I SAMUEL 18:1-4
      1)  And it came to pass, when he had made an end of speaking unto Saul, that the soul of Jonathan was knit with the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as his own soul.
      2)  And Saul took him that day, and would let him go no more home to his father's house.
      3)  Then Jonathan and David made a covenant, because he loved him as his own soul.
      4)  And Jonathan stripped himself of the robe that was upon him, and gave it to David, and his garments, even to his sword, and to his bow, and to his girdle.
      
      FOUR MAIN 
      CHARACTERS
      1.	DAVID
      2.	SAUL
      3.	JONATHAN
      4.	MEPHIBOSHETH
      
      1.		Blood Covenant:
      EXPLANATION
      A.	Entering a Covenant
      B.	Exchanging Blessings
      C.	Eating the Memorial Meal
      
      2.		Blood Covenant:
      ILLUSTRATION
      A.	Jonathan Slain
      B.	Lo-debar
      C.	Gospel Foreshadowed
      
      II SAMUEL 9:1-8
      1)  And David said, "Is there still anyone left of the house of Saul, that I may show him kindness for Jonathan's sake?"
      2)  Now there was a servant of the house of Saul whose name was Ziba, and they called him to David. And the king said to him, "Are you Ziba?" And he said, "I am your servant."
      3)  And the king said, "Is there not still someone of the house of Saul, that I may show the kindness of God to him?" Ziba said to the king, "There is still a son of Jonathan; he is crippled in his feet."
      4)  The king said to him, "Where is he?" And Ziba said to the king, "He is in the house of Machir the son of Ammiel, at Lo-debar."
      5)  Then King David sent and brought him from the house of Machir the son of Ammiel, at Lo-debar.
      6)  And Mephibosheth the son of Jonathan, son of Saul, came to David and fell on his face and paid homage. And David said, "Mephibosheth!" And he answered, "Behold, I am your servant."
      7)  And David said to him, "Do not fear, for I will show you kindness for the sake of your father Jonathan, and I will restore to you all the land of Saul your father, and you shall eat at my table always."
      8)  And he paid homage and said, "What is your servant, that you should show regard for a dead dog such as I?"
      
      2.		Blood Covenant:
      ILLUSTRATION
      A.	Jonathan Slain
      B.	Lo-debar
      C.	Gospel Foreshadowed
      D.	Miphibosheth's Decision 
      
      3.		Blood Covenant:
      APPLICATION
      Jesus Christ is the Jonathan
      of the Family of Saul 
      
      ROMANS 8:3
      For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh:
      
      I PETER 1:18-19
      18)  Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold, from your vain conversation received by tradition from your fathers;
      19)  But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot:
      
      ROMANS 8:31-34
      31)  What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who can be against us?
      32)  He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not with him also freely give us all things?
      33)  Who shall lay any thing to the charge of God's elect? It is God that justifieth.
      34)  Who is he that condemneth? It is Christ that died, yea rather, that is risen again, who is even at the right hand of God, who also maketh intercession for us.