Crystallization-Study of 1 and 2 Samuel
Message Seven
David Typifying Christ, the Real David—the King
of the Coming Kingdom of God
OPENING WORD OF THE PROPHESYING MEETING
Reading the verses in each day.
Reading the main points in the outlines.
Pray-reading the verses:
2 Sam. 7:16 And your house and your kingdom will be made sure forever before you; your throne will be established forever.
Ezek. 34:23-24 And I will set up over them one Shepherd, My Servant David, and He will feed them; He will feed them, and He will be their Shepherd. And I, Jehovah, will be their God, and My Servant David will be a Prince among them. I, Jehovah, have spoken.
Word of Appetizer
David typifies Christ, the real David, Please explain that the New Testament also clearly reveals that David typifies Christ.
When the Pharisees told [Jesus] that it was not lawful for His disciples to pick ears of grain on the Sabbath, He said, “Have you not read what David did when he became hungry, and those who were with him; how he entered into the house of God, and they ate the bread of the Presence, which was not lawful for him to eat, nor for those who were with him, except for the priests only?”
The Lord’s word in Matthew 12:3-4 implies that He is the real David, also implies a dispensational change from the priesthood to the kingship. By the coming of Christ, the dispensation was also changed, this time from the age of the law to the age of grace, in which Christ is above all.
Spiritual Burden
David the king typifies Christ the King; King David typifies Christ—the King of the coming kingdom of God—as the king established by God, the warring king, and the king despised and rejected by men. “I will set up over them one Shepherd, My Servant David, and He will feed them; He will feed them, and He will be their Shepherd…And My Servant David will be a Prince among them”—Ezek. 34:23-24.
When the Lord Jesus comes as the Shepherd to care for us, He comes also as the King to govern us; the issue of the Lord’s caring for us as our Shepherd is that we obey Him as our King and come under His kingship and His throne within us.
Concluding Word of the Prophesying Meeting
The Revelation of the Truth
David typifies Christ, the real David; David is the most thorough type of Christ revealed in the Old Testament, covering the longest period of time; the New Testament also clearly reveals that David typifies Christ.
David the king typifies Christ the King; King David typifies Christ—the King of the coming kingdom of God—as the king established by God, the warring king, and the king despised and rejected by men.
The kingdom of David typifies the coming kingdom of Christ; Through the prophet Nathan, Jehovah spoke to David, saying, “Your house and your kingdom will be made sure forever before you; your throne will be established forever”.
The Experience of Life
Christ our Shepherd, who is the real David, the real Shepherd of God’s flock, feeding us and causing us to be filled and satisfied. When the Lord Jesus comes as the Shepherd to care for us, He comes also as the King to govern us; the issue of the Lord’s caring for us as our Shepherd is that we obey Him as our King and come under His kingship and His throne within us.
Practice and Application
Psa. 110:1-3 Jehovah declares to my Lord, Sit at My right hand until I make Your enemies Your footstool. Jehovah will send forth the scepter of Your strength from Zion: Rule in the midst of Your enemies. Your people will offer themselves willingly in the day of Your warfare, in the splendor of their consecration. Your young men will be to You like the dew from the womb of the dawn.
Today is still a time of fighting because Christ still does not have a footstool. May we respond to Him by saying, “Lord Jesus, I want to be the dew conceived and produced by the womb of the dawn for You to be watered.”
PROPHESYING TOPICS—TWELVE TOPICS PER WEEK
Day 1
T1 David typifies Christ, the real David (1 Sam. 21:4, 6; Matt. 12:2-4)
(According to Matthew 12:2-4, explain that David typifies Christ, the real David.)
T2 It was through David that the kingdom with the kingship was brought in (1 Sam. 16:12; Matt. 1:6; 2:2)
(Please illustrate that David the king typifies Christ the King.)
Day 2
T1 David’s typifying the suffering Christ (Psa. 22:1; Matt. 27:46)
(Please illustrate that In Psalm 22 and 109 we see the suffering David typifying the suffering Christ passing through His death.)
T2 God answered this prayer not only through resurrection but also in ascension (Psa. 110; Acts 2:36; Heb. 5:7)
(Please illustrate that the prayer in Psalm 109 is answered in Psalm 110.)
Day 3
T1 “Your people will offer themselves willingly in the day of Your warfare, in the splendor of their consecration” (Psa. 110:3a)
(Please illustrate that King David typifies Christ as the warring king.)
T2 “In the day of Your warfare, …Your young men will be to You like the dew from the womb of the dawn” (Psa. 110:3b)
(Please illustrate that even Christ needs the watering. He needs us to be the dew that waters Him.)
Day 4
T1 David typifies Christ, the real Shepherd of God’s flock, feeding us (John 10:11; Isa. 9:7; Luke 1:32-33)
(Please illustrate that when the Lord Jesus comes as the Shepherd to care for us, He comes also as the King to govern us.)
T2 After Christ comes back, He will set up the kingdom of God on earth (Rev. 20:4, 6; 2:26-27)
(Please illustrate that after Christ takes possession of the earth, He will rule over the nations with His overcoming believers.)
Day 5
T1 The kingdom of David typifies the coming kingdom of Christ (Jer. 30:9; Ezek. 34:23-24; Amos 9:11)
(Please illustrate that according to the scriptures that the prophets spoke of David and Christ as one.)
T2 God promised David that his house, his kingdom, and his throne would be established forever before God (2 Sam. 7:16; Dan. 7:14)
(Please illustrate that this refers to Christ inheriting the kingdom and throne of David His father.)
Day 6
T1 The tabernacle of David is the kingdom and the royal family of David (Amos 9:11)
(Please illustrate that Amos prophesied that, as the King, Christ will raise up the “fallen tabernacle of David”.)
T2 Until the Lord’s second coming, He will restore the Messianic kingdom (Mark 11:10; Acts 1:6; 15:16)
(Please illustrate that the kingdom to be restored will be the earthly part of the millennium, the tabernacle of David which the Lord will rebuild.)
