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Episode: “The Ultimate Son”
In the end, David marveled at the Lord’s call on his life and the coming of one of his descendants as the Messiah. You’ll walk away saying “He lives!” and, we hope, believing that He lives in you.
Series: “The Warrior King (2022)”
David-like Leadership for Goliath-like times
This series originally produced in 2009, Warrior King: David-like Leadership in Goliath-like Times, not only tells the story of King David’s time but also the story of our own time. With challenges larger than Goliath all around us, we need Bible-based leaders now more than ever. Dr. Jeffrey Seif taught this eight-part series from Israel. David and Kirsten Hart join Jeff in the studio for up-to-date analysis of each program’s teachings. We also get location reports from Chaim Malespin and hear the music of Zola Levitt.

Caption transcript for The Warrior King (2022): “The Ultimate Son” (8/8)

  • 00:03 male announcer: Welcome to "Our Jewish Roots" with
  • 00:06 insightful Bible teaching by Dr. Jeffrey Seif.
  • 00:09 Today, we look at the legacy of David
  • 00:11 as we conclude our series, "Warrior King."
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  • 01:03 David Hart: Thank you so much for joining us today.
  • 01:04 David: I'm David Hart. Kirsten Hart: I'm Kirsten Hart.
  • 01:06 Dr. Jeffrey Seif: And I am Jeffrey Seif.
  • 01:09 This series, "The Warrior King, David-like Leadership For
  • 01:13 Goliath-like Times," it's not just a cute title,
  • 01:17 it's something we really need.
  • 01:21 The times are Goliath-like, and the need
  • 01:24 for leadership, oh, Lord, raise it up please.
  • 01:28 We suffer for the lack thereof in so many ways, I fear.
  • 01:32 Kirsten: Today, you're kind of connecting the
  • 01:33 dots from King David to Messiah.
  • 01:36 And it's interesting 'cause Jesus
  • 01:38 was born in Goliath times, right?
  • 01:41 Romans, the Romans were there.
  • 01:42 It was not an easy time to live, just like in King David's time.
  • 01:48 David: In our last drama in the series
  • 01:49 David ponders the future, let's go there now.
  • 01:55 male narrator: Matthew 1, the book of the generation of Jesus
  • 01:59 Christ, the Son of David, the son of Abraham.
  • 02:05 All of the generations to David are 14 generations.
  • 02:10 From David until the carrying away
  • 02:13 into Babylon are 14 generations.
  • 02:17 And from the carrying away into Babylon
  • 02:20 unto Christ are 14 generations.
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  • 02:34 Dr. Seif: Raised in a Jewish family,
  • 02:35 I can't tell you how surprised I was.
  • 02:38 Finally one day I had opened up the, quote, "Christian Bible,"
  • 02:40 and discovered that it's a very Jewish story.
  • 02:43 The New Testament in Hebrew is the [speaking in Hebrew],
  • 02:46 the New Covenant.
  • 02:48 And while it's new at one level, it's not brand new.
  • 02:53 And the reason why I say that is if you look at the the New
  • 02:57 Testament, you have a lot of carryover there from themes that
  • 03:01 resonated in the Old Testament text.
  • 03:04 The Hebrew Bible closes with unappeased longings, unfulfilled
  • 03:09 prophecies, expectations yet to have been realized.
  • 03:15 And the Old Testament comes to a close
  • 03:18 with a prophecy yet fulfilled given to David.
  • 03:22 And 2 Samuel chapter 7 promised was that a
  • 03:26 special leader was gonna come from Davidic lineage.
  • 03:31 And not long after that, we just see a long crumble
  • 03:35 and tumble as Israelite culture falls apart.
  • 03:39 It's wracked by political intrigue, unrest.
  • 03:43 Sin, like a boa constrictor, wraps itself around the
  • 03:46 Commonwealth and squeezes the life out it.
  • 03:51 The New Testament opens up in the Matthean gospel, the gospel
  • 03:54 of Matthew in Hebrew, [speaking in Hebrew],
  • 04:00 the book of the genealogy of Jesus the Messiah,
  • 04:05 the Son of David, the son of Abraham.
  • 04:08 I'm coming to you from Israel right now
  • 04:10 and in this country today, there are people
  • 04:13 that would make me feel guilty if they had their way.
