David and Jonathan’s Pact in the Shadow of Persecution: Christians Have a Pact with Christ in the Shadow of Persecution

1 Samuel 20

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• The silent and unseen killer of the Spirit of Christ.
• The conspiracy against Christianity is hidden to prevent the rise of grievances.
• Jesus is the Christ who is loved by the saved and hated by evil.
• As followers of Christ, we sound the alarm of the conspiracy against Him.
• The intention towards Christ is known by the blossoms or lack of blossoms.
• God’s lovingkindness and mercy is for everyone who lives for Jesus Christ.
• Meeting or not meeting a target reveals intentions towards Jesus Christ.
• With malintent, Godless people want to know where Christ is.
• Fellowship in the Spirit of Jesus Christ angers the governing system.
• The governing system intends to wipe Christianity from the earth.
• The Gospel of Jesus Christ is beyond the reach of the younger generation.
• The love between Christ and His followers is steadfast in burdens and tribulation.

The silent and unseen killer of the Spirit of Christ. “Then David fled from Naioth in Ramah, and went and said to Jonathan, “What have I done? What is my iniquity, and what is my sin before your father, that he seeks my life?” 1 Samuel 20:1

David in Naioth is spoken about in 1 Samuel 19:18-24 Naioth is also known as the Villag of the Prophets, and Samuel and many of his messengers piled into the place and overwhelmed it with their numbers. Their intent was to kill David. This is like the churches of today being dominated by those who live by the mark of the beast. The size of the churches is no indicator of devotion to God through Jesus. The Gospel of Christ has been tossed out of the churches as they seek to kill Christianity and all aspects of Jesus Christ. Their only reason for killing the Spirit of Christ is to usher in their utopia of the “democratic” society of the beast.

Christians live in the Holiness of Jesus Christ, with no hostile intent towards the governing powers at all. As followers of Christ, we might ask, “What have we done that they want to eliminate Christianity?” Very simply, they want to rule over our heart and mind with their ability to form what a person thinks, feels, says, and does. They want to synchronize us to the mark of the beast. However, we devote our body as the home of the Holy Spirit.

“So Jonathan said to him, “By no means! You shall not die! Indeed, my father will do nothing either great or small without first telling me. And why should my father hide this thing from me? It is not so!” 1 Samuel 20:2

Jonathan is Saul’s oldest son, but he loves David, but Saul hid his conspiracy to kill David so well that Jonathan couldn’t believe a conspiracy existed to kill David. Saul was even thought of as being a prophet of God when he was in the Village of the Prophets.

Today, the conspiracy against Christianity is hidden so well that many devoted followers of Christ cannot believe that Christian affliction and persecution is here today. A silent killer is being hid behind churchy and humanitarian sounding words. It’s like calling the killing of the unborn “Reproductive Rights,” and the promotion of the LGBQT+ community is called the “Respect for Marriage Act.” It’s no wonder there are no words for the killing of Christianity, which involves the affliction of the followers of Christ. I think the words they use is, “Democratic society.”

The conspiracy against Christianity is hidden to prevent the rise of grievances. “Then David took an oath again, and said, “Your father certainly knows that I have found favor in your eyes, and he has said, ‘Do not let Jonathan know this, lest he be grieved.’ But truly, as the Lord lives and as your soul lives, there is but a step between me and death.” 1 Samuel 20:3

Saul didn’t want Jonathan to know about his conspiracy to kill David, which would prevent any grievances from arising. Those who govern by the entity giving people what to think, feel, say, and do does not want those who love Jesus Christ to be aware of the conspiracy against Christianity. They put down grievances by sweeping the dirt under the rug and using humanitarian and churchy sounding words to define their actions. Even then, it’s obvious that Christianity has been dealt a death blow and there is but a step between the followers of Christ and death.

