Now that we
have introduced this account regarding David eating the showbread, let us take
a closer look at the days and events leading up to that highly prophetic and
wonderfully revealing event.
In 1 Samuel
20:18 and following, we find David and Jonathan setting forth what is, without
exaggeration, a highly unusual and clearly prophetic plan on how to indicate
Saul’s intentions regarding David.
Here we read that David was to go hide in a field for three days. Jonathan points out that “the new
moon” was at hand, and that there was a feast at that time and that he
would be missed.
First, what
feast was it? Also, what was meant
by the new moon? And finally, what
was growing in the field? As you
will see, undoubtedly, the feast was Passover. And, we are told in Psalm 81:1 that the “new
moon” is the “full moon,” and here we see the full moon
setting up or determining the timing of this feast. Remember, the calendar had been flipped; and in doing so,
they were under the darkness-first reckoning, beginning the month with a
crescent moon. And quite
appropriately, this was taking place at the time of Saul, who himself was a
testimony of this darkness-first time – he was the darkness before the light
of the throne of David.
With these
two questions answered, we now know what was growing in the field that David
was hiding in. It was barley, the
harvest at the time of Passover.
Thus, this entire event was taking place at the precise time when
Yahshua and His disciples were walking in the barley field and He referred to
David in defense of the actions of His disciples. Let us continue with the account.
On the first
“new moon,” the fourteenth, Saul noticed that David was not there,
but he said nothing. On “the
second new moon,” the fifteenth, he asked about David and became very
angry and threw his spear at Jonathan.
That next morning, the sixteenth, Jonathan went to David on this third
day and performed a display with an arrow that is undoubtedly prophetic, but
will not be addressed. Jonathan
then told David that Saul wanted to kill him and he needed to flee. Jonathan then returned back to the
city, and we read that David went to Nob, where he received the showbread.
At this
point, the exact timing of the days cease. We know that there were three specific days followed here,
the first two being the Passover new moon feasts, and the third beginning with
this exchange between Jonathan and David.
But from their conversation on there is no specific timing given. We are told that David “rose and
departed, while Jonathan went into the city.” It can be assumed that on that same day David went to Nob,
for it was about a mile away. But
all we know is that it is said – “Then David came to Nob
…..” David could have
gone the next day. Why is this
question brought up? Because this
entire event was undoubtedly highly prophetic of Yahshua’s crucifixion
and resurrection!
We have
already seen that in order to satisfy prophecy, timing, and the accounts
regarding the events of Yahshua’s death and resurrection, He had to be in
the grave three days and three nights.
He had to be crucified on the fourteenth, and rise from the grave on the
morning of the seventeenth. But when
you have to deal with the reality that Yahshua has to cut short the days in
which the body of Christ is to be in the grave for three days and three nights,
and reduce it to two and come early so as to stop that death process, prophecy
has to do some things that get quite confusing.
Even as
Yahshua was in the grave for three days and three nights, so the body of Christ
is to be in the grave for three days and three nights, or 3,000 years. Therefore, it is legally required that
they cannot resurrect for another 1,000 years. However, we are told in Matthew 24:22 and Mark 13:20 (the
two books that speak to the 2,000 year cut-short period of the church) that if
those days were not cut short (to two), that “no flesh would be
saved.” So, although Yahshua
was in the grave for three days and three nights; of necessity, He must cut
short the days of the body of Christ to two, lest no flesh would be saved. (This is identical with the three sons
of Judah – Tamar being cut short to two sons, lest no flesh, even the
third son, would be saved [Genesis 38].)
What does
this mean? It means that Yahshua must
come early and perform for the church what they have totally failed to do. (Even as Judah performed what his sons failed to do.) Therefore, we see this confusion as to
how long Yahshua was in the grave – the promised three days and three
nights, or the confusing and conflicting two? The answer is that He Himself was in the grave for the
required full duration, even as He hung on the cross for three full hours of
darkness – from the sixth to the ninth hour (Mark 15:33). But for the sake of the elect, He has
to cut that time short and come early.
