The Blood drops

The story in I Samuel 17 which tells of a young shepherd boy from Bethlehem-Judah, son of a man named Jesse. This young boy had been anointed by the prophet Samuel to be the King of Israel, as he had been instructed by God. But the boy was at this time still living under the care of his Father and he was still tending his father's sheep. While watching over the flock he had encountered a bear trying to steal one of his father's sheep and a lion also but both times the spirit of God moved on him and he was victorious over the lion and the bear. This story unfolds with the army of Israel on a mountain and the army of the Philistines on another mountain. While a champion, a giant named Goliath, came out on the field there in that valley and cursed the God of Israel and his people morning and evening. This went on for forty days. This story is where the boy David, the one that would become the greatest King Israel ever had, a man after God's own heart, defeats and slays this giant. This is one of those stories so familiar from Sunday school lessons and sermons of this miraculous victory of a young boy defeating the warrior giant Goliath. As you know, if you've heard or read the story, that David slew this giant with a single stone chosen out of the brook and slung through the air with a sling. But it is the place that all this happened that I want to bring to light. The very first verse in this chapter ( 17 ) tells that they gathered in a place called "Ephesdammim" meaning boundary of blood drops. What a type and shadow this is , as is the whole of the Old Testament. Look at this from a spiritual significance. Jesus went to the cross and bled for our sins and sicknesses to set us free and destroy the works of the devil. The giant of our sins, if you will. That giant of disease, that giant of oppression, that giant of bitterness. That giant that tempts, torments, afflicts, discourages, and attempts to destroy is defeated at the boundary of blood drops. We are saved by the blood. Redeemed from every giant of the enemy. Hallelujah! The Old Testament is so rich in shadows and evidences of the sacrifice at Calvary. The everlasting gospel. Thank you Jesus for the boundary of blood drops where the enemies of the kingdom of God cannot cross over. Amen!