O.T. Shepherds, 5of6

~ David: A Royal Reigning Shepherd ~

Series Prologue  ~  There are at least five Old Testament shepherds who were clear “types” of Jesus Christ—our shepherd.  A type is like a faint image or shadow of the true item.  In each of these cases we can see parallels to our Great Shepherd. 

Sample Scripture  ~  “Therefore Saul sent messengers to Jesse, and said, ‘Send me your son David, who is with the sheep’” (1 Samuel 16:19).

“But David occasionally went and returned from Saul to feed his father’s sheep at Bethlehem” (1 Samuel 17:15).

“And the time that David was king in Hebron over the house of Judah was seven years and six months” (2 Samuel 2:11).

“Then all the tribes of Israel came to David at Hebron and spoke, saying, ‘Indeed we are your bone and your flesh.  Also, in time past, when Saul was king over us, you were the one who led Israel out and brought them in; and the Lord said to you, “You shall shepherd My people Israel, and be ruler over Israel.”’  Therefore all the elders of Israel came to the king at Hebron, and King David made a covenant with them at Hebron before the Lord.  And they anointed David king over Israel.  David was thirty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned forty years.  In Hebron he reigned over Judah seven years and six months, and in Jerusalem he reigned thirty-three years over all Israel and Judah” (2 Samuel 5:1-5). 

Hints Of The Coming Messiah  ~  David was a shepherd who took on royalty and reigned over his kingdom. 

David was a shepherd who was later anointed king.

David was rejected by his own.

David was forced to flee from his home into the land of the Philistines.
David received a Gentile bride. 

David later returned home (after the death of Saul).

In the end David was accepted by his own nation—Israel. 

~ Robert Lloyd Russell, ABUNDANT LIFE NOW blog.

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