The King & His Kingdom

Turn to 2 Samuel 8

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INTRO: “The Good Old Days”…

(Q) HOW MANY PEOPLE HERE TODAY OFTEN HEAR ABOUT OTHERS LOOKING BACK ON “THE GOOD OLD DAYS?”

o PERHAPS, YOU??

OWN LIFE—FAMILY YOUNGER/TIMES = DIFFERENT...

BUT THINK BIG PICTURE:

GENERALLY HEAR: DIFFERENT TIME, in AMERICAN HISTORY

PRAYER & BIBLE READING in SCHOOLS

DIDN’T HAVE GENDER-IDEOLOGY BATTLES

KIDS TOOK RIFLES to SCHOOL to HUNT,, NOT KILL PEOPLE...

SEEMS THINGS USED to BE BETTER… ESP. in AMERICA...

OFTENTIMES: PEOPLE LOOK W/ LONGING on PAST “BETTER DAYS”

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I CAN’T PROMISE GOOD FUTURE for AMERICA ((I PRAY THERE IS))

**AMERICA’S DECLINE DOESN’T MEAN BETTER DAYS AREN’T AHEAD**

DO I WISH THINGS WERE BETTER?—SURE.

BUT I WANT US TO NOT LOSE SIGHT OF THE COMING KINGDOM AND THE END OF THE STORY.

NATIONS RISE, AND NATIONS FALL.

KINGDOMS RISE AND FALL.

ALL SORTS OF MAJOR CHANGES HAPPEN IN THE WORLD...

TIMES FLUCTUATE

BUT END of STORY = SO MUCH GREATER THAN “GOOD OLD DAYS”

FUTURE TIME:

KNOWLEDGE of GLORY of LORD COVERS the EARTH as WATERS COVER the SEA...

LION LAYS DOWN W/ LAMB

WE’LL INHABIT a NEW CREATION,, WHEREIN RIGHTEOUSNESS DWELLS...

THERE’S COMING a DAY to WHICH NONE of the GOOD OLD DAYS COULD BEGIN to COMPARE...

IT MIGHT FLUCTUATE IN THE HERE AND NOW, BUT THE KINGDOM IS COMING AND WILL COME.

NEED:

THIS TEXT IS GOING TO REMIND US… NO MATTER WHAT it LOOKS LIKE… THAT GOD’S KINGDOM AGENDA IS COMING, AND THERE’S NOTHING THAT ANYONE CAN DO TO STOP IT.

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DOES THIS MEAN THAT WE’LL EXPERIENCE HEAVEN ON EARTH??

AND THAT CHRISTIANS WILL WIN THE POLITICAL BATTLES?

AND THAT AMERICA WILL BE A “CHRISTIAN NATION?”

NOT NECESSARILY.

BUT IT DOES MEAN THAT GOD’S PLANS AND PURPOSES FOR HIS KINGDOM AND HIS CHURCH WILL NOT FAIL,

NO MATTER WHAT HAPPENS TO AMERICA,

NO MATTER WHAT LIFE LOOKS LIKE,

AND NO MATTER WHAT TROUBLES MAY COME.

THE BEST DAYS ARE YET TO COME.

MIGHT BE TROUBLE BETWEEN NOW & THEN...

BUT FUTURE = SO MUCH BETTER THAN PAST...

**DON’T LOSE SIGHT of THE COMING GOOD DAYS**

(T) I WANT YOU TO KEEP THESE THINGS IN MIND AS WE DIVE INTO OUR TEXT TODAY.

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RECAP: “The Impossibility of Indifference”

Last Few Weeks:

GREAT TIME OF PROSPERITY IN DAVID’S LIFE.

NEW CAPITAL CITY,

ARK = in JERUSALEM

PEACE

LIFE = GOOD.

JUST WHEN it COULDN’T GET ANY BETTER?? — DAVIDIC COVENANT...

DAVID BUILD GOD a HOUSE?? —NO.

GOD BUILDS DAVID a HOUSE—DYNASTY.

Last Week:

DAVID RESPONDS to GOD’S INCREDIBLE GRACE W/ PRAISE & THANKSGIVING.

“WHO AM I??”

HUMBLE GRATITUDE @ GRACE of GOD— EXAMPLE for US TODAY...