Those who form thoughts, emotions, feelings, and behaviors do not want grievances to appear against what they are doing. This entity enables the image of the beast to speak and live through people as they are groomed to the mark of the beast by what they say and do. Of course, this raises a big stink from Christians towards the “democratic” society. It’s more than obvious that silently, the Gospel of Christ has disappeared from the churches, government, schools, and society as a whole. There is only a step before the persecution of Christians comes into the light with open and approved aggression towards them.

“So Jonathan said to David, “Whatever you yourself desire, I will do it for you.” 1 Samuel 20:4 As devoted followers of Christ, we will do anything for the testimony of Jesus Christ, and we will hold to Him during these times of Christian affliction.

Jesus is the Christ who is loved by the saved and hated by evil. “And David said to Jonathan, “Indeed tomorrow is the New Moon, and I should not fail to sit with the king to eat. But let me go, that I may hide in the field until the third day at evening.” 1 Samuel 20:5

David was scheduled to attend the feast of the New Moon in the presence of king Saul, who had it within him to kill David. The feast of the New Moon represented the start of a new year. Instead, David requested of Jonathan, Saul’s son who loved David, to excuse him from the feast as he would hide in the field for three days.

In a sense, Jesus Christ did not eat the feast of the New Moon with the Jewish leaders, because God had a completely different vision of what the feast of the New Moon would be. After His death on the Cross to atone for sin, Jesus Christ hid in the grave for three days before God resurrected Him from the dead. The New Moon now represents the new era of living in the presence of God through Jesus Christ. In fact, the entire new calendar begins at the perceived birth of Jesus Christ. For example, the year 2024 is two thousand and twenty-four years after the birth of our Lord Jesus Christ.

“If your father misses me at all, then say, ‘David earnestly asked permission of me that he might run over to Bethlehem, his city, for there is a yearly sacrifice there for all the family.’” 1 Samuel 20:6

If anyone has a desire to inquire about Jesus, the answer is that He is the Christ who was born in Bethlehem. He gave His life as the sacrifice for sin for anyone, “For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.” John 3:16 “If he says thus: ‘It is well,’ your servant will be safe. But if he is very angry, be sure that evil is determined by him.” 1 Samuel 20:7 The approval of the Gospel of Christ is a good sign that all is well for Christianity, but anger towards the growth of the body of Christ proves the presence of evil in the world.

The thing that has power to form thoughts, feelings, emotions, and behaviors detests the presence of Christ in the world. It wants to set in the temple of God, our body, as if it is God to form what a person thinks, feels, says, and does. It is evil and is global, as in the global government of the beast. As a devoted follower of Jesus Christ, we dedicate our body as the home of the Holy Spirit.

As followers of Christ, we sound the alarm of the conspiracy against Him. “Therefore you shall deal kindly with your servant, for you have brought your servant into a covenant of the Lord with you. Nevertheless, if there is iniquity in me, kill me yourself, for why should you bring me to your father?” 1 Samuel 20:8

At this point, David has been anointed king by the Living God but is not yet crowned as king and sitting on the throne. Saul is still sitting on the throne. In David’s humble attitude, he calls himself the servant of Jonathan, Saul’s son. David and Jonathan entered into a covenant to always be there for each other. David had no malintent towards Saul and reassured Jonthan of that, if there was, Jonathan should just kill him on the spot.

When Jesus Christ walked on this earth, He was pronounced King of kings and Lord of lords by God, but not yet sitting on the throne in the Kingdom of God. That would happen after He atoned for sin on the cross, His death and resurrection. He has entered into a covenant with us, “For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.” John 3:16 If there was any sin whatsoever in our Lord Jesus Christ, that covenant would be null and void.

Jesus considered Himself to be our servant, like David who considered himself to be the servant of Jonathan, who loved David above his own father, Saul. Jesus said, “And whoever desires to be first among you, let him be your slave— just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life a ransom for many.” Matthew 20:27-28 He also said, “For who is greater, he who sits at the table, or he who serves? Is it not he who sits at the table? Yet I am among you as the One who serves.” Luke 22:27

The worst thing ever is to betray the purity of Christ Jesus by giving Him into the hands of those who live and govern by the entity giving them what to think, feel, do, and say. They are atheist who deny the Living God, scoff at the need for the forgiveness of sin through Jesus Christ and oppresses the Holy Spirit. This entity enables the image of the beast to speak and live through people as they are groomed to the mark of the beast by what they say and do.

