golden age of Israel’s life. With this man as an instrument in His hands, God fashions these people into the greatest nation of their time. But we must not forget that he had earthly followers; we mqst not for get who they were. They were the men of distress, of debt, and of dis content; they were the ones who rallied round David the king. They came to his side in the time of re jection. It was the sweet, submissive atmosphere of the cave of Adullam— in sharp contract to “ the stench of the sanctuary” occupied by the king on the throne—that transformed these men into followers of courage, of loyalty, and of valor. Out o f the distress of a ruler’s weakness, out of the debt of burdens imposed, out of the discontent wrought by a faulty leadership, came those who were strong, and confident, and true. Un der the leadership of God’s man they did great and mighty things for the land they loved. All of this, as interesting as it may be, is of no value to us without the application. Therefore, let us move on to the antitype of David—Christ the Messiah, the One anointed of God to deliver and to rule. The Lord Jesus was God’s appoint ed King. But He was rejected of men, He was persecuted by His own, and He had to turn to others. “ He came unto his own, and they that were his own received him not. But as many as received him, to them gave he the right to become children of God, even to them that believe on his name” (John 1:11, 12 R.V.). Rejected as King? Yes! It can be (Continued on Page 22)
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of wisdom and ability which are not his own, must lay burdens upon others in order to maintain his own position, no matter how hypocritical it may be. Yes, they were burdened, in debt! They were discontented. How could they be otherwise? The wrongs that predominated in the administration of the kingdom could produce no other result. Men who have the welfare of a nation at heart do not sit idly by, untouched, unmoved by acts of a ruler which disturb the calm of a life hitherto blessed of God. They were discontented ! In the midst of their distress, their debt, their discontent, these men saw one whom God had anointed to be their leader, their king. They saw him as the rejected king—and yet their hope of relief, of deliverance was in him. No wonder they followed him to the cave of Adullam! The King Crowned How wonderful it is that God does not forget His anointed! How won derful it is that He keeps His eye upon the men of distress, of debt, and of discontent! With what remark able clearness Scripture points us to the crowning of God’s man: “And it came to pass after this, that David inquired of Jehovah, saying, Shall I go up into any of the cities of Judah? And Jehovah said unto him, Go up. And David said, Whither shall I go up? And he said, Unto Hebron . . . And his men that were with him did David bring up, every man with his household: and they dwelt in the cities of Hebron. And the men of Judah came, and there they anointed David king over the house of Judah . . . Then came all the tribes of Israel to David, unto Hebron, and spake, saying, Behold, we are thy bone and thy flesh. In times past, when Saul was king over us, it was thou that leddest out and broughtest in Israel: and Jehovah said unto thee, Thou shalt be shepherd of my people Israel, and thou shalt be prince over Israel. So all the elders of Israel came to the king to Hebron ; and king David made a covenant with them in Hebron be fore Jehovah: and they anointed David king over Israel” (2 Sam. 2:1, 3, 4, 5:1-5 R.V.). David, the rejected man, the ref ugee of Adullam, becomes king over all Judah and Israel. With his crown ing at the hand of God he becomes the outstanding soldier-statesman of the nation. He is used to bring the people to the peak of their history, to the
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