1 00:00:00,400 --> 00:00:03,480 Thankful for all who have made it here this morning to worship. 2 00:00:03,680 --> 00:00:05,960 Thankful for your presence has been mentioned, mentioned. 3 00:00:05,960 --> 00:00:09,080 We're so thankful for those who may be visitors and we consider 4 00:00:09,080 --> 00:00:12,160 you to be our honored guest. And we welcome you, welcome you 5 00:00:12,160 --> 00:00:14,200 back each and every time you have the opportunity. 6 00:00:16,040 --> 00:00:20,680 If you were here last month, we started a study in Second Samuel 7 00:00:20,680 --> 00:00:23,200 chapter 15 and that's where we'll still be. 8 00:00:23,200 --> 00:00:30,320 We covered kind of the 1st 22 or so verses of, of chapter 15 and 9 00:00:30,320 --> 00:00:34,280 we're talking about Absalom. Absalom was one of King David's 10 00:00:34,280 --> 00:00:37,840 sons, a wicked son. And we've kind of gone picked up 11 00:00:37,840 --> 00:00:40,040 almost kind of in the middle of his life, if you want to say. 12 00:00:40,040 --> 00:00:45,800 And, and we have, we're studying how he's trying to subvert his 13 00:00:45,800 --> 00:00:49,480 father as King David. And before we get into our 14 00:00:49,480 --> 00:00:55,400 study, I want to read Psalm chapter 3. 15 00:00:55,760 --> 00:00:57,960 Psalm chapter 3. It says the title. 16 00:00:57,960 --> 00:01:02,280 It is a Psalm of David when he fled from Absalom his son. 17 00:01:03,200 --> 00:01:06,760 It says there, Lord, how they have increased to trouble me. 18 00:01:06,960 --> 00:01:09,680 Many are those are they who rise up against me. 19 00:01:10,240 --> 00:01:13,680 Many are they who say of me there is no help for him in God. 20 00:01:13,680 --> 00:01:18,880 Say a lot, but you our Lord are a shield for me, my glory and 21 00:01:18,880 --> 00:01:22,400 the one who lifts up my head. I cried to the Lord with my 22 00:01:22,400 --> 00:01:26,600 voice, and he heard me from His holy hill Say a lot, I say. 23 00:01:26,600 --> 00:01:30,320 I lay down and slept. I awoke, for the Lord sustained 24 00:01:30,320 --> 00:01:32,520 me. I will not be afraid of 10 25 00:01:32,520 --> 00:01:35,840 thousands of people who have set themselves against me all 26 00:01:35,840 --> 00:01:39,080 around. Arise, O Lord, save me, Oh my 27 00:01:39,080 --> 00:01:43,280 God, for you have struck all my enemies on the cheekbone. 28 00:01:43,400 --> 00:01:45,560 You have broken the teeth of the ungodly. 29 00:01:45,840 --> 00:01:49,880 Salvation belongs to the Lord. Your blessing is upon your 30 00:01:49,880 --> 00:01:53,000 people. And then I want to read Mark 31 00:01:53,000 --> 00:01:56,800 1422 starting in verse 22. It says, and as they were 32 00:01:56,800 --> 00:02:00,000 eating, Jesus took bread, blessed and broke it and gave it 33 00:02:00,000 --> 00:02:02,280 to them and said, take, eat. This is my body. 34 00:02:02,840 --> 00:02:05,280 And he took the cup. And when he had given thanks, he 35 00:02:05,280 --> 00:02:07,480 gave it to them and they all drank from it. 36 00:02:07,840 --> 00:02:10,800 And he and he said to them, This is the blood of my, of the new 37 00:02:10,800 --> 00:02:13,360 covenant which is shed for many. Assuredly. 38 00:02:13,360 --> 00:02:16,000 I say to you, I will no longer drink of the fruit of the vine 39 00:02:16,000 --> 00:02:19,600 until that day when I drink it new in the Kingdom of God. 40 00:02:20,280 --> 00:02:22,960 And when they had sung A hymn, they went out to the Mount of 41 00:02:22,960 --> 00:02:25,800 Olives. Then Jesus said to them, All of 42 00:02:25,800 --> 00:02:28,040 you will be made to stumble because of me this night. 43 00:02:28,200 --> 00:02:31,440 For it is written, I will strike the shepherd, and the sheep will 44 00:02:31,440 --> 00:02:34,320 be scattered. But after I've been raised, I 45 00:02:34,320 --> 00:02:38,840 will go before you to Galilee. Peter said to him, Even if all 46 00:02:38,840 --> 00:02:41,200 are made to stumble, yet I will not be. 47 00:02:41,400 --> 00:02:45,160 Jesus said to him, Assuredly I say you, assuredly. 48 00:02:45,160 --> 00:02:48,480 I say to you that today, even this night, before the rooster 49 00:02:48,480 --> 00:02:50,880 crows twice, you will deny me three times. 50 00:02:51,760 --> 00:02:55,840 But he spoke more vehemently. If I have to die with you, I 51 00:02:55,840 --> 00:02:58,920 will not deny you. And they all said likewise. 52 00:03:00,600 --> 00:03:03,920 I want to give a quick recap of what we've studied so far in the 53 00:03:03,920 --> 00:03:07,880 first portion of the 15th chapter of Second Samuel. 54 00:03:08,760 --> 00:03:13,040 You know, we of course, are reading about Absalom and, and 55 00:03:13,040 --> 00:03:15,960 we learned that Absalom and his had the desire to take over his 56 00:03:15,960 --> 00:03:19,400 father, King David's throne. And he was subverting David at 57 00:03:19,400 --> 00:03:22,480 the at the entrance of the gate. And he was welcoming people who 58 00:03:22,480 --> 00:03:25,240 were coming in to seek justice, if you want to say. 59 00:03:25,640 --> 00:03:28,560 But Absalom was kind of cut and had off at the pass and was 60 00:03:28,840 --> 00:03:32,040 being a man of the people, if you want to say, and reaching 61 00:03:32,040 --> 00:03:34,840 down and grabbing their hand and hugging them and kissing them. 62 00:03:35,200 --> 00:03:40,600 And he was doing all this in hopes to steal the hearts of the 63 00:03:40,600 --> 00:03:43,960 men of Israel. Absalom was egotistical, 64 00:03:44,120 --> 00:03:46,880 self-centered. He was passive aggressive. 65 00:03:47,320 --> 00:03:51,440 And this plan of to win the hearts of Israel took him 40 66 00:03:51,440 --> 00:03:56,640 years to accomplish this until his basically his support, if 67 00:03:56,640 --> 00:03:59,880 you want to say, took 40 years from the people that grown. 