1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:10,260 Gitarian music 2 00:00:30,000 --> 00:00:36,000 Holy, holy, holy is he. 3 00:00:36,000 --> 00:00:39,000 Rise against the Lamb who was saved. 4 00:00:39,000 --> 00:00:45,000 Holy, holy, holy is he. 5 00:00:45,000 --> 00:00:51,000 Sing a new song to him who sits on 6 00:00:51,000 --> 00:00:57,000 Heaven's mercy seat. 7 00:00:57,000 --> 00:01:04,000 Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God Almighty. 8 00:01:04,000 --> 00:01:10,000 The one that is and is to come. 9 00:01:10,000 --> 00:01:17,000 With all creation I sing praise to the King of Kings. 10 00:01:17,000 --> 00:01:26,000 You are my everything and I will adore you. 11 00:01:26,000 --> 00:01:44,000 Loads of red balls of living color. 12 00:01:44,000 --> 00:01:50,000 Fashions of lightning, walls of thunder. 13 00:01:50,000 --> 00:01:57,000 Blessing and honor stricken, glory empowered we. 14 00:01:57,000 --> 00:02:03,000 To you the only one I need. 15 00:02:03,000 --> 00:02:10,000 Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God Almighty. 16 00:02:10,000 --> 00:02:16,000 Who wants and needs and is to come. 17 00:02:16,000 --> 00:02:23,000 With all creation I sing praise to the King of Kings. 18 00:02:23,000 --> 00:02:43,000 You are my everything and I will adore you. 19 00:02:43,000 --> 00:02:50,000 Filled with wonder, all-stripped wonder. 20 00:02:50,000 --> 00:02:56,000 At the mansion of your name. 21 00:02:56,000 --> 00:03:03,000 Jesus, your name is power, breath of living honor. 22 00:03:03,000 --> 00:03:13,000 Such a mountain suffering. 23 00:03:13,000 --> 00:03:18,000 Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God Almighty. 24 00:03:18,000 --> 00:03:24,000 Who wants and needs and is to come. 25 00:03:24,000 --> 00:03:31,000 With all creation I sing praise to the King of Kings. 26 00:03:31,000 --> 00:03:37,000 You are my everything and I will adore you. 27 00:03:37,000 --> 00:03:43,000 Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God Almighty. 28 00:03:43,000 --> 00:03:50,000 Who wants and needs and is to come. 29 00:03:50,000 --> 00:03:57,000 With all creation I sing praise to the King of Kings. 30 00:03:57,000 --> 00:04:09,000 You are my everything and I will adore you. 31 00:04:09,000 --> 00:04:28,000 All righty, at this time we'll release the children and their leaders into the classroom. 32 00:04:28,000 --> 00:04:46,000 God, your word is a lamp to my feet. 33 00:04:46,000 --> 00:05:06,000 Have the light unto my bones. 34 00:05:06,000 --> 00:05:16,000 When I feel afraid and I think of lost my way. 35 00:05:16,000 --> 00:05:20,000 Send your devil right beside me. 36 00:05:20,000 --> 00:05:26,000 Nothing will appear as long as you are near. 37 00:05:26,000 --> 00:05:36,000 Please be near me until the end. 38 00:05:36,000 --> 00:05:41,000 God, your word is a lamp to my feet. 39 00:05:41,000 --> 00:05:49,000 Have the light unto my bones. 40 00:05:49,000 --> 00:05:56,000 God, your word is a lamp to my feet. 41 00:05:56,000 --> 00:06:02,000 Have the light unto my bones. 42 00:06:02,000 --> 00:06:08,000 I will never forget shows of me and you. 43 00:06:08,000 --> 00:06:15,000 My heart forever is gone and free. 44 00:06:15,000 --> 00:06:21,000 Jesus, be my guide and hold me to your side. 45 00:06:21,000 --> 00:06:31,000 And I will love you until the end. 46 00:06:31,000 --> 00:06:37,000 God, your word is a lamp to my feet. 47 00:06:37,000 --> 00:06:44,000 Have the light unto my bones. 48 00:06:44,000 --> 00:06:50,000 God, your word is a lamp to my feet. 49 00:06:50,000 --> 00:07:19,000 Have the light unto my bones. 50 00:07:19,000 --> 00:07:42,000 God, your word is a lamp to my feet. 51 00:07:42,000 --> 00:08:10,000 God, your word is a lamp to my feet. 52 00:08:10,000 --> 00:08:25,000 God, your word is a lamp to my feet. 53 00:08:25,000 --> 00:08:38,000 God, your word is a lamp to my feet. 54 00:08:38,000 --> 00:08:42,740 right there were there are some very interesting characters it's almost kind 55 00:08:42,740 --> 00:08:47,440 of like a little Peyton place it's almost kind of a little bit like a 56 00:08:47,440 --> 00:09:02,220 little Peyton place as they all are shuffling what yes all right so this is 57 00:09:02,220 --> 00:09:05,980 going to bounce around a little bit and I did that on purpose and I won't use 58 00:09:05,980 --> 00:09:09,400 this same page but I will have it bounce around again next week because there is 59 00:09:09,400 --> 00:09:16,000 a lot of that going on in this story okay so you're gonna see a lot of like 60 00:09:16,000 --> 00:09:20,760 David hears that Absalom's coming and then all these people are like jockeying 61 00:09:20,760 --> 00:09:24,440 for position trying to figure out who the who side they're gonna be on and 62 00:09:24,440 --> 00:09:28,960 that kind of thing and then some of them they come and go from the scene you're 63 00:09:28,960 --> 00:09:33,400 gonna see that going on and I'll try at least with today I'm sure I can relate 64 00:09:33,400 --> 00:09:38,800 the people that we're going to drill down on to the main people in the story 65 00:09:38,800 --> 00:09:44,640 okay so we're right smack in the middle you'll see a square one there okay and 66 00:09:44,640 --> 00:09:51,040 you'll see the word David and Absalom okay as I just want to set the scene for 67 00:09:51,040 --> 00:10:00,800 you so Absalom is David's son and he therefore could potentially be in the 68 00:10:00,800 --> 00:10:11,760 line of David as king okay and Absalom sets himself up as king he goes and gets 69 00:10:11,760 --> 00:10:15,480 a chariot he gets a lot of people to proclaim him as king and so on and he's 70 00:10:15,480 --> 00:10:22,640 on his way to Jerusalem to oust David and David and his people those who are 71 00:10:22,640 --> 00:10:29,240 gonna rain loyal to him have left and they come into Jerusalem and then we 72 00:10:29,240 --> 00:10:34,120 sort of begin in second Samuel 16 now you don't have to go there if you don't 73 00:10:34,120 --> 00:10:37,000 want to in your Bible switch you're welcome to do that and I would and 74 00:10:37,000 --> 00:10:41,160 you're gonna have it on the worksheet so I highly recommend you would take a look 75 00:10:41,160 --> 00:10:49,520 again at it as it goes on okay so see David absolutely that arrow that points 76 00:10:49,520 --> 00:10:55,320 down the first thing that you're gonna write on that arc right there you're 77 00:10:55,320 --> 00:10:58,040 gonna write one of the strangest names you've ever heard in your life was very 78 00:10:58,040 --> 00:11:03,240 strange for me too it's a hithophel and I'll spell it it's I'm gonna spell it on 79 00:11:03,240 --> 00:11:08,760 the arc at the top of the diamond there's it's just a blank