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In the generation Yahshua was born, some Jews believed that David was Yahweh’s chosen one, his kingdom was eternal, and his son Solomon was the one who would build a house for Yahweh. They believed that David was Yahweh’s anointed king, whose kingdom passed to his son Solomon.  They denied that Yahshua was the Messiah (mashiach משיח means ‘anointed’) because he didn’t kill Israel’s enemies like David and Solomon did, to free Israel from Roman rule.

This is the result of believing the Davidic propaganda which permeates the historical accounts in 1 & 2 Kings, 1 & 2 Samuel, and 1 & 2 Chronicles, as well as Psalms.

Was David a Shepherd Who Yahweh Called to be King of Israel?

In the accounts in 2 Sam 7: 7 – 9 and 1 Chr 17: 7 – 8, David is presented as Messianic figure – a shepherd of sheep, called to rule Israel, making his name great.

In the article The Story of King David – Inspired or Propaganda? we looked at evidence that David was not a young shepherd of sheep, but a seasoned warrior who had killed many in battle.  It is this propaganda – David the shepherd boy who slew the giant Goliath, that made David’s name well known, not Yahweh. What’s more, it gave the illusion that David, like the Messiah, was a shepherd of sheep.

Contrast the warrior David with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob who were “all peace-loving shepherds, inclined to live quietly beside their tents, anxious to steer clear of strife and clamour, in no circumstances prepared to meet force with force and oppose injustice with the sword” as stated by Wellhausen on p. 320 in Prolegomena to the History of Israel.

In the article Were Saul and David Yahweh’s Anointed King’s? we saw how Israel demanding a king over them was a rejection of Yahweh’s rule, Saul was picked as king by lot (or ‘lottery’), and there are contradictory accounts of David’s anointing which is evidence of ‘Davidic propaganda’. If Saul was picked by lot, then it is likely that David was similarly selected by the people who wanted a king over them, not by Yahweh who warned them about the oppression they would experience under a king.

Was David a Just and Righteous King?

David succeeded in ruling with justice and righteousness צדקה (Strong’s H6666) according to 2 Sam 8:15 and 1 Chr 18:14, and he claims to have ruled over men righteously צדיק (Strong’s H6662), in fear of God in 2 Sam 23:1 – 5. Yet, he pleaded with Yahweh “Do not bring Your servant into judgment, for no one alive is righteous צדק (Strong’s H6663) before you” in Ps 143:2.  Perhaps this is the verse Paul quoted in Romans 3:10 (although not word for word) “None אין righteous צדיק not אין even גם one alone אחד.“

John similarly said “If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us” in 1 John 1:8. So, David was deceiving himself when he said “Yahweh has rewarded me according to my righteousness צדקתי (Strong’s H6666), according to the cleanness of my hands he has recompensed me.  For I have kept the ways of Yahweh, and have not acted wickedly against my God.  For all his ordinances were before me, and his statutes, I did not depart from them.  I was also blameless toward him, and I kept myself from iniquity.  Therefore, Yahweh has recompensed me according to my righteousness צדקתי (Strong’s H6666), according to my cleanness before his eyes.” In 2 Sam 22:  21 – 25.

In reality, David was an adulterer (2 Sam 11:4), a murderer (2 Sam 11:15), attempted to cover up his adultery through murder (2 Sam 11: 6 to 25).

In Deut 17, under the Law a wicked person v2 on the evidence of two or three witnesses shall be put to death v6.  In Leviticus 20:10 “If a man commits adultery with another man’s wife–with the wife of his neighbour–both the adulterer and the adulteress are to be put to death”, and in Leviticus 24:17 “Anyone who takes the life of a human being is to be put to death”.

There are anomalies in 2 Sam 12:7 – 20 that make me wonder if some of it is propaganda:

• Did Yahweh tell David “I anointed you king over Israel, and I delivered you from the hand of Saul.  I gave your lord’s house to you and your lord’s creditors of (נשי translated ‘wives’) into your bosom (חיק translated ‘arms’), I gave you the house of Israel and Judah, and if that was not enough, I would have given you even more.” v 7 – 8? The mistranslation of נשי is evidence against the text being inspired.
• It is confirmed that Bathsheba was Uriah’s wife אשת in Matt 1:6. So, it is likely that Yahweh rebuked David for despising word Yahweh to do evil in sight, killing Uriah with the sword, and his wife אשת taken to be your woman אשה and killed with sword sons of Ammon v9, and as a result the sword will never depart from your house v10.
• Again, נש is translated ‘wives’ in v11, evidence against the text being inspired.  Also, the idea that Yahweh would give David’s wives to his companions to lie with, “before the sun” v12 (for all too see?) is blasphemous.
• After Nathan brought David’s sin to his attention and Yahweh gave his verdict that David would not die in 2 Sam 12:13, and David did not die at that time.
• Yahweh apparently decided that “because great contempt with enemies of Yahweh in words this also the son born to you will surely die” in v14.  Then Yahweh struck the child that the wife of Uriah bore to David and became sick אנש, David pleaded for the boy and would not eat, but on the seventh day the child died, and then David ate in 2 Sam 12:15 – 20. It is difficult to say if this account is true or not, as it is not recorded elsewhere.  We must wonder if Yahweh would kill a child for the sins of the parents because his enemies might say contemptuous things. Perhaps David’s life was spared, and the rest of the account was added for some other reason.

