Life-Study of 1 & 2 Samuel

Message: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38

I. First and second Samuel being one book in the Hebrew Scriptures
II. The writers
III. The time
IV. The place
V. The content
VI. The central thought
VII. The sections

The history concerning Samuel (1) _msg.2

His origin, birth, and youth
I. His origin
A. His God-worshipping parents
1. Remaining in the line of life ordained by God for His eternal purpose
2. In cooperation with the move of God on earth for the accomplishment of God's economy
B. Especially His God-seeking mother with her prayer
C. The moving God with His answer to the prayer of Samuel's mother
1. According to God's desire and intention for His move among His elect
2. In keeping with the principle that God needs man's cooperation
3. To produce a Nazarite who was absolute for the fulfilling of His desire
II. His birth
III. His youth
A. Offered to Jehovah by his mother to fulfill her vow to God
B. To be a Nazarite
C. The offering mother's prayer
D. Ministering to Jehovah before Eli the priest
1. As a priest not by birth but by the Nazarite vow
2. Supported by his mother
E. Growing before Jehovah in favor both with Jehovah and with men

The history concerning Samuel (2) _msg.3

His relationship with the stale and waning Aaronic priesthood (1)
I. Under the custody of the old Eli
II. Learning of Eli to minister to Jehovah as a priest
III. Observing the deterioration of the degraded Aaronic priesthood
A. The two sons of Eli despising the offerings of Jehovah
B. The sons of Eli committing fornication with the serving women
C. The sons of Eli not listening to the exhortation of their father
D. Eli honoring his sons more than Jehovah
IV. Realizing God's severe judgment on the house of Eli
A. First, prophesied by a man of God
B. Second, confirmed by the word of Jehovah through Samuel
C. Third, executed by God through the Philistines
1. The people of Israel being defeated by the Philistines
2. The Ark of God being captured
3. The two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, being killed
4. Eli dying at the news that the ark was captured
5. The glory of God departing from Israel

The history concerning Samuel (3) _msg.4

His relationship with the stale and waning Aaronic priesthood (2)
V. Knowing the misfortune of the ark of God under the superstition of the degraded and rotten Aaronic priesthood
A. Usurped, in their superstition for their victory in their fighting against the Philistines, by the elders of the people of Israel, who were degraded from the line of God's economy
B. Captured by the winning Philistines, indicating that the glory had departed from Israel
C. The ark suffering removal to three places among the Philistines, consecutively
1. By damaging the Philistine's god Dagon
2. By striking them with tumors
D. The ark suffering another removal, from the Philistines back to Israel, arriving at Beth-shemesh
1. By the superstitious way of the Philistines
2. By God keeping the holiness of His ark

The history concerning Samuel (4) _msg.5

His ministry (1)
I. Samuel ministering in five statuses
A. As a Nazarite consecrated to God absolutely for God's fulfillment of His economy
B. As a priest
1. Not by birth but by God raising him up particularly
2. Faithful to God to do what was in God's heart and in his mind
3. To replace and terminate, in a sense, the stale Aaronic priesthood
4. Anointing Saul and David to be kings
C. As a prophet
1. Established by God
2. To speak the word of God to replace the teaching of the word of God by the old priesthood
3. Samuel receiving the word of God and speaking it to the old Eli in the waning priesthood
a. At the time:
1) When the word of Jehovah was rare and visions were not widespread
2) When the waning Eli's eyesight was so dim that he could not see
3) When the lamp of God had not yet gone out in the temple
4) When Samuel did not yet know Jehovah
b. Concerning God's severe judgment upon the house of Eli
D. As a judge
1. Established by God
2. To replace the judging of the people by the old priesthood
E. As a man of prayer
1. Praying for God's elect, the children of Israel
a. For them to be kept in the way of God
b. That God's desire of His will in His elect might be fulfilled
2. In Samuel's consideration, ceasing to pray for God's elect being to sin against Jehovah
3. God admitting to Jeremiah that Samuel, like Moses, was a man standing before Him for His people

The history concerning Samuel (5) _msg.6

His ministry (2)
II. The ending of Samuel's ministry
A. Making his sons judges over Israel
B. Giving the people of Israel cause to ask him to appoint a king to judge them like all the nations
1. By asking him to appoint a king, the people of Israel displeasing Samuel
a. Samuel not liking to see God's elect rejecting God as their King
b. Samuel not wanting to see God's elect following the way of the nations
2. The people of Israel offending God by rejecting Him as their King for a replacement
a. Actually, God being the King of the people of Israel
b. Asking for a king equal to rejecting God for a replacement
c. God charging Samuel to listen to the people's voice but to warn them solemnly
d. Samuel doing what God charged him
e. The people refusing to listen to the voice of Samuel
f. Samuel consulting Jehovah and appointing a king to them
g. The elect of God turning from him to a man
III. Samuel being a man who turned the age in God's administration from the age of the priesthood to the age of the prophethood with the kingship
A. After Moses, God's administration being centered on the priesthood
B. The priesthood being to minister the word of God to His people and to exercise the authority of God over His people
C. The Aaronic priesthood failing God in ministering His word and in exercising His authority
D. God beginning a new age in raising up Samuel to replace the waned priesthood
E. Samuel terminating the judgeship and bringing in the kingship with the strengthening of the uplifted prophethood

