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The LORD Will Build A House For David
The Lord Will Build David A House
2 Samuel 7
David desires to build a house for the LORD. God responds by denying David that privilege (Solomon would build it). Then the great promise is made that God would build a house for David and establish his kingdom forever.
As we continue to read through the Old Testament we will watch as David's kingdom continues unabated until the Babylonian period. While there was a split and the nation divided into two kingdoms, still the throne of David endured. In the Northern kingdom we see many dynasties, yet in Judah there is only the house of David. King after king sits on David's throne ruling over the people. In all there will be 19 kings but all of them are descendants of David.
Not all of these sons of David were godly kings. Hence God warns that "I will be to him a father, and he shall be to me a son. When he commits iniquity, I will discipline him with the rod of men, with the stripes of the sons of men"(2 Samuel 7:14). When the Psalmist writes about this part of the promises he uses the plural. "… then I will punish their transgression with the rod and their iniquity with stripes, but I will not remove from him my steadfast love or be false to my faithfulness" (Psalms 89:32-33).
With the coming of Jeconiah, God brings this line of kings to an end. Concerning the last rightful King of Judah Jeremiah states: "Thus says the Lord: “Write this man down as childless, a man who shall not succeed in his days, for none of his offspring shall succeed in sitting on the throne of David and ruling again in Judah.” (Jer. 22:30). He HAD children (1 Chron. 3:17), but none of them was ever made king.
The very next chapter God yet renews His promise saying: "Behold, the days are coming, declares the Lord, when I will raise up for David a righteous Branch, and he shall reign as king and deal wisely, and shall execute justice and righteousness in the land. In his days Judah will be saved, and Israel will dwell securely. And this is the name by which he will be called: ‘The Lord is our righteousness" (Jer. 23:5-6).
Thus began the long wait for the one to come who was the rightful heir to the throne.
With the opening of Matthew we read that Jesus is "…the son of David, the son of Abraham. (Matthew 1:1). When the angel Gabriel made the announcement of a child unto Mary, he said unto her: "Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God. And behold, you will conceive in your womb and bear a son, and you shall call his name Jesus. He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High. And the Lord God will give to him the throne of his father David, and he will reign over the house of Jacob forever, and of his kingdom there will be no end” (Luke 1:30-33). Throughout his life on earth He is constantly referred to as 'the son of David" (cp. Matt. I:27, 12:23, 15:22, etc. ).
On his cross they placed a sign: "This is Jesus, the King of the Jews" (Matt. 27:37).
With His resurrection, Jesus is exalted and given a name above every name (Eph. 1:20-21). Jesus' statement of this is simply that "all authority in Heaven and on earth has been given to me" (Matt. 28:18). Jesus is King of Kings and Lord of Lords (Rev. 17:14; 19:19). Those who were Christians were said to have been delivered from the domain of darkness and transferred to the kingdom of his beloved Son (Colossians 1:13). The Revelation letter says that God had made Christians to be "a kingdom, priests to his God and Father, to him be glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen." (Revelation 1:6).
Jesus, the son of David, is my King.