  • 04:16 "Oh, you're a Jew, you can't believe in Jesus."
  • 04:19 And I could go to Rome, I'd imagine, or other places,
  • 04:22 and there would be Christian people
  • 04:24 who'd say, "Oh, you can't be Jewish."
  • 04:27 And the reason is, is because there's a chasm that's alleged.
  • 04:31 There's the Jewish world over here,
  • 04:32 and there's the Jesus world over there.
  • 04:35 And they, they just don't belong together.
  • 04:39 Well, hear me please.
  • 04:40 If that's true, then Matthew never got the memo because when
  • 04:45 I read my Bible, the first breath of the story connects
  • 04:52 Jesus to the Jew through the Old Testament's most famous Jew,
  • 04:59 arguably, at least one of them, David.
  • 05:01 So, many chapters written about him and by him,
  • 05:04 he's right up there at the top of the list.
  • 05:06 I grew up singing his praises [speaking in Hebrew],
  • 05:11 David the king of Israel lives forever.
  • 05:14 And there's songs today in Hebrew, [speaking in Hebrew].
  • 05:19 King, Redeemer, Savior, and Shield.
  • 05:21 All this harks back to David, David who captured the
  • 05:25 imagination of a people, loved God, sought God, a kingdom
  • 05:31 builder, carved out space on planet earth
  • 05:34 where God's will and ways resonated, David.
  • 05:40 And we look in the New Testament, we learned that his
  • 05:42 offspring, his most famous offspring, makes his entrance
  • 05:46 onto the stage of the human drama.
  • 05:49 But like David himself, he came in a troubled world.
  • 05:52 And why do I say that?
  • 05:54 Well, Joseph, his step dad was rather troubled.
  • 05:58 We read in Matthew chapter 1 that he learns that
  • 06:01 his girlfriend, his fiancee, Mariam,
  • 06:05 has come up pregnant, and he knew he wasn't the guy.
  • 06:10 And he's minded to divorce her but wanting to do it quietly.
  • 06:14 But what happens is he's visited by an angel.
  • 06:18 The word "angel" in Hebrew, malak, comes from
  • 06:20 a Ugaritic verb which means to send.
  • 06:23 God dispatches a messenger to Joseph.
  • 06:26 And what does he tell him?
  • 06:27 And I quote in verse 20 he says, "The angel of the Lord appeared
  • 06:31 to him in a dream saying, "Joseph, ben David.
  • 06:36 Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid
  • 06:40 to take Mariam as your wife."
  • 06:45 And he did just that, and the rest is history.
  • 06:49 We've been looking at David in this series, but now as we wrap
  • 06:53 up on David, we want to look at David's most famous son.
  • 06:58 We want to consider Yeshua Jesus of Davidic extract who
  • 07:03 personifies all that was good about David and more.
  • 07:07 Inasmuch as David brought about deliverance in the Old
  • 07:10 Testament, so too we learn about one,
  • 07:13 presaged in the synagogue's literature, who would bring
  • 07:16 about peace on earth and good will toward man.
  • 07:19 And off to the synagogue I go.
  • 07:22 And it's good to know that the synagogue predicted
  • 07:24 many years before he came, the Messiah would come
  • 07:27 and be descended from David.
  • 07:37 narrator: And in the sixth month, the Angel Gabriel was
  • 07:41 sent from God unto a city of Galilee named Nazareth
  • 07:46 to a virgin espoused to a man whose name
  • 07:49 was Joseph of the house of David.
  • 07:54 And the virgin's name was Mary.
  • 07:57 And the angel came in under her and said, "Hail thou that art
  • 08:01 highly favored, the Lord is with thee.
  • 08:05 Blessed art thou among women, fear not Mary,
  • 08:09 for thou has found favor with God.
  • 08:12 And behold, thou shalt conceive in thy womb and bring forth a
  • 08:16 Son, and shall call his name Jesus.
  • 08:20 He shall be great and shall be called the Son of the highest.
  • 08:24 And the Lord God shall give unto him the throne of his father
  • 08:28 David, and he shall reign over the house of Jacob forever.
  • 08:32 And of his kingdom, there shall be no end."
