The Family Altar Audio Devotional - Day 305

And when king David came to Bahurim, behold, thence came out a man of the family of the house of Saul, whose name was Shimei, the son of Gera: he came forth, and cursed still as he came. And he cast stones at David, and at all the servants of king David: and all the people and all the mighty men were on his right hand and on his left. And thus said Shimei when he cursed, Come out, come out, thou bloody man, and thou man of Belial: The Lord hath returned upon thee all the blood of the house of Saul, in whose stead thou hast reigned; and the Lord hath delivered the kingdom into the hand of Absalom thy son: and, behold, thou art taken in thy mischief, because thou art a bloody man. Then said Abishai the son of Zeruiah unto the king, Why should this dead dog curse my lord the king? let me go over, I pray thee, and take off his head. And the king said, What have I to do with you, ye sons of Zeruiah? so let him curse, because the Lord hath said unto him, Curse David. Who shall then say, Wherefore hast thou done so? (2 Samuel 16:5-10) 372 He said, another time, one time, to a man, “You’re after My Own heart.” A man after His Own heart, David. You remember that? [Congregation says, “Amen.”—Ed.] The Spirit of God in David. David, a rejected king. Always the anointed is rejected. David, the rejected king, went up the hill when his own people… I’ll preach this for this next three minutes. When David’s own people should be…His own kind dethroned him, his own son, and run him off the throne. 373 David went down there, and even one of them come out there spitting on him, that anointed king. And this little old guy come along there, crippled up in his doctrine. The Bible said he was crippled, you know. And he went along, spitting on that king. Watch Christ. Spitting on him; that messenger by his side, (an angel, representing), pulled a sword, said, “Should the head of that dog stay on; spit on that king?” An angel said, “I’ll strike him dead.” 374 David said, “Put up your sword. I have to do this.” Went up on top of the hill, of Jerusalem, looked back down, a rejected king, and he wept. 375 Eight hundred years from there, the Son of David, the Spirit that was in David, in a portion, stood on the same hill; a rejected King, being spit on and made fun of. That right? [Congregation says, “Amen.”—Ed.] I can imagine God said…The Angels walking along there with Him, when He went up Calvary like that. “Shall the head of that dog stay on him?” “Let him alone.” Oh, my! 376 There’s coming a time. But what about David when he come back? The story changed. David come riding in triumph. This fellow run, scream for mercy. Sure. 377 Let them alone. He’ll come some day, in power. Then they, was laughing, will turn the other way. That’s right. Just let them alone. 62-0318 - "The Spoken Word Is The Original Seed" Rev. William Marrion Branham ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Order your own copy of the Family Altar at http://store.bibleway.org Appreciate what we do? Consider supporting us: https://anchor.fm/ten-thousand-worlds/support