1
00:00:00,017 -->
00:00:05,057
Welcome to Seeking Truth with Sharon Doran. Sharon has a passion for scripture
2
00:00:05,057 -->
00:00:10,077
that will motivate and challenge you to immerse yourself in God's Word and apply
3
00:00:10,077 -->
00:00:12,017
His message to your everyday life.
4
00:00:12,337 -->
00:00:17,457
Visit SeekingTruth.net to learn more about bringing Seeking Truth to your parish
5
00:00:17,457 -->
00:00:19,697
or to become an online learner.
6
00:00:20,017 -->
00:00:24,537
Today, it's part two of the second book of Samuel, chapters five through eight,
7
00:00:24,577 -->
00:00:31,837
and now Seeking Truth with Sharon Doran. The first translation of his name is King of Righteousness.
8
00:00:32,017 -->
00:00:34,477
And then he is also King of Salem.
9
00:00:34,757 -->
00:00:37,637
That is King of Shalom or King of Peace.
10
00:00:37,977 -->
00:00:45,337
He is without father or mother or genealogy and has never beginning of days nor end of life.
11
00:00:45,697 -->
00:00:49,957
He resembles the Son of God. He continues a priest forever.
12
00:00:50,797 -->
00:00:54,097
But this man who has, this is all coming right from Hebrews 7,
13
00:00:54,117 -->
00:00:58,697
by the way, this man who has not his genealogy, received tithes from Abraham
14
00:00:58,697 -->
00:01:01,517
and blessed Abraham, who had the promises.
15
00:01:01,897 -->
00:01:08,057
It is not beyond dispute that the inferior, Abraham, would be blessed by the superior, this guy.
16
00:01:08,237 -->
00:01:10,797
Guess who I am? You can shout it, guys.
17
00:01:11,297 -->
00:01:16,817
Melchizedek. Here, tithes are received by mortal men, there by one of whom it
18
00:01:16,817 -->
00:01:18,057
is testified that he lives.
19
00:01:18,397 -->
00:01:23,517
One might say that Levi himself, who receives tithes, paid tithes through Abraham,
20
00:01:23,977 -->
00:01:29,537
for Levi was still in the loins of his ancestor Abraham when Melchizedek met him.
21
00:01:29,817 -->
00:01:33,277
The first priesthood in the Bible is the priesthood of Melchizedek.
22
00:01:33,297 -->
00:01:35,197
It's the superior priesthood.
23
00:01:35,377 -->
00:01:38,217
Later, the Levites will come along, and we'll have to have another priesthood
24
00:01:38,217 -->
00:01:42,137
called a Levitical priesthood, a lesser priesthood, a more temporary priesthood.
25
00:01:42,297 -->
00:01:46,797
The etymology of the word Melchizedek, it's a Canaanite word because it It came
26
00:01:46,797 -->
00:01:48,897
from that Canaanite region where it was Cain's land.
27
00:01:49,117 -->
00:01:53,117
My king is God or my God, my king is righteousness.
28
00:01:53,537 -->
00:01:59,397
That's what it means in Hebrew. And Salem, of which he is said to be the king, is Jerusalem.
29
00:01:59,670 -->
00:02:03,090
Very likely, Jerusalem. Now, this is important.
30
00:02:03,350 -->
00:02:06,850
God had a priesthood in his logos. In his mind's eye from before the beginning
31
00:02:06,850 -->
00:02:09,770
of time, God had a priesthood in his mind.
32
00:02:09,950 -->
00:02:14,750
And Hebrews 6.20 tells us that Jesus had gone as a forerunner on our behalf,
33
00:02:15,030 -->
00:02:19,170
having become a high priest forever in the order of Melchizedek.
34
00:02:19,430 -->
00:02:23,590
And in the days of his flesh, Jesus offered up prayers and supplications with
35
00:02:23,590 -->
00:02:27,790
loud cries and tears to whom who was able to save him from death.
36
00:02:27,930 -->
00:02:29,830
And he was heard for his his godly fear.
37
00:02:30,070 -->
00:02:35,690
Although he was a son of God, he, Jesus, learned obedience through what he suffered.
38
00:02:35,910 -->
00:02:40,850
And being made perfect, he became the source of eternal salvation to all who
39
00:02:40,850 -->
00:02:46,510
obey him, being designated by God a high priest after the order of Melchizedek.
40
00:02:46,790 -->
00:02:52,370
So, for 33 years, Jesus departed from the right hand of the Father to take on
41
00:02:52,370 -->
00:02:58,130
human creature flesh, our bone, our our flesh for 33 years to intercede on our
42
00:02:58,130 -->
00:03:00,490
behalf so the Father would open up the gates of heaven for us.
43
00:03:00,590 -->
00:03:03,370
The Father waits with the Spirit. I love this painting.
44
00:03:03,510 -->
00:03:06,850
The Father has a crown with the leaves in his hands, olive leaves.
45
00:03:07,010 -->
00:03:13,190
The Father waits with the Spirit for 33 years with this eternal crown of Jesus
46
00:03:13,190 -->
00:03:16,330
in his hand, ready to crown Jesus when he's perfectly obedient to the will of
47
00:03:16,330 -->
00:03:17,770
the Father and everything the Father asks.
48
00:03:18,130 -->
00:03:23,650
Jesus came down for 33 years and was king of the earth, and this is the crown he got.
49
00:03:23,790 -->
00:03:27,250
This is what we human creatures gave him for doing this crown of thorns.
50
00:03:27,470 -->
00:03:31,330
But then he'll be crowned king of heaven and he will take his place again at
51
00:03:31,330 -->
00:03:32,250
the father's right hand.
