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.
