2025 2 Samuel 7, Davidic Covenant; Eternal Throne in Jesus Christ
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Davidic Covenant; Eternal Throne in Jesus Christ
2 Samuel 7:1-17
If you want to know what level of person he is, give them a blessing. There are people who just sit on that blessing. This is like stagnant water is bound to corrupt. David united the kingdom of Israel. He moved the Ark of the Lord to Jerusalem. After long suffering for the last 20 years, finally he earned peace and glory spiritually and politically. It seems that everything is done now. However, unlike the people of the world, David did not want to enjoy his success. His heart toward God did not grow cold. His love and passion for God became even bigger. He longed for God evermore. This was the secret of receiving God’s love and blessing eternally.
Look at verses 1-2. After the king was settled in his palace and the LORD had given him rest from all his enemies around him, he said to Nathan the prophet, “Here I am, living in a house of cedar, while the ark of God remains in a tent.”
when David received lots of blessings from God, his heart was toward the ark of God that represented the presence of God and his word. This is very surprising.
Usually people become humble when they have a serious life problem that they sincerely listen to the word of God. However, once they obtain what they want, they soon forget God and try to enjoy their life with their achievements (money). After graduating from school, getting a good job they want and buying a house, they suddenly lose their goal and wander. When political situations become stable, most kings call for dancers to dance and eat, drink, and enjoy themselves, saying that the era of peace has come.
However, in times of great achievements and political stability, David was not satisfied with that, but wanted to approach God even more, and his heart was burned with longing for the temple of God.
Here is his agony and kind of guilt, “I live in such a gorgeous and luxurious palace but the ark of God is in such a shabby tent.” He loved God even more when he received lots of blessings.
Man becomes corrupts not because he fails to endure hardships but because he becomes indifferent to God and spiritual life when he achieves something. (hockey players) A man of faith seeks God even more when he is successful.
In Luke 17, ten lepers were healed by Jesus. Then, only one, a Samaritan ran to return to worship Jesus expressing his gratitude. After receiving God’s healing grace, his speed toward the Lord did not slow down. Jesus asked, “Where are the other nine?” and blessed him even more by giving him eternal life. Like that Samaritan leper, David still was running to the Lord with passion in times of blessing. Then, not only was his spirit alive but also he received greater blessings.
Nathan, his pastor must have been greatly moved by David. Most pastors spend most of their times to deal with those who come to ask something from God. “Pastor, please pray for me. I need to improve my grade. I need a job. My wife is sick. My children are wandering now.” Our God is a God of giving. He is willing to give eternal life and salvation, freedom and joy, peace and love, bread and shelter and rest to us. So what we pray to God is mostly, “Lord, give me something.” David was one of us. He was a master at asking God for what he needed.
Nathan must have been accustomed to meet people who came for asking. But this time, he was greatly impressed by David who came to talk about giving something to God. He was so moved that he immediately and wholeheartedly supported David’s proposal without consideration or prayer. What more can you think of? What could be better than building a house for God?
Look at verse 3. So he replied to the king, “Whatever you have in mind, go ahead and do it, for the LORD is with you.” However, at that very night, God stopped Nathan. God viewed David's proposal from a much different perspective than Nathan did. What Nathan said, “whatever you have in mind, do it,” is emotional, human-centered and even dangerous. That is why the Lord told Nathan at that night because this is to be corrected urgently.
Look at verse 4, 5. “But that night the word of the LORD came to Nathan. “Go and tell my servant David, ‘Are you the one to build me a house to dwell in?’ ” In fact, Nathan’s direction was wrong. The Lord corrected it because David’s plan to build a temple was not God’s will.
The next morning, Nathan went to David and cancelled the building permission he had given the previous day. Why should a prophet pour cold water on a person’s zeal for God? However, there are times when we make grand plans toward God, but after praying for one night, we realize that those plans actually cause great disruption to God's will.
David’s intention was good. However, God was not pleased with his plan. Therefore, we must carefully consider what God’s will is through prayer and the word of God.
