God’s Promise to David

Answers Bible Curriculum Year 2 Quarter 2 Lesson 2

In this lesson, David Capoccia examines the Davidic Covenant as proclaimed by God to King David in 2 Samuel. David Capoccia examines the circumstances around this promise, the promise itself, the connection of this promise to Jesus, and the instructive reaction of King David to this promise.

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of David last time we looked at the famous account of the Battle of David and Goliath from 1st Samuel let’s review briefly some of the things we learned what are some things that made Goliath seem like a warrior that was impossible to beat he was a big man he was extremely tall what else well along with his height he was very strong he’s got a lot of muscle packed onto that frame what else exactly he was heavily armored even if you could get close to him to penetrate that armor with your weapon was going to be a challenge in itself what else he was confident supremely confident in his own martial abilities we could add to that that he was heavily armed he had a number of weapons and he was very experienced he was a champion of the Philistines he had fought many battles so all Israel trembled when Goliath issued his challenge King Saul included all the observable evidence pointed to the conclusion that victory against such a warrior was impossible but Goliath made David incensed and passionate why why did he feel Phil David with a kind of anger yeah trom essentially yes Davis says this uncircumcised Philistine has challenged the armies of the Living God and therefore God himself how dare he do that David amazingly was not afraid of Goliath in fact David treated Goliath of little account just calling him an uncircumcised Philistine and why wasn’t David afraid exactly he had faith in God to provide victory he had faith in the power of the Lord David was the near opposite of Goliath and presentation he was not large in size he warned no armor he was only basically armed with a shepherd stick in a sling and his battle experience was only against animals fearsome as they might be but he’d never fought another person but David was even more confident than Goliath was and his confidence however was not on what he saw or who he was but in what he knew that is there is a God in Israel the battle is the Lord’s and the Lord does not need sword or spear to deliver David had faith in God and God vindicated David’s faith Goliath was destroyed and Philistia defeated David surely is an example for our instruction his life calls for us to embrace the same truths that he embraced don’t look to your situation for evidence that god will provide your flesh is going to continue to tell you uh there’s not enough evidence not enough evidence for you to believe in obey God here but there is more than enough evidence not on what you see around you but in what the Bible declares and what it shows us again and again if you find in your situation that obedience requires you to go out on a limb for the Lord’s sake don’t be afraid to do so because God will vindicate your trust even if it requires him to do the seemingly impossible we’ve seen this truth again and again to the Old Testament and we see it again with David and Goliath questions or comments about last week’s lesson okay on to today’s topic God’s promise to David that’s the title of our lesson today we’re looking at the momentous announcement from God to David an announcement of a promise we sometimes call the Davidic covenant this promise was astounding in its own time but as we’ll see the implications of the promise reach down to today to each one of us so we want to take a look at this promise and the circumstances that brought it about here’s our outline for today’s class will look at David’s the desire that David expresses and the Lord’s responds to this desire specifically in a promise then we’ll look at how this promise from God connects to Jesus many centuries later and then we’ll finish by looking at David’s reaction to God’s promise and really how we too should respond to the promises of God let’s go before the Lord now in prayer father you are the king you’re the king of the universe all wisdom and knowledge are in you we pray that you would impart that to us now through the teaching of your word not i want to be a faithful instrument but you have to do the work you must do the work in people’s hearts so grant us understanding grantor’s conviction where necessary grant us encouragement and cause this load to apply these wonderful truths into our lives in Jesus name Amen okay we’re jumping forward from where we were last time allow me to fill in a bit of what’s taking place between where we were in First Samuel 17 to where we’re going to be today which is second Samuel 7 actually turn your Bibles the 2nd Samuel 7 i’ll fill in some background while you arrived after the battle with Goliath David became salt commander and rose to greater and greater prominence in Israel David because of the Lord spirit and the Lord’s blessing he succeeded wherever he went and Israel came to respect and love David even Souls own children his daughter Michael and his son Jonathan were drawn to David but Saul became more and more jealous and afraid of David and he began a campaign to destroy David David lived as a fugitive from Saul for many years often coming extremely extremely close to being captured and killed by Saul but David continually placed his trust in the lord and he continually sought the Lord’s direction and God continually delivered David from Saul God even allowed David twice the opportunity to kill Saul but David though he was God’s anointed heir to the