”King David & King Jesus” Pastor Tony Sandoval, June 20, 2026

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>> Happy Sabbath, church.

Wasn't that such a beautiful song?

Thank you, Kim and Dwayne and uh

Christina on the violin and Erica on the

piano. And did you hear the message?

It's uh easier said than done, right?

To ask God to

take the long way, but if if if it's the

one that leads to him, then it's worth

it.

The children's story also had a similar

uh message there about life could be

difficult sometimes and not always as as

we expect. And that's what we've been

looking at with the story of David.

David up to now has had a very hectic uh

life, right?

He's He's been persecuted, almost like a

fugitive. And uh he has

chosen to embrace God in his trouble

some times. Pastor Jamie will preach

next week when David's problems have

settled and he's probably more

comfortable in the throne and probably

not praying as much. And we'll see he

may get into a little trouble.

You probably all know. So, this

friendship though, the friendship that

God is is yearning to have with each and

every one of us

reminds me

of an experience I went through before I

was ordained as a pastor here in this

conference.

You have to be trained 4 years and

during those 4 years I was assigned a

mentor, somebody that I was shadowing.

And this is a Pastor Gonzalez there next

to me and then to your right is a

picture of when I was finally ordained

with Elena and our children.

And those 4 years

were uh like blood, sweat, and tears.

Like there was a lot of things going on

and and I remember for example I was

pastoring down in Atlanta a few churches

and the churches had their

struggles and their challenges and we

were in a business meeting and

the air was tense and Pastor Gonzalez

had coached me up until that moment and

in in the thick of it I'm looking at

him, trying to make eye contact, read

his body language, and sometimes he

would give the nod of approval and then

afterwards he would um coach me or

debrief like yeah, you could have done a

little better or said this or that. And

and the whole opportunity that I had

under him was such a blessing but I

noticed a friendship developed with him

and I. And this is like a seasoned

veteran pastor. He had been

uh like a union president and conference

president in different countries and all

this. So he had a wealth of experience

but I could tell that he wanted the best

for me. And and he really would talk to

me from his heart and and just counsel

me and and I loved the friendship we had

even though you could say well, it was a

work a relationship. But how many of you

could probably relate to to what I'm

trying to say? Like if you think about

your life, different friendships you

have in your life. I remember my first

best friend I was about 9 years old in

third grade, his name was James and I

remember I would go over to his house

and we would play and his mom would cook

us a a supper. It was just so much fun.

But as I've gotten older and maybe

things get a little more challenging in

life, the people that God has put in my

life that are my friends are are are

people that have

led me on the right path, have

encouraged me, have have have been those

mentors, right? Anybody know what I'm

talking about? And there are friendships

that you really value.

And God is no different. He is waiting

to establish a relationship if you

probably don't have that relationship

with God yet. And maybe some of you

already have that relationship, well he

wants to enhance and and and and take us

to the next level.

I could almost sense that Jesus

through Jesus we could see the

relationship that David had with God

because when Jesus walked on this earth,

he used David a couple of times as

an authority figure. And and obviously

David was well respected in his his

time,

his immediate

subjects that were under his rule, but

also hundreds of years later when when

Jesus walked the earth, David was still,

right, highly regarded. And there was

one time you could see here Matthew

Matthew 12 · chapter mention

chapter 12 on the screen that Jesus uses

David as as as a reference when the

disciples were hungry on the Sabbath.

And they were walking in the fields and

and they were taking the weed and taking

off the shaft and and eating the grain.

I've never done that, but I could

imagine what was being done. And they

get called out, right? Hey, it's

Sabbath. No snacking on the Sabbath. And

so Jesus has to

use a comparison with David and and say,

"Hey,

have you not read what David did when he

was hungry, he and those who were with

him?" And it was a story in the Bible

where David goes into the holy place and

eats the the holy bread in on the the

the the table of showbread and he is

it's okay because David did it it it it

was justified cuz he was hungry and so I

could imagine and and what we could read

between the lines

and and the context of when Jesus said

this they were like okay if David did it

I guess it's okay if you did it. And

there was another example that Josie

read as our scripture reading when David

had said that the Messiah his descendant

was the son but also his Lord and Jesus

is using this as an example well if

David said it with his authority

I'm saying it as well and and and he's

like comparing his authority to that of

David and and so we it's almost like

implying it's implied it we sense that

there there's a relationship there

that that Jesus is is proud of.