52
00:03:32,450 -->
00:03:36,530
His mother, Mary, who had a part in this, a big part with her fiat,
53
00:03:36,790 -->
00:03:41,570
she'll be crowned the queen of heaven and of earth when she's assumed body and
54
00:03:41,570 -->
00:03:44,390
soul back into heaven to sit at the right hand of Jesus.
55
00:03:44,690 -->
00:03:51,250
Now, a millennium, 1,000 years before Jesus came, David's going to enter the city of Jerusalem.
56
00:03:51,610 -->
00:03:54,130
Guess who named the city Jerusalem?
57
00:03:54,690 -->
00:04:00,110
According to the Midrash, the name Jerusalem is a combination of two names united by God.
58
00:04:00,250 -->
00:04:04,450
The first name is Yairah. Yeah, or Jairah, some people say Yairah.
59
00:04:04,530 -->
00:04:07,470
The second, the Yairah part of it, Abraham named.
60
00:04:07,650 -->
00:04:12,490
It's the abiding place, the name given by Abraham to the place where he planned
61
00:04:12,490 -->
00:04:15,750
to sacrifice his son, Mount Moriah. It's It's in Jerusalem.
62
00:04:15,910 -->
00:04:18,570
It's right by Calvary where Jesus died.
63
00:04:18,750 -->
00:04:22,750
He named it Yaira. Isaac said, my father. Abraham said, what son?
64
00:04:22,970 -->
00:04:27,810
And Isaac said, behold, the fire and the wood, but where's the lamb for the burnt offering?
65
00:04:27,930 -->
00:04:32,430
And Abraham said, God will provide. In Hebrew, that's Jehovah Jaira. God will provide.
66
00:04:32,570 -->
00:04:37,330
God will provide himself a lamb, a burnt offering, my son. God will provide.
67
00:04:38,263 -->
00:04:44,563
Jehovah, God, Jireh, will provide. So the first part of the name Jerusalem,
68
00:04:44,963 -->
00:04:47,703
Abraham named Jireh, God will provide.
69
00:04:47,943 -->
00:04:54,723
The second part of the name Shalom, Shalom, that was named by Shem, place of peace.
70
00:04:55,003 -->
00:04:59,423
Now remember who Shem was? Shem's the one son of Noah that has that blessing.
71
00:04:59,583 -->
00:05:05,103
Not Ham, but Shem. And the Hebrew Midrash says that Shalom means place of peace.
72
00:05:05,163 -->
00:05:07,883
The name was given by high priest Shem.
73
00:05:08,263 -->
00:05:10,463
This was way before a Levitical priesthood.
74
00:05:10,943 -->
00:05:14,863
Now, St. Jerome, who said ignorance of Scripture is ignorance of Christ,
75
00:05:15,123 -->
00:05:18,403
he translated the Greek Bible into Latin, the Vulgate.
76
00:05:18,583 -->
00:05:23,723
And in his notes, in his margin in the commentary, he said of Shem,
77
00:05:23,803 -->
00:05:27,843
could Melchizedek be Shem?
78
00:05:28,723 -->
00:05:33,123
That's what St. Jerome wrote in the margin. Could Melchizedek be Shem?
79
00:05:33,123 -->
00:05:38,403
Well, I found this in the ancient Targums from in Aramaic.
80
00:05:38,443 -->
00:05:40,843
It was written originally in Aramaic, Jesus's language.
81
00:05:41,143 -->
00:05:44,803
It identifies Melchizedek as Shem, son of Noah.
82
00:05:45,003 -->
00:05:49,423
Shem was one of the links in the chain who transmitted the godly traditions
83
00:05:49,423 -->
00:05:54,463
that originated with Adam after the flood. He's going to keep the traditions of Adam alive.
84
00:05:54,763 -->
00:05:58,263
It's Noah's son with the blessing. These traditions were carefully handed down
85
00:05:58,263 -->
00:06:02,103
from generation to generation. and Shem, who headed an academy,
86
00:06:02,283 -->
00:06:04,303
was a key conductor of these teachings.
87
00:06:04,443 -->
00:06:08,303
This is what the Jewish writings tell us. The Midrash tells us that Shem was
88
00:06:08,303 -->
00:06:12,943
so perfect and so spiritually advanced that he was born circumcised.
89
00:06:13,822 -->
00:06:19,502
This is before Abraham. They say Shem was so holy and so spiritually advanced that he was born.
90
00:06:19,742 -->
00:06:21,842
He came out of his mother's womb circumcised.
91
00:06:22,242 -->
00:06:27,502
Interesting. Genesis 11 tells us that Shem was 100 years old at the birth of
92
00:06:27,502 -->
00:06:31,282
his son, and that was two years after the flood, and that he lived another 500
93
00:06:31,282 -->
00:06:35,782
years, meaning that Shem was at least 600 years old at his death.
94
00:06:35,902 -->
00:06:39,082
600 years old. And he has the blessing.
95
00:06:39,282 -->
00:06:44,442
Perhaps Melchizedek and Shem are one in the same. because remember what Shem
96
00:06:44,442 -->
00:06:46,782
means? The son of righteousness.
97
00:06:47,382 -->
00:06:52,062
Now, Shem was the son of Noah. And remember, Noah was the only righteous man
98
00:06:52,062 -->
00:06:53,982
on the face of the earth that God could find.
99
00:06:54,082 -->
00:06:58,762
And so God didn't wipe out the whole entire creation because he found Noah, one righteous man.
100
00:06:58,882 -->
00:07:02,522
And this is the son of one righteous man who has the blessing, son of righteousness.
101
00:07:02,782 -->
00:07:05,622
That's the title for Melchizedek. That's what Melchizedek means,
102
00:07:05,742 -->
00:07:10,382
son of righteousness, king of righteousness. God could find no one worthy,
103
00:07:10,602 -->
00:07:13,382
no one righteous except Noah and his family.
