The Hebron Concept
Today’s Focus: The
History of Hebron
Scripture: Genesis
29:34; Numbers 3:15-19; 4:2-4, 2 Samuel 5:1-3
Greetings Sons of
God:
This will be a
scripturally in depth set of messages but I need to show you the significance
of Hebron. Let’s start with who, what or
where is Hebron?
Numbers 3:15,17:
Number the children of Levi after the house of their fathers, by their
families: every male from a month old and upward shalt thou number them. 17-And
these were the sons of Levi by their names; Gershon, and Kohath, and Merari
Numbers 3:19: And
the sons of Kohath by their families; Amram, and Izehar, Hebron, and Uzziel.
Now when we look at
this we see that Hebron was a person. He
was the grandson of Levi and the son of Kohath.
Now, the name Kohath should sound familiar. Remember in our series on the Ark of the
Covenant it would be that the Kohatities would be the only family that can
carry the Ark of the Covenant. Now to
get an eternal picture.
We know that God
locks up principals and eternal truths in names. So lets look at the names of Levi, Kohath and
Hebron because we know that the sum of the previous resides in the
present. In other words we are a product
of history.
Levi
Genesis 29:34: And
she (Leah) conceived again, and bare a son; and said now this time will my
husband be JOINED UNTO ME, because I have born him three sons: therefore was
his name called Levi
The name Levi means
“One-Flesh or Joined”
Kohath
Numbers 4:2-4: Take
the sum of the sons of Kohath from among the sons of Levi, after their families,
by the house of their fathers, from thirty years old and upward even until 50
years old, all that enter into the host, to do the work in the TABERNACLE OF
THE CONGREGATION. This shall be the
service of the sons of Kohath in the tabernacle of the congregation, about the
most holy things
The name Kohath
means “Congregation or Assembly”
Hebron
2 Samuel 5:1,3:
Then came ALL OF THE TRIBES OF ISRAEL to David unto Hebron, and spake, saying,
behold, we are thy bone and thy flesh. 3-So ALL THE ELDERS OF ISRAEL CAME TO
THE KING TO HEBRON; and king David made a league with them in Hebron before the
Lord and they anointed David king over Israel.
The name Hebron
means “Alliance, Joining, Consolidation”.
As we see that Hebron was also the name of a city. It is one of the 48 Levitical cities because
we know that the Levites were not given a land inheritance. Their inheritance was God Himself. We know
also it was a refugee city. Refugee
cities were places that people who may have un-intentionally committed a crime
can flee to and wait to go before the congregation to be judged.
In the next message
we will examine the grace of Levi and how it is passed down to Hebron and how
it plays a vital role in the Body of Christ.
Peace, Love and
Grace from the Father,
Calvin Calhoun, Jr.
