1 00:00:00,400 --> 00:00:04,300 I direct your attention to 2nd Samuel. 2 00:00:06,600 --> 00:00:10,500 Chapter 7. It's one of the mountain peaks, 3 00:00:10,700 --> 00:00:15,100 maybe three or four mountain peaks of scripture in the Old 4 00:00:15,100 --> 00:00:16,600 Testament. This is one of them. 5 00:00:19,300 --> 00:00:23,000 We're looking at King David, the man after God's Own Heart. 6 00:00:24,300 --> 00:00:27,500 Now, when the king lived in his house and the Lord had given him 7 00:00:27,500 --> 00:00:31,200 rest from all his surrounding enemies, the king said, to 8 00:00:31,200 --> 00:00:35,200 Nathan, the prophet. See now I dwell in the house of 9 00:00:35,200 --> 00:00:39,900 Cedar, but the Ark of God, dwells in a tent and Nathan 10 00:00:39,900 --> 00:00:43,600 said, to the king, go do all that is in your heart. 11 00:00:43,800 --> 00:00:48,900 For the Lord is with you, but that same night, the word of the 12 00:00:48,908 --> 00:00:54,000 Lord came to Nathan go and tell my servant David thus says the 13 00:00:54,200 --> 00:00:57,800 Org, would you build me a house to dwell in? 14 00:00:59,000 --> 00:01:01,600 I have not lived in a house since the day, I brought up the 15 00:01:01,600 --> 00:01:05,300 people of Israel from Egypt to this day, but I've been moving 16 00:01:05,300 --> 00:01:09,100 about in a tent for my dwelling, in all the places where I have 17 00:01:09,100 --> 00:01:11,000 moved with all the people of Israel. 18 00:01:11,400 --> 00:01:14,300 Did, I speak a word with any of the judges of Israel? 19 00:01:14,600 --> 00:01:18,500 Whom I commanded to Shepherd. My People Israel saying, why 20 00:01:18,500 --> 00:01:21,000 have you not built me a house of cedar? 21 00:01:22,100 --> 00:01:25,300 Now therefore thus you'll shoot, you shall say to my servant 22 00:01:25,300 --> 00:01:27,900 David. Thus, saith the Lord of hosts. 23 00:01:28,000 --> 00:01:31,800 I took you from the pasture from following the sheep. 24 00:01:32,000 --> 00:01:36,200 That you should be Prince Over My People, Israel, and I have 25 00:01:36,200 --> 00:01:40,800 been with you wherever you went. And if cut off all your enemies 26 00:01:40,800 --> 00:01:46,000 from before you, I will make for you a great name like the name 27 00:01:46,000 --> 00:01:49,600 of the great ones of the earth and I will appoint a place for 28 00:01:49,600 --> 00:01:53,800 My People, Israel and will play. Them so that they may dwell in 29 00:01:53,800 --> 00:01:57,400 their own place and be disturbed, no more and Violent 30 00:01:57,400 --> 00:02:00,100 Men shall afflict them. No more is formally from the 31 00:02:00,100 --> 00:02:04,500 time that I appointed judges Over My People Israel and I will 32 00:02:04,500 --> 00:02:07,500 give you rest from all your enemies. 33 00:02:08,500 --> 00:02:12,300 Moreover, the Lord declares to you that the Lord will make you 34 00:02:12,300 --> 00:02:16,200 a house when your days are fulfilled and you lie down with 35 00:02:16,200 --> 00:02:21,000 your father's, I will raise up your Offspring after you, who 36 00:02:21,000 --> 00:02:23,800 shall come from. A body and I will establish his 37 00:02:23,800 --> 00:02:26,500 kingdom. He shall build a house for my 38 00:02:26,500 --> 00:02:30,800 name and I will establish the Throne of his kingdom forever. 39 00:02:31,600 --> 00:02:35,000 I will be to him a father and he shall be to me a son. 40 00:02:35,000 --> 00:02:37,500 When he commits iniquity. I will discipline him with the 41 00:02:37,500 --> 00:02:42,200 rod of men and with the stripes of the sons of men, but my 42 00:02:42,200 --> 00:02:46,000 steadfast love will not depart from him. 43 00:02:46,500 --> 00:02:51,700 As I took it from Saul when I put away from before you. 44 00:02:52,400 --> 00:02:55,300 And your house and your kingdom shall be made. 45 00:02:55,300 --> 00:03:00,500 Sure forever. Before me, your throne shall be 46 00:03:00,500 --> 00:03:05,300 established forever in accordance with all these words. 47 00:03:05,300 --> 00:03:09,800 And in accordance with all this Vision, Nathan spoke to David, 48 00:03:10,200 --> 00:03:14,400 the word of the Lord, you may be seated. 