104
00:07:13,582 -->
00:07:17,842
So this word, Jerusalem, I just want you to know the etymology of that word
105
00:07:17,842 -->
00:07:18,482
because it's important.
106
00:07:18,762 -->
00:07:20,862
God will provide a place of peace.
107
00:07:21,202 -->
00:07:26,622
Jerusalem, Abraham and Shem together. This is the location that God would stop
108
00:07:26,622 -->
00:07:32,002
Abraham from killing Isaac and God would provide a ram. Jehovah Jireh, God will provide.
109
00:07:32,562 -->
00:07:36,702
Abraham could bless Isaac, give him the right-hand blessing of the Father,
110
00:07:36,842 -->
00:07:39,022
and all the world will be blessed through this one.
111
00:07:39,082 -->
00:07:42,482
God promised children descendants as numerous as the stars through Isaac.
112
00:07:42,702 -->
00:07:46,642
So this place of testing was transformed into a place of peace.
113
00:07:47,122 -->
00:07:49,122
Jehovah Jireh, God will provide.
114
00:07:50,119 -->
00:07:54,359
Peace. Now, when did Abraham get that blessing to pass on to Isaac?
115
00:07:54,699 -->
00:07:58,619
He got it when he was blessed by Melchizedek in Genesis 14.
116
00:07:59,039 -->
00:08:02,539
And Melchizedek brought what? Bread and wine. He's a priest.
117
00:08:02,819 -->
00:08:09,819
And the math works out that Shem, who lives 600 years of age, would still be alive.
118
00:08:10,279 -->
00:08:15,959
Stay with me. It's crazy. Steve heard me screaming a lot this week in the office
119
00:08:15,959 -->
00:08:17,799
where I was writing squeals of delight.
120
00:08:18,039 -->
00:08:23,219
David is going to offer cakes of bread and raisins at the same location to the
121
00:08:23,219 -->
00:08:25,439
people when he comes in to Jerusalem.
122
00:08:25,619 -->
00:08:29,499
That's a priestly thing to do. It's bread and wine. It's not wine.
123
00:08:29,579 -->
00:08:32,659
It's fruit of the vine and work of human hands. Does that sound familiar?
124
00:08:33,339 -->
00:08:38,659
Melchizedek, maybe Shem, blessed Abraham on that same mountain range of Jerusalem
125
00:08:38,659 -->
00:08:40,459
because that's where Melchizedek lived.
126
00:08:40,779 -->
00:08:42,819
He's the king of Salem and the king of righteousness.
127
00:08:43,199 -->
00:08:47,979
You are a priest forever in the the line of Melchizedek. David's going to take
128
00:08:47,979 -->
00:08:50,059
the city for Israel's united kingdom.
129
00:08:50,199 -->
00:08:53,539
It will be given yet another name, the city of David.
130
00:08:53,699 -->
00:08:55,719
He will be a priest king.
131
00:08:56,059 -->
00:09:02,739
And in his prayer in Psalm 110, David is inspired to write, because all scripture
132
00:09:02,739 -->
00:09:04,459
is inspired word of God and useful.
133
00:09:04,619 -->
00:09:09,439
He is inspired to write, the Lord has sworn and he will not change his mind.
134
00:09:09,459 -->
00:09:14,239
David, you are a priest forever in the order of Melchizedek.
135
00:09:15,119 -->
00:09:18,959
It's the only time in the Old Testament this word comes up again, except for Genesis 14.
136
00:09:19,479 -->
00:09:22,719
Then we hear it in Hebrews 7 in the New Testament when people are putting the
137
00:09:22,719 -->
00:09:23,539
puzzle pieces together.
138
00:09:23,799 -->
00:09:27,999
And it's a really mysterious good puzzle. So all these guys that came before
139
00:09:27,999 -->
00:09:33,679
David, Adam, Seth, Noah, Shem, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, there wasn't a Levitical priesthood yet.
140
00:09:33,799 -->
00:09:37,319
But all these guys practiced some type of priesthood because they made altars,
141
00:09:37,359 -->
00:09:40,159
they offered sacrifice to the Lord, they built, you know.
142
00:09:40,299 -->
00:09:46,239
So they're in that Melchizedekian line of priesthood. Then we had the Moses and the Levites.
143
00:09:47,013 -->
00:09:50,613
God is telling David, you are a priest in the order of Melchizedek, David.
144
00:09:50,793 -->
00:09:54,013
You're not a Levite. You're from the house of Judah. But I want you to be my
145
00:09:54,013 -->
00:09:56,613
priest and my king, and you're in the order of Melchizedek.
146
00:09:56,833 -->
00:10:02,433
David stripped down to a priestly ephod that day. He offered sacrifice to the Lord that's priestly.
147
00:10:02,593 -->
00:10:05,773
He danced unabashedly in worship and thanksgiving.
148
00:10:06,033 -->
00:10:09,333
And David was Israel's new king and priest.
149
00:10:09,713 -->
00:10:13,173
And the Lord tells him, and the Lord will not change his mind.
150
00:10:13,233 -->
00:10:17,853
The Lord will not repent. pant, you are a priest forever in the order of Melchizedek.
151
00:10:18,093 -->
00:10:25,913
Dead King Saul's daughter, Mikael, was absolutely disgusted with David and his linen ephod that day.
152
00:10:26,073 -->
00:10:32,093
And that will cost her from ever bearing a child with the king of Israel or anyone else.
153
00:10:32,453 -->
00:10:35,253
God will seal her womb shut. No life from her womb.
154
00:10:35,453 -->
00:10:39,473
Mikael's womb was sealed shut by the Lord that very day, which also was a a
155
00:10:39,473 -->
00:10:44,013
protection for David because David would father no sons from the tragic line
156
00:10:44,013 -->
00:10:46,293
of King Saul because that was her father.
