2 Samuel 3:1 KJV  Now there was long war between the house of Saul and the house of David: but David waxed stronger and stronger, and the house of Saul waxed weaker and weaker.

Throughout the Bible we see transition from flesh to Spirit in many examples.
·    The older brother of two was always representative of the flesh, while the younger was Spirit.
·    Cain Abel.
·    Ishmael Isaac.
·    Esau Jacob.
·    And even with KINGS – Saul and David.

David shows the KINGDOM aspect of Jesus Christ.

There is a time when the elder is the only one present, and then the younger comes, favour is shown to the younger, the elder reacts, and then the elder is removed to see the younger take over.

We have used the elder/younger aspect of the Wilderness Journey showing the transition from a walk after the flesh to that of the Spirit in our individual lives.
·    You can actually see the same with OLD and NEW covenants.
·    But we are looking at it in our personal growth.
We saw it in Noah using the raven before the dove in order to leave the ark into the new world.

From Moses’ leadership to Joshua’s and entrance into Canaan.
There is a time when the old is alone and then comes the younger.
·    A transition time occurs that is very uncomfortable when the old and new are together.
·    Then the younger rises more and more while the older slowly fades away.
·    And the younger always gets persecuted by the older.
·    Cain was jealous of Abel.
·    Ishmael mocked Isaac.
·    Esau hates Jacob.
·    Soul persecutes David.

This is like our flesh reacting and not enjoying the transition.
The transition period in Israel occurred when Saul lost the anointing.

Samuel’s word to Saul:

1 Samuel 10:8 KJV  And thou shalt go down before me to Gilgal; and, behold, I will come down unto thee, to offer burnt offerings, and to sacrifice sacrifices of peace offerings: seven days shalt thou tarry, till I come to thee, and shew thee what thou shalt do.

Saul’s response:

1 Samuel 13:8-14 KJV  And he tarried seven days, according to the set time that Samuel had appointed: but Samuel came not to Gilgal; and the people were scattered from him.  (9)  And Saul said, Bring hither a burnt offering to me, and peace offerings. And he offered the burnt offering.  (10)  And it came to pass, that as soon as he had made an end of offering the burnt offering, behold, Samuel came; and Saul went out to meet him, that he might salute him.  (11)  And Samuel said, What hast thou done? And Saul said, Because I saw that the people were scattered from me, and that thou camest not within the days appointed, and that the Philistines gathered themselves together at Michmash;  (12)  Therefore said I, The Philistines will come down now upon me to Gilgal, and I have not made supplication unto the LORD: I forced myself therefore, and offered a burnt offering.  (13)  And Samuel said to Saul, Thou hast done foolishly: thou hast not kept the commandment of the LORD thy God, which he commanded thee: for now would the LORD have established thy kingdom upon Israel for ever.  (14)  But now thy kingdom shall not continue: the LORD hath sought him a man after his own heart, and the LORD hath commanded him to be captain over his people, because thou hast not kept that which the LORD commanded thee.

1 Samuel 15:3 KJV  Now go and smite Amalek, and utterly destroy all that they have, and spare them not; but slay both man and woman, infant and suckling, ox and sheep, camel and ass.

Saul’s response:

1 Samuel 15:8-11 KJV  And he took Agag the king of the Amalekites alive, and utterly destroyed all the people with the edge of the sword.  (9)  But Saul and the people spared Agag, and the best of the sheep, and of the oxen, and of the fatlings, and the lambs, and all that was good, and would not utterly destroy them: but every thing that was vile and refuse, that they destroyed utterly.  (10)  Then came the word of the LORD unto Samuel, saying,  (11)  It repenteth me that I have set up Saul to be king: for he is turned back from following me, and hath not performed my commandments. And it grieved Samuel; and he cried unto the LORD all night.

REBUKE TO SAUL:

1 Samuel 15:13-23 KJV  And Samuel came to Saul: and Saul said unto him, Blessed be thou of the LORD: I have performed the commandment of the LORD.  (14)  And Samuel said, What meaneth then this bleating of the sheep in mine ears, and the lowing of the oxen which I hear?  (15)  And Saul said, They have brought them from the Amalekites: for the people spared the best of the sheep and of the oxen, to sacrifice unto the LORD thy God; and the rest we have utterly destroyed.  (16)  Then Samuel said unto Saul, Stay, and I will tell thee what the LORD hath said to me this night. And he said unto him, Say on.  (17)  And Samuel said, When thou wast little in thine own sight, wast thou not made the head of the tribes of Israel, and the LORD anointed thee king over Israel?  (18)  And the LORD sent thee on a journey, and said, Go and utterly destroy the sinners the Amalekites, and fight against them until they be consumed.  (19)  Wherefore then didst thou not obey the voice of the LORD, but didst fly upon the spoil, and didst evil in the sight of the LORD?  (20)  And Saul said unto Samuel, Yea, I have obeyed the voice of the LORD, and have gone the way which the LORD sent me, and have brought Agag the king of Amalek, and have utterly destroyed the Amalekites.  (21)  But the people took of the spoil, sheep and oxen, the chief of the things which should have been utterly destroyed, to sacrifice unto the LORD thy God in Gilgal.  (22)  And Samuel said, Hath the LORD as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of the LORD? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to hearken than the fat of rams.  (23)  For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry. Because thou hast rejected the word of the LORD, he hath also rejected thee from being king.