49 00:03:18,200 --> 00:03:22,000 About every other sermon in this series, which we started back in 50 00:03:22,000 --> 00:03:27,700 the late summer. I've had to remind us that. 51 00:03:28,200 --> 00:03:33,600 It's not about Eli. It's not about Samuel. 52 00:03:35,400 --> 00:03:40,000 It's not about Saul. It's not about David. 53 00:03:41,700 --> 00:03:46,900 It's about Jesus Christ. The King of Kings and the Lord 54 00:03:46,900 --> 00:03:50,600 of lords, what we've been studying here in these 55 00:03:50,600 --> 00:03:55,000 narratives in the Old Testament, is the historical account of how 56 00:03:55,000 --> 00:04:00,000 God literally historically in time. 57 00:04:00,000 --> 00:04:06,800 And in place, and over the generations establishes his 58 00:04:07,300 --> 00:04:10,000 kingdom. This is the form. 59 00:04:10,000 --> 00:04:12,600 The kingdom took in the early days. 60 00:04:12,600 --> 00:04:14,500 When God made his Covenant with Abraham. 61 00:04:14,500 --> 00:04:18,899 It was with a man. When God renewed, his Covenant 62 00:04:18,899 --> 00:04:23,500 with Moses, it was with the people, an ethnic group a tribe. 63 00:04:25,300 --> 00:04:29,600 Then God moves through and establishes his Covenant, the 64 00:04:29,600 --> 00:04:35,800 same Covenant yet again. And it's with the nation, the 65 00:04:35,800 --> 00:04:41,300 nation that's been United. Under one Shepherd, one king, 66 00:04:41,700 --> 00:04:44,700 the southern Kingdom Judah, first, and then the Northern 67 00:04:44,700 --> 00:04:49,800 Kingdom Israel joined with them and they are now a United 68 00:04:50,100 --> 00:04:52,400 Kingdom. And so many things that God 69 00:04:52,400 --> 00:04:57,200 promised to his people have already come to pass, God 70 00:04:57,200 --> 00:04:59,300 promised him. He would lead them out of Egypt. 71 00:04:59,800 --> 00:05:01,100 He would lead them out of bondage. 72 00:05:01,100 --> 00:05:02,500 He would save them in the wilderness. 73 00:05:03,400 --> 00:05:05,400 He would deliver them safely into the land. 74 00:05:05,400 --> 00:05:08,600 He's done all of that. There's not failed one, good 75 00:05:08,600 --> 00:05:12,700 word that the lord gave to his people and now time has gone by 76 00:05:12,700 --> 00:05:14,500 and the Lord has raised up judges. 77 00:05:15,000 --> 00:05:17,400 And now he has placed the king upon the throne. 78 00:05:19,000 --> 00:05:22,800 The Bible says, the Lord had given him rest from his 79 00:05:22,800 --> 00:05:26,200 surrounding enemies. Almost everything in the Old 80 00:05:26,200 --> 00:05:32,600 Testament, that has a literal historical personal fulfillment 81 00:05:32,600 --> 00:05:37,800 in David or any of the other leading characters in God's 82 00:05:37,800 --> 00:05:41,800 history. Almost everything has an 83 00:05:41,800 --> 00:05:44,600 immediate reference, but then it goes beyond that. 84 00:05:45,400 --> 00:05:47,800 And that's what we see in this particular passage. 85 00:05:48,500 --> 00:05:52,200 God says he gave them rest in the days of Joshua. 86 00:05:52,200 --> 00:05:52,900 We've been on. What was it? 87 00:05:52,900 --> 00:05:56,000 A complete rest. God says he gave them rest here 88 00:05:56,000 --> 00:05:59,100 in the days of King. David God promises In this 89 00:05:59,100 --> 00:06:02,800 passage that he will give them rest in the future, but it is 90 00:06:02,800 --> 00:06:06,700 only when we come to the absolute and complete and final. 91 00:06:06,700 --> 00:06:09,200 Fulfillment of all of these promises do. 92 00:06:09,500 --> 00:06:15,000 Hear someone say come unto me all ye that labor and are heavy 93 00:06:15,000 --> 00:06:20,900 laden and I will give you rest. The writer of Hebrews says, 94 00:06:20,900 --> 00:06:24,500 there's a rest that remains for the people of God. 95 00:06:24,500 --> 00:06:27,000 It's a ultimate rest of final rest. 96 00:06:27,000 --> 00:06:30,100 It's a rest of Peace. It's a rest of prosperity. 97 00:06:30,100 --> 00:06:34,400 It's a rest that is complete in Christ. 