Thus you see this prophesied, not only here but elsewhere, so that there
is confusion even in the days of Yahshua’s own period in the grave. Both resurrection scenarios cannot be
true; but prophetically, both have to be evidenced. These contradictions are thus, once again, prophetic riddles
concealed in Bible contradictions.
For example, here is the riddle:
How can Yahshua’s body be in the grave three
days and three nights, but also be in the grave for only two days and two
nights?
This seems
impossible, doesn’t it? But
the way it becomes possible is to take the matter to a higher dimension, to the
fifth dimension of Christianity (Two Trees
In the Garden, page 4). By
doing this, and cutting the time short for the higher dimension fulfillment
from three days to two days, both are true. So, the answer to the riddle is:
By Yahshua’s literal body fulfilling the
three days and three nights, and His spiritual body having its days cut short
to two days and two nights.
Christians
believe that Sunday is their sabbath, the eighth day, thereby requiring them to
spend three days and three nights in the grave – their three hours of
darkness. But they also believe
that Yahshua was in the grave two days and two nights. And gratefully this will be fulfilled
for them, cutting their days short.
We see then
in this account that David was a type of Yahshua’s Passover death and
resurrection, but with the days cut short. Like Yahshua, he was to have been hidden in the field for
three days; but in fact, he was hidden for two. The telling reason for this is where he was hidden –
in the barley, the elect. This is
the same field Yahshua and His disciples were in when He spoke of David on the
second chief sabbath, the very day on which He would later resurrect. And it is for the sake of this elect
that those days are cut short to two, even as was the case with David.
So what then
does this tell us regarding when David ate the consecrated bread? Here, once again, we see the mystery,
the riddle, and yet the marvelous wonder of not only what Yahweh is doing, but
the equal marvel of His word. Keep
in mind, Yahweh’s word must prophesy both of these – the full
period, as well as the cut-short period.
And unfortunate for the carnal mind, which is essentially all the church
has had to work with for 2,000 years, particularly concerning the Millennium,
this riddle is unanswerable.
If David was
to have testified to Yahshua’s resurrection after three days and three
nights, he would have stayed in the field the full three days and gone to Nob
on the next day. But the only
problem with that is that if he had delayed once Jonathan came, he undoubtedly
would have been killed by Saul.
And this is precisely what would happen if Christianity was not cut
short and Yahshua delayed another 1,000 years – the Saul period would
kill the body of Christ, which it has done for 2,000 years, and “no flesh
would be saved.” It would be
the entire three hours of darkness, at the end of which the body of Christ
would cry out, “My God, my God, why have You forsaken us?” It would be the death of Shelah,
Judah’s third and final son.
It would be Balaam’s fate the third time had the donkey not
delivered him.
But, since
David was hiding in second Remnant barley (again, the same field Yahshua was
standing in), his days were cut short, and not only could he eat the showbread
on the third day, but he received Goliath’s sword. And keep in mind here as well that showbread
is also called “the bread of His presence”! The bread Yahshua spoke of on the
second chief sabbath was His presence, His “second chief sabbath”
resurrection. And let it be added
here that the bread of truth you are eating now is that very bread of His
presence – His presence first being through a man who is present in His
office.
Yahshua has
indeed already come, but first in a man, the “spirit of truth” whom
Yahshua said He would send in the Millennial age (John 14:16-17, 15:26, and
16:7). This is not the Holy Spirit
whom He said the Father would send (John 14:26), who was indeed sent on the day
of Pentecost. Yahshua said He
Himself would send the spirit of truth to be among men in the Millennial age. Concerning this one, He said that he
would not “speak on his own initiative, but whatever he hears, he will
speak; and he will disclose to you what is to come.” Yahshua added, “He will glorify
Me, for he will take of Mine and will disclose it to you.” “I have many more things to say to you,” Yahshua
told them, “but you cannot bear them now.”