In David’s repentance in Psalm 51, he asks Yahweh to blot out his transgressions v1, all his iniquities v 9, and to “not take your Holy Spirit from me” v11, and “restore to me the joy of Your salvation” v12.  There are a few oddities in Psalm 51– in verse 4 where David says “against you, you only, I have sinned” which is untrue because he sinned against Bathsheba and her husband certainly – in verse 19 David states “then you will delight in righteous sacrifices, in burnt offering” which opposes verse 16 where David says “you do not delight in sacrifice otherwise I would give it”.  Also, David seems quite arrogant in verses 12 and 14 where he offers to “teach transgressors your way” and “joyfully sing of Your righteousness” but these offers appear to be contingent on him having his salvation restored v12 and being delivered from bloodguilt v14.  Was this repentance acceptable to Yahweh to restore David’s salvation? 

Was David Yahweh’s Faithful One?

In Psalm 16:10, the Hebrew חסיד is translated ‘Holy One’, which is misleading because the Hebrew קדוש (Strong’s H6918) is translated ‘Holy One’ in Isa 5:24, Luke 4:34, 1 Peter 1:15, 1 John 2:20, & Rev 16:5.

According to Strong’s Concordance, חסיד (Strong’s H2623 32 occurrences) means ‘kind, pious’, from H2616 that means ‘to be good, kind’, and similarly חסד (Strong’ H2617 247 occurrences) means ‘goodness, kindness’.  But Brown-Driver-Briggs indicate that חסד also means ‘fidelity’ in Gen 24:27, 49, Exodus 34:6, Ps  23:6, 25:10, 26:3, 36:11, 40:12, 41:11, 57:4, 61:8, 77:9, 85:11, 86:15, 88:12, 89:3,11, 15, 25, 92:3, 98:3,101:1, 103:4, 115:1, 117:2, 138:2 , Jer 9:23, 16:5, Hosea 2:21, and Micah 7:20.

In Hosea 6: 4 Yahweh says “What shall I do with you, O Ephraim? What shall I do with you O Judah? For your loyalty חסד is like a morning cloud, like the early dew that goes away.”, and in v6 “For loyalty חסד my delight is in and not sacrifices, and knowledge of God from burnt offerings.” Then in v7 Yahweh said “but they, like Adam, transgressed the covenant name, they dealt treacherously with me”.  In this example, it is clear that חסד must mean ‘loyalty, faithfulness, fidelity’ which is the opposite of transgression.  The words ‘lovingkindness’ or ‘mercy’ fail to capture the reciprocity of our relationship with Yahweh.

According to Abarim Publications online Biblical Hebrew Dictionary, the noun חסד is used in a legal context, when two parties make a covenant, a binding treaty in Gen 21:23, and official relationship in 1 Sam 20: 8 – 15.  Yahweh’s “hesed towards us is even more difficult to explain, but he mentions it often (Exodus 20:6, 34: 6 – 7).  And because of the legal ring to this word, translators usually render it with words like loving-kindness, true faithfulness or faithful love.”  They conclude חסד is best translated “‘allegiance’ since that word covers both a natural inclination and a formal contract”.

Peter reveals that Yahshua was Yahweh’s Faithful One חסיד whose body would not see decay in Acts 2:27, in reference to Psalms 16:10 where David says “For you will not abandon my soul to Sheol, nor will you allow your Faithful One חסידך to see corruption”.  Similarly, Paul quotes Psalm 16:10 and states that David’s body did see corruption, “but he whom God raised did not see corruption” in Acts 13:34 – 37.  Did David believe he was Yahweh’s Faithful One whose body would not decay in the ground?

Did Yahweh Promise to Put David’s Enemies Under his Feet?

Yahshua questioned the Jews “How then Does David in the Spirit call him ‘Lord’? For he says ‘Yahweh said to my Lord “Sit at my right hand until I put your enemies under your feet.”’ So, if David calls him ‘Lord’, how can he be David’s son?” Matt 22: 43 – 44.  He quoted Psalm 110: 1 – 2, so they would see that this prophesy was about him, not David.

Reading the Historical narrative in 2 Samuel, we would believe the prophecy of Yahweh putting “your enemies under your feet” in Ps 110:1 was for David.  Yahweh allegedly promised to save Israel from the hands of all their enemies by the hand of David 2 Sam 3:18, 19:9, give David rest on every side from his enemies 2 Sam 7:1, 11, eliminate all his enemies 2 Sam 7:9, free him from the hand of his enemies 2 Sam 18:19, having saved him from the hand of all his enemies and from the hand of Saul 2 Sam 22:1, 4.  

But David himself pursued and destroyed his enemies, devoured and crushed them under his feet, giving Yahweh credit for arming him with strength for battle, subduing his enemies, making them retreat from him in 2 Sam 22:38 – 41.

It is clear that David’s enemies pursued him all the days of his life, as many of his Psalms are asking Yahweh to rescue him from his enemies Ps 3:1, 9:13, 17:9, 18:48, 25:19, 27:12, 35:1, 38:19, 42:9, 54:3, 55:3, 56:1 – 7, 59:1 – 2, 64:1 – 2, 68:1, 69:4, 71:4, 140:1 – 4. 

Solomon states his father David was unable to build a house for Yahweh because of the wars that surrounded him, until Yahweh put them “under the soles of his feet, but now Yahweh my God has given me rest on every side, and there is no adversary of crisis. So, I plan to build a house for the name of Yahweh my God, according to what Yahweh said to my father David ‘I will put your son on your throne in your place, and he will build a house for My Name’.” in 1 Kings 5:3 – 5.  But Solomon, like his father David, had his enemies killed in 1 Kings 2:19 – 46.

