MORNING SPIRITUAL DIARY FOR 3/20/2026
9:55 AM
My
Worship
Time Focus: “The Fulfillment of the Davidic
Covenant”
Bible
Reading &
Meditation Reference: Luke 1:71
Message
of the verse: “salvation for our
enemies, and from the hand of all who hate us;”
MacArthur begins this section by
writing “Like many Old Testament predictions, the Lord’s promise to David in 2
Samuel 7:12-14 has both a near and a distant fulfillment. In the short term, David’s descendant, whose
kingdom God promised to establish (v. 12) was his son Solomon, He was granted the privilege of building the
temple that was denied to David (v. 13a).”
2 Samuel 7:12-14
12 When your days are fulfilled and you lie down
with your fathers, I will raise up your offspring after you, who shall come
from your body, and I will establish his kingdom. 13 He shall build a house for my name, and I will establish the
throne of his kingdom forever. 14 I will
be to him a father, and he shall be to me a son. When he commits iniquity, I
will discipline him with the rod of men, with the stripes of the sons of men,”
As one reads through the Old Testament in the chapter
about Solomon they will find out that when Solomon grew old that he sank deeper
and deeper into sin. So as a result,
after his death the kingdom split into two kingdoms: The northern kingdom of
Israel, and the southern kingdom of Judah.
Eventually, after centuries of rebellion and disobedience, Israel was
destroyed by the Assyrians in 7:22 BC.
It was a little more than a century later that Judah fell also, and it
fell to the Babylonians in 586 BC as the destroyed Solomons magnificent temple.
God’s covenant promise, however, did
not fail as it extends to the One greater than Solomon (Luke 11:31)—the Lord
Jesus Christ. It is His kingdom that God
promised to establish forever as seen in 2 Samuel 7:13, 16. Christ will one day return to establish His
earthly kingdom in fulfilment of the promise made to David “there will be no
end to the increase of His government or of Peace, on the throne of David and
over his kingdom, to establish it and to uphold it with justice and
righteousness from then on and forevermore” (Isaiah 9:7).
MacArthur writes: “It was that messianic kingdom, with
its hope and expectations of salvation from Israel’s enemies, and
from the hand of all who hate the Jewish people (cf. Ps. 106:10), that
elicited Zacharias praise.”
(cf. Ps. 106:10)
“10 So he saved them from the hand of the foe and
redeemed them from the power of the enemy.”
“As noted
above, he believed the kingdom’s arrival was imminent (as indeed did Jesus’ own
disciples, even after His resurrection [Acts 1:6]): he knew that his son was
the forerunner of the Messiah, and that Mary was pregnant with the Messiah.”
[Acts 1:6])
6 ¶ So
when they had come together, they asked him, “Lord, will you at this time
restore the kingdom to Israel?’”
Now I
think that it is best if I quote the answer that Jesus gave to His
disciples: “7 He said to them, "It is not for you to
know times or seasons that the Father has fixed by his own authority.” We are still today looking for the answer
to that question, but from what is going on in the Middle East at this time it
could be very soon that this will happen, but first there has to be an end of
the Church age, which will happen at the Rapture, and next the seven year
tribulation period, and then after that the promised kingdom for Israel will
happen and it will last 1000 years.
MacArthur
goes on: Zacharias did not foresee that
the unthinkable would happen—that Israel would reject and execute the King.
“But Israel’s disobedience cannot
nullify the promises of God (Rom. 3:1-3).”
(Rom. 3:1-3)
“1
¶ Then what advantage has the Jew? Or
what is the value of circumcision? 2
Much in every way. To begin with, the Jews were entrusted with the
oracles of God. 3 What if some were
unfaithful?? Does their faithlessness nullify the faithfulness of God?”
The King
will one day return to establish His earthly kingdom, just as God promised
David. In that day the remnant of Israel
will come to repentance and faith and, says the Lord, ‘will look on Me whom
they have pierced; and they will mourn for Him, as one mourns for an only son,
and they will weep bitterly over Him like the bitter weeping over a firstborn’
(Zech. 12:10). They will cry out
joyously, ‘Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord!’ (Matt.
23:39). ‘In that day,’ Zechariah
prophesied, ‘His feet will stand on the Mount of Olives, which is in front
of Jerusalem on the east’ (Zech. 14:4). The
most detailed description of the triumphant return of Jesus Christ to judge His
enemies and establish His earthly kingdom is found in Revelation 19:11-21:
“11
¶ Then I saw heaven opened, and behold,
a white horse! The one sitting on it is called Faithful and True, and in
righteousness he judges and makes war. 12
His eyes are like a flame of fire, and on his head are many diadems, and
he has a name written that no one knows but himself. 13 He is clothed in a robe dipped in blood, and
the name by which he is called is The Word of God. 14 And the armies of heaven, arrayed in fine
linen, white and pure, were following him on white horses. 15 From his mouth comes a sharp sword with which
to strike down the nations, and he will rule them with a rod of iron. He will
tread the winepress of the fury of the wrath of God the Almighty. 16 On his robe and on his thigh he has a name
written, King of kings and Lord of lords. 17
Then I saw an angel standing in the sun, and with a loud voice he called
to all the birds that fly directly overhead, "Come, gather for the great
supper of God, 18 to eat the flesh of
kings, the flesh of captains, the flesh of mighty men, the flesh of horses and
their riders, and the flesh of all men, both free and slave, both small and
great." 19 And I saw the beast and
the kings of the earth with their armies gathered to make war against him who
was sitting on the horse and against his army. 20 And the beast was captured, and with it the
false prophet who in its presence had done the signs by which he deceived those
who had received the mark of the beast and those who worshiped its image. These
two were thrown alive into the lake of fire that burns with sulfur. 21 And the rest were slain by the sword that
came from the mouth of him who was sitting on the horse, and all the birds were
gorged with their flesh.”
The hope
of Zacharias and the future remnant of Jews, as well as all true believers, is
sure and will certainly come to pass.
God will not forget His covenant with David. The redeemed will experience the blessed joy
of serving and worshiping the King during the millennial kingdom and the
eternal kingdom that will follow it.
Only then will the fervent longing of the children of Israel for salvation
from their enemies, and from the hand of all who hate them be realized.”
Spiritual
Meaning for my Life today: Now as I look at the prophecies of
the end times and then look at what is going on in the Middle East today, it is
my great hope that the rapture of the Church will happen soon!
My
Steps of Faith for Today: Continue to trust the Lord to take care of my
wife who continues to fight the cancer that is in her body.
3/20/2026
10:48 AM
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