“Two Kingdoms”

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November 1, 2026

2 Samuel 1:11, 12

How strange was the behavior of David and his small army of 600 men. How utterly unlike the natural man! To rend their clothes, fast, cry, and mourn over a man who had made twenty-one attempts to kill David, who sought to kill his father, mother and other family members, and drive him from his own country and tried in every conceivable way to get rid of him – that was a rare thing indeed.

Was King Saul a saved or a lost man? What about Abner or Ishbosheth? One will get a lot of different opinions. Their concept of everyone on the earth is destined for either, “heaven” or hell, is not backed up by the Bible. 

The Bible tells us that David mourned and wept for Saul and for Jonathan, and for the house of Israel. And his men (all 600 of them) followed his example. He counted Saul equal with Jonathan in his affection and called the king the LORD’s anointed, the beauty of Israel, the mighty, swifter than eagles and stronger than lions, and as being lovely and pleasant in life. He exhorted Israel to weep as much for Saul as for Jonathan. 

“The Sick Slave”

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October 25, 2026

Scripture Reading:  1 Samuel 30:6a

The Bible tells us the things that we need to know. This is where we left off at our last sermon. David was greatly distressed. Why? Because his own men in his small army (600 men) were talking about stoning him. What! His men were raising the question of whether to kill the anointed future king of Israel!

King Saul fell flat on his face and was in sore trouble. He had just heard the words that the familiar spirit of the witch that his days would be over in the next day. He had eaten nothing for about 24 hours. In this weak state he was ready to return to the battlefield. But the witch and his men convinced him that he needed to eat, and she fixed them a meal, and they ate and then made the 12-mile journey back to the battlefield to fight the Philistines the next morning. 

The Philistines were ready to attack the forces of Israel under the leadership of King Saul. David was saved from fighting with the Philistines, but when he went home to Ziklag, he found that the city was burnt and no one, including the children and wives of his men, was there. They were all gone. Were they still alive? Where were their wives and children, if they were still alive? How could they get them back without them being killed if they were not already dead? 

“And the LORD shall bring thee into Egypt again ...”  Deuteronomy 28:68

by Walter Giddings

October 18, 2026

By what authority did the AV 1611 translators render H4714 mizraim, mitsrayim as “Egypt” in Genesis 14:13?. Now we realize, of course, Genesis 14:13 does not establish there were Hebrews in Egypt, or Mizraim.  But we can see that among the Amorites, a tribe of the Canaanites in Canaan land, Abram was known as one of the Hebrew people. 

Do we have a 2nd Witness to the existence of the Hebrews?

The Repeating Troubles of David

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October 11, 2026

Scripture Reading:  1 Samuel 28:7

When we left off our study in lesson number four, how was the ancient nation of Israel (descendants of Jacob) doing? Was it doing great, mediocre, or pathetic? I think that it was doing rather poorly. 

First, its king, King Saul, had gone to an individual who had a familiar or a spirit of divination. This person was believed to have the ability to foretell the future or read omens. This was the type of individual that Saul personally kicked out of his nation several decades before. And now he is seeking one of them out to give him some information. 

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October 4, 2026

Scripture Reading: 1 Samuel 25:43, 44:

1 Samuel 25:43, 44:

43) “David also took Ahinoam of Jezreel: and they were also both of them his wives.

44) But Saul had given Michal his daughter, David’s wife, to Phalti the son of Laish, which was of Galim.”

What is David doing? Why does he marry Abigail now? He was a homeless wanderer and in no condition to give unto a wife the care and devotion to which she is entitled. Should he wait a little bit, after the death of her husband, before  he asked her to be his wife? Doesn’t the Scripture teach “to everything there is a season” (Ecclesiastes 3:1). 

And how did David know Ahinoam? What happened? The Bible does not tell us anything about their relationship. He was still homeless and in no way to provide for her. When did they meet? How soon after he asked Abigail to marry him did, did he ask Ahinoam? How long did they know each other? The Bible doesn’t tell us.

by Brian Jones

September 27, 2026

God gave His people a covenant and the cloth he had around his loins was holy and sacred to God and to us. (Jeremiah 13:1-11). Unfortunately Israel corrupted themselves by serving other gods, therefore making them and the linen girdle corrupt from within; just like we do today when we serve other gods. We make ourselves worthless to God.