Saul could not repent.

David made worse sins of adultery and murder, whereas Saul sacrificed when Samuel should have, and Saul spare the king and some animals when they all should have been killed.
·    But David knew how to repent.
·    Saul blamed people but David accepted full blame.

1 Samuel 16:13-14 KJV  Then Samuel took the horn of oil, and anointed him in the midst of his brethren: and the Spirit of the LORD came upon David from that day forward. So Samuel rose up, and went to Ramah.  (14)  But the Spirit of the LORD departed from Saul, and an evil spirit from the LORD troubled him.

The Spirit of God left Saul and demon came upon him, while the Spirit of God came upon David.
·    Saul’s system is a fleshly one that became demonized.
·    It reminds me of the Old Covenant people of Israel.
·    Jesus Christ came with the NEW and the Old was transitioning out.
·    But the people of the Old became demonized when the Old Covenant people never were demonized generally like that before the first advent of Jesus Christ.

1 Samuel 9:2 KJV  And he had a son, whose name was Saul, a choice young man, and a goodly: and there was not among the children of Israel a goodlier person than he: from his shoulders and upward he was higher than any of the people.

Head speaks of WISDOM and shoulders speak of STRENGTH.
·    The Old system is FLESHLY WISDOM AND FLESHLY STRENGTH.
·    God’s Spirit cannot work with that.
·    Church circles abound with that strain of fleshly might and strength.
·    But it takes a truly HEART-TOUCHED person like David to be used by the Spirit today.

Acts 13:22 KJV  And when he had removed him, he raised up unto them David to be their king; to whom also he gave testimony, and said, I have found David the son of Jesse, a man after mine own heart, which shall fulfil all my will.

When Samuel anointed David, God just finished telling Samuel to look at the inward.
God told Samuel he rejected Saul.

1 Samuel 16:1 KJV  And the LORD said unto Samuel, How long wilt thou mourn for Saul, seeing I have rejected him from reigning over Israel? fill thine horn with oil, and go, I will send thee to Jesse the Bethlehemite: for I have provided me a king among his sons.


mâ'as – “REJECTED”

TO SPURN.
·    A very strong word.
·    Abhor, disappear.
·    Contemn.
·    Despise.
·    Disdain.
·    Loathe.

Jesse had seven sons who were just like Saul.
·    Tall, strapping men.

1 Samuel 16:5-6 KJV  And he said, Peaceably: I am come to sacrifice unto the LORD: sanctify yourselves, and come with me to the sacrifice. And he sanctified Jesse and his sons, and called them to the sacrifice.  (6)  And it came to pass, when they were come, that he looked on Eliab, and said, Surely the LORD'S anointed is before him.

ELIAB – means GOD OF HIS FATHER.
·    So religious sounding.
·    Samuel was convinced.

1 Samuel 16:7 KJV  But the LORD said unto Samuel, Look not on his countenance, or on the height of his stature; because I have refused him: for the LORD seeth not as man seeth; for man looketh on the outward appearance, but the LORD looketh on the heart.


The word REFUSED in Hebrew is mâ'as
·    SAME WORD translated as REJECTED in verse 1!

God despised that son when Samuel was convinced he was the one!
·    Samuel said sure it was the Lord’s anointed, and he meant KING!
·    “Here’s the king!”
·    Not so.

1 Samuel 16:8 KJV  Then Jesse called Abinadab, and made him pass before Samuel. And he said, Neither hath the LORD chosen this.

ABINADAB.
    “Father of generosity.”
    Prosperity gospel.
    Not the one either.

1 Samuel 16:9 KJV  Then Jesse made Shammah to pass by. And he said, Neither hath the LORD chosen this.

Shammah.
    ruin; by implication consternation.
    LEGALISM!
    What ruins the work of God.

1 Samuel 16:10 KJV  Again, Jesse made seven of his sons to pass before Samuel. And Samuel said unto Jesse, The LORD hath not chosen these.


