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== Anointing by the prophet Samuel == | == Anointing by the prophet Samuel == | ||
When the disobedient King Saul rejected the word of the L<small>ORD</small> and the L<small>ORD</small> rejected him from being king, “for rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry,”<ref>1 Sam. 15:22.</ref> the L<small>ORD</small> directed [[Samuel]] to fill his horn with oil and go to the house of Jesse the Bethlemite | When the disobedient King Saul rejected the word of the L<small>ORD</small> and the L<small>ORD</small> rejected him from being king, “for rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry,”<ref>1 Sam. 15:22.</ref> the L<small>ORD</small> directed [[Samuel]] to fill his horn with oil and go to the house of Jesse the Bethlemite, for among his sons he would find the next king. | ||
After Samuel called Jesse’s family to sacrifice, the prophet looked at one of his sons, Eliab, thinking this was surely the L<small>ORD</small>’s anointed.<ref>I Sam. 16:1, 5, 6.</ref> “But the L<small>ORD</small> said unto Samuel, Look not on his countenance or on the height of his stature, because I have refused him. For the L<small>ORD</small> seeth not as man seeth; for man looketh on the outward appearance, but the L<small>ORD</small> looketh on the heart.”<ref>1 Sam. 16:7, 10.</ref> Not until Jesse’s youngest son, David, stood before Samuel, did the L<small>ORD</small> tell him, “Arise, anoint him: for this is he.” When Samuel anointed David, “the spirit of the L<small>ORD</small> came upon David from that day forward.”<ref>1 Sam. 16:12, 13.</ref> | After Samuel called Jesse’s family to sacrifice, the prophet looked at one of his sons, Eliab, thinking this was surely the L<small>ORD</small>’s anointed.<ref>I Sam. 16:1, 5, 6.</ref> “But the L<small>ORD</small> said unto Samuel, Look not on his countenance or on the height of his stature, because I have refused him. For the L<small>ORD</small> seeth not as man seeth; for man looketh on the outward appearance, but the L<small>ORD</small> looketh on the heart.”<ref>1 Sam. 16:7, 10.</ref> Not until Jesse’s youngest son, David, stood before Samuel, did the L<small>ORD</small> tell him, “Arise, anoint him: for this is he.” When Samuel anointed David, “the spirit of the L<small>ORD</small> came upon David from that day forward.”<ref>1 Sam. 16:12, 13.</ref> | ||
== The slaying of Goliath == | |||
[[File:Caravaggio - David with the Head of Goliath - Vienna.jpg|thumb|''David with the Head of Goliath'', Caravaggio]] | [[File:Caravaggio - David with the Head of Goliath - Vienna.jpg|thumb|''David with the Head of Goliath'', Caravaggio]] | ||
I Samuel 17 records how, as a young shepherd boy, he single-handedly slew the Philistine giant Goliath. Prior to this encounter, David had killed a lion and a bear that had taken a lamb out of his father’s flock. He slew both animals with his fist, by the force of the Kundalini. When he went to battle the giant Philistine, David was offered King Saul’s armor: a brass helmet, a coat of mail, and a sword. But David rejected the armor because he was not skilled in its use. He chose instead five smooth stones and his sling. | |||
In the Biblical account of David and Goliath, Goliath represents David’s [[dweller-on-the-threshold]]. Before David could be crowned king of Israel, the Great Law required that he slay Goliath, the champion of the Philistines. This was a spiritual initiation. God initiated the soul of David that he might prove himself before Goliath and the Philistines and before King Saul and his people.<ref>I Sam. 17:1-37.</ref> | |||
So David, the naked soul, took his staff in hand and chose five smooth stones (symbolic of the five secret rays?) out of the brook and put them in a shepherd’s bag. With his sling in hand, he drew near to Goliath. And Goliath mocked him and “cursed him by his gods,” for David was “but a youth and ruddy and of a fair countenance.”<ref>1 Sam. 17:38–44.</ref> | So David, the naked soul, took his staff in hand and chose five smooth stones (symbolic of the five secret rays?) out of the brook and put them in a shepherd’s bag. With his sling in hand, he drew near to Goliath. And Goliath mocked him and “cursed him by his gods,” for David was “but a youth and ruddy and of a fair countenance.”<ref>1 Sam. 17:38–44.</ref> | ||
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== King of Israel == | == King of Israel == | ||
After this victory, David faithfully served King Saul. He went to battle for him. But Saul became jealous of David’s prowess in battle and his popularity with the people. So Saul tried to kill David a number of times, and David had to hide from Saul. | |||
After the death of Samuel, when Israel was gathered for battle against the Philistines, Saul sought out “a woman that hath a familiar spirit at Endor,” and told her to call up Samuel. | |||
