 I think this is the absolute best place to be on a Saturday morning. You could be watching college football, which I probably will after I'm through, but what you ought to be taking care of, what you ought to be paying attention to is God's word. I think this is a wonderful place to be. Why? Because the best audience in all of YouTube is here, that is you guys, as well as the best moderators in all of YouTube them. So I want to go ahead and jump into it. We are in where things are starting to kind of unfold. Remember though, remember, let's go ahead and put it back on the screen if I can find my cursor. Let's put it back on the screen. We are running through this timeline of the Bible. We're seeing how God is unfolding things right before our eyes. And I want to remind you guys of something, with God, time is not the same with us as it is with him. It's just not the same. Meaning, what happens now that was prophesied by God? It was literally, well, I shouldn't say literally, but to him, two minutes ago, five minutes ago, an hour ago, in terms of how time relates to God, it may have been a thousand years, two thousand, four thousand years, actually with us. But remember, time is not a big issue with God. That's something that we deal with. We have a limited or a finite amount of time that we are going to be here on this planet, but not God. And so when God makes a statement about what he is going to do, guess what God is going to do? The thing that he made a statement about. God is not a man that he should lie, that he should change his mind. God says what he means and means what he says. So we're going to look at that, start to unfold. We've seen the abuses that Israel has hurled at God intentionally, unintentionally. And so we're going to see how God is going to unfold his plan. Remember, God is trying to save mankind. God's whole purpose is to reconcile mankind to himself, even though mankind is not deserving. And he is showing how undeserving mankind is by putting Israel on full display. Now, it's not just Israel that is unworthy and undeserving of salvation. It's all of us. It's just that we're seeing this played out with Israel. But if there were someone to give us a history of all the Gentile nations prior to the cross, it would be the same thing. As a matter of fact, probably worse, probably worse. And even before there was Israel, before there were Jews, even in the most pristine setting, in the most ideal setting, in the most picturesque and godly setting ever, that man has ever set foot on, that's the garden, what did man do? Man steal, succumb, man steal, fail. But God is a loving God. And he shows his love in that he is going to save mankind. All of mankind? No. But it's God prerogative as to how and to who, and we're going to see that begin to unfold as we see God getting ready to prepare us for a king. Now, Israel already has a king that is Saul. And so let's pick up in 1 Samuel 13. Let's go there. Saul, who was chosen by God. Interesting decision on God's part. Would you all not agree? God, why would you choose Saul? What we're going to find out about Saul is Saul tends to be, not tends to be, Saul mimics a lot of the modern day false teachers, false preachers, and so forth. How is that? Well, Saul is, there's three traits of his that I would also ascribe to a lot of the people today. Saul is insecure. And I mean extremely insecure. Saul is impatient. And I mean extremely, when I say impatient, I mean impatient to the 10th degree. And Saul is ignorant. Saul does some foolish things. As a matter of fact, the Bible even tells him how he acts foolish. As a matter of fact, we're going to see his son says so himself, his own son. And for that reason, God has chosen this man to be what Israel is looking for. And truth be told, if you were, if you were to ask God to choose someone else, he could have done any better. There's no one else that would have done anything differently overall than Saul. At some way, shape or fashion, maybe not the exact same way, but at some way, shape or fashion, that man who the people wanted would have let everyone down. So it's not just Saul. If he would have chose you or I absent the Holy Spirit, we'd probably do the same thing, maybe even worse. But he is going to, we know the story, he's going to choose someone else. Even though, and I said before that we have to earn something, we haven't gotten there yet. We can only use the text that we've covered thus far. We're going to look forward in just a little bit, because I think it's important to remember what we've seen. So in order to kind of keep things in context of what we read, what we're seeing God do, I want to jump forward in just a little bit to show you to kind of make it all make sense, so to speak. And so going back to 1 Samuel 13, Saul was 30 years old when he began to reign. And that's important, because Jews would not choose men under 30 to do anything for the most part, if they could help it, because that was kind of the age of maturity, so to speak. There were some that might have taken the reigns and leadership a little earlier, but you are considered to be at a certain age, for example, the priest had to be 30 and above. So he chooses or Saul starts his reign at 30 and he reigned for 42 years, which is interesting. For 42 years, Saul is going to reign over Israel. A lot of successes and a lot of failures. Now, Saul chose for himself 3,000 men of Israel, of which 2,000 were with Saul in Micbash and in the Hill Country of Bethel. Now remember when Samuel, I'm sorry, Saul, when Samuel is told or telling the people what's going to happen when they choose a king, let them know that that king is going to do what Saul is doing, choosing men. And so he chooses these men while 1,000 were with Jonathan at Gibeah of Benjamin, but he sent away the rest of the people each to his tent. Jonathan, that's his son, smoked the garrison of the Philistines that was in Gibeah and the Philistines heard of it. Now then Saul blew the trumpet throughout the land saying, let the Hebrews hear. All Israel heard the news that Saul had smitten the garrison of the Philistines and that also that Israel had become odious to the Philistines. The people were then summoned to Saul at Gilgoth. Now remember, these people could have been done away with, but recall when they came to the land, they did not remove the inhabitants of the land like they were supposed to. And that's going to show his head up again now. It's already rearing its ugly head because they are having to deal with these people that never should have been left there in the first place. Sometimes you see something and there's something about what you see that you should get rid of that you like and that was the case with Israel. Get rid of them, but for whatever reason Israel did not get rid of them. Well, okay. Verse five, now the Philistines assembled to fight with Israel, 30,000 chariots and 6,000 horsemen and people like the sand, which is on the seashore in abundance. And they came up and camped in McMash east of Bethaven. When the men of Israel saw that they were in straight for the people were hard pressed, then the people hid themselves in caves and thickets and cliffs and cellars and in pits and all also some of the Hebrews crossed into the George into the land of Gad in Gilead. But as for Saul, he was still in Gilgal and all the people follow him. Now, for whatever reason, yes, the Philistines were a more powerful nation in terms of military might, but in terms of fighting the Jews. No, why? Because not that the Jews were so impressive in their in their battle array and so forth that they have the best instruments. As a matter of fact, we're going to see they didn't have the best fighting tools. They were dependent upon the Philistines for their metal being taken care of or their iron being taken care of. But what the Jews had that the Philistines did not have and even the Philistines knew was God. Just like today, we can have God and still feel like we don't have what the world has. How sad is that? How pitiful are we for having that sort of mentality that we need what the world has? We lack what the world has, though the world doesn't have what we have, which is God. Again, it's almost like history is repeating itself even amongst believers, even unless