I have had the honor of being bound to seven gentiles and two Jews, in daily writing, in the apostle Paul, for two years. This has been our corporate cross. It has been a battle. Going into it I knew that the enemy would battle and the Lord would use it to throw down and take up again, for all that is ours, in Him, is beyond deaths rule in the Resurrection. This two years has brought me to a basic revelation, which I lacked going in. I had hints of it, but now I have a working grasp of it. Paul is separated to glorify a name so great that only the Lord knows it. It is so great that it's presence activates all names into their meaning and place in Him. Paul is separated to the good news of this Name. For this the Lord knew him as Saul in the womb. We see Saul was the first king. He was anointed. Then David was anointed as second king, even, while Saul still reigned. This was most valuable for David. It provided a must have covering. Under it David learned the absolute value of submission under covering authority. And he learned the value of submission when being persecuted by that authority out of impurity. Then he learned the value of it's ransom. Saul was covering, teacher in persecution, and finally ransom in death. The Heavenly King loves His anointed and must recover all. So the name came upon another son of Benjamin, Saul of Taurus. Where king Saul persecuted David the new Saul persecuted the son of David. But this was to set up the recovering of Saul and turn him into Paul and bring forth his fruit as the bride of Jesus. with this understanding growing in hand we are ready to come to King David.
This two years has been a great trial. It was a very challenging work and is. In fact it is a mere initiation. But it is the qualifier to enter the kingdom. With Saul in hand we have the offering that moves the heart of David.
