"A MAN CALLED DAVID

What makes a man truly great in the eyes of God?
David was despised by his own father, pursued by the king he faithfully served, betrayed by those he loved, and brought low by his own worst defeat. And yet, when God searched for words to describe His Son to the world, He chose this man's name: Jesus, Son of David.
In this book, Pastor Jerry Badea takes us on a deep and honest journey through the life of the most mentioned figure in the history of Israel - not to admire him from a distance, but to find in his story the reflection of our own.
Through nine chapters spanning from the mystery of his origin to the eternal fulfillment of his legacy in Jesus Christ, this book explores:
• The profound meaning of his name in Hebrew: David, the beloved - and the three dimensions of dod
• The embryo God saw before David was born - galmi and the preexistence of God's calling
• The love that nothing can extinguish - 1 John 4:18-19 and Song of Songs 8:7
• The desert called Praise - Yehudah, the seven disciplines, the tears in God's flask
• The three Hebrew words of deepest repentance: chatati l'Adonai
• The Covenant that survived Babylon - bayit, mamlachah, kisse, ad olam
• The Rose of Sharon and the Rose of Jericho as poetic typologies of Christ
• The seven precise parallels between the life of David and the life of Jesus
• Psalm 22: the cross written one thousand years before the cross
This is not a history book. It is a mirror. Somewhere in these pages, your story will touch David's. And in that touch, you will find the same God who took a shepherd from Bethlehem out of the dust and anonymity - and made his name the most glorious title in the universe.
Because your love is better than life. David learned it in the desert. This book invites you to learn it too.

- Pastor and Psalmist Jerry Badea, Walking in His Presence Church, Cleveland, Ohio