God's Revelations of Jesus to David through the prophet Nathan
Hey blessed people,
I'm sure all of us have felt the "full force" of Pastor Prince's power after his return trip from Israel. I wished I could have gone to Israel but it's ok. I'll go next year, when I have the leave and the money to spare.
For those who missed last week's sermon, here's a brief re-cap.
Pastor shared that his greatest revelation from the Israel trip was that of how the Ark was being brought back to Jerusalem to the house of David. Basically, he started off from the story of Obed-edom and how David tried to bring the Ark back from the house of Obed-edom. While Pastor and the leaders were visiting on the hill of Kiriath-jearim, he asked the Israeli tour guide what "edom" meant in Hebrew, and the guide told him the root word of "edom" means blood or wine. And that's where Pastor caught the revelation.
The root word of "Obed" in Hebrew is "servant" and "edom" is "blood/wine". Put together, it means "servant of the blood". Now we know that while the Ark was left in the house of Obed-edom the Gittite (non-Jew) for three months, "the LORD blessed Obed-edom and all his household." (2 Samuel 6:11).
And then he went on to illustrate how David tried to bring the Ark back on the ox-cart, Uzzah was struck dead when he stretched out his hand to touch the ark as the oxen stumbles. Firstly, according to Levitan laws, the Ark is suuposed to be carried on poles on the shoulders of priests, and we are told that when the Ark rests on the shoulders, it becomes light and in fact directs the priests (Pause a moment and recall what Jesus meant when he said "My yoke is easy and my burden is light").
We know that under the new Convenant, Jesus represents our modern-day Ark, and truly He has blessed us all richly, exceedingly and abundantly. Pastor then drew a parallel between how when David sent his men to bring back the Ark of the Convenant, this time, on the shoulders of priests and every six steps, he sacrificed an ox and a fattened animal to the LORD (2 Samuel 6:13), and when our Lord Jesus entered Jerusalem, the city of David on a donkey. Pastor also drew a comparison between how David was dancing and leaping before the LORD and there was a multitude of people but his wife Michal despised his actions.
Then Pastor said:"Remember how when Jesus entered Jerusalem, the City of David, on a donkey, people were lining the streets, waving palm leaves and shouting "Hosanna Hosaana!!"(Mark 11:9-10), and who are the ones who are despising all these? They are the self-righteous, self-proclaimed "holy" people called Pharisees. And they asked Jesus to rebuke his disciples not to make so much noise and Jesus replied:"I tell you, if these were silent, the very stones would cry out!" Okay folks, you still there? Good...while Pastor was sharing all these, something hit me. Hey, isn't Obed-edom a Gentile, technically speaking, but the LORD blessed him and all his household (2 Sam 6:11) and the Ark was only there for three months.
Today we have the modern Ark, that's Jesus Christ, living inside us. Wouldn't we be blessed so much much more? And you know what, techically speaking, we are also the Gentiles, but by the grace of God, we have been brought into the house of David while the Israelites, the true sons and duaghters of David have rejected their Messiah and Saviour!
It's like a picture of modern day Israel but we believe that one day, Christ will once again enter the city of David just as King David brought the Ark back to Jerusalem. Hallelujah!!!
I'm not finished yet!
This morning I have a fresh revelation. To me, it was so powerful though perhaps some of you may have already known. (I'm the sua-ku one lor but I don't care). This is really powerful!!! Do you guys know that right after David brought the Ark back to Jerusalem, GOD actually preached the gospel to David and showed him Jesus and everything that was to come.
This came about because David had a desire to build a house for the LORD. But GOD answered David by revealing this vision to Nathan the prophet in 2 Samuel 7:12-16, saying:"When your days are fulfilled and you lie down with your fathers, I will raise up your offspring after you, who shall come from your body, and I will establish his kingdom. He shall build a house for my name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever. I will be to him a father, and he shall be to me a son. When he commits iniquity (Jesus did not commit iniquity but He bore ALL the iniquities of mankind that the world might be saved through Him), I will discipline him with the rod of men, with the stripes of the sons of men (remember Jesus's suffering on the cross and Isaiah 53:4-5), but my steadfast love will not depart from him...Your throne shall be established forever."
Then Nathan relayed all these to Daivd, and David understood.
David caught the revelation, and he saw everything clearly and he said to GOD:"You have spoken also of your servant's house for a great while to come, and this is instruction for mankind, O Lord GOD! And what more can David say of you?" (2 Samuel 7: 19-20)
In fact, David wasn't done in his prayer. He prayed further:"Because of your promise, and according to your heart, you have brought about all this greatness, to make your servant know it...blah blah blah (the words we have come to know in the hymn - there's no one else like you for you are great)...then David said:"For you, O LORD of hosts, the God of Israel have made this revelation to your servant...and David prayed for us when he said:"Now, therefore may it please you to BLESS THE HOUSE OF YOUR SERVANT, so that it may continue forever before you.
For you, O Lord GOD, have spoken, and with your blessing shall be the house of your servant be blessed forever." Hallelujah!!! You understand what all these means?
Rejoice! Today, we are the house of David!!! AND WE ARE BLESSED!!!Phew!!! That's quite a lot. I hope you have managed to 'tahan' to this end.
Hey, be blessed brothers and sisters! Becasue King David already saw the future in us today, how blessed we are!!! If you're interested, 2 Samuel talks about David's victories from 2 Sam, chapter 8 onwards, I pray that you have caught the flow.
Be blessed!!!
Cheers,
Weiwen
posted by weiwen @ 11:00 AM
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