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Jesus the new David

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Ezekiel 34:23-24 And I will set up over them one shepherd, my servant David, and he shall feed them: he shall feed them and be their shepherd. And I, the Lord, will be their God, and my servant David shall be prince among them. I am the Lord; I have spoken.


Ezekiel 37:24-25 “My servant David shall be king over them, and they shall all  have one shepherd. They shall walk in my rules and be careful to obey my statutes. They shall dwell in the land that I gave to my servant Jacob, where your fathers lived. They and their children and their children's children shall dwell there for ever, and David my servant shall be their prince for ever.



David

Jesus

One after God’s own heart

wanted God at the centre of his kingdom by building the Temple in Jerusalem (1 Sam 13:14; 2 Sam 7:1-3)

one with God the Father (Jn 10:30)

From Bethlehem

homeland (1 Sam 16:1)

birthplace (Mt 2:1)

A good shepherd

protected his sheep from lions and bears (1 Sam 17:34-35)

laid down his life for his sheep (Jn 10:11-14)

Performed exorcisms

for Saul (1 Sam 16:23)

(Mk 1:21-28, 5:1-20, 9:14-29)

Persecuted by Jewish leaders

by Saul (1 Sam 19)

by the chief priests and scribes (Mk 14:1-2,53-65)

Merciful

spared Saul’s life twice (1 Sam 24 & 26

full of mercy (Lk 23:34; Jam 3:17)

Priestly king in the order of Melchizedek (Ps 110:4)

ate the priestly food of the Bread of the Presence (1 Sam 21:1-9), offered animal sacrfice outside of the santuary (2 Sam 6:13) and wore an ephod, a priestly garment (2 Sam 6:14)

eternal high priest (Heb 5:10, 7:24)

A king battling enemies for his people

against the Philistines (2 Sam 5:17-25), the Moabites, Hadadezer and the Syrians (2 Sam 8:1-8)

against the devil (Mt 4:1-11) and through his death frees us from slavery to sin (1 Peter 4:1-2)

Mediator of a covenant

an eternal kingdom of Israel from David's offspring (2 Sam 7:16)

fulfilled by Jesus as the new and eternal covenant (Heb 9:15) for the kingdom of God i.e. the Church for all nations (Mt 16:18, 28:19; Eph 3:21; 1 Pet 2:9-10; Rev 1:6)

Passion accounts

sorrowful at the Mount of Olives when fleeing Jerusalem from his son Absalom (2 Sam 15:30)

 

betrayed by his friend Ahithophel who shared bread at his table (2 Sam 15:31 & Ps 41:9)

 

Ahithophel counselled Absalom to kill David which would scatter his followers (2 Sam 17:1-4)


 

Ahithophel when his counsel was not followed by Absalom hanged himself: (2 Sam 17:23)

sorrowful at the Mount of Olives in the garden of Gethsemane (Mt 26:30-38)

 

betrayed by his friend Judas who shared bread at his table (Jn 13:18)


 

Ca′iaphas the high priest's counselled the Jews to kill Jesus (Jn 18:13) which would scatter his followers

 

Judas after repenting from his treachery hanged himself (Mt 27:3-5)

A just king

to all Israel (2 Sam 8:15)

just and righteous king (Jer 33:15; Jn 5:30; 1 Cor 1:30)

Inner circle of three men

his mighty warriors Josheb-basshebeth, Eleazar and Shammah (2 Sam 23:8-11)

Peter, James and John who witnessed the raising of Jairus's daughter from the dead (Mk 5:35-43) and the Transfiguration (Mt 17:12) and accompanied Jesus further in the garden of Gethsemane (Mk 14:32-35)

  • One after God’s own heart: David wanted God at the centre of his kingdom by building the Temple in Jerusalem (1 Sam 13:14; 2 Sam 7:1-3); Jesus and God the Father are one (Jn 10:30)

  • From Bethlehem: David's homeland (1 Sam 16:1); Jesus's birthplace (Mt 2:1)

  • A good shepherd: David protected his sheep from lions and bears (1 Sam 17:34-35); Jesus laid down his life for his sheep (Jn 10:11-14)

  • Performed exorcisms: David for Saul (1 Sam 16:23); Jesus (Mk 1:21-28, 5:1-20, 9:14-29)

  • Persecuted by Jewish leaders: David by Saul (1 Sam 19); Jesus by the chief priests and scribes (Mk 14:1-2,53-65)

  • Merciful: David spared Saul’s life twice (1 Sam 24 & 26); Jesus is full of mercy (Lk 23:34; Jam 3:17)

  • Priestly king in the order of Melchizedek (Ps 110:4): David ate the priestly food of the Bread of the Presence (1 Sam 21:1-9), offered animal sacrfice outside of the santuary (2 Sam 6:13) and wore an ephod, a priestly garment (2 Sam 6:14); Jesus the eternal high priest (Heb 5:10, 7:24)

  • A king battling enemies for his people: David against the Philistines (2 Sam 5:17-25), the Moabites, Hadadezer and the Syrians (2 Sam 8:1-8); Jesus against the devil (Mt 4:1-11) and through his death frees us from slavery to sin (1 Peter 4:1-2)

  • Mediator of a covenant: an eternal kingdom of Israel from David's offspring (2 Sam 7:16); fulfilled by Jesus as the new and eternal covenant (Heb 9:15) for the kingdom of God i.e. the Church for all nations (Mt 16:18, 28:19; Eph 3:21; 1 Pet 2:9-10; Rev 1:6)

  • A just king: David to all Israel (2 Sam 8:15); Jesus is a just and righteous king (Jer 33:15, Jn 5:30 &  1 Cor 1:30)

  • Passion accounts:

    • sorrowful at the Mount of Olives: when fleeing Jerusalem from his son Absalom (2 Sam 15:30); Jesus in the garden of Gethsemane (Mt 26:30-38)

    • betrayed by a friend who shared bread at his table: David by Ahithophel (2 Sam 15:31 & Ps 41:9); Jesus by Judas (Jn 13:18)

    • plot to kill him which would scatter his followers: Ahithophel counsel to Absalom (2 Sam 17:1-4); Ca′iaphas the high priest's counsel to the Jews (Jn 18:13)

    • betrayer hanged himself: Ahithophel when his counsel was not followed by Absalom (2 Sam 17:23); Judas after repenting from his treachery (Mt 27:3-5)


  • Inner circle of three men: David's mighty warriors Josheb-basshebeth, Eleazar and Shammah (2 Sam 23:8-11); Peter, James and John who witnessed the raising of Jairus's daughter from the dead (Mk 5:35-43) and the Transfiguration (Mt 17:12) and accompanied Jesus further in the garden of Gethsemane (Mk 14:32-35)

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