68 00:04:00,120 --> 00:04:03,160 And his plan was ready to launch, if you want to say to at 69 00:04:03,160 --> 00:04:06,520 this point. So Absalom left Jerusalem to go 70 00:04:06,520 --> 00:04:10,680 to Hebron to basically crown himself as king of Israel 71 00:04:10,800 --> 00:04:14,320 because he had all of this support, even one of David's 72 00:04:14,320 --> 00:04:19,399 close advisors, A counsellor, a hip, a hip apel, a hip apel. 73 00:04:19,839 --> 00:04:23,640 He defected from David and he went and followed Absalom. 74 00:04:24,320 --> 00:04:27,200 So David and his servants and all those who were loyal to him 75 00:04:27,400 --> 00:04:32,480 fled Jerusalem in order to avoid a potential oncoming attack from 76 00:04:32,480 --> 00:04:35,600 Absalom, his son. And that included Itai the 77 00:04:35,600 --> 00:04:40,440 Hittite, who was adamant about following David wherever he 78 00:04:40,440 --> 00:04:43,400 went. And so that brings us to the 79 00:04:43,400 --> 00:04:47,200 22nd verse, where David said to Itai, go and crossover. 80 00:04:48,280 --> 00:04:51,240 And it's an amazing statement, amazing commitment on the part 81 00:04:51,240 --> 00:04:53,480 of this, this guy, Itai the Hittite. 82 00:04:54,520 --> 00:04:56,440 And then it is accepted by David. 83 00:04:57,200 --> 00:04:59,680 David had told him a couple times already, you know, stay 84 00:04:59,680 --> 00:05:01,280 back. You don't need to come with us, 85 00:05:01,840 --> 00:05:05,200 but why don't you just go back and say where you know, you 86 00:05:05,200 --> 00:05:06,680 don't need to come with us. We don't even know where we're 87 00:05:06,680 --> 00:05:07,440 going. We're going to be in the 88 00:05:07,440 --> 00:05:09,920 wilderness and there's no reason for you to come. 89 00:05:10,480 --> 00:05:15,680 But the devotion of Itai that he made to David finally caused 90 00:05:15,680 --> 00:05:18,520 David to basically say, fine, come, go ahead and come with us 91 00:05:18,520 --> 00:05:21,720 because he was so dedicated to him. 92 00:05:23,000 --> 00:05:26,320 And so we have this great picture here in verse 22. 93 00:05:26,320 --> 00:05:30,720 It says, so Itai the Gitai passed on with all his men, and 94 00:05:30,720 --> 00:05:33,760 then we notice it says and all the little ones who are with 95 00:05:33,760 --> 00:05:37,080 him. So it's possible for us to read 96 00:05:37,080 --> 00:05:41,200 an event like this and somehow or another only see it kind of 97 00:05:41,200 --> 00:05:43,000 as it were. If you want to say in terms of 98 00:05:43,000 --> 00:05:46,160 the main characters of the story is kind of what maybe we just 99 00:05:46,160 --> 00:05:49,440 focus on. But of course, if we think about 100 00:05:49,440 --> 00:05:52,040 it, we would realize that this would include all male and 101 00:05:52,040 --> 00:05:57,240 female down to little children and, and and so on. 102 00:05:57,640 --> 00:06:01,960 And it passes the age of time. And we can read about it now and 103 00:06:01,960 --> 00:06:04,600 we understand that, you know, they're not going to a carnival, 104 00:06:04,600 --> 00:06:06,400 they're not going to a very fun place. 105 00:06:06,400 --> 00:06:10,880 They're they're going passing in the company of the king towards 106 00:06:10,880 --> 00:06:14,600 the wilderness. And such as the circumstance 107 00:06:14,600 --> 00:06:18,640 that it says all the country wept with a loud voice and all 108 00:06:18,640 --> 00:06:22,640 the people crossed over. It's quite a picture that we see 109 00:06:22,640 --> 00:06:26,840 here and I really, I'm sure it really means like all the 110 00:06:26,840 --> 00:06:29,760 countryside as it, as it says here, all the country, all the 111 00:06:29,760 --> 00:06:32,240 countryside, the people that were aware of it, not only those 112 00:06:32,240 --> 00:06:35,280 who were participating in it, but the the procession, but 113 00:06:35,280 --> 00:06:38,040 those who were staying back, they were seeing what was going 114 00:06:38,040 --> 00:06:40,720 on here. They looked on and they saw that 115 00:06:40,720 --> 00:06:45,720 this was really a sorry sight that King David, King David of 116 00:06:45,720 --> 00:06:51,080 all the people should be leading this company of people in this 117 00:06:51,080 --> 00:06:53,640 direction. It's really a picture that we 118 00:06:53,640 --> 00:06:56,320 might be kind of familiar with, quite sadly. 119 00:06:56,320 --> 00:07:00,400 And in pictures that we see, you know, in our culture of 120 00:07:00,400 --> 00:07:04,400 refugees, if you want to say that are trying to escape maybe 121 00:07:04,400 --> 00:07:09,960 a dictator or a country or a war burden place. 122 00:07:09,960 --> 00:07:12,600 You know, we see these pictures of these kids holding a doll or 123 00:07:12,600 --> 00:07:14,520 a backpack or in their mother and father. 124 00:07:14,520 --> 00:07:17,080 They got nowhere to go. But they're trying to seek a 125 00:07:17,080 --> 00:07:20,640 better place, and hopefully they find that. 126 00:07:22,600 --> 00:07:24,640 But there is no such prospect here. 127 00:07:24,640 --> 00:07:27,080 These individuals are following their king. 128 00:07:27,280 --> 00:07:29,640 They're following King David into the wilderness. 129 00:07:30,000 --> 00:07:33,320 And we'll notice that we're told that the king crossed over the 130 00:07:33,320 --> 00:07:38,800 Brook Kidron, and all the people crossed over toward the way of 131 00:07:38,800 --> 00:07:41,680 the Wilderness. It says he went across the 132 00:07:41,680 --> 00:07:45,320 Kidron Valley, over the Mountain of Olives and into the 133 00:07:45,320 --> 00:07:48,240 wilderness in the wilderness that was made. 134 00:07:48,480 --> 00:07:51,840 You know, we we can read about this wilderness in other areas 135 00:07:52,560 --> 00:07:55,680 of the Old Testament and the New Testament. 