HEIR
TO DAVID’S THRONE
Eighth
of twelve devotions in Advent Parallel
Bible Study series
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Chronicles 17:11-14, Hebrews 1:8
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Chronicles 17:11-14: “When your days are
over and you go to be with your fathers, I will raise up your offspring to
succeed you, one of your own sons, and I will establish his kingdom. He is the one who will build a house for Me,
and I will establish his throne forever.
I will be his Father and he will be My son. I will never take My love away from him, as I
took it away from your predecessor [Saul].
I will set him over My house and My kingdom forever; his throne will be established
forever.”
God just told King David that Solomon
will be the one who’ll build a house for Him (1 Kings 5:7, 2 Chronicles 2:5). The Father/Son relationship, and “forever” is
language that includes the future Messiah.
God
is not limited by time.
God speaks
an eternal language. He anchors the
present—then His next breath rolls the present into the future—that only He
knows. God promised to make Abraham into
a great nation. (Genesis 22:17). But Abraham
was over a hundred years old, and Sarah was in her nineties before Isaac was
born! When humans think it’s taking a
long time for God to deliver promises, we agree that we received them at
exactly the right time.
Would you want to
serve a God that you understand, a God that you’re just as smart, or even
smarter than? Shudder! Human minds need help to understand God! Believers are enlightened by His indwelling
Spirit to show God’s truth. (John 16:7-10).
I doubt that King David fully understood what God was telling him in the
opening Scripture.
How could Solomon reign on David’s throne forever?
Eternal
Branch devotion showed that Jesus descended from King David’s shoot, a branch
of the royal tree.
Matthew chapter one shows Jesus’
genealogy. Thirteen generations separate
Abraham and King David. Then Jesus
arrived thirteen generations later, as heir to David’s throne forever. Won’t it be fun to meet our ancestors in heaven?
Take Home Nugget
Hebrews 1:8 says, “About the Son He
says, ‘Your throne, O God, will last forever and ever, and righteousness will
be the scepter of Your kingdom.’” What does “righteousness will be a scepter of
Your kingdom” mean? Revelation 19:15
says, “He will rule the with an iron scepter.”
Scepter is rod or sword. Jesus’ eternal kingdom will be governed by
righteousness. It will be just, honest
and upright. But when Jesus comes back,
His sword will be iron—to strike down the nations who’re unjust.
Holy Father, help us understand Your Word,
so that we understand You, in Jesus’ Name, Amen.
J.D.
Griffith
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