1 00:00:03,320 --> 00:00:05,960 Welcome to the Liberty Baptist Sermon Archives. 2 00:00:06,200 --> 00:00:09,040 The message you're about to hear was preached at Liberty Baptist 3 00:00:09,040 --> 00:00:13,040 Church in Easton, MA. You can find out more about us 4 00:00:13,040 --> 00:00:17,280 or contact us at my libertybaptist.org or just look 5 00:00:17,280 --> 00:00:19,760 us up on Facebook. And now we hope that this 6 00:00:19,760 --> 00:00:22,080 message from God's Word will be a blessing to you. 7 00:00:24,520 --> 00:00:27,440 Please turn your Bibles, please, to second Samuel chapter #7 8 00:00:27,680 --> 00:00:31,360 Second Samuel chapter #7 You know, I have to smile when there 9 00:00:31,360 --> 00:00:35,200 are people that say in their ignorance, and I think there's 10 00:00:35,200 --> 00:00:37,240 no other way that I can say other than that. 11 00:00:37,240 --> 00:00:39,800 And not trying to be unkind, but when people say in their 12 00:00:39,800 --> 00:00:43,240 ignorance that the Bible is not relevant for today, you know, 13 00:00:43,240 --> 00:00:45,880 that this, it's an old book. It really doesn't have much to 14 00:00:45,880 --> 00:00:47,760 do with what's going on with life today. 15 00:00:48,040 --> 00:00:50,720 And I will tell you, there is no more relevant book that you 16 00:00:50,720 --> 00:00:53,320 could possibly find than the word of God that's sitting in 17 00:00:53,320 --> 00:00:54,960 your lap right now. You know, I think of the New 18 00:00:54,960 --> 00:00:57,440 York best time, New York Teller best signed. 19 00:00:58,720 --> 00:01:00,200 You know, I think of books that people like to buy. 20 00:01:00,200 --> 00:01:04,040 You know, they're on the New York Times best seller list. 21 00:01:04,040 --> 00:01:05,120 That's the one I was looking for. 22 00:01:05,200 --> 00:01:09,040 Anthony, what's going on? All right, but hot books. 23 00:01:09,120 --> 00:01:11,920 And then you find them in the bargain bin a year or two later, 24 00:01:12,120 --> 00:01:14,200 you know, books that are really hot, books that are really 25 00:01:14,200 --> 00:01:16,920 popular, but they just kind of fade away over time. 26 00:01:17,200 --> 00:01:19,280 And there are classics, of course, there are classics that 27 00:01:19,280 --> 00:01:22,760 have endured the test of time, but yet none of them endure like 28 00:01:22,760 --> 00:01:25,240 the Word of God. The Word of God is relevant 29 00:01:25,240 --> 00:01:28,600 today for your life, and it is relevant today for your life as 30 00:01:28,600 --> 00:01:32,280 it was 2000 years ago. The Word of God today is 31 00:01:32,280 --> 00:01:36,480 relevant for church life, as relevant as it was when Jesus 32 00:01:36,880 --> 00:01:39,960 establish the church. The Word of God is relevant. 33 00:01:39,960 --> 00:01:44,160 Listen to current events, and it's just as relevant to current 34 00:01:44,160 --> 00:01:48,360 events as it has ever been. And so tonight I want us to look 35 00:01:48,360 --> 00:01:50,720 at this issue of the Davidic Covenant. 36 00:01:50,720 --> 00:01:53,680 Now listen, the term Davidic covenant, it sounds very 37 00:01:53,680 --> 00:01:56,440 imposing, doesn't it Sounds like something that we may not be 38 00:01:56,440 --> 00:01:58,840 able to understand or might have some difficulty to understand. 39 00:01:58,840 --> 00:02:01,720 But it's really very simple because the Davidic covenant is 40 00:02:01,760 --> 00:02:06,880 a covenant that was made with David that God heard David's 41 00:02:07,360 --> 00:02:10,919 heart desire to be able to do something wonderful to him. 42 00:02:11,320 --> 00:02:14,120 And God said in turn, no, I don't want you to do that for 43 00:02:14,120 --> 00:02:16,960 me, but I want to do something for you. 44 00:02:17,440 --> 00:02:21,840 And this agreement that took place over 3000 years ago is as 45 00:02:21,840 --> 00:02:24,960 relevant as the nightly news that will be on here in just 46 00:02:24,960 --> 00:02:26,960 about an hour or so later tonight. 47 00:02:27,560 --> 00:02:30,920 And I want us to look at, in light of world events, why the 48 00:02:30,920 --> 00:02:32,600 Davidic covenant is so important. 49 00:02:32,600 --> 00:02:35,640 You know, and maybe you've asked these kinds of questions before 50 00:02:35,640 --> 00:02:38,800 yourself and world events, and particularly what's happening in 51 00:02:38,800 --> 00:02:40,360 the Middle East. Maybe you've asked yourself 52 00:02:40,360 --> 00:02:43,160 these questions. Why is supporting Israel so 53 00:02:43,160 --> 00:02:46,040 important? Why is it so important that we 54 00:02:46,040 --> 00:02:49,040 support Israel? How does the Bible play into 55 00:02:49,040 --> 00:02:53,080 what we see happening in the Middle East right now or or 56 00:02:53,080 --> 00:02:55,960 maybe even ask your question ask the question has God forsaken 57 00:02:55,960 --> 00:02:58,160 Israel when you see all the difficulty that they've gone 58 00:02:58,160 --> 00:03:01,280 through through time well, believe it or not, the answers 59 00:03:01,280 --> 00:03:04,000 to those very. Real questions that are taking 60 00:03:04,000 --> 00:03:09,400 place in 2025 are found in the text that we have right in front 61 00:03:09,400 --> 00:03:10,960 of us right now. And So what we're going to do 62 00:03:10,960 --> 00:03:13,240 tonight is we're going to get a little bit of exercise in our 63 00:03:13,240 --> 00:03:14,400 Bibles, all right? A lot of. 64 00:03:14,400 --> 00:03:17,720 Times I will give you relevant texts and just we'll quote them, 65 00:03:17,840 --> 00:03:20,720 but this evening I'm going to have us go from cover to cover 66 00:03:20,720 --> 00:03:22,640 in our Bibles, literally from Genesis to. 67 00:03:22,720 --> 00:03:26,080 Revelation, look up several key passages that will hopefully 68 00:03:26,080 --> 00:03:29,480 explain why it's so important that we support the people of 69 00:03:29,480 --> 00:03:33,000 Israel and why the Bible speaks of these things, even though 70 00:03:33,120 --> 00:03:38,400 3000 years ago are so vitally relevant to where we are today. 71 00:03:38,760 --> 00:03:40,600 I'm going to ask you to rain seeded this evening where I read 72 00:03:40,600 --> 00:03:43,560 a little bit of a larger portion of Scripture, but second Samuel 73 00:03:43,560 --> 00:03:46,920 chapter #7 and we're going to get in verse #1 and it says 74 00:03:46,920 --> 00:03:48,800 this. And it came to pass, when the 75 00:03:48,800 --> 00:03:51,920 king sat in his house, and the Lord had given him rest 76 00:03:51,960 --> 00:03:55,480 roundabout from all his enemies, that the king said unto Nathan, 77 00:03:55,480 --> 00:03:59,480 the prophet, See now I dwell in the House of cedar, but the ark 78 00:03:59,480 --> 00:04:03,160 of God dwelleth in curtains. And Nathan said to the king, Go, 79 00:04:03,400 --> 00:04:06,640 do all that is in thine heart, for the Lord is with thee. 80 00:04:07,240 --> 00:04:09,440 And it came to pass that night that the word of the Lord came 81 00:04:09,440 --> 00:04:12,760 under Nathan, saying, Go and tell my servant David, Thus 82 00:04:12,760 --> 00:04:16,000 saith the Lord, Shalt thou build me in house for me to dwell in, 83 00:04:16,440 --> 00:04:19,519 whereas I have not dwelt in any house since the time that I 84 00:04:19,839 --> 00:04:21,839 brought up the children of Israel out of Egypt. 85 00:04:22,040 --> 00:04:25,480 Even this day would have walked in a tent and in a Tabernacle, 86 00:04:25,960 --> 00:04:27,880 and all the places where and I have walked with all the 87 00:04:27,880 --> 00:04:30,400 children of Israel. Spake IA word with any of the 88 00:04:30,400 --> 00:04:32,920 tribes of Israel whom I commanded to feed my people 89 00:04:32,920 --> 00:04:36,880 Israel saying, Why build ye not me and House of cedar? 90 00:04:37,360 --> 00:04:40,480 Now therefore so shalt thou say unto my servant David. 91 00:04:40,960 --> 00:04:44,440 Thus sayeth the Lord of hosts, I took thee from the sheep coat, 92 00:04:44,640 --> 00:04:46,360 from following the. Sheep to be. 93 00:04:46,360 --> 00:04:49,920 Ruler over my people, over Israel, and I was with thee 94 00:04:49,920 --> 00:04:53,040 whithersoever thou wentest, and have cut off all thine enemies 95 00:04:53,040 --> 00:04:56,000 out of thy sight, and it made thee a great name, like under 96 00:04:56,000 --> 00:04:58,080 the name of the great men that are in the earth. 97 00:04:58,360 --> 00:05:01,560 Moreover, I will appoint a place for My people Israel, and we'll 98 00:05:01,560 --> 00:05:04,680 plant them that they will dwell in a place of their own and move 99 00:05:04,680 --> 00:05:07,280 no more, neither shall the children of wickedness afflict 100 00:05:07,280 --> 00:05:10,960 them anymore. As before time and since the 101 00:05:10,960 --> 00:05:14,480 time that I commanded judges to be over my people Israel, and it 102 00:05:14,480 --> 00:05:18,560 caused thee to rest from all thine enemies also the Lord 103 00:05:18,560 --> 00:05:22,520 telleth thee that He will make thee in house, and when thy days 104 00:05:22,520 --> 00:05:25,760 be fulfilled and thou shalt sleep with thy fathers, I will 105 00:05:25,760 --> 00:05:28,880 set up thy seed after thee, which also, or which rather 106 00:05:28,880 --> 00:05:32,080 shall proceed out of thy bowels, and I will establish His 107 00:05:32,080 --> 00:05:34,280 Kingdom. He shall build a house for My 108 00:05:34,280 --> 00:05:37,480 name, and I will establish His throne of His Kingdom forever. 109 00:05:38,240 --> 00:05:41,160 I will be his father. And he shall be my son, if he 110 00:05:41,160 --> 00:05:44,040 can have minute iniquity. I will chasten him with the rod 111 00:05:44,040 --> 00:05:46,240 of men, and with the stripes of the children of men. 112 00:05:46,600 --> 00:05:49,480 But my mercy shall not depart away from him, as I took it from 113 00:05:49,480 --> 00:05:52,240 Saul. And I put away before thee, and 114 00:05:52,240 --> 00:05:54,880 thine house, and thy Kingdom shall be established forever 115 00:05:54,880 --> 00:05:57,040 before thee. Thy throne shall be established 116 00:05:57,040 --> 00:06:00,400 forever, according to all these words and according to all this 117 00:06:00,400 --> 00:06:03,920 vision. So did Nathan speak to David. 