And their neighbors from as far away as Issachar, Zebulun, and Naphtali came bringing food on donkeys, camels, mules, and oxen--abundant supplies of flour, fig cakes and raisin cakes, wine and oil, oxen and sheep. Indeed, there was joy in Israel. Sermons
I. THE OCCASION of this joy. It is the sovereignty of the Messiah, "I have set my King upon my holy hill of Zion." Christ is the rightful King of humanity. He is the acknowledged and actual King of his ransomed Church. "He shall reign until he hath put every enemy under his feet." Surely a race, distracted by lawlessness and rebellion, may well rejoice when assured that a King so mighty and so wise ascends his rightful throne. II. THE SUBJECTS of this joy. "Let Israel be glad." They who own Jesus as King are the proper persons to offer the sacrifices of rejoicing. How many are the admonitions we find in Scripture to rejoice in the reign of Immanuel! "Let all the children of Judah be joyful in their king!" With shouts of acclaim and songs of welcome do Christ's people exalt him to the throne of their loyal hearts. III. THE MANIFESTATIONS of this joy. Joy is not wont to be silent. The elders and chief captains of Israel held high festival because David accepted the crown. And Christ's true subjects cannot do other than speak forth his praise and celebrate his exploits. IV. THE RESULTS of this joy. If we feel the gladness which Christ's kingship is fitted to awaken, we shall find it easy to submit and to obey; we shall learn that "the joy of the Lord is our strength;" we shall have some earnest of the higher and immortal joy which shall fill the courts of heaven. LESSONS. 1. A rebuke to gloomy Christians. Your faith, if you have any, must be feeble indeed if joy is a strange emotion to your heart. 2. An encouragement to rejoicing Christians to turn their joy into motive power, that they may aid in the culture of holiness and in the achievements of Christian service. - T.
All these men of war. I. THE CAUSE OF JOY.1. United under one king. 2. A king chosen of God. 3. Universal loyalty to the chosen king. II. THE MANIFESTATION OF JOY. 1. In unity of purpose. 2. In sincerity of feeling. 3. In social fellowship. III. THE EXTENT OF THE JOY. (J. Wolfendale.) For there was Joy in Israel The man who was the darling of the people, and from whose administration they had raised expectations, being now, by Divine appointment, made king over all the tribes, "there was joy in Israel." There is abundant reason for much greater joy in the spiritual Israel, on account of David's illustrious son, the King Messiah, the Saviour of His people (Zechariah 9:9; Isaiah 25:9).I. THE CAUSE OF JOY OF ISRAEL, WITH RELATION TO THE KING MESSIAH, THE SON OF DAVID, THE LORD JESUS CHRIST. 1. This coming in the flesh is a matter of joy, as He then appeared King of Israel, and the Saviour thereof. Salvation is the source, the foundation of spiritual joy in Israel. (1) (2) (3) (4) 2. The spiritual coming of Christ in the hearts of His people at conversion is another event that causes joy in Israel. 3. In the latter day, when Christ will be more manifest, and, like David, will be King over all the house of Israel, and over the whole world, then there will be joy and gladness. II. WHERE AND AMONG WHOM IS THIS JOY? Not only in Israel but in the whole world. Christ is not the God of the Jews only. III. THE NATURE OF THIS JOY. 1. It is spiritual. 2. It is the joy of our Lord. 3. It is the joy of faith. 4. It is a joy that the world knows nothing of. 6. It is unspeakable. 6. It is a joy to be continually exercised. 7. This joy will be at last full and complete. (J. Gill, D. D.) (G. Turner.) "I had lived," says the Countess Schimmelmann, "all the spoiled child of the Court; so much so that the Crown Priam (afterwards the Emitter) Frederick introduced me to a stranger as 'the most highly favoured young lady of Germany, and of several other kingdoms besides.' These worldly honours had never satisfied me, and the longing for something higher and better became increasingly stronger. My prayers at that time always culminated in the cry, 'O God, give me but a drop of the love of Christ and a spark of the fire of the Holy Ghost.' A short time after, in response to my prayer that I might love Jesus and Jesus only, I heard the Saviour say to me, 'My child, thy salvation does not depend upon thy love to Me, but upon My love to thee, just as thou art.' Then broke upon my heart a sun of joy, in the beams of which I still rejoice, and whose light will shine upon me eternally."9People Aaron, Aaronites, Adnah, Ahiezer, Amasai, Asher, Attai, Azareel, Azmaveth, Bealiah, Benjamin, Benjaminites, Berachah, Danites, David, Eliab, Eliel, Elihu, Elkanah, Eluzai, Elzabad, Ezer, Gad, Gadites, Gedor, Gibeon, Ishmaiah, Ismaiah, Israelites, Issachar, Isshiah, Jahaziel, Jashobeam, Jediael, Jehoiada, Jehu, Jeremiah, Jerimoth, Jeroham, Jesiah, Jesse, Jeziel, Joash, Joelah, Joezer, Johanan, Josabad, Jozabad, Kish, Korahites, Korhites, Levi, Levites, Machbanai, Manasseh, Michael, Mishmannah, Naphtali, Obadiah, Pelet, Reuben, Reubenites, Saul, Shemaah, Shemariah, Shephatiah, Simeon, Simeonites, Zadok, Zebadiah, Zebulun, ZilthaiPlaces Anathoth, Gederah, Gedor, Gibeah, Gibeon, Hebron, Jordan River, ZiklagTopics Abundance, Abundant, Abundantly, Asses, Bread, Bringing, Bunches, Cakes, Camels, Cattle, Clusters, Donkeys, Fig, Fig-cakes, Figs, Fine, Flour, Grape-cakes, Grapes, Indeed, Issachar, Is'sachar, Joy, Masses, Meal, Meat, Moreover, Mules, Naphtali, Naph'tali, Neighbors, Nigh, Numbers, Oil, Oxen, Plentiful, Provision, Provisions, Quantities, Raisin, Raisin-cakes, Raisins, Sheep, Supplies, Victual, Victuals, Wine, Zebulun, Zeb'ulunOutline 1. The companies that came to David at Ziklag23. The armies that came to him at Hebron Dictionary of Bible Themes 1 Chronicles 12:40 4404 food 4458 grape Library Drill and Enthusiasm'[Men that] could keep rank, they were not of double heart.'--1 CHRON. xii. 33. These words come from the muster-roll of the hastily raised army that brought David up to Hebron and made him King. The catalogue abounds in brief characterisations of the qualities of each tribe's contingent. For example, Issachar had 'understanding of the times.' Our text is spoken of the warriors of Zebulon, who had left their hills and their flocks in the far north, and poured down from their seats by the blue waters … Alexander Maclaren—Expositions of Holy Scripture The Channel of Power. God's Answers Beneath his Banner Epistle xxxix. To Anastasius, Bishop . The King. Watching the Horizon 'The Waters Saw Thee; they were Afraid' The Section Chap. I. -iii. 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