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 […]

David thinks it’s high time to build God a permanent structure. The LORD responds in v7 by saying that he had never asked any of the leaders of the people to build him a temple. What we do in the worship of God must be done at his initiative. It’s not that God is against the idea of a temple. […]

This is actually one of the most significant chapters in the whole Bible. It’s one where God’s great plan of salvation takes a huge step forward. In the first verse of the New Testament, Jesus is introduced as ‘the son of David, the son of Abraham’. Well this chapter points us from the time of David back to the time […]