118 00:06:04,680 --> 00:06:09,040 Well, David had the desire to build the Lord a house, but God 119 00:06:09,040 --> 00:06:11,960 had something greater in mind. And that Davidic covenant, that 120 00:06:11,960 --> 00:06:15,240 promise that was made to David, although was made many, many 121 00:06:15,240 --> 00:06:20,320 years ago, is something that is very, very real to world events 122 00:06:20,320 --> 00:06:22,120 today. And I want us to take a look at 123 00:06:22,120 --> 00:06:23,280 that here in a few short moments. 124 00:06:23,560 --> 00:06:25,840 Heavenly Father, you just pray to be with us tonight. 125 00:06:25,840 --> 00:06:29,720 And as we consider this word that we have before us, Lord, 126 00:06:29,720 --> 00:06:33,760 may I explain it in a way that is comprehensible, Lord, in a 127 00:06:33,760 --> 00:06:37,320 way that those who are listening would understand and be able to 128 00:06:37,320 --> 00:06:39,160 apply to what they see in the world today. 129 00:06:39,840 --> 00:06:43,400 Lord, it's my desire to be able to show that what happens in the 130 00:06:43,400 --> 00:06:47,200 world is deeply rooted in what we find in the Word of God. 131 00:06:47,520 --> 00:06:49,760 So, Lord, help us to see the relevance in your Word. 132 00:06:50,040 --> 00:06:52,200 Lord, help us to see the timelessness in your Word. 133 00:06:52,560 --> 00:06:55,520 And I pray that we would make sure that even as we look at 134 00:06:55,520 --> 00:06:59,600 issues and politics and World News, Lord, that we look at them 135 00:06:59,640 --> 00:07:01,840 through the light of the Bible in the lens of the Bible. 136 00:07:01,840 --> 00:07:04,320 For this is what we must do as believers. 137 00:07:04,640 --> 00:07:07,040 And we ask it in Jesus name, Amen. 138 00:07:07,560 --> 00:07:10,840 Well, David is now firmly planted as the king of Israel. 139 00:07:10,840 --> 00:07:13,600 The ark of the covenant has successfully made its way into 140 00:07:13,600 --> 00:07:15,920 Jerusalem. And we find in a summarizing 141 00:07:15,920 --> 00:07:19,000 verse and verse number one that David had rest over his enemies. 142 00:07:19,000 --> 00:07:20,880 Now we're going to see that there's going to be some 143 00:07:20,880 --> 00:07:24,200 conflict still to come. But we often find when it comes 144 00:07:24,200 --> 00:07:28,040 to Jewish history that it's not always in chronological order, 145 00:07:28,040 --> 00:07:31,280 but always a similarly, sometimes it's simply an order 146 00:07:31,280 --> 00:07:33,200 of importance. We find that in the Psalms. 147 00:07:33,200 --> 00:07:35,000 The Psalms are not in chronological order. 148 00:07:35,120 --> 00:07:38,080 We find that with the major and minor prophets, they are not in 149 00:07:38,080 --> 00:07:40,520 chronological order. And sometimes as we look at the 150 00:07:40,520 --> 00:07:43,480 history of Israel that it's not necessarily an order, but maybe 151 00:07:43,480 --> 00:07:45,400 we could put it this way in order of importance. 152 00:07:45,680 --> 00:07:48,640 And so we see that now is David's Kingdom is firmly 153 00:07:48,640 --> 00:07:51,320 planted. It says that David has a time of 154 00:07:51,320 --> 00:07:53,920 rest, that David has a time of peace. 155 00:07:54,200 --> 00:07:56,560 And he thinks to himself, says, you know what? 156 00:07:56,800 --> 00:08:00,120 I have this House of cedar. Now a House of cedar suggests to 157 00:08:00,120 --> 00:08:01,880 us that it's a house that's quite luxurious. 158 00:08:02,080 --> 00:08:05,440 Hasn't David come a long way from where he was from the the 159 00:08:05,440 --> 00:08:08,040 sheepfold when he was watching the sheep for his father? 160 00:08:08,200 --> 00:08:10,880 But now he's in the city of Jerusalem and he has this 161 00:08:10,880 --> 00:08:13,440 beautiful House of cedar, this beautiful palace. 162 00:08:13,640 --> 00:08:15,560 But he says, you know, I have this House of cedar. 163 00:08:15,760 --> 00:08:18,440 It's not really fair that God dwells in a tent. 164 00:08:18,880 --> 00:08:22,400 Now, just to be clear what that means that God is not confined 165 00:08:22,400 --> 00:08:25,480 by any space, is he? God is greater than every space 166 00:08:25,480 --> 00:08:27,280 because, well, he created every space. 167 00:08:27,280 --> 00:08:31,080 But God promised to Tabernacle, that means to dwell with the 168 00:08:31,080 --> 00:08:34,840 people of Israel in what was basically a tent. 169 00:08:35,080 --> 00:08:38,240 The Tabernacle, the direction for building it were given in 170 00:08:38,240 --> 00:08:41,880 the book of Exodus while they were walking around waiting to 171 00:08:41,880 --> 00:08:44,840 go to the promised land and a journey that ended up taking 40 172 00:08:44,840 --> 00:08:46,800 years. But this Tabernacle which had 173 00:08:47,000 --> 00:08:48,800 all types of different furniture inside. 174 00:08:48,880 --> 00:08:51,200 But most importantly, the Ark of the Covenant. 175 00:08:51,200 --> 00:08:52,680 Of course there's that connection. 176 00:08:52,680 --> 00:08:54,840 To the previous chapter with the Ark of the covenant. 177 00:08:54,840 --> 00:08:57,520 So you can see why these accounts are coming together. 178 00:08:58,000 --> 00:09:01,800 And and so this Tabernacle, this tent basically is where the 179 00:09:01,800 --> 00:09:04,680 Lord's presence would dwell amongst the people of Israel. 180 00:09:04,880 --> 00:09:07,480 And so David says to himself, you know, it makes a lot of 181 00:09:07,480 --> 00:09:11,880 sense for me to make a beautiful place for God's Tabernacle to 182 00:09:11,880 --> 00:09:15,200 be, for God's temple to be because if I have a nice place, 183 00:09:15,200 --> 00:09:16,640 shouldn't God have a nicer place? 184 00:09:16,640 --> 00:09:18,800 Now, did David have a good heart in this? 185 00:09:19,200 --> 00:09:21,840 Absolutely. Can you ever do wrong in the 186 00:09:21,840 --> 00:09:25,240 sense of having a heart and a desire to give more to the Lord? 187 00:09:25,480 --> 00:09:27,920 I don't think you can be wrong in that in and of itself. 188 00:09:28,160 --> 00:09:31,960 Yet sometimes God says there's something different in the works 189 00:09:32,480 --> 00:09:35,440 that he wants to bring to the forefront, and that's the case 190 00:09:35,440 --> 00:09:38,160 here as he continues. And Nathan the prophet, we're 191 00:09:38,160 --> 00:09:40,040 going to see a lot more of Nathan the prophet to come. 192 00:09:40,440 --> 00:09:43,160 And so David says, hey, Nathan, don't you think God ought to 193 00:09:43,160 --> 00:09:46,320 have a better house than just that Tabernacle, those tents? 194 00:09:46,480 --> 00:09:48,600 Don't you think with the resources I have that we ought 195 00:09:48,600 --> 00:09:51,560 to build him a temple? And basically Nathan says, hey, 196 00:09:51,560 --> 00:09:53,640 whatever's on your heart, you go ahead and do that. 197 00:09:53,920 --> 00:09:56,840 There was only one problem. Nathan was one who always spoke 198 00:09:56,840 --> 00:09:59,400 the word of the Lord, but in this case, he got a little bit 199 00:09:59,400 --> 00:10:02,160 ahead of himself because God never said that that was 200 00:10:02,160 --> 00:10:04,920 something that Dave was to do. In fact, God's desire was that 201 00:10:04,920 --> 00:10:07,560 David would not do that. We find in the companion 202 00:10:07,560 --> 00:10:11,280 Passions First Chronicles chapter #22 verses 8 through 10, 203 00:10:11,440 --> 00:10:14,600 we find that because David was a bloody man, because Dave was a 204 00:10:14,600 --> 00:10:18,480 man of war, God did not want him building the the temple. 205 00:10:18,680 --> 00:10:21,800 And so he wanted the Son of David to be the one to build the 206 00:10:21,800 --> 00:10:24,280 temple. And so there's this vision that 207 00:10:24,280 --> 00:10:26,160 takes place. Nathan receives a vision. 208 00:10:26,160 --> 00:10:28,560 It's from the. Lord and Nathan is told by the 209 00:10:28,560 --> 00:10:31,440 Lord, Hey, you go back and talk to David and you tell David 210 00:10:31,440 --> 00:10:35,360 this, David, I appreciate what you're doing and I'm summarizing 211 00:10:35,360 --> 00:10:37,160 here, but he says, I appreciate what you're doing. 212 00:10:37,360 --> 00:10:39,920 I appreciate the thoughtfulness of what you've done. 213 00:10:39,920 --> 00:10:43,040 He says, but you know, I haven't really needed a temple up to 214 00:10:43,040 --> 00:10:44,640 this point. And he says, and by the way, 215 00:10:44,880 --> 00:10:47,280 I've never really asked anyone to build me a temple. 216 00:10:47,280 --> 00:10:49,760 It's not something that I've even requested the people of 217 00:10:49,760 --> 00:10:51,880 Israel to do. I requested that they build the 218 00:10:51,880 --> 00:10:53,200 Tabernacle. They did that. 219 00:10:53,200 --> 00:10:55,800 And they've used this now for almost 400 years. 220 00:10:55,800 --> 00:10:58,240 But no, no, I've never actually asked anyone to build me a 221 00:10:58,240 --> 00:11:01,800 temple. But God is honoring his desire. 222 00:11:01,840 --> 00:11:04,800 God is honoring his heart. And it wasn't that it was a 223 00:11:04,800 --> 00:11:07,280 wrong motive. It was just the wrong time. 224 00:11:07,520 --> 00:11:10,240 It wasn't, it was a wrong motive, but it, he was the wrong 225 00:11:10,240 --> 00:11:14,720 man to be able to do this. And so it in essence, God tells 226 00:11:14,720 --> 00:11:19,840 Nathan, will you tell David, it's request denied that I don't 227 00:11:19,840 --> 00:11:22,320 want you to build this. But then there's that word in 228 00:11:22,320 --> 00:11:25,680 verse #10 that we have circled there, or I have circled, I 229 00:11:25,680 --> 00:11:27,720 haven't circled it in your Bible, but I circled it in mine. 230 00:11:27,840 --> 00:11:30,800 It's that word, moreover, meaning this, that, that, that. 231 00:11:30,800 --> 00:11:32,520 There's another thought that's here. 232 00:11:32,840 --> 00:11:36,040 And from verse 10 and on in our reading is where we find the 233 00:11:36,040 --> 00:11:38,400 Davidic covenant. It's, it's, it's as if God is 234 00:11:38,400 --> 00:11:41,880 saying this, Hey, I know you wanted me to build you a house, 235 00:11:42,040 --> 00:11:44,720 but moreover, I'm going to build you a house. 