How many of you

would be so

honored if one day we find out that God

speaks very highly of the relationship

he has with you and the friendship and

he could say you know Vinnie was my

friend and Vinnie would speak to me all

the time and I remember that the the

things that Vinnie was going through and

and those prayers made a difference. If

you have your Bible let's turn to 2

2 Samuel 2 · chapter mention

Samuel chapter 2.

Last week Pastor Jamie spoke about the

secret to David's success was he would

go to God he would pray to God he would

inquire to God and this is one of those

times

2 Samuel chapter 2 starting in verse 1

2 Samuel 2 · chapter mention

it says it happened after this that

David inquired of the Lord saying shall

I go up to any of the cities of Judah?

And then God replies and it says the

Lord said, "Go up." And then David says,

"Where shall I go up?" And then God

says, "To Hebron." So, they're having

this back and forth, this conversation.

The chapter before David has just been

made aware that King Saul is dead, his

best friend Jonathan is dead.

And he has this curiosity, maybe there's

emotions, right? Maybe he's nervous,

he's anxious. Lord, what's going to

happen? Should I go to Judah? And if so,

where in Judah? Right? We we could

imagine

how this is all transpiring and and God

is is is replying to him. God is having

this conversation

with David.

And what happens when he goes up and and

he's actually in Hebron.

Hebron. If we look a little further

down, it says that when he went up,

the men were there and they anointed him

verse four, king over the house of

Judah.

How many of the tribes was was David

king over at this point in time?

Yes, I heard it. It was the tribe of

Judah. One

um

tribe. And he was

king there for 7 years. So, it turns out

David was anointed according to the

Bible three times. I think the first

time is the one where that where most

familiar. He's a young shepherd boy,

right? And he's in the field. Probably

David came with his work clothes, right?

Cuz he was

in in the field with with the flock.

He's probably looking all, you know,

shabby and and his brothers are probably

embarrassed like, "This is our little

brother."

And he ends up getting anointed as the

next king, but years pass and he doesn't

assume the throne until

we what we're reading here in 2 Samuel

2 Samuel 2 · chapter mention

chapter 2, the men of Judah came and

there anointed David king over the house

of Judah.

And then when was the final time and

third time that David was anointed as

king? It was 7 and 1/2 years later and

it says therefore all the elders of

Israel came. So all the 12 tribes were

represented and they anointed King David

over Israel.

And it's very interesting church family

as I was preparing and studying and

meditating on this, I found

a similarity, a parallel because Jesus

was also anointed how many times?

Three times. And there's so many

parallels where where where when

David was first anointed, he was a young

shepherd boy and when Jesus was first

anointed in Matthew 3:16, it says Jesus

Matthew 3:16

came up immediately from the water and

he saw the spirit of God descending like

a dove. David was anointed with the oil

and the spirit represented like a dove

is on Jesus. And what does John the

Baptist refer to Jesus in John chapter

1:29? Behold the what?

The lamb of God that takes away the sin.

So clearly we see that the first

anointing or or the role that Jesus

first assumes at first is as the

sacrificial lamb.

And then afterwards as we're studying

the Bible for example, there's several

references to this but Romans 8:34 for

Romans 8:34

example says that the second anointing

as we understand it of Jesus, it is the

Christ who is even where?

He is at the right hand of God who also

makes intercession for who?

For us. So Jesus is assuming his

priestly role. He's interceding for his

friends. It's similar to what we're

going to see David is going through in

this his second anointing where he's

only king of one tribe of Judah, there

was almost like a civil war going on.

There was a lot of internal strife that

David has to uh with God's help calm

down and he ends up winning the favor of

all the 12 tribes in those 7 years that

helps him and prepares him to be king

over everything. So, in a similar

fashion, Jesus right now is working.

He's advocating for us, right? Most of

the Christian world uh focuses on what

happened 2,000 years ago that Jesus died

for us. Amen. But, we have what we call

the present truth. What is Jesus doing

right now for you and me? Why is hasn't

Jesus returned in the clouds for us yet?

The Bible gives us some clues to that.

We could almost um

interpret that we are earth that one

tribe, right? Or or or maybe we have uh

betrayed um Jesus and he he's

advocating, like we're going to see with

David, uh that he was forgiving the

enemies and the rival kings and and the

rival generals in his own

own nation.