157
00:10:46,493 -->
00:10:50,033
There had to be a way for David to become a priest since he was not from tribe
158
00:10:50,033 -->
00:10:51,553
Levi, but from tribe Judah.
159
00:10:51,673 -->
00:10:55,493
And God told him, you're a priest forever in the line of Melchizedek.
160
00:10:55,533 -->
00:10:58,233
It's a very interesting puzzle piece that's missing.
161
00:10:58,393 -->
00:11:01,673
And a lot of people don't study it because they have no idea what it is.
162
00:11:01,793 -->
00:11:06,373
But we have priests, Catholic priests, and a valid solid priesthood in the order
163
00:11:06,373 -->
00:11:08,953
of Melchizedek, the priesthood of Jesus Christ.
164
00:11:09,253 -->
00:11:13,113
You are a priest forever according to the order of Melchizedek.
165
00:11:13,173 -->
00:11:16,073
Jesus himself is in the same line.
166
00:11:16,333 -->
00:11:19,493
He's from tribe Judah. He's a son of David, and he is the son of David.
167
00:11:19,953 -->
00:11:24,033
Forever in this line. Now, so this is a messianic psalm. It has an immediate
168
00:11:24,033 -->
00:11:27,473
fulfillment and will have a future fulfillment in Jesus Christ.
169
00:11:27,773 -->
00:11:32,173
They had to go all the way back to Genesis 14 and the Son of Righteousness,
170
00:11:32,373 -->
00:11:35,553
which is the code word for Shem or Melchizedek.
171
00:11:35,793 -->
00:11:40,033
Now, we have a feast day in our Roman Catholic Church. It's called the Feast
172
00:11:40,033 -->
00:11:42,713
of Our Lord Jesus Christ, the Eternal High Priest.
173
00:11:43,013 -->
00:11:47,573
It's a movable feast day. And so some dioceses have it, some don't.
174
00:11:47,573 -->
00:11:49,453
It's on the first Thursday after Pentecost.
175
00:11:49,693 -->
00:11:53,113
And I want you to look at this holy card. You see Jesus is the eternal light
176
00:11:53,113 -->
00:11:54,633
priest. He's standing on the altar.
177
00:11:54,773 -->
00:11:58,653
But at the bottom, the first priesthood is Melchizedek. The second priesthood
178
00:11:58,653 -->
00:12:00,913
is Aaron and the Levitical priesthood.
179
00:12:01,053 -->
00:12:04,213
Jesus Christ stands on the altar in the line of Melchizedek,
180
00:12:04,393 -->
00:12:05,693
the superior priesthood.
181
00:12:05,853 -->
00:12:09,913
And Christ's kingdom is eternal, but it's going to start on earth.
182
00:12:10,053 -->
00:12:12,093
He's come on earth to bring a kingdom, the church.
183
00:12:12,333 -->
00:12:13,893
And that church has to have a
184
00:12:13,893 -->
00:12:18,393
valid government. It has to have a valid priesthood to govern it, always.
185
00:12:18,793 -->
00:12:23,373
The second priesthood, remember when Aaron, the rod of Aaron in number 17,
186
00:12:23,573 -->
00:12:28,633
the house of Levi had sprouted this rod that sprouted blossoms and ripe almonds,
187
00:12:28,833 -->
00:12:33,093
and Moses brought all the rods in front of them, and each man took his own rod,
188
00:12:33,153 -->
00:12:37,073
and Aaron's rod had budded, and that was a sign from the Lord that Aaron in
189
00:12:37,073 -->
00:12:40,393
the Levitical priesthood would have the authority. authority. The rod's important.
190
00:12:40,713 -->
00:12:44,673
The authority of the priesthood is important, always in the Bible.
191
00:12:44,873 -->
00:12:49,493
God never intended to do away with priesthood, ever.
192
00:12:49,733 -->
00:12:53,713
The Lord said to Moses, get Aaron's rod and put it in the Ark of the Testimony.
193
00:12:53,753 -->
00:12:54,873
Put it in the Ark of the Covenant.
194
00:12:54,973 -->
00:12:58,073
That's one of the very, very, very precious things that contains the true presence
195
00:12:58,073 -->
00:13:00,173
of God is that there's authority of a priesthood in there.
196
00:13:00,293 -->
00:13:03,133
So God never planned to get rid of the priesthood.
197
00:13:03,293 -->
00:13:06,193
In fact, he told them, put that in the box. It tells us in Hebrews 9,
198
00:13:06,233 -->
00:13:07,973
that's one of the things in the Ark.
199
00:13:08,193 -->
00:13:14,033
Remember, the tribe of Levi were ordained as Levitical priests after the golden calf apostasy.
200
00:13:14,073 -->
00:13:17,113
We talked about that last week. The people couldn't even last a.
201
00:13:17,567 -->
00:13:22,687
Days without a priesthood. Fallen humans always need a priesthood.
202
00:13:22,867 -->
00:13:25,967
Even us, full of the Holy Spirit, man, I got to go to confession.
203
00:13:26,307 -->
00:13:30,367
I need a priesthood, and I'm a redeemed daughter of God, and I need a priesthood.
204
00:13:30,587 -->
00:13:35,427
The Melchizedekian priesthood is bestowed on David. He becomes a priest-king.
205
00:13:35,687 -->
00:13:41,567
The Melchizedekian priesthood is fully fulfilled in Jesus Christ as priest, victim, and king.
206
00:13:41,827 -->
00:13:45,467
He's the victim-sacrifice Christ. That's how Christ goes one up.
207
00:13:47,027 -->
00:13:51,007
He's Christ himself was victim of the perfect, blemish-free sacrifice.
