{"id":2827,"date":"2025-02-15T12:51:22","date_gmt":"2025-02-15T12:51:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.godswordexplained.com\/?page_id=2827"},"modified":"2025-02-15T12:51:51","modified_gmt":"2025-02-15T12:51:51","slug":"david-and-jesus-compared","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.godswordexplained.com\/?page_id=2827","title":{"rendered":"David and Jesus Compared"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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NB: Slightly updated from the link given.<\/td><\/tr>
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https:\/\/letgodbetrue.com\/sermons\/index\/year-2021\/david-and-jesus-compared\/<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
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David and Jesus Compared<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
Jesus is the Son of David with some similarities, but Jesus far excels him by some differences. We can glorify Jesus by the similarities and the differences. David himself called Jesus his Lord, and he wrote that He was fairer than all men.<\/td><\/tr>
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Introduction:<\/u><\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
David is the chief O.T. Bible person with far more space devoted to him than to any others.<\/td><\/tr>
Jesus is the Son of David in both prophecy and fulfilment from early in the Bible to the end.<\/td><\/tr>
Jesus is sometimes even called David in prophecy, and God chose David for His Son\u2019s father.<\/td><\/tr>
David\u2019s character and conduct are far more fully revealed than any other person in the Bible.<\/td><\/tr>
David had great courage, graciousness, humility, leadership, love, mercy, victories, worship, zeal, and more, but any trait he had our Lord Jesus perfected it far beyond him.<\/td><\/tr>
Let us build a tower to God of a few similarities and then differences to honour Jesus Christ our Lord, the Son of David, the Son of God, our Saviour and coming Redeemer.<\/td><\/tr>
We have studied before the many traits of David revealed and recorded in the Bible \u2026 here<\/a>.<\/td><\/tr>
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David is similar to Jesus in wonderful ways, though simple and imperfect.<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
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A. David was born in Bethlehem (Ruth 2:4; 4:11; I Samuel 16:4; 17:15; 2 Samuel 23:15) \u2026 Jesus was born in Bethlehem (Micah 5:2; Matthew 2:1; Luke 2:8-20).<\/td><\/tr>
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B .David = beloved \u2026 God declared from heaven Jesus was His beloved Son (Matthew 3:17).<\/td><\/tr>
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C. David was chosen over seven brothers (I Samuel 16:10-13; I Chronicles 28:4) \u2026 Jesus was chosen over at least four brothers (Matthew 13:55).<\/td><\/tr>
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D. David\u2019s oldest brother Eliab made fun of him before he killed Goliath (I Samuel 17:28) \u2026 Jesus\u2019 brothers mocked Him before He rose from the dead (John 17:3-5).<\/td><\/tr>
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E. David\u2019s brothers later joined him (I Samuel 22:1) \u2026 Jesus\u2019 brothers believed after His resurrection and were known in the early church (Acts 1:14; I Corinthians 9:5; 15:7; Galatians 1:19).<\/td><\/tr>
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F. David was about God\u2019s business as a youth, likely facing Goliath in his teens (I Samuel 17:33,42) \u2026 Jesus was about God\u2019s business as a 12-year-old child (Luke 2:41-51).<\/td><\/tr>
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G. David was an obedient son in his youth to Jesse (I Samuel 17:17-20) \u2026 Jesus was an obedient son in His youth to His parents (Luke 2:51).<\/td><\/tr>
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H. David was in the wilderness before his reign with a lion and bear and also running from Saul (I Samuel 17:34-37;\u00a023:14-15; etc.) \u2026 Jesus was in the wilderness before His ministry, tempted and tried by the devil, called a roaring lion (Matthew 4:1;\u00a0Luke 4:1).<\/td><\/tr>