kingdom of israel refused to take the promised Kingdom by force or raise his hand against God’s anointed king he would wait for the Lord to give him the kingdom he would not go outside God’s law to take it himself rather despite being hunted by saw Dave continually sought to do good to Saul he honored saw even when Saul died David honored and wet for Saul Saul did die saw himself with his sons including Jonathan David’s great friend died in battle against the Philistines but the kingdom did not immediately pass David Souls general Abner made Saul surviving son ish Bichette king after saw the tribe of Judah however did make David King over it and David reigned in Hebron for seven years there was war between ishma chef and David but after a few years of this civil war some of the servants of issue chef murdered him and soon afterwards all Israel finally made David King over it as well but David was not done fighting he soon attacked and vanquished the jebusites who had remained in the stronghold of Zion in Jerusalem even though Jerusalem had been conquered many years ago there was a section of it they had never been conquered with the Jebusites lip well David finally took care of that this great stronghold became David stronghold and also the royal quarter of the new capital david’s capital in Jerusalem this quarter was called the city of David don’t get that confused with Bethlehem which is also called the City of David the City of David in Jerusalem is the Royal quarter the stronghold that that’s where David ruled from so David takes Jerusalem it then wars against the Philistines again and defeats them and then he finally experienced a period of rest and David takes the opportunity to move the Ark of God to Jerusalem a little bit of issue with transport on the way poor as it dies but after David gets the transport method correct according to God’s law the ark does arrive in Jerusalem that’s all was taking place right before our passage in 2nd Samuel 7 what dates correspond with these historical events well there’s not complete agreement but I will mention two timelines Answers in Genesis gives the timeline as you see on the screen putting the battle with Goliath around 1061 bc the death of Saul on round thousand 55 bc and david’s ascension over all Israel seven years later in pc other timelines they’ll put these events a little bit further ahead John MacArthur’s steady Bible actually places the dates in it in a similar fashion to what I’m about to present to you there’s like another set of timelines where the battle will delight x place around a thousand 25 bc Saul’s death around 10 10 and the kingdom passing to david in a thousand three where he is king over all Israel I lean more towards this latter timeline but certainly these are historical events and this is taking place at place in the 11th century BC with all this background in mind let’s now see what David desires to do in 2nd Samuel 7 so look at verse 1 and we’re going to read down to verse 17 first one now came about when the King lived in his house and the Lord had given him rest on every side from all his enemies that the king said to Nathan the Prophet see now hide well in a house of cedar but the ark of god dwells within 10 curtains Nathan said to the king go do all that is in your mind for the Lord is with you but in the same night the word of the Lord came to Nathan saying go and say to my servant David thus says the Lord are you the one who should build me a house to dwell in thrive not dwelt on the house since the day I brought up the sons of Israel from Egypt even to this day but I’ve been moving about in a tent even in a tabernacle wherever I have gone with all the sons of Israel that I speak a word with one of the tribes of Israel which I commanded to Shepherd my people israel saying why if you not build me a house of cedar now therefore thus you shall see 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 the names the great men who are on the earth i will also appoint a place for my people israel and will plant them that they may live in their own place and not be disturbed again nor will the wicked afflict them anymore as formerly even from the day that i commanded judges to be over my people israel and i will give you rest from all your enemies the lord also declares to you that the Lord will make a house for you when your days are complete and you lie down with your father’s I will raise up your descendant after you who will come forth from you 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 a father to him and he will be a son to me when he commits iniquity i will correct him with a rod of men and the strokes of the sons of men but my loving kindness shall not depart from him as I took it away from Saul whom I removed from before you your house and your kingdom shall endure before me forever your throne shall be established forever and accordance with all these words and all this visions so Nathan spoke to David as always let’s begin our study of this passage with simple observations what did David desire to do build a house for the Lord build a permanent dwelling place for the Lord and one observation did David make that prompted him to seek this house right right for specifically the arc he says I’m looking at my dwelling I have this grand sturdy permanent palace a house of cedar but the ark does not the Ark is still in a temporary dwelling the tents I mean it’s a grand grand tense but it’s not permanent why should I have a permanent house a grand permanent house and God not that doesn’t seem right whom to David seek out for counsel the Prophet Nathan what was Nathan’s council he says do what you desire for the Lord