98 00:06:35,400 --> 00:06:39,500 So really this passage is all about Christ, isn't it? 99 00:06:41,200 --> 00:06:44,400 Now, historically, we have the prophet Nathan showing up. 100 00:06:44,900 --> 00:06:45,800 And we don't know where he came from. 101 00:06:45,800 --> 00:06:47,900 This, the first mention of Nathan and we'll hear more about 102 00:06:47,900 --> 00:06:54,100 Nathan extraordinary profit. Very close personal minister to 103 00:06:54,200 --> 00:06:57,600 King David. And he's sitting there with the 104 00:06:57,600 --> 00:07:02,000 king and the king is sitting in his house of Cedar that tire 105 00:07:02,400 --> 00:07:07,100 that Hiram, the king of Tyre had contracted and built and it was 106 00:07:07,100 --> 00:07:11,200 a palace and it was in The Citadel of David in the city of 107 00:07:11,200 --> 00:07:14,100 Jerusalem. It was right next to Mount. 108 00:07:14,100 --> 00:07:17,300 Zion where David? We saw last week had pitched a 109 00:07:17,300 --> 00:07:21,500 tent and it brought the Ark of the Covenant up and placed it in 110 00:07:21,500 --> 00:07:27,900 that tent. and so, David is Enjoying the prospects from this 111 00:07:27,900 --> 00:07:29,900 point on. We don't see David going to war 112 00:07:29,900 --> 00:07:32,000 very much for the all practical purposes. 113 00:07:32,000 --> 00:07:36,900 The great enemies of Israel, the Philistines and the edomites 114 00:07:36,900 --> 00:07:41,800 have been subjected to his power. 115 00:07:43,200 --> 00:07:47,900 David is enjoying rest if we follow David through the caves 116 00:07:47,900 --> 00:07:51,200 in the wilderness and in and out, we've see what David's been 117 00:07:51,200 --> 00:07:53,700 through. This is rest for David sitting 118 00:07:53,700 --> 00:07:58,300 in a palatial home. On the heights of Jerusalem. 119 00:08:01,600 --> 00:08:07,900 And he has this need this urge this Niche within him to do 120 00:08:07,900 --> 00:08:11,300 something for God. Because God has done so much for 121 00:08:11,300 --> 00:08:13,700 him. He's brought the ark. 122 00:08:14,700 --> 00:08:18,900 But he feels that he needs to do yet more and he has this, this, 123 00:08:19,600 --> 00:08:28,900 this urge this, this desire. To build the Lord, a house to 124 00:08:28,900 --> 00:08:32,700 build a temple. Now I would like to suggest to 125 00:08:32,700 --> 00:08:34,000 you. The temple building is a 126 00:08:34,008 --> 00:08:38,000 universal urge of worshipping Humanity. 127 00:08:39,400 --> 00:08:43,200 Just look the world over and look through the history books. 128 00:08:44,400 --> 00:08:49,200 The idea of building a building for the glory of God, for the 129 00:08:49,200 --> 00:08:54,600 presence of God is a strong. Urge. 130 00:08:55,700 --> 00:08:58,700 In the heart. Of the person. 131 00:09:02,600 --> 00:09:09,100 But he means more too. Men kind that it does to God. 132 00:09:10,700 --> 00:09:12,400 And Nathan. Who at this point is a good 133 00:09:12,400 --> 00:09:14,700 friend of David and a very supportive preacher. 134 00:09:16,900 --> 00:09:18,400 Says that sounds like a good idea. 135 00:09:20,200 --> 00:09:24,000 Well, that's a magnificent idea. To build a temple. 136 00:09:25,600 --> 00:09:28,500 Instead of that tent that we have over there on Mount Zion. 137 00:09:28,500 --> 00:09:32,300 Let's think in terms of a permanent house. 138 00:09:34,300 --> 00:09:41,900 A beautiful house Temple. In fact, Nathan the prophet who 139 00:09:41,900 --> 00:09:47,500 speaks for God in this instance, spoke as Jeremiah warns the 140 00:09:47,500 --> 00:09:51,500 prophets not to do. He spoke out of his own heart. 141 00:09:53,400 --> 00:09:58,300 And not from the revelation of God in his own prophecy to David 142 00:09:58,300 --> 00:10:03,200 was positive and affirmative. Yes, that sounds like a 143 00:10:03,200 --> 00:10:06,700 wonderful idea go and do. The Lord has been with you and 144 00:10:06,700 --> 00:10:10,400 everything you've done and this is a wonderful thing that you 145 00:10:10,400 --> 00:10:13,100 have in mind. Go and do what's in your heart. 