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I. David became king when he turned 30 (2 Samuel 5:4) \u2026 Jesus began His ministry when He turned 30 (Luke 3:23).<\/td><\/tr>
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J. David had many enemies \u2013 foreign, domestic, and family (Psalms 3:1-2; 6:7; 7:6; 25:2,19) \u2026 Jesus had many enemies \u2013 foreign (Rome), domestic (Jews), and family (brothers), and even church (Luke 19:14,27; 23:11-12; John 6:70; 15:18,25; Philippians 3:18-19).<\/td><\/tr>
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K. David killed Goliath the enemy of God\u2019s people (I Samuel 17:45-51; 18:6) \u2026 Jesus destroyed the works of the devil (Hebrews 2:14; I John 3:8).<\/td><\/tr>
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L. David was praised by the church for defeating their enemies (I Samuel 18:6) \u2026 Jesus was praised by the church for redeeming it by His blood (Revelation 5:8-10; 12:10).<\/td><\/tr>
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M. David took a victory tour with the head of Goliath the Philistine (I Samuel 17:54; 18:6) \u2026 Jesus took a victory tour with infallible proofs over death and its diabolical devil (Acts 1:3; I Corinthians 15:3-8; Matthew 16:18; Revelation 12:5-10).<\/td><\/tr>
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N. Ammon mocked David, so he humbled them (2 Samuel 10:1-14; 12:29-31) \u2026 Jesus triumphed over the devil openly (Colossians 2:15; Acts 19:15; Matthew 8:29; 16:18; Luke 4:8).<\/td><\/tr>
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P. David humbly submitted to ordination without presumption or pride as a shepherd boy (I Samuel 16:13; 17:15,58) \u2026 Jesus humbly submitted to baptism, comparable to ordination, by His reluctant cousin John the Baptist (Matthew 3:14-15).<\/td><\/tr>
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Q. David was ordained by a man with a miracle birth \u2013 Samuel (I Samuel 1:2,20) \u2026 Jesus was ordained by a man with a miracle birth \u2013 John the Baptist (Luke 1:7,36).<\/td><\/tr>
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R. David had had a house built for him by the king of Tyre that established him as king (2 Samuel 5:11-12) \u2026 Jesus was given gifts by the daughter of Tyre as the king of Israel (Psalm 45:12; Mark 3:8; 7:24; Isaiah 23:17-18).<\/td><\/tr>
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S. David loved to sing in church and promoted it greatly (Psalms 33:3; 149:1; I Chronicles 15:16-22) \u2026 Jesus sang in church and promoted it (Hebrews 2:12; Psalm 22:22; Matthew 26:30; Ephesians 5:19).<\/td><\/tr>
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T. David defeated all his enemies and sat down (2 Samuel 7:1;\u00a022:1) \u2026 Jesus defeated His enemies and sat down (Hebrews 1:3;\u00a0Acts 2:34-35).<\/td><\/tr>
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U. David was betrayed by a close friend \u2013 Absalom and \/ or Ahithophel (I Chronicles 27:33;\u00a02 Samuel 15:12) \u2026 Jesus was betrayed by a close friend \u2013 Judas (Psalms 41:9;\u00a0109:3-5;\u00a0John 13:18).<\/td><\/tr>
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V. David\u2019s betrayers hung themselves by God\u2019s judgment (2 Samuel 17:23;\u00a02 Samuel 18:9-15) \u2026 Jesus\u2019 betrayer hung himself by God\u2019s judgement (Matthew 27:5;\u00a0Acts 1:16-20).<\/td><\/tr>
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W. The followers of David were the base, foolish, and poor of the nation (I Samuel 22:2) \u2026 the followers of Jesus are the base, foolish, and poor of the world (I Corinthians 1:26-29).<\/td><\/tr>
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X. David, a Jew, attracted Gentiles to follow and serve him (2 Samuel 15:17-22) \u2026 Jesus, a Jew, attracted Gentiles to follow and serve Him (John 12:20-21; Romans 15:12).<\/td><\/tr>
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David is different than Jesus in ways more precious than the similarities.<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
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A. David was the son of Jesse by a woman through natural reproduction just like his seven older brothers (I Samuel 22:3; Psalm 51:5) \u2026 BUT Jesus was the Only Begotten Son of God by supernatural reproduction in a virgin (Luke 1:31-33; Matthew 1:20-23; Isaiah 7:14).<\/td><\/tr>