right now okay 80 00:11:08,760 --> 00:11:17,200 and it's a H on the arc at the top of the diamond straight down from Absalom I 81 00:11:17,200 --> 00:11:21,000 just realized your paper doesn't have an arrow there my paper has an arrow so if 82 00:11:21,000 --> 00:11:25,480 you draw an arrow down to the diamond then you'll know where you're at okay a 83 00:11:25,480 --> 00:11:40,920 hithophel a H I T H O P H E L a hithophel that's how it's pronounced a 84 00:11:40,920 --> 00:11:50,560 hithophel okay all right and we're beginning in second Samuel 16 verse 20 85 00:11:50,560 --> 00:11:55,240 just listen for a second okay and now I'll tell you what to write next there's 86 00:11:55,240 --> 00:12:00,200 no blanks right now so just just relax okay a hithophel begins verse 1 then 87 00:12:00,200 --> 00:12:05,360 Absalom David's son who's setting himself up as king said to a hithophel 88 00:12:05,360 --> 00:12:13,000 give your advice what shall we do and a hithophel said to Absalom so the the 89 00:12:13,000 --> 00:12:18,640 advisor says back to the would-be king go into your father's concubines whom he 90 00:12:18,640 --> 00:12:23,440 has left to keep the house concubines are like a harem or mistresses extra extra 91 00:12:23,440 --> 00:12:28,960 wives if you will okay and David left ten of them behind when he fled Jerusalem 92 00:12:28,960 --> 00:12:33,560 to keep the house go into your father's concubines whom he has left to keep the 93 00:12:33,560 --> 00:12:38,080 house then all Israel that will hear that you have made yourself odious to 94 00:12:38,080 --> 00:12:42,100 your father so he's gonna go sleep with all the concubines and in so doing now 95 00:12:42,100 --> 00:12:46,080 that's gonna there's no relationship between him and David anymore it says 96 00:12:46,080 --> 00:12:51,000 the hands of all who are with you will also be strengthened so they pitched a 97 00:12:51,000 --> 00:12:54,680 tent for Absalom on the roof so I put a big tent up on the roof why do you think 98 00:12:54,680 --> 00:13:01,320 they did that why do you think would have a tent on the roof to be seen so 99 00:13:01,320 --> 00:13:04,200 everybody can see it right it's one of the tallest building maybe the tallest 100 00:13:04,200 --> 00:13:07,840 building in the city and now you got a tent on the roof and everybody could 101 00:13:07,840 --> 00:13:11,000 look there they can't probably hear but they could look there every night and 102 00:13:11,000 --> 00:13:16,680 know up there is Absalom sleeping with David's concubines okay and so Absalom 103 00:13:16,680 --> 00:13:21,760 went into his father concubines in the sight of all Israel 23 and the advice of 104 00:13:21,760 --> 00:13:26,640 Ahithophel which he gave in those days was as if one inquired of the word of 105 00:13:26,640 --> 00:13:29,840 God so was all the advice of Ahithophel 106 00:13:29,840 --> 00:13:35,960 regarded by both David and Absalom so David as king and his son Absalom both 107 00:13:35,960 --> 00:13:42,160 thought of everything that Ahithophel was advising as as if one had inquired 108 00:13:42,160 --> 00:13:46,720 of the word of God as if that's important okay so right under Ahithophel 109 00:13:46,720 --> 00:13:50,640 right under the curve right concubines 110 00:13:51,400 --> 00:14:00,160 con cu bi nsc bi n yes there we go right under the word Ahithophel that you just 111 00:14:00,160 --> 00:14:05,560 wrote it fells on the top of the diamond concubines goes right under that you 112 00:14:05,560 --> 00:14:09,440 see a little man's face there with the light do you have that no you need to 113 00:14:09,440 --> 00:14:14,080 draw that I have that okay draw a little man's face with a little light bulb over 114 00:14:14,080 --> 00:14:18,480 his head give me just a smiley face that's fine 115 00:14:20,320 --> 00:14:24,480 so there's a little face with a smiley with a with a lightning a light bulb 116 00:14:24,480 --> 00:14:29,000 over his head like he's got a good idea okay now we're going to the left from 117 00:14:29,000 --> 00:14:32,600 here on out you'll have blanks that was hard I know from here on out you'll have 118 00:14:32,600 --> 00:14:41,360 blanks okay so you see the two the number two okay and it says second Samuel and 119 00:14:41,360 --> 00:14:49,600 it's 17 and it's one to four one dash four now if you look in the circle over 120 00:14:49,600 --> 00:14:54,120 on the right hand side I have provided you with all of the numbers for all the 121 00:14:54,120 --> 00:14:59,360 references so you can take your pencil right now and mark off 17 and any one 122 00:14:59,360 --> 00:15:06,920 and any four see it I've given you all the numbers for all the references it's 123 00:15:06,920 --> 00:15:14,120 kind of a little game a couple of them are decoys yes ma'am I did not yet that 124 00:15:14,120 --> 00:15:17,240 come that's like the very last thing we're gonna do and come back full circle 125 00:15:17,240 --> 00:15:25,000 yep okay so second Samuel 17 one to four so now what has happened so far where 126 00:15:25,000 --> 00:15:29,840 we're at this is this I just set the scene for you who's the king in Jerusalem 127 00:15:29,840 --> 00:15:32,320 who's ruling 128 00:15:32,640 --> 00:15:40,040 Absalom right and he is the son of David David has run okay okay here we go 129 00:15:40,040 --> 00:15:44,520 furthermore Ahithophel who's that guy 130 00:15:45,120 --> 00:15:52,480 nope advisor very good furthermore Ahithophel said to Absalom that's David's 131 00:15:52,480 --> 00:15:58,120 son who is now king please let me choose 12,000 men that I may arise and pursue 132 00:15:58,120 --> 00:16:03,280 David tonight and I will come upon him while he is weary and exhausted and will 133 00:16:03,280 --> 00:16:07,960 terrify him so that all the people who are with him will flee then I will 134 00:16:07,960 --> 00:16:13,880 strike down the king alone and I will bring back all the people to you the 135 00:16:13,880 --> 00:16:19,000 return of everyone depends on the man you seek then all the people shall be at 136 00:16:19,000 --> 00:16:25,560 peace so the plan pleased Absalom and all the elders of Israel okay so we're 137 00:16:25,560 --> 00:16:31,000 under second Samuel 17 one to four the first blank is Ahithophel and you 138 00:16:31,000 --> 00:16:39,920 already have the spelling Ahithophel it's like a hit hop HEL and in this case 139 00:16:39,920 --> 00:16:48,000 it's a posture of yes it's a hit the fells GP what do you think it is grand 140 00:16:48,000 --> 00:16:53,760 plan or good plan either one his grand plan or his good plan the plan was he 141 00:16:53,760 --> 00:16:57,920 would take 12,000 men anybody any ideas why you might take 12,000 men exactly 142 00:16:57,920 --> 00:17:03,880 I'm gonna take a stab at that