Samuel — a man according to God _msg.7

God's representative
God's intention to have a kingdom
God's heart being duplicated in Samuel
A person who cared only for God and for God's interest and profit
The contrast between Samuel and Samson
God using a negative king to discipline Israel
God's intention that Christ would be born in the lineage of David
The kingdom of God beginning with David

The history concerning Saul (1) _msg.8

His origin and God's anointing
I. His origin
A. Of the tribe of Benjamin
B. Of His father, Kish
C. Named Saul
D. A handsome young man
II. God's anointing
A. Through the loss of his father's donkeys under God's sovereignty
1. His father asking him to search for the donkeys
2. Saul not finding the donkeys, and the servant proposing that they see a man of God (Samuel) for their journey
B. By meeting Samuel under God's arrangement and God's call through Samuel
1. Jehovah having foretold to Samuel that He would send Saul to him
2. Samuel telling Saul that his father's donkeys had been found and that all the desire of Israel was for him and all his father's house
3. Saul's answer to Samuel
C. By Samuel's anointing with oil
D. Confirmed
1. By the Spirit of Jehovah rushing upon him mightily and causing him to prophesy
2. By God giving him another heart and making him another man
E. Checked by his uncle
F. Made king by Samuel
1. Before the people of Israel
2. By casting lots to prove that he was chosen by God
3. By showing his person to the people
4. By telling the people the custom of the kingdom
5. Issuing in the men of valor, whose hearts God had touched, going with Saul to his house
6. Some worthless men despising Saul

The history concerning Saul (2) _msg.9

Saul's conquest of the Ammonites and Samuel's reminder to Israel
I. Saul's conquest of the Ammonites
A. The threatening and reproach of the Ammonites
B. Saul's conquering of the Ammonites
C. Saul's forgiveness of his despisers on the day of his victory
II. Samuel's reminder to Israel
A. The renewing of the kingdom and the confirmation of Saul's kingship before Jehovah by Samuel
B. Samuel's reminder
1. Of his integrity
2. Of Jehovah's righteous acts for Israel
3. Of Israel's wickedness in asking for a king, though Jehovah their God was their King
a. Confirmed by Jehovah's sending thunder and rain on that day
b. All the people fearing Jehovah and Samuel greatly
C. The people's confession and Samuel's charge
1. The people's confession of their sin and their begging Samuel to pray for them
2. Samuel's charge to them that they would not turn away from following Jehovah but serve Jehovah with all their heart
3. Samuel's praying for them without ceasing, so that he would not sin against Jehovah

The history concerning Saul (3) _msg.10

Saul's conquest of the Philistines
I. His preparation for war against the Philistines
A. With the assistance of his son Jonathan
B. By blowing a trumpet to gather the people
C. Some of the people hiding and some escaping
II. The Philistines' preparation for war against Israel
III. Saul's disobedience
A. In his sinful offering
1. His complaint
2. His excuse
B. Resulting in his losing his kingship
1. Condemned by Samuel
2. His kingdom not continuing
3. Saul being replaced by David, a man according to God's heart
IV. The situation between Israel and the Philistines
A. On the side of Israel
B. On the side of the Philistines
C. Israel being short of swords and spears
V. Israel's conquest of the Philistines
A. Under Jonathan
1. Jonathan not letting his father and the people know that he was going to attack the Philistines
2. Trusting in Jehovah for his victory
3. Jehovah delivering the Philistines into the hand of Israel
B. Under Saul
1. The multitude of the Philistine army melting away
2. Saul finding out that Jonathan and his helper had gone away from him to attack the Philistines
3. Saul seeking God's leading through the priest and the ark
4. Saul hearing that the tumult in the camp of the Philistines continued to increase
5. The Hebrews who had been with the Philistines turning to be with the Israelites who were with Saul and Jonathan
6. All the men of Israel who had hidden themselves following Saul and Jonathan closely
7. Jehovah saving Israel from the Philistines
VI. Saul's rash oath
A. Cursing any man who ate food before the evening
B. Jonathan not hearing his father's oath and eating some honey
C. The people of Israel eating the sheep, oxen, and calves with the blood
D. Jonathan's breaking of his father's oath being caught
VII. A chronicle of Saul
A. Saul taking the kingdom over Israel and fighting against all his enemies all around
B. Striking valiantly the Amalekites
C. Saul's generations
D. There being severe war against the Philistines all the days of Saul

