A BIG PICTURE OF
THE CHURCH WITHOUT CHRIST, RECEIVING CHRIST (part 1)
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God is Thought. The brightness
of our revelations depends upon the correctness of our
doctrines,
our building
blocks, our Godly thoughts laid one upon another,
ascending into the mind of Christ.
PAINTING “THE BIG PICTURE”
(1
Sam 17:1-3) Now the Philistines
[Heb: rolling, migratory /// to roll (in
dust): (wallow) self] gathered
together their armies to battle, and were gathered together at Shochoh,
which belongeth to Judah
[Heb: celebrated /// hold out the hand], and pitched
[Heb: encamped] between Shochoh [Heb:
entwined, shut in] and Azekah [Heb:
tilled] [i.e., plowed], in Ephesdammim [Heb:
boundary of blood drops].
And Saul and the men of Israel were gathered together, and
pitched by the
valley [Heb: a vale (a broad depression)] of Elah [Heb: an oak or other
strong tree] [a type and shadow of the cross], and set
the battle in array [Heb: in order]
against the Philistines. And the Philistines stood on a mountain
[i.e., representing the accumulated
thoughts (power) of their belief system] on the one
side, and Israel stood on a mountain [i.e.,
representing the accumulated thoughts
(power) of their belief system] on
the other side: and there was
a valley [Heb: a gorge (from
its lofty sides) /// exaltation; fig. arrogance: pride]
between them [i.e, separating
them (just like the
present Democrats and Republicans)].
THE ARMOR OF GOLIATH
(1 Sam 17:4-7) And there went
out a champion out of
the camp of the Philistines, named Goliath [a type and shaow of the
Antichrist] [1], of Gath [2], whose height was six
cubits and a span [about 12 feet tall] [think “pride”]. And he had
an helmet [a
head protector of worldly thoughts] of brass [Heb: filthiness] [a symbol of sin] [3] upon his head, and he was
armed with a coat of mail [Heb: (as composed or
covered with jointed plates of metal)]; and the
weight of the coat was five
thousand shekels of brass [Heb: filthiness]. And he had greaves
[Heb: shin guards] of brass
[Heb: filthiness] upon his
legs, and a target [Heb: shield] of brass [Heb: filthiness] between his shoulders. And the staff of his spear
was like a weaver's beam; and his
spear's head weighed six
hundred shekels of iron: and one bearing a shield [the fake news media] went before him [1 Sam 17:41].
1.
Goliath
= Heb: exile /// to
denude (especially in a disgraceful sense), reveal (captives being
usually
stripped): uncover. [exiled, i.e., fallen
angels]
2.
Gath
= Heb: (in the sense of
treading out grapes); a wine press (or a vat for pressing grapes).
3.
brass
= Heb: copper; fig. base (as compared with gold or
silver):
brasen, filthiness. [i.e., sin]
(1
Sam 17:8-11) And he [Goliath] stood and cried
unto the armies of Israel, and said unto them, Why are ye come
out to
set your battle in array? am
not I a Philistine, and ye servants
to Saul? [1] choose you a man for
you, and let him come down to me. If he be
able to fight with me, and to kill me, then will we be your
servants: but if I prevail against him, and kill him, then
shall ye
be our servants, and serve us. And the Philistine said,
I defy
the armies of Israel this day; give me a man, that we may fight
together. When Saul and all Israel heard those words of the
Philistine, they were dismayed [Heb:
broken down, in confusion and fear],
and greatly afraid.
1.
Commentary:
King Saul
symbolizes the preferred church of
the people and a “big-picture” view of attempting to work your
way to
Heaven.
(1
Sam 17:12-15) Now David
[Heb: loving] [a type
and shadow of Jesus Christ] was
the son of that Ephrathite
[Heb: fruitfulness, another name for Bethlehem] of
Bethlehemjudah [Heb:
house of bread] [hold out the hand],
whose name was Jesse
[Heb: extant /// to stand out; exist or
existing] [a type and shadow of Father God]; and he had
eight sons
[the number “eight” symbolizes a new beginning]: and
the man went among men for
an old man [in the image of
wisdom and understanding] in the
days of Saul [Heb: asked] [1]. And the three eldest sons of Jesse went and followed Saul to the battle:
and the names of his three sons that went to the battle were
Eliab [Heb:
God of his father] the firstborn,
and next unto him Abinadab
[Heb: father of generosity], and the
third Shammah [Heb: ruin;
consternation: astonishment, desolation, waste]. And David
was the
youngest: and the three eldest followed Saul. But David
went and returned
[Heb: turned back] from Saul to
feed his father's sheep at
Bethlehem.