Was Solomon the Son Who Would Build a House for Yahweh, Whose Kingdom Was Established Forever?

There is a significant amount of propaganda in the Hebrew Bible that make it appear Solomon was the son of David who would build a house for Yahweh, and whose kingdom was established forever 1 Kings 5:5, 8:19, 2 Sam 7:12 – 13, 1 Chr 17:12, 22:10, 28:6, 2 Chr 2:1.

Some of the propaganda makes it appear Solomon was the ‘Son of God’, the Messiah!

In 2 Sam 7:12 Yahweh said to David “when are full your days and you lie down union with your father’s and set up of union with your seed after you leader come forth from your body [organ of generation] מעיך and establish my והכינתי union with את kingdom of him ממלכתו. Although it sounds like Solomon is the seed who came forth from David’s body, the Hebrew מע (Strong’s H4578) is used of future descendants in Isa 48:19 “Your descendants would have been like the sand and the offspring of your body [organ of generation] מע like the grains of sand . . .”

Paul confirmed it was Yahshua, “who was a descendant of David according to the flesh, and who through the Spirit of holiness was declared with power to be the Son of God by his resurrection from the dead” in Romans 1: 2 – 4.  Although Paul said Yahshua was promised through the prophets, it’s not easy to find prophecies that haven’t been tainted by Davidic or Solomonic propaganda.

They go so far as to attribute Yahweh’s words “He will be My son, and I will be his Father” to Solomon in 1 Chr 22:10 and 28:6, which makes it appear he was the ‘Son of God’, the title of Yahshua throughout the New Testament. Paul confirms that Yahshua was the promised one, written about in Psalm 2:7 “You are My Son, today I have become your Father.” in Act 13:32 – 33.

The quote “You are My Son, today I have become your Father” from Ps 2:7 is attributed to Yahshua in Heb 1:5, along with the quote “I will be his Father, and he will be My Son” that is from 2 Sam 7:14. 

2 Sam 7:14 ends with “if אשר (Strong’s H834) he commits iniquity עות (Strong’s H5753) and I will chasten him כח (Strong’s H3198) with the rod שבט (Strong’s H7626) of men אנשים (Strong’s H376) and with the blows נגעי (Strong’s H5061) of the sons of men”, making it appear that Yahweh’s son will be a sinner who he will discipline. But many words are mistranslated to disguise the real meaning, which prophesies that this son “will guide אשר (Strong’s H833) in the support him עות (Strong’s H5790), and the judge/decide of him כח (Strong’s H3198) in tribe שבט (Strong’s H7626) sick/corrupt of them אנשים (Strong’s H605) and with my mark of נגעי (Strong’s H5061) sons בני Adam אדם.”  (Some of the words are properly classified but mistranslated, and others are misclassified, which together completely change the meaning of the sentence!)

The prophecy in 2 Sam 7:14 is about Yahshua, because Yahweh said in v13 “He will build a house for My Name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever.”  It is through Yahshua, not Solomon, that David’s “house and kingdom will endure forever before Me, and your throne will be established forever” 2 Sam 7:16.  As Gabriel told Mary “You will conceive and give birth to a son and you are to give him the name Yahshua.  He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High. Yahweh God will give him the throne of his father David, and he will reign over the house of Jacob forever.  His kingdom will never end.” in Luke 1:31 – 33.

It was in David’s heart to build a house for the name Yahweh 1 Kings 8:17, 1 Chr 22:7, for the ark of the covenant of Yahweh in 1 Chr 17: 1 – 2, 22:19, adding “as a footstool for our God” in 1 Chr 28:2.  Yahweh said “you shall not build a house for me to dwell in, for I have not dwelt in a house . . .” 1 Chr 17: 4 – 5, 2 Sam 7:5 – 7, or because David had spilled much blood 1 Chr 22:8, 28:3. 

Solomon believed his father David couldn’t build Yahweh a house until Yahweh “put his enemies under his feet”, which Yahweh did for Solomon, giving him “rest on every side”, so he would build a house for the name of Yahweh in fulfilment of what Yahweh said to David “I will put your son on your throne in your place, and he will build the house for My name” in 1 Kings 5:3 – 5.

To address the confusion about who the ‘son’ was, Yahshua said “How then does David in Spirit call him ‘Lord’? for he says “Yahweh said to my lord ‘sit at my right hand until I put your enemies under your feet’.  So, if David calls him ‘lord’, how can he be David’s son?” in Matt 22: 43 – 45.

According to Paul in 1 Cor 15:20 – 26, “the Messiah was raised from the dead, the first fruits of those who are asleep.  For since by a man death, by a man also the resurrection of the dead.  For as in Adam all die, so also in the Messiah all will be made alive, but each in his own order – the Messiah the first fruits, after that those who are the Messiah’s at his coming, then comes the end, when he hands over the kingdom to the God and Father, when he has abolished all rule and all authority and power.  For he must reign until he has put all his enemies under his feet.  The last enemy that will be abolished is death.”

Paul sees Psalm 110: 1 – 2 “Yahweh said to my lord ‘Sit at my right hand until I make your enemies a footstool for your feet.  Yahweh extends your mighty scepter from Zion ‘Rule in the midst of your enemies.’”, as a prophecy of the 1000-year reign of the Messiah and the saints in Rev 20: 1 – 4, after which death is destroyed in the ‘white throne’ judgment in Rev 20:11 – 15.

