1 00:00:05,700 --> 00:00:07,500 You. And I should be particularly 2 00:00:07,500 --> 00:00:11,400 glad to be a Bible study tonight because as we open our Bibles to 3 00:00:11,400 --> 00:00:17,300 second Samuel chapter 7, we are tuning into a portion of 4 00:00:17,300 --> 00:00:21,300 scripture that is one of the most significant chapters in the 5 00:00:21,300 --> 00:00:24,800 Old Testament. And so that should thrill us 6 00:00:25,100 --> 00:00:27,200 because we are going to explore in detail. 7 00:00:27,300 --> 00:00:31,400 Why that is the case, why is this one of the most important 8 00:00:31,400 --> 00:00:36,800 Monumental history, shaping text that God has provided Us in the 9 00:00:36,800 --> 00:00:40,700 revelation of his word and so you their second Samuel chapter 10 00:00:40,700 --> 00:00:44,200 seven, I'm not going to read the entire chapter and we're not 11 00:00:44,200 --> 00:00:46,400 going to cover this entire chapter tonight. 12 00:00:46,800 --> 00:00:50,000 I'm actually going to read the first three verses before I ask 13 00:00:50,000 --> 00:00:53,700 you what you see because the rest of the verses the remaining 14 00:00:53,700 --> 00:00:57,600 of the chapter is pretty straightforward and and I want 15 00:00:57,600 --> 00:00:59,700 us to be able to take our time with this. 16 00:00:59,700 --> 00:01:02,800 So we're not going to just cover the first three verses I'm going 17 00:01:02,800 --> 00:01:05,900 to read the three verses and then from there we will take 18 00:01:05,900 --> 00:01:09,400 adverse my verse together and so our brother just prayed but I 19 00:01:09,400 --> 00:01:10,700 want us to just pray one more time. 20 00:01:10,700 --> 00:01:13,500 I don't want to rush into this. Really want us to take our time 21 00:01:13,900 --> 00:01:19,100 in the presence of God. Lord, we thank you for this 22 00:01:19,100 --> 00:01:21,700 text. We thank you that it has 23 00:01:21,700 --> 00:01:25,300 something to say to us that it has something to say about the 24 00:01:25,308 --> 00:01:29,700 gospel that we love and cherish and have been saved by and Lord 25 00:01:29,700 --> 00:01:32,900 in this session, we pray that the anointing of the holy spirit 26 00:01:33,300 --> 00:01:38,200 that is promised us in 1st. John would be an operation that 27 00:01:38,200 --> 00:01:41,600 we would be taught by the spirit of God and that we would be able 28 00:01:41,600 --> 00:01:43,400 to discern what is the will of God. 29 00:01:44,000 --> 00:01:46,200 And that we would reject anything that we've believed 30 00:01:46,200 --> 00:01:48,400 beforehand. That is not Alignment to the 31 00:01:48,400 --> 00:01:51,800 truth. And Lord made these truths warm, 32 00:01:51,800 --> 00:01:54,200 our affections. May they elevate our thoughts of 33 00:01:54,200 --> 00:01:58,500 Jesus, may they rescue us from sin and difference lukewarmness 34 00:01:58,500 --> 00:02:00,800 and they put us exactly where you want us to be. 35 00:02:01,300 --> 00:02:03,900 And that is in your perfect will though. 36 00:02:03,900 --> 00:02:06,800 We love you and we honor you tonight in Jesus name we pray. 37 00:02:07,200 --> 00:02:11,700 Amen. It's no exaggeration for us to 38 00:02:11,700 --> 00:02:17,700 say that this tax paints for us. The dawn of a new era, it is so 39 00:02:17,700 --> 00:02:20,500 crucial to understand. Because from this point forward 40 00:02:20,500 --> 00:02:24,100 from second, Samuel chapter seven, moving forward, many of 41 00:02:24,100 --> 00:02:29,400 the Prophecies of the prophets will rely on this Revelation and 42 00:02:29,400 --> 00:02:32,900 build on that, revelation will find it in the songs will find 43 00:02:32,900 --> 00:02:36,100 it in the Minor Prophets. The Major Prophets, this is 44 00:02:36,100 --> 00:02:38,600 huge, this is absolutely massive. 45 00:02:38,800 --> 00:02:42,700 Of and more than that, it is absolutely necessary to 46 00:02:42,700 --> 00:02:47,500 understand what is about to take place as a Christian as a 47 00:02:47,500 --> 00:02:49,800 Christian. What you and I are going to see 48 00:02:49,800 --> 00:02:53,400 is what is often referenced as the davidic Covenant. 49 00:02:53,700 --> 00:02:57,900 A covenant that God himself makes with David and his lineage 50 00:02:57,900 --> 00:03:04,300 and his future descendants which Which is so crucial and 51 00:03:04,300 --> 00:03:08,000 connection to so many facets of our faith, namely understanding 52 00:03:08,000 --> 00:03:10,700 the person and work of Jesus Christ but not limited to that. 53 00:03:11,300 --> 00:03:14,600 It's important to understand a level of who the church is, what 54 00:03:14,600 --> 00:03:17,000 the church does. It's important to understand 55 00:03:17,000 --> 00:03:20,300 eschatology a fancy way of saying the doctrine of the last 56 00:03:20,300 --> 00:03:23,500 days. What is here before us touches 57 00:03:23,500 --> 00:03:27,300 so many nerves of what you and I hold two deer in our hearts as 58 00:03:27,300 --> 00:03:30,300 New Covenant followers of Jesus Christ, who is our Messiah. 59 00:03:31,100 --> 00:03:33,000 So, this isn't just a history lesson. 60 00:03:33,400 --> 00:03:38,300 This is, this is deep, this is something that is Has been 61 00:03:38,300 --> 00:03:42,300 fulfilled, is in a way, being fulfilled and one day, we'll 62 00:03:42,300 --> 00:03:47,100 know, complete fulfillment. So again, we're not looking into 63 00:03:47,100 --> 00:03:50,200 the past when we were looking at how this applies to today and 64 00:03:50,200 --> 00:03:53,900 what we are looking forward to tomorrow, this is incredible. 65 00:03:54,000 --> 00:03:58,500 You and I are actually looking at a text that very much applies 66 00:03:58,500 --> 00:04:02,700 to us today and for the Church of tomorrow, I actually believe 67 00:04:02,700 --> 00:04:03,500 that. If you don't understand the 68 00:04:03,508 --> 00:04:05,200 davidic Covenant, you can't really understand the New 69 00:04:05,200 --> 00:04:07,700 Testament. You can't. 70 00:04:08,200 --> 00:04:09,600 Many of those things will make sense. 71 00:04:09,800 --> 00:04:12,200 You won't you won't understand. Matthew chapter 21. 72 00:04:12,200 --> 00:04:14,000 You won't understand people saying, son of David. 73 00:04:14,000 --> 00:04:16,500 Have mercy on me. It won't make it just just go 74 00:04:16,507 --> 00:04:19,000 over your head. But when you understand this 75 00:04:19,000 --> 00:04:22,500 Foundation, as a reference point, it all makes sense at all 76 00:04:22,500 --> 00:04:25,100 comes together. And you understand what the 77 00:04:25,100 --> 00:04:28,600 immediate audience would have felt in realize when Jesus 78 00:04:28,600 --> 00:04:32,200 Christ stepped into into the world and our world. 79 00:04:33,600 --> 00:04:35,000 So we're going to realize how important this is. 80 00:04:35,000 --> 00:04:38,400 We're going to realize to some degree, not exhaustively of why 81 00:04:38,400 --> 00:04:40,600 this is so crucial to understanding our faith in 82 00:04:40,600 --> 00:04:42,000 Christ. But we're going to be patient 83 00:04:42,000 --> 00:04:45,500 with the process and and just go along with the thought process 84 00:04:45,500 --> 00:04:49,700 here of the holy spirit's leading and verse 1. 85 00:04:50,400 --> 00:04:54,100 Now when the king lived in his house and the Lord had given 86 00:04:54,100 --> 00:04:58,200 them rest, from all his surrounding enemies, the king 87 00:04:58,300 --> 00:05:02,800 said to Nathan the prophet. See now, I dwell in a house of 88 00:05:03,000 --> 00:05:09,200 Peter, but the Ark of God dwells in a tent And Nathan said to the 89 00:05:09,200 --> 00:05:13,900 king, go do all that is in your heart for the Lord. 90 00:05:15,100 --> 00:05:18,600 Is with you. We almost want to say. 91 00:05:18,600 --> 00:05:20,900 Okay, thank you for that introduction but let's get to 92 00:05:20,900 --> 00:05:23,300 the meat. There's meat in here, there's 93 00:05:23,300 --> 00:05:26,700 something to chew on, there's something to digest revisit 94 00:05:26,700 --> 00:05:28,100 those verses. Again, we've been doing this in 95 00:05:28,100 --> 00:05:30,400 the past few weeks. Look at those verses again, is 96 00:05:30,400 --> 00:05:32,500 there anything that stands out to you anything that you think 97 00:05:32,500 --> 00:05:43,000 is worth meditating on or at least considering Okay, so is 98 00:05:43,000 --> 00:05:47,000 this the right time for this massive project to take place 99 00:05:47,000 --> 00:05:51,100 for a permanent home to be constructed for the Ark of God, 100 00:05:51,500 --> 00:05:55,100 for the presence of God dwelling on Earth will find out what God 101 00:05:55,100 --> 00:06:01,300 says to it anything else? God is dwelling in a tent and 102 00:06:01,300 --> 00:06:05,100 whereas David dwelling and a palace, what does that reveal 103 00:06:05,100 --> 00:06:06,200 about? David's heart. 104 00:06:07,700 --> 00:06:10,300 That's important to consider anything else. 105 00:06:10,900 --> 00:06:15,400 Yes. Okay. 106 00:06:15,400 --> 00:06:19,600 So Nathan is mentioned and he's introduced us for the first time 107 00:06:19,700 --> 00:06:22,900 in the scriptures. So that is a worthy observation. 108 00:06:22,900 --> 00:06:29,500 Yes. The Lord verse one had given 109 00:06:29,500 --> 00:06:31,000 him. Rest from all his surrounding 110 00:06:31,000 --> 00:06:32,000 enemies. Amen. 111 00:06:32,000 --> 00:06:37,900 Yes, very good observation. What else? 112 00:06:38,300 --> 00:06:40,200 It doesn't seem like we're working with much. 113 00:06:41,200 --> 00:06:43,600 But put some pieces together and we're going to do that in a 114 00:06:43,608 --> 00:06:45,400 moment. But let's just just wait to see 115 00:06:45,400 --> 00:06:47,100 if anybody else has any other observations. 116 00:07:04,400 --> 00:07:06,100 Okay. So there's a are you saying 117 00:07:06,100 --> 00:07:08,900 there's a relationship between God being in their midst and 118 00:07:08,900 --> 00:07:11,000 then being able to do more because he's there? 119 00:07:11,600 --> 00:07:13,200 Okay. Yeah I think there's something 120 00:07:13,200 --> 00:07:18,400 there. Anything else? 121 00:07:22,400 --> 00:07:23,800 Let's look at verse one, shall we? 122 00:07:24,700 --> 00:07:28,700 Now when the king lived in his house and the Lord had given 123 00:07:28,700 --> 00:07:32,600 them rest, from all his surrounding enemies. 124 00:07:32,600 --> 00:07:34,400 Verse 2, we get a connect. These two verses. 125 00:07:34,400 --> 00:07:36,200 The king said to Nathan the prophet. 126 00:07:36,300 --> 00:07:40,200 See now, I dwell in a house of Cedar, but the Ark of God dwells 127 00:07:40,200 --> 00:07:43,300 in a tent, it is not a small detail that we are being 128 00:07:43,300 --> 00:07:47,000 informed. How David is now enjoying a 129 00:07:47,000 --> 00:07:50,100 period of rest from his enemies. God is increased. 