David humiliated Saul with his vulnerability: Jesus Christ has humiliated this world’s government with their vulnerability.

1 Samuel 24:4-6

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 “Then the men of David said to him, “This is the day of which the Lord said to you, ‘Behold, I will deliver your enemy into your hand, that you may do to him as it seems good to you.’” And David arose and secretly cut off a corner of Saul’s robe.” 1 Samuel 24:4 

As Christians, we are the “men” (people) of Jesus Christ, and we know that a day is coming in which the Lord Jesus comes back and has complete victory over this world. We see the “scarlet cord” in the Old Testament referring to Jesus Christ when it is written in Psalms 110:1, “And David himself saith in the book of Psalms, The Lord said unto my Lord, sit thou on my right hand, till I make thine enemies thy footstool.” Luke 20:42-43

Saul was the enemy of David as he persistently pursued and conspired against David to have him killed. Today, we know the current governing system of the “democratic” society is the enemy of Christianity as they conspire to eliminate the Gospel of Christ from every society in the world. They are living by the thing which forms what they think, feel, do, and speak and make it very well known by what they say and do that they are enemies of the teaching of the Bible. The image of the beast lives and speaks through them by the thing which forms their thoughts and feelings. As it lives and speaks through them, they are conformed to their place in life by what they say and do. They are conformed to their mark in life as they are groomed to the mark of the beast.

At times, we might feel the rage of indignation against those who are the enemy of Jesus Christ as they make life difficult for us with a ton of aggravation and various afflictions. When they do not receive Jesus Christ on our way to the New Jerusalem, we might respond the way the Apostles did when those hostile to Christ did not receive Him, “But they did not receive Him, because His face was set for the journey to Jerusalem. And when His disciples James and John saw this, they said, “Lord, do You want us to command fire to come down from heaven and consume them, just as Elijah did?” Luke 9:53-54 The Apostles saw the “scarlet cord” in the Old Testament and are referring to 2 Kings 1:10-12, “So Elijah answered and said to the captain of fifty, “If I am a man of God, then let fire come down from heaven and consume you and your fifty men.” And fire came down from heaven and consumed him and his fifty.”

David cut off a corner of Saul’s robe, which was an act which totally humiliated and revealed the vulnerability of Saul. In a sense, a corner of the robe of the global government of the beast has been cut off by the prophecy of the Bible against them. It must be humiliating to them that the blueprint they have for this world is revealed in detail through the pages of the Bible. Their face has been marred and it must be excruciating to them to know they are the government of the beast utilizing the image and the mark of the beast by which to govern. It must be excruciating to the masses around the world to confront the reality that they are those who empower the government of the beast. Their excruciating humiliation is why they want the Bible eliminated from this world.

The battle is not for us to fight on this earth, but Jesus Christ is coming back in complete victory over His enemies. Every knee will bow every tongue confess that He is Lord.

“Now it happened afterward that David’s heart troubled him because he had cut Saul’s robe. “And he said to his men, “The Lord forbid that I should do this thing to my master, the Lord’s anointed, to stretch out my hand against him, seeing he is the anointed of the Lord.” 1 Samuel 24:5-6 

David’s heart troubled him because he cut Saul’s robe. The heart of Jesus Christ is troubled when His followers interpret His exposure and humiliation of the beast as being hostile to the governing authorities. The Holy Spirit says to us, “Let every soul be subject to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except from God, and the authorities that exist are appointed by God. Therefore whoever resists the authority resists the ordinance of God, and those who resist will bring judgment on themselves.” Romans 13:1-2 

Although a complete revelation has been given to us about the hostile intentions of the global government towards Christ, the Bible is not a war manifesto. We know their hostile intentions towards God, Jesus Christ, and the Holy Spirit, but it is not a call to arms for retaliation against them. The heart of Jesus Christ is troubled when His followers believe it is within their right to take advantage of the humiliation and nakedness of the “democratic” society of the beast. The Lord Jesus wants us to walk in the Gospel of Peace and to put on the Armor of God (Ephesians 6:10-20), not the armor of earthly commandos.

When His Apostles wanted to call down fire from Heaven in retaliation for not receiving the Lord Jesus, Jesus replied, “But He turned and rebuked them, and said, “You do not know what manner of spirit you are of. For the Son of Man did not come to destroy men’s lives but to save them.” And they went to another village.” Luke 9:55-56

Even when the Apostle decided to cut off the ear of one who came to arrest Jesus, Jesus said that is enough of that, and He even healed the ear. As followers of Christ, we don’t physically fight against those who hear the thoughts and feelings given to them by thing which has power over physiology. They are living by the image of the beast which they allow to live and speak through them, but our war is not with flesh and blood but is with spiritual wickedness. That war is fought with the Spirit of Christ, not weapons,

“When those around Him saw what was going to happen, they said to Him, “Lord, shall we strike with the sword?” And one of them struck the servant of the high priest and cut off his right ear. But Jesus answered and said, “Permit even this.” And He touched his ear and healed him.” Luke 22:49-51

Even when we are confronted with conflict, affliction, and persecution, the answer is not retaliation but compassion. We are followers of Jesus Christ and, “He was oppressed and He was afflicted, yet He opened not His mouth; He was led as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before its shearers is silent, so He opened not His mouth” Isaiah 53:7

“….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, 3:11