136 00:07:55,680 --> 00:07:57,360 We're talking about this area right here. 137 00:07:57,360 --> 00:08:00,640 This is the Jericho Rd. If you want to say, you know, 138 00:08:00,640 --> 00:08:04,800 we're reminded of that of a story, you know, we can read it 139 00:08:04,800 --> 00:08:08,640 in Luke chapter 10 verse 30. It says there a certain man went 140 00:08:08,640 --> 00:08:11,360 down from Jerusalem to the Jericho and fell among thieves 141 00:08:11,360 --> 00:08:13,880 who stripped him of his clothing, wounded him and 142 00:08:13,880 --> 00:08:18,040 departed, leaving him half dead. This is the place where they're 143 00:08:18,040 --> 00:08:19,000 going. They're going into the 144 00:08:19,000 --> 00:08:23,360 wilderness where it's barren. There's, there's just not good 145 00:08:23,360 --> 00:08:25,600 things that happened there. There's thieves that run up and 146 00:08:25,600 --> 00:08:28,320 down the roads. So that's the place, that's the 147 00:08:28,320 --> 00:08:30,840 wilderness where these people are going. 148 00:08:30,960 --> 00:08:34,960 An inhospitable region. And approximately 1000 years 149 00:08:34,960 --> 00:08:37,960 later, the Lord Jesus Christ would come across and cross that 150 00:08:37,960 --> 00:08:43,640 same Brook Kidron and make his way up to the same Mount of 151 00:08:43,640 --> 00:08:47,680 Olives facing humiliation and the and the shame and 152 00:08:47,680 --> 00:08:52,840 abandonment and darkness we see in John 18. 153 00:08:52,840 --> 00:08:57,200 One, you know, the the New Testament writers record this 154 00:08:57,200 --> 00:09:01,160 event and captures this like we read in in Mark 14. 155 00:09:01,160 --> 00:09:03,480 They couldn't, they couldn't fail to recognize a story that 156 00:09:03,480 --> 00:09:06,120 David is suffering. It says, it says here in John 157 00:09:06,120 --> 00:09:07,880 18. One, when Jesus had spoken these 158 00:09:07,880 --> 00:09:11,240 words, he went out with his disciples over the brook Kidron 159 00:09:11,240 --> 00:09:14,800 where there was a garden, which he and his disciples injured. 160 00:09:15,520 --> 00:09:19,400 And this picture I have up here is, is a representation of the 161 00:09:19,400 --> 00:09:23,360 old Jerusalem city in the town of King David's time and, and 162 00:09:23,360 --> 00:09:25,480 the Kidron valley. The brook Kidron was on the 163 00:09:25,480 --> 00:09:30,040 eastern side of the Jerusalem city walls and just beyond the 164 00:09:30,040 --> 00:09:31,920 Quidron Valley. You can see here the Mount of 165 00:09:31,920 --> 00:09:36,200 Olives in that area. And then to the north, they call 166 00:09:36,200 --> 00:09:38,440 it the Judean Badlands here or the wilderness. 167 00:09:38,440 --> 00:09:41,960 That's what we're talking about kind of northeast it part of 168 00:09:41,960 --> 00:09:46,000 Jerusalem out towards that area is where King David is taking 169 00:09:46,000 --> 00:09:51,040 his company. So I think these, you know, when 170 00:09:51,040 --> 00:09:55,040 these New Testament writers, I, I don't think they, I, I think 171 00:09:55,040 --> 00:09:57,440 they could see that maybe the sufferings of David had somewhat 172 00:09:57,520 --> 00:10:00,160 kind of a tie to what Jesus had gone through. 173 00:10:00,480 --> 00:10:04,440 They both in anticipation illuminating the sufferings, if 174 00:10:04,440 --> 00:10:07,960 you want to say. And then in verse 24, we're 175 00:10:07,960 --> 00:10:14,840 introduced to Abathar and Zadok and interestingly, and, and I 176 00:10:14,840 --> 00:10:19,040 think helpfully, the, the NIV translates the 24th verse a 177 00:10:19,040 --> 00:10:21,440 little differently than the new King James. 178 00:10:22,400 --> 00:10:25,880 And it actually, I'll read it out to you. 179 00:10:25,880 --> 00:10:28,920 But the NIV, I found it helpful for me because I just didn't 180 00:10:28,920 --> 00:10:33,640 really know what to do with the, with the, and Abathar went up. 181 00:10:34,720 --> 00:10:37,280 I didn't really know how to explain that. 182 00:10:37,280 --> 00:10:42,400 So I went looking at other translations and where did he 183 00:10:42,400 --> 00:10:44,680 come up from? Where did Abathar come up from? 184 00:10:45,560 --> 00:10:50,200 Well, the NIV says, you know, we thought that Abathar was 185 00:10:50,200 --> 00:10:53,240 actually in Jerusalem. And so the more we looked at it, 186 00:10:53,480 --> 00:10:55,800 this is how the the NIV translated. 187 00:10:55,800 --> 00:10:58,920 It says Zadok. And at least with Zadok, not 188 00:10:59,080 --> 00:11:02,160 Abathar, Zadok was there too, and all the Levites who were 189 00:11:02,160 --> 00:11:06,000 with him were carrying the Ark of the Covenant of God. 190 00:11:06,440 --> 00:11:10,200 They set down the Ark of God and Avatar offered sacrifices until 191 00:11:10,200 --> 00:11:12,040 all the people had finished leaving the city. 192 00:11:13,520 --> 00:11:16,960 So obviously the Hebrew here for what is translated in the new 193 00:11:16,960 --> 00:11:21,840 King James went up is clearly I, I think a variable reading that 194 00:11:21,840 --> 00:11:24,160 may be translated instead of Avatar went up. 195 00:11:24,760 --> 00:11:28,600 Maybe Avatar offered sacrifices. Maybe he was offering 196 00:11:28,600 --> 00:11:32,040 sacrifices. And then of course, you see that 197 00:11:32,040 --> 00:11:36,320 they came up and they set down the ark of God until the people 198 00:11:36,320 --> 00:11:39,920 had passed out to see the