Stephen said in Acts 7: 48 – 50, “The Most High does not dwell in houses made by hands”, and he quotes Isa 66:1 – 2 “’The heavens my throne, and earth is the footstool of my feet, what house will you build for me?’ says Yahweh ‘and where then place my rest? Has not My hand made all these things?” Stephen considers this to be the works of “stiff-necked people” who “resist the Holy Spirit” in v51.

The story of David is one of the most popular in the Bible.  Many of us learned the biblical story of David and Goliath as children, in which the hero – David, slays the villain – a giant named Goliath.  Theologians often mention that Yahweh called David “a mighty one איש after his own heart” 1 Samuel 13:14. David is hailed as an example of how true, heartfelt repentance results in God’s forgiveness even for a serial sinner whose sins include murder and adultery.  But is all of the story true?

There is evidence propaganda was interwoven into the historical accounts of David, but most importantly the foundation of the narrative, that Yahweh anointed kings over his people, is untrue.

When Samuel is old, he appoints his sons as judges over Israel, but “his sons, however, did not walk in his ways, but turned aside after dishonest gains and took bribes and perverted justice” in 1 Sam 8:1 – 3.  This gives the elders of Israel the opportunity to ask for a king to be appointed “to judge us like all the nations” v 4 – 5.  Samuel prayed to Yahweh, and Yahweh said to Samuel “Listen to the voice of the people in regard to all that they say to you, for they have not rejected you, but they have rejected Me from being king over them. Like all the deeds which they have done since the day that I brought them up from Egypt even to this day– in that they have forsaken Me and served other gods– so they are doing to you also. Like all the deeds which they have done since the day that I brought them up from Egypt even to this day– in that they have forsaken Me and served other gods– so they are doing to you also.” v 7 – 9.

Samuel told the people the words of Yahweh in v10 – 18, “This will be the procedure of the king who will reign over you: he will take your sons and place [them] for himself in his chariots and among his horsemen and they will run before his chariots. He will appoint for himself commanders of thousands and of fifties, and [some] to do his plowing and to reap his harvest and to make his weapons of war and equipment for his chariots. He will also take your daughters for perfumers and cooks and bakers. He will take the best of your fields and your vineyards and your olive groves and give [them] to his servants. He will take a tenth of your seed and of your vineyards and give to his officers and to his servants. He will also take your male servants and your female servants and your best young men and your donkeys and use [them] for his work. He will take a tenth of your flocks, and you yourselves will become his servants. Then you will cry out in that day because of your king whom you have chosen for yourselves, but the LORD will not answer you in that day.”

Yahweh told Samuel “Listen to their voice and appoint them a king” v22.

In his book Prolegomena to the History of Ancient Israel, J Wellhausen notes in Chapter VII – Judges, Samuel, and Kings p. 228, in these books “we are not presented with tradition purely in its original condition”, but “overgrown with later accretions”, such that “the earlier narrative has become clothed with minor and dependent additions”.  He goes on to identify inconsistencies in these books, which are quite eye opening.

Wellhausen divides the Davidic narrative into two parts p. 262.  The first, in 1 Sam 14: 52 – 2 Sam 8:18, which contains David’s ascension to the throne, his principal achievement as king – the humiliation of the Philistines and the foundation of Jerusalem, concluding with other remarkable events.  The second, in 2 Sam 9 – 2 King 2, “tells chiefly of the latter years of the king, and carefully traces the steps by which Solomon, whose birth, with its attendant circumstances, is narrated at the outset, reached the throne . . .”.  Wellhausen considers both parts of the narrative to be historical in nature, the first preserved “but with many interruptions and alterations”, and the second ‘mutilated at its commencement, but otherwise almost completely intact”.

In what Wellhausen sees as the old narrative p. 263, David was introduced in 1 Sam 16:18 as “a man of courage and prudence, and of a skilful tongue, and recommended, moreover, by his skill on the harp, came to the king’s court and became his armour-bearer”.  He believes the legend of the encounter with Goliath, in which David is a shepherd boy, to be an accretion.  Also, in 1 Sam 18:6 – 7 women sang at the victorious return of the army “Saul has slain his thousands of the Philistines, and David his tens of thousands”, showing David as a leader in Israel beside the king, a well-known man, not an unknown young man.

Wellhausen states on p. 264, “The insertions are most varied and confusing in the account of the outbreak of the hostility of Saul and David’s flight”.  He calls 1 Sam 19:1 – 7 “a pointless and artificial passage”, continues in v. 10 with Saul casting a spear at David, after which he takes flight for the first time, but at v. 11 he is still at home.  Also, when David makes his escape for the second time, going to Samuel at Ramah in v. 18, in chapter 20 he is at Gibeah as before.  Then David takes flight recognizing King Saul’s hatred toward him, ending up at Nob on his way to Judah, but at 21:10 David departs from Saul, for what appears to be the first time.  Wellhausen believes “in the original narrative the flight took place only once . . . to Judah.”

Wellhausen on p. 266 considers David’s speech in 1 Sam 17:45 – 47 as he goes out to meet Goliath to be “religious language of the post-Deuteronic time”, that is not in the parallel version, but in place of it, a formal act of recognition which Saul pays to his successor.  What’s more, in 2 Samuel 21:19 Goliath was killed by a warrior of Bethlehem named Elhanan, not a shepherd boy named David.

The inconsistencies in the ‘David slew Goliath’ account in particular are evidence that it was an interpolation, to make David look like a mighty warrior of Yahweh.

The People Demand a King

When Samuel was old, he appointed his sons as judges over Israel, but “his sons, however, did not walk in his ways, but turned aside after dishonest gains and took bribes and perverted justice” in 1 Sam 8:1 – 3.  This gives the elders of Israel the opportunity to ask for a king to be appointed “to judge us like all the nations” v 4 – 5. 

