David’s Pretenders As Types of Christ Comings

Pretenders to David's Throne as Types of Christ Sundry comings The rebellions by Absalom & Adonijah against King David are types of Satan’s rebellions & Christ’s victories. The end of David’s life offers insight into the rapture (the “gathering” of the... More

Pretenders to David's Throne as Types of Christ Sundry comings The rebellions by Absalom & Adonijah against King David are types of Satan’s rebellions & Christ’s victories. The end of David’s life offers insight into the rapture (the “gathering” of the elect, typed by the people going out to meet David at Gilgal after Absalom’s defeat) & the two triumphs of Christ over Satan (the binding at the end of the tribulation, typed by Adonijah’s first failed usurpation & confinement, & the final eternal defeat after the millennium, typed by Adonijah’s second insurrection & execution under Solomon, who himself prefigures Christ). It maps timelines from David’s later years—including the Gibeonite famine, wars, census, & Adonijah’s plots—onto tribulation & millennial periods, identifies key figures (Absalom as deceptive Satan, Joab & Abiathar as types of the beast & false prophet), emphasizes Mount Olivet & Gilgal connections. Also included are chronological calculations with appendices to supp Less