<blockquote>And Samuel said to Saul, Why hast thou disquieted me, to bring me up? And Saul answered, I am sore distressed; for the Philistines make war against me, and God is departed from me, and answereth me no more, neither by prophets, nor by dreams: therefore I have called thee, that thou mayest make known unto me what I shall do.</blockquote> | |||
And Samuel delivered unto him a dire prophecy, ending with the words, | |||
<blockquote>Moreover the LORD will also deliver Israel with thee into the hand of the Philistines: and tomorrow shalt thou and thy sons be with me.</blockquote> | |||
The next day Saul fell upon his sword in battle, taking his own life, and the Philistines slew three of his sons and all his men. | |||
When Saul died, David became king of Israel after a short period during which one of Saul’s son ruled over the northern tribes. He reunited the [[twelve tribes]] as one nation and greatly extending its borders. He established Jerusalem as the capital and there enshrined the [[ark of the covenant]]. | |||
God prophesied through through Nathan, “He shall build me an house, and I will stablish his throne for ever.”<ref>1 Chron. 17:12.</ref> The throne that God committed to establish unto David through Solomon, his son, is the throne of the mighty [[threefold flame]]. It is the throne of the [[Christ Self]] of all who are of the seed of David. | God prophesied through through Nathan, “He shall build me an house, and I will stablish his throne for ever.”<ref>1 Chron. 17:12.</ref> The throne that God committed to establish unto David through Solomon, his son, is the throne of the mighty [[threefold flame]]. It is the throne of the [[Christ Self]] of all who are of the seed of David. | ||
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Although it was lawful for the king to have any wife, it was unlawful in the sight of God that he separated the [[twin flame]]s of Uriah the Hittite and Bathsheba. David fell in love with Bathsheba, the wife of Uriah the Hittite, and she conceived a child by him. David called Uriah home from battle so that it would not look as though she had conceived a child by David. But Uriah was so devoted to his king and to the victory of the battle that he would not even go near Bathsheba when he returned home. As a result of this, David sent him to the forefront of the battle where he knew he would be killed, and he took Bathsheba as his wife. | Although it was lawful for the king to have any wife, it was unlawful in the sight of God that he separated the [[twin flame]]s of Uriah the Hittite and Bathsheba. David fell in love with Bathsheba, the wife of Uriah the Hittite, and she conceived a child by him. David called Uriah home from battle so that it would not look as though she had conceived a child by David. But Uriah was so devoted to his king and to the victory of the battle that he would not even go near Bathsheba when he returned home. As a result of this, David sent him to the forefront of the battle where he knew he would be killed, and he took Bathsheba as his wife. | ||
The L<small>ORD</small> sent the prophet Nathan to tell David that because he had slain Uriah and married his wife, he would be punished. The L<small>ORD</small> told David through Nathan that the sword would never be far from his house and that God would give his wives to his neighbor. He said that God forgave David and would not take his life, but the price of his sin would be the life of the child born to Bathsheba | The L<small>ORD</small> sent the prophet Nathan to tell David that because he had slain Uriah and married his wife, he would be punished. The L<small>ORD</small> told David through Nathan that the sword would never be far from his house and that God would give his wives to his neighbor. He said that God forgave David and would not take his life, but the price of his sin would be the life of the child born to Bathsheba. Although David fasted and entreated God to spare the child, the child became sick and died. Their next son, Solomon, became the king who followed in the footsteps of his father. | ||
David had taken another’s life so the life of his child would be taken. And yet we know that God loved David. David had to learn this lesson, and had he not paid the price, he would have had to pay it in a future life. That is the old dispensation of the New Testament, but it is still with us today. | David had taken another’s life so the life of his child would be taken. And yet we know that God loved David. David had to learn this lesson, and had he not paid the price, he would have had to pay it in a future life. That is the old dispensation of the New Testament, but it is still with us today. | ||
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Elizabeth Clare Prophet, March 8, 1981. | Elizabeth Clare Prophet, March 8, 1981. | ||
Elizabeth Clare Prophet, November 12, 1982. | |||
Elizabeth Clare Prophet, October 11, 1991. | Elizabeth Clare Prophet, October 11, 1991. | ||
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