Look at verses 6-7. “Did I ever say to any of their rulers, “Why have you not built me a house of cedar?”’ God did not let him build the temple. Why? It is because God is too big to be confined in a building. He is Spirit that no building can confine Him. All university and eternity are on the hand of God. How then could man let God stay in a man-made house? Though David had a zeal for God’s temple, it would cause a dangerous concept that the Israelites would think that God is in the temple only. Moreover, the temple would be treated more honorably than the ark of God.
God said, “I have been moving from place to place with a tent as my dwelling.” This is God’s heart. He wants to be with his people wherever they go. Through the ark of God, He wants to be at the center of their lives.
The temple is a building. There are people who think that they meet God in a church only. We see so many gorgeous and magnificent cathedrals in history. They come to such big cathedrals with awe and marvel. However, not a few people come to church only once a week and for 1 hour and then go out into the world and forget God.
Jesus wept when he saw the Jerusalem temple, gorgeous and magnificent built for 46 years by King Herod. He lamented, “You have turned it into a den of robbers. It will collapse thoroughly. I will build a new temple with my body.”
We are living in the era of the new temple, Jesus Christ. God’s will toward the temple has not changed from the beginning until now. David wanted to build a temple. So he prepared all the materials and professionals. However, God said to him, “Do not build a temple.” God said to David in verse 9, “I have been with you wherever you have gone.” This is God’s heart. “David, do not try to confine me to the temple. I am with you wherever you go.” “David, shouldn’t you care about what I want? I will build a house for you.” This is the Davidic Covenant.
First, God will make David great.
Look at verse 9. “Now I will make your name great, like the names of the greatest men on earth.” This was the covenant God made with Abram. God honors those who honor Him but He disdains those who despise Him. (1 Samuel 2:30) King Saul set up a monument in his own honor when he won a battle. His name disappeared with death. However, on the day of victory and glory, David still remembered God and served the will of God. God was pleased with David and made him great forever.
Look at verses 12-13. “When your days are over and you rest with your ancestors, I will raise up your offspring to succeed you, your own flesh and blood, and I will establish his kingdom. He is the one who will build a house for my Name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever.” David wanted to build a temple for God by his hands and on his generation. But God will not let David build him a house, rather he will build David a house, a ruling dynasty and eternal throne by his offspring. David’s mission was to unify Israel and build the kingdom of truth and justice.
God uses each of us when and where we are needed. Therefore, we should not complain or distrust in God when things do not go as we want. What is important is to trust in God and undertake the mission given to us faithfully. God’s promise was fulfilled in the time of Solomon and was completed through Christ Jesus. God established the eternal kingdom, throne and city through Christ Jesus.
Now Christ Jesus calls each of us a temple saying, “Do you not know that your body is a temple of God? Do you not know that the Holy Spirit dwells in you?” This is our identity. “Then would you pour out alcohol, lust and greed on your body?” No! The temple of God has the ark of God that represents God’s word and His presence. Therefore, we just need to put the word of God in our body and mind so that we may experience the presence of God. ,
The church ‘Ecclesia,’ not a building but refers to the community of believers. We do not have a church building. We always move here and there. But we experience God’s presence as in his words.
Second, He disciplines his people.
Look at verse 14. “I will be his father, and he will be my son. When he does wrong, I will punish him with a rod wielded by men, with floggings inflicted by human hands.” God loves us and protects us. However, if we disobey His word and love the world more than him, God punishes us through the whips of men. You worship God but you suffer by people. Then know that God disciplines you because he loves you and wants you to stay awake spiritually.
We want peace and good security. However, we grow to become mature when we are in pain. Parents feel pain for their children. So they sacrifice themselves for their children. God the Creator feels pain for sick and wandering people. He sent His only Son Jesus to this world to save and restore us. When we feel pain, we can do something sacrificially and willingly.
But the world teaches us avoid pain. When the devil works, we reject pain. We do not want to disclose our pains. When Adam sinned against God, he was choked by guilt, shame and fear. He covered his shameful and weak body with fig leaves. This is the work of the devil.
When God disciplines you, do not reject it but disclose your pain and return to him. Be honest and truthful so that you may confess that you are in pain, weak, incompetence and fear. Then you do not need to wear a mask of no problem.
God loves us, so He disciplines us through people and the trials of life. That is painful. However, through that pain, we turn to God and mature.
