WHEN GOD BRINGS US FURTHER INTO HIS KINGDOM

January 6, 2012
MF Blume

  Scripture Text:


1 Samuel 2:12-17 KJV  Now the sons of Eli were sons of Belial; they knew not the LORD.  (13)  And the priests' custom with the people was, that, when any man offered sacrifice, the priest's servant came, while the flesh was in seething, with a fleshhook of three teeth in his hand;  (14)  And he struck it into the pan, or kettle, or caldron, or pot; all that the fleshhook brought up the priest took for himself. So they did in Shiloh unto all the Israelites that came thither.  (15)  Also before they burnt the fat, the priest's servant came, and said to the man that sacrificed, Give flesh to roast for the priest; for he will not have sodden flesh of thee, but raw.  (16)  And if any man said unto him, Let them not fail to burn the fat presently, and then take as much as thy soul desireth; then he would answer him, Nay; but thou shalt give it me now: and if not, I will take it by force.  (17)  Wherefore the sin of the young men was very great before the LORD: for men abhorred the offering of the LORD.

1 Samuel 2:27-29 KJV  And there came a man of God unto Eli, and said unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Did I plainly appear unto the house of thy father, when they were in Egypt in Pharaoh's house?  (28)  And did I choose him out of all the tribes of Israel to be my priest, to offer upon mine altar, to burn incense, to wear an ephod before me? and did I give unto the house of thy father all the offerings made by fire of the children of Israel?  (29)  Wherefore kick ye at my sacrifice and at mine offering, which I have commanded in my habitation; and honourest thy sons above me, to make yourselves fat with the chiefest of all the offerings of Israel my people?

 1 Samuel 3:11-14 KJV  And the LORD said to Samuel, Behold, I will do a thing in Israel, at which both the ears of every one that heareth it shall tingle.  (12)  In that day I will perform against Eli all things which I have spoken concerning his house: when I begin, I will also make an end.  (13)  For I have told him that I will judge his house for ever for the iniquity which he knoweth; because his sons made themselves vile, and he restrained them not.  (14)  And therefore I have sworn unto the house of Eli, that the iniquity of Eli's house shall not be purged with sacrifice nor offering for ever.

Eli was unable to put his two sons in check for all their sin.
·    The answer was to SEE HIM AND THE BOYS DIE.

1 Samuel 2:33-35 KJV  And the man of thine, whom I shall not cut off from mine altar, shall be to consume thine eyes, and to grieve thine heart: and all the increase of thine house shall die in the flower of their age.  (34)  And this shall be a sign unto thee, that shall come upon thy two sons, on Hophni and Phinehas; in one day they shall die both of them.  (35)  And I will raise me up a faithful priest, that shall do according to that which is in mine heart and in my mind: and I will build him a sure house; and he shall walk before mine anointed for ever.

And after their deaths A RESURRECTION would occur.
·    A RAISING UP.
·    One family OR HOUSE is removed, and another HOUSE or family is made SURE and everlasting.

Paul spoke of the OLD MAN having to be killed.

Romans 6:6 KJV  Knowing this, that our old man is crucified with him, that the body of sin might be destroyed, that henceforth we should not serve sin.

The OLD MAN is our unregenerated lives that can be very RELIGIOUS, BUT CANNOT STOP OUR FLESH FROM COMMITTING SINS.

The OLD ORDER is religious but is fleshly.
·    Flesh cannot stop flesh from all its troubles.

But it likes to have that place because that is the place of God.
·    And when the new order comes with THE TRUE GOD leading the way,it fights and persecutes those who WANT GOD TO MOVE.

We see rival priesthood between Samuel and Elli.

Then RIVAL Kingship between SAUL AND DAVID.

More and more people began leaving SAUL’S OLD ORDER and coming out to David.

1 Samuel 22:1-2 KJV  David therefore departed thence, and escaped to the cave Adullam: and when his brethren and all his father's house heard it, they went down thither to him.  (2)  And every one that was in distress, and every one that was in debt, and every one that was discontented, gathered themselves unto him; and he became a captain over them: and there were with him about four hundred men.

The cave of Adullam was where David’s NEW ORDER began rising.
·    People came to him who were DISTRESSED under the house of Saul.
·    In debt and discontented.
·    David became CAPTAIN OVER THEM.

David stands for JESUS, SON OF DAVID.
·    People come out of the OLD ORDER denominationalism who were distressed by it.
·    Discontented.

ADULLAM means JUSTICE OF THE PEOPLE.

DISTRESS literally in the Hebrew means CONFINED and NARROW.

DISCONTENTED is bitter and angry.

Their fleshly denominationalism IS NOT ABLE TO STOP THEIR FLESHLY WORKS AND SINS.
·    The OLD MAN Eli may become very religious with all its commandments from the LAW OF MOSES, but IT CANNOT STOP ITS FLESH FROM SINNING.

It’s not enough to come out of denominationalism.
·    ONE MUST COME OUT OF THE OLD WAY OF THINKING.

Romans 12:2 KJV  And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.

YOUR HEAD ORIGINATES WHAT YOUR HANDS DO.

YOUR MIND must be aligned with what Jesus did for us in CRUCIFYING US WITH HIM.

Until then, we will try our utmost and be very very OLD ORDER in how we deal with our lives for the Lord.
·    That is the exact thing Paul was dealing with in ROMANS.
·    That is why he had to inform them that THEY DIED.
·    That is why the bible is so strong on the power of the BLOOD.
·    BLOOD speaks of DEATH of Jesus.

YOU DIED WITH JESUS, so YOUR MIND HAS TO REALIZE THAT DEATH.

KNOW….

Eli’s sons names were HOPHNI and PHINEHAS.
HOHPNI means PUGILIST  or fist fighter

PHINEHAS means MOUTH OF THE SERPENT.

Death has to come to all of this.

1 Samuel 4:11 KJV  And the ark of God was taken; and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were slain.

1 Samuel 4:18 KJV  And it came to pass, when he made mention of the ark of God, that he fell from off the seat backward by the side of the gate, and his neck brake, and he died: for he was an old man, and heavy. And he had judged Israel forty years.

There is a connection between ELI and the idol Dagon in Philistia.

Phinehas and the mouth of the serpent correspond to THE HEAD.
Hophni and the FIST FIGHTER correspond to the HANDS.

1 Samuel 5:4 KJV  And when they arose early on the morrow morning, behold, Dagon was fallen upon his face to the ground before the ark of the LORD; and the head of Dagon and both the palms of his hands were cut off upon the threshold; only the stump of Dagon was left to him.

THE HEAD AND HANDS OF DAGON were broken off, after Eli’s NECK was broken and he died with the news of the deaths of the HIS TWO SONS.

The human head and hands came off the FISH SHAPED Dagon idol showing us it was more than coincidence that the idol fell apart and broke.
·    But while Dagon had a human head, PHINEHAS means MOUTH OF THE SERPENT.

So the enemy has influence in the old order of religion, and that religion cannot stop it.
·    Old order thrives on flesh and flesh cannot overcome flesh.
·    Flesh DIES in new order, so you can see how they clash.

JESUS IS KING – DAVID IS CAPTAIN.
It took time and David rose more and more.
·    The people gathered to him changed over time.