because there are 12 tribes of Israel 1,000 men 143 00:17:03,880 --> 00:17:07,680 for each tribe even though they might not all be from each tribe right the 12 144 00:17:07,680 --> 00:17:12,840 tribes take 1,000 men for each tribe is symbolic so if the fells good plan and 145 00:17:12,840 --> 00:17:19,040 what then he was his good plan was to KD what do you think it kill David he was 146 00:17:19,040 --> 00:17:27,200 gonna kill David and kill David then our TP return the people you kill David 147 00:17:27,200 --> 00:17:31,640 return all the people that went with him so if that 12,000 man set army sets on 148 00:17:31,640 --> 00:17:34,840 them while they're still fleeing and weary and tired and they're not been able 149 00:17:34,840 --> 00:17:39,800 to go to ground somewhere we can knock them out fast surgical strike will kill 150 00:17:39,800 --> 00:17:45,320 David and then we'll bring everybody else back that's his plan but that is 151 00:17:45,320 --> 00:17:57,640 not how it goes okay second Samuel 1623 says this we read it before and the 152 00:17:57,640 --> 00:18:01,940 advice of a hit the fell which he gave in those days was as if one inquired of 153 00:18:01,940 --> 00:18:06,600 the Word of God so was all the advice of a hit the fell regarded by both David 154 00:18:06,600 --> 00:18:13,440 and Absalom but listen to second Samuel 1723 one chapter exactly later 1723 says 155 00:18:13,440 --> 00:18:19,640 this now then a hit the fell saw that his counsel was not followed he saddled 156 00:18:19,640 --> 00:18:24,960 his donkey and arose and went to his home to his city and set his house in 157 00:18:24,960 --> 00:18:30,200 order and strangled himself thus he died and was buried in the grave of his 158 00:18:30,200 --> 00:18:38,400 father something pretty significant happens between 1623 and 1723 doesn't it 159 00:18:38,400 --> 00:18:45,040 I mean this guy is the guy he's the Elon Musk of second Samuel 16 where he's 160 00:18:45,040 --> 00:18:47,760 gonna solve the problem he's the advisor that's gonna tell us what we need to do 161 00:18:47,760 --> 00:18:55,480 blah blah blah right and so 1623 to 1723 something pretty radical seems to have 162 00:18:55,480 --> 00:19:02,800 transpired all right to see what that is and understand it we're gonna look at 163 00:19:02,800 --> 00:19:13,440 the life of another man okay so go to number three okay and his this you have 164 00:19:13,440 --> 00:19:16,240 the name in there I wrote in there for you anybody want to take a stab at 165 00:19:16,240 --> 00:19:22,680 pronouncing it pretty close that would be how we would pronounce it in English 166 00:19:22,680 --> 00:19:28,520 it's who shy II who shy II right now mind you in the Hebrew there are no 167 00:19:28,520 --> 00:19:32,920 vowels so we're doing the best we can right 168 00:19:32,920 --> 00:19:41,520 Hebrew doesn't use vowels or spaces or apostrophes or any kind of punctuation 169 00:19:41,520 --> 00:19:44,760 that's what I'm looking for so none of that is there so we're doing the best we 170 00:19:44,760 --> 00:19:48,420 can to understand exactly how to pronounce Hebrew words right so we're in 171 00:19:48,420 --> 00:20:00,080 second Samuel 17 5 so Absalom said now call who shy II the archite or archite 172 00:20:00,080 --> 00:20:07,320 or archa D also and let us hear what he has to say when who shy II had come to 173 00:20:07,320 --> 00:20:12,000 Absalom Absalom said to him a hit the fell has spoken thus shall we carry out 174 00:20:12,000 --> 00:20:17,480 his plan if not you speak so who shy II said to Absalom this time the advice 175 00:20:17,480 --> 00:20:23,440 that a hit the fell has given is not good moreover who shy II said you know 176 00:20:23,440 --> 00:20:28,840 your father and his men that they are mighty men and they are fierce like a 177 00:20:28,840 --> 00:20:33,280 bear robbed of her cubs in the field and your father is an expert in warfare and 178 00:20:33,280 --> 00:20:38,760 will not spend the night with the people behold he has now hidden himself in one 179 00:20:38,760 --> 00:20:42,560 of the caves or in another place and it will be when he falls on them at the 180 00:20:42,560 --> 00:20:46,960 first attack that whoever hears it will say there has been a slaughter among the 181 00:20:46,960 --> 00:20:51,160 people who follow Absalom so he's saying if a hit the fell takes the 12,000 men 182 00:20:51,160 --> 00:20:55,280 out there David and his mighty men will fall on the 12,000 man will be a huge 183 00:20:55,280 --> 00:20:58,520 slaughter and everyone will think Absalom is weak that's what he's saying 184 00:20:58,520 --> 00:21:03,160 verse 10 even the one who is valiant whose heart is like the heart of a lion 185 00:21:03,160 --> 00:21:06,960 will completely lose heart for all Israel knows that your father is a 186 00:21:06,960 --> 00:21:12,000 mighty man and those who are with him are valiant men but I counsel that all 187 00:21:12,000 --> 00:21:17,400 Israel should be surely gathered to you from Dan even to Beersheba as the land 188 00:21:17,400 --> 00:21:22,040 that is by the sea in abundance and that you personally go into battle so you 189 00:21:22,040 --> 00:21:26,640 say you lead the battle and you lead an army made up of people from every tribe 190 00:21:26,640 --> 00:21:31,600 so we shall come to him in one of the places where he can be found and we will 191 00:21:31,600 --> 00:21:37,080 fall on him as the dew falls on the ground and of him and of all the men who 192 00:21:37,080 --> 00:21:43,240 are with him not even one will be left and if he withdraws into a city then all 193 00:21:43,240 --> 00:21:47,400 Israel shall bring ropes to that city and we will drag it into the valley 194 00:21:47,400 --> 00:21:55,600 until not even a small stone is found there okay so his advice is counter 195 00:21:55,600 --> 00:22:05,280 what had thus far been said and he says instead of doing what instead of doing 196 00:22:05,280 --> 00:22:10,280 what a Hithafel had said we're gonna gather a huge army from all the tribes 197 00:22:10,280 --> 00:22:13,200 of Israel we're gonna fall on them like the dew falls on the ground so his 198 00:22:13,200 --> 00:22:24,320 advice first of all is that the plan was not good and he describes the D is David 199 00:22:24,320 --> 00:22:33,520 can you finish it David and his men and then it's capital M mighty so mighty 200 00:22:33,520 --> 00:22:38,560 men men mighty whatever it is all right they are mighty and were David and his 201 00:22:38,560 --> 00:22:47,520 men mighty yes incredibly so right they were incredible warriors so he's he's 202 00:22:47,520 --> 00:22:52,880 that's truth right that's truth David has people with him who have literally 203 00:22:52,880 --> 00:23:01,420 one man killed a