(T) AND NOW, WE’RE GOING TO SEE THE BEGINNING OF THE PROMISE, ITS INITIAL FULFILLMENT, UNFOLDING IF YOU’D LOOK WITH ME AT CH. 8 VS. 1

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TEXT: 2 SAMUEL 8:1-18 ESV

Rising Action-1st Climax (v1-6)

2 Samuel 8:1–18 (ESV)

1 After this David defeated the Philistines and subdued them, and David took Metheg-ammah out of the hand of the Philistines.

2 And he defeated Moab and he measured them with a line, making them lie down on the ground. Two lines he measured to be put to death, and one full line to be spared. And the Moabites became servants to David and brought tribute.

3 David also defeated Hadadezer the son of Rehob, king of Zobah, as he went to restore his power at the river Euphrates.

4 And David took from him 1,700 horsemen, and 20,000 foot soldiers. And David hamstrung all the chariot horses but left enough for 100 chariots.

5 And when the Syrians of Damascus came to help Hadadezer king of Zobah, David struck down 22,000 men of the Syrians.

6 Then David put garrisons in Aram of Damascus, and the Syrians became servants to David and brought tribute. And the Lord gave victory to David wherever he went.

DAVID DAVID IS BEING ESTABLISHED AS GOD’S KING,

JUST AS GOD HAD SAID HE WOULD DO.

LAST couple WEEKS: DAVID HAD A MEASURE OF PEACE

**NO LASTING PEACE W/ ENEMIES on ALL SIDES.**

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NOTICE: DAVID’S INCREDIBLE SUCCESS IN THIS PASSAGE TODAY.

DEFEATED PHILISTINES (WEST)

NOT ONLY “DEFEATED” —BUT SUBDUED.

PROBLEM SOLVED (MANY GENERATIONS)

DEFEATED MOABITES (EAST)

THEY BECOME SERVANTS/ BRING TRIBUTE

DEFEATED HADADEZER—KING of ZOBAH (NORTH)

MADE HORSES UNFIT FOR BATTLE,, AVOIDING ACQUIRING a VAST ARMY

DEFEATED SYRIANS (ALSO NORTH)

BROUGHT DAVID TRIBUTE/BECAME SERVANTS

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PAGAN NATIONS in OPPOSITION to TRUE GOD...

**GOD USING ISRAEL as HIS TOOL for JUDGMENT UPON the UNGODLY**

WE SEE that DAVID is FINISHING WHAT JOSHUA STARTED.

RICHARD PHILIPPS: “AS AN INSTRUMENT OF DIVINE HOLY WAR IN JUDGMENT OF THE WICKED, DAVID WAS JUSTIFIED IN PUTTING HIS ENEMIES TO THE SWORD.”[1]

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a MAIN THEME TODAY (V6)—“THE LORD GAVE VICTORY TO DAVID WHEREVER HE WENT.”

CHURCH... ONE OF THE REASONS THAT GOD COULD CONSISTENTLY TRUST DAVID WITH SUCCESS IS BECAUSE DAVID WAS ALWAYS FAITHFUL TO GIVE GOD THE CREDIT IN HIS LIFE.

**THE REFRAIN of DAVID’S LIFE = THE LORD WAS WITH HIM**

DAVID’S SUCCESS WAS ALWAYS the RESULT of GOD’S WORK...

STORY: PASTOR DON SUNUKJIAN.

WRESTLING W/ GOD REGARDING SERVICE to CHURCH

CHURCH WAS FAILING

HE PLANNED to TEACH HOW to LEAD a CHURCH...

NO ONE WANTS to FOLLOW the GUY WHO FAILED at it...

DON: IN PRAYER, SAYS, “GOD, IF THIS CHURCH FAILS, AND WE SHUT OUR DOORS, CAN I BLAME YOU?”

GOD REPLIES: “THAT’S FINE, BUT IF/WHEN IT SUCCEEDS MAKE SURE I GET THE CREDIT.”

THIS = TESTIMONY of DAVID’S LIFE...

(Q) CAN GOD TRUST YOU ENOUGH to MAKE YOU a SUCCESS?

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DAVID IS NOW FINISHING WHAT GENERATIONS OF ISRAELITES HAD FAILED TO ACCOMPLISH.

