16/09/2025
(Rom 8:35) Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?
(Rom 8:36) As it is written, For thy sake we are killed all the day long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.
(Rom 8:37) Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us.
3,000 years ago Israel was stunned at the deaths of mighty men. It was a seismic event that I can't help but notice some similarities to today. Saul was not a man of God at his death; Jonathan was a different case. Nevertheless, together, their deaths shocked the nation.
When news reached David of their death, he mourned them, and his lamentation is recorded in 2 Samuel. You could say that it is evidence that he did not wish the death of his political opponent. You can sense the shock as 3 times he exclaims "How are the mighty fallen!" as today, many Christians exclaim the same thing, "How could this happen!?"
David also cries "Tell it not in Gath, publish it not in the streets of Askelon; lest the daughters of the Philistines rejoice, lest the daughters of the uncircumcised triumph." And we see exactly this in the world today, the rejoicing and triumphing of a murder in broad daylight. Make no mistake, this is not only barbaric, but also demonic. This world is quickly heading towards what is mentioned in Revelation 11:10 where the whole world will rejoice at the deaths of the two witnesses.
What happened next is David picked up the mantle and carried on the struggle and eventually conquered.
(2Sa 1:17) And David lamented with this lamentation over Saul and over Jonathan his son:..
(2Sa 1:19) The beauty of Israel is slain upon thy high places: how are the mighty fallen!
(2Sa 1:20) Tell it not in Gath, publish it not in the streets of Askelon; lest the daughters of the Philistines rejoice, lest the daughters of the uncircumcised triumph.
(2Sa 1:21) Ye mountains of Gilboa, let there be no dew, neither let there be rain, upon you, nor fields of offerings: for there the shield of the mighty is vilely cast away, the shield of Saul, as though he had not been anointed with oil.
(2Sa 1:22) From the blood of the slain, from the fat of the mighty, the bow of Jonathan turned not back, and the sword of Saul returned not empty.
(2Sa 1:23) Saul and Jonathan were lovely and pleasant in their lives, and in their death they were not divided: they were swifter than eagles, they were stronger than lions.
(2Sa 1:24) Ye daughters of Israel, weep over Saul, who clothed you in scarlet, with other delights, who put on ornaments of gold upon your apparel.
(2Sa 1:25) How are the mighty fallen in the midst of the battle! O Jonathan, thou wast slain in thine high places.
(2Sa 1:26) I am distressed for thee, my brother Jonathan: very pleasant hast thou been unto me: thy love to me was wonderful, passing the love of women.
(2Sa 1:27) How are the mighty fallen, and the weapons of war perished!
