The Davidic Covenant
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I. Context Recap: The Road to the Throne 👑
I. Context Recap: The Road to the Throne 👑
The Transition: THRONE PASSED—SAUL to DAVID
SAUL CONSULTED WITCH—DIED in BATTLE @ MT. GILBOA
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The Bumpy Road of Promise:
The Bumpy Road of Promise:
LONG TIME BETWEEN PROMISE & FULFILLMENT
RUNNING from SAUL
IN TROUBLE W/ PHILISTINES
PARTIAL FULFILLMENT—RULING JUDAH
7 YR CIVIL WAR!
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(Last Time) Promises Fulfilled:
(Last Time) Promises Fulfilled:
2 Samuel 5:1–5 (ESV)
1 Then all the tribes of Israel came to David at Hebron and said, “Behold, we are your bone and flesh.
2 In times past, when Saul was king over us, it was you who led out and brought in Israel. And the Lord said to you, ‘You shall be shepherd of my people Israel, and you shall be prince over Israel.’ ”
3 So all the elders of Israel came to the king at Hebron, and King David made a covenant with them at Hebron before the Lord, and they anointed David king over Israel.
4 David was thirty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned forty years.
5 At Hebron he reigned over Judah seven years and six months, and at Jerusalem he reigned over all Israel and Judah thirty-three years.
KIN
LED SAUL’S ARMY
GOD HAD PROMISED (IRONICALLY LAST!!)
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Catchup—Summarize (Ch. 5-6)
THINGS GOING WELL for DAVID
2 Samuel 5:10 (ESV)
10 And David became greater and greater, for the Lord, the God of hosts, was with him.
DAVID CONQUERS JERUSALEM (NEW CAPITAL)
DEFEATS PHILISTINES
PROGRESSING CONQUEST of LAND **See P.P. Pic**
BRINGS ARK of COVENANT to JERUSALEM 🙌 W/ GREAT REJOICING!🙌
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Transition: Time of GREAT PROSPERITY for DAVID
WE’LL SEE WHAT HAPPENS NEXT…
READ: V.1-3
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II. Passage Exposition
II. Passage Exposition
1. David Purposes to Build a House for God (v. 1–3) 🪵
1. David Purposes to Build a House for God (v. 1–3) 🪵
2 Samuel 7:1–3 (ESV)
1 Now when the king lived in his house and the Lord had given him rest from all his surrounding enemies,
2 the king said to Nathan the prophet, “See now, I dwell in a house of cedar, but the ark of God dwells in a tent.”
3 And Nathan said to the king, “Go, do all that is in your heart, for the Lord is with you.”
A Season of Rest:
Background: ENEMIES on ALL SIDES FORMERLY! (Philistines, Amalekites, Moabites, Ammonites, Syrians). 🛡️
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REST = GIFT from GOD— HB. EMPHASIS YAHWEH GAVE HIM REST (V.1)
Exhort: Security—NOT in MILITARY MIGHT—BUT GOD’S COVENANT-FAITHFULNESS!
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Dilemma/Contrast of Houses:
DAVID—HOUSE of CEDAR (NICE)
GOD—TENT ⛺
Background: OPPOSITE of HAGGAI’S DAY—PEOPLE LIVED in PANELED HOUSES W/ TEMPLE in RUINS!
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Exhort: DAVID = EXEMPLARY
⚠️Prosperity is FREQUENTLY a THREAT to SPIRITUALITY… ⚠️
GOD = FORGOTTEN WHEN LIFE is GOOD…
C.C.: Sum Total of Prayers >> — Gratitude or Desperate Pleas??
Contrast w/ Saul:
SAUL— EMERGENCY BRAKE
DAVID— STEERING WHEEL
DURING GOOD DAYS—DAVID PURPOSES to HONOR GOD W/ TEMPLE…
& HE GETS GO-AHEAD from PROPHET...
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Transition: SEE HOW THIS GOES…
READ: V.4-7
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2: Yahweh Says No (v. 4–7) 🛑
2: Yahweh Says No (v. 4–7) 🛑
2 Samuel 7:4–7 (ESV)
4 But that same night the word of the Lord came to Nathan,
5 “Go and tell my servant David, ‘Thus says the Lord: Would you build me a house to dwell in?
6 I have not lived in a house since the day I brought up the people of Israel from Egypt to this day, but I have been moving about in a tent for my dwelling.