is with you but God gives Nathan a message for david that very same night that contradicts Nathan’s initial council God’s message first contains three reminders for David what’s one of those reminders it says I exalted you and made you King you were just a humble Shepherd you had no claim to the kingship but I gave you the kingship i anointed you I made you King and I’ve granted you success wherever you go what else does God remind David yeah he says I have never asked anyone to build me a house none of the Kings none of the rulers of Israel I’ve never asked anyone to build me a permanent house and what’s the third reminder of what God will do what will God do well that’s the new thing we’ll get to that in just a second is building a house for David but gone also provide peace visual no one will be there to harm Israel no one will afflict agile anymore as was formerly I’ll keep that covenant these are all reminders to David but then God expresses something new rather than David building a house for God God says I will build a house for you not if not a building what has God mean well it’s associate with a kingdom a line of descent a lineage a dynasty I will build you a familial house a royal line I will do this for you God actually makes a number of promises about this house and he describes it or the word a presenting the text is translated descendant God makes a number promise about David’s descendant but the would literally is seed this term seed the hebrew word is era is the same word that we’ve seen actually throughout our Sunday School steady go back to Genesis 3 15 and the curse God gives to the serpent God says I will put enmity between you and the woman and between your seed and her seed he shall bruise you on the head and you shall bruise him on the heel the same word is also used when God speaks to Abraham Abraham in Genesis 22 18 when God says in your seed all the nations of the earth shall be blessed because you have obeyed my voice now this term seed Zyra is strange because it contains both the idea of singular and plural many descendants are contained within one seed it refers to more than one person a whole line of people and yet the word itself is singular and it can be referred can be used to refer to just one person and what that one person will do just like we see in Genesis 3 15 he shall bruise you on the head that is one singular person will do it and so both those ideas of seed we need to keep in mind and God’s promises to David here what does God promise several things about there are several promises here what does God promise to David about David seed what’s one of them right your seed will have the throne forever i will establish the throne of your seed of you and your seed forever what else i will be a father to him and he will be my son to your seed what else yes there’s a unconditional promise here i will never remove my loving kindness remember that’s that word for covenant love I will never remove my covenant love from him as I did from Saul your seed will not lose that God also says your seed will build a house for me after your days are done that is after you die and as part of my being a father to your seed I will chase and incorrect your seed when necessary as part of why my loving kindness will not depart from them because I will continually draw them back to me so I will never have need to depart from them so these five promises about David seed your seed will build a house I will be a father to your seed I will chasten and correct your seed when necessary I will not allow my loving kindness to depart from your seed and i will establish the throne and kingdom of your seed forever some printing your impressive promises having made these observations let’s now ask a few interpretive questions why did Nathan at first a firm David’s wish to build a house for God if that’s not what God wanted say that again bill yes that could be the explanation here that he’s simply being presumptuous he wasn’t seeking the Lord didn’t seek the Lord’s Council was not speaking according to the Lord spirit and he spoke an error he spoke fala bleah he gave David bad advice though we might want to be a little bit a little bit hesitant to cast judgment on Nathan because Nathan may have believed that David’s wish was plainly righteous and there was no need to oppose it or seek God’s specific counsel on it in Nathan’s defense other specific scriptures affirmed that what David desire to do was indeed righteous Solomon says and 1st Kings 8 verses 17 and 19 says about his father now it was in the heart of my father David to build a house for the name of the Lord the God of Israel but the Lord said to my father David because it was in your heart to build a house for my name you did well that it was in your heart nevertheless you shall not build the house but your son who will be born to you he will build the house for my name so David’s intent was righteous and Nathan probably recognize this this is a righteous desire why would I oppose this desire why would God oppose this desire David loved Gandhi want to see God’s name lifted up and as we mentioned he felt it wasn’t right for God’s came to have a permanent palace but not God himself so we can understand a little bit why Nathan says what he says even though as we see after his initial advice God needed to intervene to correct Nathan’s understanding of what God would actually desire yeah Roy that’s true that’s a good point really nathan is and probably consulted with samuel previously but observing david and and what he’s doing in his life the Lord is prospering him wherever he goes he’s filled with the Spirit of the Lord because of his anointing