  • 08:39 Dr. Seif: In Luke chapter 2, verse 32, Jesus is described as
  • 08:45 a light to bring revelation to the Gentiles.
  • 08:49 And then he's known as being, quote,
  • 08:52 "The glory of the people of Israel."
  • 08:56 Personally, I believe we live in a world where people have come
  • 09:00 to terms with the fact that he's the, quote, "light"
  • 09:05 to bring revelation to the Gentiles.
  • 09:07 Although I'm not altogether sure people know what that means.
  • 09:10 But I do believe we live in a world where falling
  • 09:12 off the cliff is the notion that this Jesus
  • 09:15 is the glory of the people of Israel.
  • 09:19 As for the first point, him being a light to bring
  • 09:23 revelation to the Gentiles, I'm not altogether sure that
  • 09:27 everyone has come to terms with the fact that
  • 09:30 Jesus can give revelation to individuals.
  • 09:34 People need to be born anew, receive him in their hearts, and
  • 09:38 then there's an inner light, if you will.
  • 09:41 And people, when they face vexing circumstances, can hear a
  • 09:44 voice within them saying, "This is the way, walk in it."
  • 09:48 And as people cultivate the Christian life, they can then
  • 09:51 have revelation to give them answers
  • 09:53 for the vexing troubles of the day.
  • 09:56 Some people have a superficial kind of worship of Jesus without
  • 10:00 coming to terms with the nature of what it is to be born again
  • 10:04 and have the Spirit within, and thus to
  • 10:06 have revelation to lead us on into triumph.
  • 10:10 Issues with that aside, I do know that falling off the cliff,
  • 10:13 as I'd said, is the sense that Jesus is, in fact,
  • 10:17 the glory of the people of Israel.
  • 10:20 And this is tragic, I believe.
  • 10:22 In Luke chapter 1, verse 26, Luke considers Jesus's origin.
  • 10:29 There's a story here of an angel, Gabriel,
  • 10:33 who visits a Jewess named Mariam.
  • 10:37 Mariam comes from the Hebrew mar, which means bitterness or
  • 10:41 sorrow and yam which means sea, sea of sorrows.
  • 10:45 Well, it might be an appropriate name.
  • 10:46 She was carrying the world on her shoulders when she learned
  • 10:49 that she, oops, came up pregnant through the agency of the
  • 10:52 [speaking in Hebrew], completely unexpected.
  • 10:55 Here's a young girl, and this has all happened upon her.
  • 10:59 And she's perplexed, and she carries it in her heart
  • 11:01 trying to sort out what it all means.
  • 11:04 Well, we're told here that her husband
  • 11:07 was trying to sort it out as well.
  • 11:09 And as we saw on the previous segment, he gets a visitation.
  • 11:12 Here, this messenger visits Mariam personally and tells her
  • 11:19 what she may well sense in verse 31.
  • 11:22 "You will conceive in your womb and bring forth a Son."
  • 11:27 And then we're told in 32 and 3, that he will be great and
  • 11:31 will be called the Son of the Highest.
  • 11:34 And the Lord will give him the throne of his father, David.
  • 11:39 See, Yeshua is an extension of David.
  • 11:42 And that he will reign over the house of Jacob forever, and of
  • 11:46 his kingdom there will be no end.
  • 11:49 If I read the Bible correctly, Mariam is informed that
  • 11:54 the Mashiach, the Messiah, for the world,
  • 11:57 is going to come through her.
  • 12:00 Inasmuch as David was promised in 2 Samuel chapter 7, you can
  • 12:05 look it up, verses 12 and 13, that the special son
  • 12:08 who was gonna come and be assigned a throne
  • 12:11 and a household and a dominion to reign forever.
  • 12:15 Here, you look into the New Testament story, the Christian
  • 12:18 Bible, or what's construed as the non-Jewish Bible, you hear
  • 12:21 about the coming of the Savior of the world.
  • 12:24 The way this story unfolds in its own context is that, yes,
  • 12:29 this is the Savior of the world, but this person
  • 12:32 is the glory of the Jewish world.