236 00:11:45,320 --> 00:11:49,120 I know you want to do something wonderful for me, but I want to 237 00:11:49,120 --> 00:11:53,560 do something even more magnificent with you and God in 238 00:11:53,560 --> 00:11:56,000 this Davidic covenant. Don't get worried about that 239 00:11:56,000 --> 00:11:58,160 word covenant. Don't get worried that it sounds 240 00:11:58,160 --> 00:12:01,000 like it's too complicated. It's basically just a promise. 241 00:12:01,000 --> 00:12:02,720 It's a promise between God and man. 242 00:12:02,880 --> 00:12:04,680 And we call it the Davidic covenant because there was a 243 00:12:04,680 --> 00:12:08,520 promise between God to David. And so in this Davidic covenant, 244 00:12:08,520 --> 00:12:11,280 there are two things that God promises. 245 00:12:11,480 --> 00:12:15,080 And the first is this, He promises a place for Israel. 246 00:12:15,520 --> 00:12:18,320 He promises a place for Israel. And I encourage you if you write 247 00:12:18,320 --> 00:12:20,440 these down tonight, they'd be helpful to you again, 248 00:12:20,440 --> 00:12:22,880 particularly with what we see going on in the world today. 249 00:12:23,120 --> 00:12:26,840 God promises a place for Israel. Look again at verse #10 It says, 250 00:12:26,840 --> 00:12:30,720 moreover, I will appoint a place for my people Israel, and we'll 251 00:12:30,720 --> 00:12:34,200 plant them, that they may dwell in a place of their own and move 252 00:12:34,200 --> 00:12:35,920 no more. Neither shall the children of 253 00:12:35,920 --> 00:12:39,240 wickedness afflict them anymore as before time. 254 00:12:39,520 --> 00:12:41,840 So God makes very clear today what He says. 255 00:12:41,840 --> 00:12:45,240 The people that you lead my people, by the way, they weren't 256 00:12:45,400 --> 00:12:47,520 Davidde people. They were God's people. 257 00:12:47,640 --> 00:12:50,840 And he says the people that you lead, my people, I want you to 258 00:12:50,840 --> 00:12:52,560 know there's going to be a place for them. 259 00:12:52,560 --> 00:12:55,920 They are going to be planted and they will be safe there forever. 260 00:12:56,280 --> 00:12:58,720 That's the first promise that there is going to be a place for 261 00:12:58,720 --> 00:13:01,000 Israel. Now, this is not the first time 262 00:13:01,000 --> 00:13:04,560 this promise has been made, is actually being given today with 263 00:13:04,560 --> 00:13:07,760 more clarity and more specificity than it's ever been 264 00:13:07,760 --> 00:13:10,120 given before. But this is a promise that goes 265 00:13:10,200 --> 00:13:13,760 all the way back to the Abrahamic covenant, meaning this 266 00:13:14,040 --> 00:13:16,680 a promise that was made to Abraham. 267 00:13:16,680 --> 00:13:18,400 And so this is where we're going to start going through our 268 00:13:18,400 --> 00:13:20,080 Bibles a little bit. So go ahead and stretch those 269 00:13:20,080 --> 00:13:21,840 fingers a little bit, all right? Get them ready. 270 00:13:21,840 --> 00:13:23,760 If you're getting on your iPad, just get, you know, get ready to 271 00:13:23,760 --> 00:13:24,960 type or something. Get your thumbs ready. 272 00:13:25,160 --> 00:13:28,440 All right, But let's go ahead. First to Genesis chapter #15 So 273 00:13:28,440 --> 00:13:32,800 we'll go back to Abraham's time. Genesis chapter #15 Sometimes 274 00:13:32,800 --> 00:13:36,120 there's no substitute for just get in your Bible and finding 275 00:13:36,120 --> 00:13:38,240 where some of these things are for yourself. 276 00:13:38,440 --> 00:13:41,200 Genesis chapter #15 God is talking to Abraham. 277 00:13:41,640 --> 00:13:44,560 His covenant was already given, but it's being reconfirmed, if 278 00:13:44,560 --> 00:13:48,080 you will, in Genesis chapter #15 And I will tell you the verses 279 00:13:48,080 --> 00:13:50,000 that I show you tonight, probably 7 or 8 different 280 00:13:50,000 --> 00:13:53,160 passages depending on our time, are not exhaustive on the 281 00:13:53,160 --> 00:13:54,880 subject. I'm not giving you all the 282 00:13:54,880 --> 00:13:58,960 verses that deal with this subject of the Davidic covenant 283 00:13:58,960 --> 00:14:01,960 and why it is relevant for today, but I do think there's 284 00:14:01,960 --> 00:14:03,720 some key passages I want to show you. 285 00:14:04,080 --> 00:14:06,360 Genesis chapter 15. Look at verse #7. 286 00:14:06,760 --> 00:14:11,120 It says, And he said unto him, meaning God said unto Abram, I 287 00:14:11,120 --> 00:14:14,640 am the Lord that brought thee up out of ur of the Chaldees to 288 00:14:14,640 --> 00:14:18,120 give thee this land to inherit. What is that land that he says 289 00:14:18,120 --> 00:14:19,960 he was going to give? It's what we would call the 290 00:14:20,240 --> 00:14:22,360 promised land, the land of Israel. 291 00:14:22,360 --> 00:14:26,640 Now drop down to verse #18. It says this In the same day the 292 00:14:26,640 --> 00:14:30,120 Lord made a covenant with Abram, saying, Unto thy seed have I 293 00:14:30,120 --> 00:14:33,440 given this land from the river of Egypt under the great river, 294 00:14:33,520 --> 00:14:36,880 the river Euphrates, the Kenites and the Kezonites and the 295 00:14:37,160 --> 00:14:40,920 Cadmonites and the Hittites and the Parasites and the Refiums, 296 00:14:40,920 --> 00:14:43,400 and the Amorites, and the Canaanites and the Girgashites 297 00:14:43,480 --> 00:14:46,760 and the Jebusites. So what do we see all the way 298 00:14:46,760 --> 00:14:50,040 back in Genesis chapter #15 that God talks to Abram. 299 00:14:50,040 --> 00:14:51,520 Of course we know him as Abraham. 300 00:14:51,520 --> 00:14:53,400 His name will be changed soon by God. 301 00:14:53,600 --> 00:14:57,440 But God talks to Abram and he says this the land that you now 302 00:14:57,440 --> 00:15:01,280 are laying on or the land that you are now living on, that land 303 00:15:01,280 --> 00:15:03,160 is going to belong to you and your family. 304 00:15:03,160 --> 00:15:05,560 Because a promise has already been made that even though his 305 00:15:05,560 --> 00:15:08,200 wife is barren, that they are going to be a great nation and 306 00:15:08,200 --> 00:15:10,360 that great nation is going to inhabit this land. 307 00:15:10,560 --> 00:15:15,560 And God even just give some of the very basics of the the land 308 00:15:15,560 --> 00:15:18,280 in its dimensions. He says it's going to go all the 309 00:15:18,280 --> 00:15:21,760 way to the sea and it's going to be bound by the Jordan and it's 310 00:15:21,760 --> 00:15:24,960 going to be bound by Egypt. And it's a great deal of land, 311 00:15:24,960 --> 00:15:27,160 by the way. It's a much larger piece of land 312 00:15:27,160 --> 00:15:30,080 than what you see Israel possess on the map today. 313 00:15:30,080 --> 00:15:32,320 But God promised it. Could we put it? 314 00:15:32,320 --> 00:15:37,360 This way God gave them the deed to that land, and God gave them 315 00:15:37,360 --> 00:15:39,760 what I would call to you. And we will see in just a moment 316 00:15:39,960 --> 00:15:44,760 an irrevocable deed to this land that that land belong to the 317 00:15:44,760 --> 00:15:47,080 people of Israel all the way back here in. 318 00:15:47,080 --> 00:15:50,440 Genesis chapter #15 Now jump to Genesis 17. 319 00:15:50,440 --> 00:15:52,520 All right, just a few pages away. 320 00:15:52,520 --> 00:15:55,000 Genesis 17 and we'll look at verse one. 321 00:15:56,560 --> 00:15:58,160 Hopefully your fingers won't get cramps tonight. 322 00:15:58,160 --> 00:16:01,840 All right, we'll do our best verse one. 323 00:16:01,920 --> 00:16:05,640 And when Abram was 90 years old. And 9 the Lord appeared to Abram 324 00:16:06,360 --> 00:16:09,080 and said unto him, I am the Almighty God, walk before me, 325 00:16:09,080 --> 00:16:11,960 and be thou perfect, and I'll make my covenant between me and 326 00:16:11,960 --> 00:16:14,080 thee, and we'll multiply thee exceedingly. 327 00:16:14,240 --> 00:16:17,680 And Abram fell on his face, and God talked with him, saying, As 328 00:16:17,680 --> 00:16:20,200 for me, behold, my covenant is with thee, there's that word 329 00:16:20,200 --> 00:16:22,560 covenant. As thou shalt be the father of 330 00:16:22,560 --> 00:16:26,000 many nations, neither shall thy name anymore be called Abram, 331 00:16:26,360 --> 00:16:29,720 but thy name shall be Abraham. For a father of many nations 332 00:16:29,720 --> 00:16:32,680 have I made thee, and I will make thee exceeding fruitful, 333 00:16:32,880 --> 00:16:35,520 and I will make nations of thee, and king shall come out of thee, 334 00:16:36,000 --> 00:16:39,120 and I will establish my covenant between me and thee, and thy 335 00:16:39,120 --> 00:16:41,240 seed after thee in their generations. 336 00:16:41,400 --> 00:16:42,720 For. And what's that next word? 337 00:16:43,280 --> 00:16:45,680 Everlasting covenant. So there's a promise that's been 338 00:16:45,680 --> 00:16:48,560 made to Abraham and is being confirmed here again. 339 00:16:48,560 --> 00:16:51,680 That is an everlasting government covenant. 340 00:16:51,880 --> 00:16:54,680 Now let me ask you, when it comes to everlasting life, how 341 00:16:54,680 --> 00:16:57,800 long is everlasting life For? Forever. 342 00:16:58,240 --> 00:17:01,080 So if we have an everlasting covenant, how long does that 343 00:17:01,080 --> 00:17:02,600 last? Forever. 344 00:17:02,600 --> 00:17:05,720 Listen, if you think everlasting covenant only lasts for a 345 00:17:05,720 --> 00:17:08,040 certain period of time, then everlasting life's not going to 346 00:17:08,040 --> 00:17:11,040 be nearly as long as you think. But everlasting life lasts for 347 00:17:11,040 --> 00:17:14,359 forever, and everlasting covenant lasts also forever. 348 00:17:14,599 --> 00:17:18,160 It's an everlasting covenant to be a God unto thee, and to thy 349 00:17:18,160 --> 00:17:20,440 seed after thee. And I will give unto thee and 350 00:17:20,440 --> 00:17:24,319 thy seed after thee the land wherein thou art a stranger, all 351 00:17:24,319 --> 00:17:27,800 the land of Canaan for and everlasting possession. 