“Tzadok also came, accompanied by all the L’vi’im bearing the ark for the covenant of God. They set the ark of God down, but Evyatar went up until all the people had finished leaving the city.”-2 Samuel 15:24
Verse 24 gives us an interesting piece of information.
The High Priest Tzadok suddenly appears!
And he’s not alone.
A group of Levites is with him, carrying the Ark of the Covenant on their shoulders.
They stop and set it down while David and all his followers walk past, crossing the Kidron Valley.
Now, the Scripture doesn’t go out of its way to point this out to us, but I think we’re seeing a repeat of a key event that happened several centuries earlier.
What am I talking about?
Recall when Joshua was leading the Israelites into the Promised Land.
At that time, the Levites carried the Ark to the center of the Jordan River.
They waited until all the people crossed over, and then picked it up to continue.
So we’re seeing a replay here.
Same behavior, different river.
Now, here’s where things get weird.
The High Priest Evyatar also emerges.
So Israel has two high priests?
Say what, homies?!
What in green cucumber tarnation is going on here?!
Here’s what’s going on.
Before David took the throne, Saul had installed Evyatar as High Priest.
But here’s the problem.
Per the Torah, he was illegitimate.
Why?
It all has to do with genealogy.
Evyatar came from the family line of Ithamar.
But according to the Torah, only men from Eleazar’s line were permitted to be High Priests.
Later on, David realized this and appointed Tzadok to be the High Priest.
Tzadok came from Eleazar’s line, which was Torah-approved.
However, instead of booting out Evyatar like he should’ve, he let both Evyatar and Tzadok serve concurrently as High Priests.
Why?
Because he didn’t wanna stir up drama among the people.
David chose to appease political interests instead of adhering to God’s Word.
That seems to be a common theme that comes up again and again in the Scriptures:
Picking and choosing which of God’s commands to follow based on convenience rather than obedience.
So, for a while, Israel had two High Priests serving at the same time.
This would continue until Solomon came along and finally booted out Evyatar.
So here’s the takeaway coming to me today.
From a Torah-perspective, things are messed up in our day and age.
We have a religion called Christianity that, while correctly identifying Yeshua of Nazareth as the Messiah, makes him out to be God Himself, and then goes so far as to say he did away with the Law of Moses.
We also have segments of the church that assert that the Lord has revoked His promises to Israel and has now made the gentile church His new chosen people.
What a joke and a half if I ever heard one!
I tell ya man…
Just as Solomon booted out Evyatar when he came into power…
So too will the Messiah make all crooked roads straight until all things conform to Moses’ Torah when he returns and is sitting on his throne in Jerusalem.
So make no bones about it, folks.
In the last days…
Israel will be restored to its righteous place as a light to the nations.
Yeshua will be ruling from his throne in Jerusalem.
And the whole world will be under a Torah-based government.
So you’d better start weaning yourself off those ham sandwiches and slices of pepperoni pizza while you can.
And don’t be giving me any of this BS that what you eat ain’t no big deal if you ain’t Jewish.
Remember, the very first sin that mankind committed that got us into this whole freakin’ mess in the first place was about food, and what was permissible and not permissible to eat.
Adam and Eve weren’t Jews or Hebrews.
Yet they were required to obey one Kosher food law.
And they blew it big time!
Ya feel me?
See ya all next time.
CONNECTING THIS TEACHING TO THE NEW TESTAMENT
“For verily I say unto you,
Till heaven and earth pass,
one jot or one tittle
shall in no wise pass
from the law,
till all be fulfilled.”
-Matthew 5:18
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