The history concerning Saul (4) _msg.11

Saul's disobedience in his conquest of the Amalekites
I. In typology the Amalekites signifying the flesh — the fallen man
II. The Amalekites' offense toward God against Israel, after Israel came up out of Egypt
III. Jehovah's command to Saul
IV. Saul's attacking of the Amalekites
V. Saul's disobedience
A. Jehovah repenting of Saul's kingship because of his disobedience, and Samuel being angry
B. Samuel's dealing with Saul
1. Coming to meet Saul early in the morning
2. The conversation between Samuel and Saul after Samuel came to Saul
C. Saul's confession and begging
1. Saul confessing his sin with an excuse of his being afraid of the people
2. Saul begging Samuel to pardon his sin and return with him
3. Samuel's word to Saul concerning Jehovah's tearing away the kingdom of Israel from him
4. Saul begging Samuel to honor him before the elders of his people and before Israel
VI. Samuel's execution of Agag
VII. Samuel's departure from Saul

The history concerning David (1) _msg.12

Prepared by God to be a man according to the heart of God 1 Samuel 16—2 Samuel 1 (1)
Chosen, trained, anointed, tested, and approved
I. Chosen by God
II. Trained by God in humility
III. Anointed
A. By Samuel with oil
B. Confirmed by the Spirit of Jehovah rushing upon him from that day
C. Confirmed from the negative side
1. By the Spirit of Jehovah departing from Saul and an evil spirit from Jehovah tormenting him
2. By David being selected and becoming an attendant of Saul
IV. Tested and approved in trusting God and defeating Goliath
A. The armies of the Philistines and the men of Israel being assembled in array
B. A champion by the name of Goliath coming forth from the camp of the Philistines to defy the armies of Israel
1. Being arrogant in his valor
2. Saul and all Israel being dismayed
3. Goliath's defying lasting forty days
C. David's defeating of Goliath
1. David's status and occupation
2. David being sent by his father to strengthen his brothers with food and to greet them
3. David hearing Goliath's defiance
4. The anger and the despising word of David's oldest brother
5. David gaining the agreement of Saul for him to fight against Goliath
6. David going to fight against Goliath
7. David killing Goliath and defeating the Philistines
8. A strong confirmation to God's choosing and anointing of him
D. Saul finding out that David was the son of Jesse

The history concerning David (2) _msg.13

Prepared by God to be a man according to the heart of God 1 Samuel 16—2 Samuel 1 (2)
Persecuted and tried by Saul (1)
V. Jonathan's love for David
A. Jonathan loving David like his own soul
B. He and David making a covenant
C. Giving his robe, armor, sword, bow, and belt to David
D. Saul taking David and keeping him from his father's house
E. David being successful in every mission that Saul sent him on
F. Saul setting David over the men of battle
VI. Saul's envy of David
A. David's return from striking the Philistines
B. The women's welcome and praise
VII. Saul's device to kill David
A. Attempting to kill David by striking him with a spear even to the wall
B. Plotting to cause David to be killed by the Philistines
C. Determining to kill David
1. Jonathan's protection of David because of his great delight in David
2. Jonathan's appeasing of Saul
D. Attempting again to kill David
1. By trying to strike David to the wall
2. David fleeing from Saul with the help of his wife Michal, Saul's daughter
3. David fleeing and coming to Samuel at Ramah
E. Jonathan's help to David

The history concerning David (3) _msg.14

Prepared by God to be a man according to the heart of God 1 Samuel 16—2 Samuel 1 (3)
Persecuted and tried by Saul (2)
VIII. Supplied with the holy bread of the presence and with the sword of Goliath by the priest Ahimelech
IX. Fleeing from Saul and going to Achish king of Gath
A. Suspected by the servants of king Achish
B. Disguising himself as a madman to escape from Gath
X. Staying in the cave of Adullam and in Mizpeh of Moab and in the forest of Hereth of Judah
XI. Saul killing Ahimelech the priest and his family because of David
XII. Defeating the Philistines and staying in Keilah
XIII. Remaining in the wilderness of Ziph
A. Saul seeking him every day, but God not delivering him into Saul's hand
B. David being strengthened by Jonathan the son of Saul to trust in God
C. David hurrying to get away from Saul
XIV. David going up from the wilderness of Ziph and remaining in the strongholds of En-gedi
XV. Saul falling into the hand of David, but David not killing him
A. This being God's discipline on Saul in his pursuing of David
B. David not killing Saul but only cutting off a corner of Saul's cloak
C. David pleading with Saul
D. David's God-fearing and God-honoring life subduing the reckless Saul