352 00:17:28,040 --> 00:17:31,600 And I will be their God. So God, and even more 353 00:17:31,600 --> 00:17:34,880 specificity here than what he said in chapter #15 He says, I 354 00:17:34,880 --> 00:17:37,440 want you to know that even though you still do not have 355 00:17:37,680 --> 00:17:40,400 that air that you were expecting to have, that I promised you all 356 00:17:40,400 --> 00:17:42,960 that time ago, I'm going to change your name to Abraham to 357 00:17:42,960 --> 00:17:45,560 show you you will be the father of many nations. 358 00:17:45,680 --> 00:17:48,560 But I also want you to know there's an everlasting covenant, 359 00:17:48,560 --> 00:17:50,800 and you're going to have everlasting possession of the 360 00:17:50,800 --> 00:17:52,800 land of which you are in right now. 361 00:17:53,120 --> 00:17:56,440 And we do know that that land was populated by Isaac and the 362 00:17:56,520 --> 00:17:59,640 Jacob, but then God told them to move to Egypt for a time. 363 00:17:59,640 --> 00:18:02,600 And that took a great deal of time until they ended up making 364 00:18:02,600 --> 00:18:05,040 their exodus back to the promised land. 365 00:18:05,200 --> 00:18:07,800 And that's where we get to our next text, which is Deuteronomy 366 00:18:07,800 --> 00:18:11,760 chapter #12 So go a few pages in your Bible to Deuteronomy 367 00:18:12,000 --> 00:18:16,400 chapter #12 I don't know about you, but I find this absolutely 368 00:18:16,400 --> 00:18:17,840 fascinating. There are some that would just 369 00:18:17,840 --> 00:18:19,560 think this is dry and dull and boring. 370 00:18:19,760 --> 00:18:21,480 And I know none of you feel like that tonight. 371 00:18:22,800 --> 00:18:25,400 I am praying that none of you feel like that tonight because 372 00:18:25,400 --> 00:18:29,880 this is exciting stuff that God has given this in His word, not 373 00:18:29,880 --> 00:18:33,360 just to those people, but for us to understand tonight as well. 374 00:18:33,560 --> 00:18:36,200 Deuteronomy 12 Look at verse #10. 375 00:18:38,400 --> 00:18:41,640 And the word of God says this. But when you go over Jordan, and 376 00:18:41,640 --> 00:18:44,320 dwell in the land which the Lord your God giveth you to inherit, 377 00:18:44,640 --> 00:18:47,640 and when He giveth you rest from all your enemies round about, so 378 00:18:47,640 --> 00:18:51,000 that you dwell in safety, then there shall be a place which the 379 00:18:51,000 --> 00:18:54,040 Lord your God shall choose to cause His name to dwell there. 380 00:18:54,400 --> 00:18:57,360 Thither ye shall bring all that I command you, your burnt 381 00:18:57,360 --> 00:18:59,920 offerings, and your sacrifices, your ties, and the heave 382 00:18:59,920 --> 00:19:03,480 offering of your hand, and all your choice vows, which ye vow 383 00:19:03,760 --> 00:19:06,720 unto the Lord. So what is God say here? 384 00:19:06,720 --> 00:19:10,720 He reminds them, you're about to go into this promised land, and 385 00:19:10,720 --> 00:19:14,000 it's a planned place where you will have rest, and it's a place 386 00:19:14,000 --> 00:19:16,400 where you have safety. That is what God desired for 387 00:19:16,400 --> 00:19:18,200 them to have. It's a place where they will 388 00:19:18,200 --> 00:19:21,240 have their offerings, where they will have their sacrifices, 389 00:19:21,360 --> 00:19:24,080 where they will vow their vows unto the Lord. 390 00:19:24,320 --> 00:19:27,360 Now we're going to move on to Deuteronomy chapter #30 and as 391 00:19:27,360 --> 00:19:30,240 you do so, and you turn to Deuteronomy chapter 30, you 392 00:19:30,240 --> 00:19:32,800 might say something like this. Well, Pastor, didn't they stay 393 00:19:32,800 --> 00:19:34,000 in the promised land for a while? 394 00:19:34,000 --> 00:19:35,720 And didn't they get removed from the promised land? 395 00:19:36,880 --> 00:19:39,600 I mean, didn't didn't you say that the Kingdom is eventually 396 00:19:39,600 --> 00:19:43,280 going to break up into two parallel kingdoms, the north and 397 00:19:43,280 --> 00:19:45,520 the South. And the north had no good kings 398 00:19:45,520 --> 00:19:48,080 and the South had good kings and bad kings, and eventually both 399 00:19:48,080 --> 00:19:50,920 the north and the South ended up into captivity. 400 00:19:51,280 --> 00:19:54,800 And the answer is, well, yes, for a time that Israel was taken 401 00:19:54,800 --> 00:19:57,560 away in captivity. But even in that God was not 402 00:19:57,560 --> 00:20:01,000 breaking his covenant. In fact, he was saying this, He 403 00:20:01,000 --> 00:20:04,440 says if you fall away from me for a time, he says I'm going to 404 00:20:04,440 --> 00:20:07,520 have to remove you from that. Land for a short period of time 405 00:20:07,800 --> 00:20:10,680 to get you to become right with me, to be able to put you back 406 00:20:10,720 --> 00:20:13,320 in that land again. And that's exactly what happened 407 00:20:13,320 --> 00:20:16,720 because the people depicted in several different waves as they 408 00:20:16,720 --> 00:20:19,440 were taken, and finally Nebuchadnezzar lays waste to the 409 00:20:19,440 --> 00:20:21,400 land. But then we find during the time 410 00:20:21,400 --> 00:20:24,440 of Ezra and during the time of Nehemiah, there is a revival 411 00:20:24,440 --> 00:20:28,040 that takes place in Jerusalem and in Israel that comes later. 412 00:20:28,240 --> 00:20:30,400 But look at Deuteronomy 30 verse one through 5. 413 00:20:30,400 --> 00:20:32,920 God even talks about this when He says this. 414 00:20:33,200 --> 00:20:35,600 And it shall come to pass, when all these things are come upon 415 00:20:35,600 --> 00:20:38,800 thee, the blessing and the curse which I've set before thee, and 416 00:20:38,800 --> 00:20:41,880 thou shalt call them to mind after all the nations with the 417 00:20:41,880 --> 00:20:45,000 Lord thy God hath driven thee. So it's saying, I want you to 418 00:20:45,000 --> 00:20:47,040 know this, that there's going to be a time when you're driven 419 00:20:47,040 --> 00:20:48,840 away from this land. There's going to be a time 420 00:20:48,840 --> 00:20:50,480 you're driven away for a short time. 421 00:20:50,880 --> 00:20:54,360 And shout, return unto the Lord. Thy God shall obey his voice 422 00:20:54,360 --> 00:20:57,000 according to all that I command thee this day, thou and thy 423 00:20:57,000 --> 00:21:00,520 children, with all thine heart and with all thy soul, that then 424 00:21:00,520 --> 00:21:05,240 the Lord the God will turn thy captivity and have compassion 425 00:21:05,240 --> 00:21:07,680 upon thee, and will return and gather thee from all the 426 00:21:07,680 --> 00:21:09,720 nations. Whether the Lord thy God hath 427 00:21:09,720 --> 00:21:13,520 scattered thee, If any of thine be driven out unto the uttermost 428 00:21:13,520 --> 00:21:16,480 parts of heaven, from thence will the Lord thy God gather 429 00:21:16,480 --> 00:21:18,360 thee, and from thence will he fetch thee. 430 00:21:18,640 --> 00:21:21,040 And the Lord thy God will bring thee into the land which thy 431 00:21:21,040 --> 00:21:24,040 Father's possessed, and thou shalt possess it, and he will do 432 00:21:24,040 --> 00:21:27,160 thee good, and multiply thee above thy Father's. 433 00:21:27,320 --> 00:21:28,560 And So what does the Word of God say? 434 00:21:28,560 --> 00:21:31,280 That there's times when the people of Israel disobey, when 435 00:21:31,280 --> 00:21:34,160 they will be dispersed and they will be brought back to the land 436 00:21:34,160 --> 00:21:36,200 again. It was not that it was not their 437 00:21:36,200 --> 00:21:39,400 land, but it was a time that they would be removed by God's 438 00:21:39,400 --> 00:21:43,000 edict, but they would be restored again because God sees 439 00:21:43,000 --> 00:21:46,280 them turn back to Him. We actually see this in history 440 00:21:46,280 --> 00:21:48,760 a couple different times. The first time we see this 441 00:21:48,760 --> 00:21:53,840 around five, 87588 BC when Israel's removed and then again 442 00:21:53,840 --> 00:21:56,360 the restoration under Ezra and Nehemiah. 443 00:21:56,600 --> 00:22:00,400 I would also submit to you, we see this after 70 AD, after 444 00:22:00,400 --> 00:22:03,800 Jesus dies on the cross and about, you know, around 40 years 445 00:22:03,800 --> 00:22:07,440 later, give or take, that Israel or rather Jerusalem and really 446 00:22:07,440 --> 00:22:11,040 all of the land of Israel in that area is trodden under by 447 00:22:11,040 --> 00:22:14,880 Rome and it's desolate for many years until it's restoration in 448 00:22:15,400 --> 00:22:18,480 in 1948 and people are brought back to the land again. 449 00:22:18,800 --> 00:22:22,520 But its ultimate fulfillment is going to be found in the end 450 00:22:22,520 --> 00:22:26,000 times because we've not actually seen the ultimate fulfillment of 451 00:22:26,000 --> 00:22:28,280 this yet. Has the place of Israel been a 452 00:22:28,280 --> 00:22:30,480 place of peace and rest for the children of Israel? 453 00:22:30,680 --> 00:22:33,160 It has not been. And so does that mean that God 454 00:22:33,160 --> 00:22:34,920 hasn't kept his promise? Well, no. 455 00:22:35,120 --> 00:22:37,840 It just means this. We have not seen its ultimate 456 00:22:37,840 --> 00:22:40,440 fulfillment yet. Its ultimate fulfillment will be 457 00:22:40,440 --> 00:22:44,200 brought through during the time of the millennial reign, during 458 00:22:44,200 --> 00:22:47,600 the time after the Tribulation when Jesus Christ rules and 459 00:22:47,600 --> 00:22:50,880 reigns on earth from his throne, when the temple is restored and 460 00:22:50,880 --> 00:22:52,560 that all is right here in the world. 461 00:22:52,920 --> 00:22:55,600 And that we're going to see the literal fulfillment of this in 462 00:22:55,600 --> 00:22:59,080 its entirety take place during that millennial reign. 463 00:22:59,200 --> 00:23:04,040 But in the meantime, Abraham was given deed that was reiterated 464 00:23:04,040 --> 00:23:08,120 over and over and over again. And this Davidic covenant here, 465 00:23:08,120 --> 00:23:11,960 we find that David has told your people will have a place. 