it's not just professed believers, but it's actual true to God Christians, those who are truly Christians. Sometimes we feel the same way, but verse eight, now he waited seven days according to the point of time set by Samuel, but Samuel did not come. Here comes his impatient. The impatient part of Saul is going to show itself, but Samuel did not come to Gilgau and the people were scattering from him. You look at things and you think, wow, it's not going the way I like it. We got problems. What am I going to do? What am I going to do? I'm so frantic. Well, again, because you're insecure and you're impatient, by the way, being impatient and being insecure, it's a deadly combination. I said before, all of us, to some degree, have some insecurities. All of us do. You might have a part of your body you don't want to show. I don't like the way my legs look and so I'll wear pants. I'm insecure about that. I'm insecure about my background. I'm insecure about my family. I'm insecure about a lot of different things. We all have insecurities. I get that, but if your trust is in you, then those insecurities are magnified. But if your trust is in God, well, then guess what you don't have to be insecure about and then if you're impatient, because you're insecure and you're impatient, what does it lead you to do or to say ignorant or foolish things? Well, let's just change the word. Let's just, instead of being nice about it, let's just say idiotic things. When you are insecure and impatient, you are going to do idiotic things. Case in point exhibit A, Saul. So he waited seven days according to the appointed time set by Samuel, but Samuel did not come to Gilgal and the people were scattering from him. So Saul was getting worried. So Saul said, bring me the burnt offering and the peace offerings and he offered the burnt offerings. As soon as he finished offering the burnt offering, behold, Samuel shows up. So Samuel's not late. You just got impatient. Samuel is going to be precisely where he needed to be at the right time, but you doubt it. And Saul went out to meet him and greet him. But Samuel said, what have you done? And Saul said, because I saw that people were scattering from me and that you did not come within the appointed days and that the Philistines were assembling at McMash, therefore I said now the Philistines will come down against me at Gilgal and I have not asked the favor of the Lord. It's not your place to Saul. So I forced myself and offered the burnt offering. Samuel said to Saul, I forced myself. I didn't really want to, but you know what? Somebody had to do something and Samuel, you weren't here. So I had to, you know, listen, you weren't here. So man's got to do what a man's got to do, right? Wrong. Samuel said to Saul, you have acted foolishly. You have acted idiotically. You have acted unbecoming. Why? Well, because that's not your job. It is not your job to do that. You are not a priest and now you're doing the things that a priest is supposed to do. Saul, Saul, Saul, we have a problem. Thank you so much for the soup. I appreciate that. And more importantly, the kind words. Thank you. But Saul, we have a problem. Look what he says. You have not kept the commandment of the Lord your God, which he commanded you for now. Look what he says. The Lord would have established you or established your kingdom over Israel forever. How do we take that? When Saul, when Samuel tells Saul that the Lord would have, would have established your kingdom forever, do we think that that's the case? Do we, do we believe that if Saul would have acted appropriately, he would have established his kingdom forever? Is that a lie? Now remember, Saul is a Benjamin. He's of the tribe of Benjamin, not of Judah. So would God have, if he would have done correctly, not sinned, would God have established his kingdom forever? Is that a lie? Is, is Samuel lying on God? Or is that true? Is it true that God said that and is it true that Samuel said it and it's true that it would have happened? Well, the fact of the matter is, it is true. However, when God says, when Samuel says, if you would have done these things, knowing full well, he would not have done those things. So it is true, because again, and now, I don't want anyone to confuse me with what I'm about to say because someone asked this question when I said it before. I am not a Molanist, although, and I think everyone would agree to this, to this, to this particular point, that God knows what will happen, what won't happen, and even what could happen. He knows what would happen if you do this. If you would have turned right, he knows what would have happened had you turned right. He knows what would have happened had you turned left. Now, that is a part of what Molans believe, but I think everyone believes that as well. God knows, oh, it's not that, hmm, if he would have turned right, God would have, I don't know what would I do. That's not God. God knows exactly what would happen one way or the other, up, down, inside and out. He knows everything. So he makes a statement, if you would have done so, I would have established your kingdom forever. What does that tell us about God, though? God knows exactly what's going to happen, and guess what God is doing? Can we just be clear about this, guys? God doesn't just know what's going to happen. God is working. Many things happen now. Do I take the point or the stance that God is determining everything to happen, every single little thing to happen? God is determining that I am going to wear this white shirt or this red shirt that I'm going to drink. I'm going to put this much coffee in my cup that no, but in the things that lead to, because I think there's some things that don't necessarily lead to his purpose one way or the other. But in terms of what does, God is going to make sure that his words are fulfilled. God is going to make sure that the plan that he enacts is going to be fulfilled. Why do I say that? Because, wait a minute, Corey, what about free will? We're not going to make that big argument today, but we can all agree on this. We can all agree on this one thing in regards to free will, that God has free will. What is rule number one and put on the screen above all else? God is sovereign. It's not to say that above all else. It's not to say, let me say it again, guys, it's not to say that you are sovereign. You have never met face to face or been involved with anything or anyone that is sovereign other than God. God works all things according to his counsel because he did not tell you what his counsel is. It doesn't mean that he didn't have a plan that he's doing. It doesn't mean that he arbitrarily does things. No, God knows what he's doing. Here's the truth. If he told you everything, you couldn't handle it anyway. How do I know? Because a person by the name of Jesus tells us that I've told you earthly things and you don't understand. How then can I tell you heavenly things? What's the heavenly thing? God's counsel. You couldn't begin to handle it. You can't even handle your own thoughts. You think this today and then five minutes later, you see someone else wearing something different. You know, I want that. I want to get that car, but you know, I like that car. That's just how we are. We are fickle. We are flimsy. We are fragile. We are frail. We are fallen. That's who we are. And so because of that, we need a God that's going to reign over us and move things. All things work together. He causes all things or works with all things for our goodness, not us. So yeah, we've got some will. We've got some volition, but more than anyone else, so too has God. So God has, he is, he is the one that is establishing his plan and it will work out perfectly. And so he says, but now verse 14, your kingdom shall not endure. Well, how long will his kingdom last? 42 years, but he means not forever. So for 42 years, Saul is going to reign. Again, time is not a big issue with God. Time is not the greatest thing that God is concerned with, but his purpose, his will being enacted is the most important thing. Beyond the wall, thank you for the soup chat. I appreciate that. Verse, continuing verse 14, the Lord now look what it says, the Lord has sought out for himself a man after his own heart and the Lord has appointed him as ruler over