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Speaker 1: Today and every day. I submit my mind, my will,

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Speaker 1: I come from you and was made to be like you.

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Speaker 1: I'm yours and I belong to you with my whole heart.

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Speaker 1: I want to be pleasing to you. I want to

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Speaker 1: Heroes in the Bible.

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Speaker 5: I'm doctor Tony Evans and I'm excited for you to

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Speaker 5: join me on Heroes in the Bible. Please be sure

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Speaker 5: Welcome to the epic Adventure of David, a story of honor, battle, jealousy,

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Speaker 5: dark friendship, love, scandal, and murder. While most people know

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Speaker 5: of David the myth, few know about David the man.

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Speaker 5: This episode begins with bloodshed and a gruesome scene that

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Speaker 5: will test the strength of your stomach. Everybody in the

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Speaker 5: caught up in pettiness and fuse. He is a man

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Speaker 5: As the landscape of David's life changes and the dynamic

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Speaker 5: If you followed David's story until this point, that means

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Speaker 5: for another time. First, a prelude to a simpler time

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Speaker 2: Prelude to chapter twenty one. David and Jonathan leaned back

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Speaker 2: In the dark alleyways of the city, two shadowy figures

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Speaker 2: David said nothing in response to their flattery. He knew

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Speaker 7: Here is the head of your enemy Ishbashef, the last

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Speaker 2: David looked down at the head of Ishboshaf. The color

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Speaker 2: Water came up to their waists and soon became hard

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Speaker 2: to see. David was ahead of them, ensuring that every

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Speaker 2: stamp was safe for them to proceed. He could hear

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Speaker 2: the water rushing and falling down in front of him.

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Speaker 2: The king took a step forward and realized that there

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Speaker 2: was a drop off ahead of him. He stopped and

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Speaker 2: whispered for his men to halt. Looking with the little

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Speaker 2: light he had left, David leaned forward and saw that

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Speaker 2: the bottom. He smiled. Jonathan would have loved this, he

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Speaker 2: thought to himself. He looked back at his men and said,

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Speaker 2: if you are brave enough, have faith and follow me.

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Speaker 2: With those words, David jumped forward and slid down the

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Speaker 2: shaft into a pool below. Once the men saw that

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Speaker 2: their king was unharmed, they each slid down one by one.

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Speaker 2: The shaft became increasingly more dark as they proceeded. David

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Speaker 2: relied on his hands and feet to guide the way.

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Speaker 2: The shaft grew more narrow, requiring them to swim through

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Speaker 2: until it became white again. Finally, after an hour of

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Speaker 2: climbing through the tunnels, David could see a faint light

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Speaker 2: in the distance. The shaft gently sloped down into a

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Speaker 2: pool within the walls. David and his men drew their

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Speaker 2: swords and quickened their pace. The last rays of sunset

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Speaker 2: shone through the exit. David's quickened march became a sprint.

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Speaker 2: When he reached the end, he dove through the exit

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Speaker 2: of the tunnel, diving into the pool and popping his

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Speaker 2: head out of the water. David screamed with vigor and excent.

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Speaker 2: His guards immediately saw them and sought to defend themselves,

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Speaker 2: but they were too late. Like bees raging out of

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Speaker 2: their hive, the army of Israel came swarming out of

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Speaker 2: the shaft into the city. David drew first blood, slashing

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Speaker 2: two of the guards of their knees to the fos to.

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Speaker 2: David reached the center of the city with Alison. The

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Speaker 2: two of them fought side by side, poarding off any

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Speaker 2: advance from the enemy. Each of them toppled dozens of soldiers,

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Speaker 2: slowly making their way further into the heart of the city.

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Speaker 2: The rest of the men secured the borders and all

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Speaker 2: the centuries posted at the wall. They opened the gates

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Speaker 2: and Joab and the rest of the men stormed the city.

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Speaker 2: Every soldier was killed, and as the red sun finally

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Speaker 2: set over the harassment, Jerusalem streets ran red with the

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Speaker 2: blood of David's dus Israel proved its strength and a

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Speaker 2: decisive fashion. The kings of the Jebusites surrendered immediately and

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Speaker 2: bowed their heads to King David. The stronghold of Zion

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Speaker 2: had been taken. Now it was called the City of David.

