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 […]

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. […]