“But Jonathan said, “Far be it from you! For if I knew certainly that evil was determined by my father to come upon you, then would I not tell you?” 1 Samuel 20:9 

As followers of Christ, we know it is far from Him to have any iniquity, because through Him we have the Holy Spirit and can live the life of Holiness. When Jesus Christ revealed to His disciples what was about to happen to Him at the hands of those in power, Peter said this, “Then Peter took Him aside and began to rebuke Him, saying, “Far be it from You, Lord; this shall not happen to You!” But He turned and said to Peter, “Get behind Me, Satan! You are an offense to Me, for you are not mindful of the things of God, but the things of men.” Matthew 16:22-23 Jesus Christ knew it was the plan of God that He would be betrayed and crucified, but it had to be that way so that He would atone for the sin of the world.

Jesus said, “If the world hates you, you know that it hated Me before it hated you. If you were of the world, the world would love its own. Yet because you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hates you.” John 15:18-19

Today, devoted followers of Christ sound the alarm of the evil that has come upon Christianity. The global government is here, which came immediately after WW2 and was called the New World Order, which is described in Daniel 8 and is also referred to in Revelation 17. The entity with power over physiology mark of the is also here and is able to form what people think, feel, say, and do, which is fully described in Revelation 13, verse-by-verse. Global warming is here, which eventually becomes very hot and leads to plunging the power center of the beast into darkness (Revelation 16:8-10).

The intention towards Christ is known by the blossoms or lack of blossoms. “Then David said to Jonathan, “Who will tell me, or what if your father answers you roughly?” 1 Samuel 20:10 David wanted to know how Jonathan planned to make Saul’s intentions known to him. As followers of Christ, how do we know what the intention of this current governing system is towards Jesus Christ?

“And Jonathan said to David, “Come, let us go out into the field.” So both of them went out into the field.” 1 Samuel 20:11 In the field is where the secret is told of how to know what the intentions are towards Jesus. Being in the field, with the Spirit of Jesus Christ, is where the Gospel seed should be planted and where Christian fruit should blossom. The field is the place where there is the resurrection of new life in the spirit and soul and the promise of eternal life beyond the grave. We know the tree by the fruit it gives.

“Then Jonathan said to David: “The Lord God of Israel is witness! When I have sounded out my father sometime tomorrow, the third day, and indeed there is good toward David, and I do not send to you and tell you, may the Lord do so and much more to Jonathan.” 1 Samuel 20:12-13a.When there are good intentions perceived towards Jesus Christ, the fruit of the Good News will blossom and be shared.

“But if it pleases my father to do you evil, then I will report it to you and send you away, that you may go in safety. And the Lord be with you as He has been with my father.” 1 Sanuel 20:13b. When evil is perceived towards Jesus Christ, the Good News does not blossom, instead the message to the followers of Christ is to go away from harm. We head for safety in the “cleft of the rock” which is in the Spirit of Christ. Now is the time for Christians to separate from the ways of the world. It’s obvious the Good News is not blossoming in today’s field. The Gospel is not in the churches, not in government policy, not in schools, nowhere.

God’s lovingkindness and mercy is for everyone who lives for Jesus Christ. “And you shall not only show me the kindness of the Lord while I still live, that I may not die;” 1 Samuel 20:14 The reward we have for holding to the testimony of Christ and being a watchman to share the intentions of the “democratic” society of those who serve the entity giving them what to think, feel, do is eternal life. While we are still alive, we have the Holy Spirit living in us, which is the guarantee that we will not die but have eternal life.

“…but you shall not cut off your kindness from my house forever, no, not when the Lord has cut off every one of the enemies of David from the face of the earth.” 1 Samuel 20:15 The lovingkindness and mercy of God is eternal life for all the household who loves Christ and live for His Gospel. In contrast, the global government of the beast, and all the enemies of Christ, will be destroyed from the face of the earth. They will suffer eternal torment in hell.

