What do Yonatan/Yahunatan (Jonathan), Eliyahu (Elijah) and Yokhanan the Mikvatizer (John the Baptist) have in common? The pattern of the preparer and the anointed one repeats throughout Scripture and is evident in the books of 1st and 2nd Samuel.
The patterns
- Yonatan/Yahunatan ? Eliyahu
- He helped the King lead Godly people in spite of the Philistines.
- Eliyahu helped priests lead Godly people in spite of evil kings.
- Yokhanan the Mikvatizer ? Eliyahu
- Yokhanan helped people lead Godly lives in spite of the priests.
Thought questions
What do we know about Yonatan, son of Saul? What did Yahunatan do? How was he a prophet?
How does God scale down from the big picture to the small picture?
Who was the greater one after Yahunatan/Yonatan?
Who was the greater one after Eliyahu?
Who was the greater one after Yokhanan the Mikvatizer?
Were those men who followed (David, Elisha and Yeshua) greater than Jonathan, Eliyahu and John the Baptist?
How did David confront an ungodly leadership? How did Yeshua confront ungodly leadership?
How were David’s tests similar to Yeshua’s tests? What test did David fail?
What three-day cycles do we see in David’s life?
What did David have to take by force? What does Yeshua have to take away by force?
Speaker: Daniel Agee.