130 00:07:50,700 --> 00:07:54,500 His status got his increased, his success to the point where 131 00:07:54,500 --> 00:08:00,000 it is for a brief moment of time, silenced his enemies and 132 00:08:00,000 --> 00:08:05,000 so he is now on a place of great Prosperity, great power and it 133 00:08:05,000 --> 00:08:10,200 is in that context where we are given a revelation of the 134 00:08:10,200 --> 00:08:13,500 deepest, yearnings and longings of his heart. 135 00:08:15,400 --> 00:08:19,900 In that place where he has been so exalted and a place where he 136 00:08:19,900 --> 00:08:24,400 is receiving recognition, even from surrounding Nations, that 137 00:08:24,400 --> 00:08:28,500 there is a supernatural Grace behind his rule, his Reign, it 138 00:08:28,500 --> 00:08:32,600 is in that kind of a world where his thoughts are not even 139 00:08:32,799 --> 00:08:36,900 consumed with that at all. He is considered, he is 140 00:08:36,900 --> 00:08:41,000 contemplating where he is in comparison to where God's 141 00:08:41,000 --> 00:08:44,900 symbolic presence is now that is significant, but because of her 142 00:08:45,100 --> 00:08:47,600 You something about this man David early on? 143 00:08:47,600 --> 00:08:52,600 We are seeing that he is a different, kind of man and how 144 00:08:52,600 --> 00:08:55,600 is he different? Because when a person is 145 00:08:55,600 --> 00:09:01,700 promoted when a person enjoys a level of Authority honor. 146 00:09:04,000 --> 00:09:06,200 Success has a reputation of expelling. 147 00:09:06,200 --> 00:09:08,700 Our thoughts of God. Not exalting them. 148 00:09:10,400 --> 00:09:15,600 Its more common for the average person to be swept away into the 149 00:09:15,600 --> 00:09:18,900 ocean of selfishness by the tides of affluence and 150 00:09:18,900 --> 00:09:22,500 ascendancy, right? But David was not that kind of a 151 00:09:22,500 --> 00:09:24,800 person. I mean you stick him in a field 152 00:09:24,800 --> 00:09:29,800 as a teenager to be the manager of his father's sheep and he has 153 00:09:29,800 --> 00:09:33,400 a worshipful heart, put him in a palace surrounded with pillars 154 00:09:33,400 --> 00:09:36,000 of stone and he's still a worshiper of God. 155 00:09:36,000 --> 00:09:40,600 He was never polluted At least up to this point he was not 156 00:09:40,600 --> 00:09:42,600 deterred. He was not directed into a place 157 00:09:42,600 --> 00:09:46,000 of the flesh. His he was so grounded in this 158 00:09:46,000 --> 00:09:51,300 conviction that I want to abound more and more in loving God. 159 00:09:52,000 --> 00:09:55,500 And in no matter what period, of his young life you find him. 160 00:09:55,700 --> 00:09:57,900 Yes he struggled. Yes, he tempted but deep down 161 00:09:57,900 --> 00:10:02,700 inside he really hungered after God, he really longed after God. 162 00:10:04,000 --> 00:10:06,700 and that should, that should ask us that should cause us to 163 00:10:06,700 --> 00:10:12,100 reflect In this house, as members of God's house. 164 00:10:12,100 --> 00:10:14,500 Do I do? I reflect that? 165 00:10:15,600 --> 00:10:18,600 Someone cleverly said it's not just suffering that reveals 166 00:10:18,600 --> 00:10:20,800 what's in us. It's also success. 167 00:10:21,600 --> 00:10:24,400 Success has the ability to really show us who we are. 168 00:10:25,000 --> 00:10:28,900 And really unfortunately, in my own life, I've observed that it 169 00:10:28,900 --> 00:10:34,200 doesn't take much for Christians to be deterred and their 170 00:10:34,200 --> 00:10:36,100 devotion for God. I mean all it takes is a little 171 00:10:36,100 --> 00:10:39,600 acquisition of property. All it takes us to meet 172 00:10:40,400 --> 00:10:45,000 potential romantic partner and and their focus on God, their 173 00:10:45,000 --> 00:10:49,100 Zeal for God waivers. So I want to challenge you that 174 00:10:49,100 --> 00:10:53,600 as you advance in life, let that only Advance you to be more 175 00:10:53,600 --> 00:10:57,200 committed and prayerful about how you can honor God in this 176 00:10:57,200 --> 00:11:01,000 new context. And just let these the things of 177 00:11:01,000 --> 00:11:04,600 this life bounce off, you can rejoice in it, you can thank God 178 00:11:04,600 --> 00:11:09,800 for it but never let it dampen. What God wants to ultimately see 179 00:11:09,800 --> 00:11:12,700 in you what you see here. Is this man who has this primary 180 00:11:12,700 --> 00:11:17,000 passion for God. And it wasn't just like he 181 00:11:17,000 --> 00:11:19,800 thought about God and he gave God, the bare minimum, I mean, 182 00:11:19,900 --> 00:11:25,200 he had this desire that God would be above everything else, 183 00:11:25,200 --> 00:11:27,600 even even above his luxury and his Comforts. 184 00:11:27,600 --> 00:11:31,700 He could not sit comfortably with the realization that he as 185 00:11:31,700 --> 00:11:34,500 a mere mortal. As a creature is in this Palace 186 00:11:34,500 --> 00:11:39,000 and where God is, is behind a few curtains that Disturbed him 187 00:11:39,900 --> 00:11:42,600 That Disturbed him. Because in his mind, it wasn't 188 00:11:42,600 --> 00:11:45,600 about My Little Empire and then just dishing some crumbs to the 189 00:11:45,600 --> 00:11:48,400 Lord. It was everything orbits around 190 00:11:48,400 --> 00:11:51,200 the Lord. And so that's how he was so 191 00:11:51,200 --> 00:11:53,200 anchored, everything no matter where he went. 192 00:11:53,200 --> 00:11:56,600 It always came back to that the gravitational pull of his love 193 00:11:56,600 --> 00:11:59,100 for God. Always kept him centered on 194 00:11:59,100 --> 00:12:02,100 that. And that is something to admire 195 00:12:02,100 --> 00:12:04,400 that is something to rejoice and that is something to say, Lord, 196 00:12:04,400 --> 00:12:06,700 I need that to be done in me and, you know, David could have 197 00:12:06,700 --> 00:12:10,600 sued his own soul to advance in Greater personal projects by 198 00:12:10,600 --> 00:12:13,600 Reminiscing on the past. You know, I was the one who 199 00:12:13,600 --> 00:12:15,700 thought about bringing the ark into the capital. 200 00:12:16,600 --> 00:12:18,600 Nobody else thought about that. Saul didn't do it. 201 00:12:19,300 --> 00:12:23,100 I'm the one who did it. The guy was never stagnant in 202 00:12:23,100 --> 00:12:26,000 his service to God. He didn't just rely on the past. 203 00:12:26,100 --> 00:12:29,300 He always looked forward to the future with joy, with the light 204 00:12:29,300 --> 00:12:31,400 with desire. I Lord That I'm here. 205 00:12:31,400 --> 00:12:34,500 What else can I do for you? What else can I do for you? 206 00:12:34,500 --> 00:12:37,800 Now and this place with these Resources, with this level of 207 00:12:37,800 --> 00:12:39,000 Grace, that has been given to me. 208 00:12:39,000 --> 00:12:45,000 Now, what how many in God's house today can confidently say 209 00:12:45,000 --> 00:12:49,500 that their passions aligned with David's It's very rare and 210 00:12:49,500 --> 00:12:53,000 that's unfortunate because it is available to us, by the help of 211 00:12:53,000 --> 00:12:57,800 the Holy Spirit prioritizing, the glory of God, more than your 212 00:12:57,800 --> 00:13:03,500 own little Paradise. More than that Dave is all he. 213 00:13:03,500 --> 00:13:06,200 I can just imagine him sitting at the edge of his throne with 214 00:13:06,200 --> 00:13:10,900 his hand on his chin mija now this isn't right and just the 215 00:13:10,900 --> 00:13:14,600 dreams and the longings and they are always knowing and asking 216 00:13:14,600 --> 00:13:17,800 and seeking oh God. How can I glorify you more now? 217 00:13:18,800 --> 00:13:21,200 How can I glorify you more? So you see as this man is 218 00:13:21,200 --> 00:13:24,400 growing, as this man is graduating, so is his love for 219 00:13:24,400 --> 00:13:27,100 the Lord, but why is it the opposite for so many Christians? 220 00:13:27,500 --> 00:13:30,000 Why is it a descending thing for so many Believers? 221 00:13:30,400 --> 00:13:34,200 Why is it the common thing again as people get families and as 222 00:13:34,200 --> 00:13:36,700 they get children, as they get promotions and as they move to 223 00:13:37,100 --> 00:13:40,600 their dream home, whatever the case may be, it's like as 224 00:13:40,600 --> 00:13:42,100 though, the more God gives them in life. 225 00:13:42,100 --> 00:13:44,100 The less they give back to God and not talk about money. 226 00:13:44,100 --> 00:13:46,100 I'm talking about your time, your affections, your luck. 227 00:13:46,100 --> 00:13:49,200 Why is that? I never understood that because 228 00:13:49,200 --> 00:13:52,000 the Bible presents a different trajectory. 229 00:13:53,500 --> 00:13:55,500 And if this man can have it in the old Covenant, how much more 230 00:13:55,500 --> 00:13:58,400 if we are infused with the spirit of God and a greater 231 00:13:58,400 --> 00:14:00,800 Covenant than the old, don't settle for less. 232 00:14:01,000 --> 00:14:03,900 Look at this man and a time where he's been given rest from 233 00:14:03,900 --> 00:14:06,000 the Lord, his heart was in a holy way. 234 00:14:06,000 --> 00:14:10,100 Restless, all Lord, I Want To Worship You. 235 00:14:10,100 --> 00:14:13,100 I want people to, I want you to be magnified your name to be 236 00:14:13,100 --> 00:14:14,900 blessed. What can I do? 237 00:14:15,300 --> 00:14:21,400 I love this man, and we looked here, that David and verse 2 238 00:14:21,400 --> 00:14:26,300 does not keep these things private The king said to Nathan 239 00:14:26,300 --> 00:14:29,800 the prophet. See now I dwell in a house of 240 00:14:29,800 --> 00:14:35,400 Cedar but the Ark of God dwells in a tent What does that reveal 241 00:14:35,400 --> 00:14:38,600 to you? Let me give you a little hint of 242 00:14:38,900 --> 00:14:43,800 a little interpretational hint often times whenever the Bible 243 00:14:43,800 --> 00:14:46,500 introduces to us, someone for the first time. 244 00:14:48,200 --> 00:14:52,500 The things connected to that introduction, tend to reveal 245 00:14:52,500 --> 00:14:55,800 foundational aspects of that individual's character. 246 00:14:57,500 --> 00:15:00,600 So when somebody comes up with a first for the first time with 247 00:15:00,600 --> 00:15:05,300 their name and oftentimes, you see an action or recorded words, 248 00:15:05,700 --> 00:15:08,500 that introduction of the individual and what is revealed 249 00:15:08,500 --> 00:15:13,800 about them says something about their innate personality or 250 00:15:13,800 --> 00:15:19,400 attitude or character. And so, for the first time in 251 00:15:19,400 --> 00:15:25,000 the scriptures, the prophet Nathan appears on the scene, And 252 00:15:25,000 --> 00:15:30,000 what I see here before we get to Nathan is, is how David felt 253 00:15:30,000 --> 00:15:35,000 comfortable enough to expose his heavenward desires with this 254 00:15:35,000 --> 00:15:38,300 man. It was able to, to share his 255 00:15:38,300 --> 00:15:41,600 enthusiasm with this person named Nathan. 256 00:15:43,200 --> 00:15:45,700 You can tell that even the way he says it, he's in 257 00:15:45,700 --> 00:15:47,900 contemplation. But he's almost like speaking. 