  • 12:37 Today in Israel if a rabbi came forth and had 1/1000 of the
  • 12:43 influence that Jesus had, if you look at the Jesus's story, the
  • 12:47 genius here is we're taking the Jewish Bible and we're getting
  • 12:50 into the hearts and minds of billions on planet earth.
  • 12:55 And this is facilitated through a Jesus experience.
  • 12:59 And Jesus is the principle interpreter as individuals look
  • 13:02 at the New Testament and get some sense of how to interpret
  • 13:05 the Old Testament by virtue of their so doing.
  • 13:07 If there was any Jewish rabbi in the world today that exacted
  • 13:10 this kind of influence, he would be heralded as the
  • 13:13 best thing since the invention of wheat bread,
  • 13:16 the best Jewish scholar since Moses.
  • 13:18 Jesus was the greatest Jew that ever lived, and he came
  • 13:22 with a prophecy attached to him, that is,
  • 13:25 that he would bring revelation to the Gentiles
  • 13:29 and be the glory of the people Israel.
  • 13:32 Now listen, I believe today that we need David-like
  • 13:36 leadership for Goliath-like times.
  • 13:39 Individuals need the son of David in
  • 13:42 their hearts because he can bring revelation.
  • 13:45 That is to say if you're vexed with challenges, he can give you
  • 13:49 insights and give you a Word so you know how to walk through it
  • 13:53 onward to a glorious and successful future.
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  • 16:13 narrator: And when the wise men were come into the house,
  • 16:16 they saw the young child and Mary, his mother.
  • 16:21 And they fell down and worshipped him.
  • 16:24 And when they opened their treasures, they presented unto
  • 16:28 him gifts, gold, and frankincense, and myrrh.
  • 16:38 Dr. Seif: The word "worship" comes from an expression "a ship
  • 16:42 of worth" and it means to ascribe value to something.
  • 16:47 You might be familiar with the story.
  • 16:49 When these individuals come, these men from
  • 16:51 the East come, and what do they do?
  • 16:53 They give gold, frankincense, and myrrh, and they laid it down
  • 16:59 at the feet of a young king named Yeshua, Jesus.
  • 17:05 The reason why I mention that at this juncture is because we live
  • 17:10 in a world today when individuals similarly come and
  • 17:13 gives gifts, and they lay it down at the feet of this Davidic
  • 17:17 King, who we refer to as Jesus, or in the Hebrew,
  • 17:22 Yeshua, the son of David, ben David.
  • 17:27 He's introduced in the New Testament as the son of David,
  • 17:30 and we've introduced you to David, or reintroduced you or
  • 17:34 reacquainted you with David in the Hebrew Bible.
  • 17:38 And what did we learn?
  • 17:39 We learned of the story of a young fella who came out of
  • 17:42 obscurity, little known, disrespected.
  • 17:46 His own father didn't believe in him,
  • 17:48 and his brothers disrespected him.
  • 17:50 But difficulties aside, he jumped into the fray.
  • 17:54 He cared about God, he cared about taking
  • 17:57 up Israel's burdens, he hated injustice.
  • 18:00 He went after it with verve and vitality.
  • 18:04 And at the end of the day, the Lord
  • 18:05 used him to carve out a kingdom.
  • 18:09 In this series, we've been concerned with David.
  • 18:12 We refer to him as the warrior king.
  • 18:15 And over and again, you've heard me talk about the need for
  • 18:18 David-like leadership in these Goliath-like times.
  • 18:23 That means different things in different contexts.
  • 18:26 For sure, I believe we do well if, in government, we're led by
  • 18:32 individuals with Judeo-Christian ethics.
  • 18:35 I love those values and virtues and would that individuals were
  • 18:39 men and women after God's own heart.
  • 18:43 I believe that's a recipe for success because the extent to
  • 18:46 which individuals are yielded to God's kingdom,
  • 18:50 it affords an opportunity then for those
  • 18:52 biblical virtues to inform decision makers.
  • 18:55 And I just think the world's a better place when these decision
  • 18:59 makers have a place in their hearts for biblical values.
  • 19:04 David-like leadership in Goliath-like times can refer to
  • 19:07 the smaller culture within the culture.
  • 19:10 There's the broader world culture
  • 19:12 and then there's individual family culture.
  • 19:15 I believe that families need David-like
  • 19:18 leadership in Goliath-like times.