JOSHUA BEGAN the CONQUEST

TIME of JUDGES—COMPLACENCY— SPIRITUALLY FAILING—

ELI & SAMUEL— NOT REALLY “MILITARY” LEADERS

SAUL— INITIALLY SUCCESSFUL— BUT NOT an OFFENSIVE GUY

SPENT MOST of HIS MILITARY EFFORT... PURSUING AFTER DAVID!!

SAUL’S LIFE—TRAGIC END—BY PHILISTINES!

SAUL’S END: PHILISTINES = TAKING EVACUATED CITIES FOR FREE,, KING = DEAD...

NOW: KING OF GOD’S CHOOSING..

EXECUTING GOD’S WILL OF JUDGMENT

AND TAKING THE LAND THAT WAS PROMISED TO THE PEOPLE OF GOD AS THE DESCENDANTS OF ABRAHAM.

PROMISED LAND:

FROM RIVER in EGYPT to EUPHRATES

PROMISED GIFT FROM GOD to DESCENDANTS of ABRAHAM

ONE HAS FINALLY COME WHO WILL COMPLETE the MISSION

(T) AND SO, WITH DAVID’S CONTINUAL SUCCESS, WHAT HAPPENS NEXT?

LOOK WITH ME AT VS. 7

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1st Resolution (v7-8)

7 And David took the shields of gold that were carried by the servants of Hadadezer and brought them to Jerusalem.

8 And from Betah and from Berothai, cities of Hadadezer, King David took very much bronze.

DAVID = WINNING VICTORIES & ACQUIRING RICHES for JERUSALEM

**USED in FUTURE TEMPLE-BUILDING**

DAVID = MAKING NAME FOR HIMSELF

ISRAEL = PROSPERING

(T) AND THEN THE TEXT SAYS in VS. 9

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Rising Action (v9-12)

9 When Toi king of Hamath heard that David had defeated the whole army of Hadadezer,

10 Toi sent his son Joram to King David, to ask about his health and to bless him because he had fought against Hadadezer and defeated him, for Hadadezer had often been at war with Toi. And Joram brought with him articles of silver, of gold, and of bronze.

11 These also King David dedicated to the Lord, together with the silver and gold that he dedicated from all the nations he subdued,

12 from Edom, Moab, the Ammonites, the Philistines, Amalek, and from the spoil of Hadadezer the son of Rehob, king of Zobah.

OTHER KING: TOI...BLESSES DAVID— DAVID DEFEATED COMMON ENEMY

**REALIZES YOU DON’T WANT DAVID as an ENEMY**

WHEN YOU SEE CONQUERING KING...

BLESSED BY YAHWEH...

YOU HAD BEST BRING a PEACE OFFERING & BECOME FRIENDS if POSSIBLE...

DALE DAVIS: THERE are TWO RESPONSES TO GOD’S COVENANT KING...YOU CAN EITHER FIGHT AND LOSE, OR YOU CAN SUBMIT AND BE SPARED.

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NOTICE: WHEN GOD GRANTS DAVID VICTORY & BRINGS NATURAL BLESSINGS to HIM… DAVID DEDICATES THESE GIFTS & the SPOIL to the LORD.

ARTICLES OF SILVER,

GOLD,

BRONZE,

SHIELDS OF GOLD,

AND JUST SILVER AND GOLD IN GENERAL,

**ALL OF IT WAS DEDICATED TO THE LORD.**

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· CHURCH, HAVE YOU EVER NOTICED THAT IT’S SOMETIMES EASIER TO DEDICATE THINGS to GOD DURING TIMES of POVERTY RATHER THAN PROSPERITY?

SOMETIMES: GIVING = EASIER WHEN ALL YOU HAVE = LOAVES & FISHES

BUT WHEN YOU HAVE RICHES…

GOLD…

SILVER…

IT CERTAINLY BECOMES HARDER...

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FAMOUS STORY—MAN TALKING to PASTOR ABOUT GIVING

COULD EASILY GIVE 10% WHEN HE MADE a SMALL SALARY

AFTER YEARS—MAKING GREAT $$— STRUGGLING to GIVE.... NEW 10% = FORMER ANNUAL INCOME!

TALKS to PASTOR

ASKS HIM to PRAY FOR HELP in THIS AREA...

PASTOR PRAYS FOR GOD to REDUCE HIS INCOME SO HE CAN GIVE AGAIN

FUNNY STORY…TRUE? MAYBE.

