On one level, the promises of this chapter are about Solomon. In v14 there’s a provision for when the promised one commits iniquity, and obviously that can’t be true of Jesus. But although under Solomon the house of David reached it’s height – and Solomon ruled over even more land than David did, it didn’t last. By the next generation […]

Another big development is that the king is now described as God’s son. This is language that wasn’t used of Saul. V14: ‘I will be to him a father, and he shall be to me a son’. That’s a verse that would be easy just to read without really grasping the significance of, but this is huge. It’s the same […]

Did you notice the word that occurred 3 times in the chapter and twice in v16? ‘Forever’. And your house and your kingdom shall be made sure forever before me. Your throne will be established forever. God is going to build David a house that death can’t destroy, sin can’t stop, and time can’t bring to an end. It would […]