Jesus - The Promised King

Can you imagine how awesome it would be to have Extreme Makeover: Home Edition build you a new house?  To have Ty Pennington jump off his bus and shout into a megaphone, “good morning . . . family”!!!!!  Extreme Makeover goes all out, they demolish the house you are currently living in and build an elaborate new house with the specific needs of the family in mind.  Every room is catered to the individual who is going to be living in it.  It would be hard to imagine anything more exciting than Extreme Makeover building you a new house.  What if God promised that He was going to build you a house?  The Lord promises to build king David a house in . . .

READ:  2 Samuel 7:1-17

After the Lord had given David rest from his enemies and a house of cedar to dwell in, David tells the prophet Nathan that he is going to build a house for the Lord.  In response to David’s desire to build the Lord a house, the Lord says, “you are not going to build ME a house, I am going to build YOU a house!”  God had more in mind for David and the people of Israel than simply conquering their enemies and giving them a comfortable place to live so they could live happily “for a while” after.  God had in mind for them to live happily forever after!  God promised David a royal household from his lineage that would rule and reign forever.

JESUS CHRIST is the promised King who will reign on the throne FOREVER!  The promised King would do MORE than just deliver His people from their enemies.  The promised King would do MORE than just give them a comfortable home to live in. Through Jesus the King, God was planning to provide an eternal home where all who receive him as King can dwell with God forever!  How do we know that Jesus is THE promised King?

1.  The promised King will be from the OFFSPRING of David of the tribe of JUDAH (vs 12) – After king David was dead and gone God was going to raise up another King from David’s biological family.  There were twelve tribes of Israel and David was from the tribe of Judah.  READ: Mt. 1:1-3, 5-6, 16 The first thing the gospel writer Matthew does to show that Jesus is the predicted King is lay out his family history.  Just as God has promised, Jesus entered into humanity through the royal bloodline of Israel, His great, great, great, x23 . . . grandfather was king David.

2.  The promised King will build an eternal HOUSE for His Father (vs 13, 16) – David wanted to build a house (temple) where the presence of God could dwell “permanently”.  Up until that time, the presence of God was in the ark of the covenant which was housed in a “tent” (tabernacle) that moved about.  God had something even more permanent in mind than David.  In Matthew 12:6 referring to Himself Jesus said, “something greater than the temple is here.”  And in John 2:19-21 referring to His death and resurrection Jesus said, “destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up . . . he was speaking about the temple of His body.”  God built the eternal house that He promised David with the physical body and blood of Jesus Christ.  Believing in the person of Jesus Christ grants us entrance into His body (the church) and an eternal dwelling place in the presence of God.

3.  The promised King will be God’s SON (vs14) – Not only would the promised King be from the lineage of king David, He would be from the family line of God Himself!  The relationship between the Lord and the promised King would be one of a Father and a Son.  In Hebrews 1:2-3 before quoting 2 Sam. 7:14 in speaking about Jesus it says, “God has spoken by His Son . . . He is the radiance of the glory of God and the exact imprint of His nature.”  Jesus the King is God Himself in the flesh.

CONCLUSION

Jesus Christ is the promised King of kings!  He is the house that God promised king David He would build out of his lineage.  He is the house that God built, destroyed, and raised up again so that we could dwell with Him for eternity.  We can join God’s kingdom and dwell with God forever by accepting Jesus Christ as Savior and allowing Him to rule and reign in our lives.  Is Jesus Christ your King!?!