BRAGADAYJAH 139

Wednesday, March 16, 2016

BRAGADAYJAH 907

BRAGADAYJAH 907

So as we come to the end, or almost the end of the episodes between David and King Saul. We see that Saul lived like a rabid dog with a fixation on biting David, and not just wounding him but with a rabid intention to slay him with the sword. We see David completely innocent, loving Saul like an obedient son, fighting Saul’s battles for him and for Israel, killing Goliath of whom Saul was afraid, slaying the enemy the Philistines ten thousand for every thousand Saul himself killed. Sparing Saul twice when the Lord delivered up Saul into his hands. Demonstrating his concern for the life of Saul, forbidding his followers to lay a hand on Saul, regarding him as the Lord’s anointed. And yes, we hear David saying, in effect, leave Saul alone the Lord will deal with him in the Lord’s own time in His own way.  And so it was. Saul lived like a dog and died and buried like a dog, bereft of kingly tribute and kingly dignity. His body mauled and beheaded and made a spectacle of.  David’s motto was, “Touch not the Lord’s anointed!”  It is a pity Saul did not practice that simple truth; for David was the Lord’s anointed and Saul paid the supreme penalty for seeking to touch him and to do him harm.   

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