Matthew 12
Jesus and His disciples pluck ears of corn (wheat) on the sabbath day and eat. The Pharisees object, saying that it was unlawful to pick and eat corn on the sabbath day. To them Jesus said, "Have ye not read what David did, when he was a hungered, and they that were with him; how he entered into the house of God, and did eat the showbread, which was not lawful for him to eat, neither for them which were with him, but only for the priests?"
King David was anointed; so was Christ. Both had been anointed king, but were rejected (Psa. 2:66Yet have I set my king upon my holy hill of Zion. (Psalm 2:6); 1 Sam. 16:11-1311And Samuel said unto Jesse, Are here all thy children? And he said, There remaineth yet the youngest, and, behold, he keepeth the sheep. And Samuel said unto Jesse, Send and fetch him: for we will not sit down till he come hither. 12And he sent, and brought him in. Now he was ruddy, and withal of a beautiful countenance, and goodly to look to. And the Lord said, Arise, anoint him: for this is he. 13Then Samuel took the horn of oil, and anointed him in the midst of his brethren: and the Spirit of the Lord came upon David from that day forward. So Samuel rose up, and went to Ramah. (1 Samuel 16:11‑13)).
The Turning Point for Israel
The Lord told the Pharisees that right where they were was One greater than the temple. He told them that if they knew what the Scripture meant that said, "I will have mercy, and not sacrifice," then they would not condemn Him and His disciples, for "the Son of man is Lord even of the sabbath day."
At this point the covenant made with Israel is all over (Ex. 19:88And all the people answered together, and said, All that the Lord hath spoken we will do. And Moses returned the words of the people unto the Lord. (Exodus 19:8); Ezek. 20:12-2012Moreover also I gave them my sabbaths, to be a sign between me and them, that they might know that I am the Lord that sanctify them. 13But the house of Israel rebelled against me in the wilderness: they walked not in my statutes, and they despised my judgments, which if a man do, he shall even live in them; and my sabbaths they greatly polluted: then I said, I would pour out my fury upon them in the wilderness, to consume them. 14But I wrought for my name's sake, that it should not be polluted before the heathen, in whose sight I brought them out. 15Yet also I lifted up my hand unto them in the wilderness, that I would not bring them into the land which I had given them, flowing with milk and honey, which is the glory of all lands; 16Because they despised my judgments, and walked not in my statutes, but polluted my sabbaths: for their heart went after their idols. 17Nevertheless mine eye spared them from destroying them, neither did I make an end of them in the wilderness. 18But I said unto their children in the wilderness, Walk ye not in the statutes of your fathers, neither observe their judgments, nor defile yourselves with their idols: 19I am the Lord your God; walk in my statutes, and keep my judgments, and do them; 20And hallow my sabbaths; and they shall be a sign between me and you, that ye may know that I am the Lord your God. (Ezekiel 20:12‑20)). Israel had formally rejected their King and Jesus would no longer be addressed as "Messiah."
Now rejected as Messiah, He introduced as Son of man a new order of things with external power. He healed a man with a withered hand and the leaders of Israel sought to kill Him. Knowing this, He left those parts and continued healing all the great multitudes that followed Him, in order that it might be fulfilled, which was spoken by the prophet Isaiah: "Behold My servant, whom I have chosen; My beloved, in whom My soul is well pleased: I will put My Spirit upon Him, and He shall show judgment to the Gentiles [i.e. take up their cause]." (See Isa. 42:11Behold my servant, whom I uphold; mine elect, in whom my soul delighteth; I have put my spirit upon him: he shall bring forth judgment to the Gentiles. (Isaiah 42:1).) 'That Thou mayest be My salvation unto the end of the earth." Isa. 49:66And he said, It is a light thing that thou shouldest be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the preserved of Israel: I will also give thee for a light to the Gentiles, that thou mayest be my salvation unto the end of the earth. (Isaiah 49:6).
The Lord feels for the "bruised reed" and the "smoking flax"; those with even the least inward movement toward Him He would not break or quench.
The leaders of Israel attribute His works to Beelzebub (Satan) and the Lord answers, "How can one enter into a strong man's house, and spoil his goods, except he first bind the strong man? and then he will spoil his house." The Lord had bound the strong man (Satan) in the wilderness, and He was now spoiling his house.
One who was not with Christ was against Him. One who gathered not with Him scattered. One who spoke against the Holy Spirit, respecting the testimony that He gave of Christ through miracles and the Word of God, shall not be forgiven, now nor in the coming age (the millennium). Men shall be accountable in that day for idle words and be judged by them.