city. You do that with that what you 199 00:11:39,920 --> 00:11:40,920 will. I don't know, but it just kind 200 00:11:40,920 --> 00:11:44,040 of helped me maybe picture it a little bit better of what he may 201 00:11:44,040 --> 00:11:46,920 have been doing. We're not going to go back and 202 00:11:46,920 --> 00:11:50,560 and we're not going to go over the whole ark of God. 203 00:11:50,840 --> 00:11:53,160 There's just definitely no time for all of that. 204 00:11:54,080 --> 00:11:57,880 Back in First Samuel, there was occasions where people really 205 00:11:57,880 --> 00:12:00,640 misunderstood what they were doing with the ark of God and 206 00:12:00,640 --> 00:12:05,000 what the ark of God represented. And it is a precious symbol of 207 00:12:05,000 --> 00:12:09,720 the precious presence of God. But it carries with it, as all 208 00:12:09,720 --> 00:12:16,720 do religion symbols, a danger of being attached to that symbol. 209 00:12:16,720 --> 00:12:20,640 If you want to say and the reality of which it really 210 00:12:20,640 --> 00:12:23,640 represented by the symbol. And there are religious groups 211 00:12:23,640 --> 00:12:27,280 that do practice exactly that because they've been taught 212 00:12:27,440 --> 00:12:32,640 things that things are symbols or maybe perhaps crosses or 213 00:12:32,720 --> 00:12:36,400 different things actually are holy things. 214 00:12:36,720 --> 00:12:44,040 And they tend to grasp on to these physical emblems and make 215 00:12:44,040 --> 00:12:46,960 them great significance. And it would seem to me that 216 00:12:46,960 --> 00:12:53,200 David and giving the direction here in verse 25, he says it's 217 00:12:53,200 --> 00:12:59,040 like he wanted David was making sure that neither he nor any of 218 00:12:59,040 --> 00:13:01,640 the people that were following him, we're going to run the risk 219 00:13:02,080 --> 00:13:06,080 of relying on the physical ark of the covenant of God. 220 00:13:06,680 --> 00:13:09,400 It's kind of what what I believe is happening here. 221 00:13:11,840 --> 00:13:14,200 We could go back and point out occasions where they had come 222 00:13:14,200 --> 00:13:16,120 close to this. He, he didn't even give. 223 00:13:16,480 --> 00:13:19,560 He didn't, they didn't want to give an impression of any kind 224 00:13:20,080 --> 00:13:22,600 saying like, well, if we have the ark, we have God. 225 00:13:23,000 --> 00:13:24,880 If we don't have the ark, we don't have God. 226 00:13:26,400 --> 00:13:29,320 That David did not want that to go through these people's minds. 227 00:13:29,320 --> 00:13:30,440 I believe that's what he's doing here. 228 00:13:30,440 --> 00:13:33,200 He's saying to them, I want you to take the ark back to the city 229 00:13:34,200 --> 00:13:37,000 and it's making a point, at least a visible point, that he 230 00:13:37,000 --> 00:13:41,120 is not concerned at all to depend on Yahweh's furniture, if 231 00:13:41,120 --> 00:13:45,560 you want to say, but he is wanting them to understand that 232 00:13:45,560 --> 00:13:51,040 he's dependent upon Yahweh or God's favour, not depending on 233 00:13:51,040 --> 00:13:52,760 the furniture, but depending on the favour. 234 00:13:54,840 --> 00:13:59,440 And in the danger of that being misinterpreted, I think it is 235 00:13:59,440 --> 00:14:02,760 for the reason that David dispatches the ark to go back to 236 00:14:02,760 --> 00:14:05,160 the city of Jerusalem, because what happened is they were 237 00:14:05,160 --> 00:14:07,680 bringing the ark of the covenant of God with David as they were 238 00:14:07,680 --> 00:14:10,760 going out of the city. Well, David says, no, go ahead 239 00:14:10,760 --> 00:14:13,880 and take that thing back. I think we'd feel a little sorry 240 00:14:13,880 --> 00:14:15,280 for the guys who were carrying that thing. 241 00:14:15,880 --> 00:14:19,760 Zadok and Avatar. You know, I would man, we 242 00:14:19,760 --> 00:14:21,520 carried this thing this far. Now we got to take it all the 243 00:14:21,520 --> 00:14:25,600 way back. So I think they weren't, you 244 00:14:25,640 --> 00:14:28,320 know, they they were happy to do the work, but, you know, maybe a 245 00:14:28,320 --> 00:14:30,360 little disappointed it wasn't going to be going with them. 246 00:14:32,600 --> 00:14:34,640 And just when they would expect David to say, you know, thank 247 00:14:34,640 --> 00:14:37,240 you for much, so much for bringing us all day this way. 248 00:14:37,240 --> 00:14:39,000 You know, thank you for what you've done so far. 249 00:14:39,000 --> 00:14:40,800 And no, go ahead and take that thing back. 250 00:14:41,640 --> 00:14:44,800 So I think they were let down in a little bit of a way. 251 00:14:46,560 --> 00:14:51,360 So I think what Dave is saying here is he says if I find favor 252 00:14:51,360 --> 00:14:53,640 in the eyes of the Lord, it's not going to be about whether we 253 00:14:53,640 --> 00:14:57,560 have the ark here or not. So that's what he's saying. 254 00:14:57,560 --> 00:15:01,520 He said if I find favor in the eyes of the Lord, he will bring 255 00:15:01,520 --> 00:15:05,840 me back and show me both it being the ark and its dwelling 256 00:15:05,840 --> 00:15:10,560 place. Verse 26 says, but if he says, 257 00:15:10,560 --> 00:15:12,800 thus I have no delight in you, here I am. 258 00:15:12,800 --> 00:15:16,200 Let him do to me as seems good to him. 259 00:15:17,960 --> 00:15:20,920 Now you may have caught a little bit of an echo or a maybe it's 260 00:15:21,000 --> 00:15:23,800 another verse kind of captures your mind at that point. 