you’d think our Nathan may have thought that well how could David be doing wrong in this instance but we do all that and helping us understand Nathan’s position Nathan was wrong that wasn’t the Lord’s will and so though we can understand a little bit and we can cut Nathan a little bit of slack it was actually important to find out was something important like building a house for God is this what God specifically once we can see that David had righteous desires and Nathan was affirming those righteous desires but God needed to intervene so that they did not go off course another question why does God remind David that God has never asked for a house that seems like a weird way to start out this section the detailing God’s promise to David yeah really yeah I think that’s really that’s really what’s pointing us to to repeat your comment Roy the God is affirming that in its sovereignty and in his power he needs nothing it needs nothing from man I don’t need a house I don’t need anything from you in fact I’m the giver I’m the one who gives everything to you and I actually have in mind to give you something else that they’re the great not irony but I guess drama is this that that turning point you says you want to build me a house no let me build you a house we might think making more comment about this God saying I never asked for a house we might think that this is a rebuke from gone to David how dare you think that you can build me a house or that you should build me a house or that I even want a house but we have already seen that God says it was actually right you desire to do this but God wants to make something clear that is that he is self-sufficient God does not need a house doesn’t need a permanent house he doesn’t even need a temporary house Solomon fitly says even after Solomon builds the house for the Lord in first Kings 827 but will God indeed dwell on the earth be old heaven in the highest heaven cannot contain you how much less this house which I have built God is too great to have his glory contain in a mere tenth or building God doesn’t need a house he does not even need offerings or worshippers he’s holy self sufficient and self-satisfied and this is in great contrast by the way to all the gods of visuals neighbors all false gods you may remember from our Sunday School on Biblical Archaeology where we looked at some creation epochs especially from Mesopotamia these epochs specifically explain why the gods created man what was the reason the gods needed they needed temples they needed people to build the idols and they needed offerings like we don’t want to do these things ourselves let’s get man to do it the gods need men they need these temples in these things but God the true God needs it needs no such thing and that’s why God never even mentioned building a permanent dwelling for himself now you may ask but if God doesn’t need a dwelling place or sacrifices then why did he include such things in his law why did he give those to Israel well what’s the answer I say that again bill well part of the answer is he determined that was good that he wants it it’s not because he needed it but he did choose that it was he did decide it was good what are we gonna say sooo yeah it’s not for God that these things were built it was for man these were provisions from God for man may needed these things God didn’t need these things because of whom man it and because of who God is man must approach God in a very specific way and while God because was covenant with Abraham desired to make his love known to a particular people and to dwell with that people he had to dwell in a particular way that affirmed both his presence and accessibility but also his staggering holiness and barrier to accessibility so God’s tabernacle and sacrifices were actually a gift to man to bring about fellowship with a glorious self-sufficient God and that as you said bill is what God desired that’s what God wanted that was a way that he could enjoy his own glory the tabernacle and it’s system was built for man’s needs not gods yeah complete sovereignty and self-sufficiency so while not um hang on to that are let me move on but uh maybe we’ll come back at the end so while not a rebuke God’s reminder that he never asked for a temple of firms God’s perfect glory and self-sufficiency even while also allowing for an affirming David’s righteous desire to build God a house for God’s name but God says David won’t be the one to build a house his seed will but he won’t why not I mean David’s the one when the righteous desire you said its writers for him to have that desire why won’t you let David building well why not yeah Roy all right we’ll come back to that but yes other scriptures tell us that man that David is known as a man of war and of shedding blood and God did not consider that appropriate to be the builder of his temple ultimately the answer is we’re talking about why God chose his seed not David well that’s what God decided was appropriate God said this is why is this is good this is the way I want it but as you said Roy we can’t look at some scriptures that fill in a little bit of God’s reasoning first let me point you to 1st Kings 5 verses 3 to 4 and before i read that let me just stress that it’s not that David wasn’t a righteous man we’ve seen clearly by now that he was he’s an incredibly faith-filled God hearted man but God says through Solomon and 1st Kings 5324 you know that David my father was unable to build a house for the name of the Lord his God because of the wars which surrounded him until the Lord put them under the soles of his feet but now the Lord my God has given me rest on every side there is neither