The Second Book of Samuel (Volume 10, PT. 2); With Maps, Notes and Introduction (Paperback)

Book may have numerous typos, missing text, images, or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1903. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER VII. THE TYPiCAL SiGNiFiCANCE OF DAViD'S REiGN AND LiFE. 1. The whole of the Jewish dispensation was designed by God to be a preparation for the coming of Christ1. Many of its institutions, ordinances, events, and characters, were typical: that is to say, they were intended to be as it were outlines drawn beforehand to prefigure and foreshadow Christ, and to prepare men's minds to expect His coming. 2. The Kingdom of God in Israel was typical of the Kingdom of God afterwards to be established in the world; and the King of Israel was typical of Christ, the King of that universal kingdom. The characteristics of his office, as interpreted by a succession of prophets, led men to look for One who should perfectly realise the ideal, which had been imperfectly realised by the best of their human kings2. 3. The Theocratic King3 was typical of Christ in the following respects: (1) His distinctive title was "the LORD'S Anointed: " and under this very title men were led to look for the coming Deliverer as the Messiah or the Christ*. (Lk. ii. 26; John iv. 25.) (2) He was the visible representative of Jehovah, who was Himself the true King of Israel; the instrument of the Divine government, through whom He dispensed deliverance, help, 1 See Introd. Ch. v. 2 See Riehm's Messianic Prophecy, p. 59 ff. s The ideal form of government for Israel was a Theocracy, or direct government by God without any human ruler (see Ch. v. 4). Theocratic King is a convenient term to describe the true position of the King of Israel as God's vicegerent, ruling a kingdom which was not his own but God's. See the strong expressions of 1 Chr. xxviii. 5, xxix. 23. * The Heb. word for "the Anointed One" is Mdshiach, which was transliterated in Greek as Me