“So Jonathan made a covenant with the house of David, saying, “Let the Lord require it at the hand of David’s enemies.” 1 Samuel 20:16 God brings judgment on the earth through the global government of the beast, which is happening to Israel today. The Israeli people are protesting against the government of the State of Israel in favor of the global agenda of the “democratic” society. The government of Israel are using police and military aggression in the West bank, East Jerusalem, the Gaza Strip, Syria, Iran, etc. The United Nations have formed mandates against Israel and the United States refuse to stand with Israel against the agenda of the global government. After that, the global Battle of Armageddon takes place, which is just before the return of Jesus Christ.

“Now Jonathan again caused David to vow, because he loved him; for he loved him as he loved his own soul.” 1 Samuel 20:17 Jonathan wanted to hear David say it again, that David would grant life to him and his household. As followers of Jesus Christ, we cling to the promises made to us by God through Jesus Christ. In these times of Christian annihilation, it’s especially good to know that He will never leave nor forsake us. He will always live within our soul through the Holy Spirit, and there will always be a faithful few who hold to the testimony of Jesus to the very end of times. His promise to us of eternal life in the New Jerusalem is good.

Meeting or not meeting a target reveals intentions towards Jesus Christ.  “Then Jonathan said to David, “Tomorrow is the New Moon; and you will be missed, because your seat will be empty.” 1 Samuel 20:18 When Jesus Christ died on the Cross to atone for sin and was raised from the dead, He opened our soul to be the home of the Holy Spirit. Today, His presence within the seat of the soul of the masses around the world is missing. The thing that forms thoughts, feelings, emotions, and behaviors is sitting in that seat to enable the image of the beast to speak and live through people to synchronize a person to the mark of the beast.

“And when you have stayed three days, go down quickly and come to the place where you hid on the day of the deed; and remain by the stone Ezel.” 1 Samuel 20:19 After three days, David would go to a place in anticipation of hearing Saul’s intention towards him. In these days of the resurrected Savior, we watch, hear, and wait to know the community’s and world’s intention towards Christianity and every aspect of Jesus Christ. How do we know what the intentions are towards Jesus Christ, the next paragraph describes something we can gage by.

“Then I will shoot three arrows to the side, as though I shot at a target;” 1 Samuel 20:20 Targets are often associated with goals, such as “targeting a goal,” “meeting targets,” etc. Joathan is going to shoot arrows like he is trying to hit a target, which can symbolize the followers of Jesus Christ setting targets.

“…and there I will send a lad, saying, ‘Go, find the arrows.’ If I expressly say to the lad, ‘Look, the arrows are on this side of you; get them and come’—then, as the Lord lives, there is safety for you and no harm.” 1 Samuel 20:21 If the targeted goal of a Christian is obtainable, and there is fruitfulness in the Gospel of Christ, then it’s safe to assume that the community network is supportive of the ministry of Jesus Christ.

“But if I say thus to the young man, ‘Look, the arrows are beyond you’—go your way, for the Lord has sent you away. And as for the matter which you and I have spoken of, indeed the Lord be between you and me forever.” 1 Samuel 20:22-23 If the targeted goal of a Christian is beyond the ability to reach, and there is no fruitfulness in the Gospel of Christ, then it’s safe to assume that the “democratic” society of the mark of the beast dominates. The Lord does not want us to have any part with them, but He sends us away from them. Light has no part with darkness and righteousness has no part with unrighteousness.

With mal-intent, Godless people want to know where Christ is. “Then David hid in the field. And when the New Moon had come, the king sat down to eat the feast.” 1 Samuel 20:24 Jesus Christ is laying in the field of our soul, and the New Moon of the remission of sin and blossoms of the Holy Spirit are with us today. But so is the king who governs this world with power over physiology to give people what to think, feel, do, and say.