146 00:10:13,900 --> 00:10:16,200 Not just like to say parenthetically here that that's 147 00:10:16,200 --> 00:10:18,000 not how the Tabernacle got built. 148 00:10:18,800 --> 00:10:22,300 God emphasise to Moses over and over and over. 149 00:10:22,300 --> 00:10:26,200 Build it, like I tell you to build it on the mountain. 150 00:10:27,300 --> 00:10:31,800 Follow every intricate detail of how I tell you to build it. 151 00:10:31,800 --> 00:10:34,700 The Tabernacle. And the reason of course we 152 00:10:34,700 --> 00:10:38,100 learn later is that the Tabernacle was the perfect 153 00:10:38,100 --> 00:10:43,100 picture in the symbol of Christ Christ in his Incarnation 154 00:10:43,100 --> 00:10:47,300 Christ, in his Humanity skin stretched over bones. 155 00:10:48,600 --> 00:10:53,100 And so many parts of that Tabernacle inside and out the 156 00:10:53,100 --> 00:10:57,600 furniture of the Tabernacle itself, all of the things that 157 00:10:57,600 --> 00:11:03,000 surrounded, it gave us a picture of the person and the work of 158 00:11:03,000 --> 00:11:06,700 Jesus Christ. But not so with the temple. 159 00:11:08,400 --> 00:11:12,400 The temple was an architecture design that was derived from 160 00:11:12,800 --> 00:11:15,400 many of the Pagan temples in the ancient world. 161 00:11:16,400 --> 00:11:20,400 It's certainly symbolized in pictured, Christ in many ways 162 00:11:21,500 --> 00:11:23,000 and we'll see you in just a moment. 163 00:11:23,800 --> 00:11:27,100 The most important thing, the temple symbolized. 164 00:11:31,400 --> 00:11:34,700 But David was anxious to build this beautiful Temple. 165 00:11:35,000 --> 00:11:36,500 He already knew a good contractor. 166 00:11:37,700 --> 00:11:40,400 Ohio, the tire was an excellent Builder. 167 00:11:41,100 --> 00:11:42,900 He already had a site picked out. 168 00:11:43,900 --> 00:11:47,500 It was a threshing floor there at the summit of the mountain. 169 00:11:47,500 --> 00:11:52,100 That would make a wonderful bed for the foundation for the 170 00:11:52,100 --> 00:11:55,500 temple. David had already begun to 171 00:11:55,500 --> 00:11:58,800 gather some of the materials gather, some of the things that 172 00:11:58,800 --> 00:12:00,800 would be needed to build the house. 173 00:12:02,600 --> 00:12:04,600 But the word of the Lord came to the prophet. 174 00:12:05,800 --> 00:12:09,400 And it was the word of contrast. No. 175 00:12:11,100 --> 00:12:14,800 You go to King David, Nathan and you say to King, David. 176 00:12:15,700 --> 00:12:24,300 Will you build me a house? I never asked for a house, says 177 00:12:24,300 --> 00:12:27,100 the Lord. The whole time I've been 178 00:12:27,100 --> 00:12:30,200 traveling with my people from the days of the Tabernacle, all 179 00:12:30,200 --> 00:12:33,000 the way through the Wilderness wanderings, and into Canaan, and 180 00:12:33,000 --> 00:12:35,100 several hundred years of living in the land. 181 00:12:35,100 --> 00:12:38,800 I've been in a tent. I've been moving about. 182 00:12:39,700 --> 00:12:42,400 I have not found one particular location. 183 00:12:42,400 --> 00:12:46,300 I've not been tied down. I have been at times most 184 00:12:46,300 --> 00:12:51,700 eminent in the midst of you as a pillar of fire and a smoky 185 00:12:51,700 --> 00:12:54,800 cloud. And there are times in which 186 00:12:54,800 --> 00:12:59,000 I've been distant and far and Transcendent and high and lifted 187 00:12:59,000 --> 00:13:01,900 up. And my presence has struck 188 00:13:01,900 --> 00:13:08,300 Terror in your hearts. I am a god of immensity. 189 00:13:09,500 --> 00:13:16,200 And omnipresence. I don't dwell in a little house 190 00:13:17,000 --> 00:13:20,700 that you've made for me. I'm bigger than that. 191 00:13:21,100 --> 00:13:23,200 And my purposes are better than that. 192 00:13:24,800 --> 00:13:28,800 Not only have I never asked for a tenth, the Lord says, but I've 193 00:13:28,800 --> 00:13:32,800 always been free to move in all the places where I move with the 194 00:13:32,800 --> 00:13:39,700 people of Israel. But let me explain to you David 195 00:13:40,300 --> 00:13:43,900 one, more time. How a covenant works. 