After all, knowing the omnipotence of the Lord and how magnificent are and will be all of His creations, we might assume that nothing we with our meager resources could create for the Lord would truly impress Him. What impresses the Lord is a heart that loves and honors Him. The Lord desires that which is internal from His people, not the external stuff. The Lord dwelt in the tabernacle out of His own sovereign choice and desire to humble Himself. Interestingly, in John chapter 1 there is a long introduction to Christ that details His incarnation God being made flesh , and in John 1: The Lord tells David that David building a house for God simply was not something that the Lord had commanded to be done.
The Lord is going to fulfill His plans upon the earth, we are not to seek to get the Lord to fulfill our plans but rather to align ourselves with the plans that He has in mind and has determined for the earth. The Lord also declares to you that the Lord will make a house for you. The Lord took David from being a follower to being a leader, you see. However, He will one day restore Israel as a nation to Himself as they will come to recognize that Christ is indeed their Messiah, and all Israel will be saved Rom. This restoration of Israel will occur during the 7 year Tribulation of the book of Revelation, and it is one of the primary things that the Lord will be accomplishing during the Tribulation.
Then, when Christ returns to the earth to setup his Millennial Kingdom , He will set it up with Jerusalem as His capitol along with the church and a restored Jewish nation. The Davidic Covenant is now given to David by the Lord. This is an incredibly important event, and in fact J. Vernon McGee has written that he believes that this chapter is the most important chapter written thus far in the Old Testament. This covenant forms the basis upon which all of the prophets spoke and wrote prophetically about the Messiah to come.
Also, in the New Testament we find that there are at least 59 references to David, such as: I am the root and the descendant of David , the bright morning star.
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Abraham, through his descendants, was promised a land, a nation, and a blessing: And in you all the families of the earth will be blessed. In several gospel accounts, such as John 5: Some have attempted to explain that what is meant is not that the Messiah himself would sin and thus be corrected, but rather that when the Messiah would take the sins of the world upon himself and thus have iniquity upon himself, then he would encounter the stripes of men.
One translation I have read for this verse actually indicates that this was meant. This is exactly what Isaiah wrote about the Messiah to come in Isaiah And this is the custom of man, O Lord God. Someone has pointed out that this is the only place in the scripture where anyone prays sitting down. David though is sitting before the Lord and is in awe of the goodness and grace that he had received from the Lord. To think that the Lord would build for him a house and a kingly dynasty that would last for eternity was overwhelming to David, especially after the Lord had reminded David of where David was when the Lord called and chose him to be king of His people.
It would be good if we Christians would once in a while just sit before the Lord and contemplate all of the goodness and grace that the Lord has poured out in our life. Has He not done exceedingly beyond what any of us sinful and rebellious at heart people deserve?
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Zephaniah 3 Haggai 2. S ver 5 Haggai 1: S ver 12 Haggai 1: And as he sowed, some seeds fell along the path, and the birds came and devoured them. Other seeds fell on rocky ground, where they did not have much soil, and immediately they sprang up, since they had no depth of soil, A Maskil of the Sons of Korah. As a deer pants for flowing streams, so pants my soul for you, O God. My soul thirsts for God, for the living God.
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Why are you cast down, O my soul, and why are you in turmoil within me? Hope in God; for I shall again praise him, my salvation Unless the Lord builds the house, those who build it labor in vain. Unless the Lord watches over the city, the watchman stays awake in vain. The heart of man plans his way, but the Lord establishes his steps. From twenty years old and upward, all in Israel who are able to go to war, you and Aaron shall list them, company by company. And there shall be with you a man from each tribe, each man being the head of the house of his fathers. And these are the names of the men who shall assist you.
From Reuben, Elizur the son of Shedeur; Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them. And on the seventh day God finished his work that he had done, and he rested on the seventh day from all his work that he had done.
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So God blessed the seventh day and made it holy, because on it God rested from all his work that he had done in creation. These are the generations of the heavens and the earth when they were created, in the day that the Lord God made the earth and the heavens.
When no bush of the field was yet in the land and no small plant of the field had yet sprung up—for the Lord God had not caused it to rain on the land, and there was no man to work the ground, This is the bread that comes down from heaven, so that one may eat of it and not die. I am the living bread that came down from heaven.
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If anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever. And the bread that I will give for the life of the world is my flesh. Whoever feeds on my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up on the last day. Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you.
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And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age. For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also. So then you are no longer strangers and aliens, but you are fellow citizens with the saints and members of the household of God, built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus himself being the cornerstone, in whom the whole structure, being joined together, grows into a holy temple in the Lord. In him you also are being built together into a dwelling place for God by the Spirit.
One who heard us was a woman named Lydia, from the city of Thyatira, a seller of purple goods, who was a worshiper of God. The Lord opened her heart to pay attention to what was said by Paul.
For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him. Untie them and bring them to me. And many nations shall come, and say: Prepare your work outside; get everything ready for yourself in the field, and after that build your house. By wisdom a house is built, and by understanding it is established; by knowledge the rooms are filled with all precious and pleasant riches. A Psalm of David. O Lord , who shall sojourn in your tent? Who shall dwell on your holy hill?