466 00:23:11,960 --> 00:23:15,280 And again, that there's given this specificity, there's given 467 00:23:15,280 --> 00:23:18,880 this exactness to it, that there is going to be this place in the 468 00:23:18,880 --> 00:23:21,040 future. But it's not just that God in 469 00:23:21,040 --> 00:23:23,720 this Davidic covenant gave a promise that there will be a 470 00:23:23,720 --> 00:23:26,520 place for Israel. And the second prong of this 471 00:23:26,520 --> 00:23:30,520 promise, he also said there will be an everlasting house for 472 00:23:30,520 --> 00:23:32,680 David. There's a place for Israel, but 473 00:23:32,680 --> 00:23:34,640 there was also a house for David. 474 00:23:34,800 --> 00:23:38,560 Go back to second Samuel chapter #7 if you will. 475 00:23:38,800 --> 00:23:42,200 And we're going to pick up in verse #11 So we read verse #10 476 00:23:42,200 --> 00:23:44,840 it says there's going to be a place for Israel, but we also 477 00:23:44,840 --> 00:23:46,240 see that there's going to be a house for David. 478 00:23:46,240 --> 00:23:50,320 Look at verse #11 And since the time that I commanded judges to 479 00:23:50,320 --> 00:23:53,360 be over my people Israel, and it caused thee to rest from all 480 00:23:53,360 --> 00:23:56,800 thine enemies, also the Lord telleth thee that he will make 481 00:23:56,800 --> 00:23:58,400 thee in house. You could see it right there in 482 00:23:58,400 --> 00:24:00,960 the text. And when thy days be fulfilled 483 00:24:01,200 --> 00:24:04,040 and thou shalt sleep with thy fathers, I will set up thy seed 484 00:24:04,040 --> 00:24:06,520 after thee, which I'll proceed out of thy bowels, and I will 485 00:24:06,520 --> 00:24:09,760 establish his Kingdom. Now we know that the one that is 486 00:24:09,760 --> 00:24:12,120 to follow him is going to be Solomon. 487 00:24:12,440 --> 00:24:15,800 And so we can see that this is a partial fulfillment of Solomon. 488 00:24:15,800 --> 00:24:18,680 We'll see in just a second. He shall build thee in house for 489 00:24:18,680 --> 00:24:20,800 my name. I will establish my throne of 490 00:24:20,800 --> 00:24:23,440 his Kingdom forever. I will be his father, He will be 491 00:24:23,440 --> 00:24:25,360 my son. If he committed iniquity, I will 492 00:24:25,360 --> 00:24:27,600 chase him with the rod of men and with the stripes of the 493 00:24:27,600 --> 00:24:29,880 children of men. But my mercy shall not depart 494 00:24:29,880 --> 00:24:33,560 away from him, as I took it away from Saul, whom I put away 495 00:24:33,560 --> 00:24:36,120 before thee. So what do we see here? 496 00:24:36,120 --> 00:24:39,600 We see that Solomon is going to be the next to follow and 497 00:24:39,760 --> 00:24:42,240 there's a prophecy that he is going to be the one that is 498 00:24:42,240 --> 00:24:45,600 going to build the Tabernacle rather the temple, the actual 499 00:24:45,600 --> 00:24:49,000 permanent structure that David wanted to build, and that he is 500 00:24:49,000 --> 00:24:52,240 going to have a throne, but that this is not just any kind of 501 00:24:52,240 --> 00:24:54,160 throne. This is an everlasting throne. 502 00:24:54,600 --> 00:24:57,280 Now you understand that this is an incredible promise unlike 503 00:24:57,280 --> 00:25:00,480 anyone has ever received in the history of mankind. 504 00:25:01,320 --> 00:25:02,600 You said. What do you mean, pastor? 505 00:25:02,840 --> 00:25:06,120 Well, every type of Kingdom rises and falls, doesn't it? 506 00:25:06,640 --> 00:25:10,000 Every type of Kingdom has families within that Kingdom 507 00:25:10,040 --> 00:25:13,640 that rise and fall, meaning this, that there's a royal line 508 00:25:13,640 --> 00:25:17,880 in Great Britain right now that is the line of succession. 509 00:25:17,880 --> 00:25:21,040 We saw Queen Elizabeth, who was the queen for about 400 years, I 510 00:25:21,040 --> 00:25:23,960 think somewhere around there. And now we have King Charles, 511 00:25:23,960 --> 00:25:26,640 that he is the king. But it continues through a royal 512 00:25:26,640 --> 00:25:28,160 line. It continues through what was 513 00:25:28,160 --> 00:25:31,360 called the royal family. But throughout history, do those 514 00:25:31,360 --> 00:25:33,120 royal families rule in perpetuity? 515 00:25:33,880 --> 00:25:36,000 No Families rise and fall, don't they? 516 00:25:36,640 --> 00:25:39,640 Even in American politics, we see not exactly the same thing 517 00:25:39,640 --> 00:25:42,760 because we don't have royalty, you know, the whole 1776 thing 518 00:25:42,760 --> 00:25:44,200 and all. You know, we don't have any of 519 00:25:44,200 --> 00:25:46,520 that here. But we do have families that 520 00:25:46,520 --> 00:25:49,120 have exerted leadership in our country over time. 521 00:25:49,320 --> 00:25:52,000 And even those families rise and fall over time, don't they? 522 00:25:52,240 --> 00:25:54,280 But David is receiving a promise unlike. 523 00:25:54,760 --> 00:25:58,240 Anything ever was been given. Before and would never be given 524 00:25:58,240 --> 00:26:00,320 again. It's that you are going to have 525 00:26:00,400 --> 00:26:05,960 an everlasting kingship say, well, how does that work? 526 00:26:05,960 --> 00:26:07,200 I mean, how was that going to be? 527 00:26:07,200 --> 00:26:11,440 Well, the line of David went all the way through until Jerusalem 528 00:26:11,440 --> 00:26:13,720 was removed. But that did not mean that the 529 00:26:13,720 --> 00:26:16,120 royal line was not still understood. 530 00:26:16,120 --> 00:26:19,720 Because by the time we get to the Gospels, what do we find? 531 00:26:19,880 --> 00:26:21,280 We find the. Lineage of who? 532 00:26:21,720 --> 00:26:25,520 Jesus Christ and that there is a recording of the royal lineage 533 00:26:25,520 --> 00:26:29,000 of Jesus Christ. And so the ultimate fulfillment 534 00:26:29,000 --> 00:26:31,920 of this is not just simply Solomon, but the ultimate 535 00:26:31,920 --> 00:26:36,200 fulfillment of this everlasting Kingdom is Jesus Christ. 536 00:26:36,240 --> 00:26:38,160 And so I want us to look at a couple different places. 537 00:26:38,160 --> 00:26:40,200 We're not done yet. Isaiah Chapter 11. 538 00:26:40,200 --> 00:26:43,800 You're doing great. Isaiah Chapter 11. 539 00:26:50,240 --> 00:26:53,240 Verse #1 Isaiah Chapter 11. When you get there in just a 540 00:26:53,240 --> 00:26:56,120 moment, we'll look at verse #1 and I think you're familiar with 541 00:26:56,120 --> 00:26:59,680 this. We typically read this around 542 00:26:59,680 --> 00:27:03,040 Christmas time, but I would say that this is a good 12 month of 543 00:27:03,040 --> 00:27:06,440 the year verse right here. Verse #1 There shall come forth 544 00:27:06,440 --> 00:27:09,840 a rod out of the stem of Jesse, and a branch shall grow out of 545 00:27:09,840 --> 00:27:13,480 his roots, the stem of Jesse, meaning this David was the son 546 00:27:13,480 --> 00:27:15,680 of Jesse. So it's talking about the family 547 00:27:15,680 --> 00:27:17,400 here. And the Spirit of the Lord shall 548 00:27:17,400 --> 00:27:20,080 rest upon him, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the 549 00:27:20,080 --> 00:27:22,680 spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge, and the 550 00:27:22,680 --> 00:27:25,680 fear of the Lord. And we see that this is Speaking 551 00:27:25,680 --> 00:27:29,440 of none other than Jesus Christ. There's going to be some talk in 552 00:27:29,440 --> 00:27:31,720 this chapter about the millennial reign as well, his 553 00:27:31,760 --> 00:27:35,720 ultimate reign here on earth. So the great fulfillment of this 554 00:27:35,720 --> 00:27:40,840 house for David is Jesus Christ. Now go to Luke chapter #1 Luke 555 00:27:40,840 --> 00:27:47,200 chapter #1 again, looking at what we would call often call a 556 00:27:47,200 --> 00:27:51,120 Christmas time passage. But again, that this is not 557 00:27:51,120 --> 00:27:54,320 something should just be preached in December, that this 558 00:27:54,320 --> 00:27:57,400 is good all months of the year. Luke chapter 1 and beginning in 559 00:27:57,400 --> 00:28:05,280 verse #31 it says, And behold, thou shalt conceive in thy womb, 560 00:28:05,800 --> 00:28:08,600 and bring forth the Son, of course, talking to Mary, and 561 00:28:08,600 --> 00:28:11,840 shall call his name Jesus. He shall be great, and he shall 562 00:28:11,840 --> 00:28:13,320 be called the Son of the Highest. 563 00:28:13,560 --> 00:28:16,960 And the Lord God shall give unto him the throne of his Father 564 00:28:17,440 --> 00:28:20,040 David. So what is the connection that's 565 00:28:20,040 --> 00:28:22,800 being made here? That Jesus Christ, this one that 566 00:28:22,800 --> 00:28:26,320 is going to be born of a virgin, Jesus Christ, this one that was 567 00:28:26,320 --> 00:28:30,280 born Incarnate here on this earth, that he is going to be 568 00:28:30,280 --> 00:28:33,640 the literal fulfillment of the Davidic covenant that was given 569 00:28:33,880 --> 00:28:36,880 those thousand years ago at that time. 570 00:28:36,880 --> 00:28:39,880 Now continuing on with that, Zechariah Chapter 9. 571 00:28:39,880 --> 00:28:41,760 Now don't worry, we went to Luke first. 572 00:28:41,760 --> 00:28:43,320 So it made it easier to go to Zechariah. 573 00:28:43,320 --> 00:28:46,560 Go back a few pages, go to the very end of your Old Testament 574 00:28:48,880 --> 00:28:50,280 pages still stick together back there. 575 00:28:50,280 --> 00:28:52,000 It's all right. OK, we'll try to unstick them a 576 00:28:52,000 --> 00:28:55,960 little bit. Zechariah chapter #9 Thank you, 577 00:28:55,960 --> 00:29:00,640 Joe. All right, Zechariah Chapter 9, 578 00:29:00,640 --> 00:29:08,380 verse 9. And we could read many passages 579 00:29:08,380 --> 00:29:12,240 in Zechariah that would speak to the fulfillment of the Davidic 580 00:29:12,240 --> 00:29:14,240 covenant. But again, this is not an 581 00:29:14,240 --> 00:29:16,520 exhaustive study, but just rather an overview. 582 00:29:16,880 --> 00:29:21,000 Zechariah Chapter 9 verse 9 says, Rejoice greatly. 583 00:29:21,000 --> 00:29:24,040 O daughter of Zion, shout, O daughter of Jerusalem, behold, 584 00:29:24,040 --> 00:29:27,280 thy king cometh unto thee. He is just and having salvation 585 00:29:27,280 --> 00:29:31,280 lowly and riding upon an ass and upon a colt the foal of an ass. 586 00:29:31,720 --> 00:29:34,520 Now we'll cut off the chariot from Ephraim, the horse from 587 00:29:34,520 --> 00:29:37,480 Jerusalem, and the battle bow shall be cut, and he shall speak 588 00:29:37,480 --> 00:29:40,520 peace under the heathen, and his dominion shall be from sea even 589 00:29:40,520 --> 00:29:43,600 to sea, and from the river even to the ends of the earth. 