Salvation Oracles in the Covenant

2 Samuel 7:12–16 ESV

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. He shall build a house for my name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever. 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, but my steadfast love will not depart from him, as I took it from Saul, whom I put away from before you. And your house and your kingdom shall be made sure forever before me. Your throne shall be established forever.’ ”

We know David from the child bible stories; valiant conqueror

What we read about David is at times he was no the greatest of people:

Fakes a mental health illness to escape persecution

Hides with the enemy camp

Refuses to go to war when his army was at was

Womanizer-stealing someone’s wife

Murderer- kills the husband of the wife

The Lord willingly chooses to remain in covenant with Him.

Written into the covenants God made with humanity are the oracles of Salvation which point to the Redemption of humanity.

Promise of a Redeemer

Gen 3:15 Promise of the one who would Destroy the Serpent

A covering found in v.21 The Lord covers humanity

Gen 9:14-17 Promise of the remembrance of the covenant

A remembering of the human condition and God’s unwillingness to destroy all of humanity

Gen 22:12-18 Promise of the one who would take out place

In all of the covenant language we find these oracles that point to the Salvation of Humanity.

Unconditional Promise

Nothing is demanded from David

His history remains his past

it informs him it does not define him

2 Samuel 7:14 ESV

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,

This statement is not given as a command rather a promise, instead of His Spirit departing from the person.

God knows the human condition, and is unwilling to give up on us.

Promises in the Davidic Covenant

Promises of a Name

Promises of a Place

Promises of Rest

Promises of Lineage

Promises of eternal kingdom

Promises of Adoption into Royal Sonship

Not all of these promises were fulfilled in his lifetime

When I consider why? I realize it is his heart posture. He is wanting to build a house for the Lord but the Lord instead builds him a place to rest a home....

Psalm 23:6 ESV

Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life, and I shall dwell in the house of the Lord forever.

It is in the chesed love that we find salvation oracle

Speaks of a God who is so committed to loving His people that he goes out of his way to save them.

His mercy His Love...It hunts us down

Psalm 89:23 David postures himself worship the Lord and raises the covenant promises are lifted high

remembers steadfast love

Today we have heard of people who will not step foot in church afraid they have fallen to far…

They believe themselves to be irreparably separated from the Father

Etched into the covenant is a permanent promise for redemption, one that refuses to give up on us… one that is hunting us down…

Revealed in the Christ is the redeemer, our hope, our salvation. You are never too far to turn to Him.