Samuel prayed to Yahweh, and Yahweh said to Samuel “Listen to the voice of the people in regard to all that they say to you, for they have not rejected you, but they have rejected Me from being king over them. Like all the deeds which they have done since the day that I brought them up from Egypt even to this day– in that they have forsaken Me and served other gods– so they are doing to you also. Like all the deeds which they have done since the day that I brought them up from Egypt even to this day– in that they have forsaken Me and served other gods– so they are doing to you also.” v 7 – 9.

Samuel told the people the words of Yahweh in v10 – 18, “This will be the governance of the king מלך who will reign מלך over you: he will take your sons and place [them] for himself in his chariots and among his horsemen and they will run before his chariots. He will appoint for himself commanders of thousands and of fifties, and [some] to do his plowing and to reap his harvest and to make his weapons of war and equipment for his chariots. He will also take your daughters for perfumers and cooks and bakers. He will take the best of your fields and your vineyards and your olive groves and give [them] to his servants. He will take a tenth עשר of your seed and of your vineyards and give to his officers and to his servants. He will also take your male servants and your female servants and your best young men and your donkeys and use [them] for his work. He will take a tenth עשר of your flocks, and you yourselves will become his servants. Then you will cry out in that day because of your king whom you have chosen for yourselves, but the LORD will not answer you in that day.”  (עשר also means ‘tithe’)

The people refuse to listen to Samuel, and demand a king over them so they “may be like all the nations, that our king may judge us and go out before us and fight our battles” v 19 – 20. Samuel told Yahweh, and Yahweh told Samuel “Listen to their voice and king to them rule.” v 21 – 22.

Did Yahweh Anoint Saul or Was He Chosen by Lot?

In his book Prolegomena to the History of Ancient Israel, J Wellhausen notes in Chapter VII – Judges, Samuel, and Kings p. 252, author J. Wellhausen states “In the one story Saul seeks the asses and finds the crown, in the other he hides himself among the stuff and is drawn for king.  In the one he is called by the seer, in the other he is chosen by lot – the divine causality operative in both cases.  But how the idea is exaggerated at the later stage, and how nakedly it is put forward!”

In the first account in 1 Sam 9 – 10, Saul searches for his father’s donkeys, and after days of searching he goes to a seer for help 1 Sam 9: 1 – 10.  The seer is Samuel, who is ready with ‘a sacrifice on the high place” v12, ‘he must bless the sacrifice, afterward those who are invited will eat” v. 13.  A day before Saul’s coming v. 15, Yahweh revealed “About this time tomorrow, I will send you a mighty one איש out of the land of Benjamin and you will anoint him משח to be ‘prince’ נגיד over my people, and he will deliver my people from the hand of the Philistines, for I have regarded my people because their cry has come to me” v. 16.  When Samuel saw Saul, Yahweh said to him ”Behold, the man of whom I spoke to you.  This one shall rule over my people.” V 17.  Samuel invites Saul to go to the high places and eat with him, Saul asks why Samuel is speaking to him this way, since he is only a Benjamite v19 – 21. Saul was given a place at the head of those who were invited, about 30 men, and ate with Samuel  v22 – 24. When they came down from the high place into the city, Samuel said to Saul “you remain standing now, that I may proclaim the word of God to you.” v25 – 27.

In 1 Samuel 10:1, Samuel poured oil on Saul’s head and kissed him saying “Has not Yahweh anointed you a ruler over his inheritance?”  Then Samuel tells him he will find two men close to Rachel’s tomb, further from there, at the oak of Tabar three men will meet you – one carrying three young goats, another carrying three loaves of bread, and another carrying a jug of wine, who will give you two loaves v 2 – 4.  Then you will come to the hill of God where the Philistine garrison is and meet a group of prophets coming down from the high place prophesying and the Spirit of Yahweh will come upon you and you will prophesy with them, and be changed into another man v 5 – 6.  Samuel concludes in saying “You shall wait 7 days until I come to you and show you what you should do” v 8.   But God changed his heart and all those signs came about on that day v9.

In what Wellhausen sees as the second account in 1 Sam 10: 17 – 27, Samuel has Israel present themselves before Yahweh by their tribes and clans, and the tribe of Benjamin was taken by lot, and the Matrite family was taken, and Saul, son of Kish was taken v19 – 21.  Saul can’t be found because he is hiding himself by the baggage v22.  When he stood among the people, he was taller than any of the people v23.  All the people shouted and said “[long] live the king!” v24.  Samuel told the people the ordinances of the kingdom and wrote them in the book and placed before Yahweh v25.  Those whose hearts God had touched went with Saul to his house at Gibeah, but a worthless man said “how can this one deliver us? And they despised him and did not bring him any present v26 – 27.     

Although Wellhausen stated that “the divine” is at play in both scenarios, I don’t see Yahweh’s hand at work when lots are chosen, and there is no anointing.

Was David Anointed as King by Yahweh?

Samuel was afraid that Saul will kill him, if he hears Yahweh has rejected him from being king over Israel in 1 Sam 16:1 – 2. Yahweh has Samuel prepare a sacrifice and invite Jesse to anoint the one designed to him v 2 – 3.  When he arrives in Bethlehem, he tells the elders of the city to “consecrate yourselves, and come with me to the sacrifice”, and he “consecrated Jesse and his sons and invited them to the sacrifice” v 5.  Three men passed before Samuel are not chose, nor Jesse’s seven sons, but the youngest who was tending the sheep was brought before Samuel and was the one to be anointed v6 – 12.  When David was anointed the Spirit of Yahweh came mightily upon him from that day forward v13.