196 00:13:45,500 --> 00:13:50,500 God's covenant is a unilateral promissory Covenant. 197 00:13:51,000 --> 00:13:55,200 That is he makes the rules. He sets the stipulation. 198 00:13:55,400 --> 00:13:58,800 He has accomplished everything that it needs to bring it about 199 00:13:59,700 --> 00:14:06,400 and he imposes it with his loving, perfect will upon the 200 00:14:06,400 --> 00:14:11,100 vassal upon the subject David. You are my subject. 201 00:14:11,100 --> 00:14:14,400 I took you from following the Sheep. 202 00:14:15,400 --> 00:14:18,000 And made you prints over my people. 203 00:14:18,200 --> 00:14:20,500 God says, I've been at work. I've done this. 204 00:14:20,500 --> 00:14:23,100 This is my kingdom. This is my work. 205 00:14:25,300 --> 00:14:28,500 But I need for you to David is to continue to be submissive to 206 00:14:28,500 --> 00:14:31,700 me and to do that, which I tell you. 207 00:14:32,300 --> 00:14:36,500 And let me tell you this David. The Lord continues to talk 208 00:14:36,700 --> 00:14:42,500 through Nathan, the prophet. I'm going to build you a house. 209 00:14:44,000 --> 00:14:45,600 You're not going to build me a house. 210 00:14:46,500 --> 00:14:48,800 I'm going to build you a house and there's a little play on the 211 00:14:48,800 --> 00:14:51,200 word house. In the first instance. 212 00:14:51,200 --> 00:14:54,600 It's means a temple. The Lord says, you're not going 213 00:14:54,600 --> 00:14:59,600 to build me a temple. The house also means the 214 00:14:59,600 --> 00:15:03,100 household are the family are The Offspring. 215 00:15:03,100 --> 00:15:07,600 Are the lineage. The Lord says to David. 216 00:15:07,600 --> 00:15:13,700 I'm going to give you a house. I'm going to build you a house. 217 00:15:14,700 --> 00:15:16,400 Now, we know how all this was fulfilled. 218 00:15:16,400 --> 00:15:17,800 As we read through the scriptures. 219 00:15:17,800 --> 00:15:22,100 In fact, the story in the Bible moves through and tells us that 220 00:15:22,400 --> 00:15:27,500 David did not build the Lord of Temple instead. 221 00:15:27,700 --> 00:15:30,800 David's son, who was probably yet to be born. 222 00:15:32,500 --> 00:15:37,000 Solomon. David was a man of war Solomon. 223 00:15:37,000 --> 00:15:46,600 Shalom was a man of peace. God, granted great things to 224 00:15:46,600 --> 00:15:48,900 Solomon. Wisdom power. 225 00:15:49,400 --> 00:15:54,300 In fact, in the days of King Solomon, Israel was the most 226 00:15:54,600 --> 00:15:58,400 powerful Nation on earth. Now, admittedly to get there. 227 00:15:58,500 --> 00:16:03,600 Assyria was in a bit of preliminary decline babbling had 228 00:16:03,600 --> 00:16:07,100 not Arisen Egypt was in somewhat of declined. 229 00:16:09,500 --> 00:16:14,800 And all the glory of the nations came to the courts of Solomon. 230 00:16:16,800 --> 00:16:20,000 And yet. It was through Solomon. 231 00:16:21,500 --> 00:16:29,200 The Lord said I'm going to give you the offspring. 232 00:16:31,400 --> 00:16:33,600 And then God begins to make promises. 233 00:16:34,800 --> 00:16:42,400 That go Way Beyond Solomon. Go all the way to Jesus Christ, 234 00:16:43,100 --> 00:16:45,200 even though Solomon built a great Temple, you know, what 235 00:16:45,200 --> 00:16:49,100 happened in about 400 years. It was destroyed completely 236 00:16:49,100 --> 00:16:52,800 raised and rated taken off. The people were taken to 237 00:16:52,800 --> 00:16:57,600 Babylonian captivity, even when they returned about 75, 80 years 238 00:16:57,600 --> 00:17:02,200 later, they built the temple again, but it was a pitiful 239 00:17:02,200 --> 00:17:04,400 looking Building compared to Solomon's Temple. 240 00:17:05,000 --> 00:17:08,500 In fact, the old man cried. Because they remembered the 241 00:17:08,500 --> 00:17:10,800 glory of Solomon's Temple in their youth. 