C.S. Luis decided never to cry, never to show weakness after his mother died when he was young. He never married until he fell in love with a woman who was battling cancer. The woman said to him, “How can an Oxford University professor live like that? You wear a mask of hiding your deep pain. Why are you not presenting yourself before God? How can you write books and give lectures while doing so?” From that time on, he realized his hypocrisy and began to share his pain before God. Then he was revived by God’s mercy. His books after that were deeper than before. God loves us that he disciplines us. When you feel pain, reveal it before God and return to Him.
Jeremiah 33:3 says, ‘Call to me and I will answer you and tell you great and unsearchable things you do not know.” Here one of the great and unsearchable things is God’s heart that wants to save and revive the sick and weak. “Call to me and I will show you my heart.” God's heart is pain that sent His only Son to save sinners. His heart is pain to seek the lost souls. When we know God’s heart, we can embrace not only our pain but also others’.
No discipline seems pleasant at the time, but painful. Later on, however, it produces a harvest of righteousness and peace for those who have been trained by it. (Hebrews 12:11) Through God’s discipline, we grow to rely on God only and become mature to serve His will in all circumstances. Therefore, when you are disciplined, do not doubt God’s love. Do not complain to God. Do not torture yourself. Do not hate or fight the one who hurts you. Instead, return to God, trust in God and serve His will.
Third, God promised David’s kingdom to be eternal.
Look at verse 16. “Your house and your kingdom will endure forever before me your throne will be established forever.’” David expressed his desire to build a house for the Lord. However, the Lord did not approve and instead stated on his own initiative that he would establish David’s house eternally, promising him an eternal house. This is Davidic covenant. David thought that he could do something for God. However, God taught him that it was God who would do everything for him.
God is with us forever. Through his Son, Jesus’ blood on the cross and resurrection, He has made a covenant with us. He has done everything for us, our salvation, freedom, joy and fruitful life. Now what we need is to keep the covenant by believing in His Son, Jesus and follow him to the end.
We don’t need to build a big church. We are the temple of God in Jesus Christ. Whether we gather together or disperse, in the name of Jesus, God is with us and we feel His presence and His kingdom. We have eternal security and blessings on earth as well. May God bless you to love Him and serve His will on earth.
2 Samuel 7:1-17
If you want to know what level of person he is, give them a blessing. There are people who just sit on that blessing. This is like stagnant water is bound to corrupt. David united the kingdom of Israel. He moved the Ark of the Lord to Jerusalem. After long suffering for the last 20 years, finally he earned peace and glory spiritually and politically. It seems that everything is done now. However, unlike the people of the world, David did not want to enjoy his success. His heart toward God did not grow cold. His love and passion for God became even bigger. He longed for God evermore. This was the secret of receiving God’s love and blessing eternally.
Look at verses 1-2. After the king was settled in his palace and the LORD had given him rest from all his enemies around him, he said to Nathan the prophet, “Here I am, living in a house of cedar, while the ark of God remains in a tent.”
when David received lots of blessings from God, his heart was toward the ark of God that represented the presence of God and his word. This is very surprising.
Usually people become humble when they have a serious life problem that they sincerely listen to the word of God. However, once they obtain what they want, they soon forget God and try to enjoy their life with their achievements (money). After graduating from school, getting a good job they want and buying a house, they suddenly lose their goal and wander. When political situations become stable, most kings call for dancers to dance and eat, drink, and enjoy themselves, saying that the era of peace has come.
However, in times of great achievements and political stability, David was not satisfied with that, but wanted to approach God even more, and his heart was burned with longing for the temple of God.
Here is his agony and kind of guilt, “I live in such a gorgeous and luxurious palace but the ark of God is in such a shabby tent.” He loved God even more when he received lots of blessings.
Man becomes corrupts not because he fails to endure hardships but because he becomes indifferent to God and spiritual life when he achieves something. (hockey players) A man of faith seeks God even more when he is successful.
In Luke 17, ten lepers were healed by Jesus. Then, only one, a Samaritan ran to return to worship Jesus expressing his gratitude. After receiving God’s healing grace, his speed toward the Lord did not slow down. Jesus asked, “Where are the other nine?” and blessed him even more by giving him eternal life. Like that Samaritan leper, David still was running to the Lord with passion in times of blessing. Then, not only was his spirit alive but also he received greater blessings.