his people because you have not kept what the Lord commanded. Now, a couple of things in what he's saying, when, and we know he's talking about, he is not saying that this person that he's going to choose has the same heart of God. There's nobody that has that. So when the Bible says that David, who we know he's talking about, is a man after God's own heart, it does not mean that David has a heart like God. No, David is just as fallen also and he's going to prove that. But what David is unlike Saul, unlike Saul, David is who God chooses. Saul is who the people choose. So he says that this is a person after God's own heart. And he noticed he says that Saul's kingdom will not endure. Now, 42 years is not what he means. But David's kingdom or David's rule, David's reign shall well, how long? Well, forever. We'll talk about that in just a little bit because this is one of these, these lessons that I think is a really, really good lesson. Matter of fact, some lessons are gooder and I'm using, I'm using bad language to make a good point. Some lessons are gooder than others. Some lessons are more better, gooder than others. But this is one of the most bestest, goodest lessons that we're going to have because we're going to see what God says. He's working those things out and God surely does know the end from the beginning. He knows exactly how it's going to be. And all you got to do is sit and trust. Have you ever had someone say to you, I told you, see, I told you, I told you it's going to happen and you didn't believe and it happened. It's like, oh, okay. Now, the person that told you wasn't God, but when God tells you what's going to happen, it's going to happen. So continuing, because you have not kept what the Lord commanded. And it was simple. Who told you to go make an offering? But again, when you are impatient, tacked on with your insecurities, you become a walking idiot. That's all. And the truth be told, again, that's all of us. All of us have had these episodes where we've done idiotic things. So first Samuel, 1315, then Samuel rose and went from Gilgall to Gibiath of Benjamin, and Saul numbered the people who were present with him about 600 men. Now Saul and his son Jonathan, and the people who were present with him were staying in Gibiath, Elf Benjamin, while the Philistines encampment at McMash. And the writer, I wish they had names like we had here in America, you know, like, like Dallas or Houston or Indianapolis, you know, New York, Chicago, Philadelphia, you know, but names that we're familiar with, McMash. And the Raiders came from the camp of the Philistines in three companies. One company turned towards Oprah, well, we know her. So I, we understand Oprah turned towards Oprah, not Winfrey, but the place to the land of Shual. And another company turned towards Beth Horan and another company turned towards the border, which overlooks the valley of Zeboim toward the wilderness. Now, listen to this part, this is interesting. Now, no blacksmith could be found in all the land of Israel. For the Philistines said, otherwise the Hebrews will make swords or spears. So here we got a nation. I wish our federal, our own government would get this understanding as well. I don't know why we do this in our own country. I'm not to get on a political soapbox, but this nation says that we won't supply this nation with the things that they need. They have to become beholden to us. They have to come to us to get all of their ironworks done. And in time of war, guess what they're not going to get? They're not going to have metal or iron weapons to fight against us. Not going to happen. Anyway, otherwise the Hebrews will make swords and spears. So all Israel went down to each, I mean, to the Philistines, each to sharpen his plowsheers, his mattocks, his axe, and his shoe. We'll do that for you. But as far as weapons, no. The charge was two thirds of a shekel for the plowsheers, the mattocks, the fork, and the axes and the thick and to fix the hose. So we're going to charge you for this as well. So it came about on the day of the battle that neither sword nor spear was found in the hand of any of the people who were with Saul and Jonathan. So we're getting ready to fight. And guess what? We don't have the tools that we need to fight, but we have the tools we need to fight the Jews. I think we're going to win. And was that part of their fear, the Jews possibly? Because remember earlier on when they're talking about fighting Cicera, Cicera had all the iron chariots and the Jews didn't, they had better weaponry. And you know what the Jews never did develop? Better weaponry. Well, why do they not need to? Well, because they have a better God. That's why. So verse, verse 23, and the garrison of the Philistines went out past McMuch chapter 14 verse one. Now the day came that Jonathan, the son of Saul said to the young man who was carrying his armor, come and let us cross over the Philistine garrison that is on the other side. So now Jonathan and his just two guys, Jonathan and his armor bear, they're going to cross over. And what are they going to do? They are going to one spy them out, but then they're going to fight. I want to drop down a little bit. Let's go to verse six. Then Jonathan said to the young man who was carrying his armor, come let us cross over the garrison of these uncircumcised. So Jonathan fully in his mind. And this is what I think that we miss sometimes. Jonathan recognizes who he's fighting. No, it's not so much we're fighting the Philistines, we're fighting these uncircumcised people. It's not so much that when I'm fighting this person, I'm going against someone who is not of God. And that's more important thing. It's either God or not of God. Either God's people or not God's people. Things of the Lord, things that are of this world. And so Jonathan identifies, come on, let's go and fight these uncircumcised people. Perhaps the Lord will work for us. Why? Look what he says. For the Lord is not restrained to save by many or by a few. God can take a million or God can take one to win the war. Matter of fact, he doesn't need any of the people. He just needs to be there. His armor bearer said to him, do all that is in your heart. Turn yourself and here I am with you according to your design. Then Jonathan said, we will cross over to the men and reveal ourselves to them. If they say to us, wait until we come to you, then we will stand in our place and not go up to them. But if they say, come to us, then we'll go up for the Lord has given them into our hands and this shall be the sign of us. When both of the men revealed themselves to the Geras and the Philistines, the Philistines said, behold, Hebrews are coming out of the holes where they have hidden themselves. In other words, man, these Hebrews just pop up out of the hole. By the way, make sure you understand because we have this little battle. This is not the point of the lesson today, but we have this pop up from time to time in our discussions about what a Jew is, what a Hebrew is, what an Israelite is. They're the same. They are the same. Now the term Jews has not really been shown yet, even though it's derived from Judah, but all of all of Israel is going to be synonymous with the Jews or with Judah later on. That's going to happen. But they're called themselves the Hebrews and Israelites for a reason. They're they're one in the same. So I just want to make that make that point known as well. So verse four, verse 12. So the men of the Geras inhaled Jonathan in his armor bear and said, come up to us and we will tell you something. And Jonathan said to his armor bear, come up after me for the Lord has given them into the hands. Jonathan is confident in the Lord. Jonathan has faith in the Lord. Amen. Then Jonathan climbed up on his hands and feet with his armor bear behind him and they fail before Jonathan and his armor bear put some to death after him. The first slaughter with which Jonathan is armor bear made was about 20 men with about half a furlough in acre of land. And there was a trembling in the camp. So everyone heard this and they were afraid. They were afraid because what these two men did 23 Philistines killed by these men, even the garrison and the and the raiders trembled and the earthquake so that it came so it became a great