David and his people live in the cities of Hebron: Jesus Christ and His people live in the eternal cities of the New Jerusalem

2 Samuel 2:2-3

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“So David went up there, and his two wives also, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail the widow of Nabal the Carmelite. And David brought up the men who were with him, every man with his household. So they dwelt in the cities of Hebron.” 2 Samuel 2:2-3

We know that Hebron of today and yesterday is a place where Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob are dead and buried, and they gave birth to the Twelve Tribes of Israel and to Christianity. Jesus Christ is from the Tribe of Judah. From that, we know the Lord Jesus is coming back after the death of Israel and after the demise of the structure of Christianity. The cities of Hebron represent the mansions which Jesus Christ went to prepare for us in Heaven.

When David went to Hebron, those with him symbolize the “scarlet cord” connecting the Old Testament to the New Testament. It represents who will be in the New Jerusalem within the new heaven and new earth. Those in Heaven will be the faithful of the Twelve Tribes of Israel, those who help to feed the sheep of the family of Jesus Christ, and those who remain faithful to the Gospel of Christ. As explained below,

1. Ahinoam. One of David’s wives was named Ahinoam, which happens to be the name of Saul’s wife (1 Samuel 14:50). Some say it definitely was Saul’s wife and Saul represents the State of Israel without Jesus Christ. With that being the case, it would point to Jesus Christ always keeping a part of Israel with Him within the New Jerusalem, as quoted, “Also she (New Jerusalem) had a great and high wall with twelve gates, and twelve angels at the gates, and names written on them, which are the names of the twelve tribes of the children of Israel:” Revelation 21:12 While the Jewish nation has rejected Jesus Christ, many of the Israelites were valiantly faithful to God, as seen in Hebrews 11. Those faithful to Jesus Christ will enter through those gates.
2. Abigail. Abigail was the other of David’s wife who was the wife of the spiritually wicked Nabal. Nabal was a sheepshearer who had a very rude and snobbish attitude against David and his people. Nabal represents those of today who shear Jesus Christ from the heart and mind of people. Abigail went against her husband’s wishes and did all she could to help David and his people. Today, everyone who helps and joins the followers of the Lord Jesus Christ will be in the New Jerusalem when the new heaven and earth are created.
3. All of David’s men and all of their families. Everyone who comes to God through Jesus Christ are part of the family of God. We will be with Jesus in the New Jerusalem. “And He said to me, “It is done! I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End. I will give of the fountain of the water of life freely to him who thirsts. He who overcomes shall inherit all things, and I will be his God and he shall be My son.” Revelation 21:6-7

Those who will not be in the New Jerusalem is plainly quoted below,

“If anyone worships the beast and his image, and receives his mark on his forehead or on his hand, he himself shall also drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out full strength into the cup of His indignation. 

He shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels and in the presence of the Lamb. And the smoke of their torment ascends forever and ever; and they have no rest day or night, who worship the beast and his image, and whoever receives the mark of his name.”

Revelation 14:9-11

Anyone who patterns their life after the thing which forms what they say, do, think, and feel will not enter into the New Jerusalem. It enables the image of the beast to live and speak through them, and by what they say and do they are groomed to the mark of the beast. Those are the ones who habitually blasphemes God, reject the need for the remission of sin through Jesus Christ, and blasphemes the Holy Spirit.

The Lord Jesus Christ says to us as quoted below,

Let not your heart be troubled; you believe in God, believe also in Me. In My Father’s house are many mansions; if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you to Myself; that where I am, there you may be also. 

John 14:1-3

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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