Bible Study-2 Sa.19 “A Burden”

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vv.1-6

Joab was incensed that King David was undermining the morale of his army and that of the people by his unashamed display of sorrow for his slain son. He faulted him,”For this day I perceive, that if Absalom had lived, and all we had died this day, then it had pleased thee well(v.6)”. King David knew fully well that it all had to do with his transgression against God. On one hand his soul was composed that God had forgiven his sin and created a new heart. But consequences of his foolishness had caught his son in its coils and he did not have the strength to overcome them as he had. Joab did not any appreciation for the things of the Spirit. So his reproach was all the more harsh as indictment on him. Psalm 57 gives us an insight into it.

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BibleStudy-2 Sa.18 “Numbers”

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“David was thirty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned forty years./ In Hebron he reigned over Judah seven years and six months: and in Jerusalem he reigned thirty and three years over all Israel and Judah(Sa.5:4-5).”

The Spirit in organizing the Bible has specific task. The third office in Trinity is setting down two narrative strands one from the standpoint of heaven and the other of the earth,- one is of the will of God and the other of earth which was void and without form. Salvation Plan of God is the core Will and substance of the Bible. Consequently numbers with which the Spirit tags hold a different import than we assign to numbers. For instance Creation Account of heaven takes 4 days, duration of which is 1000 years in the parlance of the Spirit.(2 Pe.3:8). It is somewhat like two hands…

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