242 00:17:10,800 --> 00:17:14,000 And now these 70 years of captivity had come and gone and 243 00:17:14,000 --> 00:17:18,800 this new temple built under the rubble and haggai and others did 244 00:17:18,800 --> 00:17:21,099 not have the glory. But the Lord says, I'm going to 245 00:17:21,108 --> 00:17:25,700 bring a Brea greater glory to this Temple than was the glory 246 00:17:25,700 --> 00:17:29,600 of Solomon's Temple. And the glory he brought was it 247 00:17:29,600 --> 00:17:32,600 was to that temple. Zerubbabel's temple. 248 00:17:33,100 --> 00:17:36,300 The second temple. Did Jesus Christ? 249 00:17:36,600 --> 00:17:41,500 The true Temple came. And here's what Jesus thought 250 00:17:41,500 --> 00:17:46,900 about the temple. He said, tear it down. 251 00:17:49,200 --> 00:17:51,000 Got in a lot of trouble for saying that too. 252 00:17:52,300 --> 00:17:56,100 He knew the great symbolism of Solomon's Temple and 253 00:17:56,100 --> 00:17:58,800 zerubbabel's Temple that had been enhanced greatly by King 254 00:17:58,800 --> 00:18:06,800 Herod and others that Temple. Had one great significance. 255 00:18:07,400 --> 00:18:11,100 It was teardown of all. It's that your word is that it 256 00:18:11,100 --> 00:18:15,900 was tear down the Bible. It was subject to destruction. 257 00:18:16,800 --> 00:18:20,500 And in that it symbolized the human body of Christ that was 258 00:18:20,500 --> 00:18:23,300 subject to death. Even the death on the cross. 259 00:18:23,900 --> 00:18:27,900 And Jesus said, tear this Temple down and in three days, I'll 260 00:18:27,900 --> 00:18:31,000 raise it again. And that's exactly what 261 00:18:31,000 --> 00:18:33,400 happened. The temple is to tell us the 262 00:18:33,400 --> 00:18:38,800 gospel of the tearing down in the raising up of the very Body 263 00:18:38,800 --> 00:18:43,000 of Christ. God had gone Way Beyond Solomon 264 00:18:43,000 --> 00:18:45,100 when he talked about, he was going to give him an offspring. 265 00:18:45,100 --> 00:18:47,100 That Offspring move Beyond Solomon. 266 00:18:47,500 --> 00:18:50,800 It moved Beyond Rio boehm. It moved beyond the whole 267 00:18:50,800 --> 00:18:55,600 lineage of the Judean Kings and moved all the way to Jesus 268 00:18:55,600 --> 00:18:59,400 Christ and the New Testament over and over and over. 269 00:18:59,600 --> 00:19:03,200 Continues from the first chapter of Matthew all the way through 270 00:19:03,400 --> 00:19:07,000 to the Book of Revelation to make a big deal how that Jesus 271 00:19:07,000 --> 00:19:14,600 Christ of Nazareth. and, by the way, that To named Nazareth 272 00:19:14,600 --> 00:19:18,700 comes from the Hebrew root knots are, which means Branch or 273 00:19:18,700 --> 00:19:21,700 shoot. And David is called, in the Old 274 00:19:21,700 --> 00:19:27,500 Testament, the shoot out of the stump of Jesse his father, Jesus 275 00:19:27,500 --> 00:19:37,000 Christ, fulfills all of that. He is that offspring. 276 00:19:37,700 --> 00:19:43,500 That seed that lineage that are that dynastic King. 277 00:19:44,600 --> 00:19:48,200 From David. And he has come to establish. 278 00:19:48,200 --> 00:19:52,500 A kingdom that is for ever notice how many times the word 279 00:19:52,500 --> 00:19:56,500 forever is used? The Lord declares that he will 280 00:19:56,500 --> 00:20:00,600 make you a house when your days are fulfilled in you. 281 00:20:01,600 --> 00:20:05,400 Lie down with your father's. I will raise up your Offspring 282 00:20:05,400 --> 00:20:08,200 to get that language. Not just that. 283 00:20:08,200 --> 00:20:11,100 I will give you a lineage. I will raise up your Offspring. 284 00:20:11,100 --> 00:20:12,900 That's gospel. That's Christ. 285 00:20:15,300 --> 00:20:21,200 That's what portal Nathan was, preaching, was the Gospel of 286 00:20:21,200 --> 00:20:25,200 Jesus Christ. I will establish the Throne of 287 00:20:25,200 --> 00:20:29,400 his kingdom, Jesus Christ for ever. 288 00:20:31,000 --> 00:20:35,300 And it's interesting that. The Lord anticipates in this 289 00:20:35,300 --> 00:20:38,300 prophecy that there will be descendants of King, David and 290 00:20:38,300 --> 00:20:41,200 Solomon. Some would be obedient to the 291 00:20:41,200 --> 00:20:45,000 Lord and walk in the ways of David, their father and son 292 00:20:45,000 --> 00:20:50,000 would be Wicked Kings. And the Lord promises that the 293 00:20:50,000 --> 00:20:55,200 good Kings those that walk in the ways of David. 