The Lord’s Covenant with David. Your house (royal dynasty) and your kingdom will endure forever before Me; your throne will be established forever.”‘” 2Sa 7:16
THE REIGN OF DAVID
INTRODUCTION
The Second Book of Samuel is devoted entirely to the reign of David. His coronation, first by Judah and then by all of the tribes, his wars and conquests, his care for the religious life of the people, his sins, and the calamities he suffered, are impartially set forth in vivid and convincing narrative.
“A very notable thing in the books of Samuel,” says James Robertson, “is the prominence given to music and song. There is in these books an unusual number of poetical pieces ascribed to this period, and all the indications put together give ample justification for the fame of David as the sweet singer of Israel, and for the ascription to him of the origin of that volume of sacred song which never ceased in Israel, and has become embodied in the Psalms.”
15. What three promises did God make to David through Nathan?
THE LORD’S COVENANT WITH DAVID
When King David lived in his house (palace) and the LORD had given him rest from all his surrounding enemies,
the king said to Nathan the prophet, “See now, I dwell in a house of cedar, but the ark of God dwells within tent curtains.”
2And Nathan said to the king, “Go, do everything that is in your heart, for the LORD is with you.”
But it happened that night that the word of the LORD came to Nathan, saying,
“Go and tell My servant David, ‘Thus says the LORD, “Should you be the one to build Me a house in which to dwell?
For I have not dwelt in a house since the day I brought the sons (descendants) of Israel up from Egypt, even to this day; but I have been moving about in a tent, even in a tabernacle.
Wherever I have gone with all the Israelites, did I speak a word to any from the tribes of Israel, whom I commanded to shepherd My people Israel, asking, ‘Why have you not built Me a house of cedar?'”‘
So now, say this to My servant David, ‘Thus says the LORD of hosts, “I took you from the pasture, from following the sheep, to be ruler over My people Israel.
I have been with you wherever you have gone, and have cut off all your enemies from before you; and I will make you a great name, like that of the great men of the earth.
I will appoint a place for My people Israel and will plant them, so that they may live in a place of their own and not be disturbed again. The wicked will not afflict them again, as formerly,
even from the day that I appointed judges over My people Israel; and I will give you rest from all your enemies. The LORD also declares to you that He will make a house (royal dynasty) for you.
When your days are fulfilled and you lie down [in death] with your fathers (ancestors), I will raise up your descendant after you, who shall be born to you, and I will establish his kingdom.
He [is the one who] shall build a house for My Name and My Presence, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever.
will be his Father, and he shall be My son. When he commits iniquity (wrongdoing), I will discipline him with the rod of men and with the strokes of the sons of man.
But My lovingkindness and mercy will not depart from him, as I took it from Saul, whom I removed from before you.
Your house (royal dynasty) and your kingdom will endure forever before Me; your throne will be established forever.”‘”
Nathan spoke to David in accordance with all these words and all of this vision.
THE LORD’S COVENANT WITH DAVID
THE GLORIOUS FUTURE OF DAVID’S HOUSE
Always do better for the cause of God than for yourself. You have no right to dwell in cedar, while God’s Ark is under curtains. Also, beware of giving directions or advice, unless you have first consulted God. You may be as good as Nathan, but, if you speak apart from the divine Spirit, you will probably be compelled, on the following morning, to eat your words.
David’s intention was good, but neither was he the man nor was that the time for temple-building. See 1Ch_22:8. The sword could not yet be exchanged for the trowel, but in the meantime the will was accepted in lieu of the act. It was then God’s turn to pour out a perfect avalanche of blessing, which must have made David forget those weary years of waiting and wandering. Do not be anxious about the future. Use your life and all its resources for God, and he will care for you. No tongue can exaggerate the goodness and mercy which God lays up for them that trust in Him before the sons of men. And it is because He loves that He does not hesitate to chasten.
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