adversary nor misfortune notice the contrast that Solomon describes between the time of his father and his own time David’s rain featured and was characterized by frequent what ward but Solomon’s reign is characterized by what peace and rest so Solomon says there’s a practical issue here continual warfare made David unable to devote himself to the building of the gods temple he couldn’t he didn’t have time to gather the materials to construct a house worthy of God’s name he had to fight wars all the time but I I peace I can devote myself completely to this task but the issue was not simply practical as Roy noted first chronicles 22 you can turn over there if you like first chronicles 22 says more first chronicles 22 verses 7 to 11 I’ll turn there to 1st chronicles 22 7 to 11 actually there a number of times throughout books of kings and 1st chronicles where God’s covenant with David and god’s word about the temple are repeated by various people so it wasn’t a very important event in Old Testament history so rips vs 7 to 11 first chronicles 22 David is speaking here David said to Solomon my son I had intended to build a house the name of the Lord my God but the word of the Lord came to me saying you have shed much blood and have waged great Wars you shall not build a house to my name because you have shed so much blood on the earth before me behold a son will be born to you who shall be a man of rest and I will give him rest from all his enemies on every side for his name shall be Solomon and i will give peace and quiet israel in his days he shoveled a house for my name and he shall be my son and I will be his father and I will establish the throne of his kingdom over Israel forever now my son the Lord be with you that you may be successful and build the house of the Lord your God just as he is spoken concerning you the emphasis here on these in these verses is not on David’s practical ability but on what David is known for he is known as a fighter and a person who sheds much blood not that these things in themselves are sinful David’s fighting was actually on the Lord’s behalf and he fought full of faith against the enemies of Israel in the enemies of god David even says in Psalm 18 God trains my hands for battle and he enables me to bend the bow of bronze it’s not that David’s fighting was wicked but nevertheless God didn’t want violence even righteous violence to be associated with the builder or the building of his temple the temple itself as an opulent permanent structure was God number of time the Old Testament histories he says that he didn’t allow Judah to be taken away from from David’s line or he didn’t allowed you to to fall because of his loving kindness to David because what he promised to David I won’t let my loving kindness depart from your house and therefore I will keep your king our reigning in Judah but God also said to David’s throne to be established forever and that doesn’t seem like it was fulfilled I mean because we’re in the Old Testament history is that the kingdom of Judah does fall David’s descendants stop raining as king and even today there’s no king in Israel or Judah let alone from David’s line so what happened to God’s promise did it fail or was it fulfilled in another way yeah joe exactly Jesus is the fulfillment of God’s promise when God said I will establish your throne forever it wasn’t simply that oh your kingdoms never going to fail and you’re always going to have a king in Judah it’s that one would come who would be the eternal King from your line it would actually be my own son a number of scriptures make explicit the connection between Jesus and the promise to David Luke 1 verses 32 33 is one such place the angel Gabriel says to Mary 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 name him Jesus he will be great and will be called the son of the Most High and the Lord God will give him the throne of his father David and he will reign over the house of Jacob forever and his kingdom will have no end it is also of Jesus and her Hebrews 15 let me say this way Hebrews 15 quotes part of the promise given to David and applies it to Jesus remember the writer of Hebrews is proving the superiority of Jesus to Old Testament system and even to any kind of angel and he says to whom was this statement said other than Jesus I will be a father to him and he shall be a son to me says this promise given to David about his seed it is fulfilled in Jesus God was his very father in an even more direct way than God was to Solomon or any other of David’s descendants and then also there’s that famous passage from Isaiah Isaiah 9 6 27 this is only a sampling of course but as a 96 27 says for a child will be born to us a son will be given to us and the government will rest on his shoulders and his name will be called wonderful counselor mighty God eternal father Prince of Peace there will be no end to the increase of his government or of his peace on the throne of David and over his kingdom to establish it and to uphold it with justice and justice from then on and forever more the zeal the Lord of hosts will accomplish this not all of the specific components of the Covenant God gave the David applied to Christ Christ didn’t need any chase inning but most of the other promises do indeed apply to Christ and are fulfilled ultimately in Christ Jesus Christ is the promised seed of David just as he was the heat is the promised seed of Abraham and the promised seed of Eve Jesus well not only or he Jesus is the king he reigns in heaven however he will also rain again in Israel Jesus will come back and set up his Millennial Kingdom and again take the throne of his father David on the earth but