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, […]

Are you familiar with the four levels of Jewish Biblical exegesis? They are: Peshat (פְּשָׁט) – The simple, literal meaning. Remez (רֶמֶז) – The hinted or allegorical meaning. Derash (דְּרַשׁ) – The deeper, homiletical meaning derived through comparison and interpretation. Sod (סוֹד) – The mystical or hidden meaning. Let’s talk about the Sod level of […]

“Tziva said to the king, ‘Your servant will do everything my lord the king commands his servant, although M’fivoshet has been eating at my table as one of the king’s descendants.‘”-2 Samuel 9:11 Back in the day, I used to attend a Christian church here in Tokyo. After the worship service, we’d break up into […]