TRUTHFULLY—TIMES of PROSPERITY DON’T ALWAYS MAKE it EASY...

IN MANY WAYS,, PROSPEROUS TIMES AREN’T GOOD FOR US SPIRITUALLY...

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ONCE AGAIN: DAVID KEEPS PRIORITIES STRAIGHT,, EVEN DURING PROSPEROUS TIMES.

DAVID’S SUCCESS DIDN’T BRING:

PRIDE

ENTITLEMENT

BUT HUMILITY

WHEN GOD = SOURCE of SUCCESS....HOW COULD HE BRAG UNLESS HE WAS BRAGGING on GOD...

DAVID’S WORLDVIEW of GRACE: “WHO AM I....”

WHEN YOU LIVE W/ THIS VIEW…IT’S NOTHING to GIVE BACK to the LORD...

LIFE

TIME

TALENTS

RESOURCES

Romans 12:1 (ESV)

1 I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship.

IN LIGHT of ALL GOD’S DONE— “THEREFORE” GIVE HIM EVERYTHING...

(T) AND SO, WITH DAVID’S CONTINUAL SUCCESS, WHAT DOES HE DO NEXT?

LOOK W/ ME @ V. 13

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Climax2/Resolution (v13-14)

13 And David made a name for himself when he returned from striking down 18,000 Edomites in the Valley of Salt.

14 Then he put garrisons in Edom; throughout all Edom he put garrisons, and all the Edomites became David’s servants. And the Lord gave victory to David wherever he went.

INITIAL FULFILLMENT of GOD MAKING DAVID a GREAT NAME ((FULFILLMENT of COVENANT!!)

DAVID WINNING MORE VICTORIES (SOUTH-SOUTHEAST REGION)

EDOMITES = SUBDUED,, SERVANTS of DAVID...

**(V14) AGAIN WE SEE: GOD = DAVID’S SOURCE of SUCCESS**

DAVID’S SUCCESS,, ALWAYS CREDITED to GOD...

TRUTHFULLY: DAVID = INSIGNIFICANT SHEPHERD BOY,, GOD MADE HIM KING.

IN EYES of JESSE (EARTHLY FATHER): FIT to TAKE FOOD to ABLE-BODIED BROTHERS @ BATTLE

IN EYES of HEAVENLY FATHER: HE WAS a MAN W/ RIGHT HEART to LEAD GOD’S PEOPLE...

DAVID’S LIFE = CONTINUAL TESTIMONY to GRACE & GOODNESS of GOD—SO DAVID IS ALWAYS WILLING TO RESPOND IN KIND.

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CHURCH: WHEN YOU LOOK AT EVERYTHING YOU HAVE AS A GIFT FROM THE LORD.... IT’S NOT HARD to GIVE IT BACK TO GOD.

WHEN YOU REALIZE:

YOUR LIFE = in GOD’S HANDS??---USING TIME for GOD’S PURPOSES

YOUR GIFTS/TALENTS/ABILITIES FROM GOD?? ---USED FOR HIS SERVICES

GOD = PROVIDER??--- YOU’RE WILLING to BE GENEROUS

GOD = SOURCE of SUCCESS--- YOU’RE GRATEFUL,, BOASTING in GOD,, NOT SELF...

EVERYTHING GOOD in LIFE...IT’S ALL DUE TO HIS GLORIOUS GRACE AND LOVE TOWARDS US.

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LOOK @ MAP....RESULTS of DAVID’S SUCCESS...

**DAVID CONQUERED BULK of PROMISED LAND**

FULFILLING CENTURIES’ OLD PROMISE to ABRAHAM!!

(T) AND NOW, OUR TEXT IS GOING TO CLOSE IN VERSES 15 THROUGH 18. THE TEXT SAYS,

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Conclusion (v15-18)

15 So David reigned over all Israel. And David administered justice and equity to all his people.

16 Joab the son of Zeruiah was over the army, and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was recorder,

17 and Zadok the son of Ahitub and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar were priests, and Seraiah was secretary,

18 and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and the Pelethites, and David’s sons were priests.

W/ GOD’S KING ON THE THRONE....ADMINISTERING JUSTICE AMONGST THE PEOPLE OF ISRAEL.

WHEN GOD’S KING is ENTHRONED....IT’S A GREAT TIME to be an ISRAELITE.... AND A HORRIBLE TIME to be OUTSIDE of COVENANT WITH HIM??