thousand go Jason second Samuel 17 5 to 13 and you can 204 00:23:01,420 --> 00:23:07,880 mark off the numbers in the circle okay so David and his men are mighty all 205 00:23:07,880 --> 00:23:15,360 right and the plan is not good okay so right under there in brackets just put 206 00:23:15,360 --> 00:23:17,720 like a little bracket for yourself there's no blank for this and a little 207 00:23:17,720 --> 00:23:27,080 bracket and put answer to prayer this is an answer to prayer so what it happened 208 00:23:27,080 --> 00:23:36,000 was when a Hithafel stayed in town with Absalom and David heard that a Hithafel 209 00:23:36,000 --> 00:23:42,760 had stayed in town with Absalom David prayed that the advice of a Hithafel 210 00:23:42,760 --> 00:23:51,760 would be brought to no good understand so David prayed and asked God please 211 00:23:51,760 --> 00:23:58,960 that it would be that his advice would fall on deaf ears or it would fall it 212 00:23:58,960 --> 00:24:04,520 would seem foolish that's what David prayed and now Hushai is telling 213 00:24:04,520 --> 00:24:08,960 Absalom it's foolish all right now if you'll notice there's some letters going 214 00:24:08,960 --> 00:24:13,480 up the right hand side there's a C and E and an E it's going up around the curve 215 00:24:13,480 --> 00:24:18,280 on the right so David and his mighty men that's a problem but the truth is you're 216 00:24:18,280 --> 00:24:22,480 always going to have to face that right I mean if you're gonna kill David you 217 00:24:22,480 --> 00:24:25,320 got to take care of David and his mighty men and they're mighty so that was 218 00:24:25,320 --> 00:24:28,520 always going to be a problem and a Hithafel knew that he knew that David 219 00:24:28,520 --> 00:24:33,240 and his mighty men were mighty and what was his solution to them being mighty in 220 00:24:33,240 --> 00:24:38,760 the plan that he gave what was the solution to them being mighty well but 221 00:24:38,760 --> 00:24:41,960 12,000 men might not be enough David's got 12 mighty men each one of 222 00:24:41,960 --> 00:24:47,760 us probably killed a thousand on his own so what's the solution attack them while 223 00:24:47,760 --> 00:24:51,600 they're tired and fleeing take a mighty guy that's about the only solution there 224 00:24:51,600 --> 00:24:54,800 is get him off guard I'm ambush them take them while they're weak right so 225 00:24:54,800 --> 00:24:59,960 if it's a Hithafel's plan sounds wise and it has something in it but Hushai says 226 00:24:59,960 --> 00:25:04,400 there's a reason why that won't work they're mighty but it won't work because 227 00:25:04,400 --> 00:25:14,920 David is C what do you think now he's courageous for sure in the story he said 228 00:25:14,920 --> 00:25:20,360 they'll try to fall on David but they won't find David because David is 229 00:25:20,360 --> 00:25:26,720 crafty he's crafty he knows that a good strategy might be to come out after him 230 00:25:26,720 --> 00:25:36,480 after that night and also he is EE he's an experienced escapers now somebody 231 00:25:36,480 --> 00:25:40,900 tell me in the story of David's life how do we know for a fact that David is an 232 00:25:40,900 --> 00:25:51,760 experienced escapers yeah he did all that right he caught his beard caught a 233 00:25:51,760 --> 00:25:57,840 piece of his robe with all those things saw right so Saul hunted him with armies 234 00:25:57,840 --> 00:26:09,800 for days months years Saul hunted him with armies for years and David always 235 00:26:09,800 --> 00:26:17,200 escaped David is an experienced escapers so who Shia says you sounds like a good 236 00:26:17,200 --> 00:26:20,240 plan on the surface what's gonna happen is you're gonna go out after him and 237 00:26:20,240 --> 00:26:23,640 he's not gonna be with the men he's gonna be in a cave somewhere and 238 00:26:23,640 --> 00:26:29,440 everybody knows in Israel there are how many caves in that part thousands so 239 00:26:29,440 --> 00:26:34,640 what cave are you gonna check all of them how are you gonna check all of them 240 00:26:34,640 --> 00:26:39,400 in the night with 12,000 men it's gonna be a nightmare to try to find David 241 00:26:39,400 --> 00:26:43,000 right and half of them probably and he won't be dressed normally he's not gonna 242 00:26:43,000 --> 00:26:47,040 wear a robe and a crown right he's not gonna look like himself it's gonna turn 243 00:26:47,040 --> 00:26:50,880 into a manhunt in a place where you can't conduct a manhunt and so he says 244 00:26:50,880 --> 00:26:57,360 David is crafty and he's an experienced escapers and so the response then is 245 00:26:57,360 --> 00:27:05,000 Absalom in acts who Shia's plan okay and in that same circle on the top we've 246 00:27:05,000 --> 00:27:09,640 come around to the top now you see the GP and what's the same as before it's a 247 00:27:09,640 --> 00:27:19,160 good plan but it's a good plan for a different reason so if they had enacted 248 00:27:19,160 --> 00:27:25,000 the other plan it hit the fells plan it was based on moving quickly catching 249 00:27:25,000 --> 00:27:27,960 them while they're weary and tired before they can escape before you can go 250 00:27:27,960 --> 00:27:35,240 to ground whatever right this is a good plan for David because this date this 251 00:27:35,240 --> 00:27:42,320 plan and when I want to finish it GDT the D is David I'll give you that what 252 00:27:42,320 --> 00:27:49,920 does this plan do it gives David time tactically it gives him time and they 253 00:27:49,920 --> 00:27:54,820 do and what winds up happening in the story is they all escape across the 254 00:27:54,820 --> 00:28:02,080 Jordan out of reach of the armies that are coming for them okay so this is a 255 00:28:02,080 --> 00:28:06,880 good plan and we know if you other parts of the story that who Shia is sort of 256 00:28:06,880 --> 00:28:11,200 loyal to David he doesn't want to see day at one point in time Absalom 257 00:28:11,200 --> 00:28:14,120 questions him and he says why would you come and serve me you served my father 258 00:28:14,120 --> 00:28:18,720 so faithfully and he says well I will serve the one who God has given to reign 259 00:28:18,720 --> 00:28:22,400 in the land and I will always serve the one who God has given to reign in the 260 00:28:22,400 --> 00:28:28,040 land and he was telling the truth he wasn't talking about Absalom he's 261 00:28:28,040 --> 00:28:32,960 talking about David okay but Absalom took it they was talking about him all 262 00:28:32,960 --> 00:28:35,960 right so that finishes the you should have the whole circle number three 263 00:28:35,960 --> 00:28:39,840 filled in got it okay now we're going up to number four and the upper left hand 264 00:28:39,840 --> 00:28:46,520 side so so far we're