“Some time later, Avshalom prepared himself a chariot and horses, with fifty men to run ahead of him.”-2 Samuel 15:1
It appears that Absalom would succeed in taking the throne from his father.
Why?
Because most of the nation was behind him.
David had only two choices if he wanted to stop Absalom.
He could either gather the few remaining supporters who stood with him and try to fight his rebellious son.
Or he could flee Jerusalem with his loyal followers.
The narrative makes it clear that David’s predicament was a punishment for not only his affair with Bathsheba but also for conducting himself like a gentile politician instead of serving as Israel’s divinely anointed king on earth.
At this stage, after years of planning and conniving, Absalom had finally emerged from the shadows.
He was ready to take the final step and oust his father from the throne.
It all started with winning favor from the masses.
And the part where it says Absalom gathered up a bunch of horses along with royal chariots?
We shouldn’t overlook that.
Why?
It was written to demonstrate that Absalom was a lawless man.
The Torah says…
“However, he is not to acquire many horses for himself or have the people return to Egypt to obtain more horses, inasmuch as Adonai told you never to go back that way again.”-Deuteronomy 17:16
Absalom was disobeying this commandment.
This leads to today’s takeaway.
Remember how I told you that Absalom was a prototype for the anti-Christ?
Well, right here we encounter the chief characteristic of the anti-Christ.
This man will be lawless.
He will be anti-Torah.
Hebrew kings are not to gather many horses.
That is what the gentile kings do.
And they often use their horses against their own people.
Ya feel me?
Done.
CONNECTING THIS TEACHING TO THE NEW TESTAMENT
“Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’
shall enter the kingdom of heaven,
but he who does the will of My Father in heaven.
Many will say to Me in that day,
‘Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in Your name,
cast out demons in Your name,
and done many wonders in Your name?’
And then I will declare to them,
‘I never knew you;depart from Me,
you who practice lawlessness!’”
-Matthew 7:21-23
Amen.
Mt “7:21 Not everyone who says to Me: Adon, Adon, will enter into the Kingdom of Shamayim; but he who does the will of My ABBA WHO is in the shamayim.
7:22 Many will tell Me in that Day: Adon, Adon, did not we prophesy in Your name, in Your name cast out demons, and in Your name do many mighty works?
7:23 Then I will tell them: I never knew you. Depart from Me, you who work Torah-lessness.”
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Amen, Gimel.
I agree, and if we take as fact that the anti-Christ wil be one who rejects the Torah, then most Christians have already taken the mark.
Any one who says Yeshua did away with the law is, by definition, lawless and has rejected the Torah.
Maybe a sign of the anti-Christ isn’t just that he rejects the Torah, but that he leads others to do so, as well.
If that is true, then the stage is set, and has been set for nearly two millennia.
I believe the only reason Yeshua hasn’t returned is that God is still waiting for as many as possible to see the truth, and return to living as God says, not as someone following a religion preaching rejection of God’s Torah.
Your ministry, and mine, and many others (thankfully) are beginning to help people who have been misled to the path of destruction (thinking they are walking in God’s ways) back to the path of righteousness, but we are the ones on the road less travelled.
Based on how much worse things are getting, worldwide, I believe we are on a downward spiral, gaining speed as we head towards the Apocolypse.
“And if we take as fact that the anti-Christ will be the one who rejects the Torah, then most Christians have already taken the mark.”
BOOM! KABOOM!
What a devastatingly powerful truth statement!
Thanks for your comment, brother.