The Hebron Concept

Households of Faith
Today’s Focus: The Hebron Concept
Scripture: 2 Samuel 2:1-4; 5:1-3; Ezekiel 37:16,17

Greetings Kingdom Citizens
You may ask what is the Hebron concept and what does that have to do with the House of God. Well let’s define the word Hebron. We know Hebron is a place but like many places in the Bible, the place’s name carries a meaning. The word Hebron means “Place of Alliance”. Now I want to give you this scripture and show you the importance of alliances within the House of God.

2 Samuel 2:1-4: And it came to pass after this, that David enquired of the Lord, saying, Shall I go up into any of the cities of Judah? And the Lord said unto him, Go up and David said whither shall I go up? And he said, UNTO HEBRON. So David went up thither and his two wives also, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess and Abigail Nabal’s wife the Carmelite. And his men that were with him did David bring up, EVERY MAN WITH HIS HOUSEHOLD: AND THEY DWELT IN THE CITIES OF HEBRON. And the men of Judah came, and there they anointed David king over the house Judah. And they told David saying, That the men of Jabeshgilead were they that buried Saul.

Now there is a difference between alliance and networking. What we have a lot of is networking. When you network, you network in the position of benefiting oneself. However with alliances, alliance create relationships for mutual benefits. They are not created to gain something or partnership to advance a common cause. Alliances are necessary because they are the relationships that unite the households to clans, and the clans to the 12 tribes and then to the Holy Nation. Now watch this because I want to show you how important Hebron was and why it is the called the “Place of Alliance”. Remember the Lord told David to go to Hebron.

2 Samuel 5:1-3: THEN CAME ALL THE TRIBES OF ISRAEL TO DAVID UNTO HEBRON, AND SPAKE, SAYING BEHOLD, WE ARE THY BONE AND THY FLESH. Also in time past, when Saul was king over us, thou wast he that leadest out and broughtest in Israel: and the Lord said to thee, Thou shalt feed my people Israel, and thou shalt be a captain over Israel. SO ALL THE ELDERS OF ISRAEL CAME TO THE KING TO HEBRON; KING DAVID MADE A LEAGUE WITH THEM IN HEBRON BEFORE THE LORD: AND THEY ANOINTED DAVID KING OVER ISRAEL.

So at Hebron all of the tribes of Israel came together. It was also at Hebron that the ELDERS (FATHERS) OF ISRAEL would come together and anoint David King of Israel. So here we have the heads of households coming to David at Hebron, uniting Israel. Are we not Spiritual Israel and it will be through alliances that the Lord will unite us and bring us together as a Holy Nation. Let me show you this last scripture:

Ezekiel 37:16,17: Moreover, thou son of man, take thee one stick, and write upon it, For Judah, and for the children of Israel his companions: then take another stick, and write upon it, For Joseph, the stick of Ephraim, and for all the house of Israel his companions: And join them one to another in one stick; and they shall become one in thine hand.

The kingdom of Israel had been taken out of Solomon’s hands and divided into the northern kingdom consisting of 10 tribes and the southern kingdom consisting of two tribes. Each stick consisted of one of the kingdom. Judah represented the southern kingdom and Ephraim represented the northern kingdom. But look what God is going to do. He is going to unite the kingdom and make it one again, symbolically the coming together and being one stick. In as much as we maybe divided today, slowly but surely God is uniting the House of God in the Earth and He starts it from the foundation of households. The alliance between households brings them into an intimate relationship. This is really no different than a family coming together for a family reunion. You bring multiple households together to form the corporate family, united in one place. We will do an entire series on alliances because it is vital to the bringing together of the Holy Nation.

Peace, Love and Grace from the Father,
Calvin Calhoun, Jr.