1.
(Acts 13:9) Then Saul,
(who also is called Paul
[Gk: little],) filled with the Holy Ghost, set his eyes
on him
a.
Commentary:
Another Big Picture: an
interesting contrast may be drawn between the religious career of Saul
(big)
with the religious career of Paul (little).
(1 Sam 17:16-18) And the
Philistine [Goliath] drew near morning [at 9 am prayer time] and evening [at
3 pm prayer time], and presented
himself forty days [a Bible
symbol of “testing”]. And Jesse said
unto David his son, Take now for thy brethren an ephah of this parched
corn, and these ten
loaves, and run to the camp to thy
brethren; And carry these ten cheeses unto the captain
of their thousand, and look how thy
brethren fare, and take their pledge [Heb: a
token of (their) safety].
(1
Sam 17:19-22) Now Saul, and
they, and all the men of
Israel, were in the valley
of Elah, fighting with the Philistines. And David rose up
early in
the morning, and left the sheep with a keeper
[a type and shadow of the Holy Spirit], and took, and
went, as Jesse had commanded him; and he came to the
trench, as the host was going forth to the fight, and shouted for
the
battle. For Israel and the Philistines had put the battle in array,
army
against army. And David left his carriage [Heb:
stuff] in the hand of the
keeper of the carriage, and ran into the army, and came and
saluted his
brethren.
(1
Sam 17:23-26) And as he
talked with them, behold,
there came up the champion [the
national representative of his nation, or president], the
Philistine of Gath, Goliath by name, out of the
armies of the Philistines, and spake according to the same words
[he had previously spoken for perhaps the last
40 days]: and David heard them. And all the men of Israel, when they saw the
man [Goliath (interesting that he should be
referred to as a “man” rather than a “giant”)], fled
from him, and were sore afraid. And the men of
Israel said [to each other], Have
ye seen this man that is come up?
surely to defy Israel is he come up: and it shall be, that the man who killeth him, the
king will enrich him with great riches, and will give him his
daughter,
and make his father's house free in Israel. And David spake
to
the men that stood by him, saying, What shall be done to the man
that
killeth this Philistine, and taketh away the reproach [Heb: disgrace, shame] from Israel? for
who is this uncircumcised
[unsaved] Philistine, that he should defy the
armies of the living God?
(1
Sam 17:27-31) And the people
answered him after this
manner, saying, So shall it be done to the man that killeth him.
And Eliab
his eldest brother heard when he spake unto the men; and Eliab's
anger was
kindled against David, and he said, Why camest thou down
hither? and
with whom hast thou left those few sheep in the wilderness? I
know
thy pride [psychological
projection], and the naughtiness of
thine heart; for thou art come down that thou mightest see the battle.
And
David said, What have I now done? Is there
not a cause? And he turned from him toward another,
and spake after the same manner: and the people answered him
again after
the former manner. And when the words were heard which David spake,
they
rehearsed them before Saul:
and he sent for him.
(1
Sam 17:32-37) And David
said to Saul, Let no man's heart
fail because of him [Goliath]; thy
servant will go and fight with
this Philistine. And Saul said to David, Thou art not able
to go
against this Philistine to fight with him: for thou art
but a youth, and he a man of war from
his youth. And David said unto Saul, Thy servant kept his father's
sheep, and
there came a lion, and a bear [1], and took a lamb out of
the flock: And I went out after him, and smote him [the lion], and delivered it
[the lamb] out of his mouth: and when
he [the
bear] arose against me, I caught him
by his beard, and smote
him, and slew him. Thy servant slew both the lion and the
bear:
and this uncircumcised Philistine shall be as one of them, seeing he
hath
defied the armies of the living God. David said moreover, The LORD that
delivered me out of the paw of the lion, and out of the
paw of
the bear, he will deliver me out of the hand of this Philistine.
And
Saul said unto David, Go, and the LORD be with thee.
1.
(Rev
13:1,2)
And I
[John] stood upon
the sand of the sea, and saw a beast [Gk: a
dangerous animal: (venomous, wild) beast] rise up out
of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and upon his horns ten
crowns,
and upon his heads the name of blasphemy. And the beast which I
saw was
like unto a leopard, and his feet were as the
feet of a bear, and his mouth as the mouth of a
lion: and the dragon gave him his power, and his seat,
and great
authority.
a.
Commentary:
What is the most
powerful seat of authority in the world?
Amen
Ps. All the really good revelatory stuff
happens in part 2., “war” perhaps
next week.