WITHING ISRAEL: EXPERIENCING:

PROMISE...

BLESSING

RIGHTEOUSNESS & JUSTICE...

THOSE OUTSIDE of COVENANT = UNDER JUDGMENT...

(T) AND SO WE CAN LEARN FROM THIS PASSAGE TODAY, THE IDEA THAT,

Hom. Idea:

AS THE KING FROM GOD EXECUTES THE RULE OF GOD, THE PEOPLE OF GOD EXPERIENCE PROSPERITY AND PEACE.

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GOSPEL: The King in His Glory

CHURCH: THIS IS A PICTURE OF THE TIME THAT WE LOOK FORWARD TO!!

Today’s Passage:

GOD’S KING,, CONQUERING

KING TOI,, COMING into COVENANT,, OFFERING TRIBUTE

THOSE WHO OPPOSED WERE CONQUERED

THOSE WHO SUBMITTED WERE SPARED.

THIS = PICTURE of the REIGN of OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST...

JESUS NEVER PROMISED…to BE PRINCE of PEACE to the NONBELIEVER...

COOPER BONZAR— CRITICIZING JESUS as “PRINCE of PEACE”

JESUS NEVER PROMISED to BRING PEACE to the NONBELIEVER...

JESUS EVEN SAID HE CAME to BRING a SWORD...

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GOD RUNS a MONARCHY—NOT a DEMOCRACY...

INSTAGRAM: “CHRISTIAN” WOMAN— TALKING ABOUT “KIN-DOM”

BELIEVING a SINGLE MALE LEADER (KINGDOM) = TOXIC, ETC.

A KINGDOM IMPLIES a KING—KING JESUS… & HE CALLS the SHOTS.

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TODAY’S TEXT:

CAN TRY & FIGHT… AND LOSE

OR SUBMIT… AND BE SAVED...

THERE is NO OPTION C.

A DAY is COMING…WHEN JESUS CHRIST,,

DESCENDANT of DAVID,,

SON of GOD,,

IS COMING to EXECUTE JUDGMENT UPON the UNGODLY

& BRING SALVATION to THOSE WHO HAVE TRUSTED in HIM...

Philippians 2:10–11 (ESV)

10 so that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, 11 and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.

EVERY ONE WILL BOW/CONFESS…BUT NOT WILLINGLY.

NOT BEING PERSUADED...

BUT THEY WILL HAVE to ACKNOWLEDGE: JESUS IS LORD!

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· JESUS DOESN’T MAKE PEACE BY ACQUIESCING TO THE WICKED.

WORLD SEES JESUS as a PUSHOVER,, LOVEY-DOVEY,, ACCEPTING ALL AS THEY ARE...

**HE DOES ACCEPT US as WE ARE**

BUT HE ALSO COMMANDED: GO & SIN NO MORE.

JESUS NEVER PUT HIS STAMP of APPROVAL on CONTINUAL SIN:

NOT FROM the RELIGIOUS

NOT FROM the IRRELIGIOUS

REGARDLESS: CONTINUAL SIN WASN’T to be ACCEPTED

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JESUS CAME (FIRST) to SEEK & SAVE LOST

HE CAME FOR the SINNER

SUFFERING SERVANT

BUT HE’S COMING BACK in GLORY

HIS EYES ARE a FLAME of FIRE

TWO EDGED SWORD in HIS HAND

HIS NAME is THE WORD of GOD.

&& YOU CAN BE SPARED on THAT DAY IF YOU RECEIVE HIM as SAVIOR & LORD...

Colossians 1:13 (ESV)

13 He has delivered us from the domain of darkness and transferred us to the kingdom of his beloved Son,

DALE DAVIS: KING TOI’S RESPONSE: “THEY DON’T HAVE to BE STRUCK DOWN’ BY YAHWEH’S APPOINTED KING IF ONLY THEY WILL SUBMIT TO HIM.”[1]

o THERE IS HOPE FOR ALL WHO WOULD BELIEVE AND TRUST IN CHRIST.

&& FOR ALL THOSE WHO BELIEVE,

WHO RECEIVE CHRIST AS SAVIOR AND LORD,

YOU WILL BE SPARED on THAT DAY....