Wellhausen states of this account on p. 268 “In this piece David’s career begins with his being anointed king in Saul’s place at Jehovah’s command, when a mere shepherd boy, who was not even counted in the family he belonged to.  But in the sequel no one know anything about this.  Even in the story of Goliath (which in other respects harmonizes better with SVI. 1 – 13 than any other piece) the older brothers, here three, not seven, know nothing of the anointing of the youngest, although they were present and heard their own claims discussed (xvii. 28).  In the stories of David’s persecution also, chapter xxiv, xxvi, Saul alone is the sacred person, the anointed of Jehovah, not David.”

In 1 Sam 16:14 At the same time the Spirit of Yahweh departed from Saul and an evil spirit from Yahweh terrorized him.  David was summoned to play the harp for Saul v15 – 19, and “Saul loved him greatly and he became his armor bearer” v21.  Whenever the spirit from God came to Saul, David would take the harp and play with his hand, and Saul would be refreshed and be well, and the evil spirit would depart from him v23.

There are problems with this account which lead me to believe it is untrue.  If Saul was picked by lot as stated in 1 Sam 10: 17 – 27, then this account is proven false because Saul was not anointed by Yahweh, nor did he have Yahweh’s Spirit. We must wonder also if Yahweh would send an evil spirit against someone, let alone someone previously anointed as king?  Also, would someone who had received Yahweh’s spirit, sin, as both Saul and David did? 

Other problems with the Davidic narrative are discussed in the article The Story of King David – Inspired or Interpolation?

Matt 27:46 and Mark 15:34 have similar accounts, with a few minor differences in the Hebrew text.

The first words in these verses translated “And about/at the ninth hour . . .”, could mean “And as time כעת the rescue השעה the deliverance of body התשיעית . . .” in Matt 27:46, and “In rescue בשעה the deliverance of body התשיעית . . .“ in Mark 15:34.  Both שעה and תשיע are a form of ישע (Strong’s H3467) that means ‘deliverer’.

But let’s focus on what Yahshua said:

In Matt 27:46 “. . . and cried out ויצעק Yahshua ישוע in voice בקול great גדול, “Eli אלי, Eli אלי, lama למה sabachthani שבקתני?” (and interpreted it ותרגומו, “My God אלי, My God אלי, why למה have you forsaken Me עזבתני?)”

In Mark 15:34 “. . . and cried out ויצעק Jesus ישוע in a voice בקול great גדול, ‘Eli אלהי, Eli אלהי, lema למה sabachthani שבקתני?’ (which אשר means פרושו, ‘My God, My God אלי אלי, why למה have You forsaken Me עזבתני?’)” Note: פרוש is classified as G3177 that means ‘to translated, to interpret’, but also means ‘Pharisee’ G5330 in the New Testament, in Aramaic פרש means ‘to make distinct, specify distinctly’ in Aramaic (Strong’s H6568)!

Luke and John have completely different accounts of Yahshua’s last words:

• In Luke 23:46 “Jesus called out in a loud voice, ‘Father, into Your hands I commit My Spirit.’ And when He had said this, He breathed His last.” (Quoting Psalm 31:5)

• In John 19:30 “Therefore when Jesus took the sour wine, He said ‘It is finished’, and having bowed the head, He yielded up the spirit.”

We can’t be certain which account is correct, but there are a number of problems with the accounts found in Matthew & Mark that should be considered.

First, the idea presented in Matthew & Mark is that Yahshua said “Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani” in Greek and someone (the Pharisees?) interpreted him as saying “My God, My God, why have you forsaken me?”.  But Yahshua likely spoke Hebrew or Aramaic, not Greek.  Even the translators are confused – the NIV puts the interpretation of Yahshua’s words in brackets, yet the NIV and other translations put them in red indicating they are Yahshua’s words, when they are the interpretation of Yahshua’s words.

Secondly, the Hebrew word translated sabachthani is שבק (Strong’s H7662 that in Aramaic means ‘to leave, let alone’), and the Hebrew word translated ‘forsaken’ is עזב (Strong’s H5800 that means ‘leave, forsake, loose’, in Gen 2:24 “. . . will forsake עזב mighty one father of him . . .”.  Why did the scribe interpreting what Yahshua said use a different word?

Thirdly, the suffixes on both שבק and עזב in Matthew and Mark is תני.  Although תנ can mean ‘you did’, separately ת means ‘of’, and ן means ‘their’.  In Jeremiah 19:4 עזבני is translated ‘they have forsaken me’.  Did Yahshua say “My God, my God, why they of forsaken me”.  Yahshua would not have accused Yahweh of forsaking him, but did he accuse the Jews of doing so?

Finally, the words “my God, my God why have you forsaken me עזבתני” are quoting Psalm 22:1, which begins “To ל chief מנצח upon על the mighty one of אילת the darkness השחר . . .” In Ezekiel 31:11, איל (Strong’s H410) is translated ‘mighty one’, the one who Yahweh put Adam into the hands of after he became lofty in Eden.  The Hebrew שחר that means ‘darkness’ is translated ‘dawn’, to make it appear that Yahshua, the “star כוכב illumines נגה the darkness השחר” in Rev 22:16, is Satan, “the boastful הילל son בן darkness שחר” Isaiah 14:12.

