David and Goliath

David, a young Jewish unstart of a boy who hears what the Giant of the Philistines, Goliath had to say,

“I am a Philistine and you servants to Saul? Choose you a man for you, and let him come down to me. If he (any man) be able to fight me, then will we be your servants: but if I prevail against him, and kill him, than shall you be our servants, and serve us.”

Here’s the part I love; David said, “What shall be done to the man that kills this Philistine, and takes away the reproach from Israel? For who is this uncircumcised (Gentile) Philistine, that he should defy the armies of the living God?

In other words, I don’t care how big he is, or how strong he is, “The Captain of the Lord of Hosts will take him down!”

Goliath said of David, paraphrased, “Who is this little skinny punk kid that you have sent down to fight me, are you kidding or what?” Am I a dog that you come to me with sticks?”

David replies, “You come to me with a sword, and with a spear, and with a shield: but I come to thee in the name of the Lord of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have defied.”

David took a stone, placed it into his sling-shot and fired at the head of the giant. Now I don’t care if it were a stone, a paintball, or a spit-ball, Goliath was finished. POW, one shot; fight over! I love it; Goliath had been served a cup of rude awakening! 

Here is another aspect to this Biblical story I enjoy. I have always enjoyed type — anti-type. The Philistines like the Muslims today are the mortal enemies of Israel. The Hebrews felt a great deal of pressure from the Philistines as they do from the Muslim world today. Samson was snared by a Philistine spy, Delilah. The tribe of Dan was prevented from occupying the land given to them by the Philistines. Samuel was given a victory over them when he defeated them at the battle of Mizpah, forcing them to return certain cities to Israel.

1 Samuel 17:51, After killing the giant, “David ran, and stood upon the Philistine (Goliath).” To stand upon ones fallen enemy is to show complete dominance over them. David standing upon Goliath showed Israel’s complete dominance over this fallen enemy and his people. Now compare this with several verses we find in Scripture.

Psalms 110:1, The Lord (the Father) said unto my (David’s) Lord (Jesus,) sit thou at my right hand, until I (the Father) make thine enemies thy footstool.”

1 Corinthians 15:25, “For he (Jesus) must reign, till he has put all enemies under his feet. The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death.”

To stand upon someone, meaning to make them your footstool; in the culture in which this was written implies the enemies of God will have been destroyed. David stood upon Goliath and severed his head with the giant’s own sword.

Compare with; the last enemy, Revelation 20:14, “Death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second (and last) death.”

Death and hell are personified and represent the enemies of Christ and the Church, and they shall be no more.  Compare with,

Genesis 3:15, the Lord is speaking to the serpent, “I (God) will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your seed and her seed; it shall bruise your head, and you shall bruise his heel.”

So, when the Lord Jesus bruises the head of Satan, the body will also die, “Total victory over the prince of darkness and over every follower of his from generation to generation that has passed before him!”

Phillip LaSpino www.seekfirstwisdom.com