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B. David was a shepherd in Judean fields with sheep (I Samuel 16:11; 2 Samuel 7:8) \u2026 BUT shepherds in Judean fields were told of the birth of a King (Luke 2:8-10; Matthew 2:1-2).<\/td><\/tr>
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C. The city of David, Bethlehem, was where a sinner named David was born (Luke 2:4) \u2026 BUT the shepherds were told that born in the city of David was a Saviour of sinners like David (Luke 2:11).<\/td><\/tr>
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D. David was a man after God\u2019s own heart (I Samuel 13:14; Acts 13:22) \u2026 BUT Jesus was God\u2019s own Son with the fulness of the Godhead in Him bodily (Luke 1:35; Colossians 2:9).<\/td><\/tr>
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E. David was the beneficiary, a mere recipient, of God\u2019s covenant promises (2 Samuel 23:5) \u2026 BUT Jesus was the Mediator, Person, Surety, and Testator of God\u2019s Covenant promises (Luke 1:31-33; I Timothy 2:5; Hebrews 7:22; 9:16-17).<\/td><\/tr>
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F. David was of the tribe of Judah, though neither Shiloh nor its Lion (Gen 49:9-10) \u2026 BUT Jesus was both the Lion of the tribe of Judah and the Shepherd of God (Revelation 5:5; John 10:14-16; Hebrews 13:20).<\/td><\/tr>
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G. David was a favoured and beautiful of countenance (I Samuel 16:12) \u2026 BUT Jesus was and is fairer than the children of men (Psalm 45:2).<\/td><\/tr>
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H. David was chosen to be king as one mighty from among the people (Psalm 89:19) \u2026 BUT Jesus is The Mighty God (Isaiah 9:6).<\/td><\/tr>
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I. David defeated all his enemies and expanded the kingdom (2 Samuel 7:1; 22:1) \u2026 BUT Jesus defeated enemies of a different sort \u2013 sin, death, hell, and devil (Hebrews 1:3; 2:14).<\/td><\/tr>
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J. David took the stronghold of Zion, an impregnable fortress (2 Samuel 5:5-10) \u2026 BUT Jesus took the stronghold of the devil, stronger than us (Luke 11:14-26; Colossians 1:12-14).<\/td><\/tr>
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K. David is found in Holy Scripture with up to twelve identified sins (I Kings 15:5;\u00a02 Samuel 24:10;\u00a0Deuteronomy 17:17;\u00a0I Samuel 25:30-34) \u2026 BUT Jesus is found in Scripture tempted in every way that David was, but without sin (Hebrews 4:15;\u00a07:26;\u00a02 Corinthians 5:21;\u00a0I John 3:5).<\/td><\/tr>
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L. David received the presence of the Holy Spirit comparable to Saul (I Samuel 16:13-15) \u2026 BUT Jesus was given the Holy Spirit without measure (John 3:34; Hebrews 1:9).<\/td><\/tr>
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M. David played music to sooth Saul for deliverance from an evil spirit (I Samuel 16:23) \u2026 BUT Jesus had devils worship Him and obey His every command (Luke 4:33-36).<\/td><\/tr>
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N. David thought forgiveness of sins one of the greatest blessings (Psalms 25:7,18; 32:1-2) \u2026 BUT it was Jesus that saved David from his sins (Matthew 1:20-21; Acts 13:23,38-39).<\/td><\/tr>
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O. David fondly remembered water from Bethlehem, which three of his mighty men brought him (2 Samuel 23:14-17) \u2026 BUT Jesus gives water that keep men from ever thirsting (John 4:10-15; 7:37-39).<\/td><\/tr>
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P. David was a good shepherd over sheep and people (Psalm 78:70-72) \u2026 BUT Jesus was the Good and Great Shepherd over an innumerable church (John 10:11,14; Hebrews 13:20).<\/td><\/tr>
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Q. David had his sheep and people give their lives for him (I Chronicles 21:14) \u2026 BUT Jesus gave His life for His sheep and His people (John 10:11,15).<\/td><\/tr>
