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DAVID CONSOLIDATES HIS RULE IN JERUSALEM AS THE LORD PROSPERS AND PROTECTS HIM

DAVID’S INITIAL ATTEMPT TO TRANSFER THE ARK OF THE COVENANT TO JERUSALEM VIOLATES GOD’S HOLINESS AND ENDS IN TRAGEDY

MIGHTY WARRIORS FROM DIVERSE BACKGROUNDS RALLIED THEIR UNIFIED SUPPORT FOR DAVID AS KING IN HARMONY WITH HIS DIVINE CALLING

THE DESERVED DIVINE EXECUTION OF SAUL PAVES THE WAY FOR THE TRANSFER OF THE KINGDOM TO DAVID

THE RESETTLING OF THE EXILES FOCUSED ON ESTABLISHING TEMPLE WORSHIP IN JERUSALEM UNDER THE DIRECTION OF THE PRIESTS, LEVITES AND OTHER TEMPLE SERVANTS WHILE REMEMBERING THE HISTORY OF ISRAEL’S KINGS BEGINNING WITH SAUL

THE PARTNERSHIP OF BENJAMIN WITH JUDAH IN SUPPORTING THE DAVIDIC LINE DERIVES FROM ITS CLOSE ASSOCIATION

– WITH THE SOURCE OF THE KINGDOM

IN THE GENEALOGY OF SAUL AND

– WITH THE PROMISED LAND OF JERUSALEM

REMEMBER THE FORMER MIGHTY MEN OF VALOR IN THE NORTHERN TRIBES AS YOU CELEBRATE GOD’S FAITHFULNESS

THE ADMINISTRATION OF WORSHIP UNDER THE DIRECTION OF THE LEVITES ELEVATES THIS TRIBE TO A POSITION OF PROMINENCE

THE FAITHFULNESS OF GOD TO HIS COVENANT STIPULATIONS ENABLES INITIAL MILITARY SUCCESS FOR THE TRANSJORDANIAN TRIBES BUT EVENTUALLY RELEGATES THEM TO EXILE DUE TO IDOLATRY

HISTORICAL CIRCUMSTANCES CANNOT COMPROMISE GOD’S KINGDOM AGENDA – WHICH INCLUDES THE FORGOTTEN TRIBE OF SIMEON

THE PROMINENT ROLE OF THE TRIBE OF JUDAH (AS FOCUSED IN KING DAVID) IN GOD’S KINGDOM AGENDA EMPHASIZED

THE CONTINUITY OF THE UNIVERSAL MISSION OF GOD’S COVENANT PEOPLE REFLECTED IN TRACING ISRAEL’S ORIGINS BACK TO ADAM