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SAA Notes
David flees to the Tabernacle, next to Gath, and then to a hideout cave. Jesus’ words: The foxes have holes and birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has no place to lay his head. Luke 9:58 Jesus was drawing a direct comparison of Himself with David. Both were rejected Christs. Saul show himself to be a Cain, with murderous designs against a close relative.
SJA Notes
* Mighty God, may the righteous be glad, exulting before You, jubilant with joy!
“So the priest gave him the holy bread, …”
This is the event that Jesus refers back to when the Pharisees try to trap him about the law and the Sabbath (Matthew 12, Mark 2).
David and his men have been on the run, and they flee to a safe place.
Ahimelech the priest exhorts David regarding the holiness of him and his men.
When the Pharisees attack Jesus, it is not because they want the Sabbath to be kept holy – They fear Him, that He is taking away their power base.
Holiness.
Jesus upgrades our thinking about these things.
The Pharisees had it wrong.
For us, someone greater than the law of Moses is come, greater than the stone temple, greater than our understanding of the law.
It’s Jesus!
Holiness is about Him – Following Him, knowing that He is the Lord of the Sabbath.
We are not at the mercy of a particular day. Instead it is God’s mercy that has been shown toward us, as while we were still telling God to go away, He came and did His powerful, effective, once-for-all work.
Holiness is about perspective.
David had the right perspective. We know that David had a very strong conviction of the Lord’s sovereign will.
Let us take hold of God’s command to us, as in Leviticus 20,
“Consecrate yourselves, therefore, and be holy, for I am the LORD your God.”
As we read in 1 Peter 1, God is saying,
“You shall be holy, for I am holy.”
* Heavenly Father,
You alone are God. There is none like You.
You call us to be holy for You are holy.
Please help us to understand better what it means to choose and decide each day to be holy.
Amen.