208
00:13:51,367 -->
00:13:55,267
Himself, he's the Lamb of God. God did provide Jehovah Jireh.
209
00:13:55,327 -->
00:14:00,967
God did provide Abraham with a ram in the thicket on the mountain of peace, Jireh Shalom.
210
00:14:01,147 -->
00:14:05,847
But the Lamb of God, Jesus, was also caught in a thicket of thorns,
211
00:14:05,947 -->
00:14:10,787
a crown made for the king that they mocked, that we mocked.
212
00:14:10,787 -->
00:14:16,467
On that same mountain, Jehovah Jireh, Jireh Shalom, God will provide.
213
00:14:17,547 -->
00:14:22,407
God will provide. For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Savior
214
00:14:22,407 -->
00:14:26,507
who is Christ the Lord, the eternal high priest in the line of Melchizedek,
215
00:14:26,547 -->
00:14:29,047
who like a good shepherd, he feeds his flock.
216
00:14:29,347 -->
00:14:32,887
Isaiah told us that. And what does he feed us? What does he feed us?
217
00:14:33,007 -->
00:14:34,667
The shepherd. Eternal life.
218
00:14:34,907 -->
00:14:39,787
If you eat from the hand of the shepherd, the hand of his priesthood on earth, you will never die.
219
00:14:40,447 -->
00:14:44,547
Feeding from the hand of the good shepherd. The good shepherd wants to give
220
00:14:44,547 -->
00:14:47,467
you something that will make you live forever.
221
00:14:48,027 -->
00:14:49,907
The medicine of immortality.
222
00:14:50,467 -->
00:14:52,007
You will live forever.
223
00:14:52,867 -->
00:14:58,327
If you eat this, you will never die. We need a priesthood in persona Christi,
224
00:14:58,327 -->
00:15:01,127
in person of Christ, to give us this bread forever.
225
00:15:01,487 -->
00:15:04,667
It's a perpetual offering. You are a priest forever.
226
00:15:05,427 -->
00:15:08,987
According to the order of Melchizedek, how's God going to feed his people forever
227
00:15:08,987 -->
00:15:11,307
for the rest of the world until he comes back a second time?
228
00:15:11,367 -->
00:15:14,567
This way, through this priesthood, in the line of Melchizedek.
229
00:15:14,907 -->
00:15:18,607
David dwelt in the stronghold and called it the city of David, Jerusalem.
230
00:15:19,227 -->
00:15:23,287
David built the city around the Milo inward. There's what a Milo is.
231
00:15:23,407 -->
00:15:26,927
It's like a terraced construction on top of a steep slope in which they could
232
00:15:26,927 -->
00:15:30,067
build houses and dwellings. It looked like this in the days of David.
233
00:15:30,307 -->
00:15:34,587
David became greater and greater, for the Lord God of hosts was with him.
234
00:15:35,047 -->
00:15:39,987
And Hiram, the king of Tyre, way up there in Tyre, sent messengers to David
235
00:15:39,987 -->
00:15:44,607
and cedar trees and carpenters and masons to build David a house with the Lebanon's,
236
00:15:44,607 -->
00:15:48,187
the cedars of Lebanon, greatest lumber in that part of the world.
237
00:15:48,327 -->
00:15:51,027
And David proceeded to become king of Israel.
238
00:15:51,267 -->
00:15:55,947
He was exalted in his kingdom for the sake of his people. And guess what he
239
00:15:55,947 -->
00:15:59,147
did? He took more concubines and wives.
240
00:16:00,507 -->
00:16:05,447
Because in Deuteronomy 17, the Lord strongly said, If you have a king,
241
00:16:05,747 -->
00:16:09,847
he shall not multiply wives for himself, lest his heart turn away,
242
00:16:10,067 -->
00:16:12,287
nor shall he greatly multiply for himself.
243
00:16:12,932 -->
00:16:16,712
Silver and gold. Well, when the Philistines heard that David had been anointed
244
00:16:16,712 -->
00:16:20,712
as king over Israel, they went up in search of David, and David retreated to the stronghold.
245
00:16:20,852 -->
00:16:26,592
And David did as the Lord God commanded him, and he smote the Philistines from Geba to Gezer.
246
00:16:26,932 -->
00:16:34,832
And David gathered 30,000 chosen men of Israel, and they are going to go retrieve the Ark of God.
247
00:16:35,192 -->
00:16:39,852
It's been stored for 20 years, and they are going to get the Ark of God,
248
00:16:39,992 -->
00:16:45,492
which is called by the name of the Lord Lord of hosts who sits enthroned on the cherubim.
249
00:16:45,512 -->
00:16:49,052
On the mercy seat is where the God Almighty sits between the cherubim.
250
00:16:49,092 -->
00:16:53,172
He sends 30,000 men to go get the ark of God. He knows this is important.
251
00:16:53,432 -->
00:16:57,232
The Lord of hosts who sits enthroned on the cherubim. The last mention of the
252
00:16:57,232 -->
00:17:01,472
ark of God we had was in 1 Samuel 7, when it had come back from the land of
253
00:17:01,472 -->
00:17:03,772
the Philistines. The Philistines had captured the ark.
254
00:17:03,872 -->
00:17:09,412
They had it. But when Israel retrieved it back, it sat at the house of Abinadab for 20 years.
255
00:17:09,672 -->
00:17:13,912
A long time has passed. It's some 20 years that we know this from Samuel 1-7.
256
00:17:14,072 -->
00:17:18,292
So they carry the Ark of God upon a new cart and brought it out from the house
257
00:17:18,292 -->
00:17:19,932
of Abinadab, which was on the hill.
258
00:17:20,132 -->
00:17:25,632
And Uzzah and Eliho, the sons of Abinadab, were driving the new cart with the Ark of God.