trembling. Now this is where Saul does some idiotic things. He's an insecure person. He's an impatient person and he is ignorant, which makes him idiotic. Now Saul's watchman in Givia of Benjamin looked and behold the multitude knelted away and they went here and there. Saul said to the people who were with him, number now and see who has gone from us and when they had numbered, behold Jonathan and his armor bear were not there. And when they had numbered, behold, I'm sorry, then Saul said to Aija, bring the Ark of God here for the Ark of God was at that time with the sons of Israel. While Saul talked to the priest, the commotion in the camp of the Philistines continues to increase. So Saul said to the priest, withdraw your hand. Then Saul and all the people who were with him rallied and came to the battle and behold every man's sword was against his fellow. So he shows up and there's this confusion with the with the Philistines and they're killing themselves and they help it to where the battle is won for or on behalf of Israel. Now the Philistines, now the Hebrews who were with the Philistines previously who went up with them all around the camp, even they also turned to be with the Israelites who were with Saul and Jonathan. With all the men of Israel who had hidden themselves in the hill country of Ephraim, heard that the Philistines had fled, even they also pursued them closely in the battle. So the Lord delivered Israel that day and the battle spread beyond Beth-Abraham. Now, Saul is getting ready to do something absolutely foolish. Now when the men of Israel were hard pressed on the day and remember they just got through fighting. They were in a battle. So what do you want to do after you've done something where you've exerted a lot of energy and so forth? You want to refresh yourself. You want to eat. Not if you're being led by Saul. For Saul had put the people under an oath saying, Cursed be the man who eats food before evening and until I have avenged myself on my enemies. So none of the people takes his food. Well, this fast that Saul calls for, God didn't. Samuel didn't tell them to do that, but Saul does things hastily. So none of the people takes his food. All the people of the land entered the forest and they, and there was honey on the ground. When the people entered the forest, behold, there was a flow of honey, but no man had put his hand to his mouth for the people feared the oath. But Jonathan had, and by the way, the Bible doesn't say, but to come and see honey just flowing, honey doesn't flow like that. So to come and see honey flowing, do you think maybe possibly God may have granted that there? I mean, he's after all the one that's delivering you. And so your people are hungry. You didn't bring, you didn't bring, no one brought the fried chicken. No one brought the roast beef. No one, no. So maybe God has done this to feed you. But he says, Saul says, no, we're not eating. But Jonathan had not heard when his father put under the oath people on the earth. Therefore, he put out his end of the staff that was in his hand and dipped it in the honey and put his hand to his mouth and his eyes brightened. That must have been some good honey, because his eyes just twinkled, just gleaned. Then one of the people said, you're a father, strictly put the people under oath saying, curse be the man who eats food today. And the people were weary. So he's not helping his people. But then look what Jonathan says between them. My father has troubled the land. See now how my eyes have brightened because I tasted a little of this honey. How much more if only the people had eaten freely today of the spoil of their enemies, which they found for now, the slaughter among the Philistines has not been great. So the slaughter of the Philistines was not thorough, wasn't complete. As he says, not great. Why? If you would have let your people eat, they could have had more energy and been more refreshed. He says, just a little bit of this honey has refreshed me. Look, I'm out, look at my eyes. What he said, how much more so would have benefited the other people? C.G. says, organic honey. Verse 31, they struck among the Philistines that day, McMash to Ajalan. And the people were very weary. The people, look what he says, because they were so hungry and so weary. Look what happens, guys. They slew them on the ground and the people ate them with the blood. So they took the sheep, the oxen, the spoils. They killed them on the ground and began eating them raw with the blood in them. We know that is a sin. You shall not, according to Genesis and as well, even into Leviticus, you should not eat anything with blood in it. Why? Because the life of the flesh is the blood. The blood matters even more so, especially when it comes to atonement. Do not eat anything with the blood. The people were so hungry. They wanted their food. Normally they like it well done. They're eating it rare today because they were so hungry. Why are they so hungry? Because their leader said, you can't eat. We're hungry. We're starving. How hungry must you be to eat it raw? But that's what's happening. Then they said to Saul saying, behold, the people are sinning against the Lord by eating with the blood. And he said, you have acted treacherously, roll a great stone in me. So now it's easy for him to see when they do wrong and they did do wrong, but not for himself unless it's told to him, which he's told over and over again when he does wrong. Saul said, disperse yourselves among the people and say to them, each one of you, bring me his ox or his sheep and slaughter it here and eat and do not sin against the Lord by eating with the blood. You could have avoided this, Saul, by doing this at the very beginning. We could have eaten them. So all the people that night brought each one of his ox and with him slaughtered it and Saul built an altar to the Lord. It was the first altar that Saul built to the Lord. Verse 36 and Saul said, let us go down to the Philistines by night and take the spoils among them until morning, until morning light and let us not leave a man of them. And they said, do whatever seems good to you. So the priest said, let us draw near to God here. Saul inquired of God. Shall I go down after the Philistines? Would you give them into the hand of the Israel? But he did not answer on the day. So he inquires of the Lord and the Lord is silent. The Lord, I'm not talking to you. The Lord didn't say anything to Saul. Saul said, draw near here all you chiefs of the people. Verse 38 and investigate and see how this sin has happened. Yeah, this didn't happen today. For as the Lord lives who delivers Israel, though it is in Jonathan, my son, he shall surely die, but not one of the all the people answered him. Then he said to all Israel, you shall be on one side and I on Jonathan and my son will be on the other side. And the people said to Saul, do what seems good to you. Therefore, Saul said to the Lord, the God of Israel give a perfect light. So they're going to cast lots to find out who did wrong. And it will be revealed that it was Jonathan that ate. Again, he didn't hear. And so I'm going to find out that it was Jonathan. Verse 43. Then Saul said to Jonathan, tell me what you have done. So Jonathan said, said to him, I indeed tasted a little bit of honey. And with the end of the staff in my hand, here I am, I must die. Saul said, may God do this to me and more also for you shall surely die. So Saul makes an oath. You shall surely die. He says, may God do this to me and more also. Okay. May God kill me also. If I don't kill you, you shall surely die. Okay. Not now though, but you will die, Saul. But the people said to Saul, must Jonathan die? Who has brought this great deliverance in Israel? Far from it. As the Lord lives, not one hair of his head shall fall to the ground for he has worked with God this day. He said, no, you're not. Listen, somebody can die, but it won't be Jonathan. The people rose up. No, no, he's not going to die. Sorry, sorry. And so what does Saul do? He relinquished. So the people rescued Jonathan. I'm sorry. Yeah. So the people rescued Jonathan and he did not die. Then Saul went up from pursuing the Philistines and the Philistines went on their way. So they even stopped after that, stopped pursuing the Philistines, which