294 00:20:56,000 --> 00:21:01,500 Will be blessed. And if a king sins or if he 295 00:21:01,500 --> 00:21:05,500 Strays or if he doesn't follow in the footsteps of his father, 296 00:21:05,500 --> 00:21:08,400 David that he will be disciplined. 297 00:21:08,700 --> 00:21:13,500 According to the stripes of the sons of man. 298 00:21:15,900 --> 00:21:21,100 That's Christ right there. Jesus was the perfect son. 299 00:21:21,900 --> 00:21:28,200 In fact, it said so in the adoption language of Psalm 2. 300 00:21:30,300 --> 00:21:34,800 In Jesus ministry, he heard the voice of the Lord saying this is 301 00:21:34,800 --> 00:21:41,500 my beloved Son in whom I am. Well pleased ask of me and I 302 00:21:41,500 --> 00:21:48,000 will give you the nation's. That's who Jesus Christ. 303 00:21:48,000 --> 00:21:52,100 Is he is the perfect obedient son. 304 00:21:53,600 --> 00:21:59,900 Of God. But he came and stood in the 305 00:21:59,900 --> 00:22:04,900 place of the disobedient Kings of Israel. 306 00:22:06,600 --> 00:22:09,600 Those that didn't walk in the statutes of the Lord are 307 00:22:09,600 --> 00:22:11,400 following. The steps of David. 308 00:22:12,200 --> 00:22:17,300 He came and stood in their place and took upon him as the 309 00:22:17,300 --> 00:22:23,500 scripture says here, the stripes of the sons of men. 310 00:22:26,900 --> 00:22:30,900 Gospel all pointing to Christ. There's a lot more here than 311 00:22:30,900 --> 00:22:32,800 just what I've suggested this morning. 312 00:22:33,400 --> 00:22:36,800 I'm just going to conclude with this one, little term there in 313 00:22:36,800 --> 00:22:47,900 verse 15, but my steadfast love will not depart from him. 314 00:22:49,500 --> 00:22:51,500 The steadfast love is the Covenant Love. 315 00:22:51,500 --> 00:22:54,000 It's the Covenant. Keeping love of God. 316 00:22:56,000 --> 00:22:58,400 And if there's anything that's going to abide. 317 00:22:59,300 --> 00:23:03,900 Upon Christ. It's the steadfast love of God. 318 00:23:05,000 --> 00:23:09,000 And it is through that, steadfast love of God, which is 319 00:23:09,200 --> 00:23:15,000 bestowed upon Jesus Christ. As the anointed one, The Chosen 320 00:23:15,000 --> 00:23:19,800 One, the Savior, the anointed king that is imparted. 321 00:23:20,900 --> 00:23:23,100 That love is imparted to a people. 322 00:23:25,600 --> 00:23:28,300 And in the book of Acts more than once, you'll hear the the 323 00:23:28,300 --> 00:23:31,000 apostles Proclaim, this little truth. 324 00:23:32,000 --> 00:23:37,400 The Lord says I will return and will rebuild the Fallen House of 325 00:23:37,400 --> 00:23:40,700 David. Do you know what it's referring 326 00:23:40,700 --> 00:23:42,000 to? In every case? 327 00:23:42,400 --> 00:23:49,100 It's referring to the Gentiles. The people's the nation joining 328 00:23:49,100 --> 00:23:54,100 with David and Israel into a mighty nation. 329 00:23:56,900 --> 00:24:01,600 The True Body of Christ is his people. 330 00:24:02,700 --> 00:24:05,200 Salvation is not about buildings. 331 00:24:05,800 --> 00:24:11,300 It's about people. Rescuing people saving people 332 00:24:11,500 --> 00:24:13,100 and God has determined that he would. 333 00:24:13,100 --> 00:24:14,400 And it's interesting in one passage. 334 00:24:14,400 --> 00:24:16,000 Which and I have time to read for IV. 335 00:24:16,000 --> 00:24:17,700 Let me just summarize over. Amos. 336 00:24:19,100 --> 00:24:23,400 There was one tribe that was named, that would become part of 337 00:24:23,400 --> 00:24:26,300 the Kingdom of Israel of all the tribes. 338 00:24:26,300 --> 00:24:29,200 And we've talked about all those a'ight, you know, the amalekites 339 00:24:29,200 --> 00:24:31,200 and you know, the Philistines and all the rest of it, but 340 00:24:31,200 --> 00:24:33,100 there's one tribe that's mentioned. 