looking for what happened between second Samuel 16 23 and 265 00:28:46,520 --> 00:28:51,600 second Samuel 17 23 that was the end if you will of a Hithafel okay so now we 266 00:28:51,600 --> 00:28:56,040 have another guy up here in number four we're in circle number four in the upper 267 00:28:56,040 --> 00:29:09,360 left okay the reference is second Samuel 16 I think I have five to fourteen 268 00:29:09,360 --> 00:29:18,120 let me double check myself yes that's right second Samuel 16 5-14 if you want 269 00:29:18,120 --> 00:29:22,200 you can mark off the numbers in the bottom right circle just for fun that's 270 00:29:22,200 --> 00:29:29,600 a for fun thing so this guy sorry 271 00:29:34,280 --> 00:29:40,800 that would be weird I have no idea what that was and is that all amber alert 272 00:29:40,800 --> 00:29:47,520 maybe if so watch out your phone might go off okay second Samuel 16 5-14 so 273 00:29:47,520 --> 00:29:54,920 this guy's a man that's easy right he's a man all right listen to what he does 16 274 00:29:54,920 --> 00:30:03,600 5-14 here we go are you all right over there when King David came to Behurum 275 00:30:03,600 --> 00:30:07,800 behold there came out from there a man of the family the house of Saul whose 276 00:30:07,800 --> 00:30:18,400 name was Shimei or Shimei the son of Gera he came out cursing continually as 277 00:30:18,400 --> 00:30:23,880 he came and he threw stones at David and all the servants of King David and all 278 00:30:23,880 --> 00:30:27,400 the people and all the mighty men were at his right hand and it is left so 279 00:30:27,400 --> 00:30:31,640 David's got all these people around and warriors mighty warriors and this guy is 280 00:30:31,640 --> 00:30:38,480 throwing stones and cursing David and thus Shimei said when he cursed 281 00:30:38,480 --> 00:30:44,160 get out get out you man of bloodshed and worthless fellow that's what he said to 282 00:30:44,160 --> 00:30:48,760 King David the Lord has returned upon you all the bloodshed of the house of 283 00:30:48,760 --> 00:30:52,600 Saul in whose place you have reigned and the Lord has given the kingdom into the 284 00:30:52,600 --> 00:30:57,560 hand of your son Absalom and behold you are taken in your own evil if you are a 285 00:30:57,560 --> 00:31:05,960 man of bloodshed then Abishai the son of Zorai Zoriah there you go said to the 286 00:31:05,960 --> 00:31:11,200 king why should this dead dog curse my lord the king let me go over now and cut 287 00:31:11,200 --> 00:31:17,000 off his head but the king said what have I to do with you oh son of Zorai Zoriah 288 00:31:17,000 --> 00:31:23,080 if he curses and if the Lord has told him curse David then who shall say why 289 00:31:23,080 --> 00:31:28,600 have you done so then David said to Abishai to all his friends behold my 290 00:31:28,600 --> 00:31:33,960 son who came out from me seeks my life how much more now this benjamite so he's 291 00:31:33,960 --> 00:31:38,000 saying when my own son wants to kill me then why would this guy not be against 292 00:31:38,000 --> 00:31:43,520 me let him alone and let him curse for the Lord has told him perhaps the Lord 293 00:31:43,520 --> 00:31:47,240 will look on my affliction and return good to me instead of his cursing this 294 00:31:47,240 --> 00:31:53,000 day so David and his men went on the way and Shimei went along on the hillside 295 00:31:53,000 --> 00:31:58,440 parallel with him and as he went he cursed and he cast stones and he threw 296 00:31:58,440 --> 00:32:04,880 dust at him and the king and all the people who were with him arrived weary 297 00:32:04,880 --> 00:32:11,440 and he refreshed himself there okay so we have a man on that left part it is a 298 00:32:11,440 --> 00:32:19,440 man of that's right Bahurim close enough anyway it's all coming out of the Hebrew 299 00:32:19,440 --> 00:32:28,560 so all right David's response to this man cursing was what sh 300 00:32:31,480 --> 00:32:38,040 his response was spare him the guy said why should he be allowed to do that curse 301 00:32:38,040 --> 00:32:45,880 you like that just let's kill him and David said no spare him okay and then 302 00:32:45,880 --> 00:32:57,000 David said God what what was David's expectation as this man was cursing him 303 00:32:57,000 --> 00:33:25,080 mrg I OH God may return return good I instead sorry instead of his curse so 304 00:33:25,080 --> 00:33:32,000 this is what happens when good men are cursed by bad men God defends the good 305 00:33:32,000 --> 00:33:39,900 man that's the reality of it Genesis 1 through Revelation end okay so David was 306 00:33:39,900 --> 00:33:44,120 aware of that and he said maybe God will send good for me instead of this man's 307 00:33:44,120 --> 00:33:52,840 curse right but notice he said David was a man of bloodshed right so he was a 308 00:33:52,840 --> 00:34:01,120 blood-soaked man was that true was he lying who else said David was a 309 00:34:01,120 --> 00:34:11,400 blood-soaked man eventually not yet but eventually God God called David that 310 00:34:11,400 --> 00:34:15,220 that's why David was not allowed to build the temple remember your son will 311 00:34:15,220 --> 00:34:19,000 build the temple David only could prepare for him to do that God said your 312 00:34:19,000 --> 00:34:24,520 you shed too much blood right so you wouldn't so he what he was saying was 313 00:34:24,520 --> 00:34:29,360 true in a sense right but he didn't hunt down and kill all of Saul's household 314 00:34:29,360 --> 00:34:34,320 but this man couldn't have known that that makes sense alright so David spare 315 00:34:34,320 --> 00:34:38,520 him God may return God good instead of his curse up on the right hand side 316 00:34:38,520 --> 00:34:42,780 you'll see there are three blanks there they are what this man did to David they 317 00:34:42,780 --> 00:34:50,960 are what cursed him through stones at him and through dust at him so FYI 318 00:34:50,960 --> 00:34:55,960 somebody curses me throw stones at me or throws dust at me I don't like that 319 00:34:55,960 --> 00:35:01,160 right I might respond poorly to that right but David says spare him God may 320 00:35:01,160 --> 00:35:07,360 yet return good instead of his curse over to box five okay so we're gonna now 321 00:35:07,360 --> 00:35:15,360 see what this guy this is the same guy when David a little later as David is 322 00:35:15,360 --> 00:35:21,840 coming back into power second Samuel chapter 19 we're gonna see how this guy 323 00:35:21,840 --> 00:35:33,360 responds it's 19 16 to 23 second Samuel 19 16 to 23 now that this is after a 324 00:35:33,360 --> 00:35:40,920 Hithafel has already killed himself so I understand that but the attitude is the 325 00:35:40,920 --> 00:35:45,000 is why it happens okay the way David