This evidence leads me to believe that the accounts of Yahshua’s last words in Matthew and Mark are false.  They were likely added by the early church so we would believe Yahshua doubted Yahweh, and accused him of forsaking him.  The text in Psalm 22:1 reveals they were Satanic words, possibly David’s words, but not those of Yahweh’s anointed one.

It’s pretty obvious when you compare the content of the Pastoral Epistles to the gospels and Paul’s writings that there are major differences.

For example, in Matt 23: 8 & 10 Yahshua said call no one teacher for we are all brothers, or leader for he is our leader. In 1 Cor 14:26 all members took turns exercising their gifts of the spirit. But in 1 Timothy 3 authorities are put in place and all other members of the church silenced.

In 1 Tim 5:17 “the elders who rule well are to be considered worthy of double honor, especially those who work hard at preaching and teaching”. But it says partiality is a sin in James 2:1 – 10, Yahshua said his disciples are all equal in Matt 23:8, and Paul said “there is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is neither male nor female, for you are all one in the Messiah Yahshua” Gal 3:28.

In 1 Tim 1:8 it says “the law is good if one uses it lawfully”, but Yahshua came to fulfill the law and the prophets Matt 5:17. Paul taught it is righteousness through faith that saves us not the law in Romans 2:12 – 15, 3:27 – 31, 5:20 – 21, 7:7 – 12, 8:1 – 8, 9: 30 – 33, & 13:8.

Another major difference is that after Yahshua’s death, all his disciples were awaiting his ‘coming’ Matt 24:3, 27, 30, 39, 42, 48, 25:27, 26:64, 1 Cor 15:23, 1 The 2:19, 3:13, 4:15, 5:23, 2 Thes 2:1, 8, James 5: 7 – 8, 1 John 2:28, Rev 1:7, 3:11, 16:15, 22:7, 20.  But the Pastoral Epistles establish a new church without a mention of his ‘coming’ because they were clearly written by the RCC in the 2^nd century.

We must “test the spirits whether they are of God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world” 1 John 4:1.

In the article on the Catholic Resources website, The Pastoral Epistles: 1 Timothy, 2 Timothy, Titus by Felix Just, he says “The three Pastoral Letters, along with three other Deutero-Pauline epistles (Col, Eph, 2 Thess), are attributed to the apostle Paul, but were almost certainly not written by Paul himself. Rather, they are probably pseudepigraphic (i.e., written in Paul’s name by one or more of his followers after his death).”

In the article The Deutero-Pauline Letters, Felix Just defines pseudepigraphy as “false attribution of authorship” or “falsely attributing a writing to someone different from the actual author.”, and a pseudepigraphic work as “is composed as if it were written by a person from the past (the ‘attributed author’), while the actual author was someone else (usually anonymous)”, but says “These should not be called ‘false writings’; pseudepigraphy says nothing about the value of the work’s content, but merely about the attributed authorship.”

In the article The New Testament Canon, author Felix Just provides 4 criteria for canonicity, and in addition to ‘apostolic origin’, he includes ‘universal acceptance’, ‘liturgical use’, and ‘consistent message’, although the Pastoral Epistles violate this point.

The Roman Catholic Church believe the Pope is the Vicar of the Messiah, and declare their own writings as being from God, but they are clearly false shepherds.

Rudolf Steiner was a Freemason and a Rosicrucian, whose voluminous writings and Waldorf schools are still with us today.

In the book Light-bearers of Darkness p 64 – 65, author Christina Stoddard says “After studying Steiner’s ‘Knowledge of the Higher Worlds,’ or ‘Way of Initiation,’ it becomes increasingly clear that it means in reality a preparation for obsession by these hidden beings, so much spoken of by Steiner, who, working on the astral plane, are every-where seeking for dupes and tools through whom they can carry out World Revolution leading to World Domination. By this means these beings instruct and orient, building up a ‘Spiritual Science,’ through an illuminised adept and teacher such as Steiner was, whereby many more are trained, instructed, and gathered into their fold of devilish usefulness, largely under the mistaken belief that the scheme is divinely inspired for the ‘higher evolution of the world’.”

In researching Rudolf Steiner, I came across information that stated he was possessed by the spirit named R C Christian, also known as Christian Rosenkrentz, who he called Master.

This name is found on the Georgia Guidestones. 

In the documentary Dark Clouds Over Elberton @1 h 7 m, we see that the words written on a stone at the base of the monument reads as follows:

TO WHOMEVER COMES UPON THIS PRESENTATION:

CONTAINED HEREIN ARE THE KEYS THAT HAVE BEEN AWAITED TO BE PLACED HERE IN PROPER SEQUENCING AND IN PROPER ORDER TO ANNOUNCE THE RETURN AND THE ACTIVATION OF THESE EVENTS OF PROPHECY THAT SIGNAL THESE EVENTS.  THOSE WHO HAVE GUARDED THIS GREAT MYSTERY AND WHO HAVE GUARDED THE EVOLUTION OF THE HUMAN SPECIES ITSELF ARE RETURNING.  IT HAS BEGUN.

THIS MONUMENT KNOWN AS THE GEORGIA GUIDE STONES SHALL FIND THREADS UNTO THE REVELATION OF ITS MYSTERY IN THE NAME R. C. CHRISTIAN OTHERWISE KNOWN UNTO THAT CONTINGENCY THAT IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE ERECTION OF THIS MONUMENT AS CHRISTIAN ROSENKRENTZ (1378-1484).