590 00:29:43,600 --> 00:29:47,480 Now, can you just imagine for a moment what happened on the day 591 00:29:47,480 --> 00:29:51,040 that we call Palm Sunday? Can you just imagine that the 592 00:29:51,040 --> 00:29:54,200 people of Israel knew everything that I've just talked to you 593 00:29:54,200 --> 00:29:57,360 about over the last few minutes that all of the verses, all of 594 00:29:57,360 --> 00:29:59,880 the promises the people of Israel were intimately 595 00:29:59,880 --> 00:30:02,880 acquainted with. When Jesus is going into 596 00:30:02,880 --> 00:30:06,040 Jerusalem and His triumphal entry and here He is, He is 597 00:30:06,040 --> 00:30:10,200 riding on a donkey and they they understand there's a literal 598 00:30:10,200 --> 00:30:13,320 fulfillment of Zechariah Chapter 9 verse 9. 599 00:30:13,320 --> 00:30:17,040 They understand that he is going to be that he is the son of 600 00:30:17,040 --> 00:30:18,440 David. Remember, sometimes they'll call 601 00:30:18,520 --> 00:30:20,600 Jesus son of David, have mercy on us. 602 00:30:20,760 --> 00:30:24,400 They understood his lineage. They understood the fulfillment. 603 00:30:24,520 --> 00:30:27,400 They understood what was promised to David and they are 604 00:30:27,400 --> 00:30:33,280 literally thinking, this is it. This is the moment that we've 605 00:30:33,280 --> 00:30:37,480 been waiting for in shadows from Abraham, with more clarity in 606 00:30:37,480 --> 00:30:40,760 David's time, and then spoken of by the prophets. 607 00:30:40,760 --> 00:30:43,320 The day has come. That's why they were cutting 608 00:30:43,320 --> 00:30:45,640 down the palm branches and that's why they were shouting 609 00:30:45,760 --> 00:30:50,400 Hosanna, Lord save us now. Hosanna Lord save us now. 610 00:30:50,400 --> 00:30:53,040 Why? Because they thought this is. 611 00:30:53,040 --> 00:30:55,360 The moment and that's why they were disillusioned when it 612 00:30:55,360 --> 00:31:00,560 wasn't just a few days later, because they thought Jesus is 613 00:31:00,560 --> 00:31:04,680 going to come and he will overthrow the yoke of the Roman 614 00:31:04,680 --> 00:31:08,320 government that's upon us. But this is the same Jesus that 615 00:31:08,320 --> 00:31:12,120 said this Render unto Caesar. What is Caesar and render to God 616 00:31:12,120 --> 00:31:14,720 what is God. What was he doing in that 617 00:31:14,720 --> 00:31:16,200 moment? He was more worried about their 618 00:31:16,200 --> 00:31:18,240 hearts. But that doesn't mean that he 619 00:31:18,240 --> 00:31:19,520 wasn't going to set up his Kingdom. 620 00:31:19,880 --> 00:31:24,960 It just was not time yet, and it is not time yet that time will 621 00:31:24,960 --> 00:31:26,880 come. And that comes in what we would 622 00:31:26,880 --> 00:31:29,640 call the Book of Revelation, that look at Revelation chapter 623 00:31:29,640 --> 00:31:31,960 #20 if you will. I told you were going cover to 624 00:31:31,960 --> 00:31:33,840 cover. All right, Revelation chapter 625 00:31:33,840 --> 00:31:53,130 #20 look. At verse #1 And I saw an Angel 626 00:31:53,130 --> 00:31:56,010 come down from heaven, having the key of the bottomless pit, 627 00:31:56,010 --> 00:31:59,130 and the great chain in his hand. And he laid hold on the dragon, 628 00:31:59,130 --> 00:32:01,810 that old serpent which is the devil and Satan, and bound him 629 00:32:01,810 --> 00:32:05,960 for 1000 years, and cast him into a bottomless pit, and shut 630 00:32:05,960 --> 00:32:08,320 him up, and set a seal upon him that he should deceive the 631 00:32:08,320 --> 00:32:11,240 nations no more till the 1000 years should be fulfilled. 632 00:32:11,240 --> 00:32:13,760 And after that he must be loosed a little season. 633 00:32:14,120 --> 00:32:16,880 And I saw Thrones, and they that sat upon them, and judgment was 634 00:32:16,880 --> 00:32:19,320 given unto them. And I saw the souls of them that 635 00:32:19,320 --> 00:32:22,520 were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, 636 00:32:22,520 --> 00:32:24,920 and which had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, 637 00:32:24,920 --> 00:32:27,400 neither had received his mark upon their foreheads or in their 638 00:32:27,400 --> 00:32:29,840 hands. And they lived and reigned with 639 00:32:29,840 --> 00:32:34,720 Christ for 1000 years. So what do we see in this 640 00:32:34,760 --> 00:32:37,040 rulership of Jesus, that millennial reign? 641 00:32:37,040 --> 00:32:39,080 The Kingdom is set. The devil has been. 642 00:32:39,080 --> 00:32:42,280 Banished and he is bound and chained in the Lake of Fire for 643 00:32:42,280 --> 00:32:44,040 1000 years, only to be loosed in a little. 644 00:32:44,120 --> 00:32:47,000 Season for the final judgment that is to come. 645 00:32:47,000 --> 00:32:49,440 But yes, what do we see here that it's the literal 646 00:32:49,440 --> 00:32:52,080 fulfillment of all that had taken place. 647 00:32:52,160 --> 00:32:55,840 There is now a place for Israel. There's now a house for David. 648 00:32:56,440 --> 00:33:03,720 Everything has been fulfilled to it's very totality and that. 649 00:33:03,720 --> 00:33:08,200 Reminds us of this, that what has been promised is not 650 00:33:08,200 --> 00:33:12,040 completed yet. What was promised then? 651 00:33:12,720 --> 00:33:15,840 Has not been completely fulfilled yet. 652 00:33:16,840 --> 00:33:18,960 And this is important. Go back to Second Samuel Chapter 653 00:33:18,960 --> 00:33:20,760 7 and I promise we're not bouncing around anymore. 654 00:33:20,760 --> 00:33:23,480 All right, you did good tonight. You held up strong. 655 00:33:23,480 --> 00:33:26,400 I appreciate it. So, I mean, you go home and ice 656 00:33:26,400 --> 00:33:28,680 your hands up when you get home. You got to put an ice block on 657 00:33:28,680 --> 00:33:30,160 it or something like that, but that's all right. 658 00:33:30,160 --> 00:33:33,320 It's good. The doctor asked you how'd you 659 00:33:33,320 --> 00:33:35,320 get carpal tunnel syndrome? You said my pastor made me go 660 00:33:35,320 --> 00:33:37,960 through, go through all these passages at church. 661 00:33:37,960 --> 00:33:40,000 I mean, it's crazy. That's why churches put them on 662 00:33:40,000 --> 00:33:42,320 screens, you know. But isn't it good to be able to 663 00:33:42,320 --> 00:33:44,280 go through your own Bible and make notes and be able to look 664 00:33:44,280 --> 00:33:45,960 at this? It really is the way that we 665 00:33:45,960 --> 00:33:49,080 should go. I just want to point out a few 666 00:33:49,080 --> 00:33:51,880 things to you. How long, how long is this 667 00:33:51,880 --> 00:33:55,640 supposed to last? How long is this supposed to go? 668 00:33:55,640 --> 00:34:01,120 Well, well, we can look at this, that we can go to verse #13 and 669 00:34:01,120 --> 00:34:02,720 I have these circled in my Bible. 670 00:34:02,920 --> 00:34:05,520 He shall build an house for my name, and I will establish the 671 00:34:05,520 --> 00:34:07,520 throne of His Kingdom. What's the next two words? 672 00:34:08,199 --> 00:34:11,400 Forever, verse 16. And thine house And thy Kingdom 673 00:34:11,400 --> 00:34:13,880 shall be established when? Forever. 674 00:34:14,280 --> 00:34:16,880 And thy throne shall be established forever. 675 00:34:16,920 --> 00:34:20,080 And if there's any question, verse #16 settles it, doesn't 676 00:34:20,320 --> 00:34:21,679 it? And thine house and thy Kingdom 677 00:34:21,679 --> 00:34:24,400 shall be established forever before thee, and thy throne 678 00:34:24,400 --> 00:34:27,320 shall be established forever. Look at verse #24. 679 00:34:27,600 --> 00:34:30,760 For thou has confirmed to thyself, thy people Israel, to 680 00:34:30,760 --> 00:34:34,360 be a people unto Thee forever. Verse 25. 681 00:34:34,480 --> 00:34:37,679 And now, O Lord God, the word that thou has spoken concerning 682 00:34:37,679 --> 00:34:41,199 thy servant and concerning his house, establish it forever. 683 00:34:41,480 --> 00:34:45,320 Verse #29 Therefore now let it please thee to bless the house, 684 00:34:45,320 --> 00:34:49,360 thy servant, that it may continue forever, over and over 685 00:34:49,360 --> 00:34:52,000 and over, forever, and ever and ever. 686 00:34:52,239 --> 00:34:55,840 How can we come to any other conclusion than the fact that 687 00:34:56,040 --> 00:34:59,640 God has given the people of Israel the title deed of this 688 00:34:59,640 --> 00:35:04,800 land and that Jesus Christ is the ultimate ruler and reigner 689 00:35:05,080 --> 00:35:07,400 of this world? There can be no other. 690 00:35:07,560 --> 00:35:11,440 And if you have to take one which we do, that Jesus Christ 691 00:35:11,600 --> 00:35:14,920 is the ultimate ruler and reigner, then I would submit to 692 00:35:14,920 --> 00:35:18,720 you we must also take this together, that the land belongs 693 00:35:18,720 --> 00:35:21,160 to Israel and there is no going back. 694 00:35:21,640 --> 00:35:23,280 Why? Because God is the one who 695 00:35:23,280 --> 00:35:25,440 created it. God is the one who gives the. 696 00:35:25,440 --> 00:35:27,600 Deed. And God is the one who says how 697 00:35:27,600 --> 00:35:30,520 long that deed lasts for. And God says this, I give it to 698 00:35:30,520 --> 00:35:35,280 Israel that belongs to them, and it belongs to them forever. 699 00:35:36,960 --> 00:35:41,520 Which brings us to the present. Day brings us to where we are 700 00:35:41,520 --> 00:35:45,280 now, and I hope you know me well enough that I am not a political 701 00:35:45,280 --> 00:35:48,520 preacher, that you don't come to Liberty Baptist Church to hear 702 00:35:48,520 --> 00:35:51,240 my riff on the headlines. This is not talk radio. 