258 00:15:47,900 --> 00:15:50,900 His mind and the presence of Nathan. 259 00:15:51,100 --> 00:15:54,000 I'll see now like this isn't right, Nathan, I don't get it. 260 00:15:54,000 --> 00:15:56,200 I'm here. How beautiful this place. 261 00:15:56,200 --> 00:15:59,200 Look how Majestic it is and I look out the window. 262 00:15:59,200 --> 00:16:02,900 Look where God is, look at that. I mean the tents can can blow 263 00:16:02,900 --> 00:16:06,300 over the. The curtains are just Doesn't he 264 00:16:06,308 --> 00:16:09,000 deserve something more? This is how he's talking to this 265 00:16:09,000 --> 00:16:13,600 man, Nathan And I believe that says something about Nathan 266 00:16:14,600 --> 00:16:16,800 because look how Nathan answers and verse 3. 267 00:16:16,800 --> 00:16:22,100 Nathan said to the king go do all that is in your heart for 268 00:16:22,100 --> 00:16:26,500 the Lord is with you. What does that tell you about 269 00:16:26,500 --> 00:16:28,000 Nathan? Just from that one sentence. 270 00:16:28,900 --> 00:16:30,600 What do you think that says something about the man? 271 00:16:32,500 --> 00:16:38,100 Any idea. He is an encourager. 272 00:16:39,200 --> 00:16:43,400 The main takeaway I have from Nathan In This Moment, is that 273 00:16:43,400 --> 00:16:47,700 he was able one. To not just be in the presence 274 00:16:47,700 --> 00:16:51,500 of David, a very spiritual man but he clearly was able to share 275 00:16:51,500 --> 00:16:54,800 in his Joy. David was a Discerning Man. 276 00:16:54,800 --> 00:16:57,100 David was a Godly Man. David who is Godly? 277 00:16:57,500 --> 00:17:00,700 David who wasn't Godly and I believe her David to be able to 278 00:17:00,700 --> 00:17:04,200 communicate this to this individual shows that David knew 279 00:17:04,400 --> 00:17:06,000 that they were they were on the same level. 280 00:17:06,000 --> 00:17:10,500 Your they were equally yoked And then Nathan was not just a 281 00:17:10,500 --> 00:17:14,400 person who understood those stirrings of the heart himself, 282 00:17:14,800 --> 00:17:18,400 but he was, he was able and hope more than willing to encourage 283 00:17:18,400 --> 00:17:21,099 David to walk in them. Himself, go for it, man. 284 00:17:21,900 --> 00:17:26,099 Is that on your heart? Go for, I Champion that I'm 285 00:17:26,099 --> 00:17:31,100 supportive of that. And when I look at Nathan's life 286 00:17:31,100 --> 00:17:34,600 here, I think of a principle that I've used before. 287 00:17:34,600 --> 00:17:37,300 I've said it many times and I'll say it again today because we're 288 00:17:37,300 --> 00:17:40,200 creatures of repetition listen to this. 289 00:17:40,400 --> 00:17:44,200 You and I in this life, Have friends. 290 00:17:46,400 --> 00:17:48,800 You can categorize those friends in many ways, I categorize over 291 00:17:48,800 --> 00:17:51,100 my own life according to the Bible, in two different ways. 292 00:17:52,000 --> 00:17:55,600 The first is that you have friends who will either help you 293 00:17:55,600 --> 00:17:59,700 fight your Temptation or you will have friends who will help 294 00:17:59,700 --> 00:18:04,100 you fuel your temptation. That's it. 295 00:18:04,400 --> 00:18:08,000 They were either fight. Help you fight the Temptation or 296 00:18:08,000 --> 00:18:10,100 they will be friends, who fuel your Temptation, let me put it 297 00:18:10,100 --> 00:18:12,400 in another way you. And I in this life will have 298 00:18:12,400 --> 00:18:20,000 friends who either Direct our Godly aspirations or they will 299 00:18:20,000 --> 00:18:23,200 dampen them. They were either direct them. 300 00:18:24,300 --> 00:18:26,700 Or they will dampen them with their worldliness and their 301 00:18:26,700 --> 00:18:32,000 indifference. And you have to ask yourself. 302 00:18:33,400 --> 00:18:37,400 The people in my network, where do they fall into that category? 303 00:18:39,200 --> 00:18:41,800 It's one or the other, because in the same way, there's no 304 00:18:41,800 --> 00:18:45,100 neutral in your walk with the Lord, you're either going 305 00:18:45,100 --> 00:18:46,300 forward or you're going backward. 306 00:18:46,300 --> 00:18:48,000 And when you think you're not moving anywhere, you actually 307 00:18:48,000 --> 00:18:50,800 moving backward, just remember that you're either moving 308 00:18:50,800 --> 00:18:54,100 forward, or you moving backward. And the moments where you think 309 00:18:54,100 --> 00:18:57,700 that you're just like, stagnant, you're actually numb and you're 310 00:18:57,700 --> 00:18:59,700 slipping backward, you're not realizing it. 311 00:19:00,600 --> 00:19:04,100 In the same way, the people in my life, they are either going 312 00:19:04,100 --> 00:19:07,800 to help me grow my Godly aspirations or they will 313 00:19:07,800 --> 00:19:12,500 actually weaken them. And in this case, Nathan was a 314 00:19:12,508 --> 00:19:17,300 man who knew how to stir and spur on the faith of this friend 315 00:19:17,300 --> 00:19:22,100 of his who showed a spark, he showed a spark of this Godly 316 00:19:22,200 --> 00:19:25,500 aspiration. I want to do more for God and he 317 00:19:25,500 --> 00:19:31,100 breathed life into it. Listen, what a blessing, it is 318 00:19:31,100 --> 00:19:34,400 to have people in our Lives who excite our faithfulness for God, 319 00:19:35,100 --> 00:19:39,500 and what a curse it is. To be comfortable in the crowd 320 00:19:39,500 --> 00:19:44,100 of people who do not have a zest for Spiritual things. 321 00:19:45,700 --> 00:19:48,000 We do not have a zest for Spiritual things. 322 00:19:50,100 --> 00:19:51,800 So understand what I'm trying to say here. 323 00:19:51,800 --> 00:19:55,100 I'm going to say it again. The people in your life. 324 00:19:55,700 --> 00:19:58,500 Do they stir you on to Godliness? 325 00:19:58,900 --> 00:20:04,700 Or do they? They try to remove that Wick 326 00:20:05,300 --> 00:20:08,700 that wants to burn out for God. And if you don't think that's a 327 00:20:08,708 --> 00:20:10,200 serious thing. Oh, I'm telling you. 328 00:20:10,208 --> 00:20:14,800 It is a serious thing. It has really brought so many 329 00:20:14,900 --> 00:20:18,500 potential men and women of God down. 330 00:20:19,600 --> 00:20:21,100 And I don't want that to happen to you. 331 00:20:21,100 --> 00:20:24,500 You look at this man and you see that he had a fellowship with 332 00:20:24,500 --> 00:20:26,900 someone who was, who is in tune with God. 333 00:20:27,400 --> 00:20:31,000 And if you have a person in your life, listen, even if it's one 334 00:20:31,000 --> 00:20:32,700 person because I know there are two fine. 335 00:20:33,000 --> 00:20:35,900 If you even have one person in your life where you can, you 336 00:20:35,900 --> 00:20:40,500 know, that you can call up and open your heart up about your 337 00:20:40,500 --> 00:20:43,200 dreams or your discoveries about God. 338 00:20:44,100 --> 00:20:46,900 And you know that you can open up to them because they have 339 00:20:46,900 --> 00:20:51,200 that same Delight. You're a very rich man you are 340 00:20:51,200 --> 00:20:56,600 very very rich woman. And if you feel like you lack 341 00:20:56,600 --> 00:21:00,100 that quality of friendship, believe that God can provide 342 00:21:00,100 --> 00:21:03,300 such a person. He can provide that kind of 343 00:21:03,300 --> 00:21:05,100 person. He could providentially lead 344 00:21:05,100 --> 00:21:11,100 your steps that individual, hey, wake up, listen to this, don't 345 00:21:11,100 --> 00:21:15,100 settle for cheap fellowship with Christians. 346 00:21:15,200 --> 00:21:19,500 Listen, who get who come to life when you bring up anything in 347 00:21:19,500 --> 00:21:21,400 this world. But our awkward when you bring 348 00:21:21,400 --> 00:21:24,100 up deep spiritual things in God. Huh. 349 00:21:24,800 --> 00:21:27,200 You know, those people, I've been in many of those situations 350 00:21:28,000 --> 00:21:29,500 their church. People, you're in the group 351 00:21:29,500 --> 00:21:31,700 setting, you bring up the things of God and they look at you like 352 00:21:31,700 --> 00:21:33,300 dear staring into the headlights. 353 00:21:34,200 --> 00:21:37,000 You can bring up any other topic and they're skilled in it and 354 00:21:37,000 --> 00:21:40,000 they're excited about it. Bring up the Deep things of God 355 00:21:40,100 --> 00:21:42,400 and it looks like you said something about their mother or 356 00:21:42,400 --> 00:21:43,600 something like you insulted them. 357 00:21:44,000 --> 00:21:46,200 They're like offended by the fact that you were Christian 358 00:21:46,200 --> 00:21:49,300 would dare to bring up spiritual things that you've discovered in 359 00:21:49,300 --> 00:21:52,000 the word, in your personal. Walk with the lord, it's really 360 00:21:52,000 --> 00:21:57,900 sad but don't settle for that. David had a standard for his his 361 00:21:58,000 --> 00:22:02,300 companionship. He did in Psalm 119 verse 63, he 362 00:22:02,300 --> 00:22:05,900 says I am a companion. Can anybody finish a verse? 363 00:22:08,000 --> 00:22:15,800 I am a companion of what? I am a companion of what of 364 00:22:15,800 --> 00:22:19,400 those who fear you and who keep your precepts. 365 00:22:21,000 --> 00:22:25,400 I am a companion of those who fear you and who keep your 366 00:22:25,400 --> 00:22:26,700 precepts. You know, David standard our 367 00:22:26,700 --> 00:22:28,700 friendship was. Do you fear God? 368 00:22:31,500 --> 00:22:33,600 No, I'll say hi to you and your nice person. 369 00:22:33,600 --> 00:22:37,700 I asked you how you do not work but my who I unite myself with 370 00:22:38,400 --> 00:22:42,200 are people who walk in a Perpetual sense of God's 371 00:22:42,600 --> 00:22:48,300 omnipresence omnipotence omniscience, I'm fully aware of 372 00:22:48,300 --> 00:22:51,100 who God is and I walk in the theorem we can be friends. 373 00:22:52,700 --> 00:22:57,800 We can be friends. Nathan was not concerned here. 374 00:22:59,700 --> 00:23:02,200 As he's about to share his heart back with David. 375 00:23:04,400 --> 00:23:06,500 He was not concerned about anything else about God himself. 376 00:23:06,500 --> 00:23:08,100 He was, he was, he was a prophet. 377 00:23:08,100 --> 00:23:09,900 Yes. But he was a righteous Prophet 378 00:23:09,900 --> 00:23:11,500 just because you're a prophet doesn't mean much. 379 00:23:13,200 --> 00:23:15,400 Now, see what happens in verse 4. 380 00:23:16,300 --> 00:23:19,100 But that same night, the word of the Lord came to Nathan. 381 00:23:20,700 --> 00:23:24,300 Go and tell my servant David thus says the Lord, would you 382 00:23:24,300 --> 00:23:28,500 build me a house to dwell in? So, what's happening here? 383 00:23:30,000 --> 00:23:32,700 So Nathan has this meeting with with David. 384 00:23:32,700 --> 00:23:37,700 He goes back home and that very same night, the Lord speaks to 385 00:23:37,700 --> 00:23:42,400 the prophet. He says go back to David and 386 00:23:42,400 --> 00:23:45,200 tell David that he's not going to build my house. 