Day 91 - 1 Samuel 21

1 Samuel 21  •  1 min. read  •  grade level: 8
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V.1-6 David, the anointed king, is rejected just as the Lord Jesus was rejected by those who ought to have received and honored Him. So when David comes to the priest and asks for food, he is given the hallowed bread that had been on the table of showbread! The Lord Jesus Himself speaks of this in Matthew 12:3-43But he said unto them, Have ye not read what David did, when he was an hungred, and they that were with him; 4How he entered into the house of God, and did eat the showbread, which was not lawful for him to eat, neither for them which were with him, but only for the priests? (Matthew 12:3‑4). He, like David, was a rejected, though anointed, King. This is telling us that the “former things are passed away” (Rev. 21:44And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away. (Revelation 21:4)). So when the Lord was rejected, the eating of the holy bread was no longer an offense in God’s sight.
V.10-15 Now David is so afraid that he goes to the Philistines, the enemies of Israel, to find shelter. Here David fails to be a type of Christ. He acts like a man of the world.
V.13 If we ever turn our eyes from the Lord, and fail to trust fully in Him, it is surprising how foolish we can act (Rom. 8:3131What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who can be against us? (Romans 8:31)).