Friend of David: King David Home Page, Mission Statement and Our Beliefs

To educate, promote, and work toward the betterment of the Jewish State in Israel by identifying and helping positively transition bigoted ideas, values and practices in Christians and non-Christians around the world.

We look forward to the return of Jesus Christ, and the rapture (transporting to heaven) of His Church at that time. We believe the Bible speaks clearly about the world events that will occur before Jesus Christ’s return.

(Matthew 24:30-31)

(30) "At that time, there will be something in the sky that shows the Son of Man is coming. All the peoples will cry. They will see the Son of Man coming on clouds in the sky."
(31) "He will use a loud trumpet to send his Angels all around the earth. They will gather his chosen people from every part of the world."

1)     A period of profound increase in peoples understanding and knowledge
        of end times. The knowledge will be available to those searching in
        many places and forms.
        (Daniel 12:4)

But you, Daniel, close up the book and seal it. These things will happen at a time of the end. Many people will go here and there to find true knowledge.

2) A plague and/or biological pestilence will appear in the Middle East.
(Zechariah 14: 12-15)

(12) But the Lord will punish the nations that fought against Jerusalem. He will bring a terrible disease on them. Their flesh will rot away while they are still standing up. Their eyes will rot in their sockets. And their tongues will rot in their mouths."
(13) At that time the Lord will cause panic. Everybody will grab his neighbor. They will attack each other."
(14) The people of Judah will fight in Jerusalem. And the wealth of the nations around them will be collected. There will be much gold, silver and clothes."
(15) A similar disease will strike the horses, mules, camels, and donkeys. All the animals in the camp will have the disease.

3) The re-establishment of the State of Israel.
(Isaiah 66:8-10)

(8) No one has ever heard of the happening. No has ever seen that happen. In the same way no one ever saw a country begin in one day. No one has ever heard of a new nation beginning in one day. But Jerusalem will give birth to her children just as soon as she feels the birth pains"
(9) "In the same way I will not cause pain without allowing something new to be born," says the Lord.
"If I cause you the pain, I will not stop you from giving birth to your new nation," says your God.
(10) "Jerusalem, rejoice. All the people who love Jerusalem be happy. Those of you that felt sad for Jerusalem should now feel happy with her."

4) The Jews will return to Israel.
(Jeremiah 23: 7-8)

(7) "So the days are coming," says the Lord, "when people will not say: 'As sure as the Lord lives, who brought Israel out of Egypt...'
(8) But the people will say something new: 'As surely as the Lord lives, who brought Israel out of the land of the north and from all the countries where he had sent them away...' Then the people of Israel will live in their own land."

5) Jerusalem will no longer be controlled by Gentiles.
(Luke 21:24)

"Some will be killed by the sword and taken as prisoners to all nations. Jerusalem will be crushed by non-Jewish people until their time is over."

6) Instant international communication is available.
(Revelation 11:7, 11:7-10)

(7) After the two witnesses have finished preaching God's message, the beast that lives in the deep pit will come up and fight against them. It will win the battle and kill them.
(8) Their bodies will be left lying in the streets of the same great city where their Lord was nailed to a cross. And that city is spiritually like the city of Sodom or the country of Egypt.
(9) For three and a half days the people of every nation, tribe, language, and race will stare at the bodies of these two witnesses and refuse to let them be buried.
(10) Everyone on earth will celebrate and be happy. They will give gifts to each other, because of what happened to the two prophets who caused them so much trouble.

7) Many will attempt to provide misleading information. .
(Matthew 24:4)

Jesus answered: "Don't let anyone fool you. Many will come and claim to be me. They will say that they are the Messiah, and they will fool many people."

8) Starvation, famines and earthquake devastation is prevalent.
(Matthew 24:7-8)

(7) Nations and kingdoms will go to war against each other. People will starve to death, and in some places there will be earthquakes.
(8) But this is just the beginning of troubles.

9) The “horrible thing that destroys” will be standing in the holy place.
(Matthew 24:15)

(15) Someday you will see that "Horrible Thing" in the holy place, just as the prophet Daniel said. Everyone who reads this must try to understand!

10)    Life will be as it was in the days of Noah before the flood; with people
          giving their children to be married, eating and drinking, and carrying on
         with no regard for the circumstances of the day.
         (Matthew 24:36-41)

(36) No one knows the day or hour. The angels in heaven don't know, and the Son himself doesn't know. Only the Father knows.
(37) When the Son of Man appears, things will be just as they were when Noah lived.
(38) People were eating, drinking, and getting married right up to the day that the flood came and Noah went into the big boat.
(39) They didn't know anything was happening until the flood came and swept them all away. That is how it will be when the Son of Man appears.
(40) Two men will be in the same field, but only one will be taken. The other will be left.
(41)Two women will be together grinding grain, but only one will be taken. The other will be left.

King David (Standard Hebrew דָּוִד, Davíd, "Beloved", Tiberian Hebrew Dāwíð; Arabic داوود or داود, Dāūd, "Beloved") was the third king of the united kingdom of Israel (c. 1005 BC – 965 BC) and successor to Ish-bosheth (fourth son of King Saul). His life and rule are recorded in the Hebrew Bible's books of First Samuel (from chapter 16 onwards),^[1] Second Samuel,^[2] First Kings^[3] and Second Kings (to verse 4).^[4] First Chronicles^[5] gives further stories of David, mingled with lists and genealogies.

David and Goliath
by Caravaggio, c. 1599.

He is depicted as the most righteous of all the ancient kings of Israel - although not without fault - as well as an acclaimed warrior, musician and poet (he is traditionally credited with the authorship of many of the Psalms). 2 Samuel 7:12-16 states that God was so pleased with David that He promised that the Davidic line would endure forever; Jews therefore believe that the Jewish Messiah will be a direct descendant of King David, and Christians trace the lineage of Jesus back to him through both Mary and Joseph. The nature of his reign and even his existence have been questioned, debated and defended by modern biblical scholars, but the account given in the Hebrew Bible remains widely accepted by the majority of ordinary Jews and Christians, and his story has been of central importance to Western culture.