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. 2:6; 1 Sam. 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. 19:8; Ezek. 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. 42:1.) 'That Thou mayest be My salvation unto the end of the earth." Isa. 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.