259
00:17:25,912 -->
00:17:33,332
And Ahiluwa went before the Ark. It was a brand new cart, only the best for our God, only the best.
260
00:17:33,592 -->
00:17:36,892
But is that how they were supposed to transport the Ark of God?
261
00:17:37,812 -->
00:17:42,652
Well, in 1 Samuel 4, the word of Samuel came to Israel that the ark of God had been captured.
262
00:17:42,852 -->
00:17:46,292
And they took it and they had put it in the temple of Dagon, remember?
263
00:17:46,592 -->
00:17:49,532
And then it became like a hot potato because all the people started getting
264
00:17:49,532 -->
00:17:52,332
plagues and sickness and nobody, none of the Philistine cities,
265
00:17:52,452 -->
00:17:55,912
those five cities, no one wanted the ark and they passed it around like a hot potato. Remember that?
266
00:17:56,052 -->
00:18:00,252
The ark was sent away by the Philistines and they put it on a cart and they
267
00:18:00,252 -->
00:18:01,772
sent it off, get rid of it.
268
00:18:01,812 -->
00:18:05,292
And they put these oxen and they put it on and off it went.
269
00:18:05,292 -->
00:18:08,312
And do you remember when it came over the hill, when they were returning,
270
00:18:08,472 -->
00:18:10,672
the Philistines were returning the ark, they didn't want it,
271
00:18:10,692 -->
00:18:14,932
and they had had it for seven months, and they were advised,
272
00:18:15,272 -->
00:18:18,512
don't send it back empty, you better put something inside it for the peoples
273
00:18:18,512 -->
00:18:19,772
as a peace offering, you know.
274
00:18:19,772 -->
00:18:21,872
Well, Israel was out in the field
275
00:18:21,872 -->
00:18:25,852
gleaning, and they see the ark of God coming over the hill on the ark.
276
00:18:25,972 -->
00:18:30,592
And the men took two milk cows and yoked them to the ark and shut up the calves
277
00:18:30,592 -->
00:18:33,852
at home. Do you remember that, those mother cows?
278
00:18:34,172 -->
00:18:38,952
And they put inside of it, they put five golden mice and five golden tumors
279
00:18:38,952 -->
00:18:40,292
as a peace offering, remember?
280
00:18:40,572 -->
00:18:43,692
When it came up over the hill, they looked into the ark of the Lord.
281
00:18:43,732 -->
00:18:48,052
The Israelites, when it came to them, they looked inside of it. Right.
282
00:18:48,599 -->
00:18:52,479
And do you remember what happened when they lifted the lid and looked inside of it?
283
00:18:53,179 -->
00:18:58,759
Seventy men were struck dead who touched the ark, looked in the ark. Remember that?
284
00:18:59,359 -->
00:19:01,639
Seventy. Rule number one about the ark.
285
00:19:02,339 -->
00:19:03,919
Don't touch the ark.
286
00:19:04,679 -->
00:19:08,219
Always in Scripture, hands off. Do not touch the ark.
287
00:19:08,399 -->
00:19:12,679
And God cannot make this more clearer, but he does it in stories over time.
288
00:19:12,759 -->
00:19:14,579
Remember his pedagogy, word and deed over time?
289
00:19:14,799 -->
00:19:18,379
So the Philistines, and they're not Israelites. They don't have the revealed
290
00:19:18,379 -->
00:19:20,459
word of God. They don't have Torah. They don't know how they're supposed to
291
00:19:20,459 -->
00:19:22,779
transport the ark. They put it on and off it went.
292
00:19:22,979 -->
00:19:27,819
They were just Philistines, you know? But the Israelites knew God's word. 20 years had passed.
293
00:19:28,019 -->
00:19:31,719
They built a brand new cart. Only the best. 30,000 men. They're not Levites.
294
00:19:31,759 -->
00:19:34,719
They're just 20,000, 30,000 chosen men.
295
00:19:35,039 -->
00:19:38,599
They forgot a few things about Torah in this time, didn't they?
296
00:19:38,839 -->
00:19:43,859
Because Israelites should know that the sacred way and the only way to carry
297
00:19:43,859 -->
00:19:48,119
the ark is the way that God prescribed in Deuteronomy 10. It had to be Levi's.
298
00:19:48,219 -->
00:19:52,779
The tribe of Levi has to transport the ark and they're going to do it.
299
00:19:52,819 -->
00:19:54,259
It's overlaid with puricle.
300
00:19:54,379 -->
00:19:58,679
It has rings and it has poles so that no one dare touch the ark.
301
00:19:58,759 -->
00:20:01,359
And those poles can slide in and out so they never, ever, ever,
302
00:20:01,399 -->
00:20:03,519
ever, ever, ever, ever, ever touch the ark.
303
00:20:03,679 -->
00:20:07,159
God made it that way and only Levites can carry it.
304
00:20:07,219 -->
00:20:12,679
The ark is very, very powerful in battle, all battles, spiritual battles too.
305
00:20:12,859 -->
00:20:15,759
But whenever they would set out, Moses would say, say, Arise,
306
00:20:15,759 -->
00:20:19,699
O Lord, and let thy enemies be scattered, and let them that hate thee flee before
307
00:20:19,699 -->
00:20:21,419
thee, and the ark would lead the way.
308
00:20:21,619 -->
00:20:25,459
Wherever they went, he was with them. The ark was very powerful.
309
00:20:25,759 -->
00:20:30,019
And the number one rule always about the ark is you do not touch the ark.
310
00:20:30,099 -->
00:20:33,159
You do not ever lay a hand on the ark.
311
00:20:33,319 -->
00:20:37,119
You don't look inside the ark. You don't offer uncensored fire before the ark.
312
00:20:37,259 -->
00:20:38,979
Remember Nabdab and Abihu?
