:19:46.863 It is my meditation all day long. 00:19:46.863 --> 00:19:50.903 Your command makes me wiser than my enemies, for it is always with me. 00:19:50.903 --> 00:19:55.798 I have more insight than all my teachers because your decrees are my meditation. 00:19:55.798 --> 00:19:59.488 I understand more than the elders because I obey your precepts. 00:19:59.488 --> 00:20:03.708 I have kept my feet from every evil path to follow your word. 00:20:03.708 --> 00:20:07.962 I have not turned from your judgments, for you yourself have instructed me. 00:20:07.962 --> 00:20:10.621 How sweet is your word to my taste? 00:20:10.621 --> 00:20:12.866 Sweeter than honey in my mouth. 00:20:12.866 --> 00:20:15.460 I gain understanding from your precepts. 00:20:15.460 --> 00:20:18.386 Therefore, I hate every false way. 00:20:19.414 --> 00:20:25.788 It's clear from David's words that he very much resembled God's idea of a king found in Deuteronomy 17. 00:20:25.788 --> 00:20:31.656 God's idea of a king found in Deuteronomy 17. 00:20:31.656 --> 00:20:34.143 Last week we also saw that it was a small prophecy in Hannah's prayer found in 1 Samuel 2. 00:20:34.143 --> 00:20:41.163 And in this prophecy, at the end of verse 10, she says he, meaning God, will give power to his king. 00:20:41.163 --> 00:20:51.067 Last week we saw that Saul's success as a king was very short and the king quickly departed from him due to Saul's success as a king was very short and the king quickly departed from him due to Saul's disobedience. 00:20:51.067 --> 00:21:08.068 Whereas with David, though he was not perfect, he was a man after God's own heart and his success and accomplishment for the Lord and for Israel far exceeded Saul because the Lord was with him, implying that the Lord gave power to him as king. 00:21:09.516 --> 00:21:16.604 Now, the last thing that helps us to truly understand David's significance and role in the biblical storyline is found in 2 Samuel 7. 00:21:16.604 --> 00:21:19.382 2 Samuel 7. 00:21:19.382 --> 00:21:21.301 You can turn there with me if you would like. 00:21:21.301 --> 00:21:26.665 This is a covenant that the Lord made with David. 00:21:26.665 --> 00:21:30.484 2 Samuel 7, verses 12 through 16. 00:21:30.484 --> 00:21:41.865 When your time comes and you rest with your ancestors, I will raise up after you your descendant who will come from your body, and I will establish your kingdom. 00:21:41.865 --> 00:21:48.805 He is the one who will build a house for my name and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever. 00:21:48.805 --> 00:21:52.424 I will be his father and he will be my son. 00:21:52.424 --> 00:22:04.127 When he does wrong, I will discipline him with a rod of men and blows from mortals, but my faithful love will never leave him, as it did when I removed it from Saul, whom I removed from before you. 00:22:04.127 --> 00:22:10.923 Your house and your kingdom will endure before me forever and your throne will be established forever. 00:22:10.923 --> 00:22:21.826 This covenant clearly suggests that David's time would eventually come to an end, but it also speaks to the fact that there would be one who would come after him. 00:22:21.826 --> 00:22:30.586 In short, david's significance is not tied to himself alone, but it's more so tied to the descendant that the Lord would raise up after him. 00:22:30.586 --> 00:22:36.708 This would be David's greater son, god's true anointed king of Israel. 00:22:36.708 --> 00:22:43.188 And this true and greater son and true anointed king of Israel is no other than the Lord Jesus Christ. 00:22:43.188 --> 00:22:47.085 That is why Matthew opens up with these words found in Matthew 1.1. 00:22:47.085 --> 00:22:48.347 Jesus Christ. 00:22:48.347 --> 00:22:50.674 That is why Matthew opens up with these words found in Matthew 1.1. 00:22:54.994 --> 00:22:57.017 The account of the genealogy of the Lord Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham. 00:22:57.017 --> 00:23:03.021 Now let's wrap up by going back to our main verse that we've been looking at 2 Samuel 18, verse 33. 