DAVID AND GOLIATH: THE SPIRIT OF FEAR AND THE SPIRIT OF FEAR - CHAPTER 28
(1 Sam 17:15-18)
But David [a type of Jesus] went and returned
from Saul [a type of the church in apostasy] to
feed his father's sheep at Bethlehem [house
of bread]. And the Philistine [Goliath – a type of the worldly unsaved] drew near morning and
evening [times of the daily sacrifices
in the Tabernacle], and presented himself [for their
acceptance, symbolically as their false swine (pig) sacrifice upon the brasen
altar (cross) in place of the Lamb of God] forty days [the
number of testing, i.e. forty years “in the church in the wilderness”
Acts 7:38]. And Jesse [extant /// to exist (a type of God – I
Am)] said unto David his son [the Son of God], Take now for
thy brethren an ephah of this parched
corn [the Word - God the
Father], and these ten
loaves [the Word – God
the Son], and run to the camp to thy brethren [his Second
Coming]; And carry these ten
cheeses [the Word – God the Holy Ghost] unto the captain [head
person] of their thousand, and look how thy brethren fare, and
take [take up, bring, carry
away, seize (1 Thes 4:17)] their
pledge [fully redeem their pledge,
their earnest, i.e. pay in full]. Vine’s Expository
Dictionary of Biblical Words =
earnest: In general usage it came to denote “a pledge” or “earnest “ of
any sort… it is said of the Holy Spirit as the divine “pledge” of all
their future blessedness. In modern Greek arrabona
is an “engagement ring.”
1.
(2 Cor 1:21,22)
Now he which stablisheth us with you in Christ, and hath anointed us [to smear or rub with
oil, i.e. (by impl.) to consecrate to an office or religious service], is
God; Who hath also sealed us [to stamp (with a signet or
private mark) for security or preservation /// a signet (as fencing in or
protecting from misappropriation)], and given the
earnest of the Spirit in our hearts.
2.
(2 Cor 5:5) Now he that hath
wrought us for the selfsame thing is God, who also hath given unto us the
earnest [a pledge,
i.e. part of the purchase-money or property given in advance as security for the
rest] of the Spirit.
3.
(Eph 1:13,14)
In whom ye also trusted, after that ye heard the word of truth,
the gospel of your salvation: in whom also after that ye believed, ye
were sealed with that holy Spirit of promise, Which is the
earnest of our inheritance until
the redemption [ransom in full] of the purchased possession,
unto the praise of his glory.
4.
We who are born-again have
received an “earnest” or “pledge” of the Holy Spirit (“and take their
pledge” 1 Sam 17:18), which means EXPERIENTIALLY that we have been partially
redeemed from the pawn shop of this world (Satan’s
dominion, power, authority, control, command, domination). We are irrevocably
engaged to the Lord, but paralleling Jewish marriage traditions of 2000 years
ago, we are still living in our worldly father’s household, and the
marriage covenant (syn: agreement, contract, promise, pledge) has not yet been
fully consummated. Nevertheless, that marriage covenant is legal and binding by
virtue of the “earnest” or “pledge” of the Spirit given and received.
Further, we have been intentionally left in this world by our Lord (“I
pray not that thou shouldest take them out of the world” John 17:15)
for the specific purpose of our education:
“Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not
depart from it” (Prov 22:6), analogous to Moses (40/40/40), so that we may learn
the difference, that is, LEARN TO DISCERN, between
good and evil, and rightly judge God’s people after
“our obedience if fulfilled” (2 Cor 10:6).
5.
EXPERIENTIAL REALITY is that natural
reality which we are currently experiencing in our flesh and
blood bodies; it is the reality that we are growing out of. POSITIONAL
REALITY is that spiritual reality to which we are
immediately and irrevocably eternally affixed upon the precise moment of our
initial regeneration; it is the reality that we are growing into.
6.
re (Gk: again) generation = Gk:
(spiritual) rebirth (the state or the act), i.e. (fig.) spiritual renovation;
spec. Messianic restoration.
7.
(Titus 3:5)
Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his
mercy he saved us, by the washing [a
bath, (fig.) baptism] of regeneration, and renewing
[(again) & renovation /// restoration] of the Holy Ghost; [Mat
19:28]
8.
(1 Ki 3:9,10)
Give therefore thy servant an
understanding heart to judge thy people, that I may discern between good and bad
[evil]: for who is able to judge
this thy so great a people? And the speech pleased the Lord, that Solomon had
asked this thing.
9.
(Heb 5:13,14)
For every one that useth milk is unskilful in the word of righteousness: for he
is a babe. But strong meat belongeth to them that are
of full age, even those who by reason of use [practice]
have their senses [organs of perception, (fig.) judgment]
exercised [trained] to discern [judicial
estimation] both
good and evil.
Amen |