SEVEN BOYS!
    Not one of them was the one.
    SEVEN means COMPLETE.
    GOD HAS TO SEE FLESHLINESS COMPLETELY BECOME EXHAUSTED before He can provide the answer.
    The best of flesh has to run out of options before God can move.

DAVID WAS THE 8th!
    8 represents RESURRECTION.
    LIFE OF THE SPIRIT.

Look at the Wedding of Cana.

John 2:1-3 KJV  And the third day there was a marriage in Cana of Galilee; and the mother of Jesus was there:  (2)  And both Jesus was called, and his disciples, to the marriage.  (3)  And when they wanted wine, the mother of Jesus saith unto him, They have no wine.

THEY RAN OUT OF THEIR WINE.
    Man’s wine must run out before a miracle can occur.
    THREE days was when this miracle occurred!
    NEW LIFE!
    RESURRECTION LIFE!
    8th DAY OF THE WEEK is the first day of the next week!

John 2:10 KJV  And saith unto him, Every man at the beginning doth set forth good wine; and when men have well drunk, then that which is worse: but thou hast kept the good wine until now.

Best wine came after the old wine was completely RUN OUT!

We cannot have a genuine move of the Kingdom Spirit power of Jesus Christ until the OLD WINE IS GONE and there is a COMPLETE END OF FLESHLY OPTIONS.

Even the prophet made a mistake.
    Samuel.
    We cannot seek what WE want God to do, but what God wants to do.
    This dumps everything seeker-friendly approach to the work of God.
    The flesh is going to kick and scream and want it’s way, but the Spirit is not going to move until he flesh is abandoned completely.
    What sermons WE want to hear.
    What church WE want to attend.
    What direction WE want the church to go in.
    We do not get a vote, folks, when we are truly Kingdom oriented.
    God’s kingdom is not a democracy but a theocracy.
    Like Myles Munroe noted, we do not vote in the leader in a Kingdom.
    God sets the five-fold ministry up in His way, His time and His choosing.

We can even make the five-fold ministry into a fleshly thing where we choose the five-fold ministers.

Look how Samuel anointed David contrasted with Saul.

1 Samuel 10:1 KJV  Then Samuel took a vial of oil, and poured it upon his head, and kissed him, and said, Is it not because the LORD hath anointed thee to be captain over his inheritance?

1 Samuel 16:13 KJV  Then Samuel took the horn of oil, and anointed him in the midst of his brethren: and the Spirit of the LORD came upon David from that day forward. So Samuel rose up, and went to Ramah.


VIAL as opposed to a HORN.

Jesus is called the HORN OF DAVID.
    It is also MAN-MADE anointing instrument from GOD-MADE ram’s horns.

While Jesse’s  seven older sons were tall like Saul, and rejected like Saul, look at David.


1 Samuel 16:12 KJV  And he sent, and brought him in. Now he was ruddy, and withal of a beautiful countenance, and goodly to look to. And the LORD said, Arise, anoint him: for this is he.

RUDDY is “ADAM”—red earth.
    Humanity.
    Weakness.
    Frail flesh.
    HUMBLE.

BEAUTIFUL COUNTENANCE.
    BRIGHT EYED.
    FAIR EYES.

Ephesians 1:17-18 KJV  That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him:  (18)  The eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints,

Sees revelation.
    His spirit is prominent in him.

“Arise, anoint him: for this is he.”

Same terms used with Jesus.

Matthew 3:16-17 KJV  And Jesus, when he was baptized, went up straightway out of the water: and, lo, the heavens were opened unto him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove, and lighting upon him:  (17)  And lo a voice from heaven, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.


When Saul was disobedient and God ripped the KINGDOM from him, Samuel said:

1 Samuel 15:28 KJV  And Samuel said unto him, The LORD hath rent the kingdom of Israel from thee this day, and hath given it to a neighbour of thine, that is better than thou.

The book of Hebrews is a contrast between the OLD and the NEW and constantly is emphasizing the word “BETTER”.

Everything about this screams out NEWNESS OF SPIRIT and OLDNESS OF LETTER.

Most of religion today is the oldness of the letter.
    Trying to maintain an Old Testament fleshly way of life in a New Covenant.
    Cannot work.

After David was anointed, Saul called him into his house to be armour bearer.
    An honorary position seeing he saw something good.
    And David sang and his praise drove the evil spirit away from Saul.
    Saul like the PRAISE.

1 Samuel 16:21-23 KJV  And David came to Saul, and stood before him: and he loved him greatly; and he became his armourbearer.  (22)  And Saul sent to Jesse, saying, Let David, I pray thee, stand before me; for he hath found favour in my sight.  (23)  And it came to pass, when the evil spirit from God was upon Saul, that David took an harp, and played with his hand: so Saul was refreshed, and was well, and the evil spirit departed from him.

