Lesson 12: David's Early Kingdom - Part 3: The Davidic Covenant
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2 Samuel 7:7-17
Psalm 89:3–4 (AV)
I have made a covenant with my chosen, I have sworn unto David my servant, Thy seed will I establish for ever, and build up thy throne to all generations. Selah.
I want to do a brief overview tonight of what a covenant is. A covenant is an agreement or contract. It requires at least two parties and then a set of terms which are agreed upon. There are usually conditions to the covenants. For instance when you finish paying me money for this car, I will give you the title and full ownership. That is a contract or a covenant.
As a member of Maineville Baptist Church, you are a part of a covenant, an agreement to serve the Lord and follow together unified with this church in living a holy life and propagating the gospel while here in Yokosuka. As a result of the commitment, and upon credible examination of salvation of baptism, you have all the rights of membership.
In the Bible there are hundreds of covenants mentioned.
Some of course, have great significance, others are personal or national. There is the grand covenants such as the Covenant of the Law and the Covenant of Grace.
There is the Palestinian Covenant, the Adamic covenant; the Abrahamic Covenant;
This brings us to tonight’s study, God chooses David, for what – to make a covenant with him.
Greater than being king, greater than be a war hero; David is chosen by God, to have through his children the Messiah born.
The book of the generation of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham.
Then we have what we are going to talk about tonight, and that is the Davidic Covenant.
· Now there are several things that are promised in this covenant.
I. The kingdom would be established through David’s seed v.12
I. The kingdom would be established through David’s seed v.12
One of the Psalms that is not of David, and is likely of Solomon, is Psalm 132.
The LORD hath sworn in truth unto David; he will not turn from it; Of the fruit of thy body will I set upon thy throne.
God keeps his promises. This part of the covenant was already fulfilled in the next generation.
II. The son of David would build the temple for God v.13
II. The son of David would build the temple for God v.13
This part of the covenant is also quickly fulfilled. David prepared much himself the building materials of the temple, but it was king Solomon, David’s son that built it.
In 1 Kings 8:20 we have Solomon confirming that it was completed.
And the LORD hath performed his word that he spake, and I am risen up in the room of David my father, and sit on the throne of Israel, as the LORD promised, and have built an house for the name of the LORD God of Israel.
And he said unto me, Solomon thy son, he shall build my house and my courts: for I have chosen him to be my son, and I will be his father.
III. The kingdom established would last forever v.13
III. The kingdom established would last forever v.13
Thy seed will I establish for ever, and build up thy throne to all generations. Selah.
IV. God’s mercy would sustain the kingdom forever though there would be sin vv.15-16
IV. God’s mercy would sustain the kingdom forever though there would be sin vv.15-16
A. Many of David’s descendants would be in sin
A. Many of David’s descendants would be in sin
In verse 15, God mentions that he took away the kingdom from Saul – it was because of his sin.
Saul’s sin was that of rebellion and self-sufficiency. It was pride and a refusal to submit. Yet Saul’s sin does not compare to the sin of many of those that would be in the line of David.
Solomon was the first, with is multiplicity of wives found himself in worshipping false idols at the end of his life.
How about Mannasseh who caused his own children to go through the fire of Molech.
So many of David’s heirs would be in sin.
B. God said that he would not break his covenant with David
B. God said that he would not break his covenant with David
· In the Bible, we mentioned that covenants were and agreement between God and man, if man obeyed, God would then bless; if man would disobey, then God would curse. Those are what we call “conditional covenants” such as the Mosaic Covenant.
But this covenant was an unconditional covenant. It did not matter how the kings of Israel and Judah performed, God would still keep this covenant to establish the kingdom forever.
Psalm 89:33 Nevertheless my lovingkindness will I not utterly take from him, nor suffer my faithfulness to fail. 34 My covenant will I not break, nor alter the thing that is gone out of my lips. 35 Once have I sworn by my holiness that I will not lie unto David. 36 His seed shall endure for ever, and his throne as the sun before me. 37 It shall be established for ever as the moon, and as a faithful witness in heaven. Selah.
V. The throne of David would produce the Messiah
V. The throne of David would produce the Messiah
Remember that doctrine in the Bible often reveals itself slowly through scripture.