7 In all places where I have moved with all the people of Israel, did I speak a word with any of the judges of Israel, whom I commanded to shepherd my people Israel, saying, “Why have you not built me a house of cedar?” ’
A Change of Plans: GOD SAYS NO…
1 Chronicles 28:3 (ESV)
3 But God said to me, ‘You may not build a house for my name, for you are a man of war and have shed blood.’
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Background: REMEMBER—KING = “PRINCE”
(Q) HOW is DAVID DESCRIBED (V5)?? MY SERVANT.
KING = SUBJECTED to YAHWEH—NEVER ABDICATED HIS THRONE 👑
not every GOOD IDEA = GOD-IDEA. 💡
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Exhort: LET US NEVER FORGET—WE ARE GOD’S SERVANTS—NOT the OTHER WAY AROUND...
HIS WILL = MORE ESSENTIAL THAN OUR “GOOD IDEAS”
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Transition: GOD DOES HAVE MORE to SAY…
READ: V.8-11
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3: Yahweh Makes Promises—Past, Present, and Future (v. 8–11) 🌳
3: Yahweh Makes Promises—Past, Present, and Future (v. 8–11) 🌳
2 Samuel 7:8–11 (ESV)
8 Now, therefore, thus you shall say to my servant David, ‘Thus says the Lord of hosts, I took you from the pasture, from following the sheep, that you should be prince over my people Israel.
9 And I have been with you wherever you went and have cut off all your enemies from before you. And I will make for you a great name, like the name of the great ones of the earth.
10 And I will appoint a place for my people Israel and will plant them, so that they may dwell in their own place and be disturbed no more. And violent men shall afflict them no more, as formerly,
11 from the time that I appointed judges over my people Israel. And I will give you rest from all your enemies. Moreover, the Lord declares to you that the Lord will make you a house.
God recounts “RESUME of GRACE”
(Q) REMEMBER WHO DAVID WAS?
🐑SHEPHERD BOY🐑
A NOBODY
UNINVITED
BREAD & CHEESE GUY
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HB. TEXT—EMPHASIS— I TOOK YOU DAVID…
Powerful Shift: FROM “I HAVE” ..... to “I WILL”
GREAT NAME
PLANT ISRAEL—NO MORE DISTURBED
GRANT REST
Thematic Shift:
MOST IMPORTANTLY—GOD WILL BUILD DAVID a HOUSE!! (DYNASTY)🏠
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Transition: WE’LL SEE THIS UNPACKED MORE…
READ: V12-17
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4: The Davidic Covenant (v. 12–17) ♾️
4: The Davidic Covenant (v. 12–17) ♾️
2 Samuel 7:12–17 (ESV)
12 When your days are fulfilled and you lie down with your fathers, I will raise up your offspring after you, who shall come from your body, and I will establish his kingdom.
13 He shall build a house for my name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever.
14 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,
15 but my steadfast love will not depart from him, as I took it from Saul, whom I put away from before you.
16 And your house and your kingdom shall be made sure forever before me. Your throne shall be established forever.’ ”
17 In accordance with all these words, and in accordance with all this vision, Nathan spoke to David.
Promise of Dynasty
AFTER DAVID’S DEATH—GOD WOULD ESTABLISH HIS SON’S KINGDOM.
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Concentration of Line of Promise:
SEED of WOMAN
ABRAHAM (CHOSEN)
ISAAC—NOT ISHMAEL
JACOB — NOT ESAU
JUDAH— SCEPTER
DAVID (CHOSEN)
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God’s Promises to DAVID:
RAISE UP OFFSPRING
ESTABLISH HIS KINGDOM
BUILD HOUSE for GOD
THRONE of KINGDOM = ESTABLISHED FOREVER
GOD BE a FATHER to HIM
WHEN SINS— BE DISCIPLINED
DAVID’S HOUSE, KINGDOM, THRONE = ESTABLISHED FOREVER!!
**COVENANT LANGUAGE NOT USED—BUT THIS = DAVIDIC COVENANT**
=> SEE MORE on SIGNIFICANCE W/ “BIG PICTURE” SECTION LATER…
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SEE the Scandal of Grace?!:
(Q) Who builds temple? Solomon
(Q) Whose his mother? Bathsheba
EVEN MORE— GOD KNOWS of SOLOMON’S SIN AHEAD of TIME!— “WHEN” HE COMMITS INIQUITY
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PERIOD of KINGS—GOD’S PROMISE REMAINS—
CONSEQUENCES for INDIVIDUAL KINGS
BUT LINEAGE REMAINS INTACT
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Faithfulness of God
Faithfulness of God
Exhort: ALL BECAUSE—GOD = PROMISE-MAKING & PROMISE-KEEPING GOD
C.C. WE FAIL to KEEP PROMISES—WE’RE HUMAN
CIRCUMSTANCES OUTSIDE of OUR CONTROL
WE FORGET THINGS
WE’RE SIMPLY LIMITED...