is what they tended to do. They don't tend to carry things out fully. So verse 47, and we're getting close to where, because this is the introduction guys, this is the introduction. We're getting ready to get to the real gooderest part of this. Now, Saul, when he had taken the king over Israel, he fought against it against all of his enemies on every side against Moab, and some of Ammon, Edom, the kings of Zobah, and the Philistines, and wherever he turned, he inflicted punishment. He acted valiantly and defeated the Malachite and delivered Israel from the hands of those who plundered him. Okay, now this part is very interesting. He is going to go up against the Malachites. This part is going to show up in just a little bit. You don't like me using gooderest. Gooderest is a wonderful term. It makes you, it makes you focus on how, how good is this going to be? I promise you, and I don't like to make these promises, but I promise you, you should, if I were Pentecostal, I would, I would promise that you would probably speak in tongues a little bit. I think this is going to be wonderful, what you're going to see. I think you're going to see God in a mighty, wonderful way in just a little bit. That's my promise. That's my hope. I should say, I can't promise that. I can't promise that. Memories of a spirit filled life. First of all, that's a nice name to have. Thank you for the Super Sticker. I appreciate that. Now, let's continue. Now, the sons of Saul were Jonathan and Ishvi, and Malki, Malki Shuah, long name. Try naming your kid that. And the names of his two daughters were these. The names of the first one were Mirab and the younger son was Michael. He is going to marry her off to David. Soon enough. Now, let's drop down. We see some names that we're going to see a little bit later. We won't worry about them at this moment. Now, the war against the Philistines was severe all the days of Saul. And when Saul saw any mighty man or valiant man, he attached him to his staff because isn't that what Saul, I mean, Samuel said was going to happen when this, when this king chooses you. I mean, when you choose a king, he is going to take the most mighty men, the most valiant men and add them to his armies, which is what he is doing. Now, let's go to chapter 15 verse one. Then Samuel said to Saul, the Lord has sent me. Now, listen to this part because I don't want you to be confused about what he's doing here. He's already told him that he is going to take the kingdom out of your hand. But something strange happens. Samuel shows up to anoint him. Then Samuel said to Saul, the Lord sent me to anoint you as king over his people over Israel. Now therefore, listen to the words of the Lord. What do you mean? How are you? Wait a second, because now I can imagine. I can imagine Saul being a little bit confused. You just told me that he's going to take the kingdom out of my hand. You know, I'm already insecure and impatient as it is, and you're going to tell me this. Now you're coming back and telling me that the Lord sent you to anoint me over Israel. But here's the reason why. Verse two, thus the Lord of hosts, thus says the Lord of hosts, I will punish Amalek for what he did to Israel, how he set himself against him on the way while he was coming up from Egypt. Now go and strike Amalek and utterly destroy all that he has and do not spare him, but put to death both man and woman, child and infant, ox and sheep, camel and donkey. This is important, guys. This is the beginning point of our super ultra most gutterous understanding of the word. You're going to see God's word show out and be fulfilled. How do I know? Well, look what he's anointing Saul to do. He says that thus says the Lord of hosts, I will punish Amalek for what he did. Well, what did he do? Why is he punishing him? Well, let's go back in time and look. Remember, what God says to him, it might as well be five minutes ago, an hour ago. Now for the people, for us, it might be months, it might be years, it might be centuries. This took place in Egypt. Let's go back to the promise that God makes. He says this is in Exodus, Exodus 7. We're going way back now. Exodus, matter of fact, let's put it back on the screen. Let's see how much time has passed. Let's put the timeline on. Exodus is about 1,525 BC. Here we are about 500 years later. So about 500 years later, now what God has prophesied is coming true. And so let's go to Exodus 17 verse, I don't remember the wrong verse, verse eight. Then Amalek came and fought against Israel at Raphadim. So Moses, remember Moses, said to Joshua, choose men for us and go out, fight against Amalek. Tomorrow I will station myself on top of the hill with the staff of God in my hand. Joshua did as Moses told him and fought against Amalek. And Moses and Aaron and her went up on the top of the hill. And so it came about when Moses, I remember the whole story, when Moses holding his hand up, as long as his arm was raised, they would win. Good, verse 12. But Moses's hands were heavy. Then they took a stone and put it under him. And he sat on it and Aaron and her supported his hands on one side and one on the other. Thus his hands were steady until the sunset. So Joshua overwhelmed Amalek and his people with the edge of the sword. Then the Lord said to Moses, write this in a book as a memorial and recite it to Joshua. Look what he says, that I will utterly blot out the memory of Amalek from under the heaven. Moses built an altar. So now this is what that is. This is why he comes anointing. God does not forget his promises. If God says it's going to happen, guess what, ladies and gentlemen, it's going to happen. What's going to happen? What God said is going to happen. And so here we have this happening and he is going to strike Amalek. Now notice what he says about Amalek. He says, go up, verse 3, back to his first sentence 13. He says, go up and strike him and utterly destroy all that he has. Go and strike all that he has and do not spare him but put to death. Look what he says, both man and woman, child, infant, ox, sheep, camel, donkey, everything. Now there was a time in the past where God made a similar statement. Go and destroy everything. Don't even take up the spoils. And one guy, one guy named Akin decides to go and take the spoils. And so what does God do? He removes his hand and so they go and fight a little small group, I or AI as some may call them, and they get defeated. Why? Because someone decided to get green. So this is not the first time that God has told them to utterly destroy them and don't take anything. Don't take anything back. Don't see the donkeys and the camels and the sheep and so forth. Don't think you know what we could use those. Don't do that. So he says, utterly destroy them all. Yes, even the child and the infant. Yes, even the little babies. Sounds bad. Sounds harsh, but he's got all of those belong to him. We'll address that point maybe later. Chapter 15, 4. So now, by the way, it should be pretty straightforward. Utterly destroy all of them. And this is to fulfill what God wanted done, his promise from Exodus 17. Chapter 15, verse 4. Then, you know, let's stop there for a second. Let's stop this for a second. I'll go ahead and address it. I'll address it briefly. I'll address it briefly. When God determines to destroy everyone, including the children, that's for either one of two reasons. Either one of two reasons. There's only two reasons possible. One, the children would grow up and be evil in God's sight anyway. And so for him, where a person is 22, 102, doesn't matter. If you are not his and he knows what ultimately you will become, then fine. That's not an issue with him. It is with us. I get it. I get it. We are sentimental. Anytime someone says anything remotely warm and fuzzy and so forth, we think it's awesome. We think it's the greatest thing that we've ever heard in the world because someone says something with a smile, but not with God. Or it could also be, it could also be that God has determined that those babies, the way they keep him from falling into the lifestyle that their parents would live, is to save them now and then sovereignly placed them with him in heaven. Either one of those are possible. We don't know for sure, but those are the only two possibilities. The only two. Amen. So