Jesus is is doing something similar.

Maybe there's some question, right? Why

are these humans going to be allowed to

come to heaven? What if they bring sin

again? And so, Jesus is saying something

along the lines of no,

"They've been covered with my blood. I'm

here to advocate for them. I'm here to

vouch for them."

And that's our Lord. That's our savior.

That's our friend. And then finally in

Revelation 19, Jesus will finally assume

his role of King of Kings. I want to

read a quote to you from a book called

"Word to the Little Flock", page 12. It

says, "Until Jesus has finished his

priestly office in the heavenly

sanctuary, lays off his priestly attire,

puts his most kingly robes, crown,

and then he will ride forth to deliver

his people."

Isn't that amazing, church family?

As we study the story of David, we're

understanding

the plan of salvation in Jesus.

So, let's look at this second anointing

of David. During these seven and a half

years, what exactly is going on?

Was

Saul happy with David?

Cuz he, I'm sure, had heard that he was

the next anointed king. Was he head over

heels? Was he thrilled that David was

going to be the king after him?

No, right? He was so upset. He tried to

kill him like Pastor Jamie

had said last week and we've been

studying. But even after Saul is dead,

David expresses what?

Kindness. And the Bible says kindness

even unto Saul. Even after all he did,

David was still kind to him.

Second example

in 2 Samuel chapter 3,

2 Samuel 3 · chapter mention

it says when David heard it, he said,

"My kingdom and I are what?"

"Guiltless before the Lord forever of

the blood of who?"

Who was Abner? He was the rival general,

right? He was the family, the relative

of Saul and he had used Ish-bosheth, a

son of Saul, as sort of a puppet king to

rival and to go against David. But is

David vindicating himself?

"I'm innocent. I had nothing to do with

Abner."

Do you think it sounds similar

to what Jesus is doing?

Vindicating himself.

"I created Lucifer, but

I'm not responsible for everything that

Lucifer has done and brought sin and

pain and suffering and death."

And the the third and final time,

or the third example, it says four, but

it's supposed to be three. It says, "So,

David commanded his young men and they

executed them." Who are them? They took

the head of Ish-bosheth and buried it in

the tomb of Abner in Hebron. So, there

was two captains they thought they were

going to be highly favored by David

because they had killed Ishbosheth and

they they brought him the head, but was

David pleased?

No. He was kind to his enemies, kind to

his rivals. And it was so

um mind-blowing for the other 12 tribes

that he ended up winning the favor of

everybody.

So, David was meek. He was He was

humble. He had He had the authority, but

he was he was gentle.

And remember the guy that had claimed to

slay King Saul?

Was David happy with him?

No, he had him executed right away

as well.

Look at this quote from Patriarchs and

Prophets. It says, "After the death of

Ishbosheth, all the elders of Israel

came to the king of Hebron the sorry to

the king to Hebron. And King David, he

had no personal what?"

Ambition to gratify for he had not

sought the honor to which he had been

brought. So, was David power-hungry? Was

he itching to be the king?

No.

He was like, "Okay God, this is what you

want me to do? You want me to be the

king?

All right, let's take it back a little

bit. You want me to be the shepherd of

the sheep? Praise the Lord, I'll do

that. You want me to be a fugitive uh

and and be pursued by Saul? I'm going to

do that with your help, Lord." And then

when he's finally king of Judah,

"Is that what you want me to do, Lord?"

Praise the Lord, I'll do that. And then

when he's finally king of all Israel all

12 tribes, did it get to his head? At

this moment?

At this moment it it probably did not

get to his head cuz he was not

power-hungry. And again, sorry to keep,

you know, stretching the the analogy

here, but do you think Lucifer is

similar or Lucifer is portrayed here

contrary to him being power hungry,

right? Wanting the power of God but not

the character.

And it's it's it's very um

fascinating to me how we see the story

here of redemption for out of love for

us in the story of David.

How many of you have um

prayed with your heart sincerely and

earnestly for God to help you and you've

seen him help you in your lives.

I've seen him as well in my life and

there's an example

where

now that David is king

over all the 12 tribes,

he prays again, but this time he's

praying how should he should go about to

conquer his enemies.

And one of those enemies were the

Jebusites. The Jebusites

city was a strategic location that David

realized

he needed in order to put his throne and

and and the the pagan name was Jebus,

the city of Jebus, but it ended up

becoming

what city? Anybody know?