261 00:15:24,360 --> 00:15:26,840 And if we Fast forward to Jesus, when he went up to the Mount of 262 00:15:26,840 --> 00:15:29,000 Olives in the Garden of Gethsemane, he said, Father, if 263 00:15:29,000 --> 00:15:31,360 you're willing, let this cup pass from me. 264 00:15:31,880 --> 00:15:36,440 Nevertheless, not what I want, but what you want your will to 265 00:15:36,440 --> 00:15:38,320 be done. And that's exactly what David is 266 00:15:38,320 --> 00:15:41,080 saying here, saying if he determines to show me his 267 00:15:41,080 --> 00:15:44,840 pleasure, then so be it. But if he doesn't, then that'll 268 00:15:44,840 --> 00:15:48,120 be fine as well. Whatever the Lord determines is 269 00:15:48,120 --> 00:15:50,200 going to be OK with and he's going to be OK with that. 270 00:15:51,840 --> 00:15:54,400 So we'll notice too that he is very, very clear. 271 00:15:54,400 --> 00:15:57,560 And when he speaks to Zadok, the priest saying, are you not a 272 00:15:57,560 --> 00:16:00,920 seer, a prophet? Do you see all that? 273 00:16:00,920 --> 00:16:03,720 Don't you see all things? He says, well, you know, I'm 274 00:16:03,720 --> 00:16:06,000 glad you do because I want you to see with your eyes and I want 275 00:16:06,000 --> 00:16:10,760 you to know now go back into the city in peace with your two 276 00:16:10,760 --> 00:16:13,960 sons. Go back with Ahimas and 277 00:16:13,960 --> 00:16:16,200 Jonathan. And what he's actually doing is 278 00:16:16,200 --> 00:16:18,600 he's putting in place what David's doing. 279 00:16:18,600 --> 00:16:23,760 He's putting in place a plan of his own to oppose his son 280 00:16:23,760 --> 00:16:26,520 Absalom. This is the start of him 281 00:16:26,520 --> 00:16:30,120 planning these things out. His strategic plan, if you want 282 00:16:30,120 --> 00:16:36,360 to say, involves 4 players, 2 fathers and two sons, Zadok and 283 00:16:36,360 --> 00:16:39,520 his son Ahmaz and Avatar and his son Jonathan. 284 00:16:40,280 --> 00:16:43,440 And that information, this information that they're going 285 00:16:43,440 --> 00:16:45,600 to provide today, which is going to be vital information. 286 00:16:46,880 --> 00:16:49,480 And that information he says will be conveyed to him if we 287 00:16:49,480 --> 00:16:52,000 see, when we see it in verse 28, it says, I will wait in the 288 00:16:52,000 --> 00:16:55,600 plains of the wilderness, presumably places in the 289 00:16:55,600 --> 00:16:59,520 wilderness where there were open areas or in the in the 290 00:16:59,520 --> 00:17:02,480 wilderness or places maybe to cross the, the Jordan River. 291 00:17:02,680 --> 00:17:05,640 It doesn't really say, but it says in the open places. 292 00:17:05,640 --> 00:17:12,640 Some translations say I can't remember. 293 00:17:12,640 --> 00:17:15,920 I can't remember the term they use, but it is it was almost 294 00:17:15,920 --> 00:17:19,200 like a crossing or a narrow spot in a brook or a Creek. 295 00:17:19,200 --> 00:17:22,000 If you want to say or the fjords, what it says fjords, 296 00:17:22,480 --> 00:17:24,800 that's what it says. So there's a little conflict 297 00:17:24,800 --> 00:17:26,280 there. I don't know which one is is 298 00:17:26,480 --> 00:17:29,240 correct, but basically is a place where where they could 299 00:17:29,240 --> 00:17:35,800 meet him and give him the information it says until word 300 00:17:35,800 --> 00:17:41,600 comes from you to inform you. And so we're told that Zadok and 301 00:17:41,600 --> 00:17:44,920 Avatar carried the ark of God back to Jerusalem and they 302 00:17:44,920 --> 00:17:49,720 remained there. So they go back and David is 303 00:17:49,720 --> 00:17:52,480 going up. And once again the scene is 304 00:17:52,480 --> 00:17:56,000 described for us in verse 30. It says so David one up by the 305 00:17:56,000 --> 00:18:00,760 ascent of the Mount of Olives and wept as he went up and he 306 00:18:00,760 --> 00:18:04,160 had his head covered and went barefoot and all the people who 307 00:18:04,160 --> 00:18:07,720 were with him covered their heads and went up weeping as 308 00:18:07,720 --> 00:18:10,880 they went. And what we're seeing here is 309 00:18:10,880 --> 00:18:14,480 we're actually seeing if you want to put a, a picture or, or, 310 00:18:14,640 --> 00:18:17,120 or label to it is almost like a funeral procession. 311 00:18:17,800 --> 00:18:20,680 You know, you have people who are mourning, have their heads 312 00:18:20,680 --> 00:18:21,840 covered. They're walking away. 313 00:18:21,840 --> 00:18:23,760 And so we don't see that in our culture at this time. 314 00:18:23,760 --> 00:18:26,840 But there's other parts of the world, previous cultures where 315 00:18:26,840 --> 00:18:30,000 they would walk, you know, down the street as a procession and a 316 00:18:30,000 --> 00:18:33,040 funeral and people in the bystanding would stop and pay 317 00:18:33,040 --> 00:18:35,760 their respects. If you want to say so this is 318 00:18:35,760 --> 00:18:38,680 really a sad sight. Men and women who would happen 319 00:18:38,680 --> 00:18:41,720 to be bystanders, nothing to do with the funeral, would remove 320 00:18:41,720 --> 00:18:44,360 their hats when the funeral procession went past. 321 00:18:45,200 --> 00:18:48,080 And I think maybe in some cultures there's some help to 322 00:18:48,080 --> 00:18:50,320 that. You know, there's some comfort 323 00:18:50,480 --> 00:18:53,640 if you want to say and to a community, if I want to suppose. 324 00:18:53,640 --> 00:18:56,560 But we don't have that, of course, in our culture at this 325 00:18:56,560 --> 00:19:01,680 time, even though it looks as though it can't get any worse. 326 00:19:02,120 --> 00:19:06,880 It is exactly in this context, that date that the news that we 327 00:19:06,880 --> 00:19:11,360 already know about, about a Hippophel is conveyed to David. 