we'll probably come back to that a little bit later. But are you guys making fun of my, my, my grammatical licenses? Anyway, verse four, then saw summon people and number them in Tulane, 200,000 foot soldiers and 10,000 men of Judah. Saul came to the city of Amalek and set an ambush in the valley. Saul said to the Kenites, go depart and go down from the mouth, from, from among the Malachites, so that I do not destroy you with them. Now remember, the Kenites are staying with them. They want to destroy them. That's not our enemy. Verse six. So Saul said to the Kenites, go and depart from us. I'm sorry, let's drop down the verse. So that I, so I did not destroy you from you with them for you showed kindness to all the sons of Israel when they came up from Egypt. Remember that? And remember who is part of that family of Kenites. There's a guy who was part of the spies who came out from the Kenites. Do you remember that guy? Does anybody remember the guy that came out that, that's, that's part of the Kenites? Part of the two spies that came back with a favorable view? Y'all remember the guy? His name literally means dog. Yeah, Caleb. So remember, God is who he is, even showing favor. You know what? Because of what you all did and because of Caleb and so forth. So here it is. Because of that, depart so that you all aren't killed as well. And remember, God didn't tell him to kill the Kenites, just all of Amalek. So Saul defeated the Malachites from Havelah as you go to sure, which is east of Egypt. He captured, now here's important guys, he captured Agag, the king of the Malachites alive and utterly destroyed all the people with the edge of the sword. But can anyone just say but? Yeah, Caleb means the name Hebrew means dog. But, but, but Saul and the people spared Agag. Okay. I just told you what to do and what not to do. You spared Agag and the best of his sheep, the oxen, the fatlings, the lambs. What are fatlings? Some smothered fatlings in rice. The lambs and all that was good and were not willing to destroy them utterly, but everything despised and worthless that they utterly destroyed. So whatever they thought was not a value and the people that were not a value, they destroyed those. But whatever they thought they had some value, they did not destroy it. This is going to be a problem, but not just for them. There are consequences to what you do and not just to you only, but what about your descendants? We're going to deal with that in just a second. Samuel shows up. Then the word of the Lord came to Samuel saying, I regret that I have made Saul king. I regret that I have made Saul king. I regret that I made Saul king. This word Nakham means to regret and it whatever it really means. I'm just sorry. I did so, but I'm still sorry. The same word is used when God talks about with mankind. He didn't regret making mankind, creating mankind, but the fact that he is sorry for what they're doing. And that's all God is saying. He's not or some verse may even say, I repent. He repented that he made. He didn't repent, but he's just, he knows what he's doing and it still bothers him nonetheless. So he says, I regret that I have made Saul king because again, God chose Saul. God chose Saul. He's sorry that he chose Saul, but sorry, not sorry, because we're going to see why he chose Saul in just a little bit. So he's sorry that he made Saul king. He's the one that did so for he has turned back from following me. He has turned back from following me and has not carried out my commands and Samuel was distressed and cried out to the Lord all night. Samuel rose early in the morning to meet Saul and it was told Samuel saying, Saul came to Carmel and behold, he set up, look at this. He set up a monument for himself, then turned and proceeded down to get what what. So now Saul is not only acting hastily, but he's also setting up a monument to himself. Okay, because that's typically what we see of a lot of false teachers and preachers today. Anyway, they do make themselves out to be something special. Maybe they don't actually have a monument to themselves, but they surely monument, they surely make themselves to be a monument in the eyes of the people. And they certainly are everything that Saul is. Find a false teacher, find a false teacher, false preacher, false prophet, whatever today. I can promise you that he is one insecure does not like people saying anything. Again, when they say, I don't like, I don't have a problem with you speaking about me. I don't, I don't care. You do care. That's our first chief mechanism that we show when we do care. I don't care because you do care. Find me one. They'll sit, they'll have the same criteria, the same character, characteristics that Saul has insecure as well as impatient. They want things, they want them to come in a hurry. They don't want to have to wait for anything. And so that's how it is with Samuel. And they do ignorant things. They say ignorant things. They are ignorant. Are you with me? So Saul came to karma and behold, he set up a monument for himself and then turned to proceed down to Gilgoth. Samuel came to Saul and Saul said to him, bless are you of the Lord, acting as though nothing is wrong. Hey, Saul, what's going on, buddy? Mr, where you been? Glad you're here. Boy, as the Lord been working with us, by the way, I think you're a mighty man of God. Well, Saul got some bad news for you today. Got to tell you something, but Samuel said, what then is, I'm sorry, verse 13, Samuel came to Saul and Saul said, bless it, are you of the Lord? I have carried out the command of the Lord. You are a liar. I have carried out the command of the Lord. But Samuel said, all right, fine, you did. Okay. What then is this bleeding of the sheep that I hear? What's this that I hear in the distance? The bleeding of the sheep that I hear in my ears and the lowing of the oxen, which I hear. Well, see what had happened was, that's, can you imagine, you did wrong and you're lying about it. You don't think that I'm going to hear this stuff. This is literally the one that God is talking to and through. So he, you're going to fool him. Okay. So he says, Saul, well, what, uh, uh, you can just hear the stomach. You can just imagine, imagine the stuttering. Then they have brought them from the Malachites for the people spared the best of the sheep and oxen to sacrifice to the Lord, your God. Notice how he puts that to sacrifice to the Lord, your God, not to the Lord, our God. I don't know. Was it, was that a slip of the tongue? Saul, to sacrifice, to get to the Lord, your God. Okay. Yeah. Saul likes to blame people. But the rest, now just want you to know, we save the best to sacrifice to the Lord God, your God, but the rest, oh, we utterly destroyed the rest of it. Then Samuel said to Saul, wait, let me tell you what the Lord said to me last night and he said to him, speak. Let me just tell you what the Lord said concerning you. Verse 17, Samuel said, is it not true though you were little in your own eyes, told you he was insecure. Saul did not think highly of his own self. Remember when he's choosing him, he didn't think highly of himself. And so Samuel was encouraging him. So it, is it not true that though you were little in your own eyes, you were made the head of the tribes of Israel and the Lord anointed you King over Israel. By the way, you can be anointed today and not be anointed tomorrow. Made you King over Israel. And the Lord sent you on a mission and said, go and utterly destroy the sinners, the Amalekites and fight against them until they are exterminated. Why then did you not obey the voice of the Lord, but rushed upon the spoils because you're impatient and did what was evil in the sight of the Lord because you're ignorant because you're an idiot. Then Saul said to Samuel, I did obey the voice of the Lord. No, you didn't. We're literally talking about the evidence of your disobedience, but I did obey the voice of the Lord and went on a mission on which the Lord sent me and have brought back Agag, the king of the Amalek and have utterly destroyed the Amalekites. But the people took some of the spoils. The people did. Okay. Sheep and oxen, the choices of things devoted to destruction, the sacrifice of the Lord, your God at Gilgoth. Samuel said, has the Lord as much delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices as in obeying the voice of the Lord? What's more important, the sacrifice and offerings or you obey him obey again. Obedience is better than sacrifice. Behold to obey is better than sacrifice and to heed then the fat of the Rams. The sacrifice is only because you don't obey. I'd rather you obey for rebellion is as the sin of divination. Notice that rebellion is just like like witchcraft and insubordination is an iniquity and idolatry because you have rejected the word of the Lord. He has also rejected you from being king. Amen. Now I want you to notice something. Matter of fact, let's read a little bit more and then I want to show you the result of his sin. Then Saul said to Samuel, I have sinned. Really? Or as we say duh or no duh, I have indeed transgressed the command of the Lord and your words because I feared the people and listened to their voice, which is what a lot of falsities do because you want to ingratiate yourself with the people. The reason why you didn't kill Jonathan like you vowed to because people told you not to. The reason why you went and gave a sacrifice when you weren't supposed to is because people were moving around and you were afraid of what was going to happen. And again here verse 25. Now therefore, please pardon my sin and return with me that I may worship the Lord. But Samuel said to Saul, I will not return with you for you have rejected the word of the Lord and the Lord has rejected you from being king of Israel. As Samuel turned to go, Saul seized the edge of the road and tore it. Samuel kind of cutely says, the Lord has torn the kingdom of Israel from you today and has given it to your neighbor who is better than you. That's hard. For a man with insecurities, he's giving the kingdom to someone else who's better than you. Also, the glory of Israel will not lie or change his mind. Why? For he is a man that he should not change his mind. God does not change his mind. Then he said, I have sinned but please honor me now before the elders of my people and before Israel. Help me save some face and go back with me that I may worship the Lord your God. So Samuel went back following Saul and Saul works with the Lord. Now, I want to deal with something that needs to be brought up. There are consequences. There are consequences. Now, Samuel fixes his mistake. He says in verse 2, Bring me Agag, the king of the Malachites, and Agag to him cheerfully. And Agag said, Surely the bitterness of his death is past. But Samuel said, As your sword has made women childless, so shall your mother be childless among women. And Samuel hewed Agag to pieces before the Lord at Gilgoth. Now, do you think that was the end of Agag? I just want to ask you guys a question. They were to be utterly destroyed. They were not utterly destroyed. Even guys, though Samuel kills Agag, they still weren't utterly destroyed. How do we know that Agag and the Malachites, now the Agags or his descendants, weren't utterly destroyed? Does anybody have any idea of why I would even make the statement that he was not or Agag was not utterly destroyed, that Amalekites, Amalek was not utterly destroyed? Well, there is a book in the Bible that chronicles a famous Agagite. There is a famous Agagite who would not be so famous, who would not have brought problems to Israel if Saul would have done his job. Allow me to take you to the book of Esther. You remember Esther? In the book of Esther, we find a descendant who should not be there if Samuel, I mean if Saul had done his job. After this event, King Astro-Hurus promoted Haman, who was Haman, the son of Hamedetha, the Agagite. If you read the book of Esther, you wonder why does Haman hate the Jews so much? Why he hates Mordecai? He doesn't know Esther, maybe he doesn't know. He hates the Jews with the passion. Why? Because of what they did to his family. There's always been this tension. That wouldn't even have been the case. Now, guess what? God is going to get glory. Because what does he say? How do you know to Esther, if you are not put here for such a time as this? And he says, God is going to get glory with or without you. If it's not with you, God will just run over you. I'm paraphrasing. He'll get it done without you and you too will suffer, but God will get glory. But how do you know that you're not here for such a time as this? And so here we've got a descendant of the Malachites or Agag. So how it worked out, maybe a child got away, maybe one of his concubines who knows, but all of them were not destroyed. And we see it show up a little bit later with Esther and particularly Mordecai and the Jews. Now, let's go back to 1 Samuel because this isn't what I mean by the gooder is part of it. Verse 34, Then Samuel went to Ramah, but Saul went to his house and gave it. And Samuel did not see Saul again until the day of his death. For Samuel grieved over Saul and the Lord regretted that he had made Saul king over Israel. That's important. Now, I want to go to chapter 16, verse one. And here is where it is. We're not going to read too far into this. We're going to read just a little bit of chapter 16. And then we'll get to the topic. All of this was just a introduction. All of this was introduction. The rest of this will be short, but it'll be good. Now, excuse me, chapter 16, verse one. Now the Lord said to Samuel, How long will you grieve over Saul since I have rejected him from being king over Israel? Feel your horn with oil and go. I will send you to Jesse, the Bethelmanite. I hate to say their names. It just bothers me not my tongue. For I have selected a king for myself among his sons. Now, why is that awesome? Why is that the part of where it's about to get really, really gooder? Well, remember, God is unfolding his plan of salvation. God is showing his will. God is a man who doesn't lie. He doesn't change his mind. Why is that important? Recall, first of all, God has just carried out a sentence for what Israel had to go through when coming out of Egypt to deal with the malachites. And also what's going to happen in Shiloh. Remember what was talked about about Shiloh? We'll come back to that probably on next week. But God has made some promises to Israel. But more importantly, God made promises to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob. And in fulfilling this promise, there's going to be something that we didn't think. We talked about it. We're going to see it unfold even more so. But Israel is a disobedient people and they have gone after other gods. And so therefore God is jealous. And so what does he say in Deuteronomy 32, 21, before they even enter the land? He said they have made me, I'm sorry, this is after they entered the land. They have, no, I'm sorry, they haven't entered the land yet. They have made me jealous with what is not a God. They have provoked me to anger with their idols. So, look what he says, I will make them jealous with those who are not a people. I will provoke them to anger with a foolish nation. Why is that important? Well, because we're going to see this is going to be fulfilled. How do we know so now? This is where we're going to jump forward because we need to see how what God says comes true. In Romans 11, 11 says, I say then, they did not stumble as to fall, speaking about Israel, did they? May it never be but their transgression, salvation has come to the Gentiles to make them jealous. Why is that, why is that a cause? Why is that an issue? Well, who are we? We are Gentiles. So we're part of the plan and the plan was first talked about obviously in Genesis three. We don't fully know what's happening. We get a little bit more of a glimpse of it in Genesis 12 when he says, all the nations of the world shall be blessed. And then he says in Deuteronomy, I'm going to make you all jealous because you've made me jealous with the people that are not a people. That's us. The reason why I go to Romans 11 is because he's stating that while we are now coming into the kingdom, that while we are now placing our faith, it's because to fulfill what God stated. Again, what God says is going to happen is going to happen. How is it going to happen? Guys, let me just be as clear as I can possibly how is it going to happen exactly like God says it's going to happen to AT, not one iota, not one little