EVENING SPIRITUAL DIARY FOR
3/19/2026 6:10 PM
My
Worship Time Focus:
“The
Promise of the Davidic Covenant”
Bible
Reading & Meditation Reference:
Luke 1:70
Message
of the verse: “as He spoke by the mouth of His holy prophets from of old”
This
evening’s SD will be a bit shorter than this morning’s SD.
As we
look at a short part of David’s reign we will see that in the last decade of
his 40 year reign that David had it in his heart to build a temple in order to
house the ark of the covenant. The
following was what Nathan the prophet said “the king said to Nathan the
prophet, ‘See now, I dwell in a house of cedar, but the ark of Go dwells within
tent curtains’” (2 Samuel 7:2). What
David had in mind sounded very good to the prophet Nathan, so he gave the
project his blessing: “Nathan said to
the king, ‘God, do all that is in your mind, for the Lord is with you’”
(v.3). However neither Nathan nor
David had consulted God, who had something else in mind:
“4 ¶
But that same night the word of the LORD came to Nathan, 5 "Go and tell my servant David, ‘Thus
says the LORD: Would you build me a house to dwell in? 6 I have not lived in a house since the day I
brought up the people of Israel from Egypt to this day, but I have been moving
about in a tent for my dwelling. 7 In
all places where I have moved with all the people of Israel, did I speak a word
with any of the judges of Israel, whom I commanded to shepherd my people
Israel, saying, "Why have you not built me a house of cedar?"’ (2
Samuel 7:4-7)
Instead of David building a house for God, God would build
a house for David:
“8
Now, therefore, thus you shall say to my servant David, ‘Thus says the
LORD of hosts, I took you from the pasture, from following the sheep, that you
should be prince over my people Israel. 9
And I have been with you wherever you went and have cut off all your
enemies from before you. And I will make for you a great name, like the name of
the great ones of the earth. 10 And I
will appoint a place for my people Israel and will plant them, so that they may
dwell in their own place and be disturbed no more. And violent men shall
afflict them no more, as formerly, 11
from the time that I appointed judges over my people Israel. And I will
give you rest from all your enemies. Moreover, the LORD declares to you that
the LORD will make you a house.” (vv. 8-11).
John MacArthur then writes the following:
“Those verses record God’s irrevocable, unconditional covenant promise
to David and his household (though it is not called a covenant here, it is in 2
Samuel 23:5).” “5 "For does not
my house stand so with God? For he has made with me an everlasting covenant, ordered in all
things and secure. For will he not cause to prosper all my help and my desire?” “God spoke by the mouth of His holy
prophets concerning this covenant repeatedly in the Old Testament; it has
been estimated that more than forty other passages are directly related to
these verses (e.g., Pss. 89, 110, 132).
Isaiah alone has much to say about the future Davidic kingdom that will
be ruled by the Messiah (cf. the discussion of 2 Sam. 7:12-13 below). According to Isaiah’s prophecy the Lord will
restore the faithful remnant of Israel to the land to inhabit the kingdom. He will defeat all of Israel’s enemies,
providing protection for His people. In
the kingdom, Israel will enjoy great prosperity of many kinds. The city of
Jerusalem will rise to world preeminence.
Israel will be the center of the world attention, and her mission will
be to glorify the Lord. Gentiles in the
kingdom will receive blessing through the channel of faithful Israel. Worldwide peace and righteousness will
prevail under the rule of the Prince of Peace.
Moral and spiritual conditions in the kingdom will reach their highest
plane since the fall of Adam.
Governmental leadership will be superlative with the Messiah, the
perfect dictator who is just and true, in charge. Righteousness will prevail as the King
swiftly judges over sin. Humans will
enjoy long lives; those who die at one hundred years of age will be considered
mere youths. Knowledge of the Lord will
be universal. The world of nature will
enjoy a great renewal. Wild animals will
be tame; the lion will lie down with the lamb, and children play with poisonous
snakes. Sorrow and mourning will not
exist. Finally, an eternal kingdom as
part of God’s new creation will follow the millennial kingdom.”
It
will be during this 1000 year kingdom that I have been writing about that all
of those who had been saved in the Church age will assist the Lord during the
Millennial Kingdom. I once heard a
former Pastor of mine say that he wanted to return to the city he was living in
and be used by the Lord to minister there.
All I know is that the Millennial Kingdom will be ruled by the Lord
Jesus Christ, and the earth will be like it was when God created it, and life
will be great there, however every person born during that time period will
have to trust Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior or else will be thrown into
the lake of fire after this 1000 year period is over. It is interesting to me that people today can
make excuses about the world we are now living in is not really great, and yet
in the Millennial Kingdom all will be perfect, the Lord will be on His throne
in Jerusalem, Satan will be in hell at this time, yet people will still sin and
turn down the salvation that Christ offers.
Why? Well even though Satan is in
Hell all mankind at that time will still be born with a sin nature, not wanting
to do right.
3/19/2026 6:41 PM
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