328 00:19:13,400 --> 00:19:15,840 In that context. They came to him and said a 329 00:19:15,840 --> 00:19:19,280 Hippophel is among the conspirators with Absalom. 330 00:19:19,280 --> 00:19:21,880 And that's a pretty heavy thought. 331 00:19:23,440 --> 00:19:27,440 And all I could think about when I was studying this verse and I 332 00:19:27,440 --> 00:19:31,320 was reading this the song I have these songs that come to my 333 00:19:31,320 --> 00:19:33,880 head, the song that came to my head and we're going to sing it 334 00:19:33,880 --> 00:19:35,600 for our invitation. What we what a friend we have in 335 00:19:35,680 --> 00:19:39,160 Jesus and we come to the line where it says do your friends 336 00:19:39,160 --> 00:19:42,120 despise forsake you? Is there trouble anywhere, 337 00:19:42,240 --> 00:19:47,280 anywhere or sure, David could say that at that point he would 338 00:19:47,280 --> 00:19:50,720 say, Oh yeah, absolutely. I hope that they'll is one of my 339 00:19:50,920 --> 00:19:52,640 main counselors is turning from me. 340 00:19:54,760 --> 00:19:58,280 Psalm 41 nine fits the hypothal scene, even though it may not be 341 00:19:58,280 --> 00:20:01,120 directly tied to him, but it says even my own familiar friend 342 00:20:01,120 --> 00:20:04,360 and whom I trusted who ate my bread has lifted up his heel. 343 00:20:06,320 --> 00:20:10,960 That's another, you know, maybe caught our attention that in the 344 00:20:11,000 --> 00:20:13,600 in the New Testament there this is a direct reference. 345 00:20:16,000 --> 00:20:19,720 To Psalm 41 is what Jesus is quoting in relationship to 346 00:20:19,720 --> 00:20:21,600 Judas. He says even my friend has risen 347 00:20:21,600 --> 00:20:25,320 up against me, the one who ate bread with me in John 1318. 348 00:20:25,320 --> 00:20:27,800 That's the context here. That's where Jesus is picking 349 00:20:27,800 --> 00:20:30,800 that quote up from. Is this Psalm 41, verse 9? 350 00:20:32,160 --> 00:20:33,720 But we should never be discouraged. 351 00:20:33,720 --> 00:20:36,560 We should take it to the Lord in prayer, which we'll notice that 352 00:20:36,560 --> 00:20:40,160 that is exactly what David did in verse 31. 353 00:20:41,840 --> 00:20:44,920 He says, Oh Lord, I pray turn the counsel of the Hippophel 354 00:20:45,040 --> 00:20:49,440 into foolishness. And I wrote, you know, I had it 355 00:20:49,440 --> 00:20:52,240 in my notes and I had this song in my head and and then I 356 00:20:52,240 --> 00:20:54,880 started, we get to the next verse and and then I said, well, 357 00:20:54,880 --> 00:20:58,640 what a friend we have in Hushai. What a friend we have in Hushai. 358 00:20:58,640 --> 00:21:01,760 We're not going to sing what a friend we have in Hushai, but 359 00:21:02,080 --> 00:21:04,800 the same thing we got to there was a really good friend that 360 00:21:04,800 --> 00:21:09,600 David had and his name was Hushai, something that we 361 00:21:09,600 --> 00:21:12,080 mentioned in the first part of the chapter of the previous 362 00:21:12,080 --> 00:21:13,720 sermon. I briefly want to touch on it 363 00:21:13,720 --> 00:21:15,920 real quick. David had prayed that the 364 00:21:15,920 --> 00:21:19,640 counsel of the Hippothel would be turned to foolishness or will 365 00:21:19,640 --> 00:21:22,240 be turned upside down. But that is not the end, of 366 00:21:22,240 --> 00:21:25,720 course, of the matter because having prayed, all of a sudden 367 00:21:25,720 --> 00:21:28,280 to his company comes an answer to his prayer, if you want to 368 00:21:28,280 --> 00:21:33,520 say, So David prayed and then an answer comes and that is that 369 00:21:33,520 --> 00:21:35,800 prayer comes in the person of Hushai himself. 370 00:21:37,680 --> 00:21:40,280 And he asked the Lord for something to happen. 371 00:21:40,280 --> 00:21:43,640 And we'll notice that with the arrival of Hushai that he 372 00:21:43,640 --> 00:21:45,600 develops a strategy to make it happen. 373 00:21:47,280 --> 00:21:50,280 So he doesn't say, oh Lord, do something about Hippothel and 374 00:21:50,280 --> 00:21:53,360 that's it. That's not the end of the story. 375 00:21:54,120 --> 00:21:59,200 Understand the sovereignty of God dealing with a Hippothel is 376 00:21:59,200 --> 00:22:02,840 not in question. In fact, if we turn forward just 377 00:22:02,840 --> 00:22:07,200 into chapter 17 and verse 14, there's a section there that 378 00:22:07,200 --> 00:22:09,480 says so Absalom and all the men of Israel. 379 00:22:10,160 --> 00:22:13,600 The advice of Hushai. The archive is better than the 380 00:22:13,600 --> 00:22:16,640 advice of hip of a Hippophel for the Lord. 381 00:22:17,280 --> 00:22:20,960 Notice this says for the Lord had purpose to defeat the good 382 00:22:21,040 --> 00:22:24,440 advice of a Hippophel to the intent that the Lord might bring 383 00:22:24,440 --> 00:22:29,360 disaster up on Absalom. So how did he or how did the 384 00:22:29,360 --> 00:22:34,480 Lord God ordained to do that. So not only God does God ordain 385 00:22:34,480 --> 00:22:37,520 the end, but he ordains the means to the end I believe and 386 00:22:37,520 --> 00:22:41,440 the means to the end in this case involves a man who shy and 387 00:22:41,440 --> 00:22:44,320 the strategy that David is able to develop on the strength of 388 00:22:44,320 --> 00:22:50,200 that he determines that who shy will be a burden to him if he 389 00:22:50,200 --> 00:22:52,280 comes along with him. If you notice in the in the 390 00:22:54,360 --> 00:22:59,240 verse 33, for we don't know the reason why David said, you know, 391 00:22:59,240 --> 00:23:03,600 he might be a a burden to him. Maybe he was old, maybe couldn't 392 00:23:03,600 --> 00:23:06,120 get along, or maybe he talked too much. 393 00:23:06,120 --> 00:23:07,960 You know, you don't want person talking the whole time you're 394 00:23:07,960 --> 00:23:10,760 walking, You know, maybe a burden to you if you want to say 395 00:23:11,640 --> 00:23:15,280 we don't know the answer. But if you but he says if you go 396 00:23:15,280 --> 00:23:16,720 with me, you will be a burden to me. 397 00:23:16,720 --> 00:23:19,800 And that's pretty straight talk. But if you return to the city 398 00:23:19,800 --> 00:23:23,800 and say to Absalom, I will be your servant, O king, as I was 399 00:23:23,920 --> 00:23:26,920 your father's servant previously, so I will now also 400 00:23:26,920 --> 00:23:35,400 be your servant. Then then you will defeat, you 401 00:23:35,400 --> 00:23:37,200 will defeat the council of Hippothel. 