341 00:24:34,600 --> 00:24:41,200 And it's the edomites Edom will come into the fold into the 342 00:24:41,200 --> 00:24:43,900 kingdom, into the population with Israel. 343 00:24:44,400 --> 00:24:45,700 What's so significant about that? 344 00:24:45,700 --> 00:24:49,700 Well, the edomites are descendants of Esau and if there 345 00:24:49,700 --> 00:24:52,200 ever was a man, it was outside the Covenant there. 346 00:24:52,200 --> 00:24:54,400 Ever was a man with the Lord said, Jacob. 347 00:24:54,400 --> 00:24:59,000 I loved Esau, I hated but in the gospel in Jesus Christ, he 348 00:24:59,000 --> 00:25:03,900 brings the edomites in How many termites are here today? 349 00:25:04,400 --> 00:25:10,500 How many of you have not come to the King of Kings and the lord 350 00:25:10,500 --> 00:25:13,500 of the Lord, not bowed your knee to Jesus Christ. 351 00:25:14,200 --> 00:25:18,400 Your edomites. It said if he saw that, he lived 352 00:25:18,400 --> 00:25:20,600 according to the lust of his flesh. 353 00:25:22,300 --> 00:25:24,500 Everything about a sinner is described. 354 00:25:24,500 --> 00:25:29,000 According to Esau, Esau despised, the Covenant. 355 00:25:29,800 --> 00:25:33,300 He despised the birthright. He couldn't care less about the 356 00:25:33,300 --> 00:25:42,600 things of God. But God left him in Jacob in 357 00:25:42,600 --> 00:25:47,200 Christ and brought him in. And that's the gospel. 358 00:25:47,200 --> 00:25:53,400 The gospel goes from David and Israel to Christ. 359 00:25:55,300 --> 00:25:59,600 And to the world. Every single tribe, every 360 00:25:59,600 --> 00:26:05,400 ethnicity, Every Nation, every people group, none, or excluded, 361 00:26:05,700 --> 00:26:12,900 in the Gospel of Jesus Christ. David said I'm going to build 362 00:26:12,900 --> 00:26:15,400 you a temple. The Lord said no, I'm going to 363 00:26:15,408 --> 00:26:18,000 build you. A house is going to be the 364 00:26:18,000 --> 00:26:22,900 household of faith. It's going to be my people. 365 00:26:23,200 --> 00:26:26,100 Now if you want to see some Splendor David you stick around 366 00:26:26,100 --> 00:26:30,600 a few Millennia and I will show you when the New Jerusalem, the 367 00:26:30,600 --> 00:26:38,700 bride of Christ, descends from God, out of Heaven to the Earth. 368 00:26:39,400 --> 00:26:46,100 There's a Temple and each of us are living stones fitted and 369 00:26:46,100 --> 00:26:48,900 placed into that. Wonderful Temple. 370 00:26:49,500 --> 00:26:52,400 It is the Lord that builds the house. 371 00:26:52,800 --> 00:26:55,000 It is the Lord that builds his people. 372 00:26:56,900 --> 00:27:02,900 A mighty name, a mighty nation of people resting in the Lord 373 00:27:02,900 --> 00:27:07,400 secure in their place. And as I mentioned think it's 374 00:27:07,400 --> 00:27:10,600 about eight times. This term is used Forever. 375 00:27:11,200 --> 00:27:15,600 This is eternal salvation. What are you staying? 376 00:27:15,600 --> 00:27:17,700 What's your what's your place in? 377 00:27:17,700 --> 00:27:21,500 Holy history. This is not just academic study 378 00:27:21,500 --> 00:27:24,100 this morning. This is for you. 379 00:27:24,100 --> 00:27:27,000 This is Gospel. Truth, what God Said to David 380 00:27:27,000 --> 00:27:32,500 1,000 years before Christ died and rose again, and it's been 381 00:27:32,500 --> 00:27:36,500 2000 years since then never changes. 382 00:27:37,200 --> 00:27:39,300 The message. That Nathan preached is the 383 00:27:39,300 --> 00:27:41,400 message. I'm trying to preach in that is 384 00:27:41,400 --> 00:27:47,600 of Jesus Christ, all in all. Your savior, your lord, your 385 00:27:47,600 --> 00:27:52,400 king for all eternity. How about it? 386 00:27:53,400 --> 00:27:56,500 How have you waited out? How have you measured it? 387 00:27:56,700 --> 00:27:59,000 How have you considered it? What is your commitment? 388 00:27:59,000 --> 00:28:03,500 What is your Allegiance? What is your willingness to come 389 00:28:03,500 --> 00:28:07,500 and and stay? In the kingdom of God.