I gotta question for you… When bad things happen in your life… What is your first response? Do you look up to the heavens and ask… “God, why oh why is this happening?” “Have you abandoned me?” “Is this happening because of this or that sin I committed?!” See, here’s the thing. In 2nd Samuel […]

Today we begin 2nd Samuel Chapter 10. For the Complete Jewish Bible, click HERE. For the King James Version, click HERE. This chapter could aptly be titled “David’s Descent.” For it represents a downward turning point in the life of this great warrior king. Things start relatively calm But then soon spiraled into a massive […]

Alrighty, let’s get our bearings on where we’re at. When we last left off, the setting was Avshalom’s attempted takeover of his father’s kingdom. During this time, the gentile servant Tziva appeared to support David by showing up bearing gifts for him in his time of need. Meanwhile, Mephibosheth was nowhere to be found, making […]

In our continuing saga of King David, Mephibosheth, and the gentile servant Tziva… Let’s take a quick look at an excerpt from 2nd Samuel Chapter 16. Here’s some context. The situation is that David’s son Avshalom has rebelled against David and tried to take over the throne of Israel. I’m talking about a coup here, […]

Alrighty, without any further ado… Let’s jump right into the meat of our discussion today. Recall we were talking about the embedded prophecy contained in the story of King David, the crippled Mephibosheth, and his gentile caretaker Tziva. At the closing of the post, this is what I established: FIRST, David represents Messiah Yeshua. SECOND, […]