402 00:23:39,600 --> 00:23:45,200 So which is it is is God going to defeat Hippothel like we read 403 00:23:45,200 --> 00:23:48,240 in chapter 17, or is it going to be Hushai who defeats a hip? 404 00:23:48,240 --> 00:23:51,040 It fell. And the answer is yes, both of 405 00:23:51,040 --> 00:23:55,480 them. It's double, double reasoning. 406 00:23:55,480 --> 00:23:58,320 If you want to say it's ultimately God, but it's not God 407 00:23:58,320 --> 00:24:01,120 in a vacuum. For remember Nehemiah, Nehemiah 408 00:24:01,120 --> 00:24:04,480 4 verses 8 through 9 it says, and all of them conspired 409 00:24:04,480 --> 00:24:07,720 together to come and attack Jerusalem and create confusion. 410 00:24:08,360 --> 00:24:11,840 Nevertheless, we made our prayer to God and because of them, we 411 00:24:11,840 --> 00:24:14,760 set a watch against them day and night. 412 00:24:16,360 --> 00:24:21,320 They prayed to God and they set a watch day and night. 413 00:24:22,720 --> 00:24:25,880 And this happens to us all the time, maybe even at a very 414 00:24:25,880 --> 00:24:28,640 trivial level. If you want to say, you know, I 415 00:24:28,640 --> 00:24:31,680 remember when I was 21 and I, I remember praying to God, you 416 00:24:31,680 --> 00:24:34,960 know, I met Lizzie and I said, you know, God help me to. 417 00:24:36,320 --> 00:24:37,800 I pray that I'll marry this girl. 418 00:24:39,320 --> 00:24:41,480 Well, at that point, yeah, we prayed to God. 419 00:24:41,800 --> 00:24:47,040 But all of a sudden find myself visiting Casita Springs, finding 420 00:24:47,040 --> 00:24:49,000 out that, oh, I'm going to be here at the same time she's 421 00:24:49,000 --> 00:24:50,040 going, Lizzie's going to be here. 422 00:24:50,960 --> 00:24:54,200 Nobody visits Casita Springs for any other reason other maybe to 423 00:24:55,160 --> 00:25:01,840 meet their future wife. But see, we pray and then we 424 00:25:01,840 --> 00:25:05,200 take action to work in that prayer as well. 425 00:25:05,520 --> 00:25:08,040 I think Frank puts it sometimes we pray like it all depends on 426 00:25:08,040 --> 00:25:09,840 gone, but we work like it all depends on us. 427 00:25:10,080 --> 00:25:16,200 And that is absolutely true. He ordained not only the end, 428 00:25:16,200 --> 00:25:17,840 but He ordains the means to the end. 429 00:25:18,080 --> 00:25:21,040 So understand that the sovereignty of God does not 430 00:25:21,040 --> 00:25:26,280 deprive the responsibility, and the activity of men and women 431 00:25:27,520 --> 00:25:30,520 does not deprive us of working. God is sovereign. 432 00:25:30,960 --> 00:25:34,160 He does control it all, but we also have our responsibility in 433 00:25:34,160 --> 00:25:37,880 the meantime. And that's why David establishes 434 00:25:37,880 --> 00:25:40,720 what he what is essentially an intelligence network. 435 00:25:40,720 --> 00:25:44,440 If you want to say he reminds who shy or let's who shy know 436 00:25:44,440 --> 00:25:49,000 that if he goes back to Jerusalem and does this, you 437 00:25:49,000 --> 00:25:52,360 know, incidentally, who shy does exactly what a hip Phil did, but 438 00:25:52,640 --> 00:25:55,040 a hip Phil meant it. But who shy didn't mean it. 439 00:25:55,480 --> 00:26:00,960 He's, you know, he's, he's, he's proclaiming his, his loyalty to 440 00:26:00,960 --> 00:26:02,800 King Absalom when he goes back into Jerusalem. 441 00:26:02,800 --> 00:26:05,480 But he didn't mean it. But Hippophel did it. 442 00:26:05,480 --> 00:26:08,920 But Hippophel meant it. But when Hushai goes back and 443 00:26:08,920 --> 00:26:10,720 says this, he doesn't, he doesn't mean it. 444 00:26:10,720 --> 00:26:14,280 He, he's not, he's, he's not going to be the servant of 445 00:26:14,280 --> 00:26:15,680 Absalom. He's going to be a spy. 446 00:26:15,680 --> 00:26:17,880 If you want to say he's going to be a double agent. 447 00:26:19,160 --> 00:26:21,840 And that's, it's part of the spy ring. 448 00:26:21,840 --> 00:26:24,440 And, and the people that we're going to be involved with him 449 00:26:24,440 --> 00:26:27,440 are the four fellows that we have already been mentioned, 450 00:26:27,440 --> 00:26:29,880 which is Zadok, Ahemaz, Avatar and Jonathan. 451 00:26:30,160 --> 00:26:31,640 Those were the, the two sons there. 452 00:26:31,640 --> 00:26:35,880 And, and, and now we have Hushai, who's going to be in the 453 00:26:36,320 --> 00:26:40,760 the inner circle, if you want to say, and then he's going to give 454 00:26:40,760 --> 00:26:46,680 that information from Absalom and then give it to Abathar and 455 00:26:46,680 --> 00:26:48,520 Zadok. And at that point, they're going 456 00:26:48,520 --> 00:26:51,680 to take that information back to King David for what the plans 457 00:26:51,680 --> 00:26:58,200 are. Verses 35 through 37 says, And 458 00:26:58,200 --> 00:27:03,080 do you not have Zadok and Abathar the priest with you, the 459 00:27:03,080 --> 00:27:05,440 priest with you there? Therefore it will be that 460 00:27:05,440 --> 00:27:08,840 whatever you hear from the King's house, you shall tell to 461 00:27:08,840 --> 00:27:12,840 Zadok and Abathar the priest. Indeed they have there with them 462 00:27:12,840 --> 00:27:18,840 their two sons, Ahemaz, Zadok's sons, and Jonathan Abathar's 463 00:27:18,840 --> 00:27:21,400 son. And by them you shall send me 464 00:27:21,400 --> 00:27:25,240 everything you hear. So Hushai, David's friend, went 465 00:27:25,240 --> 00:27:29,280 into the city and Absalom came into Jerusalem. 