God's sovereignty and David's taking the lessons of the cross _msg.15

God's sovereignty
Preparing Saul to perfect David
Preparing Jonathan and Michal to help David
David's taking the lessons of the cross
Always under the cross
Christ within us being the one who bears the cross
God's provision
David being the gainer and the enjoyer
Reading 1 and 2 Samuel with a view of God's economy

The history concerning David (4) _msg.16

Prepared by God to be a man according to the heart of God 1 Samuel 16—2 Samuel 1 (4)
Persecuted and tried by Saul (3)
XVI. Samuel dying
A. After the proper and full enjoyment of his portion in the good land promised by God
B. After being a priest, a prophet, and a judge
C. In the disappointment of Saul's kingship
D. With the encouraging expectation of David's kingship
XVII. David's dealing with Nabal and Abigail
A. David's seeking help from Nabal, considering himself a son to him
B. Nabal's folly in his rejecting David's entreating and in his insulting David's servants
C. The wisdom of Abigail, the wife of Nabal, in appeasing David
D. Nabal's death under God's striking
E. David's marriage to Abigail
XVIII. Jehovah delivering Saul into the hand of David, but David not killing him because of his fear of God in that Saul was God's anointed
A. David hiding himself on the hill of Hachilah
B. Saul seeking David again
C. Jehovah delivering Saul into the hand of David, but David not killing him
D. David's appeal to Saul
1. Begging Saul not to drive him out so that he could not share in Jehovah's inheritance
2. Likening himself to a single flea and a partridge in the mountains
E. Saul's repenting
1. Admitting that he had sinned
2. Blessing David by saying that David would most certainly do great things and prevail
XIX. David's escaping to and staying in the land of the Philistines
A. Escaping to Achish King of Gath
B. Saul ceasing to seek David
C. Staying in Ziklag
D. Achish making David his bodyguard for life

The history concerning David (5) _msg.17

Prepared by God to be a man according to the heart of God 1 Samuel 16—2 Samuel 1 (5)
Persecuted and tried by Saul (4)
XX. Saul's tragic end pretold by SAMUEL
A. Samuel having died
B. Saul having the mediums and the soothsayers put out of the land
C. The Philistines gathering together against Israel, and Saul being greatly afraid of them
D. Saul inquiring of Jehovah, but Jehovah not answering him
E. Saul seeking a medium and inquiring of her
F. Samuel coming and speaking to Saul
G. Saul being threatened
XXI. David being sovereignly kept away by God from joining the Philistines' camp to fight against Israel
A. Not to get involved in the destruction of Saul, his sons, and the men of Israel
B. To rescue his two wives and the families of his men
C. To save himself from the turmoil of his men in losing their families
D. To send some of the spoil as presents
XXII. David conquering the Amalekites and capturing their captives
A. The Amalekites conquering Ziklag and burning it
B. David strengthening himself in Jehovah and seeking for Jehovah's leading to pursue after the Amalekites and capture their captives
C. David sharing the spoil with the two hundred men who had not been able to follow him
D. David sending presents from his spoil to his friends and the friends of his men in many cities

The history concerning David (4) _msg.18

The history concerning David (6)
Prepared by God to be a man according to the heart of God 1 Samuel 16—2 Samuel 1 (6)
Persecuted and tried by Saul (5)
XXIII. The ending of Saul
A. The Philistines fighting against Israel
B. The men of Israel fleeing
C. The Philistines chasing Saul and his sons
D. Saul being badly wounded and taking his sword and falling on it
E. Saul's armor bearer falling on his sword and dying with him
F. The men of Israel forsaking the cities and fleeing
G. The Philistines finding Saul and his sons fallen on Mount Gilboa
H. The inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead hearing what the Philistines had done to Saul
XXIV. The reaction of David
A. A young Amalekite reporting the death of Saul to David
B. David condemning the Amalekite for killing the anointed of Jehovah
C. David singing a dirge over Saul and over Jonathan his son

Lessons of the five major figures concerning the enjoyment of the good land in 1 Samuel 1 to 2 Samuel 1 _msg.19