it will not simply be a long Kingdom it will be a forever kingdom Jesus will rule in the millennium and then he will rule and reign in the eternal state and in both of these instances he will rule the nations and judge all people God is faithful God will bring it to pass just as he brought the other promises to David to pass yes I think so I grammatically I don’t want to be misunderstood to say that grammatically it is singular and plural the word is singular but the idea is singular and plural so in English we do have the word you which could be singular or plural grammatically that’s not exactly the same as it is with this word say we’re in Hebrew but you get the idea the concept could be singular flow it’s both singular and plural because you’re talking about a line of descent that includes specific people and can have promises to specific people but it ultimately has a whole line in mind exactly right yeah that’s a good point bill that’s why God contain the same promise about a seed singular that when he sins I will chasten him and that doesn’t apply to Jesus but also his reign will be forever and that does apply to Jesus and that doesn’t really apply to most of these specific seeds also include in that promise their kingdoms didn’t last forever the line lasted forever because of Jesus and will last forever but the these specific promises can apply to certain members of the descent and not to other members just as you say bill other questions so far I think you had something Steve right so it was very specific as to being Christ well yeah that’s actually an interesting point that you bring up that that statement to Abraham about seed singular because God does make a distinction there and Paul is bringing it up as a way to emphasize the true gospel between specific lines of descent because there’s Ishmael and then there’s Isaac and he says it is to the seed of Isaac it is your see through Isaac that is going to receive the Covenant and the blessing not to all of your seeds not all of your lines of descent not through Ishmael oh yeah that that idea of the singular line seed was important for stressing that there is a true covenant people under God’s gospel and there are those who are outside of God’s covenant other questions yes we’re sure that last one again yeah I think when we look at the even the promises thrown miners given to David about how God will plant his people and no one will disturb them anymore behind these with many other Old Testament promises it has to point to a literal Millennial Kingdom coming one day because if we look at Israel’s history what have they really experienced that they had periods of rest but they’ve constantly been afflicted and they were removed from their land when will they be permanently established in the land we know that many of our brethren do spiritual eyes these passage and they say oh you know these don’t specifically mean these things they apply to the church the church has been planted in God’s land in a certain way but you you basically nullified the meaning of the text when you do so now we can get to the whole question of interpretation in another Sunday School class and we have covered these things in part in various Sunday School classes but yes this prompts this promise is here to Israel they do even point to the Millennial Kingdom Danny you were going to say Jesus come to the cross Messiah comes there’s this thing instead of you forever good strong exactly that’s a great point Danny you can see a little bit of why there was the misinterpretation that pastors even described in just recent sermons that you look at these promises about the coming Messiah and how he’s going to establish the kingdom and the disciples thought that that was going to happen immediately let’s set up the kingdom now let’s get these Romans out of here but they didn’t understand that there were there were sections to this process of restoration in Israel first there was going to be the deliverance from sin and death and later there would be the establishment of the kingdom of righteousness in which the descendant of David would rule Israel and all the nations this is actually a feature of Old Testament prophecy as we’ll see more probably even this quarter that prophecy is given about the Messiah or about the future they don’t distinguish between the things that are near and far often and that’s why old test our new testament writers can quote prophecy say in Isaiah quote one section of it but then not quote the rest because the rest doesn’t apply or doesn’t apply yet anyways we’ll see more of that later on let’s um let’s keep moving if you have other questions or comments hold them to the end we have one of the section on one to discuss and that is David’s reaction David’s reaction of God’s promises how does David react well let’s read now verses 18 and 9 18 to 29 and second Samuel 7 turn back there if you’re not there verses 18 to 29 starting in verse 18 then Dave the king went in and sat before the Lord he said Who am I o Lord God and what is my house that you have brought me this fall and yet this was insignificant in your eyes or gone for you smoke and also of the house of your servant concerning the distant future this is the custom of Man O Lord God again what more can David say to you for you know your servant o Lord God for the sake of your word and according to your own heart you have done all this greatness to let your servant know for this reason you are great o Lord God for there is none like You and there is no God besides you according to all that we have heard with our ears and what one nation on the earth is like your people Israel whom God went to redeem for