466 00:27:31,440 --> 00:27:34,000 I think it's perfectly reasonable to conclude by noting 467 00:27:34,000 --> 00:27:38,240 that the experience of David on this dark day of being exiled 468 00:27:38,240 --> 00:27:45,280 from Jerusalem anticipates the experience that Jesus is going 469 00:27:45,280 --> 00:27:46,880 to go through in the same manner. 470 00:27:46,960 --> 00:27:52,280 Very dark day for Jesus as well. Not only geographically, of 471 00:27:52,280 --> 00:27:55,040 course, which it does, and socially, which it does in terms 472 00:27:55,040 --> 00:27:56,720 of friendship, but in different ways. 473 00:27:57,400 --> 00:28:01,120 But also the most vital insignificant distinction being 474 00:28:01,120 --> 00:28:05,280 is being this, that David's sufferings were tied directly to 475 00:28:05,280 --> 00:28:11,680 his sins, and Christ's suffering is tied directly to our sin. 476 00:28:13,200 --> 00:28:16,600 David suffered in part as a consequence of the things that 477 00:28:16,600 --> 00:28:21,080 he had done, and Christ suffered on account of what we have done. 478 00:28:21,840 --> 00:28:25,680 And that dark day out of the sin of Jerusalem of that that David 479 00:28:25,680 --> 00:28:31,080 brings us that we see what David, you know, brings us can 480 00:28:31,120 --> 00:28:34,600 helps us picture that that dark day that Jesus did going up to 481 00:28:34,600 --> 00:28:38,400 Calgary in the same manner, if you want to say the illusion 482 00:28:38,400 --> 00:28:41,400 between David and Jesus. I hope that we're catching this 483 00:28:41,400 --> 00:28:44,800 as we go through the study. Some of the things that we just 484 00:28:44,800 --> 00:28:50,320 sometimes Passover, but I hope it helps us to look forward to a 485 00:28:50,320 --> 00:28:54,360 new day when all that Jesus has accomplished on that day will be 486 00:28:54,360 --> 00:28:58,520 brought to light. That magnificent time continued 487 00:28:58,520 --> 00:29:01,040 reality in heaven for US. One of these days. 488 00:29:03,720 --> 00:29:06,320 Is there someone here who needs to respond to the gospel call 489 00:29:10,400 --> 00:29:13,160 force. We want to make sure that we 490 00:29:14,040 --> 00:29:16,280 understand this. Maybe there's here those here 491 00:29:16,280 --> 00:29:21,360 who have not been baptized. Romans 10/17 says so then faith 492 00:29:21,360 --> 00:29:23,600 comes by hearing and hearing by the word of God. 493 00:29:24,760 --> 00:29:28,600 We then believe Hebrews 11611 six but without faith it is 494 00:29:28,600 --> 00:29:31,720 impossible to please him, for he who comes to God must believe 495 00:29:31,720 --> 00:29:35,040 that he is. We've been changed the way we 496 00:29:35,200 --> 00:29:36,840 live. We're not living in a sinful 497 00:29:36,840 --> 00:29:38,520 life anymore. We repent, go the other 498 00:29:38,520 --> 00:29:41,840 direction. Acts 238 says 238 says then 499 00:29:41,840 --> 00:29:44,760 Peter said repent and that everyone you'll be baptized in 500 00:29:44,760 --> 00:29:47,040 the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins. 501 00:29:47,800 --> 00:29:53,240 Then we confess as we have an example in Acts 836 through 37 502 00:29:53,240 --> 00:29:56,080 where it says there I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of 503 00:29:56,080 --> 00:29:58,120 God when Philip in the eunuch went down. 504 00:29:58,960 --> 00:30:03,440 And then we of course know that baptism is essential. 505 00:30:03,440 --> 00:30:07,800 We read that in Mark 1616 says he who believes and is baptized 506 00:30:07,800 --> 00:30:10,520 will be saved, but he who does not believe will be condemned. 507 00:30:13,840 --> 00:30:17,480 I want to read Psalms 311 More time Psalm chapter 3. 508 00:30:19,320 --> 00:30:22,000 Lord, how they have increased, who troubled me? 509 00:30:22,640 --> 00:30:24,640 Many are they who rise up against me. 510 00:30:24,960 --> 00:30:28,000 Many are they who say to me, there is no help from him in 511 00:30:28,000 --> 00:30:31,000 God. But you, O Lord, are a shield 512 00:30:31,000 --> 00:30:34,280 for me, my glory, and the one who lifts up my head. 513 00:30:34,600 --> 00:30:37,960 I cried to the Lord with my voice, and he heard me from his 514 00:30:37,960 --> 00:30:40,640 holy hill. I lay down and slept. 515 00:30:40,640 --> 00:30:42,600 I awoke for the Lord sustained me. 516 00:30:43,440 --> 00:30:47,520 I will not be afraid of 10 thousands of people who who have 517 00:30:47,520 --> 00:30:49,720 the set themselves against me all around. 518 00:30:49,840 --> 00:30:54,080 Arise, O Lord, save me, Oh my God, for you have struck all my 519 00:30:54,080 --> 00:30:56,880 enemies on the cheekbone. You have broken the teeth of the 520 00:30:56,880 --> 00:30:59,840 ungodly. Salvation belongs to the Lord. 521 00:31:00,080 --> 00:31:02,560 Your blessing is upon your people. 522 00:31:03,600 --> 00:31:07,000 Maybe there's one here who needs the prayers of the church or 523 00:31:07,000 --> 00:31:09,160 needs to make a public confession in any way to make 524 00:31:09,160 --> 00:31:11,720 things right. We ask you to please do so as we 525 00:31:11,720 --> 00:31:13,200 stand and as we see.