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R. David picked his own wives, and did a poor job of it, marrying more than one (I Samuel 18:27; 25:42-44; 2 Samuel 5:13; 12:8) \u2026 BUT God picked Jesus\u2019 wife, one only, which is us His church (Ephesians 5:25-32; 2 Corinthians 11:1-2; Revelation 21:9).<\/td><\/tr>
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S. David had his acts, including his sins, written in several books of God\u2019s prophets (I Chronicles 29:29) \u2026 BUT God wrote our names in Jesus\u2019 Book of Life (Revelation 13:8; 20:15).<\/td><\/tr>
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T. David died for his own sins \u2013 they were more than enough \u2013 and his body is corrupted in the earth (Psalm 69:5; Romans 6:23; Acts 2:29; 13:36) \u2026 BUT Jesus died for David\u2019s sins \u2013 which was fully sufficient \u2013 Jesus never saw corruption (Psalm 16:9-11; Acts 2:22-33; 13:32-39).<\/td><\/tr>
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U. David could not build the house of the LORD for shedding much blood (I Chronicles 22:8) \u2026 BUT Jesus built the house of the LORD because He shed His blood (Hebrews 13:20;\u00a0Matthew 16:18;\u00a0Revelation 1:5-6) \u2026 what is true for David is also true for Moses (Hebrews 3:5-6).<\/td><\/tr>
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V. David did not die by God\u2019s mercy for eating O.T. bread consecrated by O.T. priests (I Samuel 21:6; Matthew 12:3-4) \u2026 BUT Jesus as High Priest consecrated bread to represent His willing death for us to live by God\u2019s mercy (I Corinthians 11:23-24; Matthew 26:26).<\/td><\/tr>
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W. David did not have ability or time to know every citizen, which Absalom used against him (2 Samuel 15:1-6) \u2026 BUT Jesus perfectly knows each of us, lives inside us, has our tears in His bottle, troubles in His Book, names on His hands, saw us on Calvary, ever lives to make intercession for us, and will never forget nor forsake us (John 10:2-4,14; 14:23; Psalm 56:8; Revelation 13:8; Isaiah 49:14-16; 53:10; Psalm 27:10; Hebrews 7:25; 13:5-6).<\/td><\/tr>
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X. David strengthened his kingdom by defeating and conquering Gentiles around him (2 Samuel 8:13-14) \u2026 BUT Jesus strengthened His kingdom by making Gentiles His citizens and children (John 12:20-22; Acts 15:16-18; Romans 15:12; Ephesians 2:11-17).<\/td><\/tr>
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Y. David had mighty men, but like him they were men of war, and they served David by killing and destroying lives (2 Samuel 21:15-22; 23:8-39) \u2026 BUT Jesus\u2019 mighty men were like Him, men that saved lives (Matthew 4:19; Luke 9:51-56; 10:3; 19:10; John 10:10).<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

NB: Slightly updated from the link given.https:\/\/letgodbetrue.com\/sermons\/index\/year-2021\/david-and-jesus-compared\/David and Jesus ComparedJesus is the Son of David with some similarities, but Jesus far excels him by some differences. We can glorify Jesus by the similarities and the differences. David himself called Jesus his Lord, and he wrote that He was fairer than all men.Introduction:David is the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2827","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","odd"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.godswordexplained.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2827","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.godswordexplained.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.godswordexplained.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.godswordexplained.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.godswordexplained.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2827"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.godswordexplained.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2827\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2828,"href":"https:\/\/www.godswordexplained.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2827\/revisions\/2828"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.godswordexplained.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2827"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}