bit of it's going to be left off. Exactly what he says. If God wants to smash the pin of a head of a needle, he can do so. He is that precise. We are not. And so let's remember that it's us who it's like horseshoes close is good enough. That's not it's not it's not horseshoes or a bomb close is not good enough. God is a precise God. And so he doesn't need us to kind of fix it for him to make it work for him. Well, you did this dog on cat. What we don't move this cat is horrible. I didn't even I forgot he was in the room. Y'all pardon me for the cat. He's horrible. Where is he? And I'm getting to my gooder part. I'm getting to my gooder part. And the cat wants to show his little behind. Amen. But just like my cat can jump precisely even more so, God, God is precise. God is precise. It was a cat premiere. God is so precise that what he says is going to happen happens just like it's supposed to happen. Why am I bringing it up? Because God makes a statement way back in Genesis. Remember, I said we were talking early. We started off by talking about this kingdom that Saul is supposed to be over. This is where it gets wonderful guys. This kingdom that Saul is supposed to be over. But God has already promised the kingdom will come through somebody else. He didn't name who the king will come through. But he had named that the king will come through somebody else. And I want you to read because we haven't gone all the way into this, but let's go back to Genesis 49. This is where I think it's going to be pretty good. Genesis 49. We've heard before. We've covered this a few times. The scepter shall not depart Judah. Important. So the scepter is going to come from Judah, nor the ruler's staff from between his feet until Shiloh comes. And to him, one, here comes a cat, but two, to him shall be the obedience of the people. Now, this is important because the scepter will come through Judah. And the place that it's going to take place is where? In Shiloh. Where are they? Now, this is also important as well. He makes a statement that we don't think again I said before. God is super precise. How precise is he? Look what he says in verse 11. He ties his full to the vine and the donkey's cult to the choice vine. He washes his garments in wine and his robes in the blood of grapes. Huh? Wait a minute. What does that mean? Here we are in Egypt. We're here because of this famine and you're pronouncing these blessings on these 12 children and you're making this statement about Judah. Do you think Judah had any clue, any idea what was going on? Judah had no idea. Judah doesn't know, but God does. And so what does God say? I'm going to knock this cat down. This cat is horrible. So what does God say? Let's go back. Let's put it back on the screen. He says, because we haven't covered this totally, he says he ties his fold to the vine and his donkey's cult to the choice vine. He washes his garments in wine and his robes in the blood of grapes. This is important. This is important. Oh, by the way, his eyes are dull from wine, his teeth white from milk. This is important. This is why I say it gets good. Well, first of all, he makes a statement to Israel. He says, rejoice, O greatly, O daughter of Zion, shout in triumph, O daughter of Jerusalem, behold, your king is coming to you. Which king? Well, you know, the one that was prophesied about the one whose scepter should not depart from Judah. He's coming through Judah. Behold, your king is coming to you. He is just and endowed with salvation. What? He is just and endowed with salvation. He is endowed with salvation, humble, and mounted on a donkey, even on a cult, the fall of a donkey. So he's coming on a cult. By the way, this is wonderful for me. Why is that? Because what does Jesus do? He says in Luke 1930, he said, go into the village ahead of you, and there you are going to enter. You will find a cult tied on which no one has ever sat. Untie it, bring it here. If anyone asks you, why are you untying it, you shall say the Lord needs it. The Lord needs the cult, by the way. Let me just throw that in there. So those who were sent away and found it, just as he had told them, as they were untying the cult, his owner said to them, why are you untying the cult? They said, the Lord has need of it. They brought it to Jesus, and they threw their cults on the cult and put Jesus on it. Why is that important? Yeah, it's not just me getting a chance to bring in my cult, my Indianapolis cult. No, it's not the Indianapolis cult, but this is another cult. This is him fulfilling this prophecy. How does he fulfill the prophecy? Exactly, precisely. This king who comes out of Judah, remember the full of what he just said, all of what he said is this coming king will not just come from Judah, but he will come on a cult all the way back in Genesis 49, 10 and 11. He mentions how he's going to come on this cult. Yes, he does. And that his robe will be dipped in blood, his robes in the blood of grapes. What does that mean? That he is going to come. We don't get it at that time, guys. We don't see what's happening. What we do see is him telling us, again, not fully, we can't get it. But now we're looking and see he is going to come with blood on his robes. What does that mean? Well, we know precisely what that means after he comes riding on this cult and everyone is saying, Hosanna, Hosanna, glory to God in the highest. The following week he is going to be presented to be crucified. That very same blood, the robe of his of his of his blood on his robe, his robe will be dipped in his blood after riding on this cult. He has literally been prophesied that this is going to happen then. And so if we go to Hebrews one speaking to these Jews, but of the son, he says, your throne, the one about the scepter who was prophesied in Hebrew in Genesis chapter 10, the one where the separate should not depart from Judah. He says your throne, oh God, by the way, that's who he is. Oh God is forever and ever. Wait a second. Let's back up for a second. Let's back up for a second. He says in Genesis 49 team, he says, the scepter shall not depart ever. So we go back to Hebrews one, your scepter, oh God, is a for is forever and ever. The righteousness of his scepter is the scepter of his kingdom. You have love righteousness and hated losses. Therefore, God, your God has anointed you with the oil of gladness above your companions. Why is this important? Because what God says is going to happen shall happen precisely. We don't have to figure out how to make this up. What plan he has for you, he will accomplish. What he says is going to do. If he's going to save you, how well is how much, how to the uttermost will he save you to the uttermost completely, thoroughly. If he saves you or he says he is going to save you, you will be saved. If, if he states that he's going to come right in on this cult in this glory and that his salvation and this is what he's saying, his salvation will be one of blood because we don't think about this, this king being a king of salvation, but that's exactly what he says. He will be a king who will bring about salvation by blood and that's exactly what we have. Guys, I think for me, it gives me great comfort to know that me and my salvation is purchased by this great king by his blood. He won't, as he says, lose any of it or any of us. If he could lose anyone, if he could fail in any amount, if his words cannot be fulfilled precisely and thoroughly, we don't have a God that we should trust. Let me say it again. If we can't trust that all of his prophecies, all of his words will be fulfilled completely, thoroughly, precisely, exactly. We don't have a guy that we should trust. We don't have a God at all. We don't have a savior and our salvation is not there, but we do have a God who will do exactly what he said. Remember, it's him. The Bible says that it's him who can do exceedingly, abundantly above all that we can think or imagine. Well, what can he do? Keep his word precisely to a T, which also means that the joy of my salvation is firmly rooted in him, not from my results of what I could do, not because of my ability, not because of my lineage or any of those things, but because God decided to save me. Why did God decide to save me to show his love? Aren't you glad that that's the guy that we serve? Amen.