himself as a people to make a name for himself and to do a great thing for you and awesome things for your land for your people whom you have redeemed for yourself from Egypt from nations and their gods for you have established for yourself your people Israel as your own people forever and you O Lord had become their God now therefore o Lord God the word that you have spoken concerning your servant and his house confirm it forever and do as you have spoken that your name may be magnified forever by saying the Lord of Hosts is God over Israel and may the house of your servant David be established before you for you O Lord of hosts the God of Israel have made a revelation to your servant saying I will build you a house therefore your servant has been encouraged to pray this prayer to you now O Lord God you are God and your words are truth and you have promised this good thing to your servant now therefore it may it please you to bless the house of your servant and that it may continue forever before you for you O Lord God have spoken and with your blessing may the house of your may the house of your servant be blessed forever okay we don’t have time to examine this section and that’s great detail but let’s notice a few things what is david’s foremost reaction to god’s promise what’s that praise yeah overwhelming gratitude utmost astonishment an unfettered confession of how unworthy he is of such great promises david has already astounded that God made David the exalted king of Israel and he had given David rest but this incredible promise regarding future honor to David via his descendants on top of all night it’s just overwhelming after all what had David done to deserve such a blessing exhale he was righteous he had faith yes that’s true but as we’ve already discussed who made him righteous who gave him faith God did David cannot claim to have earned or to deserve any of God’s kindness God is accomplished accomplished it all out of his generosity what we see here is merely God being pleased to show his kindness to a certain one he’s mercifully chosen this is what God does God has mercy on whom you lack mercy and David points out that God’s actions both with David and with Israel as a whole they show what about God what do they point to you about God point to God’s Organia certainly God’s grace that’s a component of another another way we could describe or something about God this sovereignties wisdom they’re all part of that Danny yeah his covenant keeping all these things they are great and so the person who has them or does them must be great right and that’s that’s what David says I think even specifically it says yeah for this reason you are great o Lord God I mean we do like David see so many wonderful aspects of what God does and who God is but they all point us to how great he is we also say how glorious God is everything wonderful is in God just look at what he does look at what he promises God shows himself completely worthy of all glory worship and obedience what request is David make of God here might seem odd request that God a request God to basically do what God promised he says Gandhi made this promise to me fulfill it david says I would never have had the courage to ask for such blessings from you I would never say God please establish my throne forever given you know make us said I never like a person on my house I can’t I don’t have the courage to ask that for you from you except that you already promised it so God do it bless my house let it last forever do what you promised glorify yourself by doing what you promised and God answered David prayer He fulfilled his promises to David and and yet will fulfill them they will be fulfilled one day those that you have yet to be fulfilled Christ will return as king and will establish his Millennial Kingdom again in Jerusalem and then reign forever let’s consider some application now as we close a couple questions though none of us have been given the exact same promise as David how has God enabled us to be beneficiaries of the promise to David how does the promise to David actually benefit us or how could it benefit us that’s right repeat what you said we have been grafted into the plural part of the seed that receives the promise to Abraham and also in a way the promise given to David Christ was the promised king of Israel in the line of David and as it perfectly righteous King he came to save his people from their greatest enemy sin and death even at the cost of his own life we can have a part in that Kingdom we can be brought into Christ’s Kingdom of life and light if we repent of sin if we believe in Christ’s sacrifice and the Kings sacrifice on our behalf and if we follow after him if we declare Jesus to be ducking acknowledge him as our King and our master if we do not do this if we do not bow the knee the King Jesus now what will be the result yeah we’ll be judged the Bible is explicit that every knee will bow to Jesus every tongue will confess that he is Lord he is the master it will be done by some now and he will get to celebrate with the king they can enjoy his kingdom for those who don’t they will bow the knee later when he comes as the Conqueror it will submit under his conquering hand and then they will be judged forever one other I guess question or set of questions David’s response to God’s promise it’s a great model for our lives how so what’s one way yeah Jeff what do you mean yeah that’s AG that’s good he responds to God through prayer fulness and part of that prayer is just extolling God which is what prayer is partly right it’s just worship but then he also makes requests of God and what kind of request is he make for