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Speaker 2: It would be David's new home. He and the nation

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Speaker 2: of Israel would occupy it and use it to spread

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Speaker 2: the grace of God to all the nations. David became

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Speaker 2: great in the city of Jerusalem. Kings of other nations

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Speaker 2: sent him cedar, gold stone and workers to build David

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Speaker 2: a palace unlike any other in Israel. A royal bastion

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Speaker 2: of strength, dignity, wisdom, and worship was established there. What

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Speaker 2: wonders away to the city David did not know. All

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Speaker 2: he knew was that he needed to bring God's presence

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Speaker 2: into the city for the people. He needed the people

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Speaker 2: to be one with their creator. Again.

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Speaker 5: Was it nice to hear Jonathan's voice again? The prelude

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Speaker 5: was taken from an earlier episode to remind us of

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Speaker 5: David's beginning. Jonathan was one of the first people besides

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Speaker 5: Samuel to recognize David as king. He even gave up

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Speaker 5: his royal robes in Almah, further strengthening their on. The

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Speaker 5: memory of Jonathan is everywhere in this episode. David has

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Speaker 5: him continually on his mind. Why do you think that is?

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Speaker 5: Why is David particularly reminiscent in this episode. Perhaps it

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Speaker 5: is because he was given the mantle Jonathan gave up

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Speaker 5: for him. Think about how different David's life would have

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Speaker 5: been if Jonathan had not given him his robes in armor.

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Speaker 5: Saul's jealousy may not have burned his heart. David may

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Speaker 5: not have been an exile. Jonathan may still be alive.

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Speaker 5: Our new king is keenly aware that this was originally

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Speaker 5: Jonathan's throne for the taking, but he willingly laid it

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Speaker 5: down for David. In so doing, the warrior prince displayed

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Speaker 5: the nature of true royalty. Musician and songwriter Joel Anstid

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Speaker 5: said it best. The nature of true royalty is not

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Speaker 5: having a golden crown, It is learning to lay it down.

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Speaker 5: This was certainly the heart of Jesus. Philippians, too, tells

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Speaker 5: us that Jesus was in the form of God, did

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Speaker 5: not count equality with God a thing to be grasped,

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Speaker 5: but emptied himself by taking the form of a servant.

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Speaker 5: Being born in the likeness of men and being found

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Speaker 5: in human form, He humbled himself by becoming obedient to

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Speaker 5: the point of death, even death on a cross. Jesus

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Speaker 5: laid down his life so we could be elevated. We

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Speaker 5: walk with life because Jesus walked to his death. The

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Speaker 5: way Jonathan laid his life down is a similar picture.

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Speaker 5: He didn't consider being a king a thing to be grasped,

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Speaker 5: but emptied himself of his title and took the form

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Speaker 5: of a subject to David. He humbled himself so David

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Speaker 5: could thrive. So the life David lives is because of

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Speaker 5: Jonathan's sacrifice, much like the lives we live are due

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Speaker 5: to Christ's sacrifice. So when you listen to past and

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Speaker 5: future stories that mention Jonathan's armor and robes, remember that truth.

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Speaker 5: David is a king because Jonathan humbled himself, and we

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Speaker 5: are called children of God because Jesus laid down his life.

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Speaker 5: After the prelude, we're brought into the shadows with the

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Speaker 5: sons of Raiman. They sneak in the Ispisheest's room and

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Speaker 5: assassinate him. It is a gory scene, but not as

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Speaker 5: gory as their punishment. They brought David his head and

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Speaker 5: presented it to him as a gift, as if he

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Speaker 5: would praise them for slaying a king. David is outraged

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Speaker 5: and tells them the story of the scavenger who claimed

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Speaker 5: to kill Saul. The sons of Raimond are punished in

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Speaker 5: an agonizing fashion. It seems intense, but David wants to

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Speaker 5: make an example of them. He wants the world to

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Speaker 5: know he did not take a throne by assassination coops

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Speaker 5: of bribes. The sons of Raimon also learned a hard lesson.