I. Lessons of Eli
A. A priest by birth according to God's ordination
B. Having the right to enjoy the top portion of the good land
C. Disregarding the priesthood in his loose disciplining of his two evil sons
II. Lessons of Samuel
A. Being faithful in all his statuses and offices
B. Enjoying his portion of the good land to the fullest for his whole life
C. The only defect in his history being his appointing his two sons as judges among the children of Israel
III. Lessons of Jonathan the son of Saul
A. Loving David and covenanting with him
B. Not going to follow David but staying with his father
C. Suffering the same fate as his father
D. Losing the proper and adequate enjoyment of his portion in the good land promised by God
IV. Lessons of Saul
A. Chosen by God and anointed by Samuel to be the king of Israel
B. Disobeying God's word at least twice
C. His ambition and jealousy confiscating and ending his enjoyment of the good land promised by God
V. Lessons of David
A. Being chosen and anointed by God through Samuel and praised by the women of Israel as higher than Saul
B. Not being made proud nor becoming ambitious for the kingship
C. Going through the trial of Saul's persecution
D. Not destroying Saul because of his fear of God
E. Forced to stay in the land of the Philistines
F. Not rejoicing at the death of Saul
G. Not avenging himself but denying himself for the fulfilling of God's purpose
H. Being a person who trusted in God and walked according to God's sovereignty
I. Being a typical model of a genuine child of Israel in the enjoyment of the good land promised and given by God to His chosen people

The history concerning David (7) _msg.20

Crowned by the people to be the king for the kingdom of God on the earth 2 Samuel 2—24 (1)
Crowned by the people (1)
I. Crowned by the tribe of Judah
A. In Hebron
B. At the age of thirty
C. To reign over the house of Judah for seven and a half years
D. Gaining the men of Jabesh-gilead who had buried Saul
E. Ish-bosheth rivaling David in the kingship
F. The war between the house of Saul and the house of David
1. The servants of Ish-bosheth competing with the servants of David and being defeated by them
2. Asahel, a servant of David, pursuing after Abner and being killed by him
3. Abner appealing for peace, and Joab responding to him
4. David's servants killing three hundred and sixty men of Ish-bosheth
5. The house of David becoming stronger, and the house of Saul becoming weaker
6. David begetting six sons of six wives, respectively, in Hebron
7. Abner rebelling against Ish-bosheth
8. Abner appealing to David
9. Abner persuading the elders of Israel to take David as their king
10. Joab not agreeing with David concerning Abner's appeal to David
11. David regretting Abner's death

The history concerning David (8) _msg.21

Crowned by the people to be the king for the kingdom of God on the earth 2 Samuel 2—24 (2)
Crowned by the people (2)
12. Ish-bosheth hearing of Abner's death
13. Jonathan's son Mephibosheth being made lame
14. The two sons of Rimmon the Beerithite murdering Ish-bosheth
15. David reacting negatively and sentencing the two murderers to death
II. Crowned by all the other tribes
A. In Hebron
B. At the age of thirty
C. Reigning over all Israel and Judah for thirty-three years
III. Established by God as king with his kingdom exalted for the sake of God's people Israel
A. In his victory over the Jebusites
B. In the building of Zion as his stronghold and of Jerusalem and in his becoming greater and greater
C. In Hiram king of Tyre supplying him materials for the building of a palace for him
D. Begetting more children, including Solomon, in Jerusalem
E. In his repeated victories over the Philistines

The history concerning David (9) _msg.22

Crowned by the people to be the king for the kingdom of God on the earth 2 Samuel 2—24 (3)
David's care for God's habitation on the earth (1)
I. Taking care of the habitation of the ark of God
A. The history of the ark of God
1. Made by Moses
2. Placed in the Holy of Holies within the tabernacle
3. Traveling through the wilderness with the children of Israel
4. Staying in Shiloh
5. Captured by the Philistines
6. Staying in the country of the Philistines for seven months
7. Returned to Beth-shemesh
8. Removed from Beth-shemesh to Kiriath-jearim and put into the house of Abinadab
B. David's desire to remove the ark from the house of Abinadab to Zion, the city of David
1. The removal of the ark of God, and David and all the house of Israel playing on musical instruments before Jehovah
2. The oxen stumbling, Uzzah reaching out for the ark of God and taking hold of it, and the anger of Jehovah striking him to death
3. David being afraid of Jehovah and carrying the ark into the house of Obed-edom
C. David's removal of the ark of God from the house of Obed-edom to his city, Zion
1. Because of God's blessing on Obed-edom
2. David offering sacrifices to Jehovah and dancing with all his might before Jehovah
3. The ark of God being brought up with shouting and the sound of the trumpet
4. The ark of God being lodged in a tent that David pitched for it
5. Michal the wife of David despising him at his dancing before Jehovah and receiving the curse of not having a child