  • 19:21 Would that families learn to live by biblical virtue and
  • 19:24 vision, would that families learned about forgiveness, would
  • 19:29 that families learn the lessons that we find in the life of
  • 19:32 David, we could be spared many pains.
  • 19:35 I believe that families are the better when we take into account
  • 19:39 what we can learn from David's principles, as well as what we
  • 19:44 can learn from his example, both good and bad.
  • 19:47 And then there's individuals.
  • 19:49 I believe that individuals need David-like leadership for
  • 19:53 Goliath-like times, and the way that that happens is by
  • 19:57 individuals inviting the son of David into their world.
  • 20:02 I believe that when we ask Jesus into our hearts, we're asking
  • 20:05 the son of David to come into our hearts.
  • 20:08 And when we bow the knee to him, we're bowing the
  • 20:10 knee to the reign of the son of David.
  • 20:14 I believe that we need that. I believe that we need him.
  • 20:16 I believe that we need God.
  • 20:18 And I believe that there's an offer on the table.
  • 20:23 In this series, you've heard me talk about David.
  • 20:26 And as I bring it to a close, I want to talk to you about you.
  • 20:30 I hope you've been following the series.
  • 20:32 Maybe this is the only program you've picked up on.
  • 20:35 And I want you to know if that's the case, whether you've seen
  • 20:37 all of it or just this one, I want you to know
  • 20:39 that there's an offer on the table.
  • 20:42 The Hebrew Bible is opened up for all to see and experience
  • 20:46 now because of a Jew named Jesus whom I construe
  • 20:49 as the greatest Jewish man who ever lived.
  • 20:52 And he was more than a man.
  • 20:54 And what he's done is through the agency of his life and death
  • 20:58 and ministry, and his resurrection has afforded the
  • 21:01 opportunity for all people to open up the
  • 21:03 Bible and learn about the God of Israel,
  • 21:07 that God loves you, he has a wonderful plan for your life.
  • 21:10 If individuals would but receive him, if individuals
  • 21:14 would but embrace the principles found in his book,
  • 21:18 then they would be strong.
  • 21:20 Over and again we find in the biblical text how God
  • 21:22 raises up individuals whether it's David,
  • 21:26 whether it's Abraham, whether it's you.
  • 21:29 It's not just about those guys.
  • 21:31 It's about you, the same Lord is Lord of all, and he bestows his
  • 21:36 riches upon all who call upon him.
  • 21:41 David: Our hope and prayer at this table is that you've been
  • 21:44 encouraged by the series and know that you're not
  • 21:48 alone, that even biblical times, people went
  • 21:51 through things like King David did.
  • 21:53 Dr. Seif: Indeed, his life was quite a journey.
  • 21:57 And do you know that the journey through life
  • 22:01 begins with taking the first steps?
  • 22:05 Some of you have been walking along for quite some time.
  • 22:08 The problem is, Jesus hasn't been in the footsteps.
  • 22:12 That is, you've been doing it your way and not his way.
  • 22:16 If you're not entirely satisfied the results, let me encourage
  • 22:20 you to do what we did, what David had to do in fact.
  • 22:25 He wasn't perfect, you know, but he turned to the Lord.
  • 22:27 God forgave him, and that's our story as well.
  • 22:31 We want that to be your story too.
  • 22:35 One of the tasks that falls upon me,
  • 22:37 like any minister in a congregation, is to ask people
  • 22:41 to make a donation, to take up an offering.
  • 22:45 And I'm pleased to come before you.
  • 22:46 I'm not asking you for your money, I'm asking you for your
  • 22:50 future and not for my sake, but for yours.
  • 22:54 Would you please, please, for your sake, you can send me a
  • 22:58 letter after you've done it, but please.
  • 23:01 I don't know where you are in life, but I know that God is
  • 23:05 good and he has a wonderful plan for our lives.
  • 23:08 But we have to turn to him.
  • 23:12 If you're walking the wrong way today,
  • 23:15 make a swift turn, turn the other way.
  • 23:18 Reach up to God, reach up to heaven,
  • 23:20 you'll discover heaven reaching down to you.
  • 23:23 And you can join the happy throng of individuals who have
  • 23:27 been transformed by the saving power of Israel's Messiah.