“Now the king sat on his seat, as at other times, on a seat by the wall. And Jonathan arose, and Abner sat by Saul’s side, but David’s place was empty.” 1 Samuel 20:25 Those who deny God, and discard the need for Jesus Christ, and trample on the Holy Spirit are sitting by the wall. It is a wall built to keep Jesus Christ out, and with that wall is the commander of the armies (Abner). As followers of Christ, we rise from that table and do not sit with them, we are not part of the armies that come against Christ.

The global government of the beast establishes the “democratic” society in every city around the world. It builds a wall against Christianity and uses its global armies to establish itself on the throne. “…it opposes and exalts itself above all that is called God or that is worshiped, so that it sits as God in the temple of God, showing itself that it is God.” 2 Thessalonians 2:4 The place where Jesus Christ is to be seated within the soul is empty,

“Nevertheless Saul did not say anything that day, for he thought, “Something has happened to him; he is unclean, surely he is unclean.” 1 Samuel 20:26 Saul’s concern for the absence of David was simply because he wanted to keep a very close eye on his whereabouts. Being “unclean” would be from one of many Jewish laws such as touching a dead body etc. which would require no social interaction. The culture of today is keeping a very close eye on the Spirit of Christ. If the attitude of Christ is not seen, then they assume that corruption has kept Him from appearing, which is what they want.

“And it happened the next day, the second day of the month, that David’s place was empty. And Saul said to Jonathan his son, “Why has the son of Jesse not come to eat, either yesterday or today?” 1 Samuel 20:27 With the persistent absence of David, Saul wants to know where he is and asks Jonathan, who loves David. This would be like those of this world asking a Christian, “Where is Jesus Christ in your life? They do not want to hear that Jesus is in a place of love within our heart and mind.

Fellowship in the Spirit of Jesus Christ angers the governing system. “So Jonathan answered Saul, “David earnestly asked permission of me to go to Bethlehem. And he said, ‘Please let me go, for our family has a sacrifice in the city, and my brother has commanded me to be there. And now, if I have found favor in your eyes, please let me get away and see my brothers.’ Therefore he has not come to the king’s table.” 1 Samuel 28-29 Jonathan told Saul that David went to be with his family to worship God in the city. This is like a Christian saying to the people of today’s culture that Jesus Christ is being worshipped among the congregation of Believers.

“Then Saul’s anger was aroused against Jonathan, and he said to him, “You son of a perverse, rebellious woman! Do I not know that you have chosen the son of Jesse to your own shame and to the shame of your mother’s nakedness?” 1 Samuel 20:30 When Jesus Christ is chosen over today’s “democratic” society, it brings anger against Christians. That’s because Christians dedicate the body as the home of the Holy Spirit and opposes being made the home of the entity giving them their thoughts, feelings, words, and behaviors.

The governing system intends to wipe Christianity from the earth. “For as long as the son of Jesse lives on the earth, you shall not be established, nor your kingdom. Now therefore, send and bring him to me, for he shall surely die.” 1 Samuel 20:31 The global government of the beast has vowed to never allow the followers of Christ, never to allow Christianity, to have any relevant meaning in this world. Their intent is to kill belief in the Divine God, to kill the need for Jesus Christ, and to kill the presence of the Holy Spirit. However, the Kingdom of God is not on this earth but is within us and is also the new heaven and earth in the New Jerusalem.

“And Jonathan answered Saul his father, and said to him, “Why should he be killed? What has he done?” 1 Samuel 20:32 As followers of Jesus Christ, we ask what Jonthan asks, “Why should Jesus Christ be killed? What has He done?”

“Then Saul cast a spear at him to kill him, by which Jonathan knew that it was determined by his father to kill David.” 1 Samuel 20:33 Anyone who stands for Jesus Christ will have “spears” of afflictions, burdens, and hardships thrown at them in the process of putting them down. It is obvious that this present world’s system has killed the churches and intends to kill Jesus Christ, Christianity, and anyone who stands for Him.