The history concerning David (4) _msg.23

The history concerning David (10)
Crowned by the people to be the king for the kingdom of God on the earth 2 Samuel 2—24 (4)
David's care for God's habitation on the earth (2)
II. Wanting to build a house for GOD
A. Considering that he himself dwelled in a house of cedar, but that the ark of God dwelled within curtains
B. Releasing his consideration to Nathan the prophet
C. God's response to David through Nathan
1. God having never asked anyone to build Him a house that He might dwell in it
2. God taking David from the pasture of the sheep that he might be ruler over His people Israel
3. God making a great name for David
4. God appointing a place for His people Israel and planting them
5. God giving David rest from all his enemies
6. God declaring to David that He would make him a house
7. God raising up David's seed (referring to Christ) and establishing his kingdom (referring to Christ's kingdom)
8. Christ building a house for God's name, and God establishing the throne of Christ's kingdom forever
9. God being Christ's Father, and Christ being God's Son
10. God striking David's seed (referring to the one other than Christ) if he committed iniquity
11. David's house and his kingdom (referring to Christ's kingdom) being made sure forever
D. David's response to God
1. Thanking God for all the great things He had done to him for His word's sake
2. Praising God for His greatness in all that He had done for Israel
3. Asking God to build, establish, and bless his house forever according to His promise

Our need for God to build Christ into us _msg.24

A chapter of prophecy through typology
Building the church with Christ as the unique element
Our need for God to build up Christ into our intrinsic constitution so that we may be reconstituted
God's economy being to work Himself into us in Christ as His embodiment
Christ making His home in our hearts
Building the church with the processed and consummated Triune God
Building the church with the Triune God as the source, the element, and the essence
A prophecy concerning the Triune God working Himself into us to make us His home

The seed of David and the Son of God _msg.25

The seed of David becoming the Son of God
David being a man according to the heart of God but not being God in life and in nature
Deification — becoming God in life and in nature but not in the Godhead
The seed of David being both divine and human
Our need for God to work Himself in Christ into us as our life, nature, and constitution
God's desire to build Himself in Christ into us in order to have a mutual abode
The Triune God becoming our intrinsic constitution

God's building Himself in Christ into our being through the metabolic process of transformation _msg.26

Two periods in the ministry of the Lord Jesus
Transformed into the same image from glory to glory
Transformation being a metabolic process
God's building Himself in Christ into us being an organic matter
Christ's building the church with Himself as the spiritual food and spiritual drink
The church built not by outward organization but through inward transformation
Jehovah's prophecy to David in the way of typology
Four layers of building
David's house becoming His seed

A prophecy concerning the seed of David being called the Son of God _msg.27

The seed of David and the Son of God
Christ still being a man with a physical body after His resurrection and ascension
The Root and the Offspring of David
The Creator and a creature
Christ as the Son of Man sitting on the throne in heaven
Resurrected with a body
Christ as the seed of David becoming everything to us and being all in all in the church, in the Body, and in the new man
God's dynamic salvation being the Triune God Himself processed to become the condensed, consummated, life-giving, all-inclusive Spirit

God's desire to build himself into us and to build us into him to produce a mutual abode _msg.28

The divine revelation in the Bible being progressive
Man in creation and in the fall
The case of Job
The revelation given to Abraham
The revelation given to David
In the New Testament the divine revelation reaching the highest standard
Our need for Christ, the embodiment of the Triune God, to be built into our being
God's economy and goal according to His heart's desire being to build Himself into man and to build man into Him
The mingling of divinity and humanity to produce one entity

God's intention to build Himself in Christ into us _msg.29

Job's need being God Himself
God's promise to Abraham concerning the good land and the seed
Redemption and salvation being for God's desire to work Himself in Christ into us
The prophecy that God would build a house for the man who was according to His heart
Christ's sowing Himself as the seed into us as the soil for God's building
God's building — the mingling of divinity with our redeemed, resurrected, and uplifted humanity
A seed of man becoming the Son of God

The unique work of the processed Triune God — building Himself into our being _msg.30

God's recovery and God's economy
God's unique work
Christ making His home in our hearts
The materials for the building
Divinity and humanity
The seed and the soil with its nutrients
Our need to be strengthened into our inner man
The New Jerusalem — a composition of divinity and humanity blended and mingled together as one entity
The effect of the vision of God's building on our work today
The example of Job
Christ living in us to enjoy Himself as the good land
Our need to have God wrought into our hearts
Ministering the building God and the builded God
The processed Triune God building Himself into His redeemed people

The significance of the seed of David being designated the Son of God _msg.31

God making Himself man in order to make man God in life and in nature
The diamond in the box
The Son of David being designated the Son of God
God building Himself in Christ into man
Our work today being part of a mutual constitution

The history concerning David (11) _msg.32

Crowned by the people to be the king for the kingdom of God on the earth 2 Samuel 2—24 (5)
David's conquest over his enemies for the strengthening of his kingdom
I. Over the Philistines
II. Over Moab
III. Over Zobah and Syria
IV. Congratulated by Toi king of Hamath
V. Consecrating his spoils from all the nations to Jehovah
VI. Over Edom
VII. David's reign in justice and righteousness
VIII. Showing kindness to Mephibosheth the son of Jonathan
A. For the sake of Jonathan
B. Finding out Mephibosheth through a servant of the house of Saul
C. Giving all that belonged to Saul and to all his house to Mephibosheth
IX. Further conquest
A. Over Ammon
B. Over the Syrians