THIS PRESENTATION OF KEYS UPON THE FINDING OF IT IS TO BE DELIVERED TO THE ELBERTON STAR.  THE ELBERTON STAR IS TO DELIVER IT TO THE ATLANTA ROSICRUCIAN SOCIETY.  THE ROSICRUCIAN CONTACT NUMBER IS 1. THAT NUMBER IS DERIVED FROM THE SYNCHRONISTIC MYSTERY OF 404-294-4172 IN ALTANTA.

UNTO THIS GREAT MYSTERY SHALL IT IN DUE TIME BE UNVEILED LIKENED UNTO SHE WHOSE GREAT PORTAL READS ONLY: “KNOW THYSELF.”  UNTO THE UNVEILING OF HER WISDOM SHALL COME INDEED THE BRIDEGROOM BEARING THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE PERFECT BLENDING OF THE RED, THE WHITE, TO BRING FORTH THE GOLD AND THUS THE PURITY OF THE ROSE.  IT SHALL BLOOM AGAIN.  THIS MONUMENT HAS NOW BEEN ACTIVATED BY THAT WHICH WAS TO COME FORTH UNTO ITS ACTIVATION AND TECHNOLOGICAL UNDERSTANDING AND MANY SHALL COME TO THE PORTAL TO AWAKEN AND TO BE THUSLY ACTIVATED.

YOU ARE LOVED MANKIND.  ONCE WE SAW THROUGH THE GLASS DARKLY, NOW WE SHALL SEE FACE TO FACE.  DO NOT FEAR.  WE ARE WITH YOU THROUGH THE CO?? (Note: I am not able to see the words after this).

Words written on the Georgia Guidestones

The Rosicrucian ‘awakening’ is to spirit possession!

There are many verses that confirm Yahshua’s existence before his incarnation.  John 6:38 states he “came down from heaven”, John 3:13 states he “ascended into heaven” and “descended from heaven”.  In John 17:5 Yahshua asks Yahweh to “glorify me in your presence with the glory I had with you before the world (time) existed.”, and in John 17:24 he said “You loved me before the foundation of the world”.  This supports John 1:1 that states he was ‘with God” and “a god”.

Yahshua was the seed of the woman prophesied in Gen 3:15, as stated in Revelation 12: 1 – 2, & 5.

Yahshua was the spirit of Elijah implanted in Mary, as stated in Luke 1:35, who was prophesied to come before the day of Yahweh in Malachi 4:5. Matt 17:12 is translated to make it appear that the name Elijah refers to John the Baptist, but the Hebrew כבר translated ‘already’ to make it sound like Elijah has ‘already come’ is translated ‘already now’ in Matt 3:10 of the axe NOW being at the root of the tree.  We see in looking at the verses where Strong’s G2235 is found that it means ‘now after all this waiting’, not ‘previously’ as we are made to believe in Matt 17:12.

The genealogy in Matt 1:16 states that Yahshua is the child of Mary and Joseph.

The Hebrew text of John 1:14 & 18 has ben בן that means ‘son’, and יחיד that means ‘only, only one, solitary’. The King James and NASB do not translate ben בן, and יחיד is translated ‘only begotten’. The words should be translated ‘only son’, not ‘only begotten’.  The word ‘begotten’ falsely represents that Yahweh is Yahshua’s literal father, like the genealogy in Matt 1:1 to 17, where the Hebrew ולד that means ‘child, offspring’ is translated ‘father’ in NIV and NASB, but ‘begat’ in KJV.

When all the facts are considered, it is evident that translators have mislead people into believing Yahweh is Yahshua’s literal father, and that he is not Elijah.

In the Book of Enoch by R.H. Charles Chapter X v 12 “And when their sons have slain one another, and they have seen the destruction of their beloved ones, bind them fast for seventy generations in the valleys of the earth, till the day of their judgment and of their consummation, till the judgment that is for ever and ever is consummated.”

Whether the book of Enoch is inspired or not, the author knew there were 70 generations from Enoch to Yahshua the Messiah.  When we add the 7 generations from Adam to Enoch we get 77 generations, which is the ‘seventy sevens’ in Daniel 9:24.

The 70 generations from Enoch to Yahshua and the 77 generations from Adam to Yahshua are listed in Luke 3: 23 – 38, with Admin in Luke 3:33 removed, because it is not in the Hebrew text.  Interestingly, 33 is a Masonic number, perhaps a sign of who inserted this name into the Greek text to confuse us!

In Matt 16:13 – 16 Now when Jesus came into the district of Caesarea Philippi, He was asking His disciples, “Who do people say that the Son of Man is?” And they said, “Some [say] John the Baptist; and others, Elijah; but still others, Jeremiah, or one of the prophets.” He said to them, “But who do you say that I am?” Simon Peter answered, “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.”

The accounts in Mark 8:27 – 29 and Luke 18 – 20 are identical to Matt 16:13 – 15, there are minor differences between Peter’s answer to Jesus in Matt 16:16, and Mark (v29 excludes “. . .the Son of the living God”) and Luke (v20 instead of Messiah Peter said “the Messiah of God), and end similarly with “He warned the disciples that they should tell no one that He was the Christ.“ in Matt 16:20, and “he warned them to tell no one about him” in Mark 8:30, and “Jesus strictly warned them not to tell this to anyone” in Luke 9:21.

Mark and Luke exclude the words in Matt 16:17 – 19 And Jesus said to him, “Blessed are you, Simon Barjona, because flesh and blood did not reveal [this] to you, but My Father who is in heaven. I also say to you that you are Peter, and upon this rock I will build My church; and the gates of Hades will not overpower it. I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven; and whatever you bind on earth shall have been bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth shall have been loosed in heaven.”

This supports that the text of Matt 16: 17 – 19 was added at a later date.