treated that man who cursed him through 326 00:35:45,000 --> 00:35:48,880 stones at him and through dust at him the way David was intending to treat him 327 00:35:48,880 --> 00:35:52,360 that's why it's one of the reasons why it hit the fell winds up in the grave so 328 00:35:52,360 --> 00:35:59,880 watch what happens here second Samuel 19 16 to 23 okay then Shimei the son of 329 00:35:59,880 --> 00:36:04,000 Gera the benjamite so this is the same guy you follow the story this is the 330 00:36:04,000 --> 00:36:08,520 same guy who cursed him through dust that if through stones at him the son of 331 00:36:08,520 --> 00:36:13,040 Gera the benjamite who was from Bahurim hurried and came down with the men of 332 00:36:13,040 --> 00:36:17,240 Judah to meet King David so he rushes down to meet King David and there was a 333 00:36:17,240 --> 00:36:22,080 thousand men of Benjamin with him with Ziba the servant of the house of Saul 334 00:36:22,080 --> 00:36:28,200 and his 15 sons and his 20 servants with him and they rushed to the Jordan 335 00:36:28,200 --> 00:36:32,400 before the king then they kept crossing the Ford to bring over the king's 336 00:36:32,400 --> 00:36:38,000 household and did what was good in his sight and Shimei the son of Gera fell 337 00:36:38,000 --> 00:36:42,000 down before the king as he was about to cross the Jordan so as David himself is 338 00:36:42,000 --> 00:36:47,640 coming across now he falls down before the king so he said to the king let not 339 00:36:47,640 --> 00:36:53,200 my lord consider me guilty nor remember what your servant did wrong on the day 340 00:36:53,200 --> 00:36:57,640 when my lord the king came out from Jerusalem so he's saying please forget 341 00:36:57,640 --> 00:37:01,840 what I did please don't consider me guilty so that the king should take it 342 00:37:01,840 --> 00:37:08,040 to heart for your servant knows that I have sinned therefore behold I have come 343 00:37:08,040 --> 00:37:12,480 today the first of all the house of Joseph to go down to meet my lord the 344 00:37:12,480 --> 00:37:19,120 king okay so he comes up and he says please don't remember please forgive it 345 00:37:19,120 --> 00:37:25,280 I realize I have sinned but Abishai the son of Zorah Zorah answered and said 346 00:37:25,280 --> 00:37:30,080 should not Shimei be put to death for this because he cursed the Lord's 347 00:37:30,080 --> 00:37:37,560 anointed David then said what have I to do with you Oh sons of Zorah that you 348 00:37:37,560 --> 00:37:42,760 should this day be an adversary to me now notice he's counting that man who 349 00:37:42,760 --> 00:37:48,880 would go and kill Shimei as an enemy he says why what have I to do with you 350 00:37:48,880 --> 00:37:53,320 that you would be an adversary to me should any man be put to death in Israel 351 00:37:53,320 --> 00:37:59,280 today or do I not know that I am king over Israel today and the king said to 352 00:37:59,280 --> 00:38:06,400 Shimei you shall not die thus the king swore to him okay so the first thing 353 00:38:06,400 --> 00:38:10,040 that we see so this is how to come back to the king after you've betrayed the 354 00:38:10,040 --> 00:38:17,320 king in a sense all right so the first thing that we see is what CIF the story 355 00:38:17,320 --> 00:38:26,560 began 16 anybody remember from the beginning I read too much at one time 356 00:38:28,360 --> 00:38:35,880 kind of no I know what you're going for there but so it says he can't he was 357 00:38:35,880 --> 00:38:40,120 from Beirut hurried came down with men of Judah to meet the king David and 358 00:38:40,120 --> 00:38:44,320 there were a thousand men of Benjamin with him with Ziba the servant of the 359 00:38:44,320 --> 00:38:47,720 house of Saul and his 15 sons and 20 servants with them and they rushed to the 360 00:38:47,720 --> 00:38:53,560 Jordan before the king came in force all right so when you come back to the king 361 00:38:53,560 --> 00:39:00,680 after cursing the king you bring it all you bring your sons you bring your 362 00:39:00,680 --> 00:39:08,200 soldiers you bring your resources right so he came in force and it says that 363 00:39:08,200 --> 00:39:13,260 they were helping the house of David across the river remember that and so the 364 00:39:13,260 --> 00:39:21,680 next thing is BTS before they ever come before the king began to serve he began 365 00:39:21,680 --> 00:39:26,760 to serve immediately in fact it says he did everything that was good in his eyes 366 00:39:26,760 --> 00:39:38,640 he began to serve and then his appeal was made this way FYSKT for your servant 367 00:39:38,640 --> 00:39:51,120 knows that I have sinned David's response was most of it's there what have I to 368 00:39:51,120 --> 00:39:55,560 prove why do I need to kill this guy who cursed me or through dust at me or or 369 00:39:55,560 --> 00:39:59,680 through stones at me or whatever why would I need to do that I have nothing 370 00:39:59,680 --> 00:40:09,480 I have nothing to prove I am king and so when the servant comes and says I know 371 00:40:09,480 --> 00:40:13,760 that I have sinned why would Jesus crush you why would the God of heaven crush 372 00:40:13,760 --> 00:40:17,240 you if you know they've sinned and come in repentance for example if this is how 373 00:40:17,240 --> 00:40:20,680 the kingdom works if you know what that you've done wrong and you repent and 374 00:40:20,680 --> 00:40:23,560 turn back to God God is God doesn't have to prove anything he doesn't have to 375 00:40:23,560 --> 00:40:29,640 crush you to prove in fact it proves more if he forgives right so he says what 376 00:40:29,640 --> 00:40:36,200 have I to prove and then David proclaims in the very last he says you shall not 377 00:40:36,200 --> 00:40:46,160 die good stuff right okay so the question we were asking was why are the 378 00:40:46,160 --> 00:40:49,640 people in this story behaving the way they are behaving including a Hithafel 379 00:40:49,640 --> 00:40:53,600 went home and hanged himself okay and you see the little grave there and now 380 00:40:53,600 --> 00:41:01,960 we're over to circle number six the final circle okay and the first reference 381 00:41:01,960 --> 00:41:21,120 there is Proverbs 26 to Proverbs 26 to almost done Proverbs 26 to says is it 382 00:41:21,120 --> 00:41:36,080 supposed to be Psalms oops sorry Psalm 26 to my bad try again do well 383 00:41:39,840 --> 00:41:45,800 it's not the right reference it is Proverbs but that's not the right 384 00:41:45,800 --> 00:41:53,240 reference what is the right reference oh okay here I just looked at the wrong one 385 00:41:53,240 --> 00:42:02,520 the last time it's Proverbs 26 to okay is Proverbs 26 to like a sparrow in its 386 00:42:02,520 --> 00:42:09,400 flitting like a