“Tzadok the son of Achituv and Achimelekh the son of Evyatar were cohanim, S’rayah was secretary,”-2 Samuel 8:17
Alrighty, so in verse 17, we encounter something interesting that’ll fly over the heads of 99% of pastors, preachers, and Bible teachers on the planet.
We’re told that a man named Tzadok became the High Priest right alongside a dude named Abiathar.
That’s right, homeroos!
David had two high priests at this time!
What in the heck?!…is what you’re thinking, right?
How in the world could this happen?
Well, this was a political concession.
The northern tribes viewed Abiathar as the real High Priest…
But the southern tribes didn’t.
So David appointed Tzadok to keep southern Judah on board.
Ya feeling me?
But there was one tiny problem with this.
According to the Torah, Abiathar should never have become a High Priest in the first place.
He came from the wrong family line.
He descended from Ithamar instead of Eleazar, the line God had chosen.
This mix-up started way back with Eli (Samuel’s mentor) and continued all through King Saul’s reign.
Tzadok, however, was from the legitimate Torah-ordained line.
When Solomon became king, this issue was taken care of.
Abiathar was booted out.
With that action, Israel finally had one High Priest who also descended from the correct lineage.
So my mind is exploding with a few takeaways here.
FIRST, is that over time, we can see just how important the Torah is.
Every jot and tittle of God’s holy law will ultimately be enforced and fully obeyed.
SECOND, is the repeated pattern of David’s son Solomon rectifying his father’s mistakes and making things right based on the Torah.
As we discussed yesterday, he finally executed Yo’av for his murder of Avner.
And today I discussed how he would restore the High Priesthood to its proper lineage, again in alignment with the Torah.
So if the Scripture works in patterns, and I believe it does,
A future son of David, otherwise known as the Messiah, will soon return to…
Straighten out all crooked roads…
And make sure all t’s are crossed and i’s are dotted per the Torah.
FINALLY, I think this is a great reminder of just how important family lines are to God’s plan and purpose.
All of his chosen people must be Hebrews or Israelites…
All of His priests, whether the High Priest or common priests, must be of the proper lineage.
And the Messiah must also descend from the proper line – which is the son of David.
See ya all next time.
CONNECTING THIS TEACHING TO THE NEW TESTAMENT
“Don’t think that I have come to abolish
the Torah or the Prophets.
I have come not to abolish but to complete.
Yes indeed! I tell you that until heaven and earth pass away,
not so much as a yud or a stroke will pass from the Torah
— not until everything that must happen has happened.
So whoever disobeys the least of these mitzvot
And teaches others to do so will be called
the least in the Kingdom of Heaven.
But whoever obeys them and so teaches will
be called great in the Kingdom of Heaven.
For I tell you that unless your righteousness
is far greater than that of the Torah-teachers
and P’rushim, you will certainly not enter
the Kingdom of Heaven!”
-Matthew 5:17-20
This is the genealogy of Yeshua the Messiah,
son of David, son of Avraham:
Avraham was the father of Yitz’chak,
Yitz’chak was the father of Ya‘akov,
Ya‘akov was the father of Y’hudah and his brothers,
Y’hudah was the father of Peretz and Zerach
(their mother was Tamar),
Peretz was the father of Hetzron,
Hetzron was the father of Ram,
Ram was the father of ‘Amminadav,
‘Amminadav was the father of Nachshon,
Nachshon was the father of Salmon,
Salmon was the father of Bo‘az (his mother was Rachav),
Bo‘az was the father of ‘Oved (his mother was Rut),
‘Oved was the father of Yishai,
Yishai was the father of David the king.
David was the father of Shlomo
(his mother was the wife of Uriyah),
Shlomo was the father of Rechav‘am,
Rechav‘am was the father of Aviyah,
Aviyah was the father of Asa,
Asa was the father of Y’hoshafat,
Y’hoshafat was the father of Yoram,
Yoram was the father of ‘Uziyahu,
‘Uziyahu was the father of Yotam,
Yotam was the father of Achaz,
Achaz was the father of Hizkiyahu,
Hizkiyahu was the father of M’nasheh,
M’nasheh was the father of Amon,
Amon was the father of Yoshiyahu,
Yoshiyahu was the father of Y’khanyahu and his brothers
at the time of the Exile to Bavel.
After the Babylonian Exile,
Y’khanyahu was the father of Sh’altiel,
Sh’altiel was the father of Z’rubavel,
Z’rubavel was the father of Avihud,
Avihud was the father of Elyakim,
Elyakim was the father of ‘Azur,
Azur was the father of Tzadok,
Tzadok was the father of Yakhin,
Yakhin was the father of El’ichud,
El’ichud was the father of El‘azar,
El‘azar was the father of Mattan,
Mattan was the father of Ya‘akov,
Ya‘akov was the father of Yosef the husband of Miryam,
from whom was born the Yeshua who was called the Messiah.
Thus there were fourteen generations from Avraham to David,
fourteen generations from David to the Babylonian Exile,
and fourteen generations from the Babylonian Exile to the Messiah.”
-Matthew 1:1-17
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