2 Samuel 7:12-17 Promises!

”“When your days are fulfilled and you rest with your fathers, I will set up your seed after you, who will come from your body, and I will establish his kingdom. He shall build a house for My name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever. I will be his Father, and he shall be My son. If he commits iniquity, I will chasten him with the rod of men and with the blows of the sons of men. But My mercy shall not depart from him, as I took it from Saul, whom I removed from before you. And your house and your kingdom shall be established forever before you. Your throne shall be established forever.” ’ ” According to all these words and according to all this vision, so Nathan spoke to David.“ ‭‭II Samuel‬ ‭7‬:‭12‬-‭17‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

a. I will set up your seed after you: In this, God specifically promised a hereditary monarchy for the house of David. It was important for God to repeat this promise specifically because there had never yet been a king succeeded by his son in Israel.

i. “The family of Saul became totally extinct; the family of David remained till the incarnation.” (Clarke)

ii. This great promise that God made to David had only a future fulfillment. David would only benefit in his day from the promise through faith. If David had a “what’s-in-it-for-me-right-now” attitude, the promise would have meant nothing to him.

iii. “The joy which filled David’s bosom was a spiritual one, because he knew that Jesus would come of his race, and that an everlasting kingdom would be set up in his person, and in him should the Gentiles trust.” (Spurgeon)

b. He shall build a house for My name: Though David would not build a temple for God, David’s descendent would.

c. I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever: The family of David did rule over Israel for more than four centuries but was eventually removed because of evil added upon evil. Yet out of the “stump” of Jesse, God raised up a new branch that will reign forever and ever (Isaiah 11:1-2).

d. I will be his Father, and he shall be My son. If he commits iniquity, I will chasten him: This descendent of David will enjoy a special relationship with God. If he sins, God will not reject him. Instead, God will chasten him without rejecting him.

e. Your throne shall be established forever: God promised David that the reign of his dynasty would last forever.

i. Each of these great promises was partially fulfilled in Solomon, David’s son and successor to his throne.

· Solomon ruled on David’s throne.

· God’s mercies never departed from Solomon, though he sinned.

· Solomon built God a magnificent house.

ii. But the prophets foretold a greater fulfillment of these promises.

· Behold, the days are coming, says the Lord, that I will raise to David a Branch of righteousness; a King shall reign and prosper, and execute judgment and righteousness in the earth…. Now this is His name by which He will be called: The LORD Our Righteousness. (Jeremiah 23:5-6)

· For unto us a Child is born, unto us a Son is given; and the government will be upon His shoulder…. Upon the throne of David and over His kingdom, to order it and establish it…from that time forward, even forever. (Isaiah 9:6-7)

· And behold, you will conceive in your womb and bring forth a Son, and shall call His name JESUS. He will be great, and will be called the Son of the Highest; and the Lord God will give 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 1:31-33)

iii. God’s promise of a house for David is completely fulfilled in Jesus Christ.

· Jesus does reign and will reign on David’s throne forever.

· The Father’s mercies never departed from Jesus, even when He was made sin for us.

· Jesus is building the Father a magnificent house (Hebrews 3:3-6) in the sense that we are God’s temple (1 Peter 2:5) and the church is God’s new house. (Guzik)

Promises!

The promises God made to David reminds me of a New Testament verse when Jesus posed a question to the Pharisees, Sadducees and Scribes!

”If David then calls Him ‘Lord,’ how is He his Son?”“

‭‭Matthew‬ ‭22‬:‭45‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

”And no one was able to answer Him a word, nor from that day on did anyone dare question Him anymore.“ ‭‭Matthew‬ ‭22‬:‭46‬ ‭NKJV‬‬ 

I can’t help myself when I read this verse and chuckle 🤭.

I hold on to the promises of Jesus, do you?

Blessings 

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