&& IF YOU’RE HERE,, & YOU DON’T UNDERSTAND THIS,, OR DON’T HAVE THIS HOPE....

PLACE YOUR FAITH in the SAVIOR...

TRUSTING in HIM for RIGHT-STANDING BEFORE GOD…

NOT of WORKS/INHERENT RIGHTEOUSNESS....

BELIEVING CHRIST DIED FOR YOU & WAS RAISED....

TURN FROM LIFE of SIN,, PROFESS CHRIST as LORD,,

YOU CAN BE SAVED,, TODAY.

HAVE QUESTIONS,,

DON’T KNOW WHERE YOU STAND W/ GOD

TALK to US AFTER SERVICE.

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TAKEAWAYS:

Learn about God?

· FIRST, WE SEE AGAIN THAT GOD’S EMPOWERING PRESENCE MAKES ALL THE DIFFERENCE IN LIFE AS SUCCESS IS GRANTED BY GOD.

Learn for Us?

WE SEE THE IMPORTANCE OF GIVING BACK, DEDICATING THINGS TO GOD, WHEN WE’VE BEEN BLESSED.

DAVID’S SUCCESS WASN’T THE RESULT OF DAVID’S LIFE OR EFFORTS AND AS SUCH THE CREDIT AND BLESSING WOULDN’T REMAIN IN DAVID’S POSSESSION EITHER.

BRAGGING?? HAVE to BRAG on GOD...

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APP: Take Heart: The Kingdom is Coming

QUICK NOTE:

ALWAYS TEMPTING to FIND OURSELVES as MAIN CHARACTER...

WE’RE OUT THERE STRIKING DOWN BAD GUYS, ETC.

**DAVID is EXEMPLARY OFTENTIMES…**

BUT ULTIMATELY,, WE SEE DAVID = TYPE of CHRIST,,

THE ANOINTED MESSIANIC KING...

DAVID = FORESHADOWING CHRIST’S KINGDOM RULE,, NOT OUR OWN SUCCESSES

>>> THE DAY OF CHRIST’S FINAL VICTORY IS COMING, && the PROMISES of GOD LARGELY AWAIT a COMING DAY. <<<

BUT FOCUS TODAY: ON the DAY of CONSUMMATION of OUR HOPE....

TODAY’S TEXT: LEARNING ABOUT the KINGDOM:

1. THE KINGDOM WILL ADVANCE, AND NOTHING CAN STOP IT.

2. THE KINGDOM’S PURPOSE IS THE GLORY AND PRAISE OF GOD.

3. THE KINGDOM IS DEVOTED TO RIGHTEOUSNESS AND JUSTICE.

NEW CREATION: WE DWELL W/ GOD && RIGHTEOUSNESS DWELLS THERE!!

4. THIS KINGDOM IS SURE TO COME and for THOSE WHO ARE A PART, IT’S SOMETHING TO CELEBRATE.

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· AND WHEN EVERY ENEMY OF GOD HAS BEEN FINALLY DEFEATED:

AND THE DEVIL AND HIS ANGELS ARE CAST INTO THE LAKE OF FIRE,

THE PEOPLE OF GOD HAVE PEACE AND REST IN THE NEW CREATION.

CHURCH, the GATES OF THE HEAVENLY JERUSALEM AREN’T LOCKED!

WHEN THE SON OF DAVID FINALLY TRIUMPHS....THERE’S NO LONGER GOING TO BE ANY THREAT TO PEACE.

I’M SURE NEARLY ALL OF US LOCK OUR DOORS AT NIGHT....

SOME DON’T…BUT MOST TRY & DO THEIR PART W/ SAFETY.

QUOTE: EVEN the CALVINIST LOOKS BOTH WAYS BEFORE CROSSING THE STREET.

o YET, IN THAT END TIME GLORY, THERE’S NO NEED FOR LOCKED DOORS. THERE’S NO NEED FOR LOCKED GATES.

IT’S A PLACE OF PERFECT PEACE THAT CHRIST, OUR KING, WILL HAVE FINALLY WON FOR US.

&& WE ARE BENEFICIARIES of HIS PEACE…OF HIS VICTORY...

SO LET’S NOT LOOK @ LIFE & THINK of the “GOOD OLD DAYS”...

BUT LET’S LOOK FORWARD to the COMING GOOD DAYS,,

THAT WILL LAST FOR ETERNITY...

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