“She got up, bowed with her face to the ground, and said, ‘Your servant is here to serve you, to wash the feet of my lord’s servants.‘”-1 Samuel 25:41 Today I wanna show you an interesting example of how a part of the “Old” Testament is better understood through the lens of the New Testament. […]

“In the morning, when he was sober and his wife told him what had happened, he had a stroke and became as motionless as a stone.  Some ten days later Adonai struck Naval, and he died.”-1 Samuel 25:37-38 Notice that God struck Naval ten days later. Like the number 7, the number 10 also holds […]

“David said to Avigayil, ‘Blessed be Adonai the God of Israel, who sent you today to meet me;’”-1 Samuel 25:32 From verse 32, a trait of David emerges that must have greatly pleased the Lord. It was… HUMILITY. David humbly accepts Avigayil’s pronouncements and tells her she is completely in the right… And that he […]

So make no bones about it. David is on his way to commit what the Torah calls “blood guilt.” In other words, he is about to commit a murder. Something for which there is zero atonement or forgiveness available under the Levitical sacrificial system. If David takes life unjustly, God’s law demands his life be […]

Then, when Adonai has done all the good to my lord that he has said about you and made you ruler over Isra’el,-1 Samuel 25:30-31  In verse 30, Abigail’s words demonstrate she is a prophetess of sorts.  She talks about a time when God will keep His promises to David about becoming the king of […]