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GOD KNOWS ALL THINGS—PAST & FUTURE
NOTHING = OUTSIDE of GOD’S CONTROL
GOD = UNLIMITED!
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GOD’S PROMISES CAN BE TAKEN to the BANK!!
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Transition: SEE DAVID’S RESPONSE...
READ: V18-24
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5: David’s Prayer of Gratitude & Worship (v. 18–24) 🛐
5: David’s Prayer of Gratitude & Worship (v. 18–24) 🛐
2 Samuel 7:18–24 (ESV)
18 Then King David went in and sat before the Lord and said, “Who am I, O Lord God, and what is my house, that you have brought me thus far?
19 And yet this was a small thing in your eyes, O Lord God. You have spoken also of your servant’s house for a great while to come, and this is instruction for mankind, O Lord God!
20 And what more can David say to you? For you know your servant, O Lord God!
21 Because of your promise, and according to your own heart, you have brought about all this greatness, to make your servant know it.
22 Therefore 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.
23 And who is like your people Israel, the one nation on earth whom God went to redeem to be his people, making himself a name and doing for them great and awesome things by driving out before your people, whom you redeemed for yourself from Egypt, a nation and its gods?
24 And you established for yourself your people Israel to be your people forever. And you, O Lord, became their God.
Humility in Response to Grace: BEST RESPONSE— “WHO AM I?!”
SEEING HOW GOOD GOD IS
& HOW UNDESERVING WE ARE...
=> WHO AM I? I DON’T DESERVE THIS…
SHEPHERD BOY.
Personal Testimony—struggling w/ IDENTITY of “PASTOR” — I’M JUST…ME...WHO AM I??!
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WHAT GOD HAD ALREADY DONE for DAVID WAS GREAT
=> & NOW HE’S PROMISED SO MUCH MORE… (v.19)
HUMBLING THING to BE RECIPIENT of SUCH FAVOR.
(V21) DAVID RECOGNIZES—IT’S ALL a RESULT of GOD’S HEART— HE’S KIND
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(V22) EVEN MORE—GOD is GREAT & MATCHLESS…
CHOOSING ISRAEL to HIMSELF
Deuteronomy 7:7–10 (ESV)
7 It was not because you were more in number than any other people that the Lord set his love on you and chose you, for you were the fewest of all peoples,
8 but it is because the Lord loves you and is keeping the oath that he swore to your fathers, that the Lord has brought you out with a mighty hand and redeemed you from the house of slavery, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt.
GOD’S PURPOSES in REDEMPTION = SOLELY BASED on HIS GRACE!!
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Transition: DAVID WILL CLOSE HIS PRAYER...
READ: V.25-29
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6. Closing Thought: Prayer for Continued Blessing (v. 25–29) 🙏
6. Closing Thought: Prayer for Continued Blessing (v. 25–29) 🙏
2 Samuel 7:25–29 (ESV)
25 And now, O Lord God, confirm forever the word that you have spoken concerning your servant and concerning his house, and do as you have spoken.
26 And your name will be magnified forever, saying, ‘The Lord of hosts is God over Israel,’ and the house of your servant David will be established before you.
27 For you, O Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, have made this revelation to your servant, saying, ‘I will build you a house.’ Therefore your servant has found courage to pray this prayer to you.
28 And now, O Lord God, you are God, and your words are true, and you have promised this good thing to your servant.
29 Now therefore may it please you to bless the house of your servant, so that it may continue forever before you. For you, O Lord God, have spoken, and with your blessing shall the house of your servant be blessed forever.”
DAVID PRAYS GOD’S PROMISE…
C.C.: WE CAN ALWAYS PRAY GOD’S WORD— HIS PROMISES to US… => THEN IT’S “ASKING ACCORDING to HIS WILL…
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(V28) DAVID RECOGNIZES—GOD is TRUE—KEEPS HIS WORD.
HE WILL BE MAGNIFIED AS HE KEEPS HIS WORD…
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Transition: SCHEME of REDEMPTIVE HISTORY— DAVIDIC COVENANT = HUGE DEAL.
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Big Picture
Big Picture
Two Generations Later: DIVIDED KINGDOM… ***See P.P. Pic***
🕯️️ISRAELITE HISTORY—GOD KEPT “LAMP” in JERUSALEM for DAVID’S SAKE!!🕯️🕯️
KINGDOM SPLITS BETWEEN JEROBOAM & REHOBOAM— TO REHOBOAM:
1 Kings 11:36 (ESV)
36 Yet to his son I will give one tribe, that David my servant may always have a lamp before me in Jerusalem, the city where I have chosen to put my name.
