“The LORD hath sought him a man after his own heart”
by Walter Giddings
January 1, 2023
Scripture Reading: 1 Chronicles 21:17
We confirmed in Part 1 that David was the man after God’s own heart. We are reviewing the Evidence of the Scriptures to solve a bit of a Mystery. We are asking what was in David’s heart that caused the God of our Fathers to call David a man “after his own heart”. We confirmed in Part 1 that Abraham was called the Friend of God because he did not withhold Isaac, his “only begotten son”, from Sacrifice. We also confirmed that God made Moses his clear choice to lead Israel from Egypt to the Land of Milk and Honey by speaking with him “face to face”.[Exodus 33:11] and [Deuteronomy 34:10]. Do we know why God called David a man “after his own heart”? Do we know now what was in David’s heart? We found with David a number of references to Sheep. David was the shepherd boy. God “took him from the sheepfolds”. [Psalms 78:70]. Are references to David and sheep somehow a clue to solving this mystery?
There are several major discrepancies and controversies that are in the different English versions of the Bible that we now have. There are also many stories that are hard to believe, but they are true, nevertheless. But many of the stories can be interpreted in different ways. Most of the details are missing in the Bible.
Sometimes in Scripture there are no sure answers to all the particulars of the story. Some are popularly viewed with a very wrong interpretation. I picked some of the more interesting ones to decipher.
The word Pastor is misused in a lot of Churchianity today, and if we look back in history and in the Bible, we see a totally different picture of what a Pastor is supposed to be than what we see today. Today it is not uncommon for a so-called Pastor to be a very effeminate, weak physically and mentally man, who doesn’t know the Bible, and in many cases the Pastor may even be a woman.
In the First of the book of Psalms, the tone is set for the comparison and contrast of those men who are righteous and those who are wicked. “Happy is the man who does not go in the company of sinners… 2 But whose delight is in the law of the Lord.” (Ps. 1:1-2a, BBE)
There are many such references to the upright and the evil in the book of Psalms. At first, we may assume that David is simply speaking about good people and bad people. This is true, as David certainly had his share of trouble from his adversaries. However, as we read large amounts of the Psalms, there is a growing sense that David had more in mind than just the morally good and the morally bad. We find there is a racial context revealed.
I was asked about the children of King Ahab and Queen Jezebel about three years ago. I have wondered about this situation for many years and didn't receive any help from most Bible commentators. Very few preachers preached about the subject. I now have the time, so I will attempt to answer these questions. They are very important questions because it questions the LORD’s pure genetics. And any attempt to give an answer is difficult because there are kings in two different kingdoms that have the same name and they ruled at the same time.
“The LORD hath sought Him a man after his own heart”
by Walter Gidding
November 20, 2022
Scripture Reading: 1 Samuel 13:10-14.
What was in David’s heart that caused God to have the Prophet Samuel say, “the LORD hath sought him a man after his own heart”? This is said once in 1 Samuel 13:15 Why does this stick in many people’s minds? What was in David’s heart that caused God to call him “a man after his own heart”? Why is David the only member of Adam’s Race to be called of God “a man after his own heart”?
It was a good, gray day on November 15, 1620. The “Mayflower” rode at anchor near the shore, while a group of eager men set sail out in a small boat to explore the desolate, barren land in which they’d come. One of the first things they discovered near the beach was a deserted cornfield where the dry, broken stalks rustled in the sharp wind. Nearby they saw several strange mounds. Upon digging into one, they were amazed to find odd-looking yellow, red and blue Indian corn. They took some with them to use for seed when they planted their crops in the spring. They couldn’t know then how important that corn would prove to be in the colony’s future.
My comment: have you noticed that everything in America that is righteous is being abolished? America has forgotten her father, Abraham. This is a key Scripture regarding race.
It is generally understood that the ten tribes of Israel entered Assyrian captivity in various stages, culminating in a three-year siege (began 723 BC) with the capital city of Samaria and its fall in 720 BC. Likewise, that Judah’s Babylonian captivity was completed by 585 BC. The prophecies of the prophets came in Israel’s history. The prophets did not always predict the future; in fact they seldom did. But the prophet was a spokesperson for God (a preacher). The writings of the prophets were directed to God’s people during one of the lowest spiritual and moral times of their history.
The House of Israel and twenty-two cities of the House of Judah were taken captive by the Assyrians. The House of Israel was given a bill of divorcement from Almighty God. This ten-tribe House of Israel wouldn’t be put back into the covenant that God made with their fathers for about 700 years from the time that Ezekiel was shown this vision. By the time they were put back, they had become many nations living in different parts of the world. They had no hope of salvation without the sacrifice and resurrection of their Messiah. There wasn’t one thing that they could do.