Nathan, his pastor must have been greatly moved by David. Most pastors spend most of their times to deal with those who come to ask something from God. “Pastor, please pray for me. I need to improve my grade. I need a job. My wife is sick. My children are wandering now.” Our God is a God of giving. He is willing to give eternal life and salvation, freedom and joy, peace and love, bread and shelter and rest to us. So what we pray to God is mostly, “Lord, give me something.” David was one of us. He was a master at asking God for what he needed.
Nathan must have been accustomed to meet people who came for asking. But this time, he was greatly impressed by David who came to talk about giving something to God. He was so moved that he immediately and wholeheartedly supported David’s proposal without consideration or prayer. What more can you think of? What could be better than building a house for God?
Look at verse 3. So he replied to the king, “Whatever you have in mind, go ahead and do it, for the LORD is with you.” However, at that very night, God stopped Nathan. God viewed David's proposal from a much different perspective than Nathan did. What Nathan said, “whatever you have in mind, do it,” is emotional, human-centered and even dangerous. That is why the Lord told Nathan at that night because this is to be corrected urgently.
Look at verse 4, 5. “But that night the word of the LORD came to Nathan. “Go and tell my servant David, ‘Are you the one to build me a house to dwell in?’ ” In fact, Nathan’s direction was wrong. The Lord corrected it because David’s plan to build a temple was not God’s will.
The next morning, Nathan went to David and cancelled the building permission he had given the previous day. Why should a prophet pour cold water on a person’s zeal for God? However, there are times when we make grand plans toward God, but after praying for one night, we realize that those plans actually cause great disruption to God's will.
David’s intention was good. However, God was not pleased with his plan. Therefore, we must carefully consider what God’s will is through prayer and the word of God.
Look at verses 6-7. “Did I ever say to any of their rulers, “Why have you not built me a house of cedar?”’ God did not let him build the temple. Why? It is because God is too big to be confined in a building. He is Spirit that no building can confine Him. All university and eternity are on the hand of God. How then could man let God stay in a man-made house? Though David had a zeal for God’s temple, it would cause a dangerous concept that the Israelites would think that God is in the temple only. Moreover, the temple would be treated more honorably than the ark of God.
God said, “I have been moving from place to place with a tent as my dwelling.” This is God’s heart. He wants to be with his people wherever they go. Through the ark of God, He wants to be at the center of their lives.
The temple is a building. There are people who think that they meet God in a church only. We see so many gorgeous and magnificent cathedrals in history. They come to such big cathedrals with awe and marvel. However, not a few people come to church only once a week and for 1 hour and then go out into the world and forget God.
Jesus wept when he saw the Jerusalem temple, gorgeous and magnificent built for 46 years by King Herod. He lamented, “You have turned it into a den of robbers. It will collapse thoroughly. I will build a new temple with my body.”
We are living in the era of the new temple, Jesus Christ. God’s will toward the temple has not changed from the beginning until now. David wanted to build a temple. So he prepared all the materials and professionals. However, God said to him, “Do not build a temple.” God said to David in verse 9, “I have been with you wherever you have gone.” This is God’s heart. “David, do not try to confine me to the temple. I am with you wherever you go.” “David, shouldn’t you care about what I want? I will build a house for you.” This is the Davidic Covenant.
First, God will make David great.
Look at verse 9. “Now I will make your name great, like the names of the greatest men on earth.” This was the covenant God made with Abram. God honors those who honor Him but He disdains those who despise Him. (1 Samuel 2:30) King Saul set up a monument in his own honor when he won a battle. His name disappeared with death. However, on the day of victory and glory, David still remembered God and served the will of God. God was pleased with David and made him great forever.
Look at verses 12-13. “When your days are over and you rest with your ancestors, I will raise up your offspring to succeed you, your own flesh and blood, and I will establish his kingdom. He is the one who will build a house for my Name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever.” David wanted to build a temple for God by his hands and on his generation. But God will not let David build him a house, rather he will build David a house, a ruling dynasty and eternal throne by his offspring. David’s mission was to unify Israel and build the kingdom of truth and justice.