“So Jonathan arose from the table in fierce anger, and ate no food the second day of the month, for he was grieved for David, because his father had treated him shamefully.” 1 Samuel 20:34 As Christians walking in Holiness, there is indignation and mourning to see the lawlessness in the world and the attacks against Jesus Christ and how shamefully He is being treated.

The Gospel of Jesus Christ is beyond the reach of the younger generation. “And so it was, in the morning, that Jonathan went out into the field at the time appointed with David, and a little lad was with him.” 1 Samuel 20:35 This is like us being with Jesus Christ in the field where the seeds of the Gospel of Christ should be planted and produce fruit. A younger generation is there as well.

“Then he said to his lad, “Now run, find the arrows which I shoot.” As the lad ran, he shot an arrow beyond him. When the lad had come to the place where the arrow was which Jonathan had shot, Jonathan cried out after the lad and said, “Is not the arrow beyond you?” 1 Samuel 20:36-37 For the younger generation, it is beyond them to meet targeted goals of producing fruit through the Gospel. The thing that has power to form what they think, feel, say and do has gripped their soul and they are synchronized to the mark of the beast. They are living in a world without Jesus Christ.

“And Jonathan cried out after the lad, “Make haste, hurry, do not delay!” So Jonathan’s lad gathered up the arrows and came back to his master.” 1 Samuel 20:38 The younger generation knows there is an urgency about something, but do not associate it with Jesus Christ. To see all of the protests and riots in cities round the world proves that. They are making haste, hurrying, and not delaying in their demand to conform cities, nations, and the world to the global “democratic” society of the beast. The Gospel arrows shot by the followers of Jesus Christ are gathered up and brought right back to them, never reaching a target.

“But the lad did not know anything. Only Jonathan and David knew of the matter.” 1 Samuel 20:39 The younger generation doesn’t know anything about Jesus Christ, Christians, Christianity, nor of the persecution of the people of God. However, the followers of Jesus Christ know the matter of the Holy Bible, and of the hostility which the “democratic” society has against God, Jesus, and the Holy Spirit.

“Then Jonathan gave his weapons to his lad, and said to him, “Go, carry them to the city.” 1 Samuel 20:40 As followers of Jesus Christ, we have no use for weapons, but the younger generation will rely on physical power, might, and force. They hold no spiritual values and are the upcoming persecutors of Jesus Christ.

The love between Christ and His followers is steadfast in burdens and tribulation. “As soon as the lad had gone, David arose from a place toward the south, fell on his face to the ground, and bowed down three times. And they kissed one another; and they wept together, but David more so.” 1 Samuel 20:41 As followers of Jesus Christ, we bond with His Spirit in the love we have for Him and the love He has for us. It is heartbreaking and sad to know that the elimination of Christianity is upon us and burdens, afflictions, and hardships are placed on Christians. Jesus Christ weeps even more. The mourning remains in our heart without an outward expression made in front of the younger generation.

“Then Jonathan said to David, “Go in peace, since we have both sworn in the name of the Lord, saying, ‘May the Lord be between you and me, and between your descendants and my descendants, forever.’” So he arose and departed, and Jonathan went into the city.” 1 Samuel 20:42 There is a covenant made between those who love Jesus Christ and Jesus Christ, which is, “For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.” John 3:16 In these difficult times we are given peace, “Peace I leave with you, My peace I give to you; not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.” John 14:27

Jesus Christ has departed this earth but has left us the Comforter, and as Believers we go into the city upholding His testimony. “A little while longer and the world will see Me no more, but you will see Me. Because I live, you will live also. At that day you will know that I am in My Father, and you in Me, and I in you. He who has My commandments and keeps them, it is he who loves Me. And he who loves Me will be loved by My Father, and I will love him and manifest Myself to him.” John 14:19-21

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“….to you who do not hold to her teaching and have not learned Satan’s so-called deep secrets,“
‘I will not impose any other burden on you, except to hold on to what you have until I come.’”
“I am coming soon. Hold on to what you have, so that no one will take your crown.”
Revelation 2:24-25, 3:1