387 00:23:47,400 --> 00:23:51,000 And so here's what's amazing here that the quality of David's 388 00:23:51,000 --> 00:23:56,100 friendships was not just because he had mutually shared Divine 389 00:23:56,100 --> 00:23:58,500 Delights. The quality of his friendship 390 00:23:58,500 --> 00:24:02,200 includes the safety that he experienced from those who love 391 00:24:02,200 --> 00:24:05,800 God's word enough to speak it into your life. 392 00:24:07,000 --> 00:24:09,100 Especially when you need it to be corrected. 393 00:24:10,200 --> 00:24:12,100 And that's exactly what's happening with Nathan. 394 00:24:12,600 --> 00:24:14,900 Nathan shares. His I believe his personal 395 00:24:14,900 --> 00:24:17,500 opinion at this moment. He didn't inquire of God, maybe 396 00:24:17,500 --> 00:24:19,900 didn't feel like he needed to maybe he thought that this was 397 00:24:19,900 --> 00:24:21,300 so good. Why would you even need to ask 398 00:24:21,300 --> 00:24:22,900 God? So he just says, go for it. 399 00:24:22,900 --> 00:24:25,100 You have my support. God says, Nathan. 400 00:24:25,200 --> 00:24:28,900 Go back and tell him that he can't do it. 401 00:24:30,400 --> 00:24:31,600 And Nathan is going to turn back. 402 00:24:31,600 --> 00:24:33,900 He does, he doesn't wait. He's immediate with his 403 00:24:33,900 --> 00:24:37,100 obedience and he was not concerned of whether or not what 404 00:24:37,100 --> 00:24:39,700 he said, beforehand was right or wrong. 405 00:24:39,800 --> 00:24:43,600 He learned the will of God and upon that fresh Revelation. 406 00:24:43,700 --> 00:24:47,300 He goes before David again, and he wasn't worried, whether or 407 00:24:47,308 --> 00:24:49,700 not he was going to disappoint David or anger David. 408 00:24:49,800 --> 00:24:51,200 Hey, David? I love you. 409 00:24:51,300 --> 00:24:54,700 I love what God is doing in you, but God told me to tell you. 410 00:24:54,800 --> 00:24:57,400 You ain't the guy. You're not going to be the 411 00:24:57,400 --> 00:25:02,500 person. and when I thought about Nathan's life, at that point, I 412 00:25:02,500 --> 00:25:08,600 stopped and I leaned back and I said Nathan If you think about 413 00:25:08,600 --> 00:25:12,600 every instance, where Nathan and David shared a moment together, 414 00:25:12,700 --> 00:25:15,900 there's a consistent theme. There is a consistent theme with 415 00:25:15,900 --> 00:25:19,500 their interaction. There's a total of three times 416 00:25:19,500 --> 00:25:22,200 where you see, David and Nathan together. 417 00:25:22,400 --> 00:25:26,100 And if you actually think about it, each time show, something 418 00:25:26,100 --> 00:25:30,100 about Nathan. And the kind of person he was in 419 00:25:30,100 --> 00:25:32,100 terms of relationship with a brother. 420 00:25:33,300 --> 00:25:35,400 When's the next time David and Nathan are going to bump into 421 00:25:35,400 --> 00:25:39,100 each other? Bathsheba second, Samuel chapter 422 00:25:39,100 --> 00:25:41,200 12. What is Nathan do? 423 00:25:44,600 --> 00:25:47,900 You're the man. You're the men. 424 00:25:47,900 --> 00:25:51,200 He needs supposes the sin that David tried to hide and his 425 00:25:51,200 --> 00:25:54,300 adultery and in his murder. When's the next time you see 426 00:25:54,300 --> 00:26:00,900 David and Nathan together, There's another time that's a 427 00:26:00,908 --> 00:26:02,400 different profit, but good guess. 428 00:26:03,700 --> 00:26:14,300 When's the next time. 1st Kings, where at his deathbed good and 429 00:26:14,300 --> 00:26:15,600 what's happening at his Deathbed? 430 00:26:23,300 --> 00:26:26,900 Very good who is going to succeed, David as king. 431 00:26:27,400 --> 00:26:29,800 And somebody, one of his sons are already plotting, something. 432 00:26:29,800 --> 00:26:30,900 What's his name? Do you remember? 433 00:26:32,200 --> 00:26:34,900 No, not have some another one with the name of a letter, A 434 00:26:35,300 --> 00:26:37,600 adonijah. I didn't I just already plotting 435 00:26:37,900 --> 00:26:43,500 to usurp the next king, who is supposed to be Solomon. 436 00:26:43,700 --> 00:26:48,500 So the prophet comes and he initiates a quick move for 437 00:26:48,500 --> 00:26:52,500 Solomon to be rightly ordained an anointed before adonijah 438 00:26:52,500 --> 00:26:55,700 creates a mess. So he was the one that stirred 439 00:26:55,700 --> 00:26:57,500 up David to consider what has happened. 440 00:26:57,500 --> 00:27:01,200 He got Bathsheba involved and they made this whole plan to get 441 00:27:01,500 --> 00:27:03,400 solid. And on that Throne. 442 00:27:04,200 --> 00:27:06,900 So the three times where you see Nathan with David, what do you 443 00:27:06,900 --> 00:27:10,700 see? He, he corrects him here, he 444 00:27:10,700 --> 00:27:14,100 rebukes him in the next scene and then the last one, he tries 445 00:27:14,100 --> 00:27:15,900 to direct them to make the right decision. 446 00:27:16,100 --> 00:27:19,900 And every single instance Nathan is holding, David accountable. 447 00:27:20,900 --> 00:27:25,300 Every single time. Get a friend like that. 448 00:27:26,500 --> 00:27:31,000 Yeah, get a friend who loves God's word and God's honor so 449 00:27:31,000 --> 00:27:33,500 much that they're willing to speak into your life in order. 450 00:27:33,500 --> 00:27:37,900 You walk in honor of God and all things that's the kind of 451 00:27:37,900 --> 00:27:40,700 prophet Nathan was. He didn't shy, he wasn't hanging 452 00:27:40,700 --> 00:27:41,600 out, I want to make this awkward. 453 00:27:41,600 --> 00:27:44,800 Maybe it's not a big deal when he saw something concerning he 454 00:27:44,800 --> 00:27:47,300 spoke up when the Lord revealed something, and we have it 455 00:27:47,300 --> 00:27:50,100 according to his word and it didn't line up with his friends 456 00:27:50,300 --> 00:27:53,300 way of life. He said something, he said 457 00:27:53,300 --> 00:27:56,300 something. These days, we want to be liked 458 00:27:56,300 --> 00:27:58,700 by everybody and we don't want to be seen as self-righteous. 459 00:27:58,700 --> 00:28:01,700 Well don't do it in a self-righteous way, but if you 460 00:28:01,700 --> 00:28:04,700 really love somebody, you will say something as hard as it is, 461 00:28:05,300 --> 00:28:07,400 and Nathan was such a man. I don't think it was just 462 00:28:07,400 --> 00:28:10,300 because he was a prophet, but because he was a friend to 463 00:28:10,300 --> 00:28:13,600 David, you look at profits in the the prophetic books. 464 00:28:13,700 --> 00:28:16,200 Many of them didn't correct, their kings, many of them 465 00:28:16,200 --> 00:28:17,600 incorrect. The people of God because they 466 00:28:17,600 --> 00:28:21,100 wanted their affection, they wanted their admiration, forget 467 00:28:21,100 --> 00:28:23,300 it. This man looked at his friend 468 00:28:23,300 --> 00:28:27,100 and he says, Hey, look, God told me to tell you this, hey, look, 469 00:28:27,300 --> 00:28:28,900 you can't be holding onto your sin. 470 00:28:28,900 --> 00:28:31,500 Hey, look, David. You're becoming to relax here. 471 00:28:31,500 --> 00:28:33,200 You're not Discerning, the situation. 472 00:28:33,400 --> 00:28:36,500 Solomon needs to be king at a night, just trying to take over. 473 00:28:36,600 --> 00:28:41,100 That is the kind of friend this man was and II believe that it 474 00:28:41,100 --> 00:28:44,300 made such an impression on David that he made this subtle 475 00:28:44,300 --> 00:28:47,700 decision in honor of him, you want to see what he did. 476 00:28:47,700 --> 00:28:50,600 I believe you might disagree but I think it's a nice thought. 477 00:28:51,300 --> 00:28:53,100 It's in first Chronicles chapter 3. 478 00:28:54,600 --> 00:28:58,100 I don't want you to see this because I think this is The 479 00:28:58,100 --> 00:29:02,500 timing of his quite amazing. The first Chronicles 3. 480 00:29:03,000 --> 00:29:08,200 We read about David's children and when you come to verse 5, 481 00:29:08,200 --> 00:29:10,900 you read the children that he had with Bathsheba. 482 00:29:16,100 --> 00:29:20,200 First Chronicles 35. These were born to him in 483 00:29:20,200 --> 00:29:26,400 Jerusalem, David, shamaya show Bob who Nathan? 484 00:29:27,700 --> 00:29:33,900 Nathan. and Solomon for by Bathsheba the daughter of Emil 485 00:29:34,700 --> 00:29:40,200 and makes you wonder if after having children with Bathsheba 486 00:29:41,700 --> 00:29:46,900 that David Held, such Nathan to high regard because of his 487 00:29:46,900 --> 00:29:51,900 Integrity that he names one of his own Nathan, Oh, I hope that 488 00:29:51,900 --> 00:29:56,300 my son would be like my friend, the prophet Nathan. 489 00:29:57,300 --> 00:29:59,400 Who loves God's word, more than anything else? 490 00:29:59,400 --> 00:30:02,300 Who's willing to speak up? No matter who stands before him, 491 00:30:02,300 --> 00:30:06,100 that's the kind of man. I want my son to be It's an 492 00:30:06,100 --> 00:30:08,800 interesting thought. Let's come back to our main 493 00:30:08,800 --> 00:30:14,400 text. Look at verse 5 go and tell my 494 00:30:14,400 --> 00:30:17,800 servant David thus says the Lord, would you build me a house 495 00:30:17,800 --> 00:30:20,300 to dwell in and if you look earlier, when did this happen 496 00:30:20,400 --> 00:30:23,800 next week? Or did it happen? 497 00:30:23,800 --> 00:30:26,300 The same night, having the same night? 498 00:30:27,000 --> 00:30:28,400 You know what I love about the Lord. 499 00:30:29,100 --> 00:30:33,700 The Lord, when he sees someone who truly has a heart after God, 500 00:30:33,800 --> 00:30:39,200 who truly wants to honor, God is very protective of where you 501 00:30:39,700 --> 00:30:42,700 move in life. You see what I'm saying? 502 00:30:43,500 --> 00:30:45,600 Here is one of the blessings that you have, I'm sorry. 503 00:30:45,600 --> 00:30:48,300 It's not for you. If you're worldly and you want 504 00:30:48,300 --> 00:30:50,500 to live lukewarm and want to be just a nominal Christian, but 505 00:30:50,500 --> 00:30:54,200 for the person who lives for the glory of God, this is one of the 506 00:30:54,200 --> 00:30:57,200 inheritance of you have. I believe the Lord was so quick 507 00:30:57,900 --> 00:31:01,600 to make sure that David didn't make an error and he was he was 508 00:31:01,600 --> 00:31:03,200 willing to guide and yes, through a prophet. 509 00:31:03,200 --> 00:31:05,600 But I believe that is a promise in Providence. 510 00:31:06,100 --> 00:31:10,000 God will guide your steps, you know, if you're truly a lover of 511 00:31:10,000 --> 00:31:12,500 God, you don't have to A fear about being led into the wrong 512 00:31:12,500 --> 00:31:16,200 direction in life. You don't have to fear, you can 513 00:31:16,200 --> 00:31:20,500 trust the Lord that he will find a way to communicate to you, 514 00:31:20,600 --> 00:31:23,900 exactly where you need to be and what you need to do, as long as 515 00:31:23,900 --> 00:31:27,100 your heart is set on glorifying him, that is your inheritance 516 00:31:27,100 --> 00:31:31,300 for this life. Verse 5, he says, would you 517 00:31:31,300 --> 00:31:34,200 build me a house to dwell in? That's a rhetorical question and 518 00:31:34,200 --> 00:31:36,200 in that question is actually a statement. 