Eternal promise given to King David and his descendants.

by Alejandro Roque Glez.

 “He shall build a house for my name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever. I will be his father, and he shall be my son…. and your house and your kingdom shall be established forever before you: your throne shall be established eternally.”

(2 Samuel 7:13-16, 29; 23:2-5)

This is the second time God guarantees such great promise to king David and his reign, emphasizing it would last forever. Is it not true that king David ruled only forty years, followed by his son Solomon, and even centuries later the kingdom of Israel fell apart completely? To whom then was God referring in this prophecy?

This is a direct reference to Jesus Christ, who according to the flesh, was to descend through the family tree of king David.

It happened a thousand years later (Mt 1:6, Lk 3:32). This is a promise directly alluding to the One that not only humans, but all the angels are subject to him, and of whom the apostle Paul recalls in Scriptures saying: “But one in a certain place testified… You made him a little lower than the angels; you crowned him with glory and honor, and did set him over the works of your hands: You have put all things in subjection under his feet. For in that he put all in subjection under him, he left nothing that is not put under him. But now we see not yet all things put under him. But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels for the suffering of death, crowned with glory and honor; that he by the grace of God should taste death for every man” (Heb 2:6-9).

This is a scripture that can be misconstrued, and it refers to no other than Jesus, who in order to fulfill that promise directed to humans and made to king David about reigning forever; he then became flesh, came into this world as a man and therefore lower than the angels, during his ministry in the land of Israel––the same promised to king David––willingly going to death; in other words, he was ready (even seeing the danger and suffering it required: Mt 26:36-39) to die on the cross of Golgotha, “that through death he might destroy him that had the power of death, that is, the devil; and deliver them who through fear of death were all their lifetime subject to bondage” (Heb 2:14-15). Having done this, the Holy Spirit of God has been working for two thousand years, organizing the people who will rule on the eternal promise made to king David in relation to the quote we are analyzing.

When Christ begins to reign in his Millenarian Kingdom which shall have no end––is eternal––implying that it will not be replaced as a System; it will never emerge on earth other than the Kingdom of God. Eternal kingdom of peace, justice and love; announced when the seventh angel shall sound his trumpet, and we could hear loud voices from heaven saying: “The kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of our Lord, and of his Christ; and he shall reign forever and ever” (Rev 11:15).

Let others label you as crazy if they want, but cling to the promise that undoubtedly today is closer than ever; and God is never late in his plans, as many fools seek to demonstrate to the public opinion in a world which only feeds itself on sensationalism and coldness.

(What will life be on our planet once the Lord fulfills the promise of his coming? If interested you can read it in the form of literary narrative recreated in the novel by this author entitled: 'The King Victorino').

[This and other Old Testament prophecies are explicatively compiled in the author's book entitled: 'Minor Prophets of the Old Testament;' print and digital edition]

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