The King is Forever
Notes
Transcript
Introduction
Introduction
If you would please turn in your Bibles to 2 Samuel 7 in preparation this evening. We will be reading in 2 Samuel tonight. 2 Samuel 7:1-17, 2 Samuel 7:1-17.
Last time we saw the beginning of David’s warrior days.
God Calls
God Equips
The Battle is the Lord
Out King has won the battle and we are now walking out that victor
No fear of the grave
No sting in death
There are giants of evil in the world today, and God will put them all under Christ’s feet.
This time we are going to fast-forward to the end of David’s life as a warrior
But before we do that Lets Pray
Transition
Transition
Some theologians have called this Chapter the pinnacle or Summit of the Old Testament. Indeed from this vantage point, this pinnacle, one can look backwards through the text to the beginning and see it leading up to this point and down from this point to the revelation of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Another reason to call it the pinnacle, is that from here it is only down hill for the people of God throughout the rest of the Old Testament. No Old Testament King will surpass David in righteousness or accomplishment. Indeed there’s no king worthy of the Davidic throne again until Christ.
As we said, we are now in the part of the story where David fighting days are done. Lets look at verse 1 - 3.
Go, do all that is in your heart
Go, do all that is in your heart
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.”
Rest from the nations
Isreal has never had that before
the king said to Nathan the prophet
David is satisfied
Seeking wisdom
“Go, do all that is in your heart, for the Lord is with you.”
Wisdom to do what God wills is in the word
Transition
Transition
The word comes to Nathan,
Will you Build me a House?
Will you Build me a House?
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?” ’
Go and tell my servant David
It is an honor to be called the Lord’s servant
David is the king, and the Lord’s servant.
Christ is the king, and the Lord’s servant.
This is the pattern of God’s Kings.
They were the Lords people before
Connection to the Abrahamic covenant
“In all places where I have moved with all the people of Israel”
It was appropriate for the Lord to have a tent with his nomadic people.
But now, there is permanence.
Transition
Transition
Speaking of this and it’s parallel in 1 Chr. 17:3–15 R.C. Sproul writes,
“The theological and historical significance of the divine promise to David recorded in these verses can hardly be overestimated. Indeed, the promise of an enduring Davidic kingdom has been called the summit of the entire OT. Looking back, it takes up the promises of blessing made to Abraham and his elect seed and brings them to rest on David. Looking forward, it prepares for the messianic hope that inspires Israel’s faith before and after the exile in Babylon. The hope for a Messiah culminates in the coming of Jesus Christ [1]
That is what we are seeing in verse 8-17.
I Took You From the Pasture
I Took You From the Pasture
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. 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.
Now, therefore
Because there is permanence
Because David has been given heart to build a house
“thus you shall say to my servant David”
Joyce G. Baldwin (Jealous of Gabe’s Martin Luther Commentary)
“ but at the same time a reminder to David that, though he is king, and surrounded by those who serve him, he too has his servant role in relation to his God. It is worth pondering that it was by ‘servant’ imagery that the role of Jesus was most profoundly foreshadowed in the Old Testament: ‘Behold my servant … in whom my soul delights’ [2]
“I took you from the pasture”
Verse 8-11 are directed at David.
Walk through verse 12-16.
Conclusion
Conclusion
Abraham is promises
“On that day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, “To your offspring I give this land, from the river of Egypt to the great river, the river Euphrates, 19 the land of the Kenites, the Kenizzites, the Kadmonites, 20 the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Rephaim, 21 the Amorites, the Canaanites, the Girgashites and the Jebusites.” (Ge 15:18–21, ESV)
Jesus owns that.
“And Jesus came and said to them, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. 19 Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20 teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age.” (Mt 28:18–20, ESV)
Some time I wonder how serious people take the scriptures.
Afraid of micro chips
Afraid of someone buying buying Twitter
Afraid of Iran, nuclear weapons, and silly self-defeating secular ideology.
Christian what are you afraid of, Jesus is King. No Go, your family, your world, go and remind them Jesus is King. Bow now, or bow later, they will bow.
We will talk more about Nathan next time.
Benediction
Benediction
20 Now may the God of peace who brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, the great shepherd of the sheep, by the blood of the eternal covenant, 21 equip you with everything good that you may do his will, working in us that which is pleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory forever and ever. Amen.
References
References
[1] R. C. Sproul, ed., The Reformation Study Bible: English Standard Version (2015 Edition) (Orlando, FL: Reformation Trust, 2015), 462–463.
[2] Joyce G. Baldwin, 1 and 2 Samuel: An Introduction and Commentary, vol. 8, Tyndale Old Testament Commentaries (Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 1988), 229.
Bibliography
Bibliography
Baldwin, Joyce G. 1 and 2 Samuel: An Introduction and Commentary. Vol. 8. Tyndale Old Testament Commentaries. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 1988.
Sproul, R. C., ed. The Reformation Study Bible: English Standard Version (2015 Edition). Orlando, FL: Reformation Trust, 2015.