It’s All Coming Together | David: King of Israel | Part 8 | Denvil Lee

For 20 years, the Israelites were living apart from God. They had abandoned the Ark of the Covenant, where God’s presence resided. In 2 Samuel 6, David leads the Israelites as they retrieve the Ark of the Covenant, bring it to Jerusalem, and return to God as a community. As they march towards Jerusalem, David dances before the Lord with all his might. This is the moment in David’s life where it all comes together – from being a shepherd boy to a musician to a giant slayer to a humble leader. David’s life experiences, disciplines, and setbacks come together in this pivotal moment in scripture, which foreshadows when Jesus would come to Jerusalem, the Holy Spirit would come at Pentecost, and when God’s kingdom will come in its fullness one day. When we look forward to Pentecost, the Holy Spirit comes and indwells God's people, and Jerusalem is no longer a geographical location. Rather, whenever the people of God, who carry the presence of God, lift their praises to God, wherever they are becomes the place of God – the new Jerusalem.