00:23:03.021 --> 00:23:12.028 The king was deeply moved and he went up to the chamber above the city gate and wept as he walked. 00:23:12.028 --> 00:23:24.851 He cried my son Absalom, my son, my son, absalom, if only I had died instead of you. 00:23:24.851 --> 00:23:25.493 Absalom, my son, my son. 00:23:26.214 --> 00:23:35.269 The reason why I wanted to use this moment as an anchor for tonight's overview is because it clearly foreshadows the one who would be the greater son of David, the true king of Israel, the Lord Jesus Christ. 00:23:35.269 --> 00:23:39.465 The significance of David is that he is a type of Christ. 00:23:39.465 --> 00:23:48.498 There was no arguing that what Absalom did against his father David was egregious and absolutely terrible did against his father. 00:23:48.498 --> 00:23:51.751 David was egregious and absolutely terrible, and I'm pretty sure if any of us were in David's position, we wouldn't be using the words that David used. 00:23:51.751 --> 00:23:53.517 If only I had died instead of you. 00:23:54.440 --> 00:24:05.048 But what we see in David's response is something of the heart of God towards sinful humanity, and I would argue that this account with Absalom has some echoes from Genesis. 00:24:05.048 --> 00:24:19.739 In Genesis you have God, the creator and king over the universe, and you have his created son who bears his likeness, kind of like Absalom, who was handsome, like his father and the created son of God. 00:24:19.739 --> 00:24:23.528 Adam thinks he knows better than the one who created him. 00:24:23.528 --> 00:24:28.376 In the same way, absalom thought that he would be a better king than his father. 00:24:28.376 --> 00:24:34.717 Adam decides to disobey the most holy God while the heavenly host bears witness to this cosmic treason. 00:24:34.717 --> 00:24:41.917 Similarly, absalom humiliates his father by sleeping with his concubines in the sight of all of Israel. 00:24:41.917 --> 00:24:54.406 The main difference, however, between Adam and Absalom is that Absalom had a sinful father, while Adam did not what David wished he could have done for his son. 00:24:54.686 --> 00:24:57.638 Absalom if only I had died instead of you. 00:24:58.320 --> 00:25:01.587 Or the New King James says if only I had died in your place. 00:25:01.587 --> 00:25:09.868 God, the Father, does for Adam by sending God the Son to die in his place. 00:25:09.868 --> 00:25:18.086 Romans 5, verses 6-11, reads For while we were still helpless, at the right time, christ died for the ungodly. 00:25:18.086 --> 00:25:30.423 For rarely will someone die for a just person, though for a good person, perhaps someone might even dare to die, but God proves his own love for us in that, while we were still sinners, christ died for us. 00:25:30.423 --> 00:25:37.582 How much more, then, since we have been now justified by his blood, will we be saved through him from wrath. 00:25:37.582 --> 00:25:47.481 For if, while we were enemies, we were reconciled to God through the death of his son, then how much more, having been reconciled, will we be saved by his life? 00:25:47.481 --> 00:25:55.544 And not only that, but we also boast in God through our Lord, jesus Christ, through whom we have now received this reconciliation. 00:25:56.105 --> 00:25:59.877 Let's pray, heavenly Father. 00:25:59.877 --> 00:26:08.866 We thank you that, as we read through the Old Testament, it is all pointing to our amazing Lord and Savior, jesus Christ. 00:26:08.866 --> 00:26:29.896 We thank you, heavenly Father, that he is the true fulfillment of all the promises that we have, and we thank you, lord, god, that we have a perfect king, a perfect king that took the place for us, taking on our transgression and our sin, so that we may be your righteousness in him, father. 00:26:29.896 --> 00:26:34.558 We ask, father, that we would just continue to meditate on this glorious truth that you would condescend to us. 00:26:34.558 --> 00:26:38.963 Take our place so that we may have a relationship with you. 00:26:38.963 --> 00:26:41.060 I give you praise, glory and honor. 00:26:41.060 --> 00:26:43.102 In your son's name I pray, amen.