The history concerning David (12) _msg.33

Crowned by the people to be the king for the kingdom of God on the earth 2 Samuel 2—24 (6)
David's indulging sin and God's punishing condemnation
I. David's indulging sin
A. In the time while Joab and David's servants were fighting against the kings of the Canaanites
B. In his life of ease
C. In his indulging of the lust of the eyes and the lust of the flesh
D. Committing a willful adultery by robbery
E. Pretending to cover his evil deed
F. Murdering Uriah, his faithful servant, by a conspiracy with Joab
1. Putting Uriah in the forefront of the hardest battle and withdrawing from him
2. Even at the sacrifice of the life of some of the servants of David
3. Comforting and encouraging Joab
G. Taking the wife of the dead Uriah as his wife right after her lamentation for her husband, murdered by David
H. Displeasing Jehovah to the uttermost
II. God's punishing condemnation
A. Through Nathan the prophet
B. By a parable leading David to condemn Himself for what he did in murdering Uriah and robbing him of his wife
C. Referring him to all the things that God had done for him
D. Condemning him for his murdering of Uriah and his robbing him of his wife
E. The result of God's punishing condemnation
F. David confessing his sin against Jehovah, and nathan saying to him that Jehovah had put away his sin and that he would not die

Man's failure and God's punishment _msg.34

God's sovereignty and God's economy
Man's failure
God's punishment
The change in the behavior of David's children teaching us to fear God
There being no peace in David's family or in the kingdom of Israel
God being just as well as merciful
God's judgment in the history of the church
The account of God's punishing judgment on David being written as a warning to us today

The history concerning David (13) _msg.35

Crowned by the people to be the king for the kingdom of God on the earth 2 Samuel 2—24 (7)
God's punishing judgment on David 2 Samuel 12:15b—20:26 (1)
I. The death of the child born of Uriah's wife
A. Jehovah striking the child with heavy sickness
B. David beseeching God for the child
C. The child dying and David being released
II. The birth of Solomon
A. David comforting Bath-sheba his wife, and she bearing a son
B. Jehovah loving Solomon
III. David's conquest over the children of Ammon
A. Through his captain Joab
B. Robbing the king of Ammon of his crown
C. David's dealing with the cities of the children of Ammon
IV. The incest of Amnon the son of David with his sister Tamar
A. Through the craft of Jonadab, Amnon's cousin
B. Amnon turning to hate Tamar and chasing her away
C. Tamar's brother Absalom discovering the incest
V. The murder of Amnon by Absalom the son of David
A. By conspiracy
B. Reported to David
C. David's sons lifting up their voice and weeping
D. Absalom fleeing to the king of Geshur
VI. Joab's device to bring Absalom back
A. Perceiving that David's heart was set on Absalom
B. Performing His device through a woman
C. Bringing Absalom back from Geshur to Jerusalem
D. David not letting Absalom see his face
VII. Absalom's beauty and children
A. Being more beautiful than all the people in Israel
B. Having three sons and one daughter of beautiful appearance
VIII. Absalom's seeking to see his father David
A. After dwelling in Jerusalem for two full years
B. Through Joab
C. Brought to see his father by Joab
D. His father kissing him