  • 23:33 Kirsten: We hope you've been watching this
  • 23:34 whole series about King David.
  • 23:37 And my takeaway word is "patience."
  • 23:41 If you feel like you've been waiting and waiting for God to
  • 23:44 do something in your life, don't give up.
  • 23:47 Don't get weary, King David didn't give up
  • 23:49 and in his due time in the right timing, God brought him
  • 23:53 into his next chapter and to be king over Israel.
  • 23:58 More to come in our program. Stay with us.
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  • 24:45 Kirsten: Right, and our ministry website levitt.com.
  • 24:48 Actually, a couple days ago, I literally was going
  • 24:51 through our website, and you wouldn't believe
  • 24:53 all the free things that you can watch.
  • 24:56 There's even chat boards on there that you can talk with
  • 24:59 people from around the world about messianic topics
  • 25:02 and about, of course, the Bible.
  • 25:05 Great website, great tool. We're on social media, find us.
  • 25:10 And we've got to, one more, time we're going back to Israel.
  • 25:13 You get to hear from Chaim Malespin.
  • 25:23 Chaim Malespin: I'm standing here on Mountain Gerizim, that's
  • 25:25 right, the Mount of Blessing right here where 83% of the
  • 25:29 Bible happened in Judea and Samaria, as some call it,
  • 25:34 the West Bank, and I want to ask a little trivia.
  • 25:36 What stories in the Bible, what history, do you know that
  • 25:41 happened right here in the heartland of Israel, Judea, and
  • 25:43 Samaria, aka also known as the West Bank?
  • 25:47 Well, yes, the sun standing still in Gibeon.
  • 25:50 Well, sure, Jacob laying his head on a stone and seeing the
  • 25:54 angels going up and down, and so on and so forth.
  • 25:57 The promises that God gave to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob about
  • 26:00 this land being in our possession until the
  • 26:04 Oslo Accords, just kidding, forever.
  • 26:07 Right down here is the city of Shechem or Shechem,
  • 26:11 I don't know how you pronounce it in English,
  • 26:13 where Jacob bought land and he dug a well.
  • 26:17 Me, I've had the privilege recently to go and have some of
  • 26:19 that water from the very well of my forefather.
  • 26:23 I realized when I made my Aliyah to Israel, just like Joshua and
  • 26:28 the 12 tribes did from right to the left side of that mountain,
  • 26:32 we are realizing prophecy is still being fulfilled.
  • 26:35 When I see the vines that are being planted here, prophecy in
  • 26:38 Jeremiah is still being fulfilled.
  • 26:40 When the nations, when you, come
  • 26:42 and see this land and say, "Lord, save your people,"
  • 26:45 you're fulfilling Jeremiah chapter 31, verse 6.
  • 26:50 Thank you for fulfilling prophecy.
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  • 27:19 David: I'm going to ask you for forgiveness right now.
  • 27:21 I think I've said this before in this program, but Dr. Seif,
  • 27:24 thank you for your great insight in this whole series.
  • 27:28 Dr. Seif: Oh, you're so very kind.
  • 27:29 I'm sorry it's over, but there's more to come.
  • 27:31 It's a big Bible, lots of stories to tell.
  • 27:33 Kirsten: There are lots of stories to tell,
  • 27:34 and you tell them very well.
  • 27:36 And our whole team, our whole programming team and director
  • 27:39 and the actors and the reenactments, well done.
  • 27:44 And it's the end of another series.
  • 27:46 It always makes me a little bit sad.
  • 27:48 Dr. Seif: Yes, it is, and all of you are on the team
  • 27:50 too if you support us, thank you for that.
  • 27:52 Kirsten: Come back next week.
  • 27:54 We have more of "Our Jewish Roots."
  • 27:57 Dr. Seif: Until then, [speaking in Hebrew].
  • 28:00 Kirsten: Pray for the peace of Jerusalem.
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Episodes in this series

  1. Facing Goliath
  2. The Lord’s Annointed
  3. Disobedient and Destracted
  4. Fighting for Israel
  5. Ascending the Throne
  6. Royal Lineage
  7. Poetry and Psalms
  8. The Ultimate Son

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