God uses each of us when and where we are needed. Therefore, we should not complain or distrust in God when things do not go as we want. What is important is to trust in God and undertake the mission given to us faithfully. God’s promise was fulfilled in the time of Solomon and was completed through Christ Jesus. God established the eternal kingdom, throne and city through Christ Jesus.
Now Christ Jesus calls each of us a temple saying, “Do you not know that your body is a temple of God? Do you not know that the Holy Spirit dwells in you?” This is our identity. “Then would you pour out alcohol, lust and greed on your body?” No! The temple of God has the ark of God that represents God’s word and His presence. Therefore, we just need to put the word of God in our body and mind so that we may experience the presence of God. ,
The church ‘Ecclesia,’ not a building but refers to the community of believers. We do not have a church building. We always move here and there. But we experience God’s presence as in his words.
Second, He disciplines his people.
Look at verse 14. “I will be his father, and he will be my son. When he does wrong, I will punish him with a rod wielded by men, with floggings inflicted by human hands.” God loves us and protects us. However, if we disobey His word and love the world more than him, God punishes us through the whips of men. You worship God but you suffer by people. Then know that God disciplines you because he loves you and wants you to stay awake spiritually.
We want peace and good security. However, we grow to become mature when we are in pain. Parents feel pain for their children. So they sacrifice themselves for their children. God the Creator feels pain for sick and wandering people. He sent His only Son Jesus to this world to save and restore us. When we feel pain, we can do something sacrificially and willingly.
But the world teaches us avoid pain. When the devil works, we reject pain. We do not want to disclose our pains. When Adam sinned against God, he was choked by guilt, shame and fear. He covered his shameful and weak body with fig leaves. This is the work of the devil.
When God disciplines you, do not reject it but disclose your pain and return to him. Be honest and truthful so that you may confess that you are in pain, weak, incompetence and fear. Then you do not need to wear a mask of no problem.
God loves us, so He disciplines us through people and the trials of life. That is painful. However, through that pain, we turn to God and mature.
C.S. Luis decided never to cry, never to show weakness after his mother died when he was young. He never married until he fell in love with a woman who was battling cancer. The woman said to him, “How can an Oxford University professor live like that? You wear a mask of hiding your deep pain. Why are you not presenting yourself before God? How can you write books and give lectures while doing so?” From that time on, he realized his hypocrisy and began to share his pain before God. Then he was revived by God’s mercy. His books after that were deeper than before. God loves us that he disciplines us. When you feel pain, reveal it before God and return to Him.
Jeremiah 33:3 says, ‘Call to me and I will answer you and tell you great and unsearchable things you do not know.” Here one of the great and unsearchable things is God’s heart that wants to save and revive the sick and weak. “Call to me and I will show you my heart.” God's heart is pain that sent His only Son to save sinners. His heart is pain to seek the lost souls. When we know God’s heart, we can embrace not only our pain but also others’.
No discipline seems pleasant at the time, but painful. Later on, however, it produces a harvest of righteousness and peace for those who have been trained by it. (Hebrews 12:11) Through God’s discipline, we grow to rely on God only and become mature to serve His will in all circumstances. Therefore, when you are disciplined, do not doubt God’s love. Do not complain to God. Do not torture yourself. Do not hate or fight the one who hurts you. Instead, return to God, trust in God and serve His will.
Third, God promised David’s kingdom to be eternal.
Look at verse 16. “Your house and your kingdom will endure forever before me your throne will be established forever.’” David expressed his desire to build a house for the Lord. However, the Lord did not approve and instead stated on his own initiative that he would establish David’s house eternally, promising him an eternal house. This is Davidic covenant. David thought that he could do something for God. However, God taught him that it was God who would do everything for him.
God is with us forever. Through his Son, Jesus’ blood on the cross and resurrection, He has made a covenant with us. He has done everything for us, our salvation, freedom, joy and fruitful life. Now what we need is to keep the covenant by believing in His Son, Jesus and follow him to the end.
We don’t need to build a big church. We are the temple of God in Jesus Christ. Whether we gather together or disperse, in the name of Jesus, God is with us and we feel His presence and His kingdom. We have eternal security and blessings on earth as well. May God bless you to love Him and serve His will on earth.