swallow and it's flying so a curse without cause does not light 387 00:42:09,400 --> 00:42:33,880 and song I'm confused give me one second to clear my confusion I have it in my 388 00:42:33,880 --> 00:42:46,680 notes on my phone so I have a backup here it is yeah according to this it is 389 00:42:47,280 --> 00:42:52,640 Proverbs 28 one I copied over the wrong reference when I did it so I'm gonna 390 00:42:52,640 --> 00:43:00,240 look at that yeah there we go the wicked flee when no one is pursuing all right 391 00:43:00,240 --> 00:43:08,040 so it is it is Proverbs 28 one my bad Proverbs 28 one that's gonna mess up 392 00:43:08,040 --> 00:43:11,400 your thing in the bottom right hand corner but it's okay you can fix it all 393 00:43:11,400 --> 00:43:16,760 right so simply put it says the wicked flee when no one is pursuing but the 394 00:43:16,760 --> 00:43:22,520 righteous are bold as a lion and so if you'll notice right there it is F you so 395 00:43:22,520 --> 00:43:28,880 it's flee unpursued okay and I'll come back to that thought in one second and 396 00:43:28,880 --> 00:43:34,440 then if you see that little arrow down to the right there says RB and that is 397 00:43:34,440 --> 00:43:40,760 the righteous are bold so it's flee unpursued and then the little arrow down 398 00:43:40,760 --> 00:43:47,600 the right is righteous bold okay so how does what does that mean when I say the 399 00:43:47,600 --> 00:43:51,960 wicked flee when no one is pursuing them so how does that relate to what a 400 00:43:51,960 --> 00:44:02,400 hippofel did they didn't take his advice he ran home got his house in order and 401 00:44:02,400 --> 00:44:09,400 hung himself or strangled himself say again he was not righteous remember that 402 00:44:09,400 --> 00:44:18,160 it said that David and Absalom saw his advice as very good advice almost as if 403 00:44:18,160 --> 00:44:23,360 it was from the Word of God almost as if it was from the Word of God where does 404 00:44:23,360 --> 00:44:29,200 David get his advice from God right and the Word of God always lines up with 405 00:44:29,200 --> 00:44:33,640 that so they took a hit the fell and they said man he his advice is really 406 00:44:33,640 --> 00:44:37,160 good almost as if he was getting it from the Word of God but a hithafel knew he 407 00:44:37,160 --> 00:44:43,720 was not getting it from the Word of God he also believed that let's say Absalom 408 00:44:43,720 --> 00:44:49,120 does not enact his plan to get back date to get David while David is weary and 409 00:44:49,120 --> 00:44:54,880 what is the outcome David escapes what is the ultimate outcome of David 410 00:44:54,880 --> 00:45:00,360 escaping ultimately he's back in Jerusalem as King because he's God's 411 00:45:00,360 --> 00:45:05,720 King and Absalom is not and a hithafel knew that and so he goes home and he 412 00:45:05,720 --> 00:45:09,920 says okay you're not gonna catch him now you're not gonna catch him ever if you 413 00:45:09,920 --> 00:45:13,200 don't catch him he's eventually back here as King if he's back here as King 414 00:45:13,200 --> 00:45:19,880 that that's bad for me and did he have to strangle himself because it was bad 415 00:45:19,880 --> 00:45:26,460 for him no it's probably a bunch of other alternatives right but the wicked 416 00:45:26,460 --> 00:45:30,580 flee when no one pursues who was pursuing him who was forcing him to go 417 00:45:30,580 --> 00:45:38,480 strangle himself no one no one was right but he was wicked he was broken in his 418 00:45:38,480 --> 00:45:42,440 heart and even though he was a wise man in the ways of the world he could 419 00:45:42,440 --> 00:45:48,320 provide good military strategy and so on he was not able to stand when his advice 420 00:45:48,320 --> 00:45:56,000 was not accepted by Absalom Proverbs 28 13 then says it's the one right under 421 00:45:56,000 --> 00:46:03,640 that he who conceals his transgressions will not prosper but he who confesses 422 00:46:03,640 --> 00:46:13,040 and forsakes them will find compassion so a hithafel we already determined was 423 00:46:13,040 --> 00:46:16,920 wicked he wasn't truly following God following the Word of God right and he 424 00:46:16,920 --> 00:46:23,240 was concealing that and ultimately knows that he would be find out in fact he 425 00:46:23,240 --> 00:46:26,440 thinks well he has been found out and so he goes home gets his house in order and 426 00:46:26,440 --> 00:46:33,920 strangles himself all right and under Proverbs 28 13 the C is conceals the T 427 00:46:33,920 --> 00:46:47,960 is transgressions not prosper then the alternative is confess and forsake and 428 00:46:47,960 --> 00:46:54,840 find compassion okay now this is not only the way God works in this story but 429 00:46:54,840 --> 00:46:59,600 it's also the way David works pretty cool then isn't it that David would 430 00:46:59,600 --> 00:47:03,720 later be called a man after God's own heart but you know who was not a man 431 00:47:03,720 --> 00:47:13,200 after God's own heart Absalom yep a hithafel they were not men after God's 432 00:47:13,200 --> 00:47:17,280 own heart now Absalom you know maybe genuinely thinks he can be king and 433 00:47:17,280 --> 00:47:22,160 maybe do a good job or what that way it's obvious he's pretty dark right it 434 00:47:22,160 --> 00:47:25,440 might be it might be culturally acceptable in every other part of the 435 00:47:25,440 --> 00:47:28,280 world and all over that part of the world to sleep with the ten concubines 436 00:47:28,280 --> 00:47:31,960 of the former king to prove that you have taken his role or whatever like 437 00:47:31,960 --> 00:47:38,360 that but it ain't godly it's not what God would have you do right it may have 438 00:47:38,360 --> 00:47:42,440 proved that he was the ruler and David stead but it did not is not what God 439 00:47:42,440 --> 00:47:49,360 would have you to do okay and then the Proverbs 26 2 verse that I read I told 440 00:47:49,360 --> 00:47:52,520 you it was the very last thing it's right up there in the top David could 441 00:47:52,520 --> 00:47:57,560 endure all of this and even the cursings of that man and not hold him accountable 442 00:47:57,560 --> 00:48:02,840 because like a sparrow in its flitting like a swallow in its flying so a 443 00:48:02,840 --> 00:48:08,560 curse without cause does not alight in other words when someone 444 00:48:08,560 --> 00:48:14,960 comes against you and has only bad to say you don't have to respond you know 445 00:48:14,960 --> 00:48:19,040 if I would come against you right now and call you a liar you know what impact 446 00:48:19,040 --> 00:48:22,720 that would have on you other than maybe like betraying our trust you know what 447 00:48:22,720 --> 00:48:28,560 impact that would have on