{"id":790,"date":"2012-04-10T10:57:21","date_gmt":"2012-04-10T17:57:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.teach4god.com\/OTS\/?p=790"},"modified":"2014-04-02T05:22:32","modified_gmt":"2014-04-02T12:22:32","slug":"2-samuel-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/teach4god.com\/OTS\/2012\/04\/10\/2-samuel-7\/","title":{"rendered":"2 Samuel 7"},"content":{"rendered":"

2 Samuel 7<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a> (cf. <\/span>1 Chronicles 17<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a>)<\/p>\n

God makes a promise to David that is unconditional [listen to this message on <\/span>Romans 3.1-8<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/a>preached at <\/span>Evangelical Formosan Church of Cerritos<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a> on October 17, 2010 by Pastor David]<\/span>. David responds to God with a prayer of praise. This is how it is. God promises us great things in Christ, and we need to respond with gratitude. How much gratitude have you shown God today?<\/p>\n

God gave David peace )rest( from his enemies. The evidence of\u00a0this is seen in the promises God makes with David in this chapter. Verse two reminds us of Hiram who provided David with the cedars of Lebanon (2 Samuel 5.11<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a>). This is the chapter that introduces the prophet Nathan. He plays a key role throughout the rest of the story of David (<\/span>2 Samuel 12.1<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a>, <\/span>I Kings 1.10, 22, 34<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a>, <\/span>2 Chronicles 9.29<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a>).<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

This is also the chapter that is central to the doctrine of Christ\u2019s coming (12-13, 21). Christ is the seed that will come from David upon whom God will establish the eternal kingdom. Peter made sure the people of Jerusalem understood this in his first sermon (Acts 2.25-36<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a>). Paul mentions this covenant in <\/span>Romans 1.1-3<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a>. Jesus even refers to it in <\/span>Revelation 22.16<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a>. Both passages mention that Jesus is the fulfillment of\u00a0the covenantal promise. The prophet Jeremiah, as an Old Testament example, awaited the day when the Messiah would come as fulfillment of this covenant (<\/span>Jeremiah 23.5<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a>). Gabriel was sent with the same message in <\/span>Luke 1.32-33<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a>\u00a0stating that the One who was to be born of Mary would be the One to sit on the throne of David. It is this covenant that ties the Abrahamic Covenant to the New Covenant made by Jesus (<\/span>John 13-17<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a>).<\/span><\/p>\n

According to this passage (10-16), the Davidic covenant is:<\/p>\n

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  1. a house\u2014a continued posterity of the royal line<\/li>\n
  2. a kingdom\u2014a realm of political power, a literal earthly kingdom that can be interrupted (Hosea 3.4-5<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a>).\u00a0 <\/span>Psalm 89 informs us that although individual members of the house of David may fail the conditions of the covenant because of their disobedience, the covenant itself remains unconditional (3-4, 19\u201324, 27\u201337; see our study on Psalm 89<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a>).<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n
  3. a throne\u2014the rulership of that kingdom centered in David\u2019s posterity, his offspring will have the only right to the throne in Israel<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    To conclude\u00a0the matter of the covenant for the moment, ultimately God\u2019s promise to Israel through the Davidic covenant will become evident in the Messiah, who is David\u2019s seed (Jeremiah 33.19-26<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a>, <\/span>Ezekiel 34.22-31, 36.16-38<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a>). Each of the covenants presented in Scripture, the Abrahamic, Davidic, and New covenants, will find their fulfillment (<\/span>Ezekiel 37.21-28<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a>) in Christ, through whom the provisions of these three covenants come together (cf. <\/span>Matthew 26.28-29, 31-33, 54-55<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a>, <\/span>Luke 1.68-78<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a>, <\/span>Acts 2.29-36, 3.25-26, 15.16-17<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a>, <\/span>Galatians 3.13-16, 26-29<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a>, <\/span>Hebrews 9.16-28<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a>, and <\/span>Revelation 11.15<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a>).<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

    The final\u00a0thought in this chapter is David\u2019s response to all this. He is amazed\u00a0at what Nathan told him. He then enters the tent of\u00a0worship, where the newly placed Ark is found, and he worships the Lord for a lengthy amount of time (7:18\u201329). During his prayer, he calls on the “Sovereign Lord” seven times. This title stresses God\u2019s control over the nations and over this unconditional covenant God has made with David and the nation Israel. David is amazed\u00a0at what God has promised, not based on whom David is or what David does, but on whom God is and what God will do. This is the essence of the unconditional New Covenant God makes to us through His Son Jesus. It is and has and will always be about Him, not us.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    David is amazed at what God has promised, not based on whom David is or what David does, but on whom God is and what God will do. This is the essence of the unconditional New Covenant God makes to us through His Son Jesus. It is and has and will always be about Him, not us.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"gallery","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[156,5],"tags":[221,28,73,150,203,36,122,109,82,222,110,118,173,51,32,60,128,85,33,50],"class_list":["post-790","post","type-post","status-publish","format-gallery","hentry","category-2-samuel","category-daily-studies","tag-abraham","tag-acts","tag-christ","tag-chronicles","tag-covenant","tag-david","tag-ezekiel","tag-galatians","tag-hebrews","tag-hosea","tag-jeremiah","tag-john","tag-luke","tag-matthew","tag-promises","tag-research","tag-revelation","tag-romans","tag-scripture","tag-will-of-god","post_format-post-format-gallery"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/teach4god.com\/OTS\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/790","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/teach4god.com\/OTS\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/teach4god.com\/OTS\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teach4god.com\/OTS\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teach4god.com\/OTS\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=790"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/teach4god.com\/OTS\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/790\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1806,"href":"https:\/\/teach4god.com\/OTS\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/790\/revisions\/1806"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/teach4god.com\/OTS\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=790"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teach4god.com\/OTS\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=790"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teach4god.com\/OTS\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=790"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}