"House of David/House of Saul"

by James Jacob Prasch

The kind of war I dread is when you have to fight against your brethren.

  1. Introduction
  2. The Janathan Tragedy
  3. Go, Strike Amalek
  4. Come Out of Her, My People
  5. Inventing Doctrine
  6. Self-Preservation
  7. A Faithful Shepherd
  8. The House of David
  9. The Lord's Anointed?
  10. Demonic Deception
  11. The Place of Fellowship
  12. Which House WIll You Join?
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The Place of Fellowship

Then all the tribes of Israel came to David at Hebron [place of fellowship] and said, "Behold, we are your bone and your flesh. Previously, when Saul was king over us, you were the one who lead Israel out and in. And the Lord said to you, 'You will shepherd My people Israel, and you will be a ruler over Israel.'" So all the elders of Israel came to the king at Hebron, and King David made a covenant with them before the Lord at Hebron; then they anointed David king over Israel (2 Samuel 5:1-3).

There will come a time that these people will arrive as refugees to the new house. They will come to the place of fellowship because the house of Saul will have been destroyed. The ones that have remained faithful are going to join themselves to the new house when the time comes.

The Jonathans

With one unfortunate and tragic exception. This will be the most difficult thing to come to pass in the next few years. They are the Jonathans.

And the Philistines overtook Saul and his sons; and the Philistines killed Jonathan and Abinadab and Malchishua the sons of Saul  (1 Sam. 31:2)

Then David took hold of his clothes and tore them, and so also did all the men who were with him. And they mourned and wept and fasted until evening for Saul and for his son  Jonathon and for the people of the Lord and the house of Israel, because they had fallen by the sword  (2 Sam. 1:11-12)

This will be the most difficult aspect – the Jonathans. Jonathan knew David was right. He knew David was commissioned by God, that he was innocent and righteous.  Jonathan knew his father's house had gone wrong. He knew his father was corrupt. He knew the land was being overrun and they were losing everything because of his father's house. But Jonathan could not break with his father.

There are people out there today that know things are wrong, but they cannot leave. Those people who attach themselves to Saul and cannot leave will die on Mount Gilboa. That will be the most difficult thing to face.

There are people whom you know and love, who are fed up with what is going on, who can see all this error for what it is. But they do not have the courage of their convictions.

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