Exalting Jesus in 1 & 2 Samuel Quotes

“David’s ascension to the throne teaches us how a later king, God’s ultimate King, would take the throne. Jesus, like David, would assume His throne only after the faithless ones had stirred up shame and rejected God. The part of Saul would be played by us, humans who refused to fully trust and delight in God. And like Saul we would be condemned to die the death of the sinner. The twist in Jesus’ kingship, however, is that He would go to the place of death in our place. He would die a shameful death, fastened to a tree, and put on display for all to see. The enemies of God would triumph at His death—not ours—as they stripped Him of His armor and mocked Him. “Was this not the King of the Jews? He could not even save Himself!” Yet through that shameful death, salvation came to us all.”
― J.D. Greear, Exalting Jesus in 1 & 2 Samuel