God fulfill his promises and aren’t those really what we all have to be doing when you pray you want to pray according to the promises that God has made you say God I really need you to provide for my family I don’t know how we’re going to get through this situation but God I can pray to you about this because you promised you would provide and God uses the means of Prayer to actually bring about those promises how else is David a model for us yes Carol that’s actually very true Carol even as David embraced these promises and pray to god about them he was ready for them to be fulfilled in the distant future and yet he could also enjoy them in the present and we have many promises that are not yet fulfilled and someone that won’t be fulfilled until we die but like David and like the patriarchs who didn’t receive their promises in full we can enjoy them yet at a distance we see them coming and we say oh it’s forward to that god you’re going to bring that to pass I will rule and reign with you and your kingdom how else is David a mom a journey yes humility right we must have that same attitude as David which says Who am I Oh Lord that you should give me all this greatness that you should provide so kindly in my life with temporal provisions that you should save me by sending your son Jesus and revealing him to me and that you should exalt me put me on the throne with Jesus in the future God who am i what incredible honor and grace I don’t deserve it we all want to confess the same thing yes Roy as you pointed out before David said yes go ahead and do this we do this for me but I thought is very significant than David didn’t say you know go ahead and do this because this is what I want he said do this so that your name may be magnified and that the real conceivable that the Lord is the God of Israel yeah be glorified yeah that’s a great point Roy let me repeat it so even when david says god i feel all these promises you you’ve said i pray that you will do these things he mentions the reason that you may be glorified i know i’m going to be a beneficiary but what’s actually greater in my mind is that you glorify yourself because this is another thing that we ought to model david in we ought to recognize that the giver is greater than any of the gifts remember the greatest gift of God is God himself he shows himself great and what He has promised and what he does for us and who he is if were we are to enjoy him himself David understood that so I’ll just summarize these things David acknowledges his unworthiness to receive God’s blessings David acknowledges that what is greater than any blessing is God himself God’s gifts just show us how great God is David praise to God to fulfill what God has promised to do for him and David looks forward to God’s promises coming to pass because he believes them so as we close ask yourselves do these reactions characterize your own attitude toward God when you think of God’s kindness to you and your life do you respond with thankfulness love for God and confession of your unworthiness God provided with things on earth your sustenance and happiness is provided you a way of salvation through the promised seed of David if you’re a believer God promises to one day exalt you and cause you to reign with Jesus on his throne is your response the same thing to these things the same as David’s or do you somehow feel entitled to it all as if you earned it or are you not really moved it’s not that great yeah I think you’re right totally Donna we need to pull ourselves just as David did because of God’s promises and because because of what he’s done for you are you in awe of God more than you want for the things of the world even the very blessings that God gives you in the world do you use God’s gifts as an occasion to worship Him more or worship him less one is obedience the other is idolatry David shows us the right way are you aware of the various promises God gives you and do you pray for God to bring those promises to pass do you believe God will keep those promises and therefore answer your prayers or do you feel like prayer is useless and unnecessary despite God’s command for you to do it and despite his frequent explanations in the Bible that it’s necessary and that it’s his means for you to receive what he’s promised do you actually believe the promises of God shown in your prayers or do you continually side with your flesh when it says I don’t think God’s going to keep his promises to you hear evidence looks off the contrary you need to get anxious you need to get angry you need to be depressed because God’s not just not going to do a good enough job to take care of you that’s what your flesh is going to tell you do you believe that or do you believe the word do you look forward to the promises of God yet to be fulfilled for you both on the earth and after the earth you’re coming exultation and vindication of your faith in God when your life is over or do you refuse to look at anything beyond your present problems or the present material comforts of this world David reacted the right way to God’s promises and we should do the same we’re out of time David’s a wonderful example to us and a type of an even more wondrous one Jesus himself but even David found a serious sin but that too was written for our instruction and that’s what we’re going to talk about next week David disobeys God let’s close in prayer father what a wonderful truth from this lesson you are great and there is no one besides you thank you for revealing yourself what you’ve done and what you do Lord fulfill your promises to us we believe that you will we know you will vindicate our faith in you in Jesus name you