Only today, in the Millennium, is Yahshua disclosing these things; and
He is using a man, the Elijah, who by virtue of being in His office, discloses
never-before-seen truth and prepares the way for Yahshua’s literal
coming.
Therefore, in
like manner, when David went to Ahimelech the priest, he said to David,
“Why are you alone and no one with you?” When David asked for five loaves (just like he had five
smooth stones), Ahimelech replied:
“There
is no ordinary bread on hand, but there is consecrated bread; if only the young
men have kept themselves from women.” David answered the priest and said to him, "Surely
women have been kept from us as previously when I set out and the vessels of
the young men were holy, though it was an ordinary journey; how much more then
today will their vessels be holy?" [1 Samuel 21:4-5]
Is this not
the same testimony of the 144,000 in Revelation 14:4 who prophetically
represent the Remnant?
These are the ones who have not been defiled with
women, for they have kept themselves chaste. These are the ones who follow the Lamb wherever He goes.
These have been purchased from among men as first fruits to God and to the
Lamb.
Even as one
man alone standing in testimony of Yahshua received the bread of the presence
for the whole to enjoy, so Yahshua has given one man to be the spirit of truth
– “Why are you alone and no one with you?” – so that
the whole Remnant can enjoy His truth.
These who eat this bread are the ones who have not been defiled by the
weak and easily deceived teachings of Christianity.
David also
received Goliath’s sword, which speaks of this truth as well. What did David call Goliath? He called him an “uncircumcised
Philistine” (1 Samuel 17:26, 36).
Briefly, what other revealing period took place where people were
uncircumcised? During the sons of
Israel’s wandering in the wilderness (Joshua 5:5). (Significantly, neither would they have
had Passover – Exodus 12:48.)
What did this mean. As
addressed in the book, Coverings, Chapter 9, uncircumcision is operating out of one’s
own flesh with cursed results, even as Abraham evidenced when he brought forth
Ishmael while uncircumcised. Only
after Abraham’s circumcision was the son of promise brought forth, when
Yahweh thereby took full responsibility for Abraham’s fruit, his
offspring.
We already
know that the wilderness wanderings are Christianity, so what is meant by the
fact that Christianity is uncircumcised?
In equal regard, the only offspring Christianity has been able to bring
forth are Ishmaels – cursed sons of flesh efforts. And as with Abraham’s Ishmael,
Yahweh did not take full responsibility for bringing forth the true promised
offspring. Even as Abraham pled
that Ishmael would “live before” Yahweh and it was denied (Genesis
17:18), so Christians have not lived before Yahweh, but have been cut off in
death. Therefore, the wilderness
period of Christianity is uncircumcised.
So what can
we understand about giant uncircumcised Goliath? In equal regard, he was a type of giant uncircumcised
Christianity. And to be further
noted, as a type of Christianity, the Philistines had the ark of the covenant
for seven months, the mark of the beast, keeping it in the fish god’s
temple (1 Samuel 5).
So why did
David have to kill giant Goliath?
For the sake of the elect!
David cast one small stone to Goliath’s head and the giant fell. He then took Goliath’s sword and
cut off his head. This was the
very sword that David received from Ahimelech and took with him, along with the
bread of the presence. Why? Christians have the word of God, the
sword of the Spirit. And who is
their head? Satan has been the
head of Christianity for 2,000 years.
Even as the two-part Remnant-representing Medo-Persians dried up the
Euphrates and went in and killed the head, Belteshazzar, thereby sparing all
Babylon; so the Remnant David must take the word of God, the sword of the
Spirit, and use it to cut off Satan’s headship over Christianity. And this is the authority spoken of
regarding this highly significant legal second chief sabbath day when Yahshua
spoke of David. This is the
Millennial sabbath rest when the Bride receives the bread of the presence and
the sword – the spirit of truth and the authority to remove Satan from
his headship over Christianity.
Continue to
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