Jerusalem. Yes, I heard it. So, let's go

to 2 Samuel chapter 5

2 Samuel 5 · chapter mention

and we could see

after

David has been anointed of all Israel,

verse 6, it says, "Then

the king and his men went to Jerusalem

against the Jebusites, the inhabitants

of the land, who spoke to David saying,

'You shall not come in here, but the

blind and lame will replay repel you,

sorry, thinking David cannot come in

here.'"

The Jerusalem city in this context was

directly connected to the throne.

And when we see in Revelation chapter 19

Revelation 19 · chapter mention

that Jesus assumes the kingly role, the

monarchy.

Not too far after Revelation 21, we hear

about the New Jerusalem. The New

Jerusalem coming down, which is a symbol

of sin being conquered. The enemy is

dead. Death has died.

And Jesus also accepted

in the similar fashion in Matthew 21,

little before he is going to be

arrested, tortured, and executed on the

cross.

He rides on a colt into which city?

Jerusalem. And they're all saying,

"Hosanna. Hosanna. Have mercy on us."

And he accepts

this clear um ceremony that had to do

with King David going into Jerusalem.

Now, Jesus is doing and he's accepting

it accepting it at that moment as a

foreshadowing of of the king kingly role

he is to accept later on.

And at that moment, we know that that

that didn't occur, but it was going to

be

um later.

I remember my mom when I was growing up,

probably Friday nights and Saturday um

afternoon, she would put on the song the

hymn The Holy City.

You remember that? I'm not much of a

singer,

but it goes, "Jerusalem.

Jerusalem,

lift up your gates and sing." Remember

that one? "Hosanna

in the highest.

Yes. Hosanna

to your

king." So,

and sometimes I would catch my mom with

her eyes closed and she had like tears

coming down.

She would open her eyes, they'd be all

watery. I was like, "Mom, are you okay?"

"Yes, I was just imagining being in the

holy city. How beautiful it will it will

be." And I was like, "Wow, that's

beautiful. Thank you, Mom, for sharing

that." How many of you look forward to

being in the New Jerusalem?

I'm sure there'll be a palace there and

we'll be welcomed and there'll be a long

banquet table where where we will throw

our crowns to the feet of Jesus. I hope

we are all there.

When we pray sincerely,

you need at least two elements.

And I'm not talking about vain

repetitions, right? Like I've heard when

we pray over food, people go, "God is

great. God is great. Let us thank you

for this food. Amen." Do you think

that's a sincere prayer?

I don't think so. So, what what how why

do we need faith to have a sincere

prayer? Number one, we need to know that

God is real, that he is listening, that

he is that he cares to help us, that he

is able to help us, right? All these

elements go into the faith and then also

humility for us to accept that we need

help. We cannot do it alone.

And we see this in David's life at this

point where he's sincere he's he's

earnest and he is wanting

to to be led and and and to understand

how God wants him to go forward.

When David has finally or in the

transpiring of of of conquering the

enemies, he notices that they have

something that belongs in the sanctuary.

He notices that they have the

Philistines the ark of the tabernacle.

And in this desire of David to make

things right and prayer, he is

encouraged to go back to the word.

Sometimes we don't have it all right the

first time,

but going back to studying the word, we

we understand God's plans better.

We probably all remember this is found

in 2 Samuel chapter 6. As they're going

2 Samuel 6 · chapter mention

to retrieve the ark of the tabernacle

and they put it on the cart, they put it

on the chariot, and maybe the the road

was bumpy, the oxen are moving it all

around. Uzzah has the best intentions,

right? Remember this story?

And he reaches out to hold it cuz he

thought it was going to fall over. And

what happens in 2 Samuel chapter 6

2 Samuel 6:7

verse 7, it says then the anger of the

Lord was aroused against Uzzah and God

struck him there for his error and he

died by the ark of God.

And everybody there was horrified. What

happened? Why did he just die?

And what ended up occurring is that they

put the ark of the tabernacle in in

somebody's house for 3 months. His name

was

Obed-Edom the Gittite.

And in those 3 months David and his

cabinet, David and his followers were

all encouraged to go back to the Bible

to find out why

Uzzah died. This same story is found in

1 Chronicles 15.

And if you go there with me,

we see an interesting detail that is not

in 2 Samuel chapter 6.