519 00:31:36,500 --> 00:31:39,200 And if you doubt what I'm about to say, all you have to do is go 520 00:31:39,200 --> 00:31:41,700 to the paralleling accounted First Chronicles 17. 521 00:31:42,100 --> 00:31:47,100 And he says it plainly What the Lord is saying here David, you 522 00:31:47,100 --> 00:31:49,900 are not going to build for me a house. 523 00:31:51,300 --> 00:31:53,600 You're not going to build for me a house. 524 00:31:55,500 --> 00:31:57,700 And when you look at that, you would think maybe that this 525 00:31:57,700 --> 00:32:00,300 would disappoint the man of God that this was hurt the man of 526 00:32:00,300 --> 00:32:03,900 God. Especially because the Navy, the 527 00:32:03,900 --> 00:32:05,900 prophet, Nathan doesn't give him any reason for it. 528 00:32:06,800 --> 00:32:09,700 He doesn't tell him necessarily why you won't be able to do it. 529 00:32:10,000 --> 00:32:14,600 That comes later on, David will Discover It much much later to 530 00:32:14,600 --> 00:32:17,900 why it is that his hands were not be the direct contribution 531 00:32:17,900 --> 00:32:23,100 to this marvelous idea. But for now the answer comes and 532 00:32:23,100 --> 00:32:26,300 the answer is it's not going to happen from you and it's not 533 00:32:26,300 --> 00:32:27,700 going to happen in your lifetime. 534 00:32:29,600 --> 00:32:33,100 I believe in that is one of the most important lessons for the 535 00:32:33,100 --> 00:32:35,900 eager servant of God, because if you understand what I'm about to 536 00:32:35,900 --> 00:32:40,000 say, it will save you from a lot of confusion and frustration in 537 00:32:40,000 --> 00:32:44,600 life. Was David's desire here selfish 538 00:32:44,600 --> 00:32:47,900 or was it God glorifying? God glorifying, was there 539 00:32:47,900 --> 00:32:50,300 anything in it for him? No. 540 00:32:50,300 --> 00:32:52,700 In fact God is going to actually if you think that he had mixed 541 00:32:52,700 --> 00:32:57,200 motives later on in First Kings we are told that he had a noble 542 00:32:57,200 --> 00:32:59,900 desire. He actually says to David and 543 00:32:59,900 --> 00:33:03,600 chapter 8. He says, what was in your heart? 544 00:33:03,700 --> 00:33:06,200 You did well for having it in your heart. 545 00:33:06,700 --> 00:33:10,100 So, this, this isn't because David had an ulterior motive 546 00:33:10,100 --> 00:33:12,000 here and he wanted to do something for his Of no. 547 00:33:12,000 --> 00:33:15,000 No. This was completely honorable 548 00:33:15,000 --> 00:33:21,000 unto God completely pure and yet just because it's righteous just 549 00:33:21,000 --> 00:33:23,700 because it's commendable just because it's praiseworthy. 550 00:33:23,900 --> 00:33:27,600 Just because it is God, glorifying does not mean that 551 00:33:27,600 --> 00:33:31,600 God is obliged to give us what we're requesting. 552 00:33:34,100 --> 00:33:37,500 I know that might be shocking. I know that might not be the 553 00:33:37,500 --> 00:33:40,200 most comfortable Truth for the flesh, but it is important to 554 00:33:40,200 --> 00:33:44,300 know, nonetheless. The Lord does not operate by 555 00:33:44,300 --> 00:33:47,800 automatically, giving us the green light on things that we 556 00:33:47,800 --> 00:33:55,000 are asking for just because it is something that is good. and 557 00:33:55,000 --> 00:33:59,300 just because it is something that is Holy And as much as we 558 00:33:59,300 --> 00:34:03,800 want to do it for his namesake because the Lord and his wisdom 559 00:34:03,800 --> 00:34:08,000 is More Much, More Much, much wore more aware of the 560 00:34:08,000 --> 00:34:11,900 intricacies that are involved. That if something were to go 561 00:34:11,900 --> 00:34:17,600 through that, we are completely unaware of And the Lord, in this 562 00:34:17,600 --> 00:34:22,199 case knows that this is not for David. 563 00:34:22,400 --> 00:34:25,000 This is for somebody else. Was the desired? 564 00:34:25,000 --> 00:34:26,500 Good. Absolutely. 565 00:34:26,800 --> 00:34:30,000 What was it righteous you bet, was it? 566 00:34:30,000 --> 00:34:36,600 God's will no. So we made our relationship with 567 00:34:36,600 --> 00:34:41,000 God in our prayer, life too simplistic to our own harm, I 568 00:34:41,000 --> 00:34:45,000 believe. Because we think if we if we if 569 00:34:45,000 --> 00:34:48,199 it's good and if it's right and if we can pull out a few verses 570 00:34:48,199 --> 00:34:51,100 to justify that means that God has to Grant it not necessarily. 571 00:34:54,100 --> 00:34:56,199 And just like David got often doesn't give us the reasons for 572 00:34:56,199 --> 00:34:58,900 it either, at least in the moment. 573 00:35:00,400 --> 00:35:04,600 He doesn't, he doesn't explain why doors shut why things don't 574 00:35:04,600 --> 00:35:08,000 happen. Why our dreams don't come to 575 00:35:08,000 --> 00:35:11,600 pass so to speak, as much as they are laced with. 576 00:35:12,800 --> 00:35:18,900 Desire for God to be blessed by. God knows God understands God 577 00:35:18,900 --> 00:35:21,400 sees what you don't see. And here's the thing again, that 578 00:35:21,400 --> 00:35:26,200 might make your flesh tense up, but be pliable, like, David was 579 00:35:27,100 --> 00:35:29,000 because when you, when we're going to look at this next week, 580 00:35:29,000 --> 00:35:30,300 we're not gonna have time to do it. 581 00:35:30,300 --> 00:35:32,500 When you look at David's response, he was worshipful. 582 00:35:32,600 --> 00:35:34,900 He's surrendered to The Sovereign will of God. 583 00:35:35,200 --> 00:35:38,000 He didn't protest. He didn't become bitter. 584 00:35:38,300 --> 00:35:41,600 You didn't raise his fists. He didn't pout and paced back 585 00:35:41,600 --> 00:35:43,200 and forth. Well, I wanted to do it. 586 00:35:43,200 --> 00:35:45,500 Why didn't you let me do it? I wanted this so bad, God is For 587 00:35:45,500 --> 00:35:47,200 Your Glory. I've been a righteous And I've 588 00:35:47,200 --> 00:35:48,400 been serving you all these years. 589 00:35:48,800 --> 00:35:55,500 Nothing, nothing of the sort. And so you need to embrace that 590 00:35:55,500 --> 00:35:59,000 truth for your life. Or else you. 591 00:35:59,000 --> 00:36:02,400 Oh, you're going to open yourself up to this version of 592 00:36:02,400 --> 00:36:06,000 God, where he is a utilitarian God, where he just gives if you 593 00:36:06,000 --> 00:36:10,300 press the right buttons and he is much more wise, and loving 594 00:36:10,300 --> 00:36:14,900 than that. Now we're going to see something 595 00:36:14,900 --> 00:36:17,100 in verse 6. Look at verse 6. 596 00:36:17,600 --> 00:36:20,300 God says, I have not lived in a house since the day, I brought 597 00:36:20,300 --> 00:36:24,100 up the people of Israel from Egypt to this day but I've been 598 00:36:24,100 --> 00:36:28,500 moving about in a tent for my dwelling, in all places where I 599 00:36:28,500 --> 00:36:30,100 have moved with all the people of Israel. 600 00:36:30,100 --> 00:36:33,500 Did, I speak a word with any of the judges of Israel? 601 00:36:33,600 --> 00:36:36,700 Whom I commended to Shepherd, My People Israel saying, why have 602 00:36:36,700 --> 00:36:38,300 you not build me a house of cedar? 603 00:36:40,000 --> 00:36:41,100 You know what he's saying through Nathan? 604 00:36:42,500 --> 00:36:45,000 Hey David. There wasn't a time up to this 605 00:36:45,000 --> 00:36:49,400 point where I ever asked any of the former leaders to build me a 606 00:36:49,400 --> 00:36:52,800 permanent house. Not once there was not one 607 00:36:52,800 --> 00:36:56,400 moment where I said, why are you not considering that I'm living 608 00:36:56,400 --> 00:36:58,300 in a tent and not in a house of cedar? 609 00:36:59,600 --> 00:37:01,300 He's and he wants David to know that. 610 00:37:01,300 --> 00:37:04,000 Here's the question. Why does that matter for David? 611 00:37:04,500 --> 00:37:06,800 Why does David need to hear that? 612 00:37:06,800 --> 00:37:11,500 There was not a time before this where the Lord brought the idea. 613 00:37:11,500 --> 00:37:16,100 Even of a permanent glorious. Opulent dwelling place to be 614 00:37:16,100 --> 00:37:17,900 constructed in his name. Any idea? 615 00:37:21,100 --> 00:37:23,300 So if you wanted it, he would have really asked for it. 616 00:37:24,100 --> 00:37:27,000 So there's something perhaps, they're this God, really, really 617 00:37:27,000 --> 00:37:30,700 have a concern about a temple. Being built for him, some would 618 00:37:30,700 --> 00:37:32,200 say yes. Maybe, some would say no. 619 00:37:35,100 --> 00:37:46,000 There is a plan. So, we can marry those two 620 00:37:46,000 --> 00:37:49,500 thoughts together. Perhaps it was because the 621 00:37:49,500 --> 00:37:53,600 timing wasn't right. The Lord didn't express it 622 00:37:53,600 --> 00:37:55,800 because it wasn't a time to express it. 623 00:37:55,900 --> 00:38:00,100 I believe that's a strong point, but why this David need to hear 624 00:38:00,100 --> 00:38:09,600 this personally, So, I believe the two thoughts that you, you 625 00:38:09,600 --> 00:38:13,400 brought are the main points. Number one to tell David David. 626 00:38:13,400 --> 00:38:17,800 This is not the time but 22 also Comfort David to let David know. 627 00:38:17,800 --> 00:38:20,300 Hey, it's okay. You don't have to live with any 628 00:38:20,300 --> 00:38:23,800 guilt that because you have this Authority and ability to 629 00:38:23,800 --> 00:38:27,200 construct something as spectacular as a temple would be 630 00:38:27,800 --> 00:38:32,900 because I never asked for it is not something that I demanded. 631 00:38:33,100 --> 00:38:37,500 Breaking any law and so just in case, there might be even a hint 632 00:38:37,600 --> 00:38:42,200 of guilt and David's heart. The Lord puts him at ease by 633 00:38:42,200 --> 00:38:45,200 letting him know I did not ask this. 634 00:38:45,200 --> 00:38:50,200 I did not make this a burden. So be it, he's be comforted with 635 00:38:50,200 --> 00:38:52,800 this truth. And, you know, I looked at that 636 00:38:52,800 --> 00:38:55,200 and I thought to myself, I wonder if what the Lord is 637 00:38:55,200 --> 00:38:58,400 saying here to David can be helpful to those. 