Dictionary of Bible Themes: 1351 covenant, God's with David

1351 covenant, God's with David

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God's promise to establish David and his descendants on Israel's throne for ever. It provided Israel with a basis for the hope of deliverance and restoration, and became a focus for the Messianic expectation which was fulfilled, ultimately, in Jesus Christ.

God's promise to establish David's line

God's election of David

Psalm 78:70 See also 2 Samuel 6:21; 1 Kings 8:16 pp 2 Chronicles 6:6

God's covenant is everlasting

Psalm 89:3-4 See also 2 Samuel 7:11-16; Samuel 23:5; 1 Kings 2:45; 2 Chronicles 13:5; Psalm 18:50; Psalm 89:28-29,35-37; Jeremiah 33:17

God's covenant is inherited through obedience

Psalm 132:11-12 Though God's promise to maintain David's throne is unbreakable, individual descendants must continue to be faithful if they are to inherit the blessings promised to David. See also 1 Kings 8:25-26 pp 2 Chronicles 6:16-17; 1 Kings 9:4-5 pp 2 Chronicles 7:17-18

God's covenant blessings are forfeited through disobedience

Jeremiah 22:4-5 Failure to remain faithful to God brings judgment on the royal house and the people. See also 1 Kings 9:6-9 pp 2 Chronicles 7:19-22; 1 Kings 11:11-13,31-33; Jeremiah 7:24-26; Jeremiah 22:6-9; Jeremiah 36:30-31

God's promise is fulfilled by grace

2 Chronicles 21:7 pp 2 Kings 8:19 Though particular kings may suffer God's anger because of their sin, God's faithfulness to the house of David as a whole, and thus to the nation of Israel, will continue. See also 1 Kings 11:34-36,39; Kings 15:4; Psalm 89:30-34

The Davidic covenant as a basis for hope

God's election of Jerusalem

2 Kings 21:7 pp 2 Chronicles 33:7 God's Name signifies his presence. God's choice of David was closely related to his choice of Jerusalem, the city established by David, as the place where the divine presence symbolised in the temple and the ark of the covenant was to be found. See also 1 Kings 8:20-21 pp 2 Chronicles 6:10-11; 1 Kings 11:32,36; 1 Chronicles 23:25; 2 Chronicles 6:41-42 pp Psalm 132:8-10

God's promise to defend Jerusalem

Isaiah 37:35 pp 2 Kings 19:34 See also 2 Kings 19:20; Zechariah 12:7-9

God's promise to restore David's house

Hopes expressed in the Davidic covenant are focused in the Messiah

The Messiah fulfils the Davidic hope

Jeremiah 23:5-6 See also Psalm 110:1-2; Isaiah 9:7; Isaiah 11:1-2; Isaiah 16:5; Isaiah 55:3; Ezekiel 34:23-25; Zechariah 3:8; John 7:42

God's promise to David fulfilled in Jesus Christ

Luke 1:32-33; Revelation 22:16 See also Matthew 1:1; Matthew 22:41-46 pp Mark 12:35-37 pp Luke 20:41-44

Many Jews in Jesus Christ's day were expecting a literal fulfilment of God's promise to restore the Davidic empire. The true hope expressed in the Davidic covenant and fulfilled in Christ is the coming of the kingdom of God:

Mark 11:10 pp Matthew 21:9; Luke 24:21; Acts 1:6 Acts 2:29-31; Acts 13:34; Romans 1:3; 2 Timothy 2:8