The history concerning David (14) _msg.36

Crowned by the people to be the king for the kingdom of God on the earth 2 Samuel 2—24 (8)
God's punishing judgment on David 2 Samuel 12:15b—20:26 (2)
IX. Absalom's revolt
A. Preparing to rebel
B. Stealing the hearts of the people of Israel
C. Conspiring and revolting to be the king in Hebron
D. David with his servants fleeing to escape from Absalom
1. David leaving ten concubines to keep the house
2. All the people following him and passing over toward the way of the wilderness
E. David devising a plan against Absalom's conspiracy
1. Asking the priests, with the ark of God, to stay in Jerusalem to collect intelligence for him
2. Going up to the Mount of Olives
3. Praying to God, asking that he turn the counsel of Ahithophel into foolishness
4. Asking his friend Hushai to stay in the palace
F. Ziba, Mephibosheth's attendant, coming to meet David
1. Right after David passed the summit of the Mount of Olives
2. With supplies of food and drink
3. To gain all the belongings of Mephibosheth by deceiving
G. Shimei, a man of the family of the house of Saul, coming forth
1. David coming to Bahurim
2. Coming forth to curse David
3. Abishai the son of Zeruiah wanting to take off Shimei's head
4. David's answer to Abishai
5. David and his men going on their way, and Shimei going along the hillside opposite him
6. David and all the people with him arriving weary
H. Absalom taking Jerusalem and ruling there
1. Hushai pretending to serve Absalom
2. Ahithophel giving an evil counsel
3. Ahithophel giving another inhuman counsel
4. Hushai defeating the counsel of Ahithophel according to God's ordination
a. Annulling Ahithophel's inhuman counsel
b. With the help of the priests and their sons
5. Ahithophel hanging himself
I. Absalom being defeated and killed
1. Absalom pursuing after David
2. Barzillai the Gileadite and others coming to support David
3. David organizing his army and sending them to fight against Absalom and his people
4. Absalom and his people being defeated by the servants of David in a forest
5. Absalom being killed
a. His head being caught in the branches of a great tree
b. A certain man seeing this and telling it to Joab
c. Joab asking that man why he did not strike Absalom down to the ground
d. Joab thrusting three staves through Absalom's heart
e. The people throwing Absalom into a great pit in the forest
f. Absalom having raised up a pillar for himself in the king's valley
g. Ahimaaz the son of Zadok the high priest wanting to announce the news to David
h. David being much concerned for his son Absalom and weeping grievously at his death
i. Joab advising David to comfort the people by quieting himself

The history concerning David (15) _msg.37

Crowned by the people to be the king for the kingdom of God on the earth 2 Samuel 2—24 (9)
God's punishing judgment on David 2 Samuel 12:15b—20:26 (3)
X. The peaceful settlements in David's kingdom after Absalom's revolt
A. The people's request for David's return to his kingship
1. The people's debate resulting in the request for David's return
2. David's asking of the high priests and the captain of his army
B. The temporary forgiveness of Shimei
1. Shimei's repentance and welcome to David
2. The death sentence on Shimei by Abishai the captain of David and David's temporary forgiveness to Shimei for His recovered kingship
C. David's kind and fair arrangement for Mephibosheth
D. David's reward to Barzillai
1. Barzillai's provision of food to David and his escort to David
2. David inviting Barzillai to go with him
E. Israel's complaint over Judah in the bringing back of David to his kingship
1. Israel's claim
2. Judah's claim
XI. The rebellion of Sheba
A. Sheba, a man of Belial, a Benjaminite, blowing the trumpet
B. All the men of Israel leaving David and following Sheba
C. David shutting up the ten concubines defiled by his son Absalom
D. David's charge to Amasa
E. David's charge to Abishai to pursue after Sheba
1. The men of Joab going out after Abishai
2. Joab's killing of Amasa
3. Sheba going on throughout all the tribes of Israel
4. Joab going to besiege Sheba
XII. The re-establishment of the kingdom of David

The history concerning David (16) _msg.38

Crowned by the people to be the king for the kingdom of God on the earth 2 Samuel 2—24 (10)
The last stage of David's kingship 2 Samuel 21—24
I. David's taking care of the famine for the people
A. Inquiring of Jehovah
B. Finding out the reason for the famine
C. The settlement of the breaking of the oath
II. David's conquest over the Philistines
A. David becoming faint
B. Abishai and the people of Israel defeating the Philistines
III. David's thanking and praising God in a song
A. On the day when Jehovah delivered him out of the hand of all his enemies
B. This song becoming Psalm 18
1. Praising God
2. Thanking God for hearing his calling
3. Considering his righteousness, perfection, faithfulness, cleanness, and purity as the cause of God's salvation to him
4. Thanking God as his lamp
5. Thanking God whose way is perfect
IV. The last words of David
A. The declaration of David the son of Jesse
B. The declaration of the man who had been raised up on high
C. The Spirit of Jehovah speaking through him
D. The speaking of the God and the Rock of Israel to him
E. He, typifying Christ, ruling among men righteously with the fear of God
F. He, typifying Christ, being like the light of the morning when the sun rises without clouds
G. His house being so with God
H. The wicked being like thorns to be thrust away
V. The mighty men of David
A. The first three mighty men
B. The second three mighty men, who drew the water from the well of Bethlehem for David
C. The thirty mighty men
VI. The last sin of David
A. The anger of Jehovah against Israel
B. Satan's moving David against Israel to number Israel and Judah
C. Joab's disagreement with numbering the people
D. Joab and the captains of the army being forced by David to carry out his commission to number the people
E. David's repentance and confession of his sin
F. God's punishment through Gad the prophet, David's seer, in three choices
G. God's punishment over Israel with a pestilence
H. God's repenting of the harm and David's confession
I. David building an altar to Jehovah to stay the plague among the people
A concluding word to the life-study of 1 and 2 Samuel

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Life-Study of 1 &amp; 2 Samuel

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