Divine Instruction and Household Migration

The Hebron Concept

Today’s Focus: Advancing to Hebron Part 2: Divine Instruction and Household Migration

Scripture: 2 Samuel 2:1-3; 2 Samuel 5:1

Greetings Sons of God:

2 Samuel 2:1-3: 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.

After the death of Saul, David asked the Lord if he could go up to any of the cities of Judah.  Remember David was of the tribe of Judah.  Now there is a divine principle being shown here and it is the fact that you cannot advance to Hebron without divine instruction.  Before the children of Israel would go anywhere or advance anywhere they had to have divine instruction from the Lord and be lead by Him and His set-man over the nation.  For example, Moses was the set-man over Israel to lead them.  The Lord would speak His directions, commandments and statutes through Moses and under those commands the children of Israel were to follow.  They were lead by a cloud by day and a pillar of fire by night out of Egypt, but their direction for leaving was under divine instruction.  So many times people move without divine instruction and end up in the wrong place doing the wrong thing, thinking that it is right.  When we follow divine instruction we are guaranteed success and grace from God.  It is when we move without instruction, that the grace of God does not move with us and then when we do something we think it is God but it really is not.  David is said to be a man after God’s own heart and if we are to desire to be that way then we must do the same and that requires us to be submitted to the Spirit and obey His instruction and directives.   

The next principle is you cannot go to Hebron alone, you must bring your entire household.  David in vs 3 is said to have brought his entire household to Hebron.  You cannot leave anyone behind.  Before David was anointed king over Israel all of the tribes of Israel had to cone to Hebron.  That means everyone because at Hebron the house of Israel is joined together as one corporate man. 

2 Samuel 5:1: Then came all the tribes of Israel to David unto Hebron, and spake saying Behold, we are thy bone and thy flesh. 

Remember, at Hebron there is joining or consolidation of alliances. But everyone, the heads of households, the heads of clans and the heads of the tribes must bring everyone of their household to Hebron to be joined as one-corporate man.

In the next message we will look at two things that happen when you arrive at Hebron. 

Peace, Love and Grace from the Father,

Calvin Calhoun, Jr.

Love Your Enemies, Even in Death

The Hebron Concept

Today’s Focus: Advancing to Hebron: Love Your Enemies, Even in Death

Scripture: 2 Samuel 1:11,12; 2:1-3

Greetings Sons of God:

2 Samuel 2:1-3: 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, 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.

Now this will be our foundational scripture for the next couple of messages but let’s look at this.  Notice the scripture starts with “After this”.  Now this is before David asks the Lord where to go and advance to Hebron, so there was something that happened or something David had to do, or overcome before advancing to Hebron.  Let us see what it is.  Remember Saul was ruling king of Israel before David and Saul became jealous of David and hunted him like an animal in an attempt to kill him because the hearts of the people of Israel were turning to David.  Now for those who know the story, in 1 Samuel 31, Saul and his sons, Johnathon, Abinadab and Melchishua were killed at the battle with the Philistines.  Now Saul and his armourbear to be more exact committed suicide.  A messenger sent word to David and and informed him that Saul was dead.  Now you would think after so many years of being hunted by Saul, he would be relived for him to be gone.  Let’s see what David’s reaction was:

2 Samuel 1:11,12:  Then David took hold on his clothes, and rent them; and likewise all men that were with him: And they mourned and wept, and fasted until even, for Saul, and for Jonathon his son, and for the people of the Lord, and for the house of Israel; because they were fallen by the sword. 

David lamented over Saul.  The rest of 2 Samuel 1 speaks of how David lamented and how the children of Judah should learn the song of the bow written in the book of Jasher.  David wept over Saul and his son’s death.  These were the same people who sought to kill David.  Even though Saul did not like David and sought to kill him, David did not lift up an evil word against Saul.  He served him because David saw him as God’s anointed.    We as the sons of God are to honour our worst enemies with love.  This why Jesus would say: Bless those who hate you.  Because to bless your enemies is the greatest act of spiritual warfare.  Even in death David loved Saul and his sons and we as the sons of God are called to this type of love.  We are called to love our enemies, even in death.  If you rejoice at your enemy’s death then you will not experience Hebron.  If you laugh at your enemy’s death, no Hebron.   The sons of God heart is truly tested when our brother falls. 

So to advance to Hebron you must first learn how to love your enemies, even in death.  In our next message we will examine the next principle to advancing to Hebron.

Peace, Love and Grace from the Father,

Calvin Calhoun, Jr.

The Grace of the House of Levi

The Hebron Concept

Today’s Focus: The Grace of the House of Levi

Scripture: Genesis 29:34; Numbers 3:15-19; 4:2-4, 2 Samuel 5:1-3

Greetings Sons of God:

When we examine the meanings of the names of the House of Levi there is a particular grace that has been given to this particular tribe.  Let’s look at the names again and their meaning

Levi – Connected or One-Flesh

Kohath – Congregation or Assembly

Hebron – Alliance, Consolidation, Joining

Now when we examine the House of Levi we see that there is a grace of gathering associated with this tribe. 

The grace of Levi joins two realms together which are heaven and earth in one corporate man and that is the Body of Christ.  It is in the Body of Christ where heaven and earth intersect. It is by the joining of the Father in heaven to the sons who are born from above but are located in the Earth come together.

The grace of Kohath is the grace to gather people together.  This gathering is a corporate gathering but the gathering is for the congregation to carry the Ark of the Covenant.  Remember in our previous series, the Ark of the Covenant are the principles that we are to live by to guarantee the presence of God in our lives.  When there is no congregation, there is no presence of the Lord.  It is the grace of Kohath that brings us to a position to align us with divine purpose.