2 Samuel 6 · chapter mention

It says in verse 5,

1 Chronicles 15,

I'll start with verse 4. It says then

David assembled the children of Aaron

and the Levites and the sons of who?

Kohath, Uriel the chief and 120 of his

brethren. And then look at verse 13. It

says for because you did not do it the

first time, the Lord our God broke out

against us because we did not consult

him about the proper order. So who are

the Kohathites? Who are the sons of

Kohath? Well, if we look at Numbers

Numbers 7 · chapter mention

chapter 7, it turns out that they were

the appointed ones in the tribe of Levi

that were only the designated ones to

carry the ark of the tabernacle.

And once they figured this out and they

go back and and then we could read the

the rest of the story in 2 Samuel 6 and

1 Chronicles 15, that now they had music

verse 16. It was like a whole orchestra.

Because now they figured it out. Now

they knew who were the ones designated

to carry the ark of the tabernacle. And

David is rejoicing and he's dressed,

verse 27, it says in in a fine linen.

So, he had the proper attire. He had the

right music. They had the right people

for the job. And it took them 3 months,

we could say, to go back and forth

searching the scriptures.

But God was merciful on them because

even though Uzzah was sacrificed, they

still got it right eventually. How many

of you could relate to going back to

God's word and understanding

maybe we didn't have it right the first

time, but I I could relate to this.

There's been times in my life

where I didn't understand completely,

for example, why do we keep the Sabbath?

Why do we believe in Ellen G. White? And

I would wrestle with these things, I

remember. And I prayed to God. I was

doing my part. I was searching the

scriptures. And even though I was born

and raised Adventist and and when I was

15, I became a Christian. I accepted

Jesus in my heart. And I was wrestling

with these things. And now I'm in

seminary. I'm studying to be a pastor,

but I still didn't understand some of

these things. And God revealed to me

through his word why the Sabbath is

relevant to me. Why the spirit of

prophecy is relevant to me. And I I

praise him for that. So, I want to

encourage you, whatever you may be going

through, whatever season in your life

you may be struggling with, let's go to

God in prayer. Let's look for him

through his word. I want to close with a

story. You probably heard this story

before.

Of a lady, she had a terminal uh

condition. She knew she was dying. And

she had the opportunity to plan her own

memorial.

And so, she's working with the pastor.

And she was like, "Well, I want

so-and-so to read this scripture. And I

want uh sister so-and-so to sing this

song." And then she said, "And pastor,

in the casket in my memorial when I'm

laying there, I want you to put a fork

in my hand."

And the pastor was like, "A fork?

Why do you need a fork?"

And then she explained, "All right,

pastor, when there was potluck at

church, I was so excited.

And they would say, when the entree was

done, they would say, 'Hold your fork

because the best is yet to come.' And

then they would bring out dessert. By

the way, we do have potluck uh

Right now, as soon as I'm I'm done

preaching, somebody told me, "Don't

preach too long cuz the food is

waiting." So, I'm I'm I'm wrapping up

here.

And so, like that fork, symbolically,

the best is yet to come. Whatever you

may be going through,

Jesus is going to return for us soon,

and he's going to take us home. I want

to invite the worship team to come up as

we close and we sing this final hymn,

how Jesus is our king, and he deserves

all our worship. Go ahead and pray.

Dear loving Father, we want to thank you

because you are yearning to be our

friend. You want to hear us at every

turn, at every decision. There's nothing

too little for you, Lord. And so, help

us, Lord, to look for you like David

did, inquire

what the next step is for our lives,

Lord, and to continually look for you in

prayer. Also, Lord, help us to be

diligent students of the Bible. We may

not understand it all on the first time

around, but help us to be consistent and

go back and study the stories and and

meditate on them and and just with your

help, have our minds um just enhancing

with with your love and your mercy in in

our lives through you, Lord.

Thank you for each and every one of us

that are here. Thank you for the homes

that are represented. Lord, you know

what each and every one of us are going

through. Some of us are going through

some bitter trials right now. Lord, we

know that with your help

we will come out victorious.

We will have that

hope, that blessed hope, that the best

is yet to come. We are holding on to our

forks, Lord, because even though we're

on this earthly journey

the best is yet to come when we get to

heaven and we will be able to throw our

crowns at the feet of the king of kings,

Jesus. We ask things these things in his

name. Amen.

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