313
00:20:39,219 -->
00:20:45,179
Aaron's own sons offered unholy, uncensored fire, and they were blown off their
314
00:20:45,179 -->
00:20:46,179
socks and both were dead.
315
00:20:46,419 -->
00:20:50,559
Aaron's sons, they didn't reverence the ark and they burnt. They were killed.
316
00:20:50,779 -->
00:20:54,099
The Lord struck them dead and everyone saw it and everyone knew,
317
00:20:54,139 -->
00:20:56,599
don't touch the ark. Don't touch the ark. Rever the ark. The ark is holy.
318
00:20:56,719 -->
00:20:59,479
The ark is holy. The ark is holy. Don't touch the ark. Hands off the ark. Don't touch the ark.
319
00:20:59,639 -->
00:21:03,539
So David's coming into Jerusalem with this ark on a cattle cart.
320
00:21:04,059 -->
00:21:06,999
David, the king of Israel, he had been king of Judah for seven years.
321
00:21:07,099 -->
00:21:08,039
He'd been copying Torah.
322
00:21:08,239 -->
00:21:12,419
The king had to copy Torah every single year. He's copied be Torah seven times
323
00:21:12,419 -->
00:21:16,079
at least, and he doesn't remember this rule about how to transport the ark of God.
324
00:21:16,419 -->
00:21:20,919
David and all the house of Israel were playing Mary before the Lord with all their might,
325
00:21:21,019 -->
00:21:25,359
the songs and lyres, harps, tambourines, canastas, and David is dancing before
326
00:21:25,359 -->
00:21:29,999
the ark in his linen ephod, and he's dancing to the Lord with all his might.
327
00:21:30,059 -->
00:21:31,859
They get up to the threshing floor at Nican.
328
00:21:32,399 -->
00:21:35,619
Uzzah, one of David's men, puts his hand out on the ark of God.
329
00:21:35,659 -->
00:21:38,679
He took hold of it because the ox hit a pothole and it stumbled,
330
00:21:38,819 -->
00:21:41,419
and so Uzzah's just trying to steady the ark. so it doesn't fall?
331
00:21:42,370 -->
00:21:45,410
Number one rule about the ark. I don't care who you are, Uzzah.
332
00:21:45,450 -->
00:21:48,870
I don't care. You do not touch the ark. It shouldn't be on a cattle cart.
333
00:21:49,470 -->
00:21:53,950
Hands off the ark. Don't touch the ark. It's for no human to touch.
334
00:21:54,270 -->
00:21:58,250
And Uzzah dies that day. The anger of the Lord was kindled against Uzzah,
335
00:21:58,270 -->
00:22:01,850
and God smote him right there because he put his hand forth to steady the ark.
336
00:22:01,990 -->
00:22:05,650
And he died there that day beside the ark of God.
337
00:22:05,810 -->
00:22:09,230
And David was angry because the Lord had broken forth upon Uzzah,
338
00:22:09,290 -->
00:22:11,770
his man, who he placed to carry it.
339
00:22:11,850 -->
00:22:17,830
They named that place Perez Uzzah, the breach of Uzzah, a place where God burst forth upon Uzzah.
340
00:22:18,010 -->
00:22:23,390
David was afraid of the Lord that day, and he said, how can the ark of the Lord come to me?
341
00:22:23,650 -->
00:22:27,110
Has David ever been afraid in all these chapters that we've studied?
342
00:22:27,270 -->
00:22:28,790
Has David ever been afraid? No!
343
00:22:29,210 -->
00:22:31,570
He's a little boy in front of the giant. He wasn't afraid.
344
00:22:32,090 -->
00:22:35,950
He's never afraid because he always followed God's word. This time,
345
00:22:35,990 -->
00:22:39,610
he He didn't follow God's word on how to transport the ark, and now he's afraid.
346
00:22:39,870 -->
00:22:43,390
How can the ark of the Lord come to me? Remember what these guys said when they
347
00:22:43,390 -->
00:22:46,490
opened the ark and 70 of them dropped dead? They said something very similar.
348
00:22:46,710 -->
00:22:50,450
Who is able to stand before the Lord, this holy God?
349
00:22:50,730 -->
00:22:54,490
And to whom shall he go up away from us? They were scared.
350
00:22:54,750 -->
00:22:58,990
So David's not willing to take the ark of the Lord into the city of David anymore. He's scared.
351
00:22:59,170 -->
00:23:02,610
This really freaked him out. We've never seen David like this.
352
00:23:02,610 -->
00:23:07,570
And so David took it aside where they were near the house of Obed-Edom the Gittite.
353
00:23:07,730 -->
00:23:11,450
And the ark of the Lord remained at the house of Obed-Edom the Gittite for three months.
354
00:23:11,710 -->
00:23:14,530
And guess what happened? David's afraid of this thing. He doesn't want to be
355
00:23:14,530 -->
00:23:18,850
anywhere near it. But this guy says, I'll take it. And he welcomes the ark into his home.
356
00:23:18,990 -->
00:23:24,070
And we're told that the Lord God blessed Obed-Edom and all his household. What's that mean?
357
00:23:24,530 -->
00:23:28,230
How did God bless them? I was curious. What does this mean?
358
00:23:28,310 -->
00:23:33,010
The Lord blessed Obed-Edom and all his household. So I went to the Hebrew rabbis,
359
00:23:33,010 -->
00:23:36,150
and the Hebrew gemara says, What is...
360
00:23:36,815 -->
00:23:39,895
Blessing with which Obed-Edom was blessed?
361
00:23:40,235 -->
00:23:44,375
And the rabbi answers, the blessing is Hamat and her eight daughter-in-laws,
362
00:23:44,595 -->
00:23:49,255
each of whom bore six in a single womb. What?