The grace of Hebron is the grace to forge alliances or actually connect people together or joining. For example, now that we have everything we need to build, let’s assemble the parts to build the Temple of the Lord.  In other words, now that we are all here, let us be assembled in a particular way to build the Temple of the Lord. 

As a result there must be a gathering grace within the Body of Christ to bring us to Hebron. 

Now the in the next set of messages we will discuss how do we advance to the Hebron position.

Peace, Love and Grace from the Father,

Calvin Calhoun, Jr.

The History of Hebron

The Hebron Concept

Today’s Focus: The History of Hebron

Scripture: Genesis 29:34; Numbers 3:15-19; 4:2-4, 2 Samuel 5:1-3

Greetings Sons of God:

This will be a scripturally in depth set of messages but I need to show you the significance of Hebron.  Let’s start with who, what or where is Hebron?

Numbers 3:15,17: Number the children of Levi after the house of their fathers, by their families: every male from a month old and upward shalt thou number them. 17-And these were the sons of Levi by their names; Gershon, and Kohath, and Merari

Numbers 3:19: And the sons of Kohath by their families; Amram, and Izehar, Hebron, and Uzziel.

Now when we look at this we see that Hebron was a person.  He was the grandson of Levi and the son of Kohath.  Now, the name Kohath should sound familiar.  Remember in our series on the Ark of the Covenant it would be that the Kohatities would be the only family that can carry the Ark of the Covenant.  Now to get an eternal picture. 

We know that God locks up principals and eternal truths in names.  So lets look at the names of Levi, Kohath and Hebron because we know that the sum of the previous resides in the present.  In other words we are a product of history. 

Levi

Genesis 29:34: And she (Leah) conceived again, and bare a son; and said now this time will my husband be JOINED UNTO ME, because I have born him three sons: therefore was his name called Levi

The name Levi means “One-Flesh or Joined”

Kohath

Numbers 4:2-4: Take the sum of the sons of Kohath from among the sons of Levi, after their families, by the house of their fathers, from thirty years old and upward even until 50 years old, all that enter into the host, to do the work in the TABERNACLE OF THE CONGREGATION.  This shall be the service of the sons of Kohath in the tabernacle of the congregation, about the most holy things

The name Kohath means “Congregation or Assembly”

Hebron

2 Samuel 5:1,3: Then came ALL OF THE TRIBES OF ISRAEL to David unto Hebron, and spake, saying, behold, we are thy bone and thy flesh. 3-So ALL THE ELDERS OF ISRAEL CAME TO THE KING TO HEBRON; and king David made a league with them in Hebron before the Lord and they anointed David king over Israel.

The name Hebron means “Alliance, Joining, Consolidation”.  As we see that Hebron was also the name of a city.  It is one of the 48 Levitical cities because we know that the Levites were not given a land inheritance.  Their inheritance was God Himself. We know also it was a refugee city.  Refugee cities were places that people who may have un-intentionally committed a crime can flee to and wait to go before the congregation to be judged. 

In the next message we will examine the grace of Levi and how it is passed down to Hebron and how it plays a vital role in the Body of Christ.

Peace, Love and Grace from the Father,

Calvin Calhoun, Jr.

The Inheritance of Caleb

The Hebron Concept

Today’s Focus: The Inheritance of Caleb

Scripture: Joshua 14 and 15

Greetings Sons of God:

In a subsequent teaching series we will examine the spirit of Caleb because there is so much to gleam from this story of Caleb but for the sake of staying with our teaching series, we will discuss the inheritance of Caleb.  Now after Joshua and Israel had conquered and possessed Canaan, the land was divided as an inheritance but let’s look at the inheritance of Caleb.  Now I recommend reading the entire chapters 14 and 15 of Joshua for an in-depth look but let’s get what we need to draw the picture.

Joshua 14:12-14: Now therefore give me this mountain, whereof the Lord spake in that day; for thou heardest in that day how the Anakims were there and that the cities were great and fenced: if so be the Lord will be with me, then I shall be able to drive them out, as the Lord said. And Joshua blessed him, AND GAVE UNTO CALEB THE SON OF JEPHUNNEH HEBRON FOR AN INHERITANCE. HEBRON THEREFORE BECAME THE INHERITANCE OF CALEB THE SON OF JEPHUNNEH THE KENEZITE UNTO THIS DAY, BECAUSE THAT HE WHOLLY FOLLOWED THE LORD GOD OF ISRAEL.

Now understand that Caleb was the leader of the tribe of Judah.  Hence the tribe of Judah inherited Hebron.  Now notice that in the scripture, the reason Caleb and his tribe would inherit Hebron was because Caleb WHOLLY FOLLOWED the Lord.  We know that Judah is the tribe that our Lord, Jesus Christ came through. Hence Judah is the apostolic tribe.  The greatest expression of relationships are formed in an apostolic culture.  It is within the apostolic culture that we lay down our lives for our brothers and sisters.  Within the apostolic culture we put the highest value on relationships and these relationships or alliances are forged in this place called Hebron. 

Now let me show you a small glimpse into how special Caleb was and why the Lord blessed him with Hebron.  Caleb was the servant of Joshua who was one of the 12 sent to spy out the land of Canaan.  It was Caleb who would stand against the report of the 10 and declare that the land is ours to posses.  It would also be Caleb who would drive out the rest of the nations in Canaan.  Joshua did not drive out all the nations but Caleb did exactly what the Lord said.  It is in submission and obedience to the Lord that in that position of humility and worship that the Lord forges alliances within the Body of Christ to build the corporate Body in the earth. 

In the next message we will go in depth and understand more about Hebron.

Peace, Love and Grace from the Father,

Calvin Calhoun, Jr.