King David 101

A Man After God's Own Heart

Category: anointed

  • There are 17 verses in the New Testament that apply “Son of David” to the person of Jesus Christ. Everyone knew that the coming Messiah had to be in the lineage of King David–no question about it. The promise of the coming, “Son of David” was avidly understood by every Jew. They were waiting and…

  • “The Lord has found a man after his own heart,” 1 Samuel 13:14  What kind of heart does God have? I suppose that should be our starting point to where this blog is going. Since we must start somewhere. I suspect 1 Samuel 13 declares one of the first references to David’s story.  In this passage the prophet is confronting Saul, the king. We see Samuel declaring that Saul, is rejected, and another is going to be anointed. Saul is extremely disturbed,…