you if you're not a liar it should have none if you're 448 00:48:28,560 --> 00:48:32,240 not a liar it should have no impact whatsoever because it will not come you 449 00:48:32,240 --> 00:48:36,440 know when it comes to light when it settles on you either a if you are a 450 00:48:36,440 --> 00:48:48,880 liar or be what if what 26 2 so if if somebody calls you a liar 451 00:48:48,880 --> 00:48:54,600 and you know you're not a liar when does that really become a problem say it 452 00:48:54,600 --> 00:48:59,080 again no if you're not a liar and they call you a liar then when you stand 453 00:48:59,080 --> 00:49:05,840 before God it'll just be gone when you react badly right so you punch them in 454 00:49:05,840 --> 00:49:10,280 the face because they called you something that you're not or you cuss 455 00:49:10,280 --> 00:49:13,800 them out you blow them up on social media because they called you something 456 00:49:13,800 --> 00:49:18,120 that you're not right so there's only two ways it can go down if they call you 457 00:49:18,120 --> 00:49:22,760 something that you're not you have to not let that affect you because it's a 458 00:49:22,760 --> 00:49:27,120 curse that does not light just like David did not allow that man to affect 459 00:49:27,120 --> 00:49:31,280 him with his curses his stones and his dust and ultimately what happens to that 460 00:49:31,280 --> 00:49:36,840 man he comes back pledges his loyalty to David confesses his sin is forgiven and 461 00:49:36,840 --> 00:49:42,960 goes on to be a loyal servant of David at length you cannot win somebody who 462 00:49:42,960 --> 00:49:48,360 calls you a name that you don't like and then you strike at them then a month 463 00:49:48,360 --> 00:49:52,760 later six months later six years later they're still going to hate you that's 464 00:49:52,760 --> 00:49:57,240 that's the reality you punch them or you hurt them right they're not gonna go now 465 00:49:57,240 --> 00:50:01,160 you could go back to them and and ask them to forgive you and try to make 466 00:50:01,160 --> 00:50:04,840 amends right so I'm so sorry I punched you when you called me that name that I'm 467 00:50:04,840 --> 00:50:12,320 not you could try to do that but that's not an easy road to go down right what 468 00:50:12,320 --> 00:50:15,800 is an easy road to go down according to scripture is when somebody comes against 469 00:50:15,800 --> 00:50:21,000 you with curses or stones or dust or whatever if you don't deserve it then you 470 00:50:21,000 --> 00:50:27,000 don't let it affect you because an undeserved curse does not settle and 471 00:50:27,000 --> 00:50:33,520 that's what David did all throughout this thing and it is what a Hithaphal 472 00:50:33,520 --> 00:50:40,840 could not do and it led him to an early grave taking his own life and so I 473 00:50:40,840 --> 00:50:46,240 submit to you do not be a wicked person if you are you know you're in sin repent 474 00:50:46,240 --> 00:50:50,760 and turn to God he is compassionate he will forgive through Jesus Christ he was 475 00:50:50,760 --> 00:50:54,240 making an arrangement even David was forgiven through Jesus you can even say 476 00:50:54,240 --> 00:50:59,400 if he if he stayed faithful to the Lord that Shimei was forgiven through Jesus 477 00:50:59,400 --> 00:51:05,960 that's how it's possible and so that's what we need to do but a Hithaphal knew 478 00:51:05,960 --> 00:51:13,760 he didn't have that he did not have righteousness and the curses they were 479 00:51:13,760 --> 00:51:21,000 actually do him all right and he took his own life now no one should ever do 480 00:51:21,000 --> 00:51:25,720 that no one should ever take their own life and God willing you should never 481 00:51:25,720 --> 00:51:29,720 take the what life of another human being ever even in self-defense if you 482 00:51:29,720 --> 00:51:33,800 can help it right you're better off than ever do that because if that other 483 00:51:33,800 --> 00:51:39,120 person goes to hell because you shot them they're in hell for eternity you 484 00:51:39,120 --> 00:51:45,440 know now men or parents or whatever you are required by by God's justice to 485 00:51:45,440 --> 00:51:49,040 protect your family it's you got to do what you got to do right they come for 486 00:51:49,040 --> 00:51:52,280 our little kids we've got to do what we've got to do and if they get killed 487 00:51:52,280 --> 00:51:57,160 in the process that'll be terrible but right but if they just shout names or 488 00:51:57,160 --> 00:52:02,320 throw stones or they just say you're a bad person whatever you just got to let 489 00:52:02,320 --> 00:52:08,160 that bounce right off as long as you know it's not true and if it is true then 490 00:52:08,160 --> 00:52:11,960 you repent and turn back to the Lord because there are two ways this ends one 491 00:52:11,960 --> 00:52:16,600 you shall not die the other you're essentially taking your own life 492 00:52:16,600 --> 00:52:22,480 spiritually or physically that's terrible and so we choose the way that 493 00:52:22,480 --> 00:52:28,400 shimmy I chose which was to come back in force to begin to serve to admit to God 494 00:52:28,400 --> 00:52:32,960 that we know that we have sinned and then in being saved you can say when 495 00:52:32,960 --> 00:52:36,080 somebody else comes against you say well I have what do I have to prove they're 496 00:52:36,080 --> 00:52:39,000 calling me a liar they call me a thief what do I have to prove I'm a child of 497 00:52:39,000 --> 00:52:43,040 the King I'm saved I'm going to heaven when I die I don't have anything to 498 00:52:43,040 --> 00:52:46,520 prove to you you don't like me it's okay I prefer you just go and leave me alone 499 00:52:46,520 --> 00:52:50,840 but if you ever want to know about Jesus come back and we'll talk right that 500 00:52:50,840 --> 00:52:55,560 makes sense all right so this is a tumultuous time tumultuous yes 501 00:52:55,560 --> 00:52:59,120 tumultuous time there are a couple of other really interesting characters in 502 00:52:59,120 --> 00:53:03,160 here that are in play there's a couple of high priests and their sons and 503 00:53:03,160 --> 00:53:09,680 there's Joab who was the leader leader of the army but throughout this period 504 00:53:09,680 --> 00:53:14,280 time as he comes but he is faithful and loyal to David to the very end almost 505 00:53:14,280 --> 00:53:20,440 and he loses his being the leader of the Lord's army during this time he'll never 506 00:53:20,440 --> 00:53:25,400 be the leader again after this and so it's pretty pretty entertaining story 507 00:53:25,400 --> 00:53:28,280 pretty interesting thing to study and we'll study it for at least a couple 508 00:53:28,280 --> 00:53:56,280 more weeks okay any questions any concerns