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Speaker 5: David is not like other kings. While most kings want

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Speaker 5: to gain power by any means necessary, he stays within

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Speaker 5: the boundaries of his convictions. While other kings would gladly

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Speaker 5: cross them in pursuit of glory. Saul crossed those boundaries,

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Speaker 5: and we saw where it got him. Many men have

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Speaker 5: and will continue to assume David is like other kings.

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Speaker 5: He isn't, and that is precisely what makes him God's

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Speaker 5: chosen hero. This episode also gives us the long awaited coronation.

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Speaker 5: David is now King of Israel. This moment was for

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Speaker 5: you and I, who had followed the highs and lows

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Speaker 5: of David's life wondering if this moment would ever come.

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Speaker 5: Our hero has been crowned, the civil war is over,

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Speaker 5: and now David can rule righteously and step into his destiny.

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Speaker 5: Then it seemed like we've been waiting an eternity to

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Speaker 5: get to this moment. That's on purpose. David's life is

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Speaker 5: meant to have parallels to Jesus's life in the story

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Speaker 5: when David is anointed with oil and given the crown.

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Speaker 5: We hear it seems like a lifetime ago. He was

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Speaker 5: among his sheep. Then now he has a new flock. David,

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Speaker 5: on the eve of his thirtieth birthday, was now King

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Speaker 5: of Israel day. Another king would emerge in his thirtieth year,

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Speaker 5: a king who would be anointed by God himself, and

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Speaker 5: his coronation would be a baptism. He would be the

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Speaker 5: true King of Israel, the king David would ultimately point to.

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Speaker 5: David finally took the throne at age thirty and stepped

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Speaker 5: into his calling. Jesus, at age thirty, was baptized by

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Speaker 5: John and stepped into his calling as well. Jesus's first

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Speaker 5: proclamation was repent for the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand.

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Speaker 5: Both heroes begin their journeys at age thirty, and both

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Speaker 5: began to build their kingdoms. David's first mission as king

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Speaker 5: was to take the city of Jerusalem from the Canaanites.

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Speaker 5: The city of Jerusalem will eventually be known as the

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Speaker 5: City of David. Jerusalem is hollowed ground for the Jews.

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Speaker 5: It was a place where Abraham nearly sacrificed Isaac, and

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Speaker 5: it was the place where Jacob had a vision of heaven.

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Speaker 5: Jerusalem was built in the land of their forefathers, and

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Speaker 5: it would be the place where David's son Solomon built

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Speaker 5: the Holy Temple. He takes the city and claims it

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Speaker 5: for the Lord, cementing his legacy. The victory at Jerusalem

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Speaker 5: cannot be stressed enough. In this moment, David etched himself

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Speaker 5: into the mythos of Israel. His name will now be

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Speaker 5: spoken of among Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and Moses. David consecrated

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Speaker 5: Jerusalem for the Lord, and other nations sent him supplies

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Speaker 5: to build a palace. This is an important detail to

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Speaker 5: the story. Why would other nations bless David and donate

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Speaker 5: to his kingdom. Well, in hindsight, we can say clearly

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Speaker 5: that Jerusalem will be a great city for all nations

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Speaker 5: to be blessed. Through that city, millions of people will

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Speaker 5: come to know and worship God, not just Jews. It

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Speaker 5: is fitting that other nations would bless Jerusalem, because Jerusalem

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Speaker 5: will bless them. This episode ends with a foreshadowing of

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Speaker 5: great things to come. What wonders awaited the city David

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Speaker 5: did not know. All he knew was that he needed

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Speaker 5: to do bring God's present into the city for the people.

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Speaker 5: He needed the people to be one with their creator again. David,

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Speaker 5: without being a priest, will act as an intermediary between

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Speaker 5: God and people. His connection to the Lord will help

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Speaker 5: guide the spiritual development of the nation. We will see

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Speaker 5: that on display in our next episode, The Worshipful Warrior.

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