638 00:38:59,500 --> 00:39:02,400 Who might feel that what they have is a gift or what they've 639 00:39:02,400 --> 00:39:06,800 been assigned to in the church or in life is not enough for 640 00:39:06,800 --> 00:39:10,500 God. You have people who live like 641 00:39:10,500 --> 00:39:14,400 that. There is a very, very fine line 642 00:39:15,200 --> 00:39:20,300 between Desiring to abound in the love of God, more and more, 643 00:39:20,600 --> 00:39:26,600 and feeling a crippling sense of shame or disappointment for. 644 00:39:26,600 --> 00:39:30,500 Not achieving something that you believe will be pleasing to God. 645 00:39:31,500 --> 00:39:34,300 So, there are some people who are haunted Because unless they 646 00:39:34,300 --> 00:39:37,600 feel like they are doing something, it's not really going 647 00:39:37,600 --> 00:39:41,300 to bring God pleasure. And so, they just feel like 648 00:39:41,300 --> 00:39:44,200 they're there. They're not fruitful and it's 649 00:39:44,200 --> 00:39:46,900 not effective and it's not achieving much and it's not 650 00:39:46,900 --> 00:39:50,300 touching people's lives. And so surely, I'm not doing 651 00:39:50,300 --> 00:39:53,800 what God would require me to be happy with me. 652 00:39:54,800 --> 00:39:57,600 And I see something here with this, this, this conversation 653 00:39:57,600 --> 00:40:01,200 between the Lord, and David at this point, David, it's okay. 654 00:40:02,700 --> 00:40:05,500 It's okay, I didn't call you to be an architect. 655 00:40:06,400 --> 00:40:09,100 If I wanted a house to be built, I would make a known just ask my 656 00:40:09,100 --> 00:40:15,000 servant Moses. So, so just relax and be be at 657 00:40:15,000 --> 00:40:18,200 ease, and I think a lot of, a lot of people need to hear that. 658 00:40:18,200 --> 00:40:23,700 And it's for those who who are uncomfortable because, unless 659 00:40:23,700 --> 00:40:26,700 they do something Grand, unless they received National 660 00:40:26,700 --> 00:40:31,000 recognition, unless it changes people on a consistent basis, 661 00:40:31,600 --> 00:40:33,900 then it's not good enough for the Lord. 662 00:40:36,800 --> 00:40:40,600 And the Lord would say. As long as you do. 663 00:40:40,600 --> 00:40:43,300 What I tell you to do, that's all I ask. 664 00:40:45,700 --> 00:40:48,100 Your reward. My brother, my sister in this 665 00:40:48,100 --> 00:40:53,200 life as a Christian should be his pleasure. whether he sticks 666 00:40:53,200 --> 00:40:59,100 you in a stinking prison or he puts you in a palace, As long as 667 00:40:59,100 --> 00:41:01,000 you know that you're doing what God has called you to do. 668 00:41:02,000 --> 00:41:05,400 Let that bring you Joy and delight and fight off those 669 00:41:05,400 --> 00:41:08,900 condemning thoughts. That say, you're no one, you're 670 00:41:08,900 --> 00:41:15,600 not doing anything of value. Just trust that the Lord in his 671 00:41:15,600 --> 00:41:19,300 Providence hears your cries and we'll set you exactly where you 672 00:41:19,300 --> 00:41:22,500 need to be in order to bring Delight to him and he will do 673 00:41:22,500 --> 00:41:25,100 that. So David was comforted right 674 00:41:25,100 --> 00:41:26,500 away. The Lord wanted to end this. 675 00:41:26,500 --> 00:41:29,400 This is a gracious. This is a gracious word from the 676 00:41:29,408 --> 00:41:32,700 Lord and now what's about to happen in the remaining versus 677 00:41:34,200 --> 00:41:36,600 Is that we will see the Inception of the establishment 678 00:41:36,600 --> 00:41:39,700 of David's, Covenant. With God, this is huge. 679 00:41:39,800 --> 00:41:44,500 This is important as Christians. You and I have to grasp and 680 00:41:44,500 --> 00:41:49,000 realize how foundational what is about to take place is to our 681 00:41:49,000 --> 00:41:52,000 understanding of. Jesus Christ is the word 682 00:41:52,000 --> 00:41:54,800 covenant appear in this chapter. It doesn't I can read the whole 683 00:41:54,800 --> 00:41:58,100 chapter and you will not find the word covenant, but that's 684 00:41:58,100 --> 00:42:01,200 how David understood it. Fast forward, a chapter 23 of 685 00:42:01,200 --> 00:42:13,100 your book of second. Samuel, look at verse 5, Second 686 00:42:13,100 --> 00:42:18,500 Samuel. 23 verse 5. David says for does not my house 687 00:42:18,500 --> 00:42:21,300 stands. So with God for he has made with 688 00:42:21,300 --> 00:42:24,500 me and Everlasting Covenant, it's right there. 689 00:42:25,200 --> 00:42:30,000 God made an Everlasting Covenant with me back in chapter 7 order 690 00:42:30,000 --> 00:42:33,800 and all things and secure for Willie not cause to prosper all 691 00:42:33,800 --> 00:42:38,600 my help and my desire. So this is a covenant. 692 00:42:38,600 --> 00:42:42,500 This is a promise that God is making with this man. 693 00:42:42,700 --> 00:42:45,200 And it's an agreement, but it is an agreement that is 694 00:42:45,200 --> 00:42:48,600 unconditional. It's unconditional meaning. 695 00:42:48,600 --> 00:42:52,900 There are no conditions that David has to observe. 696 00:42:53,900 --> 00:42:58,400 That will keep this Covenant alive. 697 00:42:59,800 --> 00:43:03,200 Everything that God says, in this concerning the promises 698 00:43:03,200 --> 00:43:04,900 that he will fulfill his dependent upon his own 699 00:43:04,900 --> 00:43:08,900 faithfulness. Now what that doesn't mean is 700 00:43:08,900 --> 00:43:11,600 that David and his sons can do whatever they want. 701 00:43:11,600 --> 00:43:16,900 Without any consequences, they will know severe consequences if 702 00:43:16,900 --> 00:43:19,100 they step outside of the will of God. 703 00:43:19,300 --> 00:43:22,500 Even if they have this special Covenant with God, would you 704 00:43:22,500 --> 00:43:24,700 like to know what? That, what that is. 705 00:43:24,700 --> 00:43:26,800 We read it. Pastor Daniel Bennett, read it. 706 00:43:26,800 --> 00:43:28,700 You don't have to turn there because we already read it, but 707 00:43:28,700 --> 00:43:33,400 let me rehearse it in. Ear in Psalm 89 verse 30. 708 00:43:33,600 --> 00:43:38,700 The Lord says, if his children forsake my law and do not walk 709 00:43:38,700 --> 00:43:42,800 according to my rules. If they violate my statutes and 710 00:43:42,800 --> 00:43:46,200 do not keep my Commandments, then I will punish their 711 00:43:46,200 --> 00:43:49,900 transgression with the rod and their iniquity with stripes. 712 00:43:49,900 --> 00:43:53,700 I'm going to discipline them. I'm going to discipline Solomon, 713 00:43:53,700 --> 00:43:56,600 I'm going to discipline rehoboam, I will discipline 714 00:43:56,900 --> 00:44:01,600 every single one if I need to who steps outside of obedience 715 00:44:01,600 --> 00:44:05,100 to me, but notice what he says in verse 33. 716 00:44:05,100 --> 00:44:10,000 But I will not remove my steadfast love from him or be 717 00:44:10,000 --> 00:44:14,300 false to my faithfulness. In other words, they can't do 718 00:44:14,300 --> 00:44:18,300 anything to cut this Covenant off, they can't nullify it. 719 00:44:18,300 --> 00:44:20,000 Why? Because it's not dependent upon 720 00:44:20,000 --> 00:44:21,400 their faithfulness, it's all mine. 721 00:44:23,500 --> 00:44:27,400 This promise that God is making with David is to Showcase to the 722 00:44:27,400 --> 00:44:30,900 world that When God Says something, he means it. 723 00:44:32,200 --> 00:44:35,100 And when God promises, it will come to pass. 724 00:44:36,500 --> 00:44:41,600 So it's a special promise that God wants to make so that people 725 00:44:41,600 --> 00:44:44,900 can realize as a witness to Generations. 726 00:44:44,900 --> 00:44:47,700 The Lord keeps his word and God is still keeping that promise. 727 00:44:48,800 --> 00:44:52,600 and God will fulfill this promise to show the world that 728 00:44:52,600 --> 00:44:55,700 he even if you promise that thousands of years ago, did not 729 00:44:55,700 --> 00:44:59,200 forget what's the essence of the Covenant? 730 00:45:01,600 --> 00:45:04,200 Somebody comes up to you says, what's the davidic Covenant? 731 00:45:04,200 --> 00:45:05,700 Your Christian. What would you answer? 732 00:45:12,200 --> 00:45:13,400 Very good. Wonderful summary. 733 00:45:13,400 --> 00:45:15,000 Is it not? Did you hear it? 734 00:45:15,700 --> 00:45:17,900 Okay? Maybe didn't solve read it from 735 00:45:17,900 --> 00:45:21,100 the verse here in verse 16. Look at second, Samuel 716. 736 00:45:21,600 --> 00:45:23,200 This is the summary of the Covenant. 737 00:45:24,800 --> 00:45:27,200 And your house and your kingdom shall be made. 738 00:45:27,200 --> 00:45:30,300 Sure forever. Before me, your throne shall be 739 00:45:30,300 --> 00:45:36,000 established forever. Here is the the core meaning of 740 00:45:36,000 --> 00:45:39,600 this Covenant. I am going to establish your 741 00:45:39,600 --> 00:45:45,900 Dynasty David and from your seed, I will preserve your 742 00:45:45,900 --> 00:45:51,700 kingdom from generation to generation, enduring forever and 743 00:45:51,700 --> 00:45:53,600 ever. That's my promise for you. 744 00:45:55,600 --> 00:45:58,300 You know, what's amazing? David wanted to build God, a 745 00:45:58,300 --> 00:46:00,200 house and God turned it around and he gave him a 746 00:46:00,207 --> 00:46:02,100 counterproposal. I'm going to build you a house. 747 00:46:03,400 --> 00:46:05,700 That's what I'm going to do. You want to build me a house? 748 00:46:05,700 --> 00:46:07,700 How about this? I'm going to build you a house. 749 00:46:08,800 --> 00:46:12,700 And so he promises him. He promises him that I am going 750 00:46:12,700 --> 00:46:18,000 to watch over your seed. And I'm going to make sure, not 751 00:46:18,000 --> 00:46:22,400 just your name survives, but that your throne Will Survive. 752 00:46:23,300 --> 00:46:26,900 And that you will have a kingdom forever and ever, and in the 753 00:46:26,900 --> 00:46:29,700 natural sense that would have excited David so much because 754 00:46:29,800 --> 00:46:34,100 every King knew the Jeopardy, and the danger, that awaited, 755 00:46:34,200 --> 00:46:37,200 his descendants that there would be usurpers and Rivals. 756 00:46:37,200 --> 00:46:40,900 I would rise up to try to eliminate an extinct, any Royal 757 00:46:40,900 --> 00:46:44,600 line so that they can take over and he was assured, it's not 758 00:46:44,600 --> 00:46:47,800 going to happen to yours. But David was in carnal like 759 00:46:47,800 --> 00:46:49,400 that. He wasn't just about his name 760 00:46:49,400 --> 00:46:52,500 and his his reputation. David knew that there was a 761 00:46:52,500 --> 00:46:55,500 direct correlation between his kingdom being preserved and 762 00:46:55,500 --> 00:47:00,900 God's glory being praised. So he was yes This is amazing, 763 00:47:00,900 --> 00:47:02,300 this is wonderful. And no wonder the way he 764 00:47:02,300 --> 00:47:04,100 responds next week we'll find out. 765 00:47:04,100 --> 00:47:06,300 But here's the thing that's a summary of the Covenant. 766 00:47:06,300 --> 00:47:09,500 Let's look at the details. So now we come to our text, 767 00:47:09,500 --> 00:47:12,600 right? And verse 8 now. 768 00:47:12,600 --> 00:47:15,200 Therefore, thus you shall say to my servant David? 769 00:47:15,800 --> 00:47:19,300 Thus says, the Lord of hosts, I took you from the pasture from 770 00:47:19,300 --> 00:47:21,900 following the sheep. That you should be Prince Over 771 00:47:21,900 --> 00:47:24,200 My People, Israel. And I have been with you 772 00:47:24,200 --> 00:47:26,900 wherever you went and have cut off all your enemies from before 773 00:47:26,900 --> 00:47:30,900 you, and I will make for you a great name, like the name of the 774 00:47:30,900 --> 00:47:33,400 great ones of the earth verse 10. 