So You Are A King? A King Of What?

KING OF WHAT?

THE BATTLE OF THE HEART... THE BATTLE OF THE FLESH VS THE SPIRIT...

I WAITED ALL THIS TIME FOR THIS? KING OF THE ROCKS?

By Wade Martin Hughes, Sr. Kyfingers@aol.com

I take a PUPPET to the pulpit with me...controlled by another...

TEXT:

Galatians 6:8 For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that

soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting.

2 Samuel 3:6 And it came to pass, while there was war between the house of Saul and the house

of David, that Abner made himself strong for the house of Saul.

[7] And Saul had a concubine, whose name was Rizpah, the daughter of Aiah: and Ish-bosheth

said to Abner, Wherefore hast thou gone in unto my father's concubine?

[8] Then was Abner very wroth for the words of Ish-bosheth, and said, Am I a dog's head, which

against Judah do shew kindness this day unto the house of Saul thy father, to his brethren,

and to his friends, and have not delivered thee into the hand of David, that thou chargest me

to day with a fault concerning this woman?

I. WE NEED TO ESTABLISH A FEW THINGS TO UNDERSTAND TODAY'S LESSON...

A. HEBRON TYPE THAT LOOKS LIKE FAILURE/ DOOM? HEBRON IS THE TYPE OF GOD'S

HEART/ GOD'S WILL... CANNOT SEE?

1. Hebron is mention about 40 times in the Old Testament and none in the New Testament.

Hebron is one of the oldest known cities in Israel.

Hebron is in the DEAD SEA AREA...

2. Abraham set his tent here under the OAKS OF MAMRE.

3. A city in the south of Israel.

A little NOBODY TYPE OF PLACE...

4. ROCKS AND MORE ROCKS ARE THE NORM FOR HEBRON.

5. HEBRON WAS OF THE TRIBE OF JUDAH.

Hebron was a LEVITICAL (Priest City.)

Hebron became one of the CITIES OF REFUGE where people could flee.

6. THE CAVE OF MACHPELAH...

THIS AREAS GREATEST CLAIM TO FAME IS IT IS THE BURIAL SPOT OF SARAH.

Recall the when Sarah died ABRAHAM bought this piece of ground from:

EPHRON THE HITTITE.

7. Today there is a GREAT MOSQUE called MACHPELAH there. Arabs/Islamic people

travel to on pilgrimages.

8. HEBRON IS A TYPE OF NOTHINGNESS, ROCKS, HARD PLACE

B. WE NEED TO KNOW WHO DAVID IS THE TYPE OF PLEASING GOD,

A TYPE LIKE JESUS

1. David the 8TH son of Jessie, son of Obed, son of BOAZ and RUTH...

We do not know David's mother's name?

2. Faithful shepherd boy...

David played music: flute, harp...

3. NEVER FORGET PREPARATIONAL TIME... killed lion and bear...

4. Old preacher SAMUEL comes to Bethlehem and ANOINTS AS 2ND KING OF ISRAEL...

Then David has to go back to SHEPHERD BOY STUFF?

5. HE PLAYED MUSIC FOR KING SAUL when Saul was troubled...

6. David carried CHEESE and bread to his 3 warrior brothers...

7. THE BATTLE WITH GOLIATH OPENS THE DOORS OF OPPORTUNITY.

C. WE NEED TO KNOW WHO ISH-BOSHETH IS A TYPE OF THE FLESH,

MEN DOING BY MANIPULATION...

2 Samuel 2:8 But Abner the son of Ner, captain of Saul's host, took Ish-bosheth

the son of Saul, and brought him over to Mahanaim;

[9] And made him king over Gilead, and over the Ashurites, and over Jezreel, and

over Ephraim, and over Benjamin, and over all Israel.

1. ISH-BOSHETH IS THE ONLY SURVIVING SON OF SAUL...

When Saul was dead and all his sons died the same day... ISH-BOSHETH BECAME

A PUPPET OF HIS UNCLE...

2. There was WAR between the 11 tribes of Israel and the 1 tribe, Judah.

D. WE NEED TO KNOW WHO ABNER IS A TYPE OF DEMONIC ACTIVITY TRYING

TO GAIN CONTROL AND KEEP CONTROL...

2 Samuel 3:25 Thou knowest Abner the son of Ner, that he came to deceive thee, and to

know thy going out and thy coming in, and to know all that thou doest.

1. Abner is KING SAUL'S UNCLE...

Abner was the COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF of Israel's armed forces.

Abner first meets DAVID after David kills Goliath.

2. Abner served SAUL WELL, but when Saul and Saul's sons were dead, ABNER

UNDERMINDED DAVID'S AUTHORITY... plot and manipulative styles...

3. ABNER COULD NOT STOP DAVID'S CORNATION OF JUDAH...

But Abner headed the HOSTILE MOVE to ONLY ALLOW DAVID ONE TRIBE TO RULE.

4. ABNER CLAIMED HIS ACTIONS WAS FOR THE HOUSE OF SAUL...

for his nephew ISH-BOSHETH TO BE THE KING...

5. UNCLE ABNER had some SHADEY STUFF GOING ON:

ABNER HAD PLANS OF HIS OWN, HE TOOK RIZPAH SAUL'S CONCUBINE TO

BE HIS WIFE... THIS WOULD UNDERMINE HIS OWN NEPHEW...

LATER UNCLE ABNER COULD CLAIM THE THRONE AS HIS OWN...

6. We later meet RIZPAH AS SHE SETS 5 months to GUARD OF HER DEAD SONS.

II. SAMUEL ANOINTED DAVID AS KING, AND FINALLY AFTER YEARS OF RUNNING