It starts with a little bit of knowledge and gains momentum of revealing more and truth and life as it goes on.
Now as we look at this, at this point we do not see the Messiah mentioned specifically. But how would the kingdom last forever. No doubt, it was very frustrating for the Israelites who did not have an understanding of this, for when the kingdom was being taken away, it would no doubt cause doubt.
But they believed in the kingly line, they ancestral documentation would prove that and they kept tract of it all the way to the times of Christ and still do have extensive documentation of who is Jew is not.
But once Jersualem was destroyed, so was the kingly line on earth, no more was there documentation, but it didn’t matter anyway, because there was a Messiah.
A. He will save Israel
A. He will save Israel
Jeremiah 23:5 Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will raise unto David a righteous Branch, and a King shall reign and prosper, and shall execute judgment and justice in the earth. 6 In his days Judah shall be saved, and Israel shall dwell safely: and this is his name whereby he shall be called, THE LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS.
Hosea 3:4 For the children of Israel shall abide many days without a king, and without a prince, and without a sacrifice, and without an image, and without an ephod, and without teraphim: 5 Afterward shall the children of Israel return, and seek the LORD their God, and David their king; and shall fear the LORD and his goodness in the latter days.
The prophetic scriptures anticipate the fact that Israel would be taken from their homeland and be left without a king for an extended period of time. Then it teaches us also that they would be restored and seek their God and David their king.
B. It would be a literal throne
B. It would be a literal throne
Isaiah 9:6-7 For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace. 7 Of the increase of his government and peace there shall be no end, upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom, to order it, and to establish it with judgment and with justice from henceforth even for ever. The zeal of the LORD of hosts will perform this.
The LORD hath sworn in truth unto David; he will not turn from it; Of the fruit of thy body will I set upon thy throne.
C. He would be born in Bethlehem
C. He would be born in Bethlehem
But thou, Bethlehem Ephratah, though thou be little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of thee shall he come forth unto me that is to be ruler in Israel; whose goings forth have been from of old, from everlasting.
D. He would be a Nazarene
D. He would be a Nazarene
And he came and dwelt in a city called Nazareth: that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophets, He shall be called a Nazarene.
The is no OT reference to this but it is largely believed that it is referring to the fact that he was so despised and the area of Nazareth was despised by the Jews.
Isaiah 53:1-12 talks about how much He was despised
And Nathanael said unto him, Can there any good thing come out of Nazareth? Philip saith unto him, Come and see.
We will not go on and on, but the prophecies of the who the Messiah would be were many, and the picture of who he would be would not be complete until after he came.
E. The Everlasting Kingdom could not be without the Son of God
E. The Everlasting Kingdom could not be without the Son of God
When David is said to have his kingdom be established forever, there is no way it could happen with the Messiah.
Jesus assumed his rightful place as King of Israel, though it did not happen with all the pomp and circumstance that was expected.
Yes they did have the triumphant entrance, but when he was given his crown, it was not a crown of gold with rubies throughout; instead it was a crown of thorns.
His robe as not placed upon him in honor, but only in mockery.
His royal chalice was not with the choicest fruit of the vine of all of Israel, instead was bitter gall the Bible says.
He did not get a royal banner that stated he was the new anointed king draped over the throne and posted in every city. No his placard was scribble on wood, and nailed above Him on the the cross that would take his life.
Yes, here is the King of the Jews, the Messiah, the anointed one. Who then died, and was buried in a tomb.
Praise the Lord, he is not dead, he arose from the grave and is alive and reigns from his throne in heaven, and is waiting and soon will bring his throne back to the earth, where he will rule and reign and fulfill all prophecies written of the Millennial reign and his authority.
What does this have to do with all of us? We are not Jews, no, but we are partakers of his grace.
For Christ did not come only to reign over the Jews, but he came to rule over your heart as well. But he won’t force you; you must give him your heart and life.
I saw in the night visions, and, behold, one like the Son of man came with the clouds of heaven, and came to the Ancient of days, and they brought him near before him.
And there was given him dominion, and glory, and a kingdom, that all people, nations, and languages, should serve him: his dominion is an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away, and his kingdom that which shall not be destroyed.