703 00:35:51,920 --> 00:35:56,200 This is not any type of political website or any type of 704 00:35:56,200 --> 00:35:59,520 political commentary that I give you here at Liberty Baptist 705 00:35:59,520 --> 00:36:01,240 Church. But I will also say this, the 706 00:36:01,240 --> 00:36:05,240 church must be careful that we do not evacuate the space of 707 00:36:05,240 --> 00:36:08,720 talking about foreign events because we are so concerned 708 00:36:08,720 --> 00:36:11,720 about not trying to look political, because there are 709 00:36:11,720 --> 00:36:14,800 just some things that are right and wrong and biblical and 710 00:36:14,800 --> 00:36:16,240 churches need to speak about them. 711 00:36:17,640 --> 00:36:20,760 Not because we're trying to stump for a candidate, not 712 00:36:20,760 --> 00:36:23,240 because we're trying to stump for a political party, but 713 00:36:23,240 --> 00:36:27,080 literally, it's the job of the church to speak truth to what is 714 00:36:27,080 --> 00:36:32,360 going on in world events today. Our views on the news and on 715 00:36:32,360 --> 00:36:36,320 politics must be shaped by our biblical worldview. 716 00:36:36,920 --> 00:36:39,720 There are politicians who are out there, particularly of one 717 00:36:39,720 --> 00:36:41,440 party, who will say something like this. 718 00:36:41,760 --> 00:36:44,440 Why? I'm a Christian, but I really 719 00:36:44,440 --> 00:36:48,360 don't want my Christian beliefs to sway how I vote or my 720 00:36:48,360 --> 00:36:51,560 Christian beliefs to sway how I handle my constituents. 721 00:36:52,120 --> 00:36:54,800 And I will tell you, while that sounds like something that is 722 00:36:54,800 --> 00:36:59,240 just such a enlightened thought, it is the opposite of 723 00:36:59,240 --> 00:37:04,120 enlightenment and it is actually quite wicked because a Christian 724 00:37:04,120 --> 00:37:05,920 is always called to think like a Christian. 725 00:37:06,960 --> 00:37:10,320 A Christian is always called to act like a Christian and we 726 00:37:10,320 --> 00:37:13,160 don't stop thinking like a Christian when we look at world 727 00:37:13,160 --> 00:37:15,480 events. We don't stop thinking like a 728 00:37:15,480 --> 00:37:17,120 Christian when we go to a ballot box. 729 00:37:17,760 --> 00:37:20,000 We don't stop thinking like a Christian when we come in 730 00:37:20,000 --> 00:37:21,720 contact with the laws of the land. 731 00:37:22,280 --> 00:37:24,440 You know, we are a Christian 1st. 732 00:37:24,440 --> 00:37:28,120 And that Christian worldview, that Christian lens, if holy 733 00:37:28,120 --> 00:37:32,840 cow, that Christian lens, if you will, effects everything that we 734 00:37:32,840 --> 00:37:34,680 do. We don't get to say I'm a 735 00:37:34,680 --> 00:37:37,880 Christian here in church, but it really doesn't affect the rest 736 00:37:37,880 --> 00:37:40,520 of my life. I'm a Christian in church, but 737 00:37:40,520 --> 00:37:42,680 it really doesn't affect what I think about the news. 738 00:37:42,920 --> 00:37:45,280 I'm a Christian first, but it really doesn't affect what I 739 00:37:45,280 --> 00:37:47,440 think about politics. No, when you're a Christian, 740 00:37:47,440 --> 00:37:50,880 when you're a new creature, it's not just segmented to 1 area of 741 00:37:50,880 --> 00:37:53,400 your life. It literally deals with every 742 00:37:53,400 --> 00:37:58,840 single area of your life, including world events and 743 00:37:58,840 --> 00:38:00,280 what's going on in the Middle East. 744 00:38:02,920 --> 00:38:07,360 There's a phrase that's being spoken by protesters today. 745 00:38:08,000 --> 00:38:12,080 And it's this from the river to the sea, from the river to the 746 00:38:12,080 --> 00:38:14,600 sea. It's by those who are pro 747 00:38:14,600 --> 00:38:18,040 Palestinian that are trying to say that they want the land of 748 00:38:18,040 --> 00:38:19,800 Israel from the river to the sea. 749 00:38:20,920 --> 00:38:23,040 There's several problems with this phrase. 750 00:38:23,680 --> 00:38:28,560 One, it's a phrase of genocide. There is no way of trying to 751 00:38:28,560 --> 00:38:31,720 sugarcoat it. And it's a phrase saying that 752 00:38:31,720 --> 00:38:34,320 the people of Israel must be removed by force. 753 00:38:34,320 --> 00:38:35,600 From the river to the sea, you say? 754 00:38:35,960 --> 00:38:37,360 Well. Well, I mean, do we ever see 755 00:38:37,360 --> 00:38:39,640 anything like that in history? I mean, why would you say that? 756 00:38:39,760 --> 00:38:43,480 What we've seen it plenty in history and we've seen it as 757 00:38:43,480 --> 00:38:47,680 recently as October 7th. Yes, from the river to the sea. 758 00:38:47,680 --> 00:38:50,880 Is it called a genocide? But what is the greatest affront 759 00:38:50,920 --> 00:38:55,320 of the the phrase the river to the sea is that the river to the 760 00:38:55,320 --> 00:38:59,760 sea is actually a promise given by God to Israel. 761 00:39:01,280 --> 00:39:04,600 Didn't we see that in Genesis chapter #15 that they were going 762 00:39:04,600 --> 00:39:06,440 to have? And we find this other place as 763 00:39:06,440 --> 00:39:08,960 well, that the actual wording is that God is going to give them 764 00:39:08,960 --> 00:39:11,240 the land from the river to the sea? 765 00:39:12,120 --> 00:39:17,880 And just as much as the LGPTQ movement has hijacked God's 766 00:39:17,880 --> 00:39:22,480 rainbow, which is a promise to mankind that the world will not 767 00:39:22,480 --> 00:39:25,040 be flooded again. And that was taken and Co opted 768 00:39:25,040 --> 00:39:28,000 for their own wicked purposes. In the same way there is another 769 00:39:28,000 --> 00:39:31,040 wicked group that is taking a beautiful promise of God from 770 00:39:31,040 --> 00:39:33,560 the river to the sea. And instead of taking it as the 771 00:39:33,560 --> 00:39:37,000 promise of God, they are calling for the execution and genocide 772 00:39:37,160 --> 00:39:39,880 of an entire people group for one reason and one reason only, 773 00:39:39,880 --> 00:39:41,320 because they're of a certain people group. 774 00:39:45,760 --> 00:39:48,840 I can't say anything else but what it is, because this is what 775 00:39:48,840 --> 00:39:52,960 we see in the word of God. There is no Palestinian. 776 00:39:53,480 --> 00:39:55,440 Group, there is no Palestinian nation. 777 00:39:55,440 --> 00:39:58,600 There's no Palestinian history, there's no Palestinian language. 778 00:39:59,360 --> 00:40:03,200 If you look into history, they have no claim on this land, nor 779 00:40:03,200 --> 00:40:08,320 do the Muslim have claims on the Temple Mount that Israelis are 780 00:40:08,320 --> 00:40:11,600 not even able to worship on the Temple Mount as they desire even 781 00:40:11,600 --> 00:40:15,440 though it was Solomon who built the Temple. 782 00:40:17,400 --> 00:40:20,240 It's a mess. And it's even more of a mess if 783 00:40:20,240 --> 00:40:24,240 you don't look at it through a biblical worldview, because you 784 00:40:24,240 --> 00:40:27,040 see what's going on in the news and you start to get concerned 785 00:40:27,840 --> 00:40:32,000 and you start to wonder. And you can be LED astray by a 786 00:40:32,000 --> 00:40:36,600 news media and by bad actors who are trying to get good, 787 00:40:37,280 --> 00:40:40,360 heartfelt people to have their heartstrings pulled on. 788 00:40:40,800 --> 00:40:43,600 But in the meantime, they are leading them directly to error 789 00:40:44,240 --> 00:40:45,680 and away from the truth of the Word of God. 790 00:40:47,000 --> 00:40:49,120 Now, I will say this, Israel's not a perfect nation. 791 00:40:50,080 --> 00:40:52,000 I would dare say there is no perfect nation. 792 00:40:53,080 --> 00:40:56,040 I cannot say that I have agreed with everything that Israel has 793 00:40:56,040 --> 00:40:57,760 ever done. That's not what I'm trying to 794 00:40:57,760 --> 00:40:59,480 say today. Israel in many ways today is 795 00:40:59,480 --> 00:41:02,840 very far from God. They are not a godly Nation 796 00:41:02,840 --> 00:41:05,600 Today. But I will also tell you this, 797 00:41:06,000 --> 00:41:08,800 that the fact that they are not a godly nation does not negate 798 00:41:08,800 --> 00:41:13,920 the promises that were made to them all of that time ago, just 799 00:41:13,920 --> 00:41:16,320 as much as they were not a godly nation at other times. 800 00:41:16,800 --> 00:41:20,360 And God dealt with them and restored them and God dealt with 801 00:41:20,360 --> 00:41:24,200 them and restored them over and over and over again. 802 00:41:25,320 --> 00:41:27,560 There's a line of theology today that says something like this. 803 00:41:27,560 --> 00:41:29,840 Well, the, the, the Jews don't actually exist. 804 00:41:30,680 --> 00:41:35,200 They're imposters, or rather that the Church or the true Jews 805 00:41:35,200 --> 00:41:36,880 today. And there are no real Jews, 806 00:41:37,040 --> 00:41:38,920 friend. There are people who believe 807 00:41:38,920 --> 00:41:42,920 this are at best ignorant. And at worst, they're false 808 00:41:42,920 --> 00:41:47,720 teachers who have very, very dark things within their hearts. 809 00:41:49,640 --> 00:41:52,400 It's not Bible. The Bible is clear. 810 00:41:53,080 --> 00:41:56,800 The Bible is specific. There is no room to wiggle in 811 00:41:56,800 --> 00:41:58,640 and out. I'd literally took you to 8 812 00:41:58,640 --> 00:42:02,440 different passages and you can look at the context of them 813 00:42:02,440 --> 00:42:04,880 above and below. I'd invite you and encourage you 814 00:42:04,880 --> 00:42:07,360 to do so. But I'll tell you this, God has 815 00:42:07,360 --> 00:42:10,920 made very specific promises to Israel, and Israel should be 816 00:42:10,920 --> 00:42:14,280 supported by each and every one of us as believers and by our 817 00:42:14,280 --> 00:42:16,480 nation as well. And I'm thankful to have a 818 00:42:16,480 --> 00:42:19,480 president has decided, with his many faults, has decided we need 819 00:42:19,480 --> 00:42:23,080 to support Israel as a nation. I'm thankful for that because 820 00:42:23,080 --> 00:42:24,440 that's what the Bible tells us to do. 821 00:42:25,760 --> 00:42:28,840 Now say this, what do we do with all of this? 822 00:42:30,200 --> 00:42:38,600 Our view on current events are relevant and should be shaped by 823 00:42:38,600 --> 00:42:40,200 the old promises of the Word of God. 824 00:42:40,920 --> 00:42:45,640 Old promises help us understand world events and current events. 