775 00:47:33,400 --> 00:47:38,000 Here's our first one ready. The first detail first Facet of 776 00:47:38,000 --> 00:47:42,200 this Covenant. And I will appoint a place for 777 00:47:42,200 --> 00:47:45,500 My People, Israel. And I will plant them so that 778 00:47:45,500 --> 00:47:48,300 they may dwell in their own place and be disturbed. 779 00:47:48,300 --> 00:47:51,200 No more and Violent Men shall afflict them. 780 00:47:51,200 --> 00:47:56,300 No more as formerly. Number one, the davidic Covenant 781 00:47:56,300 --> 00:48:02,300 includes a permanent occupation of a certain land. 782 00:48:04,500 --> 00:48:06,600 Controversial. No biblical. 783 00:48:09,200 --> 00:48:12,800 The davidic Covenant is linked to the abrahamic one. 784 00:48:13,900 --> 00:48:15,600 And what was, what was the abrahamic Covenant? 785 00:48:15,600 --> 00:48:21,000 All about really mainly land? I'm going to set apart a piece 786 00:48:21,000 --> 00:48:23,800 of real estate from all the Earth that will host. 787 00:48:23,800 --> 00:48:28,200 My people, the people of Israel. And I want to tell you if 788 00:48:28,200 --> 00:48:31,000 adequately and clearly, there is nowhere in the Bible that 789 00:48:31,000 --> 00:48:33,300 indicates that God changed his promise about that. 790 00:48:35,000 --> 00:48:38,900 If anything the New Testament affirms and confirms it, you 791 00:48:38,900 --> 00:48:41,600 don't believe me read Romans 9, 10 and 11 and if you're not 792 00:48:41,600 --> 00:48:43,900 convinced there go to the Book of Revelation. 793 00:48:45,100 --> 00:48:47,300 And then you will see that God really really meant what he said 794 00:48:47,300 --> 00:48:51,700 to Abraham and he is just reaffirming that promise to his 795 00:48:51,700 --> 00:48:54,400 servant David, there's going to be a place. 796 00:48:55,300 --> 00:48:57,800 And that place will be kept. I will make sure that you will 797 00:48:57,800 --> 00:49:01,600 occupy that place. And I know that there is much 798 00:49:01,600 --> 00:49:05,700 drama around that place and that drama will continue to rage on. 799 00:49:05,700 --> 00:49:11,000 But I assure you if God is true, That no one even if all the 800 00:49:11,000 --> 00:49:16,600 nations come together, we'll be able to thwart God's promise for 801 00:49:16,600 --> 00:49:18,600 the ethnic people who are known as Jews. 802 00:49:19,900 --> 00:49:26,400 It's not going to happen. and, It's not because because I can 803 00:49:26,400 --> 00:49:29,300 hear the thoughts it's not because God shows favoritism 804 00:49:29,300 --> 00:49:32,100 over one people group in comparison to others. 805 00:49:32,700 --> 00:49:35,400 It's because God made a promise to a certain people group. 806 00:49:35,700 --> 00:49:38,500 So that through the Fulfillment of that promise, all the nations 807 00:49:38,500 --> 00:49:41,300 would say that that God keeps his promises. 808 00:49:42,100 --> 00:49:45,600 That's the point. He comes at the partnership with 809 00:49:45,600 --> 00:49:48,900 one people group. So that the whole world for 810 00:49:48,900 --> 00:49:52,200 Generations, be able to say this is the god that keeps his 811 00:49:52,200 --> 00:49:54,700 promise. So it's not really 812 00:49:54,700 --> 00:49:57,500 controversial, it's biblical and it has everything to do with the 813 00:49:57,500 --> 00:50:00,800 character of God. So it includes a place it 814 00:50:00,800 --> 00:50:03,800 includes an actual geographical location. 815 00:50:04,500 --> 00:50:10,100 But we read on and we see in verse 11, What does it say here 816 00:50:10,600 --> 00:50:14,000 from the time that I appointed judges Over My People Israel and 817 00:50:14,000 --> 00:50:16,500 I will give you rest from all your enemies. 818 00:50:17,000 --> 00:50:19,600 Moreover, the Lord declares to you that the Lord will make you 819 00:50:19,600 --> 00:50:26,000 a house the davidic Covenant doesn't just include a place I 820 00:50:26,008 --> 00:50:31,000 will be occupied it includes a piece from the enemies of Israel 821 00:50:31,700 --> 00:50:37,700 a piece a certain rest and in this particular promise there is 822 00:50:37,700 --> 00:50:42,000 a near fulfillment and a future fulfillment what's the near 823 00:50:42,000 --> 00:50:45,700 fulfillment at what point will Israel realize this rest that 824 00:50:45,700 --> 00:50:50,200 has been promised by God It's not too far off from David 825 00:50:50,600 --> 00:50:55,000 Solomon Solomon's Rule and Reign was characterized by this rest, 826 00:50:55,500 --> 00:50:57,400 right? And God want to make sure that 827 00:50:57,400 --> 00:51:01,100 it was in that period of rest, that the temple would be 828 00:51:01,100 --> 00:51:04,600 constructed because he didn't want the association of his 829 00:51:04,600 --> 00:51:08,200 house to be with War, which was David. 830 00:51:08,200 --> 00:51:10,800 David had too much blood on his hands and he didn't want people 831 00:51:10,800 --> 00:51:14,600 to make the connection that that this house of worship was built 832 00:51:14,600 --> 00:51:17,500 by a man. And during a time of War, he 833 00:51:17,500 --> 00:51:20,400 want to be In a time of peace and worship to reflect the 834 00:51:20,400 --> 00:51:23,700 character and nature of God isn't that significant? 835 00:51:25,600 --> 00:51:28,700 But we see that after Solomon, it quickly goes downhill and 836 00:51:28,700 --> 00:51:31,700 what happens war, Civil War happens, a split with the 837 00:51:31,700 --> 00:51:34,300 nation, the tribes, in the nation, there is, there's Exile. 838 00:51:34,300 --> 00:51:37,600 All this crazy stuff happens and so we have to ask ourselves. 839 00:51:37,600 --> 00:51:40,400 Is it done? Was this a temporal thing was 840 00:51:40,400 --> 00:51:43,100 just we just for a moment. No, there's something yet to be 841 00:51:43,100 --> 00:51:47,300 fulfilled in a permanent way. And the only way that this piece 842 00:51:47,300 --> 00:51:52,000 for this people group around, this nation will come to pass is 843 00:51:52,000 --> 00:51:54,500 when the right King steps into the scene. 844 00:51:55,600 --> 00:51:58,300 Only until the right King steps into the scene. 845 00:51:58,400 --> 00:52:01,300 Will that piece be realized. And that's what Isaiah talks 846 00:52:01,300 --> 00:52:04,100 about, right? He speaks about in Isaiah 9:7 847 00:52:04,100 --> 00:52:08,800 that with his government will come and unending peace. 848 00:52:09,200 --> 00:52:14,100 That's verse 7 of chapter 9. And so we are yet to see that 849 00:52:14,100 --> 00:52:16,700 fulfilled. We are awaiting for the arrival 850 00:52:16,700 --> 00:52:20,800 of the son of David who would bring this true rest, not just 851 00:52:20,800 --> 00:52:23,800 Israel. But to the whole globe So that 852 00:52:23,800 --> 00:52:27,300 promise is still awaiting to be known and experienced. 853 00:52:28,400 --> 00:52:31,300 Thirdly, you can't have a kingdom without a king. 854 00:52:32,700 --> 00:52:34,000 You can't have a kingdom without a king. 855 00:52:34,000 --> 00:52:38,300 And so we read the last part of this promise in verse 12, when 856 00:52:38,300 --> 00:52:40,900 your days are fulfilled and you lie down with your father's, I 857 00:52:40,900 --> 00:52:44,000 will raise up your Offspring. After you who shall come from 858 00:52:44,000 --> 00:52:46,800 your body and I will establish his kingdom. 859 00:52:47,600 --> 00:52:51,000 He shall build a house for my name and I will establish the 860 00:52:51,000 --> 00:52:55,300 Throne of his kingdom forever. I will be to him a father and he 861 00:52:55,300 --> 00:52:58,600 shall be to me a son when he commits iniquity, that's 862 00:52:58,600 --> 00:53:03,000 strange, I will discipline him with the rod of men with Stripes 863 00:53:03,000 --> 00:53:06,200 of the sons of men, but my steadfast love will not. 864 00:53:06,200 --> 00:53:09,300 Depart from him. As I took it from Saul, whom I 865 00:53:09,308 --> 00:53:15,400 put away from before you. I promise you David that you 866 00:53:15,400 --> 00:53:16,900 will have a king who will sit on that throne. 867 00:53:18,500 --> 00:53:19,900 Who is that? King, who will build the house? 868 00:53:19,900 --> 00:53:23,200 We read it Solomon. What will God discipline him? 869 00:53:23,900 --> 00:53:27,300 He didn't say if he sins, right? He says, when he commits 870 00:53:27,300 --> 00:53:31,300 iniquity, he is waiting for a he's anticipating that Solomon 871 00:53:31,300 --> 00:53:36,200 is going to fail. But there's a word that 872 00:53:36,200 --> 00:53:38,900 reappears, three times in three verses and it's the word 873 00:53:38,900 --> 00:53:43,600 forever. Forever, forever, forever. 874 00:53:45,800 --> 00:53:49,600 And the problem is. Where's the kingdom? 875 00:53:49,600 --> 00:53:53,700 Now, if it's supposed to be forever, is that our problem? 876 00:53:57,100 --> 00:54:01,700 And the reason why we're not seeing it currently, as we might 877 00:54:01,700 --> 00:54:10,200 think it should be, is because the Kings disobeyed God, One 878 00:54:10,200 --> 00:54:12,300 after the other, many of them, if not a majority of them 879 00:54:12,400 --> 00:54:16,800 disobeyed God and that didn't nullify the Covenant, but it did 880 00:54:16,800 --> 00:54:23,100 create a cycle of discipline, a cycle of chastisement that you 881 00:54:23,100 --> 00:54:26,300 can say in some sense, delayed it. 882 00:54:28,100 --> 00:54:31,200 For example, come to 1st Kings, 8:25, and this is my last 883 00:54:31,200 --> 00:54:37,400 reference. Maybe And I'm referencing this 884 00:54:37,400 --> 00:54:39,900 so that you can you can have this in your notes. 885 00:54:41,000 --> 00:54:42,600 And I want you to see it for yourself. 886 00:54:46,000 --> 00:54:50,600 Now therefore First Kings 825. Now therefore O Lord God of 887 00:54:50,600 --> 00:54:52,500 Israel. Keep your servant David. 888 00:54:52,500 --> 00:54:54,400 My father. What you have promised them 889 00:54:54,700 --> 00:54:59,200 saying you shall not lack a man to sit before me on the throne 890 00:54:59,200 --> 00:55:01,400 of Israel. What's the next part? 891 00:55:02,100 --> 00:55:08,700 If If only your son's pay close attention to their way. 892 00:55:11,500 --> 00:55:13,700 So we just heard that this was an unconditional promise, did we 893 00:55:13,700 --> 00:55:19,100 not? But the word if Denotes 894 00:55:19,200 --> 00:55:24,900 condition. God keep your promise and I 895 00:55:24,908 --> 00:55:29,600 understand what's required on our part if only your son's pay 896 00:55:29,600 --> 00:55:33,000 close attention to the way. How do we make sense of this? 897 00:55:34,000 --> 00:55:35,300 Well again, what we heard earlier? 