2. ABIJAM—REHOBOAM’S SON— WICKED & GOD = FAITHFUL.
1 Kings 15:4 (ESV)
4 Nevertheless, for David’s sake the Lord his God gave him a lamp in Jerusalem, setting up his son after him, and establishing Jerusalem,
3. WICKED KING—JEHORAM
2 Kings 8:19 (ESV)
19 Yet the Lord was not willing to destroy Judah, for the sake of David his servant, since he promised to give a lamp to him and to his sons forever.
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Conclusion: JUDAH’S SURVIVAL RESTED in GOD’S COVENANT-FAITHFULNESS!!
(Q) EVEN AFTER CAPTIVITY—WHO CAME BACK?? JUDAH — ISRAEL WAS DISPERSED!! => BKGND: MALACHI
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Most Importantly: THIS FINDS FULFILLMENT in JESUS CHRIST— SON of DAVID…
**TURN**
Isaiah 11:1–10 (ESV)
1 There shall come forth a shoot from the stump of Jesse, and a branch from his roots shall bear fruit.
2 And the Spirit of the Lord shall rest upon him, the Spirit of wisdom and understanding, the Spirit of counsel and might, the Spirit of knowledge and the fear of the Lord.
3 And his delight shall be in the fear of the Lord. He shall not judge by what his eyes see, or decide disputes by what his ears hear,
4 but with righteousness he shall judge the poor, and decide with equity for the meek of the earth; and he shall strike the earth with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips he shall kill the wicked.
5 Righteousness shall be the belt of his waist, and faithfulness the belt of his loins.
6 The wolf shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the young goat, and the calf and the lion and the fattened calf together; and a little child shall lead them.
7 The cow and the bear shall graze; their young shall lie down together; and the lion shall eat straw like the ox.
8 The nursing child shall play over the hole of the cobra, and the weaned child shall put his hand on the adder’s den.
9 They shall not hurt or destroy in all my holy mountain; for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the Lord as the waters cover the sea.
10 In that day the root of Jesse, who shall stand as a signal for the peoples—of him shall the nations inquire, and his resting place shall be glorious.
GOD CAN RESURRECT LIFELESS STUMP & BRING NEW LIFE
HOPE for MESSIANIC REIGN—RETURN to EDEN!!
Ezekiel 34:24 (ESV)
24 And I, the Lord, will be their God, and my servant David shall be prince among them. I am the Lord; I have spoken.
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ALL PROMISES of GOD = CULMINATED in CHRIST....
SON of DAVID = MESSIANIC TERM…
Matthew 1:1 (ESV)
1 The book of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham.
Matthew 21:9 (ESV)
9 And the crowds that went before him and that followed him were shouting, “Hosanna to the Son of David! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord! Hosanna in the highest!”
PAUL POINTS OUT DAVIDIC DESCENT (ROM. 1:3;15:2; 2 TIM. 2:8)
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Revelation:
Revelation 5:5 (ESV)
5 And one of the elders said to me, “Weep no more; behold, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has conquered, so that he can open the scroll and its seven seals.”
Revelation 22:16 (ESV)
16 “I, Jesus, have sent my angel to testify to you about these things for the churches. I am the root and the descendant of David, the bright morning star.”
2ND to LAST WORDS of JESUS in N.T.
ROOT & DESCENDANT of DAVID!
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THIS KINGDOM AGENDA = UNDENIABLE—UNTO ETERNITY!!!
Key Takeaway: God’s Kingdom agenda is irrevocable, undeniable, irrefutable, and sure to come.
WE CAN TAKE HEART TODAY…
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Takeaways & Application 🌍
Takeaways & Application 🌍
NO ONE W/ BIBLICAL WORLDVIEW SHOULD LIVE in PERPETUAL DISCOURAGEMENT…
GOD’S AGENDA WILL BE FULFILLED
CHRIST WILL RETURN
HE WILL SET UP HIS KINGDOM
HE IS REIGNING & WILL REIGN..
THIS = WHAT WE GET to BE a PART OF!!
GOD = PROMISE-MAKING & PROMISE-KEEPING GOD...
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WHEN WE SEE HIS PROMISES to US— WE SHOULD RESPOND as DAVID: “WHO AM I?!”
SIMPLY a RECIPIENT of GRACE…AMEN?
Closing Questions/Thoughts??
!! Close in Prayer !!