363
00:23:50,275 -->
00:23:56,175
What? And it is stated, Obed-Edom had sons, Petulio being the eighth.
364
00:23:56,395 -->
00:24:00,655
And in the continuation of that same verse, it's written, God blessed him.
365
00:24:00,715 -->
00:24:03,935
Apparently, these eight children were the blessing. As it stated,
366
00:24:03,935 -->
00:24:09,515
each of the nine women gave birth to six sons for a total of 54 sons.
367
00:24:09,755 -->
00:24:13,155
And if one adds the original eight, there were 62 altogether.
368
00:24:13,775 -->
00:24:18,295
What? The ark is there for three months in the home of Obed-Edom.
369
00:24:18,415 -->
00:24:23,435
And in that time, there are nine sets of six tuplets, all male born.
370
00:24:23,715 -->
00:24:31,075
Nine women times each one having six sons each, 54 blessings, 54 sons in three months.
371
00:24:31,355 -->
00:24:34,615
That is a supernatural miracle miracle of life and blessing,
372
00:24:34,835 -->
00:24:37,355
right? I know some of you really understand.
373
00:24:39,395 -->
00:24:43,315
Fifty-eight, fifty-four, and then the eight original sons of Obed-Edom,
374
00:24:43,415 -->
00:24:46,515
so sixty-two sons, and it's recorded in 1 Chronicles 26.
375
00:24:46,915 -->
00:24:50,375
All these were the sons of Obed-Edom. They and their sons and their brethren,
376
00:24:50,515 -->
00:24:54,815
able men in strength for the service, sixty-two of Obed-Edom.
377
00:24:55,635 -->
00:24:59,035
And these sixty-two are made gatekeepers.
378
00:24:59,315 -->
00:25:03,375
They are made gatekeepers. It's a sub-branch. It's not the the Levitical priesthood,
379
00:25:03,435 -->
00:25:05,895
but they're a sub-branch that's able to be the gatekeepers.
380
00:25:06,135 -->
00:25:10,775
The blessing of Obed-Edom was life, life, life. Life is always a blessing to
381
00:25:10,775 -->
00:25:13,755
God. It's the greatest blessing he can give us. He's the author of life.
382
00:25:13,915 -->
00:25:19,155
God wants to show David, do not be afraid. The contents of the ark bring life, life, life.
383
00:25:20,015 -->
00:25:24,475
Jesus is the contents of the new ark. And what did he say? I have come so they
384
00:25:24,475 -->
00:25:27,735
might have life and have it abundantly, have it to the full.
385
00:25:28,035 -->
00:25:32,615
God's all about about life. It's the gospel of life. There's no death in God ever.
386
00:25:32,835 -->
00:25:36,575
He conquered death. So it's told to David that the Lord God has blessed the
387
00:25:36,575 -->
00:25:41,195
household of Obed-Edom and that all that belongs to him because the ark of God is in his house.
388
00:25:41,375 -->
00:25:44,675
See, Obed-Edom has welcomed the ark of God with hospitality.
389
00:25:45,115 -->
00:25:49,015
And David went then and got that ark of God from the house of Obed-Edom and
390
00:25:49,015 -->
00:25:51,055
he went to the city of David with rejoicing.
391
00:25:51,375 -->
00:25:56,095
David's not afraid anymore. He's going to take the ark back because he wants Israel blessed by God.
392
00:25:56,135 -->
00:26:00,015
He wants life and lots of children and lots of soldiers because he's the new king.
393
00:26:00,515 -->
00:26:04,595
And with those who bore the ark, the Lord had gone six paces.
394
00:26:04,795 -->
00:26:08,135
Okay, so now see how they're carrying it differently, not on a cart anymore.
395
00:26:08,275 -->
00:26:11,335
They're carrying it the right way through the poles and the little vicital priests.
396
00:26:11,555 -->
00:26:16,375
And David immediately, as a priest, offers a sacrifice. Six steps they'd gone
397
00:26:16,375 -->
00:26:18,115
and stop. Let me offer a sacrifice.
398
00:26:18,475 -->
00:26:22,335
Some of the commentators, the Jewish commentators say every six steps he offered
399
00:26:22,335 -->
00:26:25,835
sacrifice. But the scripture says he offered sacrifice after six days.
400
00:26:26,364 -->
00:26:30,624
We know that for sure. Maybe he did more. But David is totally acting as a priest
401
00:26:30,624 -->
00:26:34,584
and a king in a linen ephod offering sacrifice before the Ark of the Covenant.
402
00:26:34,804 -->
00:26:39,224
And David danced before the Lord with all his might. And David was girded with
403
00:26:39,224 -->
00:26:41,524
a linen ephod, priestly attire.
404
00:26:41,684 -->
00:26:45,984
So David and all the house of Israel brought the Ark of the Lord with shouting
405
00:26:45,984 -->
00:26:49,144
and with the sound of the horn, the shofars were blowing.
406
00:26:49,424 -->
00:26:53,464
The Ark of the Lord came into the city of David, Jairus Shalom,
407
00:26:53,464 -->
00:26:57,824
And Michal, the daughter of Saul, looked out the window, what's all the commotion?
408
00:26:57,964 -->
00:27:03,084
And she saw King David, her husband, leaping and dancing before the Lord in his ephod.
409
00:27:03,184 -->
00:27:06,704
And she despised him in her heart.
410
00:27:07,004 -->
00:27:11,064
That was part two of the second book of Samuel, chapters five through eight,
411
00:27:11,164 -->
00:27:13,624
on Seeking Truth with Sharon Doran.
412
00:27:13,704 -->
00:27:18,164
To learn more about Seeking Truth Bible Studies, visit SeekingTruth.net.
413
00:27:18,324 -->
00:27:22,464
Tune in next time for more Seeking Truth with Sharon Doran.