898 00:55:36,800 --> 00:55:40,900 This isn't contradict but the succeeding Kings would not be 899 00:55:40,900 --> 00:55:43,700 able to know the fullness of what? 900 00:55:43,700 --> 00:55:48,200 God promised David. But only know this discipline 901 00:55:48,200 --> 00:55:50,000 and this chastisement and the cycle of it. 902 00:55:50,008 --> 00:55:54,800 That's what you read in First Kings and second Kings. the God 903 00:55:54,800 --> 00:55:58,900 wanted to, Ultimately fulfill but couldn't because of their 904 00:55:58,900 --> 00:56:03,200 Disobedience to some degree and it's not that it's not that God 905 00:56:03,200 --> 00:56:05,600 didn't see coming, he saw it coming and he made a point by 906 00:56:05,600 --> 00:56:10,700 recording how one king after the other could not be the one that 907 00:56:10,700 --> 00:56:17,100 God was speaking about here. The fullness of these blessings 908 00:56:17,100 --> 00:56:21,500 would not be known in great part because of the failure for these 909 00:56:21,500 --> 00:56:23,400 Kings. And from these Kings, to be able 910 00:56:23,400 --> 00:56:27,100 to maintain a righteousness, that would be able to secure 911 00:56:27,100 --> 00:56:31,100 God's blessing. So what's the solution of 912 00:56:31,100 --> 00:56:33,400 course? Unless one of David's 913 00:56:33,400 --> 00:56:37,100 descendants would be able to come and end that cycle by 914 00:56:37,100 --> 00:56:42,200 offering a righteousness that would be able to open up an 915 00:56:42,200 --> 00:56:45,500 uninterrupted manifestation of God's blessing. 916 00:56:46,300 --> 00:56:48,900 That he promised here. You see it now. 917 00:56:51,300 --> 00:56:55,000 Why isn't this known? Why was this delayed? 918 00:56:55,100 --> 00:56:57,600 Why was this interrupted with Exiles and Wars? 919 00:56:57,800 --> 00:57:02,800 Because the sons of David could not keep up with the law of God? 920 00:57:05,200 --> 00:57:08,600 and so, the only solution to this is that one of the sons of 921 00:57:08,600 --> 00:57:14,900 David has to be able to And there is a clue how this would 922 00:57:14,900 --> 00:57:17,100 be made possible because the sons of David, they have a 923 00:57:17,100 --> 00:57:18,700 problem like you. And I tonight, you know what 924 00:57:18,700 --> 00:57:20,300 that problem is their sons of Adam. 925 00:57:21,600 --> 00:57:24,400 That's the issue. That's the whole point. 926 00:57:25,500 --> 00:57:29,000 When you read those series of Kings, they can't, they are 927 00:57:29,000 --> 00:57:32,500 unable to. And so the prophets who knew the 928 00:57:32,500 --> 00:57:35,900 davidic, Covenant, God, the holy spirit, this is the beauty of 929 00:57:35,900 --> 00:57:38,400 knowing the Old Testament. God, the holy spirit gives a 930 00:57:38,400 --> 00:57:41,000 little bit more life, a little bit more light, and then your 931 00:57:41,000 --> 00:57:44,900 job in mind as Desiring to know, the will of God, put the pieces 932 00:57:44,900 --> 00:57:47,800 together. The sea, What would be a 933 00:57:47,800 --> 00:57:50,600 Mysteries, actually, a plan from eternity past. 934 00:57:51,400 --> 00:57:53,800 Let me give you an example. I have two more references for 935 00:57:53,800 --> 00:57:55,800 you and hopefully, this will bless you. 936 00:57:56,400 --> 00:57:59,100 So, we are now told, I mean, take the time to read this on 937 00:57:59,100 --> 00:58:01,200 your own, we are told that there's a king coming. 938 00:58:01,400 --> 00:58:05,200 We are told by God that this Kingdom will be forever and we 939 00:58:05,200 --> 00:58:08,800 know this ahead of time that it just doesn't seem to be working 940 00:58:08,800 --> 00:58:10,500 if you don't have the New Testament. 941 00:58:10,500 --> 00:58:13,400 It's a very very Dreadful future for Israel. 942 00:58:14,900 --> 00:58:17,900 One failure after the next after the next, until you get to the 943 00:58:17,900 --> 00:58:21,600 prophets and you discover some hints given by the spirit of 944 00:58:21,600 --> 00:58:23,300 God. And here's one of the most 945 00:58:23,300 --> 00:58:27,900 astounding Clues, as it relates to the davidic Covenant, that 946 00:58:27,900 --> 00:58:31,800 God makes with him here Zechariah 14:9. 947 00:58:32,200 --> 00:58:36,700 Here's a prophecy. About Israel's Future King. 948 00:58:38,900 --> 00:58:41,800 And here's what Zechariah 14:9 says. 949 00:58:48,200 --> 00:58:56,500 I want you to see it. And the Lord will be king over 950 00:58:56,500 --> 00:59:01,100 all the Earth. On that day, the Lord will be 951 00:59:01,100 --> 00:59:11,200 one and his name one. is that is that a capitalized lrd in your 952 00:59:11,200 --> 00:59:24,600 Bibles should be And Yahweh. The Yahweh will be king over all 953 00:59:24,600 --> 00:59:27,800 the Earth, your New Covenant Christian. 954 00:59:27,800 --> 00:59:30,500 I hope your eyes have been open to the reality of the person of 955 00:59:30,500 --> 00:59:32,500 Jesus Christ. Imagine what that would have 956 00:59:32,500 --> 00:59:34,700 sounded like to the Jew of that day. 957 00:59:36,200 --> 00:59:40,100 Who are very familiar with the davidic Covenant, they banked on 958 00:59:40,100 --> 00:59:42,700 the abrahamic and davidic Covenant for their survival. 959 00:59:42,700 --> 00:59:45,500 It was a source of much hope even in their rebellion. 960 00:59:45,700 --> 00:59:48,900 And when they sought repentance and offer sudden Zechariah comes 961 00:59:48,900 --> 00:59:54,300 on the scene and he says the Lord will be king over all the 962 00:59:54,300 --> 00:59:59,000 Earth, well, hold on. Second Samuel 7, we learned that 963 00:59:59,000 --> 01:00:05,700 God said one of David's Sons would be the king. so Zechariah 964 01:00:05,700 --> 01:00:08,600 we're hearing what you said but Nathan said one of David's Sons 965 01:00:08,600 --> 01:00:12,400 you're saying Yahweh Well, who is it? 966 01:00:13,700 --> 01:00:16,700 And you can just imagine the equations coming to mind. 967 01:00:16,900 --> 01:00:23,200 Well, surely one of David's Sons, cannot become God, the 968 01:00:23,200 --> 01:00:24,800 scriptures teaches that very emphatically. 969 01:00:24,800 --> 01:00:30,600 Clearly, it's obvious That's impossible. 970 01:00:33,900 --> 01:00:35,900 Is it possible for God to become a man? 971 01:00:39,300 --> 01:00:42,900 Is it is it possible not for God to just become a man? 972 01:00:42,900 --> 01:00:44,700 Is it possible for God to become a man? 973 01:00:44,700 --> 01:00:50,900 Who was Who is infused and who interjects in the davidic line. 974 01:00:53,800 --> 01:00:57,800 And this would be mind-blowing, the Lord will be king over all 975 01:00:57,800 --> 01:01:02,400 the Earth, we're waiting for the son of David to become the king, 976 01:01:02,400 --> 01:01:05,300 that would conquer the world. How do we make sense of this? 977 01:01:05,800 --> 01:01:10,000 And the Mystery that is to the Jews, is what you and I call the 978 01:01:10,000 --> 01:01:15,700 Incarnation. The mystery that is. 979 01:01:16,800 --> 01:01:20,100 To the mind. I can't comprehend without the 980 01:01:20,100 --> 01:01:22,500 aid of the holy spirit is something that you and I 981 01:01:22,500 --> 01:01:28,300 worship, especially once a year. Yes, the Lord can become king, 982 01:01:28,300 --> 01:01:32,700 the king of the Earth, the son of David because the Lord can 983 01:01:32,700 --> 01:01:40,100 become a man. and not just a man, he can occupy the womb of 984 01:01:40,100 --> 01:01:45,500 someone who is from the line of David And assume both roles at 985 01:01:45,500 --> 01:01:51,300 the same time and fulfill all ancient prophecy. and if you 986 01:01:51,300 --> 01:01:56,200 think that, if you think that that is a stretch, then take the 987 01:01:56,200 --> 01:01:59,800 words of Jesus in the last book of the Bible and Revelation 988 01:01:59,800 --> 01:02:04,600 22:16 and hold on to that verse. If you want a verse that will 989 01:02:05,300 --> 01:02:08,600 defend the deity of Jesus Christ and not just the deity of Jesus 990 01:02:08,600 --> 01:02:13,100 Christ. But The promised Messiah that. 991 01:02:14,700 --> 01:02:18,000 God speaks of in this chapter of our study. 992 01:02:20,400 --> 01:02:23,300 What does it say in Revelation 22:16? 993 01:02:24,000 --> 01:02:27,300 I Jesus. No confusion there. 994 01:02:27,700 --> 01:02:31,300 I Jesus have sent my angel to testify to you about these 995 01:02:31,300 --> 01:02:34,600 things for the churches. I am the root. 996 01:02:35,600 --> 01:02:38,700 And a descendant of David, the Bright Morning Star. 997 01:02:40,700 --> 01:02:45,500 I am the root and a descendant. You know, when you know what 998 01:02:45,500 --> 01:02:50,100 that means, I'm the creator of David and I'm the son of David. 999 01:02:53,000 --> 01:02:56,900 I am the author of David and I'm The Offspring of David. 1000 01:02:58,500 --> 01:03:06,900 I'm the god of David Wright, and I'm also The king that was 1001 01:03:06,900 --> 01:03:09,100 promised to David, that would come at one point. 1002 01:03:10,500 --> 01:03:15,400 And so, what you see? Is that the Lord here? 1003 01:03:16,600 --> 01:03:19,300 Is confirming an ancient Prophecy in the very last book 1004 01:03:19,300 --> 01:03:21,200 of the Bible. Do you know, want to know why in 1005 01:03:21,200 --> 01:03:24,300 part? Because one of your last 1006 01:03:24,300 --> 01:03:27,700 thoughts as you close the Bible, assuming that you read it from 1007 01:03:27,700 --> 01:03:31,100 cover to cover. Is that we are still awaiting 1008 01:03:31,100 --> 01:03:35,500 for this King to appear and to fulfill the promise that 1009 01:03:35,500 --> 01:03:39,400 Nathan's spoke to David. That's what you want to do. 1010 01:03:39,408 --> 01:03:41,500 You want to know what's next on the prophetic calendar? 1011 01:03:42,500 --> 01:03:45,900 The thing that God spoke thousands of years ago, well, 1012 01:03:45,900 --> 01:03:49,700 actually happen before our eyes one day in his perfect timing. 1013 01:03:51,400 --> 01:03:55,300 And I just can't imagine the day where David himself and is 1014 01:03:55,300 --> 01:03:59,700 resurrected state will look at his son and also say, that's my 1015 01:03:59,700 --> 01:04:04,200 God. Imagine that thought He's my 1016 01:04:04,200 --> 01:04:06,400 Creator, but he's also my descendant. 1017 01:04:07,700 --> 01:04:10,000 He is my Lord but he's also my son. 1018 01:04:13,200 --> 01:04:17,800 And you. And I Will reign with him if we 1019 01:04:17,800 --> 01:04:21,200 are faithful to him. And I hope that you will take 1020 01:04:21,200 --> 01:04:23,400 that seriously in your life, may you. 1021 01:04:23,400 --> 01:04:26,300 And I reflect this man's passion or said, oh Lord, I don't want 1022 01:04:26,300 --> 01:04:28,900 to be stagnant. I want to know how I can serve 1023 01:04:28,900 --> 01:04:32,700 you as much as I can and I will have my heart and large by these 1024 01:04:32,700 --> 01:04:34,400 desires. And Lord, I will trust that you 1025 01:04:34,400 --> 01:04:37,000 will direct me and how I should fulfill my purpose. 1026 01:04:37,000 --> 01:04:39,300 For Your Name. Lord, we thank you tonight. 1027 01:04:41,900 --> 01:04:46,300 Help us Lord to keep these truths to love you and honor you 1028 01:04:46,300 --> 01:04:50,000 with these truths. And to Rejoice that we are in 1029 01:04:50,000 --> 01:04:54,100 the truth. In Jesus name, amen.