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.