825 00:42:46,080 --> 00:42:47,880 So what can I you say, pastor? What can I do with all this? 826 00:42:47,880 --> 00:42:49,880 OK, I get what you're saying, but what does any of this have 827 00:42:49,880 --> 00:42:52,280 to do with me? Well, first of all, each and 828 00:42:52,280 --> 00:42:54,280 every one of us should pray for the peace of Jerusalem. 829 00:42:55,200 --> 00:42:58,720 Psalm chapter 122, verse 6 says Pray for the peace of Jerusalem. 830 00:42:59,080 --> 00:43:00,520 They shall prosper that love thee. 831 00:43:00,960 --> 00:43:03,520 That in our regular prayers that we should pray for the peace of 832 00:43:03,520 --> 00:43:05,320 those who live in the Middle East today. 833 00:43:06,000 --> 00:43:08,680 What should we do? We should bless them as a 834 00:43:08,680 --> 00:43:11,560 nation. Genesis 12, verse 3 says and I 835 00:43:11,560 --> 00:43:13,920 will bless them that bless thee and curse them that curseth 836 00:43:13,920 --> 00:43:15,760 thee. And in thee shall all the 837 00:43:15,760 --> 00:43:17,160 families of the earth be blessed. 838 00:43:17,640 --> 00:43:20,600 Friend, that is a promise that is still in force today. 839 00:43:21,600 --> 00:43:24,440 One of the best things that we can do as a nation is bless the 840 00:43:24,440 --> 00:43:26,720 nation of Israel. One of the best things that we 841 00:43:26,720 --> 00:43:30,080 can do personally is bless those who are of the people of Israel. 842 00:43:30,480 --> 00:43:35,680 And I'm thankful that we have a ambassador in Israel today, Mike 843 00:43:35,680 --> 00:43:37,880 Huckabee. In fact, you said this just 844 00:43:37,880 --> 00:43:39,600 recently. I can't be a Christian, not be 845 00:43:39,600 --> 00:43:41,480 completely connected to the Jewish people. 846 00:43:42,000 --> 00:43:44,480 Our entire faith is built on the foundation of Judaism. 847 00:43:44,800 --> 00:43:48,000 God blesses those who bless Jews and curses those who curse Jews. 848 00:43:49,040 --> 00:43:51,400 You say, well, I don't like that because he's a, he's a, he's a 849 00:43:51,400 --> 00:43:53,800 Republican or I don't. I don't like that because I 850 00:43:53,800 --> 00:43:56,000 don't think I like him because he's from that administration. 851 00:43:56,080 --> 00:43:58,880 May I remind you that he's speaking Bible truth? 852 00:44:00,880 --> 00:44:03,640 And that our views on these things, again, are not shaped by 853 00:44:03,640 --> 00:44:05,680 whatever news media source we watch. 854 00:44:05,880 --> 00:44:08,320 By the way, our views on this shouldn't be based on what news 855 00:44:08,320 --> 00:44:10,800 media we we watch. Conservative or liberal? 856 00:44:12,080 --> 00:44:14,880 Yes, I said conservative or liberal, either one. 857 00:44:15,840 --> 00:44:19,240 No, my world view on these things must be first in the word 858 00:44:19,240 --> 00:44:21,400 of God. So when I watch those new media, 859 00:44:21,400 --> 00:44:24,520 news media, I can filter it through the Word of God instead 860 00:44:24,520 --> 00:44:26,960 of taking the word of God and reading it through the filter of 861 00:44:26,960 --> 00:44:35,280 the media. And 3rd, I would encourage you 862 00:44:35,280 --> 00:44:38,200 to do this. Don't separate the Bible from 863 00:44:38,200 --> 00:44:41,600 current events, from politics or the news. 864 00:44:42,560 --> 00:44:46,520 Don't be shamed into staying in your box because of the quote UN 865 00:44:46,520 --> 00:44:48,120 quote separation of church and state. 866 00:44:49,320 --> 00:44:52,360 Well, you can't have your Christian values in view because 867 00:44:52,360 --> 00:44:53,920 there's a separation of church and state. 868 00:44:54,400 --> 00:44:57,760 The people who say and cry out separation of church and state 869 00:44:58,040 --> 00:45:00,360 are some of the most ignorant people that you'll find. 870 00:45:01,000 --> 00:45:03,360 And I say that not to be unkind. I use the word ignorant and it's 871 00:45:03,360 --> 00:45:07,360 very real term ignorance is in not understanding that the term 872 00:45:07,360 --> 00:45:09,840 separation of Church of state is not found in the Declaration of 873 00:45:09,840 --> 00:45:11,600 Independence. It is not found in the 874 00:45:11,600 --> 00:45:13,000 Constitution of the United States. 875 00:45:13,280 --> 00:45:16,960 It's found in a letter to Thomas Jefferson, or rather from Thomas 876 00:45:16,960 --> 00:45:21,240 Jefferson, in a correspondence between Jefferson and Listen to 877 00:45:21,240 --> 00:45:26,160 this Baptists from Connecticut. What were they afraid of? 878 00:45:27,000 --> 00:45:29,520 They were afraid of the propagation of the state church 879 00:45:29,840 --> 00:45:31,880 in the newly formed United States of America. 880 00:45:32,800 --> 00:45:34,080 And they weren't saying, you know what? 881 00:45:34,080 --> 00:45:36,360 Christians shouldn't be involved in the government. 882 00:45:37,120 --> 00:45:39,920 Christians shouldn't have a say in. 883 00:45:40,440 --> 00:45:42,280 World Events Christians should that. 884 00:45:42,280 --> 00:45:43,760 They weren't saying that, they were saying this. 885 00:45:43,960 --> 00:45:46,720 The government ought to keep its hands out of our churches. 886 00:45:47,320 --> 00:45:50,000 No one should be mandated to come to Liberty Baptist Church. 887 00:45:50,320 --> 00:45:52,360 No one should be mandated to be a Christian. 888 00:45:52,680 --> 00:45:55,320 No one's tax dollars should be forced to support Liberty 889 00:45:55,320 --> 00:45:57,400 Baptist Church. But at the same time, the 890 00:45:57,400 --> 00:45:59,120 government ought to keep its hands out of Liberty Baptist 891 00:45:59,120 --> 00:46:02,440 Church. We're glad to provide security 892 00:46:02,440 --> 00:46:04,880 and safety. We're glad to make sure that we 893 00:46:04,880 --> 00:46:07,920 pass inspections for safety and all those types of things. 894 00:46:08,160 --> 00:46:10,320 But the government has no say of what gets taught here. 895 00:46:10,800 --> 00:46:13,040 The government has no say in what we preach. 896 00:46:13,480 --> 00:46:15,680 The government has no say in how we assemble. 897 00:46:16,520 --> 00:46:20,680 And I will tell you the government has tried before and 898 00:46:20,680 --> 00:46:21,960 they could try again in the future. 899 00:46:22,800 --> 00:46:25,600 The separation of church and state has nothing to do with us 900 00:46:25,600 --> 00:46:28,240 talking about world events or not, but has everything to do 901 00:46:28,240 --> 00:46:30,040 with the government not getting involved in the church. 902 00:46:31,360 --> 00:46:33,920 Now, again, to be clear, I'm not a political preacher. 903 00:46:34,600 --> 00:46:37,640 If you've been here for any length of time, I don't talk 904 00:46:37,640 --> 00:46:41,120 politics because I want to talk about the timeless truths of the 905 00:46:41,120 --> 00:46:43,320 Word of God. But there are times when the 906 00:46:43,320 --> 00:46:46,160 timeless truths of the world of Word of God intersect with world 907 00:46:46,160 --> 00:46:48,680 events. And we can't just avoid it just 908 00:46:48,680 --> 00:46:50,640 to say, well, we don't want to talk about these things. 909 00:46:51,640 --> 00:46:55,520 You know, we have to speak them boldly and truthfully that we 910 00:46:55,520 --> 00:46:58,600 should support Israel, that we should support what they've 911 00:46:58,600 --> 00:47:02,520 done, that we should support them as a as a group and 912 00:47:02,520 --> 00:47:05,080 understand that God blesses those who bless Israel and 913 00:47:05,080 --> 00:47:09,880 curses those who curse Israel. We have been, I'll say this and 914 00:47:09,880 --> 00:47:11,920 I'll be done. We have been told over and over 915 00:47:11,920 --> 00:47:14,400 again as believers to stay in our box. 916 00:47:16,200 --> 00:47:18,840 Don't. Don't mention the things that 917 00:47:18,840 --> 00:47:22,360 you believe. If you do, then you're a bigot. 918 00:47:22,880 --> 00:47:27,640 If you do, you're a hater. If you do, you don't care about 919 00:47:27,640 --> 00:47:29,200 people. And I will tell you this. 920 00:47:29,200 --> 00:47:32,280 Speaking the truth in love is the greatest form of caring 921 00:47:32,280 --> 00:47:35,880 about people. Speaking the truth in love is 922 00:47:35,880 --> 00:47:37,480 the greatest form of caring for people. 923 00:47:38,040 --> 00:47:41,320 Listen, I regularly talk to people I disagree with. 924 00:47:42,080 --> 00:47:44,320 I regularly read those who I disagree with. 925 00:47:45,080 --> 00:47:48,480 I regularly interact with those who I disagree with, and I do so 926 00:47:48,600 --> 00:47:51,040 cheerfully and without any problem whatsoever. 927 00:47:51,560 --> 00:47:56,120 But I will say this, we must not remain silent about the Word of 928 00:47:56,120 --> 00:48:00,920 God in world events because we have to let our Christian 929 00:48:00,920 --> 00:48:03,600 worldview affect everything in our life. 930 00:48:03,920 --> 00:48:05,600 Christian. Being a Christian does not just 931 00:48:05,600 --> 00:48:09,360 affect how you live in church. It affects what you watch, what 932 00:48:09,360 --> 00:48:12,880 you do, what you take in, and yes, it even effects what you 933 00:48:12,880 --> 00:48:17,040 see going on in the world today. What do we need to do? 934 00:48:18,160 --> 00:48:22,000 Pray for the peace of Jerusalem. Bless them, the nation of 935 00:48:22,000 --> 00:48:26,400 Israel, but then also #3 don't let your Christian values be 936 00:48:26,400 --> 00:48:30,400 placed in a box. Live as a believer in every area 937 00:48:30,400 --> 00:48:33,240 of your life, even in the issues of world events. 938 00:48:33,840 --> 00:48:36,520 Thank you for listening to the sermon from the pulpit of 939 00:48:36,520 --> 00:48:39,440 Liberty Baptist Church. If this message was a blessing 940 00:48:39,440 --> 00:48:42,920 to you, or if there's any way we can serve you, please let us 941 00:48:42,920 --> 00:48:47,520 know by contacting us at info@mylibertybaptist.org. 942 00:48:47,800 --> 00:48:52,320 Or you can visit us this Sunday at 800 Washington St. in Easton, 943 00:48:52,320 --> 00:48:55,160 MA. May the Lord bless you as you 944 00:48:55,160 --> 00:48:56,360 grow in His Word.