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How 1 Samuel 25 shows us types of Christ in fallible people; and other great truths.

Nabal’s servant is key here because he alerts Abigail, the go-to person in the household, about what’s happened. He lets her know that David and his men are responsible for their safety and the safety of Nabal’s possessions for the entire year. He calls them a wall. Jesus Christ is a wall to us, protecting and delivering us from trouble. We are a wall to those we pray for or minister to in their need. Parents are a wall to their children. That’s what police are to society, that’s what armies are, that’s what first responders are in any community: they are a wall between the citizen and danger.

Samuel died; and all Israel gathered themselves together, and mourned for him, and buried him at his house at Ramah. Then David arose, and went down to the wilderness of Paran.* David has lost his closest confidant and support in Samuel, therefore he headed south to a desert area that had many caves and lots of foliage to hide in. David is still on the run from Saul who is trying to kill him because of the song of the women who danced and praised David for killing his 10 thousands, but only ascribed to King Saul the killing of thousands. In Saul’s mind, tortured now with envy and evil suspicion, he believed David would next take the kingdom from him. (1 Sam. 18:7-8)     *World English Bible (WEB) used in this article.

 

2There was a man in Maon, whose possessions were in Carmel; these are both places in the tribe of Judah. And the man was very great. He had three thousand sheep and a thousand goats; and he was shearing his sheep in Carmel. This rich man could be considered a multimillionaire today because, in their day, wealth was computed in livestock. Compare Job, who had 7000 sheep, 3000 camels 500 yoke of oxen, 500 female donkeys and many servants, and that he was the greatest of all the people of the East. (Job 1:1-3) Job might be considered a multibillionaire in our day. 3Now the name of the man was Nabal; His name means foolish. and the name of his wife Abigail. Her name means, the father delights. This woman was intelligent and had a beautiful face; but the man was surly and evil in his doings. Unfortunately, this is a situation that happens all too often in this world, a bad husband with a good wife. Nabal was wealthy. Abigail married into money. She had good circumstances materially, but it’s hard to imagine she was happy with her husband. Continue reading “How 1 Samuel 25 shows us types of Christ in fallible people; and other great truths.”