Saul likes Praise.
    But trouble came and Saul hated David when the KINGDOM BATTLE OCCURRED.

BATTLE WITH GOLIATH COMES NEXT,

David took five smooth stones from the river and slew the giant, after rejecting Saul’s armour.

FIVE-FOLD MINISTRY.
    Kingdom works by five-fold ministry.
    SAUL AND FLESH cannot stand FIVE FOLD MINISTRY because they’re not voted on and not chosen by flesh, but God’s GIFT manifests itself without the help of flesh.
    God’s gift makes room for itself.

Proverbs 18:16 KJV  A man's gift maketh room for him, and bringeth him before great men.


When someone reaches into the FIVE-FOLD MINISTRY AND DEFEATS THE ENEMY, Saul hates him.

These five smooth stones CAME FROM THE RIVER IN THE VALLEY.
    FROM THE MOVING OF THE SPIRIT – SHAPED BY THE SPIRIT’S MOVING.
    Right in the midst of the SPIRIT MOVING.

Saul’s system lacking spiritual calling of Holy Ghost to separate men for ministry (Acts 13) cannot defeat the works of the enemy.
    It’s demonized!
    Evil spirits can work in it.
    Saul wound up being unable to talk to a prophet so he turned to the occult and consulted a witch.

Saul could not destroy Goliath because of Goliath’s characteristics.

1 Samuel 17:4 KJV  And there went out a champion out of the camp of the Philistines, named Goliath, of Gath, whose height was six cubits and a span.

SIX CUBITS shows the NUMBER OF MAN.
    6 – created on sixth day.
    A SPAN is the width of the hand from the thumb to the small finger.
    So we see the picture of GOLIATH JUST BEYOND MAN BY A HAND’S REACH.
    Saul’s fleshly system CANNOT REACH that height to bring him down.
    Goliath is just beyond man.

But David did not use Saul’s armour, but rather PROPHESIED as he ran to Goliath using Living water provided weapons of the SPIRIT MINISTRY.
    Only SPIRITUAL ministry can take down that which is just out of reach of MAN’S FLESH.

GOLIATH (gol-yath') comes from the Hebrew w rod for “EXILE”, which comes from GAW-LAW’ --  to “to denude (especially in a disgraceful sense); by implication to exile (captives being usually stripped).”

Colossians 2:15 KJV  And having spoiled principalities and powers, he made a shew of them openly, triumphing over them in it.

Jesus SPOILED the devil!
    To divest wholly oneself
    TO STRIP.

This GOLIATH was a STRIPPED ENEMY to David!
Goliath did not even hold his own shield.

1 Samuel 17:5-7 KJV  And he had an helmet of brass upon his head, and he was armed with a coat of mail; and the weight of the coat was five thousand shekels of brass.  (6)  And he had greaves of brass upon his legs, and a target of brass between his shoulders.  (7)  And the staff of his spear was like a weaver's beam; and his spear's head weighed six hundred shekels of iron: and one bearing a shield went before him.

BRASS in the bible represents JUDGMENT.
    The altar and laver were BRAZEN in the Temple and tabernacle.
    Hammered.
    It speaks of JUDGMENT.
    The helmet of brass is a fleshly JUDGMENTAL MINDSET.
    CONDEMING AND JUDGMENTAL.

BRASS Coat of MAIL is a COAT LIKE SCALES.
    Leviathian!
    Crocodile of Egypt.

GREAVES of brass are LEG SUPPORTS.
    Stand by fleshly judgment.
   

RV version renders TARGET to be a javelin like Saul threw at David.

1 Samuel 16:7 KJV  But the LORD said unto Samuel, Look not on his countenance, or on the height of his stature; because I have refused him: for the LORD seeth not as man seeth; for man looketh on the outward appearance, but the LORD looketh on the heart.

Look not to fleshly things our senses can pick up on.
God will even do things our five senses can pick up on, but the SPIRITUAL things are nothing you can hear, taste, smell, touch or see.
    THEY ARE UNSEEN.

2 Corinthians 4:18 KJV  While we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen are temporal; but the things which are not seen are eternal.

Look on the things of the heart.
    Eternal things.
    WALK AFTER THE SPIRIT.
    It’s going to lead us for all eternity, so we might as well get accustomed to being led by it now.
    This flesh we have will be changed one day and made immortal.
    We will have all limitations of the mortal flesh thrown off it.
    And we will be Spirit-led so easily then.
    But with sin in our flesh, in another sort of transition period, before our flesh is changed, we need to learn to be SPIRIT LED TODAY!
    Drop what you fleshly five senses can relate to.
    Tap into the FIVE-FOLD ministry instead.