And it shall be, when your days are fulfilled, when you must go to be with your fathers, that I will set up your seed after you, who will be of your sons; and I will establish his kingdom. He shall build Me a house, and I will establish his throne forever. I will be his Father, and he shall be My son; and I will not take My mercy away from him, as I took it from him who was before you. And I will establish him in My house and in My kingdom forever; and his throne shall be established forever." ' " According to all these words and according to all this vision, so Nathan spoke to David.
(1Ch 17:11-15)
This passage highlights for us what is known as the DAVIDIC COVENANT, a covenant central to our belief about the future of the nation of
It was not Solomon that was the ULTIMATE fulfillment of this prophecy… it was Jesus! He is from the line of David, the SON that would eventually sit on the throne FOREVER! He came to earth, and did not take an earthly throne, but was cut off. There is coming a day when He will return and will reign and rule FOREVER. When we refer to Jesus as the Son of David, we are referring to His position as the rightful heir to the throne, the KING of the people of God.
For many of the Jews today, they don’t recognize Jesus as their king at all… in some ways Jesus is a king without a crown, a leader that has still not been recognized by His people. But, there is coming a day when the WHOLE NATION will be saved in an instant, and Jesus will enter in through the city gates to rightfully take the throne that is His.
For us, as believer’s, we can know Him as king TODAY. He can take residency and rule from the throne that is in our hearts. If we allow him that place, if we allow Him to fill that role in our lives, it will radically change our future experience. For those of us who are believers on THIS side of eternity, we have the promise that we will REIGN AND RULE with Christ in His future kingdom!
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