Available in audio only. The following Scriptures were discussed: 

• September 27, 2026
• Ephesians 5:10-14
• John 3: 18-21
• Jeremiah 13: 1-11
• Leviticus 11:44-47
• 2 Timothy 3:1—8
• Romans 1:17-22
• Galatians 5:19-26
• Jeremiah 2:11-13
• Hosea 5:3-7
• 1 Timothy 4:1-3; 12-16
• 1 Corinthians 2:12-16
• 2 Corinthians 6:14-18
• Luke 13:23-28
• John 6:66-68

“…which say they are jews”  Revelation 2:9; 3:9

By Walter Giddings

September 20, 2026

(2 Corinthians 11).  In our previous Lesson, Both Good and Evil, we learned how to learn to “have our senses exercised to discern both good and evil”! We began with 2 Corinthians at 11:3: 

In the Books of Matthew unto Revelation alone, there are 13 Commands from both Christ and angels, “Fear not”. Perhaps the best known, among those of The Gospel of the Kingdom, we find in Luke 12:32, “Fear not little flock; for it is your Father’s good pleasure to give you the kingdom.” What question does this bring to bear?! 

Why does the Apostle Paul seem to make an exception here? The Koine Greek verb “I fear” is the translation of G5399 phobeo, fob-eh’-o; to frighten, (passively) to be alarmed: - be (+ sore) afraid, fear (exceedingly). Would this mean that Paul was alarmed[!] that our “minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ”?!

“Nabal and Abigail”

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September 13, 2026

Scripture Reading:  1 Samuel 24:1

From these words of the Scriptural reading, we gather that Saul had been successful in turning back the invading Philistines. This illustrates a principle which is often lost sight of: human success is no proof of divine approbation. The mere fact that a man is prospering outwardly, does not, of itself, demonstrate that his life is pleasing unto the Lord. Only an infidel would deny that it was God who enabled Saul to clear his land of the Philistines, yet we err seriously if we conclude from this that He delighted in him. 

1Samuel 24:2:

“Then Saul took three thousand chosen men out of all Israel, and went to seek David and his men upon the rocks of the wild goats.”

Saul had been providentially blocked while pursuing David, by the invading Philistines; but now, as soon as this hindrance by the invading Philistines was removed, he redoubles his evil efforts. One would think that the very invasion of the Philistines changed Saul’s attitude toward the one whom he was so causelessly and relentlessly pursuing. Ought he not to have realized now, more forcible than ever, that he needed David at the head of his army to repulse the common enemy? Very few people thrive as well in times of prosperity as they do in seasons of adversity.

“have their senses exercised to discern ...” Hebrews 5:14

By Walter Giddings

September 6, 2026

(2 Corinthians 11). This Lesson is sponsored by Section 292 of a Continuing Resolution passed by The House of Representatives, to which they attached a weak version of the Save America Act, just before they lammed out of Washington, District of Criminals, for August 2026 recess!!! (Is recess for children?) Section 292 (as it currently reads before Senate consideration) wrests Command of the Armed Forces of the United States from The Office of the President by placing an Executive in the Pentagon to combine the Intelligence Operations of American Agencies with the Israeli Mossad to make America the vassal state of Israeli. Section 292 appears to be the brainchild of the Prime Minister of Israeli, Netanyahu, and empowers an unconstitutional end run around the duly elected President of the United States !  If anybody within the sound of my voice disagrees with my take on Section 292, please bring your copy of Section 292 to me to show me the error of my ways.  Make sure it is the 1st copy passed by the House before August 2026 recess. As the OUTRIGHT RESCUE of Jesus Christ the Righteous I am honor bound to give you a complete hearing. Second Corinthians, chapter eleven, has part of one of the greatest themes of our Bibles.  This theme is typically ignored! 

SHAMMAH

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August 23, 2026

Scripture Reading: 1 Samuel 22:2

Who were these four hundred men who were either in (1) distress, or (2) in debt, or (3) were discontented? Who did they gather themselves to? It doesn’t sound like they would be a good group to have working in your company, or living in your neighborhood, or fighting in the foxhole on your side, or being your friends or acquaintances. But in the previous verse it adds another characteristic of this group: his father’s house and his brethren.